Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	dead_a	life_n	live_v	7,322	5	6.0283	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11077	The onely remedy that can cure a people, when all other remedies faile. By F. Rous.	Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.	1627 (1627)	STC 21346; ESTC S106124	62,668	256

manifold saluations and deliuerances Yea the deliuerances haue in some sort borne the resemblance and proportion of the meanes A piece of a deliuerance hath followed a piece of repentance and such was that of Rehoboam 2 Chron. 12. 7. 12. 14. whose heart was not perfect with the Lord 1 King 21. 29. and a temporary deliuerance 2 Chron. 15. 8. 15. a temporary repentance and such was that of Ahab and a full deliuerance a sound and full repentance and such was that vnder Asa. 5. Wherefore I said to the foolish For spirituall helps are the true helps yea they are the helpes of the temporall Deale not foolishly and speake not with a stiffe necke Say not Ashur shall saue vs and wee will flie into Egypt Naturall helpes are like the Egyptians who are weake for that very reason for which thou thinkest them strong and the inuisible meanes are strong for that very reason for which thou thinkest them weake And herein let God himselfe bee iudge betweene vs Isa. 31. 3. The Egyptians are men and not God and their horses flesh and not spirit Wherefore behold the issue When the Lord shall stretch out his hand both hee that helpeth shall fall and hee that is holpen shall fall downe and they all shall faile together Men and horses are things visible God and spirits are things inuisible and therefore doe visible men faile to helpe because they are not equall in power to the inuisible God and therefore shall horses faile because they are not equall to spirituall and inuisible strength Wherefore henceforth doe thou especially choose those helps which are spirituall and inuisible because they are strongest and beleeue more strength to bee in the weaknesse of God which therefore only seemes weaknesse because the strength of it is not perceiued by the fleshly eye than in the strength of man 2 King 6. 16. 17. And if thou seest not the spirituall things to bee strongest doe not blame them for weaknesse but thy selfe for blindnesse and pray to God to open thy eyes for then shalt thou see a most mighty power in them and that when spirituall helpes are on our side There are more with vs than there are with them that haue earthly and visible helpes Wherfore henceforth farre be from vs the trust and rest in naturall things which is the common and first refuge of flesh and blood when it is pressed with troubles Ier. 17. 5. And let those thoughts words be loathsome to vs which ordinarily issue from this fleshly blindnesse and error One thinkes that Armies can subdue all enemies and another that Parliaments can cure all politicke diseases a third and I wish it had not beene spoken before the late pestilence in my hearing that the new Riuer had washed away the plague for euer from the City But I thinke I need not to tell them that they are deceaued And no wonder for all outward helpes are but the body of helpe but spirituall helpes are the soule of helpe and as the body without the soule is dead so all bodily helpes without spirituall helpe are without life and power Wherefore wee must striue by putting our selues into a right spirituall estate to get the fauour of the Highest spirit that he may breathe life into these dead helpes and then they shall haue life and strength as well as the dead bones when he said 〈◊〉 37. ● Come from the foure windes O breath and breathe vpon these slaine that they may liue This is the true order to come by the spirituall helpes to the vse of the temporall to begin with God and to end with man In this case wee must proceed Descendendo not Ascendendo wee must get helpe first from the Creator and then wee may descend to the vse of the Creature but wee must not begin to seeke helpe of the Creature and then thinke wee may be either confident or carelesse of the helpe of the Creator It is the maine wisdome and successe of the Creature to goe with the Creator He that goes without him goes without strength and he that goes against him runnes against the rocke of Omnipotence and is sure to make most horrible shipwracke Wherefore Moses saith wisely Exo. 33. 15. If thy presence goe not with mee carry vs not vp hence There is no going nor stirring if God goe not with vs But if God bee with vs who shall bee against vs If God be with vs we may be saued without Meanes for God is able to saue being alone He can also raise vp meanes where are none and hee can blesse the Meanes where are some and he can make the Meanes of our destruction to become the meanes of our preseruation The last seemeth most difficult yet doth hee often doe it The Syrians had brought a most deadly famine vpon Samaria so that the same bowels were fed by that which receiued life from them And by the same Syrians Samaria was so deliuered from the famine and stored with plenty 2 King 6. 7. that a Measure of fine floure was sold for a shekell The same Egyptians which kept Israel in a most cruell bondage were made to bee the men that should bee vrgent vpon Israel to haste away out of bondage Exod. 12. 33. c. yea they suffered them not to goe empty but spoyled themselues to enrich those whom they had spoyled Euen Death it selfe which the Diuell intended to haue made a Gate to eternall destruction the out-stretched arme of God hath made a gate to eternall saluation Reu. 14. 19 So that a voyce is heard from heauen saying Write Blessed are they that dye in the Lord. Now if God be so absolute a Lord of all things that of contraries he can produce contraries we may see that hee hath taken all trust from the creature and reserued it to himselfe and that the power which is in the Creature being giuen it by him can at his pleasure bee taken away from it and a contrary power put into it Theeefore our eyes are to be fixed on God and to looke vp first to him to see whether he will suffer the Creature to retaine the power of Helpe which hee hath giuen it yea and when helpes faile to see whether hee will raise vp helpes yea farther whether he will helpe without helpes and yet farthest of all whether he will turne our hinderances and punishments into helpes And thus depending on God and laying the foundation of our hope help in the name of the Lord we may safely and comfortably vse the meanes which hee giueth vs. And if hee giue meanes with a blessing put vnto them they may be of absolute necessitie when they haue receiued such blessing and power from him Many points of this doctrine are to bee found in the voyage of Paul Act. 27. Naturall helpes can do nothing without God so the Mariners could not saue Pauls company for they are lost in regard of Naturall