Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	contrite_a	high_a	humble_a	5,259	5	8.8192	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09999	The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole dutie of prayer. Delivered in fiue sermons vpon I Thess. 5.17. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiesty, Master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.	Preston, John, 1587-1628.; Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.; Davenport, John, 1597-1670.	1629 (1629)	STC 20251; ESTC S105990	87,396	182

people but to build my Kingdome and my house to make me a constant house for ever I say this sense of our owne vnworthinesse it makes vs more fit to receiue the mercy to bee exalted by receiving such a request as wee put vp to the Lord and therefore hee regards the prayer of the humble Moreover God giues grace to the humble that is he shewes favour to them when they come and aske any thing at his hands because an humble man will be readie to doe whatsoever he will it is an expression vsed of David in Acts 2. 22. hee will doe whatsoever I will that may be said of every humble man he is exceeding pliable to the Lords will hee is ready to doe whatsoever hee knowes to be his pleasure hee resists him in nothing Now when a man will doe whatsoever God will the Lord will be readie to doe whatsoever be will he will be readie to say to him as hee did to the 〈◊〉 Oh woman bee it to thee as thou wils When a man on the other side refists the Lord as every proud man doth saith the text the Lord resists him the Lord resists the proud and giues grace to the humble A refisting spirit causeth the Lord to resist our prayers and therefore it is that the Lord is ready to the humble man because he yeelds to the Lord in all things and when a man yeelds to the Lord take that for a rule in obeying Goas commandements God will yeeld to vsin granting our petitions Besides when the heart is humbled and broken and contrite it is an acceptable sacrifice to the Lord which winnes it at his hands he smells a sweete savour from such a sacrifice aboue all other yea it is that which sets a high price vpon every sacrifice that we offer the best prayers the best workes that proceede not from an humble heart he regards them not as Psal. 51. Lord saith he if 〈◊〉 sacrifice then will not regard it but the sacrifices of a contrite and humble spirit those thou regardest and those sactifices that proceede from it when we come to make a petition to the Lord it was the manner in the old law not to come empty handed a proud person comes empty-handed but an humble person comes with a sacrifice and the best sacrifice because he facrificeth himselfe and his owne will that is he empties himselfe of himselfe he opens a d●…re to the Lord 〈◊〉 come and dwell in him when a proud man 〈◊〉 him out such a sacrifice the Lord is well pleased with and such a sacrifice speakes for one it makes way for his requests and therefore the Lord hearkens to it Lastly the Lord is ready to heare those that are humble because whatsoever they receiue they take it as of grace and not as debt whereas a proud man a man that hath a good conceit of himselfe a man that is list vp in his owne opinion thinkes it to be due he thinkes there is some correspondence betweene his works and the wages You know what is said of the Pharise that the publican went away instified rather then he Why so Because the Publican thought himselfe worthy of nothing And therefore Ezek. 36. 31. when the Lord promiseth those great mercies to his people he requires this condition of them that they should acknowledge themselues worthy to bee destroyed When a man hath a sense of his owne vnworthinesse and so comes to the Lord and askes it as of meere grace and mercy that is a great motiue to prevaile with him for he is very carefull of that you know in Deut. 8. 11. how wary the Lord was in giving this rule to them take beede when thou commest into that good land thinke not to say with thy selfe the Lord hath done this for my owne righteousnesse no saith hee I haue not done it for that but for my Covenant which I made with Abraham Isaac and laceh that is for my owne names sake for my mercies sake for the covenant that I confirmed with them that is the covenant in Iesus Christ therefore I haue done it not for your own righteousnes So you see that this is a condition the Lord will haue observed in our calling vpon him that our hearts be humbled that a man be little and vile in his owne eyes that he come with a broken and contrite heart pliable to him in all things ready to obey him when the heart is so disposed hee giues grace that is he shewes favour hee is ready to grant our requests The next condition required in prayer is that wee sanctifie the Lord in our hearts You know when Nadab and Abih●… drew neere vnto him with a common fire when they should haue brought such fire as came from heaven holy fire the Lord destroyed them and he giues this reason for I will be sanctified 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that draw ●…eere to me When we come to call vpon the Lord we know then we come neere to him and in such dra●…ing neere 〈◊〉 must sanctifie him in our ●…earts that is we must co●…ceiue him ●…o be as he is most holy now if the Lord be mo●… holy if he that is vncleane and impure and vnholy shall come neere him he sanctif not the Lord God that is hee comes not to him as to a mo●… holy God but he lookes vpon him 〈◊〉 if he were a common person and therefore whensoever they came to offer a sacrifice in the old law they were first purified if any man were ●…cleane and should off●… a sacrifice he was to be cut off from his people Therefore to sanctifie the Lord in our hear●… is to come with holy hearts as in the first of T●… 2. 8. i●… is the charge that the Apo●… giues the●… 〈◊〉 p●…re 〈◊〉 w●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or doubting lift vp pure hearts and innocent hands without wrath or doubting You will say vnto me what is this holinesse Beloved it is nothing but a sequestring or seperating of any thing from a common vse and appropriating it to God alone that is holinesse You know whatsoever was holy to the Lord in the Temple or otherwise whether it were holy vessels or holy men as the Priests it was seperated from all other vses and made particular to him and to his service Now the heart of a man is holy then when it is withdrawne from all things else and particular to the Lord alone As a chast wife is to her husband whose affections are bestowed vpon him and no other person else so when the heart is to the Lord alone when all the affections are intent vpon him and bestowed vpon him and vpon none else this is to haue the heart holy to him So that now he that will haue an eye vpon credit vpon vaine glory vpon wealth vpon his lusts vpon any thing besides the Lord that the heart is wedded to it that hee bestowes any part of that