Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	baptism_n	baptize_v	water_n	8,987	5	7.3168	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84070	Jack Pudding: or, A minister made a black-pudding. Presented to Mr. R. Farmer parson of Nicholas Church in Bristol: by W.E.	Erbery, William, 1604-1654.	1654 (1654)	Wing E3228; Thomason E731_24; ESTC R206873	5,355	8

of Gods making as a Minister because he 's a Black-pudding or as Baal's Priests are called Chemarim that is Black-coats Zeph. 11.4 That 's my second Argument He who has no gift of the Spirit by the laying on of hands is no Minister of Christ But Mr. Farmer has no gift of the Spirit Ergo no Minister of Christ The Major is proved 1 Tim. 4.14 2 Tim. 1.6 Heb. 6.1 'T is not the doctrine of Baptism but of Baptisms that 's of the Spirit as well as water without both there is no Church-membership as without laying on of hands and a gift thereby no Minister of Christ. The Minor is proved 1 Cor. 12.8 Among all the gifts of the Spirit the first is a word of wisdom That Minister who has not a gift of wisdom has not the gift of the Spirit But Mr. Farmer has not a gift of wisdom Ergo. Not a gift of the Spirit That Mr. Farmer has not the gift of wisdom is proved by this Because he is a fool That Mr. Farmer is a fool or foolish shepherd is thus asserted He who has the instruments of a foolish shepherd is a fool or foolish shepherd But Mr. Farmer has the instruments of a foolish shepherd Ergo. Mr. Farmer is a fool The Major is proved Zech. 11.15 The Minor is plain because the instruments of a foolish shepherd are 1. when Ministers meddle with Civil matters or intermix with State-affairs there 's One as 't was well said in a Speech at Dunbar 2. The Magistrates call there 's Two 3. A worldly maintenance there 's Three 4. Formal Ordinances in the hands of a fleshly Ministery there 's Four instruments of a foolish shepherd If these are not in Mr. Farmer 's hands then he is no fool but a friend for so we shall be when God shall make him and me and all the Ministers also fools for so all men must be before they be wise or can walk in the way of God where wayfaring men though fools shall not erre therein Isai 35.8 1 Cor. 3.18 Having thus taken my Parson in hand now I shall handle my Text very short and sweet as Mr. Farmer said when he came first to the City that his Sermon should not be long because his books were not come down The fore-going verse tells us that by fire and his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh and the slain of the Lord shall be many Isai 66.16 Men have been long fighting with men now the sword of God is drawn against both and man has been long pleading with man now God will plead with all even all flesh which because the Word the sword of the Spirit cannot reach therefore flesh shall have fire kindled within to consume and slay it What 's the fire but the Spirit of the Lord or the Lord himself who is a consuming fire who though dwelling in flesh hath hitherto spar'd it unless in some broken-hearted Saints in whom the everlasting burnings have broken forth and made their flesh and the goodliness of flesh to wither in them their wisdom being turned to folly their spiritual strength to weakness their gifts and graces wasted their joy and peace fled away But this fire is not yet fallen on all but it shall with a vengeance very shortly for as every one shall be salted with fire that is every one who is slain and sacrificed to God for every sacrifice shall be salted with salt so Salt being best to season flesh and fire to slay it the slain of the Lord shall be many indeed when he comes forth in them as fire For as by this he pleads with flesh so his rebukes are said to be with flames of fire Isai 66.15 Words are but winde when man speaks or reproves but when God in man shall rebuke 't will soon be felt as fire in their bones and flames in their bosome Psal The fire comes forth first on the Church for as the Church has not had the baptism of fire but has been content with water so another fire shall baptize yea burn them up as the Prophet phraseth it They shall go out from one fire another fire shall devour them Ezek. 15.5 6. that is the Church has gone forth out of the fire of the Spirit or Baptism of fire into fleshly forms therefore another fire the fire of his jealousie shall devour them This is clear in all the Scriptures that as judgment begins at the house of God so the Church must be judged before the world yea all that wrath judgement fire and a hell upon earth which the Church interprets to be for the world that 's most true of the Church For as the children of the kingdom shall be cast into outer darkness Mat. 8.12 so not strangers but servants are called to account not whores but virgins come to judgment Mat. 25. Yea those carcases are the Churches who as they shall appear as walking Ghosts and to be dead while they live so they are damned above ground and have a hell upon earth whose worm never dies and their fire never quenched Isai 66.24 For as the Lord is said to be a worm or moth unto Judah and our God a consuming fire that shall never be quenched so this Scripture of Isai 66.24 speaks not of hell hereafter for there 's no carcases there nor can one go forth to look upon them for Lazarus could not because of the gulf nor could he being in light see Dives in darkness though Dives in the dark could see Lazarus afar off Besides these carcases are said to be an abhorring to all flesh which shews it to be a hel upon earth And that this fire is first for the Church is clear by my Text They that sanctifie themselves and purifie themselves in the gardens that 's plain of particular Churches for the world is the Common Again they sanctifie and purifie themselves which is not proper to the world But 3. they sanctifie themselves 't is not sanctification of the Spirit through obedience to the truth Besides they are not sanctified throughout their spirit soul and body for the world may see the walkings of Saints as carnal and Churches to be covetous and worldly as any but they sanctifie themselves with some forms and Church-fellowships far from that of the Spirit or Gospel-believers and though they are pure in their own eyes yet God who weigheth the spirits knows they are not washed from their filthiness Prov. 30.12 for the fire hath never touch'd their flesh nor their flesh sacrificed to God therefore as men living in the world and subject to Ordinances they sanctifie themselves purifie themselvs in gardens behind one tree in the midst c. What this one tree is I know not unless it be the forbidden tree which the Churches taste of but the tree of life in the midst of the paradise or garden of God is a mystery to them Rev. 2.7 Rev. 22.14 But there is no such word here as tree in the Hebr. therefore 't is read They sanctifie themselvs and purifie themselvs in the gardens behinde one in the midst This one to me is not a tree but a man even a Minister he is that one in the midst of the Parish-Church and the Church is blest by him for all day and week too after they are sanctified holy men and Christians because they have a Pastor or Parson among them but though in the Sacrament they think to eat the flesh and blood of Christ 't is but swines flesh the abomination and the mouse that 's the Ordinances they feed on People Parson or Pastor together while the Spirit is absent The swines flesh puts me in minde of the Black Pudding before for 't is made of the blood of that yea this very Prophet in the same Chapter tels us that he that offereth an oblation is as he that offereth swines blood Isa 66.3 He that offereth is the Priest or Parson and that he is the Pudding is plain by the words as read in the Original where those words as if he offered are not but thus 't is in the Hebrew He that offereth an oblation swines blood that is he that offereth is swines blood or a black Pudding FINIS Thou hast given them blood to drink for they are worthy Rev. 16.6