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spirit_n	contrite_a	humble_a	revive_v	5,567	5	11.6295	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53902	The raptures of a flaming spirit Being a directory, wherein methodically is contained the several parts of prayer. With select expressions for the performance of the duty. As the author useth to express himself before and after his sermons. By Nico. Pearson. &c.	Pearson, Nicolas, fl. 1682.	1682 (1682)	Wing P1010A; ESTC R217486	58,578	311

into Hell That thy terrors may affright them from those evils which delight them Cause Sin to reign unto Death that Grace may reign unto Eternal Life thro Jesus Christ our Lord. Snatch them as Brands out of the Fire lest they be swallowed up in their own ruins Bring them out of their Spiritual Bondage with a mighty Hand and a stretched-out Arm. The pleasures of Sin the power of Satan and the source of Evil. Custom this three-fold Cord is not easily broken Translate them out of the Kingdom of Satan into the glorious Liberty of the Children of God Bring them from Darkness to Light and from the power of Satan unto God Glorifie thy self by their salvation and not by their damnation Turn their Vices into Vertues Altho now they be afar off make them nigh by the Blood of Christ Bring the Blind by a way they know not Make Darkness Light unto them and Crooked Paths straight O that Christ may be formed in them That the Blind may see the Deaf may hear the Dumb may speak the Lame walk and the Lepers may be cleansed We are all the Work of thy Hands make us all the Sheep of thy Pasture We are all of one common Mold make all of one common Salvation Purge them with Hysop and they shall be clean Say unto the dry bones live Cause the Leopards to change their Spots and the Ethiopians their Hue. For the Broken hearted O God shew thy Grace to them whose souls desire thee in the Night that sigh by reason of their bondage Who thou hast broke in the place of Dragons and covered with the shadow of Death The Spirit of a Man is able to bear his infirmity but a Wounded Spirit who can bear The troubles of the Spirit are the Spirit of troubles Even as the Wind when it gets into the Caverns of the Earth causeth it to quake so Guilt contracted and felt maketh the poor soul to tremble No Lyon roars like that in a Mans bosom If a spark of thy Wrath be so terrible when it flieth into our Consciences what will thy comeing be when thou comest with Flaming Fire to render Vengance to thy Adversaries Their own Guilt hath brought two Hells in their Hearts Horror and Shame Oh sin is of a Toady Complexion After the strong Wind the Earthquake and the Fire cause the Still Voice to come Hear the Cries out of the Deeps Be thou their Pilot in the dark and dangerous Storm Thou healest the Broken in Heart and bindest up their Wounds Let the sighing of the Prisoners come before thee and relieve them according to the greatness of thy Power Bring the Prisoners from the Prison and them that sit in Darkness from the Prison House Say to the Prisoners Go forth to them in Darkness Shew your selves Cause them to ●eed in the ways and their pastures to be in high places Pleasures of Sin merried their Senses for a while but horror followed after and vultures their unconsuming Hearts and those that carried the most pleasing tastes fit them with the largest reluctations Oh sympathize with the weary and heavy laden ones how they long for the Scape-goat to carry their Sins into oblivion They watch for him more than they that watch for the Morning That look thro the Windows and cry thro the Latesses Why is his Chariot so long in coming Why stay the wheels of his Charriot They who are sick with the sense of their misery comfort them with the sweetness of thy mercy They who see their miseries out of Christ cause them to see the light of the glory of God that shineth in the Face of Jesus Christ to the praise and glory of his Grace Loose off their Sack-cloth and gird them with gladness that their glory may sing praise Break their Bonds and they shall sacrifice the sacrifice of praise Bind up the broken hearted proclaim liberty to captives open the prison to them that are bound comfort all that mourn give them beauty for ashes the oyl of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heavinness that they may be call'd Trees of Righteousness That they may be of the ransomed of the Lord that return and come to Sion with Songs and everlasting joy upon their Heads Cause true joy and gladness to possess their souls that sorrow and sighing may fly away Even as the eye of the Servant waiteth upon the hand of his Master or the Maiden upon the hand of her Mistriss so they wait upon thee until thou hast mercy on them Cause them that lift up their souls unto thee to know the way wherein they should walk Lead them to the door of hope opened in the valley of Achor Be a Leader and Commander unto them instruct them and teach them what they should do and guid them with thine eye Guid these prisoners of hope unto the strong holds Remember them with the favour thou bearest unto thy people and visit them with thy salvation They who are stung with the Fiery Serpents give them a sight of the Brazen Serpent The sting of Death is Sin the strength of Sin is the Law give them the Victory thro our Lord Jesus Christ That the great Physician of Souls may heal their Spiritual Distempers Where spiritual sorrow sinketh the heart cause the pully of Faith to raise it They who look towards thee with contrition consolate them with remission They who turn unto thee with humilation and repentance turn unto them with commiseration and forgiveness According to thy promise be with them that are of contrite and humble spirits to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones Be nigh unto them that call upon thee that call upon thee in truth Suffer not all their sighs to wander in fleeting Air. Cause them that sow in tears to reap in joy Turn their mourning into dancing loose off their sack-cloth and gird them with gladness Cause thy Face to shine upon them and they shall be saved They who are afflicted and tossed with tempest and are not comforted lay their stones with fair Colours and lay their Foundations with Saphirs Make their Windows of Agats and their Gates of Carbuncles and all their Borders of pleasant Stones The Vapors of Sin are risen and ingendred into a Cloud which interposeth between them and the Sun of Mercy Grant for the present that some glances from the edges of the interposed body may refresh them Where the stormy Clouds are risen when the distressed ones expect to be over-whelmed with the Deluge of thy Wrath then set thy Bow in the Clouds A discovery of Free Grace will be precious Make them to hear joy and gladness that the bones that thou hast broken may rejoyce Bring them on Eagles Wings from Sinai to Sion Cause them that mourn to be exalted to safety Open the Conduits of Soul-supportation and Soul-consolation Hope deferred maketh the heart sick but when the desire cometh it is a

Tree of Life Sin hath over-laid their hopes O raise them from the dead Let down a beam of Comfort to temper their Despair Contend not for ever be not always wroth then the spirits will fail and the souls which thou hast made Teach them to feed on the Promises as Sampson did of the Honey-comb Out of the Eater came forth Meat and out of the strong came forth Sweetness That they may be justified by Faith and have peace with God thro our Lord Jesus Christ Hang forth the White Flagg of Mercy and lift up their Heads that they may see their redemption drawing near Display the Ensign of thy Compassions then shall they run to thy Standard Help them that are under the pains and pangs of the New Birth guid them in the way that leadeth to Everlasting Life Open unto them the Gates of Righteousness that they may go in and praise thy Name Let the Lords Compassions reach to all that are wrastling with and tossed in the Sea of their Corruption and are violently carried on with temptations and over-power'd by their licentious Affections in the Straits of Repentance that have much ado to keep off from the Rocks of Despair and afraid to be swallow'd up in the Gulph of Perdition When they pass thro the Waters be thou with them When they go thro the Rivers suffer them not to over-flow them When they walk thro the Fire suffer them not to be burned nor the flame to kindle upon them Consider their trouble for thou knowest their souls are in adversity Turn the Bruised Reed into a Golden Pillar and the Smoaking Flax into a Triumphing Flame Be thou their Arm every morning and their salvation in a time of trouble Bring them from the depths of Death Glorifie thy self in their Deliverances Redeem Israel from all his iniquities Swallow up Death in Victory Wipe away tears from their Faces and take away their Rebuke Let the times of refreshing come from the presence of the Lord. Execute not the fierceness of thy Wrath for thou art God and not Man Cast them not away from thy presence but uphold them with thy free spirit Bind up the breach of thy servants and heal the stroke of their wound For thy Names sake defer thine anger and for thy Praise refrain Guid them with thy Counsel in order to their Reception into Glory And comfort just Lot that is vex'd with the unrighteous Conversation of the Sodomites from day to day How the second Man the Lord from Heaven the New Man is plagued with the Hittites the Hivites and the Jebusites The small beginnings of Grace are preserved by the powers from Heaven The Sojourner is opposed and despised because of the contrariety between them Damn'd Satan the World and the Flesh combine to extinguish that which thou hast kindled The Flesh Iusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the Flesh these two are contrary the one to another Relieve thy Servants who are ingaged in the Holy War When they walk thro the midst of trouble do thou revive them stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of thine enemies that thy right hand may save them Support them with the Spirit of Power and the power of the Spirit Perfect that which concerneth them thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever forsake not the Work of thine own hands It is the Lord that bringeth forth his People from their Enemies and lifteth them up on high above them Corruption is always strong enough to keep Grace low Grant 〈◊〉 Grace may prove strong enough to keep Corruption low Suffer not their Corruptions to worry and devour the Fruits of the Spirit Take the Foxes that spoil the Vines for the Vines have tender Grapes Fill every one that hunger and thirst after Righteousness Deny not those ardent desires of the blissful fruition of thy Self which the lively sense of thy own Goodness hath enkindled those breathings and gaspings for an eternal participation of thee The Soul is depressed with an unpassable thicket of hinderances the frailties of the Body the current of the World and the spiritual Enemies that continually war against Goodness they are ever checking the production of those good motions she is pregnant with Oh send a spring of auxilliary Grace to actuate the dull habits of inherent Grace Thou knowest their wo because they dwell in Mesech and are constrained to dwell in the Tents of Kedar Lead forth thy people whom thou hast redeemed and guid them with thy strength to thy holy Habitation Open the Rivers in high places and Fountains in the midst of the Valleys Make the Wilderness a Pool of Water and the dry Land Springs of Water The whole World cannot satisfie their Spiritual Longings give them Soul-suitable Returns The Good that they would do that do they not the Evil that they would not do that do they because of the Law of the Members that war against the Law of the Mind They would gladly be with thee but they cannot get near because of the Croud Their Souls thirst upon the Cross but Gall and Vinegar is their Drink Shall not the good Angel minister unto them Help them who are troubled with vexing Scruples and reduced to dark Perplexities When they go forward thou art not there and when they go backward they cannot perceive thee Oh manifest thy self unto them Cause thy Grace to guid their slippery steps And unto them who thou hast in some measure given Victory to make the Habitation of their Righteousness prosperous Cause the Righteous to hold on his Way and he that hath clean Hands to be stronger and stronger That they may grow in Grace and from one degree of Grace unto another Cause the Light of the Righteous to shine more and more unto perfect Day Suffer not Pharaoh and his Host to over-take them Suffer them not to look back to Egypt nor to long after the Garlick and the Onions That they may rather think of the burden and bondage and the woful circumstances and consequents of Sin than the vain pleasures of it Suffer them not to be plagued with Satans return or any fresh invasions or revolutions of their old Sins Thou who settest them up and makest them holy keep them up and make them steady Keep them from lapses and prevarications Let them not want the Pillar of a Cloud by Day nor the Pillar of Fire by Night Let the Blessed Spirit which was the Pre-operator be the Co-operator lest they return to the borders of Egypt Fight their battles and supply their wants Give them a clear sight of the Crown of Immortality that the joys of that which is set before the eyes of their Faith may still refresh them that they may endure unto the End Give them a Sample of what they are pressing toward and sometimes a Taste of the Fruits of Canaan that they may resolve to fight with the Sons of Anack Fraught them so with hope that they may venture into any storm That they may