Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	breath_n	life_n	soul_n	5,736	5	5.8177	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00733	A watch-word, or, The allarme, or, A good take heed A sermon preached at White-Hall in the open preaching place the last Lent before King Charles. By the R.R. Father in God T.F. the then bishop of Landaffe, now of S. Dauids.	Field, Theophilus, 1574-1636.	1628 (1628)	STC 10863; ESTC S118351	18,022	64

in both Ama viues loue and liue If thou followest the many by-waies thereof thou goest in infinitum and there is Error immensus an endlesse wandring and the end of that error is horror and endlesse confusion But giue thou thy heart vnto God the preseruer of soules Commit thy waies Psal 37. 5. to Christ who is both 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the true way and a true guide for he is the truth Et ipse est via ipse est patria he Iohn 14. 6. is thy way he is thy dwelling Citie If thou walkest in this way which is but one in this truth which is but one there 's aliquis terminꝰ some end thou art sure to come at last to thy wayes end Rest and Peace he is the God of both he will bring thee home to himselfe and as he said to Abraham Ipse erit tibi merces magna nimis hee Gen. 15. 1. will be thy exceeding great reward Meane while in this our present warfare though his pleasure be not that we should fight at our owne cost and charge yet his charge here is vt quisque attendat sibi ipsi that euery man should stand vpon his own guard serue in his owne person and his own furniture Attēde tibi ipsi I haue heard of an abuse in Country Musters that diuers shew borrowed Armes looke into their houses ye shall finde them naked and vnprouided for the enemy I would to God the case were not alike in our spirituall armour Many in good dayes can discourse of Abrahams faith Iobs patience Iosephs care to preserue his soule and in so doing they do but shew other mens armour For when they are pressed themselues and put to the stresse in the day of tentation when it is their turne to watch they giue no euidence of their own care faith or patience No borrowing no substitution will serue the turne here Attende tibi ipsi looke to thy selfe thou canst not looke to thy selfe by a Proxie or Deputie The good Kings Dauid Asah and Iehosaphat did not serue God by their Chapleines in the dayes of their danger their owne prayers are for euer Chronicled And it is a high point of Piety worthy to be chronicled that our Moses Summus loco summus exemplo our good King who is first in place hath also been formost in example is the Coryphaeus the first proclaimer and in his own person keeper of solemne Fasts most frequent at prayers a royall praecentor in Gods house and seruice Then doe men on earth liue like those glorious Courtiers Angels in Heauen when they most diligently waite vpon God It should be amongst men as it is amongst the Elements the higher the purer the neerer to the Starres the more conformable to heauenly motions yea the great Rulers among the Starres whom God made to gouern Gen. 1. 16. day and night do giue this light and example to great Rulers amongst men that they should euer be watchfull euer in motion for the good of inferiors and regulated by the prime Motor so doing these great lights shall neuer be eclipsed Thinke not that Stellae nebulosae the lesser starres onely borrow light but remember the greater starres receiue the greater light And if there be not a faire aspect from and to the Sun of Righteousnesse they suffer the greater eclipses God is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an vniuersall Bishop ouerseer out of his high watch-tower whence he beholdeth all our wayes It is therefore meet that we in all our wayes should set him before our eyes he giueth saith the Apostle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 life and breath vnto all To the Ant as well as to the Elephant If we liue in God rather than in our selues we must endeuour to liue rather to God than to our selues If God doe bestow breath vpon vs oh let vs bestow the best of our breath vpon God Attende deo waite vpon God that hath made thee the master-peece of Nature and redeemed thee ' the prime obiect of Grace and sanctified thee to be an heire of Glory Oh Luke 1. 37. let thy soule be a deuout Anna diuorced from the world and wedded to the Temple yea let thy zealous soule speake of this mantle of flesh and mount vp in a fiery chariot 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Kigs 2. 11. 1. Oh my soule looke vpward be not glued to this base earth grouell not in this Cabul a land of durt in Hyrams 1 Kigs 7. 13. map stoope not to euery to any base Lure The proper motion of the soule is an ascension vnto God not by the phylosophers scale for Saint Austin confesseth that this ladder per exteriora by outward meanes is too short to reach to heauen there must be a Iacobs ladder to reach home The pile of creatures is but the Mount vnder our feet The illuminated vnderstanding and the sanctified will are the two Seraphicall wings that carry vs vp before the throne of Grace The life of the deuoute man is a kinde of a continuall extasie their soules doe wait vpon God in the Galleries of heauen euen while their mortified bodies doe walke towards their graues and like drowzy watchmen are ready to drop into this slymie gutter I haue kept you too long waiting vpon this watch to draw towards the discharging therof for this time Dearely beloued in our Lord ctc. Be we excited euery one of vs diligently to keepe this watch that we may walke on in the power of God and the strength of our prayers It is not a moate of the Sea or a wall of Cliffs nor our owne armes that can defend vs except God fight for vs except our Land bee compassed with the Ocean of Gods mercies and fortified by the rock Christ Iesus Be first at peace at home within your selues Loue brotherly loue which is the Ephes 4. 3. bond of peace then looke to your inbred foes your bosome traytors your enemies at home and ye shall be the safer frō your enemies abroad It doth cost other nations much effusion of their owne bloud and others to defend them selues and keepe back their enemies shall we sit at home with our thumbs vnder our girdles couetously with our naked throats cowwardly expecting the sword of our enemies choose rather to loose our liues than lend our monyes to the supply of our good King and the defence of his our three Kingdomes At least shall we not spend our breath or rather the groanes of the spirit in our owne defence in the defence of our wiues and children lands and liberties against so proud and cruell an enemie Oh peirce the heauens with your vollies of prayers for the safety of the state your owne welfare and the welfare of your soules that our Pathmos this Iland may still be Gremium pacis the lap and bosome of peace euen to strangers and that our selues euen euery one of vs may enioy the peace of our owne bosomes We are incompassed with whole seas of danger it will be our onely wisdome and safety to anchor our selues vpon God to saile by the compasse of his word and to haue an eye to that Pharos that guides vs to the land of promise to the land of the liuing so shall that of Tertullian be verified Sperando timebimus timendo cauebimus cauendo salui erimus In hoping wee shall feare in fearing take heede and by taking heede be saued If wee keepe our bodies as the temples of God and Psal 18. 1. our soules as his pauilion he wil make his owne name our tower of defence Thus much for the discharge of my conscience and duty at this time but yet I may not quite discharge and breake vp this watch we must at all times stand vpon this watch and neuer lay downe our armour till wee shall lay downe our liues and be translated to that kingdome where there is no enemy nor danger To the which he bring vs who hath so dearly bought vs Christ Iesus by the conduct of his holy spirit To whom with the Father c. three persons one true euer liuing God wee desire to ascribe as his due and our duty all praise power honour glory and thanksgiuing this day and euermore Amen FINIS