Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	believe_v	faith_n	know_v	6,721	5	4.2859	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07162	Andrewes repentance, sounding alarum to returne from his sins vnto Almightie God. Perfectly guiding all those that hope to bee saued, in the direct way of repentance, whereby they may attain eternall life: : newly made in the autumne or declining of his age ...	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1631 (1631)	STC 589.5; ESTC S90287	12,430	24

the testimonies of all these Scriptures that you may be as firmely perswaded of the certainty of your saluation as your hearts can witnesse the sincerity of your conuersion Saint Paul proues it I liue yet not I but Christ liueth in mee g Gal. 2.20 1 Cor. 3.16 So Christ and the Christian dwelleth not one with another but one in another this being in Christ is a relatiue for Wee cannot be in him but he must be in vs h 1 Ioh 5 24 Againe Know yee not your owne selues saith hée how Iesus Christ is in you except yee bee reprobates i 2 Cor. 13. ● Here Saint Paul giueth them the title of reprobates that know not how Iesus Christ is in them By these words we ought all to vnderstand that all which beléeue haue the Spirit of discerning to know certainly that they doe beléeue because the faith which he here speaketh of is that liuely faith whereby Christ dwelleth in our hearts thus if Christ dwell in our hearts then wee are in Christ if wee bee in Christ wee cannot bee condemned for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus k Rom. 8.1 And by these examples I conclude with this saying of Saint Peter I would haue all that feare God and hope to be saued euen for Gods sake their owne sake and their soules sake to make their election sure and they shall neuer fall a 2 Pet. 1.10 neither will that soule feare to goe vnto Christ b 1 Ioh. 3.10 that is in Christ it knoweth it is reconciled vnto his Sauiour c Pal. 18.1 Acts 5.31 2 Sam. 12.3 Luk. 2 11 1 Tim. 4.10 Matth. 1.21 and therefore hee néed not to feare sudden death who is euer prepared to die and also assured of his saluation to liue in Heauen with the royall Priesthood d Exod 19.6 1 Pet. 2.9 Esay 61.6 Psal 132.9 the peculiar people e Tit. 2.14 Ioh. 10.28 29 30. the children of light f 2 Sam. 22.29 the new creatures * Gal. 6.15 the elect by Gods preordination g Eph. 1.4 1 Pet. 1.2 where all are Kings and heires with Christ h Rom. 8.17 Gal 4 7. Tit. 3.7 inuested with glorie i Rom. 9.23 and crowned with Maiestie k 2 Tim. 4 8. to reigne with Christ in his eternall Kingdome Lastly if Satan lay open all your sins that euer you haue committed and say they are more and greater than can bee pardoned and so perswade you to despaire then say vnto him Depart Satan I defie thée and all thy workes ʒ if my sinnes were as many as the haires of mine head l Psal 40.12 or sands in the sea m Manass pr. yet it is God that iustifieth who shall then condemne me n Esay 50.8 Rom. 8.32 33. Oh Satan I am none of thy cursed ●rew nor by the grace of God neuer shall ●ee thou hast no part nor portion in me wherefore I bequeath all and euery one of my sinnes againe vnto thée O Satan from whence they came and appeale vnto my God in Christ for his mercy that hée may saue mée from thy cursed company Oh thou hellish Fiend I say againe Depart I doe vtterly defie thée O take thy vgly sinnes againe which thou hast caused me to commit and lay them not vnto my charge for I am a member of my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ d 1 Cor. 6.15 19. and partaker of his annointing e 1 Ioh 2.27 and so long as I haue earnestly repented of all those sinnes which thou hast enticed mée to doe confessed my Sauiours name f Mat. 10.32 Rom. 10 10 2 Sam. 14.11 and presented my selfe a liuely sacrifice of thanksgiuing vnto Almighty God g Rom. 12.1 Reu 4.8 10. 2 Pet. 5.9 Reuel 1.6 Rom. 6.12.13 and also doe in this life by the helpe of my Sauiour h Act. 5.31 Luk. 2.11 Psal 18.1 Mat. 1.21 2 Sam. 22 3. 1 Tim. 4.10 fight against thee thou damned Satan and that with a cleare and good conscience i Ephes 6.11 Gal. 5.1 17. 1 Tim. 1.18 19. why then should I feare thée k 1 Pet. 5.8 I am sure that when I depart this life I shall enioy an euerlasting Kingdome with my Creator l Mat. 25.34 2 Tim. 3.12 But marke this one thing aright without fauour or affection vnto any particular sinne that yée be well assured that ye haue repented and are heartily sorry for all your sinnes as those alleaged Scriptures doe teach you m Ezech. 18.21 22 23. 2 King 17.13 Acts 2.38 2 Pet. 3.8 Acts 17.30 Hos 14.2 Ier. 36.3 Luk. 13.3 Ier. 18.11 Mat. 4.17 Mat. 3.26 for otherwise if you haue but the least of your sinnes left to reigne in you he will soone finde matter enough to plead against you Wherefore you must not onely barely repent and slightly sorrow for your sinnes and so carelesly giue them ouer as though you could repent when you would but yée must accuse your sinnes loath hate and detest them your conscience must witnesse against them and your hearts conuince them Oh beloued is it a greater terrour vnto you to accuse your sinnes than it was a delight to commit them would yée be in loue with sinne which is the soules sicknesse and the breach of Gods Law which whosoeuer committeth is of the Deuill how dare yée act those sinnes you dare not aske for pardon Haue you procured Gods vengeance and will yée refuse to aske for his mercie Oh no no the more penitent a sinner is the more mercifull is God and the readier to giue pardon So that all yée which haue truly repented and fully purpose to continue in newnesse of life may boldly say vnto Satan or vnto any of his despairing Iudasses that would perswade you to despaire That the God whom I serue is able to deliuer me a Dan. 6.16 so that the gates of hell shall not preuaile against me b Mat. 16.18 for hee maketh mee to dwell in safetie c Psal 4.9 yea and that both in soule and body whether I liue or die d Rom. 14.8 I am not mine owne e 1 Cor. 6.19 but belong wholly vnto my Sauiour Iesus Christ f 1 Cor. 3.23 Tit. 2.14 who by his precious bloud hath satisfied for all my sinnes g 1 Pet. 1.18 19. Ephes 1.7 Heb. 9.14 Reuel 1.5 Heb. 2.14 deliuered mee from the power of the Deuill h Esay 53.34 to preserue me i Ioh. 6.39 Ioh. 10.28 1 Pet. 1.5 2 Thess 3.3 from all danger that without the will of my heauenly Father not so much as one haire of my head shall fall from me k Mat. 10.30 Luk. 21.18 2 Sam. 14.11 Acts 27.34 Therefore I will not doubt of my saluation nor feare what man or Satan can doe against me for I will put my whole trust in the mercie of God If he slay me yet will I put my trust in