Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	abhor_v	believer_n	sanctification_n	34	3	11.5443	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46354	Several sermons preach'd on the whole eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans eighteen of which preach'd on the first, second, third, fourth verses are here published : wherein the saints exemption from condemnation, the mystical union, the spiritual life, the dominion of sin and the spirits agency in freeing from it, the law's inability to justifie and save, Christ's mission, eternal sonship, incarnation, his being an expiatory sacrifice, fulfilling the laws righteousness (which is imputed to believers) are opened, confirmed, vindicated, and applied / by Tho. Jacomb.	Jacombe, Thomas, 1622-1687.	1672 (1672)	Wing J119; ESTC R26816	712,556	668

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his_o member_n also_o this_o be_v his_o great_a request_n to_o his_o father_n joh._n 17.24_o where_o it_o be_v union_n it_o shall_v be_v vision_n in_o christ_n here_o and_o with_o christ_n hereafter_o be_v inseparable_a a_o christ_n in_o you_o be_v a_o sufficient_a ground_n for_o the_o hope_n of_o glory_n col._n 1.27_o christ_n in_o you_o the_o hope_n of_o glory_n you_o therefore_o who_o be_v in_o christ_n shall_v high_o comfort_v yourselves_o with_o these_o thing_n i_o will_v desire_v such_o not_o to_o put_v from_o they_o these_o cordial_n as_o if_o they_o be_v not_o proper_a for_o they_o because_o of_o the_o weakness_n of_o their_o grace_n the_o imperfection_n of_o their_o duty_n the_o meaness_n of_o their_o person_n or_o upon_o any_o other_o discouragement_n of_o this_o nature_n be_v thou_o a_o believer_n be_v thou_o never_o so_o weak_a yet_o thou_o be_v in_o christ_n thou_o be_v low_a in_o grace_n in_o gift_n in_o thy_o outward_a condition_n yet_o thou_o be_v in_o christ_n the_o 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quite_o to_o justle_v out_o impute_v righteousness_n or_o set_v so_o high_a as_o to_o have_v that_o attribute_v to_o it_o which_o be_v only_o proper_a to_o christ_n righteousness_n our_o 625._o our_o si_fw-mi spiritus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la vivificans_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la etc._n etc._n ergo_fw-la liberati_fw-la sumus_fw-la à_fw-la lege_fw-la peccati_fw-la &_o mortis_fw-la regeneratione_n sanctificatione_n non_fw-la solâ_fw-la justitiae_fw-la imputatione_n gratia_n ergo_fw-la inhaerens_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la liberat_fw-la à_fw-la peccato_fw-la contz_n quaest_n 1._o in_o verse_n 2._o cap._n 8._o ad_fw-la rom._n torsit_fw-la hic_fw-la locus_fw-la tàm_fw-la calvinum_fw-la quam_fw-la bezam_n quia_fw-la inhaerentem_fw-la justitiam_fw-la per_fw-la veram_fw-la peccati_fw-la victoriam_fw-la luculentèr_fw-la probat_fw-la &_o imputativam_fw-la subvertit_fw-la stapl._n antidote_n p._n 625._o adversary_n misrepresent_v our_o opinion_n and_o trouble_v themselves_o in_o a_o great_a measure_n to_o prove_v that_o which_o we_o never_o deny_v and_o then_o asperse_v we_o as_o though_o we_o do_v deny_v it_o 3._o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v the_o proof_n of_o a_o thing_n another_o thing_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o thing_n regeneration_n indeed_o prove_v justification_n for_o every_o regenerate_a person_n be_v a_o justify_v person_n but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o justification_n for_o the_o person_n be_v not_o therefore_o justify_v because_o he_o be_v regenerate_v but_o because_o christ_n righteousness_n by_o faith_n be_v make_v over_o to_o he_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o say_v therefore_o a_o man_n live_v because_o he_o have_v sense_n and_o move_v and_o another_o thing_n to_o say_v therefore_o a_o man_n live_v because_o he_o have_v a_o live_a soul_n in_o he_o the_o sense_n and_o motion_n prove_v the_o life_n but_o it_o be_v the_o live_a soul_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o life_n so_o here_o the_o believer_n shall_v not_o be_v condemn_v because_o the_o law_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n etc._n etc._n this_o evince_v the_o certainty_n of_o the_o thing_n but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o proper_a cause_n of_o it_o so_o that_o the_o for_o in_o the_o text_n be_v only_o nota_fw-la probationis_fw-la but_o not_o causalitatis_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v use_v up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o gospel_n in_o very_a many_o place_n 4._o it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o calvin_n that_o legem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la impropriè_fw-la vocat_fw-la dei_fw-la spiritum_fw-la qui_fw-la animas_fw-la nostras_fw-la christi_fw-la sanguine_fw-la aspergit_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la à_fw-la peccati_fw-la labe_fw-la emundet_fw-la quoad_fw-la reatum_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o veram_fw-la pietatem_fw-la sanctificet_fw-la calvin_n calvin_n in_o part_n do_v interpret_v the_o word_n of_o regeneration_n and_o inherent_a righteousness_n but_o then_o foresee_v the_o objection_n that_o will_v be_v make_v upon_o it_o he_o explain_v himself_o about_o it_o and_o say_v calvin_n say_v siquis_fw-la excipiat_fw-la veniam_fw-la ergo_fw-la quâ_fw-la sepeliuntur_fw-la nostra_fw-la delicta_fw-la pendete_fw-la à_fw-la regeneratione_n facilis_fw-la est_fw-la solutio_fw-la non_fw-la assignari_fw-la causam_fw-la à_fw-la paulo_n sed_fw-la modum_fw-la tradi_fw-la duntaxae_fw-la quo_fw-la solvimur_fw-la à_fw-la reatu_fw-la calvin_n if_o any_o shall_v reply_v that_o then_o pardon_v or_o justification_n do_v depend_v upon_o regeneration_n the_o answer_n say_v he_o be_v obvious_a paul_n do_v not_o set_v down_o the_o cause_n wherefore_o we_o be_v absolve_v from_o gild_n only_o the_o manner_n wherein_o this_o be_v do_v he_o add_v further_a disjungi_fw-la further_a perinde_v valet_fw-la haec_fw-la sententia_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la dixisset_fw-la paulus_n regenerationis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ab_fw-la imputatione_n justitiae_fw-la nunquam_fw-la disjungi_fw-la it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o the_o apostle_n have_v say_v that_o regeneration_n be_v never_o separate_v or_o part_v from_o the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n so_o that_o he_o do_v not_o argue_v for_o non-condemnation_n or_o justification_n from_o inherent_a righteousness_n as_o the_o proper_a cause_n of_o it_o but_o only_o as_o these_o two_o always_o go_v together_o and_o as_o this_o be_v the_o order_n and_o method_n of_o god_n wherein_o he_o justify_v and_o it_o be_v true_a too_o that_o beza_n that_o legem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la vitæ_fw-la nec_fw-la pro_fw-la lege_fw-la fidei_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la pro_fw-la ejus_fw-la efficaciâ_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la i._n e._n corruptio_fw-la ipsaque_fw-la adeo_fw-la mors_fw-la sensìm_fw-la aboletur_fw-la ut_fw-la docet_fw-la infra_fw-la v._n 10._o &_o 11._o denique_fw-la pro_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la accipio_fw-la cvi_fw-la opponitur_fw-la carnis_fw-la i._n e._n naturae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la corruptio_fw-la beza_n beza_n do_v take_v in_o here_o under_o the_o law_n of_o the_o spirit_n regeneration_n and_o sanctification_n but_o then_o it_o be_v very_o well_o know_v what_o he_o make_v to_o be_v the_o law_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n principal_o viz._n the_o sanctity_n and_o holiness_n of_o christ_n humane_a nature_n which_o he_o say_v be_v impute_v to_o the_o believer_n he_o be_v thereupon_o justify_v justin_n justify_v in_o his_o verbis_fw-la calvinum_fw-la orthodoxae_fw-la &_o augustinianae_n expositioni_fw-la conformitè_fw-fr dicere_fw-la quis_fw-la dubitaverit_fw-la sed_fw-la audiantur_fw-la reliqua_fw-la &_o impostoris_fw-la technae_fw-la ac_fw-la fraud_n apparebunt_fw-la stapl._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la quam_fw-la legem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la cum_fw-la probè_fw-la intellexissent_fw-la recentiores_fw-la haeretici_fw-la perperam_fw-la transferunt_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la justis_fw-la inhaer●ntem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la externam_fw-la christi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la quam_fw-la robis_fw-la quodaminodo_fw-la affingi_fw-la volunt_fw-la &_o imputari_fw-la justin_n and_o now_o calvin_n and_o beza_n have_v lose_v all_o their_o credit_n so_o long_o as_o they_o expound_v the_o word_n of_o inherent_a righteousness_n they_o be_v very_o sound_a and_o orthodox_n but_o now_o they_o thus_o explain_v themselves_o no_o censure_n be_v severe_a enough_o for_o they_o now_o if_o stapleton_n may_v be_v believe_v they_o be_v not_o adulteratores_fw-la sed_fw-la carnifice_n verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la i_o know_v pareus_n to_o avoid_v the_o

the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n which_o be_v by_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n unto_o all_o and_o upon_o all_o they_o that_o believe_v ch_z 3.22_o be_v justify_v free_o by_o his_o grace_n through_o the_o redemption_n that_o be_v in_o jesus_n christ_n who_o god_n have_v set_v forth_o to_o be_v a_o propitiation_n through_o faith_n in_o his_o blood_n etc._n etc._n v._n 24_o 25_o 26_o abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v count_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n ch_z 4.3_o now_o it_o be_v not_o write_v for_o his_o sake_n alone_o that_o it_o be_v impute_v to_o he_o but_o for_o we_o also_o to_o who_o it_o shall_v be_v impute_v if_o we_o believe_v on_o he_o that_o raise_v up_o the_o lord_n jesus_n from_o the_o dead_a who_o be_v deliver_v for_o our_o offence_n and_o be_v raise_v again_o for_o our_o justification_n v._n 23_o 24_o 25_o therefore_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n we_o have_v peace_n with_o god_n through_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n ch_z 5.1_o especial_o read_v what_o the_o apostle_n write_v in_o draw_v up_o the_o parallel_n betwixt_o the_o two_o adam_n ch_z 5.15_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o ch._n i_o say_v read_v and_o consider_v what_o be_v before_o assert_v over_o and_o over_o concern_v justification_n and_o then_o tell_v i_o whether_o the_o apostle_n may_v not_o well_o thus_o infer_v there_o be_v therefore_o etc._n etc._n and_o whether_o there_o be_v not_o strength_n enough_o in_o these_o premise_n to_o bear_v the_o weight_n of_o the_o conclusion_n there_o be_v therefore_o now_o no_o condemnation_n etc._n etc._n for_o unquestionable_o the_o illative_a therefore_o upon_o which_o the_o proposition_n be_v bottom_v like_o the_o handle_n in_o the_o dial_n point_v to_o all_o that_o the_o apostle_n have_v be_v speak_v of_o concern_v justify_v grace_n 2._o the_o privilege_n be_v far_a sure_o upon_o sanctification_n sanctification_n from_o their_o sanctification_n such_o as_o be_v in_o christ_n be_v always_o sanctify_v wherever_o the_o union_n be_v with_o 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