Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	call_v	faith_n	holy_a	6,207	5	5.0333	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89840	This coming to my hand, and reading it over, savouring it to come from a pure fountain, ...; How sin is strengthened, and how it is overcome.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; S. B.	1657 (1657)	Wing N285; Thomason E927_2; ESTC R207592	10,384	8

striving in thy own strength only from a sight of sin by the Law for by the works of the Law thou canst not be justified but by the working of saith in Christ Jesus that spirit and as thou feel his working in thee and thou one with him therein in his work thou art justified and by beholding of him in this faith thou wilt be changed into his likenesse and power by his mighty working in thee even by that spirit to which thou art turned and as he grows in thee and thou in him thou wilt feel that power arising which will make thee able to answer a good conscience and give lasting peace and so by his resurrection shall be saved from condemnation from which thy own works will not save thee and this work will go on with joy if thy heart be honest for seeing him that is holy set before thee condemning sin and his holiness and beauty in all his motions doth so delight the honest heart to see such a glory and beauty near thee that it makes the way easie after him for the joy that is set before thee for in all thy tribulations tryals and temptations this faith will present him before thee and this made the Saints of old endure the cross and despise the shame and bear the reproach after him joyfully following the Lamb in all his leadings So thou that loves holiness it is neare thee power over sin and Satan is near thee salvation is at hand go not forth to seek that abroad which thou hast lost in thy own House he is thy salvation that condemns sin in thy bosom he that reproves the wicked is with thee he that is pure is thy peace he that never consented to sin but stands a witnesse against it if thou have such a spirit in thee thou hast the spirit of Christ the Saviour So take heed unto him to believe him and to mind his leading and to follow him if thou part not from him he will be thy everlasting peace and over-ruling power to subdue thy sins and by him shalt thou tread down strength with ease and delight and shalt be able to say with such as was come to the same spirit Greater is he that is in thee then he that is in the world and onely that faith that sees him hath power to overcome the world for he that beholds his glory treads the worlds glory under his feet for whatsoever is seen in him doth so far exceed all other things that it takes the mind out of all other delights and leaves them empty so that things in Heaven and things in Earth Principalities nor Powers are able to seperate from the love of him how much more wilt thou leave thy delight in sin when thou comes to delight in him his love will constrain thee who loves purely and hath found it for this is joy indeed and love unspeakable when the soul finds that treasure in his own House freely given which he hath long been seeking abroad and could never purchase neither with life nor estate And the more thou beholdest him the more will his glory and love appear for as thou in the light beholdest the pure motion of this Holy One thou wilt come to see what thou art without him and what thy wants is without which thou canst not be happy and that thou canst not have a lasting peace till with his vertue thou be filled and with his glory covered and with his power armed against every temptation all which he wil make thee heir of with him as thou minds to be faithful and hearken to his movings to obey them in all things who thereby wil lead thee his way by which he obtained all this glory power this inheritance from the Father in which way thou wilt find a cross to all thy own wayes and to the worlds spirit in all things which will be easie if thou keep thy eye single to him who is set before thee therein his glory and the gaining thereof but if thou look back into the world thou lookest into temptation without him and there the spirit of the world presents thee with loss and not with gain setting before thee what thou must forgo with all the hard ships and impossibilities that may be but no power to bear it but keeping thy eye to him thou hast alwayes power and peace before thee in thy way the hope thereof will be as an Anchor and the faith a shield and the love will give thee life to undergo all the tryals for his sake bearing his cross daylie which must part thee and thy sins and crucifie the worldly spirit with the lust thereof and kill all that wars against thy soul and keeps thee from thy inheritance wherefore it is called The great power of God unto salvation And as thou becomes faithful thereto thou wilt feel the fruit of that Holy One springing in thee moving to be brought forth in thee towards God and man thy faith will grow and prayers with strong cryes to the Father as the spirit sees thy wants thy love will spring and move in thee and bring forth towards God and man upon all occasions which if thou willingly serve in its smallest motion it will encrease but if thou quench it in its movings and refuse to bring it forth it will wither and dry in the not being exercised And it is the like of gentleness meekness patience and all other vertues which are of a springing and spreading nature where they are not quenched but suffered to come forth to his praise in his will and time who is the begetter thereof and to the comfort of his own seed and cross to the world And if thou be faithful daylie to offer up the body as a sacrifice to bring forth his Image Name and Power before his Enemies then what he moves thee to bring forth shall be thy inheritance and will daylie encrease with using but if thou wilt not give up for his Name sake but would hold the treasure and escape the reproach then will it be taken from thee and given to him who will yeeld the Lord of the Vinyard his fruit in due season for that which the Father freely begets he will have freely brought forth that the shining thereof in the dark world may praise him what a glory it is to see peace shine in the midst of war love in the midst of hatred meekness in the midst of strife righteous judgement in the midst of wickedness innocency in the midst of violence and oppression as a Lilly amongst thorns so is that of God amongst the men of the world and therein doth his nature and beauty appear in his Temple to which all must confess and praise him therein This is the glorious day which many have talked on and those onely are the children of it in whom the brightness shines forth that which God begets in thee is his Son confess him in the midst of his Enemies and thereby is