Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	bear_v	flesh_n	kingdom_n	6,050	5	7.3681	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02757	A godly newe short treatyse instructyng euery parson, howe they shulde trade theyr lyues in ye imytacyon of vertu, and ye shewyng of vyce [et] declaryng also what benefyte man hath receaued by christ, through theiffusyon of hys most precyous blowde.	Hart, Henry, fl. 1549.	1548 (1548)	STC 12887; ESTC S103825	12,742	36

A Godly Newe short treatyfe instructyng euery parson howe they shulde trade theyr lyues in the Imytacyon of Vertu / and the shewyng of vyce declaryng also what benefyte man hath receaued by christ through the effusyon of hys most precyous bloude Imprīted At London by me Robert Stoughton Dwelling with in Ludgate at the sygne of the Bysshoppes Myter Grace mercye and peace of concience be Multyplyed and encreaced amonge all them that loue oure lorde Iesus Chryst the truthe of God in purenes of mynd Amen BRetheren beloued in oure Sauyoure Iesus Chryste i. Cor. xv Consyder I Pray you the greate goodnes of God ī that he hath called you by hys grace to the knowledg of him self / throwghe the worde whyche is greate mercye towarde you in Chryste Iesu for fleashe and bloude sayth Sayncte paule can not enherite the kyngdome of i God / neyther can Corrupcyon inheryte pncorrupcyon Nichodemus beynge A aharysey and a man lerned Ye knowe dfter the iudgementes of men and enwued also with the gyftes of nature / as wytte reson knoledge and vnderstāding naturall yet coulde not he of hys owne powre and strēgth comprehend the heauenly doctryne of oure Saueour christ nor perceyue the celestyal mynde therof tyll he was holpen by grace from God aboue and borne a new Not of mortall sede / but of immortall whyche endureth lasteth for euer Ihon. iii. For that whych is born of the fleshe is fleshe saith christ But that whych is borne of the spyryte is spryte Therfore sayde Chryste Excepte thou be borne of water and of the holy spiryte thou canst not se the kyngdome of God For al thought god synce the begynnynge hath appropryated certayne gyftes of grace to the nature of mā by reason wherof he dothe excell in hys creacyon all other creatures not only in shape of body statute and contenaunce also in the aforsayde spyrytuall gyftes of grace annexed to nature as wytt reason knoledge and vnderstandynge for when god made man at the begynnyng he gaue hym a Reasonable soule from the whych procedeth so God withdraw it not a mynde of vnderstandynge in all mankynde aboue all other creaturs which the lorde hathe created vpon the face of the whole earthe yet trulye withoute the especyall grace of the lord GOD and gyfte from heauen aboue although a man he neuer so wyse and excellente Yet can he not obtaygne of hys owne strenght whych commethe of oure first byrthe the trewe knowledge feare and loue of god which fell from vs in adam But by grace are ye saued through faythe / sayth paule and not of youre selfes nor throught workes Roma iii. leaste any man shuld boast hymselfe but by chryst are we saued and made the beloued sonnes of the hyghestt As Wytnesse the sayncte Iohn sayinge He gaue them power to be the Sonnes of GOD as many as beleue in hys name whych are not born of fleashe nor of bloud nor of the wyll of man / but of GOD. Iohan. i. Roma viij And through hym my bretherne ye haue obtayned not only knowledge and Iudgemente to dyscerne and iudge betwyxt the good the euyl but also ye are made able through the spyryte whyche a bydeth in you whyche ye haue of God to chose the good to leaue the euyll Galla. 4. a i. Cor. ij b for the lord no doubte is a spirite sayth paule and wher the spirite of the lord is ther is lybertye and throughe hym ye are made stronge / so that ye obey ij Cor. iij. for through Chryste saith he I can doo al thyngs whych he hath made me able Bretheren yf ye obeye be now sedde by the holy spyrit of God Roma vjij then trulye are ye made the fre sonnes of God then shal ye also be made perfet and obteyne vyctory agaynst syn death and hell whych is the whole power of Sathan our mortall ennemye Bretheren deceaue not your selues / for loke to whome ye do obey / truly hys seruaūts ye are to whome ye doo obeye whether it be by obedience vnto rightuousnes or synne vnto death In Adam trulye we were all deade / but in Chryste we are al made alyue as manye as beleue in hys name as perteynyng to the flesh as s Paule sayth we wer all naturally born the chyldren of wrath Roma vi as wel as al other because of orygynall Synne that reygneth in all fleshe Reason was blynd and nature corrupte therfore coulde it not obeye to the wyll of GOD / but vyolentlye stroue agaynste hym / desyrynge that he hated and hatyng that he loued ▪ i. Corin. iij For the naturall manne sayth Saynct Paul perceyueth not the thynges of Goode / that belonge to the spyryte i. Corin. iij. for they are but folyshnes vnto hym Neyther can he perceue them sayth he for they are Spyrytuallye examyned but he that is spyrytuall dyscusseth all thynges Brethern youre mindes are now lightned by grace and ye haue now receyued the spyryte of God / whych bryngethe knowledge and a perfecte willinge obedyent mynde to do the wyll of God But whosoeuer hath not the Spyryte the same is none of hys For asmuche as ye are partakers of the holy spyryte and are borne a new yeare not now my bretherne vnder the lawe but vnder grace Obey vnto the fourme of doctryne I praye you wherunto ye are called for trulye God hathe pleasure in a louelye harte And an obedyente Mynde is all wayes at peace wyth hym The naturall mā not renued knoweth not God / neyther is he obedyente to the ryghteowsenes which is of value be for hym neyther can be / sayethe paule / For delectacyon and costome in euyll / blyndeth there vnderstandinge that they are not obedyente / no not to that goodnes that naturall reasone teacheth them / they saye they know God loue hym and kepe all hys commaundementes They deceyue themselues vtterlye thynkynge them ryche when the world fauoureth them when indede they are blynde and poore ▪ for though they possesse muche yet indeyd they haue no thynge Therfor the hope of the vngodly is as the dry thystle flower Luke xij For they re faythe is vayne and of none effecte When they heare the woorde of God whiche is the trwth they are not obedyente to do therafter ▪ they delyghte in euyll / and haue no desyre to folowe ryghteousnes therfore / when they come to the knowledge of the scrypture they fall sodenlye into many daungerous erroures Some because they Wolde be hydde from Gods wynde them selfes in a folyshe cloke of myar necessyty / sayng in thē selfes / that if can not otherwyse be When in dede they stryue not at all to make resystaūce but doo lette the fleshelye mynde runne whether it lusteth So for lacke of obedyence they fall into wyllfull synne deceauyng them selfes in their owne ymagynacyōs To do yuell thei haue power because they wyll / but to doo well they haue none at al for