Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	corruption_n	flesh_n	sow_v	5,273	5	10.3024	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02432	A consultorie for all Christians Most godly and ernestly warnyng al people, to beware least they beare the name of christians in vayne. Now first imprinted, the. xxx day of Ianuarie.	Hart, Henry, fl. 1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 12564; ESTC S109663	31,949	118

cūduite am I come oute of the gardeine of pleasure I saide I wyll water the gardeine of my yonge plantes and fill y e frute of my birth so my water brooke became exceadinge greate saith shee and my Ryuer aprocheth vnto the See for I make doctrine to be to all men as light as the faire morning and I shal make it saith she euer the clearer I will perse thorow all the lower partes of the earth I will loke vpon such as be a slepe lighten all theym that putte their trust in the Lorde I shall yet poure oute doctrine lyke a prophecie and leane vnto suche as seke after wisdome and their generations shall I neuer faile vnto y e holy euerlasting world ¶ Obey vnto the louing voice of God and accepte this gentle doctrine of wisedome slumber not to long in thyne owne way O thou named Christiā least the lorde be angry leaste thou fall a slepe againe in synne and so perishe vtterly by thine own folly How can theye be made hole that wyll not knowe they be sicke or howe can suche obtaine that refuse y e right way Thou thinkest thy selfe well al redy because thou hast a name that thou liuest O thou named Christian therfore thou saiste in thy selfe Tushe I am riche and incresed with goodes and haue nede of nothynge knowest not how thou art wretched and myserable poore blynde naked thou haste a name that thou liuest but thou art deade for by synne art thou subdued and thrust downe by thyne enemies euen to the brinke of hell O named Christianytie thou waft rolde vp in extreme darknes and mysery yea solde and solde again wast thou for thine offences to be a bonde seruant whereof thou art not yet delyuered for ignoraunce holdeth the in captiuitie and bringeth the a slepe that thou neyther seest nor felest thye harme but lyke an hongry man dremyng that he is eatyng wakynge hath nothinge or lyke a thyrsty man y t dreameth that he is drinkyng but when he waketh he fyndeth nothynge to refresh hym self so doth synne deceiue the and thou not ware Awake awake oute of thy heauy slepe thou Christianitie harken to y e loud voice and trompe of god which in these last daies is now blowen amongest you I mean the preachyng of the gloryouse gospell of Christ which is dayly preached vnto you and yet soundeth in youre eares O folysh people why stop you youre eares so longe from the truth and as it were styll geue youre selues to vanitie Why seke ye suche frendshyp of the worlde whiche hath nothyng to recōpence but extreame myserye Why sekeste thou reste where none is Treasure vp such thinges as are godly then shalte y u be recompensed .vij. folde but who so seeketh rest in worldly thynges his labour is in vain Consider O man thy lyfe in this worlde how short how vncerteine and daungerouse it is it is lyke a vapour or breathe saith the Apostle S. Iames y t appereth for a lytle season and then vanissheth away therfore truste not to the worlde for he is disceitfull he promyseth rest but payeth trouble he promyseth ioye and paieth sorowe he promyseth longe lyfe and payeth short totally he promyseth good and payeth euyll for nature and fortune be muche variable chaunge as the winde and therfore do they suffer no thynge here certeine O folysh man woldest y u then be thought wise and yet delytest and settest thy hole hert and pleasure in this vaine transitory world what frendshippe woldest thou haue of hym that can do you no good neither careth he lenger for the then thou maist do hym pleasure for in sorow pouertie or payne will he vtterly dispise the and laugh the to scorne in the anguysh of thy soule Soo vngodly doth this myserable worlde recompence his louers that the nighe frende so called of nature the wife that lyeth in the bosome or the Chyldren whom with busy paine and study some bringe vp intendynge by them to haue their kindnes after recompenced do nothing at all regarde them but flateryngly from the teth outward thinkyng euery day three tyll they be gone that they myght receiue the worldely goodes which their frendes do posses O mysery of all myseries thus the worlde which many so inordinately loue and set such store by for all his greate bragges and flateryng face of frendship if nature withdraw her selfe wyl not onely think hym moch burdened by them but also disdainfully abhor deteste their presence Therefore as Christe saith seke ye first y e kingdome of god the righteousenes there of and all these thynges shalbe mynistred vnto you And also Crist saith geue not ouer your membres to serue the flesh seing the beutie thereof fadethe away for he that soweth in the fleshe shall of the flesh repe corruptiō saith Sainct Paul but he that soweth in the spirite shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastinge Againe the apostle Iude saith Hate the filthy vesture of the flesshe for doubtles it is subiect to corruption it is also the very gate and meane whereby Sathan oure greate aduersary and mortall enemy corrupteth both bodie soule and draweth man to vtter distruction Wherfore see that ye furnish the house in tyme with an honest exercise of vertu that perfecte repentaunce make a ready way for faith and godly loue with all her noble companions to dwell with you for if the enemy finde you vnprepared he will busily seke to enter with his soudears for as moch as man is by y e transgression of Adam set at lybertie in y e knowledge of good and euyll the enemy first moueth man by consente to chose the euill and refuse the good which consent beyng coupled to the thought of mans knowledge is synne As witnesseth S. Iames saying When lust hath conceyued shee bringeth fourth synne by this meanes winneth the enemy y t gate or fyrst ward then procedinge forth in his wicked purpose he tēpteth mā duryng his life in y e tyme of youth by wātōnes delectatiō pleasure redynes of mynd to spend the tyme of this lyfe either idely or vainly that he should laboure in nothing that is good and when nature hathe some what done with these he bringeth in place euery carnal concupiscēce riot naturall wisdome and worldly honoure and riches and in age he bringeth coueteousenes vnpacient pouertie childyshe dotage and suche lyke For sone after xxx yeares are spent as age increaseth the thinges of nature dimynishe and begin to fade as a flower but the enemy alway duryng the tyme of this lyfe ceaseth not to assaulte man by synne which is most agreeing to the nature and age of the person so tempted And by suche vngodly meanes he seketh to fyll and kepe the mynd of man so busied that it cā haue no respecte to the word wyll of god nor seke after thinges y t please hym But seinge the rewarde of these is naught els but playne mysery