Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	flesh_n	soul_n	20,045	5	5.6682	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01118	Christ Iesus triumphant A fruitefull treatise, wherin is described the most glorious triumph, and conquest of Christ Iesus our sauiour, ouer sinne, death, the law, the strength and pride of Sathan, and the world, with all other enemyes whatsoeuer agaynst the poore soule of man: made too be read for spirituall comfort, by Iohn Foxe, and from Latin translated intoo English by the printer.; Christus triumphans. English. Selections	Foxe, John, 1516-1587.; Day, Richard, b. 1552.	1579 (1579)	STC 11231; ESTC S116950	29,170	80

there remayne at Gods right hand Lord of Heauen and Earth In takyng of which brused heele albeit hee sometymes fainted in the infirmitie of the flesh as it were calling his foote backe agayne at the first touch or steppe because of the sharpe sting whiche he felt for his own reuerēce cryed at the entraunce of his Passion saying Father if it be possible let this cuppe passe yet he willingly for our onely cause and benefite continued too be brused on the heele manfully spoyled the enemy of his harnesse wherein hee trusted troad vnder the red Dragon and finally brake and crusht his head that is the rigor of the Law the strength of Sinne and the sting of Death In the same case and cause of quarell which he had with our Master he laboreth to master vs vsing his force in and vpon our flesh geuing vs often in conflict a foyle or a fall but it is the fall of the fleshe not of the spirite of the body not of the soule of Adam the old and out ward mā not of Christ the inward and the new For the same heele or flesh brused by the fall through the Lawe in it selfe the corruption that yet remayneth euen in the elect rebelling agaynst the Law of our mynde albeit it hold vs Captiue and make vs as dead through trespasse sor it standeth not with the riches of Gods mercy and grace neither with the kyndnesse whiche he shewed vnto vs in Christ Jesus that wee should bee perfect in this fleshe yet it hath no dominion it quickeneth and riseth agayne and is made too sit in heauenly places Where note Christian Reader that the Holy Ghost sayth it is made to sit it setteth not it selfe How then or of whom commeth the healing of this bruse the recouery of this fall the deliuery from this body of Death and albeit our enemies make often and strong inuasions or incursions yet whence is the finall victory I thanke my God sayth S. Paul through Jesus Christ our Lord. First he thanketh a note of grace and free gift not of desert or duetie For who geueth an other thankes for that which of necessitie and desert is his owne Secondly he geueth thankes to God not to himselfe and he thāketh not God but in Christ Jesu our lord So that in our selues there is nothyng in God the Father standeth the gift but Jesus Christ is all in all For God will not neither can he be pleased but onely when Christ maketh intercession Marke the course and doctrine of the Scripture It is God in deede who hath raysed vs vp together and hath made vs sit together in the heauenly places But did he this for that wee pleased him or for that some great Saint did make intreatie no he made vs sit there sayth the Text in Jesus Christ in no other And why so in Jesus Christ Forsooth that he might shew in ages too come the exceedyng riches of his grace through his kyndnesse toward vs in Christ Jesus So that his kyndnesse grace riches and whatsoeuer his blessings which we haue or shall haue at his handes it is onely for his welbeloued Sonnes sake who onely made vs who were farre of neare vntoo his Father and reconciled vs that were in hatred and children of wrath by his Crosse and precious bloud Without hauyng him in thy mynde or hart it is an horrible and fearefull thyng but too thinke of God A God of wrath and seuere iustice but onely in his Sonne Christ in whom he is well pleased Pleased he is we all cōfesse and not only for original sinne alone as some do affirme thereby teachyng that what sinne we cōmit after our baptisme we our selues or the priest for vs hauyng his hyer must redeeme and not Christ but also for all other Sinne in course of lyfe cōmitted For by grace are wee saued sayth the text not washed and that through Fayth Which Fayth commeth not by oftē workyng well for thē we might well argue that wee are saued by woorkes when wee are saued by Fayth whiche is the fruite of our workes but it is the gift of God sayth the Scripture in the same place and not of our woorkes And why least any man shold boast of himselfe For thy woorkes therefore and for thy Fayth thanke God and thanke God through Jesus Christ. He onely is that good and pitifull Samaritane who when we haue taken the foyle or the fall being sore wounded in this conflict of the flesh Spirite and so cast as forlorne too the hedge doth wash and heale our sores and woundes with his most pure blessed oyle his sweet hart bloud paying the vttermost farthyng of our debt too him be all honor glory and triūph for euer Amen Of this I thought good too admonish thee Christiā Reader desirous with thee to reioyce at the wō derfull woorkes of mercy wrought by this our great Champion Jesus Christ whose victory is our victory though we sinne of infirmitie yet he is perfect Read and accept this comfortable Treatise which I haue translated therein shalt thou finde faithfully set before thine eyes what Christ hath done for vs in his Passion and what he requireth of vs againe for being made partakers of the fruites of his Passion The same Lord Jesus Christ blesse thy body and soule to lyfe euerlastyng Amen In whom I most hartely byd and wishe thee too farewell Richard Daye ¶ CHRIST JESUS TRIUMPHANT SO often as inwardly in spirit I behold the transitorie and frayle estate of our mortall Nature throughly vexed with infinite miseries perils iniuries and lamentations so that nothing weé haue of sure accompt nothing freé but all subiect too the seruitude tyranny slauery of most raging enemies it seémeth too meé allmost vnspeakeable how deépe indetted weé are too CHRIST JESUS our Sauior and Triumpher most victorious Untoo whom when of bounden dutie we haue geuen all that is ours and our selues wholy and more then wholy yet in no respect are weé aunswerable to his wonderfull desertes so far do those thyngs which this our heauenly Champiō hath compassed and performed for our cause surpasse not onely our strength and Nature but also all conceit of hart and thought the great riches whereof welnere exceéde all credit and beleéf If so be therefore wee commanly and very much esteéme of the woorthy exploits atchiued by renowmed Captaines of this world if with so great ioye and desire weé hunger after them beyng Printed in Bookes grauen in Tables painted on walles or set foorth and represented on a stage if we greédely harken after them and wonder at them if weé geue all triumph all pompe honor and prayse vnto them how then ought weé be affected toward this our heauenly Conqueror whose worthy actes most wonderfull stratagemes do with such infinite brightnes darken all glory and so farre exceéde the Nature of humane thynges that Heauen is not farther distant from the Earth