Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	action_n	body_n	life_n	5,700	5	4.7855	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90695	A sermon preached at the Tovver, February 20. 1641. Being upon the Sabboth [sic] day. By the Bishop of Bath and VVells.	Piers, William, 1580-1670.	1642 (1642)	Wing P2210; Thomason E137_1; ESTC R150	6,654	16

it is not the onely grace secondly there is the grace of God within us all the gifts of Gods Spirit which is rightly and truly called Grace of God the love and favour of God towards us now of this of grace God doth the Apostle speak here in my Text We are kept by the power of God to Salvation by the power of God what is that the power of Grace And against what Against all afflictions whatsoever This Grace is S. Pauls token 2 Thes 3. This is the most precious jewell of a Christian and as the soule is the life of the body this is the life of the soule this stirs up to good and restraines from evill this keeps from pride in prosperity and supports in affliction this makes all our weak indeavours acceptable with God and without this all our best actions is but sin it is not the grace of the body that is but vanity it is not the grace of the world the grace of the world is not able to keep a man from one poore little fit of an Ague and when a man lies upon his death-bed and Satan begins to tempt and his conscience begins to trouble then what good will all the grace of the world doe a man but by this grace of God we are equall to the Angels but without this grace we are worse then Toades of Serpents Nay worse then the very devils of hell and therefore let us pray for this grace of God that no man nor creatures nor devils can take away but it continues for ever whom God loveth he loveth to the end The second divine Aide God gave the Apostle was the quantity of this grace My grace is sufficient for thee sufficient it walks between two extreames abundance and want and where there is sufficient there is neither too much nor too little and here we may admire the wisdome of God he is a free agent the Sun shines according to his naturall ability but God giveth every one grace according to the measure of Christ what is that according to the pleasure of his own will For God is an ever-flowing fountaine an Ocean of grace there is grace enough for you and me and for as many worlds as God can make Wherefore let us not murmure against God because we have not that abundance of grace that the Apostles and others have had they had the showers of grace we will be content with the dew of grace they had the full sheaves but we will bee glad of the gleanings they had their full banquets but we shall think our selves happy if we can have but the crums and if we have grace we shall have glory for it is with grace as with Manna he that gathered much had not over and he that gathered little had no lack and so every grace is sufficient as it is effectuall and this doth arise from the power of God and not from mans free will He doth not say my grace is sufficient with thee but My grace is sufficient for thee and therefore we must take heed we doe not part stakes between Gods grace and mans free will for it is he alone that gives us both to will and to doe according to his good pleasure Ephes 2. And therefore let us not be covetous give me this sufficiency from grace for if we have grace enough vve have enough Give me the man that can truly say he hath enough he saith vvhen hee hath a house Oh that I had a little land and so as the world growes upon him his desires grow upon the world so that every yeare nay every day every houre he thinkes of another enough but if a man have grace enough hee hath all enough this makes a penny seeme to be as begge as a shilling a prison as a country and this grace is sufficient against all the assaults of the world the flesh and the devill and against all afflictions and although God could keepe us from afflictions yet he will not for if there were no conflict there will be no victory but in the end grace hath alwayes the upper hand and in all these things we are more than conquerers be not then dismaid O Christian soule whoever thou art under some heavy affliction what wouldst thou be better than Paul behold the Apostle suffered and despaired not nay behold Christ himselfe was tempted and afflicted that hee might succour us when we are tempted and afflicted Oh then behold Christ with a sure comfort and a lively faith and he will succour us in all our afflions that neither flesh world nor devill shall be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. FINIS