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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60664	Univeral love In which a visitation floweth through the creation, that all people may be informed into the truth, and in their several places come to walk in the truth, and live in the truth, to be a good favour unto God, and honour God. 1. To parents of children. 2. To masters and dames of families. 3. To servants in their places. 4. To aged people. 5. To such as live a single life. 6. To young people. 7. To children. 8. To such as are in outward government. 9. To ministers of parishes, so called. 10. To such as practise in the nations law. 11. To such as trade in wights and measures. 12. To such as buy and sell in the markets or in any other places. With a general exhortation. Also something concerning faith, and hope, and love, and the word, and mans restless part, and the election, and a particular place of bondage opened. ... William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1668 (1668)	Wing S4344; ESTC R219638	76,293	165

conceived and through the motion of the Principle is manifested and in obedience observed and whoever judges the observation of this practice they judge the power of God in the ground because it is a practise observed in obedience to the motion of the power for as I know that Regeneration doth lie wholly inward as to the work of it so I also know that being wrought and perfected the Seed of God doth manifest its own nature which may be seen without and where it is not so the Seed is in bondage and Regeneration is not perfected And who would know Regeneration perfected they must learn to stand still and not to oppose the power by which Regeneration is wrought and perfected nor to reason against the operation of the power for in doing so they wrong themselves but in standing still and eyeing the power in its motion obeying the power when it moveth the power will call the reason into silence and having silenced the reason it then hath a free course to work effectually and then the belief standing in the power the power comes over every strong hold and layes the fenced Cities wast and brings desolation upon every part of the oppressing nature and strikes the whole body of it with death for with the Power all things are possible And this comes to pass in all that in the power believe and being come to pass and perfected then is the Seed raised and in the Seeds resurrection man becomes wholly changed and renewed and both body soul and spirit glorifies God then doth the Seed manifest it self in its perfect holiness which holiness cannot own any manifestation of darkness and in this path is perfect peace and satisfaction for to be regenerated and born again is a state beyond the strongest part of mans own reason and is is a work which reason can never bring to pass and therefore lies beyond it and is not to be comprehended with that part but as the belief stands in the power so the power worketh and removeth that nature which hath oppressed and the Seed is raised in the power and comes up in the power and there is Gods salvation felt and known and all his fresh springs opens in his Love and Life and the birth is nourished with his vertue and feeds upon that which is good for food And here is eating and living feeding and rejoycing the presence of the Lord is felt and fulness of joy in his presence and his Love and Life and Wisdom spreads abroad and his pure Nature is manifest in all good works and hath a Testimony against all the evil and the Birth delights to do the Fathers will and doth not reason against his Counsel but 〈◊〉 a witness unto the Truth and against that which is out of the Truth in every place So let this be read in the fear of the Lord God and with a meek spirit in the love for it is love to the Seed And know that the Living Stone is the sure Foundation though the wise Builders do reject it and upon that the Building is fitly ●●●med and stands and rejoyces though many tempests blows upon it And take heed of Judas for he betrayes with a kiss From a Lover of the Seed of God universally William Smith THou pure Life what is like unto thee Thy Path is Peace thy Love is full and free 〈◊〉 art the chiefest good thy beauty doth excel ●lessed are those that in thy Bosom dwell 〈◊〉 fulness of thy Springs do satisfie the poor ● 〈◊〉 freshness of thy Streams is alwayes rich in store 〈…〉 of thy own hand doth take deep root in thee 〈◊〉 supplies its tenderness and sets it wholly free 〈…〉 first and last and there is not another 〈…〉 liberty in thee they do not thy Life smother 〈…〉 love they spring and in thy Power stand 〈…〉 in Life and Peace and rest safe in thy hand THE END

the Resurrection of the Seed for the substance and matter of Faith being wholly in the Seed it cannot be otherwise known or received but as the Seed rises and reveals it so that Faith is the gift of God and is revealed by the Resurrection of the Seed and this Faith goeth through the body of darkness and gets victory over darkness whereby the Seed comes up into a more glorious liberty in the Resurrection and Faith comes to be advanced into a higher degree and is strengthened with the vertrue of Christ who is the Author of it and so it goes on into a more full perfection through degrees And this Faith worketh by the Love in which it is nourished and strengthned and by this Faith the Just lives through all oppsitions and victorie over the world is obtained by it For this is the victory that over comes the world even your Faith For the world is an enemy to the Lamb and from the foundation of it the Lamb hath been slain and the world warreth against Christ the Author of Faith Now Faith coming up through the Resurrection of the Seed and standing in the power of the Author with this Faith is victory obtained over the world through which victory the Lamb comes into liberty and the Seed that is pure ascendeth and the Faith ascendeth into a higher degree in the Seed so that the Conscience comes to be cleansed from that which hath defiled and the Seed of God which is pure takes the Dominion in the Conscience and the Conscience is made pure through the Resurrection of the Seed and the Mysterie of Faith is then held in a pure Conscience mark the Mysterie of Faith is held in a pure Conscience the Seed which ever was and is a Mysterie to that part which would live by knowledge and as the Mysterie of Faith comes to be held in a pure Conscience so the fruits of Faith is manifest from the Mysterie and branches forth in all purity according to the nature of the Mysterie and this Faith purifies the heart with its purity and makes the in-side clean and the in-side being clean the out-side is clean also And this is the Faith of Gods Elect and doth shew it self by its own work For as the body without the spirit is dead so Faith without works is dead also And this is not an imagined Faith but a revealed Faith and by the Resurrection of the Seed it is brought forth and this is one Faith in one life and power and it stands in the power and by the power is preserved And without this Faith it is unpossible to please God neither can any come to God neither can any be justified before God for true Faith is in the Son and with the Son the Father is well-pleased and by the Son must all come to God that comes unto him and in the Son is Justification for Faith in the Son makes clean the heart and gives victory over that which is contrary to God and with the power of the Son in whom the Faith standeth the polluted part is cast out and by the Son there is access to God Now there are many beliefs in the world and many imaginations yet but one Faith and that Faith is revealed and none can know it but in the Resurrection of the Seed for Faith in it self is a Mysterie and is hid in its own substance and none can see it nor know it until they joyn to the light and wait in the light to feel the rising of the Seed and Faith by the Seed revealed So true Faith doth not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God which power kills the unrighteousness and reveals the righteousness from Faith to Faith and then by Faith there is Justification known in the Righteousness and there is peace felt with God through Jesus Christ. And this is purifying Faith and saving Faith and is but one Faith which hath its work in man and the good fight of Faith being fought the course comes to be finished with joy and this is a standing Faith in the standing power of God which goes over the unbelieving part in which Faith there is perfect unity and concord and all born of the Seed meets together in it and stands in one perfect body according to the degrees in one perfect Faith and with one perfect heart and mind they rejoyce in God their Saviour So whatsoever belief man hath made to himself and whatsoever he hath set up through that belief to be the object of it he must unloose his hold and break his Idol down or he cannot meet in the unity of the Faith with those that are born of the Seed neither will his belief save him neither will his belief abide in the Furnace nor endure the tryal through affliction so can never be found to the praise and glory of God but Faith in the Power is preserved in the Furnace and strengthned in afflictions and in the power is kept to the end and so goes through all by believing and Christ who is the Author of Faith he also is the Finisher of it and the tryal of this Faith is much more precious than Gold that perisheth and is found to the praise and glory of God and the end of this Faith is everlasting peace And this Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen and by this Faith the Elders obtained a good report which Faith is now known again and the just mens spirits in it and there is an universal unity amongst the Just from the beginning And this is true Faith Concerning Hope THe hope which gives satisfaction is Christ Jesus and this hope standeth firm and sure and it is answered with peace in hoping for the living hope is in Christ and though many oppositions may rise against it yet the hope doth not fail but reaches to attain the end and hopes to the end for hope reaehes to something and hopes for something that is not yet attained for when that which is hoped for comes to be enjoyed then the hope is satisfied and ceases hoping and enjoyeth that which it hath hoped for for whilest it is hope it waits to be answered with that which it hopeth for and so hopeth over all that which stand in opposition and it is answered with peace in hoping though the full enjoyment of that which it hopeth for be not yet attained and it still presses forward to its desired hope And this is Christ in man the hope of glory mark Christ the hope of glory the hope that liveth in which hope man knows a part in the life and with the least measure of hope in Christ the life he breaths after more life and hopes for more enlargedness in the life which hope doth still Press into the life and here Christ is the hope and Christ is the life yet whilst the life is in bondage to any thing the hope is exercised in hoping

knew it to be the Word of Faith and the Word of Eternal Life and the Word is the same this day and the glory of it is seen and the vertue of it is felt and fed upon for as in the beginning it generated and generation was brought forth by it so now it doth regenerate and the new born babe desires the sincere milk of it and the Word feeds it and nourishes it with its own goodness so the babe feeds upon the Word and receives the milk of the Word as its natural food and it doth not live by any other thing and whilest it is a new born babe the Word gives it milk but when through nourishment it grows into strength then it eats the flesh for the Word is made flesh and the flesh is meat indeed and this must people eat if they have life in Christ for Christ is the Word and Christ is the Life and they that do not eat him have no Life in him And this is a hard saying to all unbelievers for such said in times past how can this man give us his flesh to Eat and this is the bread that comes down from Heaven which if a man eat he shall never dye they are blessed that believes in this for Christ is the Bread of Life and all that hungers after him in truth he feeds them according to his own pleasure and here is living water felt from Christ the fountain and here is meat known that endures to Everlasting life and with his vertue and goodness the soul is replenished and comforted and this is the Word which is near every man who shall ascend to fetch it down from above or who shall descend to fetch it from below but what faith it the Word is night thee even in thy heart and in thy mouth to obey it and do it and there must man know it and obey it if ever he come to feed upon it and he must first know it as a reprover and then as a hammer and a fire to break down and burn up all that drossie nature that is in him and the rebellious part that stands in opposition against the Lord. And this is the Word which is nigh unto every man alwayes taking hold upon the transgressor in Judgment and as a swift witness overtakes the transgressor in all his wayes and in that place it is quick and powerful and sharper than a two Edged sword if a man commit Evil the Word hath a quick motion to find him and is powerful to judge him and sharp to wound him and the hairy scalp of the wicked is wounded by the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God and so it manifests it self in man according to the present disposition of a man if darkness dispose him and that he be in the Evil either in thought word or deed then the Word stands against him and is quick and powerful and sharp and a hammer and a fire and man may feel it to be so in its operation for it is to be understood that the Word in it self is an unchangeable being and one pure perfect intire body of love yet the manifestations of it appears diversly as man stands before it and it hath its operation in man according to mans present disposition for if he sin he is quickly overtaken with Judgement and that which overtakes him and Judges him is the Word and there he may feel it powerful and sharper then a two Edged sword and through his obedience to it in that manifestation then it becomes a hammer and a fire in its operation and it is as a fire in his bones to consume the fleshly part in every place And by this a young man may cleanse his wayes for if a man take heed to the Word when it manifests it self with Reproof and when it shews him the out-goings of his mind and his wandering thoughts and vain imaginations and the body of sin and death that is in him and doth defile him and separate him from God if he take heed to the Word when it manifests secret Evils which is its nature to do then it will become a light to his feet and a lanthorn to his paths and he will find it to be a true guide unto him yea in his lowest state it will be a light to his feet and guide his feet and then man doth not err when he comes to the Word in himself and takes heed unto it then the Word becomes a light to his feet for the Word is light and man following the light and walking in the light he doth not stumble but walks safely and with the light of the Word he sees his way and sees all dangers as they lye And he that thus takes heed to the Word and answers the Word and comes to obey it when it reproves him then the Word lifts him up and sets his feet in the way and so becomes a light to his feet to guide him that he may not err and the Word gives man strength to follow it and then he begins to travel out of the dark Corners of the Earth and out of the Earthly habitations and follows the Word and believes in the promise of the Word and this is an Express Word in every man it speaks Expressly in his Conscience according to the state it finds him in and so it may be known manifesting it self as mans present state and condition is and as man takes heed unto it he takes heed to the light and the light guides his feet out of all perverse wayes and crooked wayes and froward wayes and guides him and leads him in the way of peace and so it is a cleansing Word who takes heed unto it are cleansed by it for a young man may clense his ways by taking heed to the Word and by obeying the word and man that takes heed unto it and obeys it the cleansing water of the word goes through him and it cleanses out of him all the corrupt and bad nature that hath defiled him and made him unclean then man may feel the water of the word to wash him and the water of Regeneration to renew him and here the word plunges man in its own pure water and washes him and makes his in-side clean and so his heart is washed and made clean and his mind is made clean and his body clean and here is the Baptiser and the baptising which doth not lye outward for the taking away the filth of the flesh but makes a man clean within and renews him in the spirit of his mind unto God and so washes away the filth of the old nature which hath loadned and burdened the tender Seed And this is the water of the word which flows in man as man takes heed unto it and obeys it and then man is sanctified by the word and the word is truth and being thus cleansed and washed and sanctified by the word then it becomes the word of reconciliation and the