Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	attainment_n	high_a	unworthiness_n	36	3	16.0388	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08429	The helmet of hope, distinguished from the hope of hypocrites. And published to prevent the danger of false hope, and to promote the duty of living in true hope of glory. With an appendix of the grounds of hope, collected in a catalog of promises and experiences. / By A.B. ...	Barnett, Andrew, 17th cent.	1694 (1694)	Wing B875BA; ESTC R172272	76,414	184

manner with such Jollities Mirth Musick Dancing Clapping of hands for joy as was never practised amongst sober Christians in expectation of a speedy Midnight Cry and a Transportation to Jerusalem Let me entreat you to look upon them as under a Satanical delusion and have nothing to do with that hope that will certainly end in shame Keep your hope within the compass of the Promises and aspire not to hopes that are of such a Phantastical Nature 2. Confess oft your unworthiness of this great Mercy It 's a high Attainment and it 's a hard matter to keep the Heart low under high Attainments High hopes of Glory are apt to lift up the Heart with high thoughts of it self To have such high hopes and yet to have low Spirits is rare and extraordinary Paul indeed was high in Gifts and high in Grace high in excellencies and high in expectation of Glory and yet low and humble in Spirit do you labour to be like him And to this end mind your unworthiness of the mercy and ascribe all your hopes of Glory to Free Grace You are in danger of Pride in this case watch against it and pray against it and beat down every bubble of Pride that ariseth in your Hearts least you grow High-minded and so provoke God to bereave you of your hope of Glory Rom. 11.20 Be not high-minded but fear Think not highly of your selves but sear least your Hearts should grow haughty and beware of it Pride is a great Sin especially when it is about those things which are freely given us of God for the good of out Souls 3. Confute your causeless and carnal Fears by these your sure and certain Hopes of Glory You are incident in this Life to frauds from men and frowns from God to Sin and Sorrow and to Trials and Temptations and these cause fears yea great and terrible fears Good David was surrounded with them Psal 31.13 Fear was on every side And none are free from these fears Isa 24.17 Fear the pit and the snare are upon thee O Inhabitant of the Earth There is not an Inhabitant upon the Earth but he is sometimes haunted with these fears and these exceedinly discompose and disjoint the Soul and unfit it for the Service of God Now God hath given you Hope of Glory for an Antidote against this Poyson to cure you of your fears imploy your hopes against your fears and confute your fears with your hopes 1. Argue a Minore ad majus from the less to the greater Doth the fear of Hell and Damnation seize you confute it thus he that hath a sure certain Hope of Glory shall enjoy the end of his hope viz. The Salvation of his Soul otherwise this hope were in vain and God hath given me such a hope Away then thou fear it 's not for him that lives in hopes of Glory to torment himself with such needless fears Thus by your Hope cast out your Fears 2. Argue majore ad minus from the greater to the less Rom. 8.32 Shall he not with him freely give us all things hath he given me Christ and the Hope of Glory and shall I fear want no surely he will see to my needs and supply me with all necessaries and what need I more Phil. 4.19 My God shall supply all your wants according to his Riches in Glory by Christ he hath supplied the wants of my Soul and shall I fear want of supplies for my body when I have a promise of the supply of all my need No no as I hope for Glory so will I hope in God for bodily supplies and cast my care upon him that alway hath taken care for my supply 4. Conform your selves to Christ with whom you hope to live in Glory Conform to his Precepts and to his Pattern do his Will on Earth as it 's done in Heaven See that your Hopes of Glory influence your Heart and excite Heavenly-mindedness You that hope to live with Christ in Glory what manner of persons ought ye to be how exact in your daily walk how lively in every Duty how regular in all your actions you should make your hopes of Glory a strong Argument against Sin it 's not for one that hopes to live with Christ in Glory to mind earthly things 1 John 3.3 Every man that hath this hope in himself purifies himself as he is pure He Argues thus with himself Christ is pure and holy and I hope to live with him in Glory and therefore it concerns me above others to shun all uncleanness and to keep my self unspotted from the World 5. Confirm your hope of Glory more and more Strong hopes of Glory would add much strength to your Soul 1. Your patience would be much strengthned by it steady firm and assured hopes of Glory would enable you to possess your souls in Patience under the sadest Circumstances that can befall you 1 Thes 1.3 Remembring your patience of Hope Patience is the product of hope and hope the Mother of patience the stronger your hope the greater your patience Hope therefore must be strengthned for the increase of patience You have need of Patience Heb. 10.36 It 's needful to help you to wait for mercy under long delays of Mercy and to help you to bear adversity without Despondency High Hopes of Glory heigthen Patience and patience easeth the Burden of Oppression 2 Your Praises would be much sweetned by it A Heart filled with Hope of Glory is a joyful heart and Praises God melodiously and joyfully Psal 16.9 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoiceth my flesh also shall rest in hope or according to the Hebrew dwell confidently and I hope to enjoy everlasting rest in Glory and this makes my heart glad and my glory rejoyce when with my glory or tongue I glorifie God in trumpeting out his Praise my heart rejoyceth in me Strong hopes fill the heart with strong Consolations Heb. 6.18 and strong Consolations enlarge the heart in Praises Confirmed hope quickens and corroborates the Soul and makes the praises of God very delightful to a Christian 6. Comfort your selves under all Discomforts Disappointments and Discouragements with your hopes of Glory You are sure whilst you are in this envious World to meet with Troubles but be of good Comfort Christ within you and your hope of Glory will support you in your Trouble and animate you under them you need not to be troubled at your troubles they will quickly be over Consider for your Comfort that these Troubles are 1. Passages to Glory Acts. 14.22 We must through much tribulation enter into the Kingdom of Heaven The way to Glory is a thorny way and you must expect in your Passage Tribulation and much Tribulation and must pass through it Mariners and Merchants pass through many a storm and if they come well home richly laden they think well of the Voyage And though your passage to glory be tempestuous and stormy yet glory will make amends for all 2.