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	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
A77703	Repentance and prayer or, the two fundamental pillars of the nation. Being the substance of four sermons preached at St. Peters Poor, London. By that famous and reverend divine Ralph Brownrigge, formerly vice-chancelour of Cambridge, and lately Lord Bishop of Exeter.	Brownrig, Ralph, 1592-1659.	1660 (1660)	Wing B5208; ESTC R229484	54,943	157

excursions into other places as he did to Ninive by Jonah he may be sometimes as a wayfaring man that lodges for a night Jer. 14.18 Some rare tokens of presence but where his Ordinances are constantly and he fixes them that 's the place of his presence we have done with the first his presence it is the happiness of a Nation Secondly consider it is the bitter fruit of sin that causes God to withdraw his presence and to turn away from us this is the malignanant effect of sin in general that is parts God and us causes him to withdraw and turn away from us his delight is to be in the habitable world to be amongst the sons of men but sin and wickedness causes him to withdraw and estrange himself from us thus Cain complained Gen. 4.14 I am cast away from thy face So Saul upon his disobedience cried out 1 Sam. 28.15 God is departed from me it was the wofull condition of all mankind that by nature we are strangers from God nay without God in the world so Paul tells them at Lystra that God suffered all Nations to walk in their own wayes never owned or regarded them our sins separate twixt God and us Secondly not only the world of wicked men reap this fruit by their sin but Gods own people find this uncomfortable desertion when they grievonsly offended he turns away from them this Moses shewed them a visible resemblance of Exod. 33.7 the people there had sinned against God then it is said Moses took the Tabernacle and pitcht it without the Camp afar off from the Camp thereby signifying Gods displeasure against them and his departure from them as appears the Tabernacle was to be in the midst of the Host but he was offended and withdrew himself Thirdly may not onely his visible Church but even his darling Saints find this wofull effect that their sins brings upon them that God stands aloof off and withdraws from them how often doth David mourn for this and pray against it Psalm 10.1 Why standest thou afar off O Lord Why hidest thou thy self in time of trouble Psalm 38.21 Forsake me not O Lord O be not far from me upon his sin of adultery O cast me not away from thy presence this the Saints find often feel if they turn unto folly God stands afar off not to hear them nor to help them not to own them Tertullian gives a reason the holy spirit is a delicate thing it will not rest in a defiled soul Fourthly especially some sins of his people are of higher provocation set him off from us First as blood and oppression and violence that cast off Cain so God sayes he would remove Judah out of his sight for the bloodshed of Manasses When you make long prayers I will not hear you your hands are full of blood Isa 1.15 verse Secondly a secure neglect of Gods offers of grace that turns him from us when he stretches out his hands to us and we will not come into him then said God I will get me to my own place This cost the Spouse sorrow when Christ knockt and she refused to open Cant. 5.6 At last I opened to my beloved but my beloved had withdrawn himself and was gone 3 Thirdly falseness in his covenant or●upting of his Religion that turns him ●rom us So what that works Zach. 11. ● My soul loathed them and their soul also ●bhorred me it was the casting off of the ●sraelites Psal 106.39.40 They were de●led with their own works and went a whoing with their own inventions then he abhorred his own inhetitance it made him forsake the tabernacle in Shilo the tent which he had pitched amongst them 78.60 Fourthly incorrigiblness in the use of the means of reformation when God strives with them and they resist him it was the case of the old world his spirit should strive no more with them but he cast them off They rebelled against him and vexed his holy spirit Isa 63.10 Therefore he was turned to be their enemy and he fought against them thus God is giving over Judah as desperate Isa 1.5 Why should ye be smitten any more Thirdly consider it is the blessed fruit of repentance that it can recover God presence causeth him to return graciously to us when I name repentance I understand a reall cordiall spirituall repentance that and that onely can regai● Gods favour and return him to us tha● you may the better acquaint your selve with this necessary and soveraign duty not to enter into any large discourse o● the nature of it this solemn repentance will require of you these three actions First humiliation Secondly lamentation and deprecation Thirdly reformation I will exemple to you out of the repentance of the Ninivites First they put themselves to great humiliation the King himself rose from his throne laid his robes from him and covered him with sackcloth and sate in ashes nay man and beast were covered with sackcloth prostrating debasing themselves before an angry God we must put our mouthes in the dust to be ashamed and abasht and abhorr our selves in dust and ashes that 's their humiliation Secondly their lamentation or deprecation they cried mightily unto God Jonah 3. vers 8. The spirit of lamentation and supplication must abound in us not ordinary perfunctory prayers but we must strive and wrestle in prayer as it is said of Jacob how he prevailed with God he had power over the Angell and prevailed he wept and made supplication unto him Hosea 12.4.17 This God prescribes to the Priests let the Priests the Ministers of the Lord weep between the Porch and the Altar and say spare thy people O Lord. Thirdly their reformation that 's a main point in the Ninivits repentance let them every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands violence that was the sin of Nineveh it was an oppressing people it was that which mainly prevailed with God see verse the 10. God saw their works that they turned from their evill way and God repented he saw their humiliation he heard their lamentation but yet that which pleased him best was their reformation that 's the fat of the sacrifice is this the fast that I have required or chosen a day for a man to afflict his soul to bow down his head like a bull rush and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him is not this the fast that I have chosen to loose the bands of wickedness to let the oppressed go free Isa 58.5.6 Such repentance is like to prevaile with him let him be turned away he will draw near to us and vouchsafe us his presence see two places Psal 38.18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart saves all such as be of a contrite spirit Isa 57.15 I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite spirit revive the spirit of the humble First repentance so pleases him that the