Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	apostle_n	speak_v	word_n	9,283	5	4.1967	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39271	A sudden and cloudy messenger, with glimpses of great joy to the Israel of God declaring the hastning of that day of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus in his saints, tending to a deliverance from spiritual and temporal captivity ... / by a lover of peace and purity, though appearing so terrible and dreadfull, Edward Ellis.	Ellis, Edward, lover of peace and purity.	1649 (1649)	Wing E576; ESTC R22890	25,381	33

be the Glory of it also it s now but the day of small things there 's many powers of darknesse to hinder the breaking forth of this Glory But who are you O great mountaines before the breakings forth of the Lord Jesus You shall become a plain he shall be brought forth in despight of you and there shall be shoutings crying Grace Grace unto Him Be silent O all Flesh before the Lord for he is rising out of the habitation of his Holinesse The Fountaine yet maintaines life therefore O spirituall Israel doe you search the Scriptures whether these things be so or no like those Acts 17. And do not lightly cast these precious Declarations to you away till you have carefully examined these things and consider what these voices meane O Israel consider is here another Gospel the breakings forth of another Spirit another faith or new prophesies Or is here not a tast of the promises prophesies and words of the Prophets of old and Apostles of our Lord Jesus Ghrist I speak as to wise men judge what I say and with Mary ponder these things in your hearts The God of wisedome be your light injudging It s the desire of him who could willinglp spend and be spent if the Father thinks fit for the furtherance of your Consolation and Joy who is The unworthiest of all Saints EDVVARD ELLIS A Spark from the Altar OR A Beam of the Light of God Declaring the Scattering of the gathered Churches in England before the consummation of all things Or The End of the World tending to a Discovery or Separation betweene the Righteous and the Wicked which shall be done by the Lords comming to his Temple At which day the Saints shall enjoy a more cleare Sight of their Fathers Glory than now they doe CHurches Harken I know you will startle at this Cloudy Messenger with a Sparke from the Altar or a Beame of the Light of God scattering yours which seems to be as a full Sun Many of you glory much in your Priviledges as if the Lord were no where in his manifestations of Light and Love but among you So did the Jewes Jer. 7. The Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord Many of you thinke your selves very well and rich I should not meddle to impoverish or strip you of your Glory were I not certaine I am under the teachings and subservient to the designe of my Father You have many of you like Hannahs Adversary vext the soules of those that were not under your Formes upraiding them with barrennesse and unfruitfulnesse boasting of your owne But consider Hannah had an Husband and being vext with her Adversary cryed unto the Lord he brought forth fruit out of her wombe and she was a joyfull mother of children when she that vext her its possible waxt feeble To spiritualize it Those you have and still vex have an husband the Lord Jesus in him is their fruit found which he will bring forth and cause them to be fruitfull and strong when you may be weake and feeble Then shall they sing Hannahs Song of Joy read it 1 Sam. 2. Therefore talke no more so exceeding proudly let not arrogancy come out of your mouthes For the Lord is a God of knowledge by him actions are weighed they that stumbled are and shall be girt with strength 1 Sam. 2. 4. Psal. 113. 7. 8. He raiseth up the poore even such as you despise out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill that he may set him with Princes even with the Princes of his people But hearken still Tell many of you of a spirituall Glory that 's contrary to yours or a Land more excellent than yours one may almost as soone make a blind man beleeve the Moone is made of cheese as saith the Proverb as cause you to see this spirituall Land that is discoveries above and contrary to yours I have been wandring a long time like Noahs Dove as the Spies to search the Land I have seene it afar off behold a branch or a cluster of its fruit it s a glorious land only with pure spirituall glory the inhabitants are very wise and strong but with the wisedome and strength of the Lord of Hoasts no need of any low or inferiour light but the pure light of God no need of Teachers to say Know the Lord no feare of Enemies The gates stand open It s very pure nothing but holinesse there it s very strong the Lord himselfe is walls and bulwarks There may be Dogs and ravenous Beasts about it they may attempt to storme it but they shall soone be destroyed Rev. 20. 9. This spirituall Land of Canaan is altogether glorious When the Lord has given me a more cleare view of it if he thinkes fit you shall heare of it But Churches hearken Many of you boast much of your strong Pillars that will beare up your building to the end of all things almost I mean those Scriptures that are so frequently brought to prove the continuance of your practise but I spare you considering the Disciples were ignorant to the Resurrection of Christ though taught by him living under his teaching of their measure Yet hearken there 's a great deal of danger in your way and practice in retaining those Scriptures that make for you in opposition and clear contradiction to many others You boast much of them to prove your way if that be true which many of you hold out if the light of God did not lead me I might question the authority of them which I doe not but am rather confirmed in the excellency of them or else not know what to make of them But Churches hearken still Because many of you are so confident that I may not beat the aire or speak at uncertainty what will you say to those Scriptures that prove your desolution First Consider those Scriptures that promise and prophesie of the large measure of the fulnesse of God the Saints shall be filled withall in the last daies and then tell how long you thinke your building can stand Joel 2. 28. I will poure out my Spirit upon all Flesh and your Sons and your Daughters shall Prophesie your old men shall dreame dreames and your young men shall see visions And so upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those dayes will I powre out my Spirit Zech. 12. 8. In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David and the house of David shall be as God as the Angel of the Lord before them Zech. 10. 5. And they shall be as mighty men which tread downe their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle they shall fight because the Lord is with them and the Riders of horses shall be confounded Zech. 10. Chap. 7. vers. 12. And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man and their heart shal rejoyce as through wine yea their children shall