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	sin_n	soul_n	13,963	5	5.3517	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42775	An epistle to friends being a tender salutation to the faithful in God everywhere : also a letter to Charles, King of England &c. / by Anne Gilman.	Gilman, Anne, d. 1686.	1662 (1662)	Wing G768; ESTC R28035	5,291	10

AN Epistle to Friends Being a Tender SALUTATION To the FAITHFUL in GOD every where ALSO A LETTER TO CHARLES KING of England c. By ANNE GILMAN LONDON Printed in the Year 1662. An EPISTLE to FRIENDS c. DEar Friends to whom this may come do I send greeting Grace Mercy and Peace be multiplied in and amongst you who are of the Family of God and of the houshold of the Faithful in the Eternal God of my Life doth my Soul salute you who are kept in the Faith in which there is no shadow of turning to you which are made partakers of an endless Life which is hid with Christ in God is my Life drawn and I am even constrained to let forth my Love unto you which know the washing in the blood of the Covenant and are made partakers of an everlasting Inheritance who have the Witness in your selves that you are his Children and not only Children but Heirs and Joynt-heirs with Christ For as we suffer with him we shall also reign with him and though in the world we pass through great Tribulations yet abiding in Him which overcomes here is our Peace and safety known for he hath chosen us to be a People for his Praise and his Honour to dwell in and this is the reason we are called into the Vineyard even to know the Work and the Reward thereof for now is the day known wherein the time is to be redeemed because the dayes are evil Therefore dear Friends be not slothful for the Lord is taking notice of the standers idle this day for it is required of every one according to your measures as you have received of the Lord to clear your selves concerning this wicked Generation for the Best is let loose out of the bottomless-pit and his fury is very great because he hath but a short time to reign therefore doth he roar after his prey with a devouring voice Therefore my Friends keep upon your watch for this is the day wherein he is in subtilty transforming himself into an Angel of light But dear Lambs keep to that which doth discover him in his appearances for that is the Anchor you are to know and there you are to be staid even in the Power over Hell and Death for these are the last enemies we are to conquer but blessed be God who is mighty in his appearance and hath made himself known to be the Captain of our Salvation and hath displayed the Banner of his Love over us who in all our Afflictions is afflicted and the Angel of his presence is known to support in the time of our need and this is the reason that I am constrained to call upon you to keep to your watch and if any Lamb among you be suffered to go astray the Shepherd's Crook is to be known to catch them to the Fold Understand what I say my Friends for I write to the Faithful that can reade with a single heart who have known the Clouds pass over and the Vail taken away and the Partition-wall broken down even they know what I say and can feel me in the endless Life and in the invisible Fountain of Love for herein am I united unto you And this is the day wherein the Lord is making up his Jewels therefore are we made to speak oft one to another and a Book of Remembrance is to be written thereof Therefore dear Friends think it not strange concerning the fiery Tryals which are to try you as though some strange thing happened unto you for as Gold must you be tryed and purified in the fire and this is the reason that he is making Vessels fit for his Honour to dwell in for there is nothing can stand before him but that which can endure the fire even fire within and fire without Abide it dear Friends and keep close to the Lord for there is none can wear the Crown but they that endure to the end For the mighty God is arisen in strength as with an Army to support all those that trust in him and are weak and little in their own eyes being kept low in his Fear for such doth he wonderfully uphold And here is no need of sheltring one under another for the Lord is the shelter of those that put their trust in him and walk before him with an upright heart for it is the heart he requires which is redeemed out of the form and kept single to himself Let them that reade understand for this is the Key of David which shutteth and no man openeth and openeth and no man shutteth yea God Almighty it is who is the strength of all those that in a pure heart wait upon him in the undefiled Life which keeps blameless And in an unspotted Conscience the well-springs of Life are set and known which run most pleasantly unto all those that fear the Lord and walk humbly before him Wherefore fear not little Flock for it is the Father's will to give you the Kingdom and this is the reason that none of you can be pluck'd out of the Father's hand because your Lives are hid with Christ in God and it is your meat and drink to lie down in the Will of the Lord. And this in my measure am I made a Witness of And this is the reason that the Lord is pleased to unloose my lips and untye my tongue that his living Praises should be sounded forth amongst the Heathen for wonderfully hath he wrought in and amongst you therefore is his Name to be exalted above all the gods of the Heathen for he is wondeful and wondrously doth he work for the scattering of all that is contrary to himself that whatsoever is standing in any that is not of himself may be brought to nothing that his eternal living Truth may be known in every particular Oh you Prisoners of hope for you do I oft pray and am made sensible of the answer of my Prayers because you are kept out of the murmuring and out of the desiring after Egypts Flesh-pots Oh let the Works of the Lord never be forgotten of you who have tasted of his loving-kindness for of his goodness there is no end Therefore my Friends keep to that which gives you the Victory and keep to your Dominion that sin may not reign in your mortal bodies and here you will find peace and rest for your souls as your minds are singly staied upon the Lord and your eyes kept in your head Christ Jesus Then will there be a watching over one another in love and in the spirit of meekness as becometh Saints who fear the Lord and give glory to his Name Such cannot watch with an evil eye but are made to watch against that because it is for Judgment So to the hidden Word in the heart do I commend you which gives victory over all that which arises contrary to it self that noble Warriors you may be over all Corruptions and divers Lusts for you are to triumph over all that which