Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	abase_v	humble_v	puff_v	40	3	11.9356	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44490	The brazen serpent, or, God's grand design viz., Christ's exaltation for man's salvation, in believing on Him, or, The right way to regeneration ... / by J. Horn ...	Horn, John, 1614-1676.	1673 (1673)	Wing H2794; ESTC R5935	306,005	472

believe on the Lord Jesus And to that end preached and held forth to him the Word of the Lord The Doctrine concerning him which contains according to his own expressions to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 15.3 4 the Doctrine of his Death Burial and Resurrection and so of those great Points of the Gospel wherein the Grace of God in Christ is set forth to us in minding and believing of which he was healed Act. 16.27 29 30 31 32. with 20.24 Gal. 1.6 Yea in looking to and minding this we shall be armed against all accusations of Sin Law or Sathan as in Rom. 8.32 33 34. Case 2. In case of a benummedness of our spirits through senslesness of our vileness in our selves or aptness to be puffed up with conceits of our wholeness or betterness then others and thence a carelesness to seek for health to our Souls the way to be convinced of our vileness and emptiness and so to be humbled and abased in our selves is to look to and upon Christ crucified and behold his Cross and Sufferings for us as set forth in the Gospel to us that that 's the best way to take down our pride and bring us to a sense of our wretchedness is implyed in that the Apostle tells us they judged all dead from ones having dyed for all The sight of our deadness and helplesness in our selves is best seen in that Glass that represents that Christ dyed for all and so for us 2 Cor. 5.14 Where also the sight of his grace in dying for us will cure our deadness quicken and put life into us so as to make us live so that that sight both kills and makes alive wounds and heals casteth us down in our selves and raiseth us up in Christ Crucifies us with Christ and yet makes us live in him and brings him in to live in us 1 Sam. 2.6 7. Gal. 2 20. and so the Exalting Preaching and witnessing to Christ both throws down the mountains and fills up the Vallies Isa 40.4 which was the work of the Baptist bearing witness to the Light and the effect wrought in them who beheld and looked to the Light witnessed to by him Luc. 3.4 5 6 16. with Joh. 1.6 7 8 15 23 c. Many that cannot by the law be convinced of their lostness in themselves and their need of Christ by reason that they are strict and zealous Observers and Performers of the Law in their apprehensions so as that upon that account they judg themselves righteous may and must be seen to be naturally wretched sinners and to have need of Christ in this that He dyed for them if they look upon and discern what is set before them therein yea therein they may see the utter undonness of their state upon any other account then only by his Death where together with the convincement of their being dead in themselves there is hope also presented to them that they may be saved by him Case 3. In case of temptations from our inabilities and insufficiencies to help our selves by freeing our selves from the defilement of our sins or getting victory over them or saving our selves out of the snares of sin and Sathan or working in our selves holiness and conformity to Christ so as may fit us for his Kingdom and glory our way is to look off from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and above our selves unto Jesus and consider him as the High-Priest and Apostle of our profession the Author and Finisher of the Faith what He hath undertaken with the Father for us How he is appointed and hath engaged to sanctify and wash his Church that is such as cleave to believe on and obey him and to bring forth Judgment into Victory subduing their Enemies and treading Sathan under their Feet And how faithful and powerful He is for performing his engagements This is the way I say to be helped against such temptations Heb. 2.17 18. and 3.1 2. And the like we may say for temptations from the consideration of his appearing slowness in performing his promises our finding no more deliverance from any sinful distempers and temptations to sin and from the oppressions of other enemies as Abraham was helped and Sarah also against temptations from Gods not making more hast to perform his promises by considering God's Power and Faithfulness Rom. 4.17 18 19. Heb. 11.11 12. Yea Case 4. Would we be delivered from the power of corruption and sin occasioning barrenness and temptation or otherwise prevailing over and polluting us This is our way to get freedom from and victory over them even the eying of Jesus the Son of Man for its the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus and which He himself is that makes free from the service of Sin Joh. 8.32 34 35 36. Eph. 4 20 21 22 23. and it 's the beholding his glory with open face as in a Glass in which we may be transformed into his Image and likeness from glory to glory as by his Spirit 2 Cor. 3.18 His Word and Faith it is that sanctifies Joh. 17.17 Act. 26.18 Case 5. In case of Persecutions or Chastisements from God or any troubles and afflictions here befalling us Look to Jesus the Author and Finisher of the Faith who for the Joy set before Him endured the Cross despised the shame and is now set down on the right hand of the Throne of God And this will preserve us from being weary of Gods chastisements or fainting under the contradiction of sinners partly while we there see how Christ suffered the like or greater for us and hath thereby taken away the evil and destructiveness of them from us and partly while we see how He is impowered and is faithful and compassionate to help us under them and bring us out of them He being as well the Finisher as the Author of the Faith and set down on the Throne of Majesty as one invested with the fulness of the power of God to help us and also appearing there to make Intercession for us Heb. 12.1 2 6. and 7 24 25. Rom. 8.34 Case 6. Would we see the odiousness of sin that we might abhor and beware of it Behold the Son of man suffering for it on our behalf see the Agonies Perplexities Shame Reproaches Death and Curse it brought upon Him There we may see Sin condemned in the Flesh Rom. 8.3 and 6.3 4. Having dyed to it there how should we again live in it should we not cease from that for which in Christ we have suffered in the flesh and must have suffered for it in our flesh even in our souls and bodies for our selves had not he suffered for it yea and must yet suffer for ever if through the sight of his Grace we turn not from it 1 Pet. 1.24 and 4.1 2. Case 7. Would we see the hainousness of neglecting Christ and the grace of God in him or of sinning against him after the knowledge of him received The way for it is to behold and mind