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	understand_v	5,748	5	6.7898	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14778	Christ in the clouds, or Gods comming to iudgement A short treatise, very necessary in these euill and dangerous times, for all those which desire that the day of the Lord, may be their day of ioy.; Christ in the clouds.	Warner, John, fl. 1635.	1635 (1635)	STC 25078; ESTC S106604	10,185	26

of al men that shall iudge the World in righteousnesse and considering the punishment that then shall be imposed on the wicked That shall be turned into Hell with the● that forget God Let vs heare and follow S. Hillaries aduise In all the course of ou● liues the memory of the last and grea● Iudgement is to be planted and grafted i● our hearts for happy is that man that dot● what he must doe in remembrance of th● last day and why Eccl. 7.36 heare the words of Iesu● the sonne of Sirach Whatsoeuer thou takest in hand remember thy end and thou shalt neuer doe amisse Thus much shall suffice there shall bée a day of Iudgement and that that Day i● néere Now somewhat remaineth to bé● spoken of the manner of this Day and th● terrour thereof that the wicked being touched with the vnderstanding of th● same might be driuen nearer to God I● that day saith S. Paul euery mans work● shall be made manifest for the day shal● declare it because it shall be reuealed by the fire and the fire shall try euery mans worke of what sort it is The time is now come when Iudgement must begin at th● house of God and if it first beginnes with vs what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospell of God and if the righteous scarcely be saued where shall the vngodly and sinner appeare where will they hide themselues in that terrible ●ay wherein there shall be nothing but weeping and gnashing of téeth howling ●amentation and repentance too too late when the foundations of the mountaines ●hall bée mooued and the land shall bée ●urnt with fire when as S. Peter saith The Heauens shal passe away with a great ●oyse and the firmament shall melt with ●eruent hear the earth also and the works ●hat are therein shall be burnt vp when ●s God himselfe said in the Gospell Mat. 24.29 The ●unne shall be darkened the Moone shall ●ot giue her light the Stars shall fall from Heauen and the powers thereof shall be ●haked Where will the wicked then be●old themselues where will Adulterers ●runkards where will cursers and swea●ers appeare where will the luxurious ●eceiuers proud vncleane and filthy ●ersons be found what vnhappy as they ●re can they then plead for themselues to ●ppease the anger of the iust Iudge of hea●en and earth surely nothing Howle ye ●herefore O ye wicked that forget God ●r the day of the Lord is at hand and it ●hall come as a destruction from the Almighty for the Lord shall lay the Land ●esolate and shall destroy the sinners ●hereof out of it he will punish the world ●or their euill and the wicked for their iniquity hee will cause the arrogancie o● the proud to cease and will lay low the hautinesse of the ambitious worldling 〈◊〉 what feare and what horror what terror and amazement shall there seize vpon and possesse those that are marked out for eternall destruction In the Name of God le● vs therfore while we haue time rouze ou● selues vp whiles there is time let vs correct and amend our selues that wée neue● be brought to these Tortures of body an● soule Let vs rather preferring the simp●city of the Doue and the chastity of the Turtle with the spirituall feathers o● graces lift our soules vp into heauen b● our prayers that so wée may be alwaye● ready to resigne our soules and bodies int● the hands of our Redeemer with ioy an● alacrity of spirit But that we may the better heare and vnderstand the terror of that day to auoid the same wee will heare the Prophets what they fore-tell Gird your selues and lament you priests how leye ministers o● the Altar lie all night in sackcloath ye● Ministers of my God For the meate offering and the drinke-offering is with holden from the house of God Alasse 〈◊〉 for the day of the Lord is at hand and as 〈◊〉 destructiō from the Almighty shal it come Blow a trumpet in Zion and sound an alarum in thy holy mountaine let al the inhabitants of the land tremble For the day of the Lord commeth for it is nigh at hand a day o● darknes and of gloomings a day of clouds and thicke darknesse for great is the day of the Lord and very terrible sure t is a great day wherein so great a God greatly to be praised and to be feared aboue all gods shal come to iudgement and ●o reward all men for their doings T is a great day after which there shall bee us change of time no course of dayes shal fol●ow which day in it selfe shal containe either euerlasting condemnation or saluation without end It is a very terrible day and the Prophet Malachy séemes to giue the reason of ●t For behold the day commeth that shall burne as an Oven and all the proud and al that doe wickedly shall be as stubble and that day that cōmeth shall burne them vp ●aith the Lord of hosts leauing them neither root nor branch And as the Prophet Dauid hath it Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence a fire shall deuoure before him and it shall be very tempestuous round about him he shall call to the heauen from aboue and to the earth below that he may iudge his people For God is Iudge himselfe who therefore wil endure the fury of thi● day where the strong shall be thus weakned oppressed and where she proud and all that doe wickedly shal be burnt vp as stubble who wil not stand astonish'd where the root with the branch shall be plucked vp and consumed what wicked man what sinner then dareth to appeare where the iust shal scarse be saued Per. 4. But many men partly out of dull stupidity and partly being oppressed with crosses and vexations of this life do little estéeme of the terror of this last day and do séeme as being prepared for this day very earnestly to wish and desire the same But the Propht Amos 5.18 doth threaten these men saying Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lord to what end is it for you The day of the Lord is darknes and not light as if a man did fly from a Lyon and a Beare met him or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wal and a Serpen● bit h m. You doe saith he very euill to your selues in that you doe so rashly desire the day of the Lord for yée shall not walke in the light of Gods countenance because yée haue not beene children of the light but children of darknes There noysome darknes shall come vpon you whatsoeuer you shall then assay you shall not shun terror you cannot auoid horror and if you may shunne the face of the Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah that you render not accompt for your sins yet that Beare the Deuill will ronne vpon you méete you and punish you for the same Or if you scape this Beare and enter into the house of your conscience to