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	soul_n	think_v	5,441	5	4.8272	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03540	A guide to devotion: or, The penitent souls dayly practice. Containing, godly prayers for several occasions; with heavenly meditations, and graces before and after meat. : Together with a short catechism for the better instruction in the Christian religion. Also the holy sayings of several of the ancient fathers of the primitive church. : Very profitable for all people, and useful for families.		1682-1700? (1700)	Wing G2184C; ESTC R177729	8,768	29

absolved by the merits of my blessed Saviour pardon the sinful course of my life past and guide me by thy holy Spirit for the time to come and keep me this night from all evil and danger f r the sake of Jesus Christ my Lord and only S viour Amen Another Prayer for every Night in the Week O Lord God most excellent and good thou art to them that serve thee be pleased to look down from Heaven upon me a sinful creature which am not worthy to take thy Holy Name with my poluted lips vouchsafe O Lord to pardon all my sins for the sake of thy Son my only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and take a care and charge over me this night and preserve me from all dangers that I may lye down and take my natural rest and arise safe and sound the next morning and serve thee with a true Heart that all my doing may be acceptable in thy sight grant this and what else thou thinkest requisite for my Soul or Body and that the power of Sin may dye daily in me and that thy Grace may increase and abound seal in my heart the assurance of my Adoption that my Conversation may testifie I am thy Child weaning my heart from sin purifie me with thy Spirit protect me with thy grace preserve me for thy self prepare me for thy Kingdom for Jesus Christ his sake Amen A Prayer for the King and Royal Family MOst Holy Lord God thou art the great preserver of Princes bless our most gracious King Iames grant him a long and happy Reign and make his Throne as the days of Heaven Bless our most grac ous Queen Mary Katherine the Queen Dowager their Royal Highnesses Mary Princess of Orange and the Princess Ann of Denmark and all the Royal Fam ly govern them with thy Holy Spirit preserve them with the blessings of goodness and grant them Everlasting Felicity through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour and Redeemer Amen A Morning Prayer for a Family every day in the Week ALmighty God we sue unto thee to have mercy upon us who have violated thy Laws and broken thy Commandments mortifye we humbly beseech thee every day more and more all sinful lusts and affections and quicken in us all saving Graces increase our Faith confirm our Hope inflame our Charity teach us to imitate the life of Christ teach us humility patience meekness gentleness chastity temperance teach us to contemn all Earthly things to deny our selves and to overcome the World grant us consolation in adversity victory in temptations a blessed departure out of this life and a blessed Resurrection unto life Everlasting Bless every Family in this Kingdom especially this and all that belong to it bless our Parents Brethren Sisters Kinsfolks Benefactors and Friends forgive our Enemies and shew pitty and compassion to all that are afflicted and in misery relieve thou them according to their several wants and Necessities Be thou a Father to the Fatherless and a Husband to the Widdow a comfort to the comfortless a deliverer to the Captive and a Physitian to the sick Accept our thanksgiving for preserving us ever since we were born for defending us this last night from all perils and danger and for thy mercies renewed unto this morning and this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake Amen An Evening Prayer for a Family every day in the Week O Almighty God Creator of Heaven and Earth we confess that thou madest us after thine own Image thou did'st cloath us with Innocency as a garment but we have defaced and cast off our first covering our Parents sinned against thee and we have sinned in them they we corrupted and we are inheritors of their corruption they were the Parents of disobedience and we are their unhappy Children we lived in darkness and in the shaddow of Death till thou gavest us thy word to be a Lanthorn unto our Feet and a Light unto our paths that to walk in the way of truth we might attain everlasting life but we have loved darkness more then light because our deeds are evil our hearts every hour imagine wickedness in the day of health and Prosperity we forget thee and never think upon the day of Sickness and adversity thy many benefits heaped upon us do not allure us to be obedient unto thee neither do thy Judgements inflicted upon others make us afraid to offend thee what could'st thou O Lord have done more for us then in sending thy Son in the fulness of time to take our Nature upon him to fulfill thy Law for us and to be Crucified for our sins we have not followed the Examples of his holy life but have every day crucified him afresh by our sins and now O Heavenly Father we humbly beg thy blessing upon us this night and grant us a peaceable rest to refresh our weak bodies and thy Heavenly food to refresh our poor Souls there is mercy with thee O God and that mercy we here implore for the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen Heavenly Meditations to ponder with ones self OUr Life is a Warfare and every Christian is a Soldier the Army consists of good and evil motions whilst they contend how is my heart strangely tossed too and fro yet chear up O my Soul and take courage in the reward that is set before thee so fight that thou mayest conquer so run that thou mayest obtain let not the pollicy of the Devil dismay thee nor thy own weakness discourage thee but laying aside all fear trust in one that is mighty fear not the fiery Darts of Satan nor be afraid of his Arrows that flye against you but press towards the great reward which is Eternal life in a Kingdom where is fulness of joy and pleasure for evermore Consider well for whom you contend 't is for my God that you stand in defiance of my Spiritual Enemy and rebellious lusts who will not suffer me to be tempted above what I am able to bear for when he is tryed he shall receive the Crown of life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him Iam. 1. ver 12. And Rev. 2. ver 10. Be thou faithful unto Death and I will give thee a Crown of Life Thus may a good man be comforted and incouraged to proceed in the way of Holy living that when this life is ended he may live with Saints and Angels to all Eternity Several Graces to be said before and after Meat A Grace before Meat MOst Gracious God and merciful Father we beseech thee sanctifie these thy good creatures to our use and make them healthful for our nourishments and us thankful for all thy blessings through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Another Grace b●fore Meat LOrd sanctifie these thy good Creatures which thou hast prepared f●r our use and make us truly thankful for all thy Mercies which we have receiv'd from thee through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen