Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	abide_v	able_a	john_n	64	3	5.4236	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91361	Englands remonstrance. Or, a word in the ear to the scattered, discontented members of the late Parliament. Shewing, that self-seekers are self-losers; and that no member ought to feather his own nest, but freely permit every bird to enjoy his own feathers, and every honest man to sit under his own vine, and enjoy the fruits thereof. Likewise, a word to the present assembly at Westminster, and the councel of state at White Hall, in order to their present power, rule, government; and the peoples rights, liberties, and priviledges. By Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1653 (1653)	Wing P4233; Thomason E719_3; ESTC R207191	6,447	8

as Abraham did once to the Lord Gen. 18. 27. behold now I have taken upon me to speak which am but dust and ashes I would beg leave to present a few more things to your consideration 2. The next thing is that when you make inquisition for Wolves prophecied of by Christ and his Apostles Matth. 7 15. compared with Acts. 20 19. That come to us insheeps cloathing that you would not do as the late Parliament did to stop the wolves mouth in one town and let him go and devour in another if he be adjudged unfit to bite or devour in one place let him be held as unfit in another lest you should do in effect as they did put out the fire Canne and send it to Marlbrough or indeavour to stop the Plague at Bristol by sending the infected persons to London 3. The next thing that I would beg of you for this poor nation is that whereas the last power did promise much and perform little be you more like God I both humbly and earnestly request you by promising less then you intend to perform that you may in very deed appear to be like him He promised the children of Israel onely the land of Canaan but besides that he gave them two other Kingdomes which he did never promise to give them and to Zacharias Luk. 1. 20. he promised to give him his speech again at the birth of the child but besides that he gave him the spirit of Prophecy so that as Paul saith he cau do abundantly above all that we are able to ask or think And you that say ye abide in him ought so to walk as ye have him for an example see Eph. 3. 20. 1 John 2. 6. 4. The next thing that I would beg of you Most Honorable Senators is this that you would indeavour to unite all the Saints sound in the faith to an union in the spirit of love Though England be but as a garden to the whole world and the people in it but a handfull and scarce one of twenty of this handfull Godly men yet were these few Saints united by the blessed spirit so as their hearts might agree together as touching any thing they ought to ask and were so well affected to lift up one voice and one heart according to the will of God they would have the thing they ask for so as nothing should be too hard for them to do all the world could not stand before them nor undermine them for they would be wise in the Lords wisedome and strong in him and in the power of his might Shall Herod and Pilate agree Turks and Pagans Beares and Lyons agree Tygers and Wolves agree and shall not Saints agree if the Saints were but but once united Antichrist would soon be destroyed Oh! let not our Supream power under God be angry and I will speak but this once Oh! let me then say as once Mordecai did to Hester Hester 4. 14. If thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time then shall deliverance arise from another place or power but thou and thy fathers house shall be destroyed and who knoweth whether thou art come to the Kingdome for such a time as this And under Correction let me tell you the work is the Lords and if you will not carry it on he will lay you aside with shame and raise up those that he will own and blesse And whereas most of the Godly people in England are crying to God mightly for you to purge out self-seeking and to plant a spirit of government in you and to furnish you with natural and spiritual abilities suitable to the work that lieth before you but if you begin to flag as the former power did and so let the work stick in the birth and every one minding his own things and not the things of Jesus Christ Then let me tell you that all the Lords people in England and the other nations will be praying to him and wrestling with him and give him no rest night nor day till the Lord turn you also out of doors and bring in those that he will own and blesse FINIS