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	whole_a	13,673	5	5.8632	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02565	One of the sermons preacht at Westminster, on the day of the publike fast (April 5. 1628) to the Lords of the High Court of Parliament and by their appointment published. By the B. of Exceter.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1628 (1628)	STC 12692; ESTC S103757	26,047	120

oblations O God thou desirest not The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Yet it is as true that it is more easie to counterfeit mortification of spirit then humiliation of body there is paine in the one none in the other He that cares not therfore to pull downe his body wil much lesse care to humble his soule and hee that spares not to act meet and due penalties vpon the flesh giues more colour of the soules humiliation Deare Christians it is not for vs to stand vpon niggardly termes with our Maker he will haue both He that made both will haue vs crucifyed in both The old man doth not lie in a limme or facultie but is diffused through the whole extent of body and soule and must bee crucified in all that it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith the chosen vessell I beat downe my body my body as well as my spirit Giue me leaue yee Courtiers and Citizens Lent is wont to be a penitentiall Time If ye haue soundly and effectually shriuen your selues to your God let mee enioyne you an wholsome and sauing penance for the whole yeare for your whole life Yee must curbe your appetites yee must fast yee must stint your selues to your painful deuotions ye must giue peremptorie denyalls to your owne wills ye must put your knife to your throat in Salomons sense Thinke not that ye can climbe vp to heauen with full panches reaking euer of Indian smoake and the surfets of your gluttonous crammings and quaffings Oh easie and pleasant way to glory From our bed to our glasse from our glasse to our boord from our dinner to our pipe from our pipe to a visit frō a visit to a supper from a supper to a play from a play to a banquer from a banquet to our bed Oh remeber the quarrell against damned Diues hee fared sumptuously euery day hee made neither Lents nor Embers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as he said euery day was gaudie and festiuall in rich sutes in daintie morsels and full draughts Intus mulso foris oleo as he said now all the world for a drop and it is too little Vae saturis woe to the full saith our Sauiour but euen nature it selfe could abhominate bis de die saturum One that is full twise a day One of the sinnes of our Sodom is fulnesse of bread What is the remedy It is an old word that hunger cures the diseases of gluttony Oh that my words could preuaile so farre with you Honourable and beloued Christians as to bring austere abstinence and sober moderation into fashion The Court and Citie haue led the way to excesse your example shall prescribe yea administer the remedie The heathen man could say hee is not worthy of the name of a man that would bee a whole day in pleasure what and we alwaies In fasting often saith St. Paul what and wee neuer I fast twise a weeke saith the Pharisee and wee Christians when I speake not of Popish mock-fasts in change not in forbearance in change of courser cates of the land for curious dainties of the water of the flesh of beasts for the flesh of fish of vntoothsome morsells for soruitiunculae delicatae as Hierome cals them Let me neuer feast if this bee fasting I speake of a true and serious maceration of our bodies by an absolute and totall refraining from sustenance which howsoeuer in it selfe it bee not an act pleasing vnto God for well may I inuert St. Paul neither if we eat not are we the better neither if we eate are we the worse 1 Cor. 8. 8. yet in the effect it is singulare sanctitatis aratrum as that Father termes it The plow beares no Corne but it makes way for it it opens the soile it teares vp the briers and turnes vp the furrowes Thus doth holy abstinence it chastises the flesh it lightens the spirit it disheartens our vicious dispositions it quickens our deuotion Away with all factious combinations Euerie man is master of his owne maw Fast at home and spare not leaue publike exercises of this kinde to the command of Soueraigne powers Blow the trumphet in Zion sanctifie a fast saith Ioel 2. 15. Surely this Trumpet is for none but Royall breath And now that what I meant for a suit may be turned to a iust gratulation how doe wee blesse the God of heauen that hath put it into the heart of his Anointed to set this sacred trumpet to his lips Neuer was it neuer can it bee more seasonable then now Now that wee are falne into a warre of religion Now that our friends and Allies grone either vnder mis-cariage or danger Now that our distressed neighbours implore our help in teares and bood Now that our God hath humbled vs with manifold losses Now that we are threatned with so potent enemies Now that all Christendome is embroyled with so miserable and perillous distempers Oh now it hath seasonably pleased your Majestie to blow the Trumpet in Zion to sanctifie a fast to call a solemne Assembly The miraculous successe that God gaue to your Maiestie and your Kingdome in this holy exercise may well incourage an happy iteration How did the publike breath of our fasting prayers cleanse the aire before them How did that noysome pestilence vanish suddenly away as that which could not stand before our powerfull humiliations If we bee not strained in our owne bowels the hand of our God is not shortned O Daughter of Zion gird thee with sackcloth and wallow thy selfe in ashes make thee mourning and most bitter lamentation Fast and pray and prosper And in the meane time for vs let vs not thinke it enough to forbeare a meale or to hang downe our heads like a bulrush for a day but let vs breake the bands of wickedness and in a true contrition of soule vow performe better obedience Oh then as wee care to auert the heauie iudgements of God from our selues and our land as we desire to traduce the Gospell with peace to our posteritie Let each man humble one Let each man rend his heart with sorrow for his owne sins and the sinnes of his people Shortly let euery man ●ansacke his owne soule and life and offer and holy violence to all those sinfull corruptions which haue stirred vp the God of heauen against vs and neuer leaue til in truth of heart he can say with our blessed Apostle I am crucified Ye haue seene Christ crucified St. Paul crucified see now both crucified together I am crucified with Christ It is but a cold word this I am crucified it is the company that quickens it He that is the life giues it life and makes both the word and act glorious I am crucified with Christ Alas there is many a one crucified but not with Christ The couetous the ambitious man is selfe-crucified hee plots a crowne of thorny cares for his owne head