Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	adoption_n	cry_v	father_n	9,732	5	5.0154	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69201	A sermon preached at the Tower of London, by M. Dering the xi. day of Dece[m]ber. 1569; Sermon preached at the Tower of London, the eleventh day of December. 1569	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1569 (1569)	STC 6695; ESTC S113566	14,796	48

he that beleueth in him shall not thirst any more This dearly beloued is that great fruyt that vnspeaable benefite y t endlesse mercye which they taste and eate of that laboure and are loden and come vnto Christ My tounge can not expresse it your eares cānot heare it our hartes can not imagine it what is y e fulnes of ioy that springeth out of this foūtain To thirst no more to be no more an hungred is to see God as he is and to contemne the world to haue al teares wiped away frō our eyes and be no more sorowful to haue the glory of God to shine vppon vs no more to regard the light of Sun or Moone This shalbe then perfect when Christ shal appeare in glory and maiestie and wee shalbe clothed with righteousnes and immortality Now in this body of sinne this happines is tasted of when we feele the spirite of adoption to crie vnto our spirite Abba Father When the mercies of Jesus Christ do so cōpasse the inner man that we see feele the kingdome of Heauen pictured in our consciences when with a great and longing desire euen as the hart longeth after the water brookes we cry with saint Paule Cupio dissolui When we be touched inwardly and say with the saintes in y e reuelation Come Lord Jesu come quickly These are y t beginnings of those euerlasting ioyes that can neuer bee madefull till this mortallitie haue put on immortalitie and this corruptible incorruption and wee haue geuen into our mouthes the songes of our triūphe O death where is thy styng O hell where is thy victorye The songes of our joy such as none can vnderstand saue the hūdreth foure and fortie thousand that are bought from the earth He that eateth of Christe to this purpose he is nourished and he that drinketh of Christ to this hope he is quickned With this meate and drink Abraham was filled when he forsooke his fathers house his kindred his countrye to go into a lande that God would shew hym With thys meate and drinke Moses was filled when he rather chose to be a miserable seruaunte among his brethren of Israel then to be a mighty Prince in the court of Pharaoh With this meate and drinke was Dauid filled when he wished rather to be a dore keeper in the house of God then to dwell in the Pallaces of Princes With this meate and drinke was Paule filled when hee sayde he accompted all the worlde as dunge that he myght winne Christ. With this meate drinke who so euer is filled he will forsake father and mother brother and sister wyfe and children house and landes yea euen his owne soule take vp his crosse and follow Christ. The remembrance of immortalitie that Christ shal geue vnto him wil make him hartely to cōfesse y t this life is but a momēt The length of his daies that liueth for euer will make him behold his owne body and say all flesh is grasse The glory of hys maiestie that shineth world without end will proue the glory of man to be but as a flower in the fielde It will make his harte to crye often within him Lorde feede vs euer with this bread And sure dearelye beloued the cause is soone espyed why the worlde is so droncken with these transitorye vanities they neuer felt what the thynges are that abide for euer He neuer tasted of Christ that hungreth thirsteth after vayne glory to become honorable in this world He neuer tasted of Christ y t heapeth vp siluer and gold and cānot tell for whome he gathereth it He neuer tasted of Christ that spendeth his dayes in wantonnesse and harkeneth not to the sentence that shalbe spoken vnto him Come geue accompte of thy stewardshipe He neuer tasted of Christ y t hath his eyes open to behold vanitie seeth not Christ crucifyed for hys sinnes He neuer tasted of Christ that hath his eares open to al vngodlye 〈◊〉 and heareth not the Trumpet that one day shall blow a loude Arise ye dead and come vnto iudgement To be short he neuer tasted of Christ that is not crucified vnto the world and the world vnto him so farre that synne raygne not in hys mortall body The Prince neuer tasted of Christ y t putteth the glory of hys court in concupiscence in pride in blasphemie The noble mā neuer tasted of Christ that braggeth boasteth of his parentage and knoweth not y t he is but dust The magistrate neuer tasted of Christ that sufferth this great carding dising that leaueth sinne vnpunished vertue vnrewarded The Man or Woman neuer tasted of Christ that cryeth not in spirite O Lorde thou art myne inheritaunce The Father of all mercy and God of all consolation strēgthen vs with his grace that we may tast of Christ 〈…〉 Joh. 6. 26. Joh. 6. 31. Joh. 6. 4. Joh 6 28 Heb. 4. 11. 2 Cor. 2. 14. Joh 3 4. John 4 15 Mar 16. 38. Luke 18 38. 2. Cor 19. Mat. 27. Math. 26. 8. Math 5. 49. Prudence ●et 44. John 1. 9. Gene 4. 13. Gene 27. 38. Exo. 9. 27. Exo 8 19. Math. 2● 24 Act. 8. 13. Math. 6. ●a● 5. 2. Psal. 37 12 Luc. 17 16. Esa. 1. 12. Joh. 4. 23. Psal. 115. 5 Joh. 6. 34. John 6. 35 Math. 11. 28. Gene. 3. 15. Gene. 12. 3 and 26. 4. and 28. 14. Rom. 7. 7. Rom 5. 20 Heb. 9. 9. Heb. 10. 4. Gal. 3. 24. Esa. 9 6 Ephe 4 11 Rom 4. 16 Ephe. 2. 14 Act. 4. 22 August tract 25 Upon the 〈◊〉 of John Heb 13. John 5 ● John ●● Joh. ●● Joh 6. 54. 1. Joh. 4 15 Luke 24. 33. Math. 26. 26. Joh. 6. 14 Eph. 5. 24 Ephe. 2. ● John 1 〈…〉 Math. 26. Math. 26. Cor. 11. 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 24. 〈◊〉 12 1. Leuit 7. 3. Num. 6. 〈◊〉 5. 11 ●ut 19 〈◊〉 26. 5. 〈◊〉 31. 11. 〈…〉 2 〈…〉 17 〈◊〉 11. 1 Cor. 19. 3. Tit. 3. 5. 1. Cor. 14. 38. Gala. 4. 6 Psal. 12. 51 Phil. 1. 21. Apoc. 22. 1. Cor. 15. 53. 1. Cor. 15. 55. Apoc. 14. 〈…〉 Gene. 12. 1. 〈…〉 11 Psa. 84. 1 Phil. 3. 8. Math. 19. 19. Luke 14. 26 Esay 4. 6. Ioh. 16. 34. Luk. 16. 3

A Sermon preached at the Tower of London by M. Dering the xi day of Decēber 1569. Imprinted at London by John Day dwelling ouer Aldersgate Cum gratia Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis per Decennium John 6. 34. Then they sayd vnto him Lord geue vs euermore of this bread And Jesus sayd vnto them I am the bread of lyfe hee that commeth vnto me shall not hūger and he that beleueth in me shall neuer thirst WE haue dearlye beloued in our Lorde sauyour Christ we haue in this portion of scripture to consider First this petitiō or request which y e Iewes make vnto Christ in these words Lorde geue vs euermore of thys bread Then the answere that our Sauiour Christ maketh agayne I am the bread of life c. Theyr request riseth of certayne wordes spoken immediatly before where Christ sayth My Father geueth vnto you from heauen the true bread For the bread of God is he that cōmeth downe from heauen and geueth lyfe vnto the world Through whiche wordes they breake out straight into this prayer O Lord geue vs alwayes this bread These wordes they doe not vtter wyth any good affection or longing desires to be partakers of the mercies which are offered vnto all in Christ Jesu but rather of a distēpered mynde drawne into contrary desires seeking by all meanes to fil themselues with happinesse and yet to jeste and scoffe at the doctrine of Christ. The thoughtes of them myndes are made manyfest both by these words of Christ Ye seeke me because you eate of the loaues and were filled and also by theyr owne wordes to the same effecte where they say our fathers did eate Manna in the wildernesse likewise requiring y t Christ would so feede them still by miracle and then they would follow him And afterward also when Christ had further taught them y t he woulde in no such sort feede them deintelye on earth but if they would eate of the bread that he would geue they must renounce such fleshly concupiscence crucify themselues vnto the worlde and be with a liuelye fayth incorporate into hys bodye then they shoulde eate of liuing bread as soone as they had heard this they murmured at him shewing y t he was not the bread that they did seeke for and then declared what was theyr scoffing spirite and sayd openly Is not this Jesus the sōne of Joseph whose Father and mother wee knowe howe came he down from heauen Thus dearely beloued we learne what mindes these men had y t would so fayn haue bene fed with the bread of lyfe They would liue for euer ● but they woulde liue as they liste They would followe Christ but they woulde neyther hunger nor thirst They would do the will of God but they would not crucifie theyr affectiōs They would come vnto heauen but they would not be led by Jesus the poor Carpenters sonne Theyr carnall fancies beguyled them Their scoffing at Jesus Christ made their hartes so blinde and their desire of happines was nothing but the shew of their owne folye Now let vs beware by other mens harmes Let vs not fall after the same example of disobedience Yf we bring our carnall fancies to the worde of God we shall neuer vnderstād it The naturall man perceyueth not the things that are of God Such grose imaginations deceiued Nicodemus that he knew not what it was to be borne a newe Such fancies made blinde the weoman of Samaria that she knew not howe to aske for the water of lyfe Such carnal imaginations made the children of Zebedie to aske of our Sauyour Christe they knew not what Yea all the disciples of our sauyour Christ by such fleshly desires oftentymes vnderstoode him not And how muche more ought we to take heede that haue so barren hartes not watered so plētifully with gods sprite Whether shall we be led yf wee bryng vnto Gods word our sensuall appetites sure euē thether whether these Jewes are gone before vs to murmur agaynst Christe and despise his crosse Let vs thē take heede while it is yet tyme and in obedience of Gods worde banishe farre from vs our own vnderstāding and yf we will be taught of the Lord God let vs leade into captiuity all our own cogitations and seeke no better estate for the Gospell of God then he hymselfe hath appoynted by hys holy wisedome Otherwise it will surelye come vpon vs that came so long agone vpon these carnall Iewes wee shall haue so good liking of our owne delight y t we shall contemne the poore Galilean with a proude countenaunce wee shall thinke much scorne that the Carpenters sonne should bee our mayster This is the fruyte y t groweth out of mans wisedome Here it is plainely testified in this 6. of John It is testified in the Scribes and Pharisies that so often scoffed at our Sauiour Christ in the Soldiours that vppon the Crosse had him in such derision in the whole multitude of the Iewes y t stroke him and spitte on hym bid hym areade who had hurt him Thus after that by carnall reason they woulde needes iudge of Christe they grewe more more in hardnes of hart till they thought it good wisedome to speake so great blasphemye Such Gospellers there were many in the primitiue Churche that thought themselues wyse in makyng a ieste of Christ. So Iulianus the Apostata when y e Christians asked helpe agaynst all theyr iniuryes with mockes and scoffes hee woulde aske why they did complayne whē the Galilean theyr mayster bad them doe good for euyll yf any would take away theyr coate that then they shoulde geue him also their cloke So many wicked Magistrates spoyled the Christians of theyr monye and would taunt them merelye with the saying of theyr God Quod Caesaris scis Caesari da geue that vnto Cesare that thou knowest is Cesars Such Gospellers at this day wee haue a great many in Englād y t laugh smothly in their sleeues at theyr madnes as they thinke that followe so earnestly y ● Gospel So S. Peter hath borne witnesse generally of the wicked of all ages that they shall thinke it much madnes that other will not runne to like effusion of riot but let them alone y t seeke willingly to goe so farre astray This is the time of their reioysing The daies of repentaunce are not yet come When they haue done with their mocking them selues shalbe then mocked at and for all their pleasaunt sporting they shalbe called to Judgement An other thing I noted vnto you in y e petition of these Iewes that was a desire of happinesse which they wished to come vnto and in y e middes of their malice yet an inward sighing of spirite that they might once eate of the bread of lyfe They pleased them selues exceedingly in fighting agaynst Christ and yet agayne in remorse of conscience they wished to be partakers of