Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	death_n	life_n	power_n	7,316	5	4.8859	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16698	A verye fruitful exposicion vpon the syxte chapter of Saynte Iohn diuided into. x. homelies or sermons: written in Latin by the ryghte excellente clarke Master Iohn Brencius, [and] tra[n]slated into English by Richard Shirrye, Londoner.	Brenz, Johannes, 1499-1570.; Sherry, Richard, ca. 1506-ca. 1555.	1550 (1550)	STC 3603; ESTC S122244	97,256	320

Iewes as gentiles and in dede that he sytteth on the ryghte hande of GOD and heareth rul●… in the myddes of hys enemies and iustifieth and maketh alyue al that beleue in hym For these be certayne and suar argumentes by whyche the diuyne maiestye of Christe hath bene shewed and proued Therefore whan he sayeth When you shall se the sonne of man ascendynge thyther where he was before thys is the meanynge I sayde vnto you that I was descended from heauen Be not therfore so offended w t thys worde to fall awaye from me For that that I sayed in worde I wyll proue in dede I wyl ascend againe thether where I was before and I wyll reuele myne heauenlye and dyuyne maiestye that you maye playnelye knowe that my learnyng is true and that I verelye am descended frō heauen that is haue taken man vpon me in dede and to be God in dede To thys also appertayneth y ● Iesus in an other place whan he was axed by Caiphas before the Councell whether he was Christe the sonne of GOD he answered hereafter sayeth he you shall se the sonne of man sittyng on the ryght of the myghtye and commynge in the cloudes of heauen y ● is I seme in dede nowe in youre syghte to be an abiecte and captiue but after thys tyme I wyl so shewe my maiestye that I wyll playnely proue that I am not onelye true Messias or Christe but also verye God euen of the same beynge and power wyth God And of thys in dede that Iesus sayde that he was come downe frō heauen thus much haue we sayde Let vs heare now al so of y ● he sayed hys fl●…she should be eaten and hys bloude shoulde be droncken This sayth he offendeth you because I haue bydde you eate my fleshe and dryncke my bloude You thyncke peraduenture that I by thys doctryne do ordayne an eatyng of man or a tearynge of mans fleshe or a mutuall conspiracye to inuade the empires of thys worlde And therefore ye are afearde leaste by raysynge of sedicion I cast you by my doctryne into extreme ieoperdies of youre lyfe But be of good chere If you se me ascending thyther where I was before ▪ you shal proue in dede that my doctrine wyll do you no hu●…te For I wyll declare by my goynge vp into heauen that my kyngdome is not worldelye but an heauenlye kingedome Wherefore ye nede not to feare sedicion whereby I wyll inuade worldelye kingdomes Nor it is not to be feared least my doctrine shoulde brynge anye distruccion to you Do no more but stande and abyde still you shall fele in dede that you by my doctryne shall receyue lyfe and saluacion Let vs se than howe Iesus proueth hys doctrine to be more healthful than hu●…tfull and that he is rather the authour of life than of death It is the spirite sayeth he that gyueth life The fleshe profiteth nothynge The wordes that I speake are spirite and lyfe ▪ Thys place some vnderstande one wayes some an other but we wyll folowe the verye playne sentence and that the thynge it selfe declareth For if we wyl consider in what estate this controuersie doeth stand which is risen bewixt Christ and the Iewes it is manifest that this contencion is of the doctryne of Christ wherewyth the Iewes in dede be of ●…ended and the which they reproue but Christe defended it But Christ also hym selfe whan he sayeth The wordes whyche I speake vnto you are spirite playnely sygnifieth that here he speaketh of hys doctryne●… and expoundeth what hys doctryne is For the Iewes dyd fear least if they continued to be hearers and folowers of Christe they shoulde by hys doctryne be caste into all kynde of troubles yea into death it selfe But thys f●…ar Christe refuteth and he teacheth hys doctryne not to brynge deathe but to brynge lyfe not to brynge destrucci on but saluacion For the spirite in thys manner of speakynge is taken for spiritual heauenlye and diuyne doctryne Therefore the maner of reasonyng is shorte in dede but worthy to be marked sayinge the spirite that is the spiritual and heauenly doctrine gyueth lyfe But the fleshe that is carnall and humayne doctryne as is the doctryne of the Phariseis or of sedicious persons profiteth no thynge bycause it bringeth distruccion and death But my wordes be spirite that is be spiritual doctrine and not carnal wherfore thei be life and bryng not death or destruccion as you iudge You haue the reasonynge of Christe Let vs nowe run ouer his partes spiritual heauēly learnyng sayth he gyueth lyfe and bringeth saluacion But carnal and humayne doctryne bryngeth dysstruccion and death What shal we saye than of the lawe of the Lorde whyche althoughe it be spirituall and heauenlye doctryne yet bryngeth it death or as Paule sayeth kylleth What shall we saye also of doctrines of men of conscience Ma thematicall of Physicke and other artes whiche partelye be profitable for mannes lyfe yea and partly after theyr facion necessarye also Shall we saye that they also profite nothynge but rather brynge men to destruccion Of the lawe of god therfore thus must we thinke that it mortifieth in dede and kylleth man but that is not thorowe the faut of the lawe but of the man For if we should speake of the selfe nature of goddes lawe verelye because it is a spirituall and heauenlye doctrine it hath also the nature of giuing life and bringing saluacion Kepe saieth he my lawes and iudgementes whyche the man that doth shal lyue in them They bring therefore of theyr owne nature life And when Moyses had made an ende of the ministerye of makynge a lawe he sayde Consider that nowe I haue set in thy syghte lyfe and good Christe also sayeth If thou wylte enter into lyfe kepe the commaundementes of God And Paulle the lawe is holye and the precepte is holye iuste and good Stephen also sayeth Moyses sayeth he toke the lyuelye wordes to gyue theym to vs. Wherefore as muche as pertayneth to hys nature as it is spirituall and heauenlye doctrine so it bryngeth also spirituall and heauenlye life But because men be carnal soulde vnder synne therefore it commeth to passe that the doctryne of the lawe bringeth rather deathe than lyfe and rather damnacyon than saluacion whyche thynge sith it is not imputed to the lawe but vnto manne and vnto hys synne it doeth yet remayne suer and stedfaste that spirituall learnynge dooeth gyue lyfe And as touchynge mans sciences whyche be profitable in thys world to kepe the lyfe of man here we speake not For thys earthelye and corporall healthe is one and the spirituall and heauenlye healthe is an other If we shoulde speake of thys bodelye and worldelye healthe there be manye and dyuers doctrynes whyche profyte verye muche Physicke profitteth to conserue and recouer the good healthe of y ● body Mathematical profiteth to knowe the marueylous mocions of the bodyes celestiall and to measure the yearthe Housbandrye profitteth to the tyllynge of

the ground and who can in fewe wordes rehearse vp the profite of al the sciences of men But if we shoulde speake of true spiritual heauenly and euerlasting health verelye none other doctrine doth profit saue spirituall and hea uenlye Al carnal doctrynes be they neuer so profitable are pernicious and deadely if they be iudged to be a perfit waie to get heauēly health Amonge carnall teachinge most of all be deadelye the ▪ teachynges of y ● Pharasies and of sedicious men The Pharisies do teache that men maye satisfye the lawe of God by outwarde worckes and that they do deserue by their obediēce iustice and lyfe euerlastynge before God Thys is in dede a carnal doctryne whyche leadeth men into perpetual distruccion The sedicious men do teach that tributes must not be gyuen to the Emperour of Rome and that we muste make batell agaynst the Romaynes that the Iewes the Romaynes beynge cast out of their countrye maye bryuge them selues into libertye and also subdue vnto thē other kingdomes of the world Thys is verye carnal doctrin whiche leadeth men into the ieoperdye of al their ryches goodes Since ther is therfore two maner of teach ynges one spirituall that gyueth lyfe saueth an other carnall that bryngeth death and dystroyeth I praye you in what kynd is the doctrine of Christ comprehended My wordes sayeth he that I speake vnto you are spirit My doctrine is not flesh nor is not carnal but it is spirit it is spiritual It is manifest therfore y ● it is also life I sayd s●…ply he y ● beleueth in me hath lyfe euerla stinge Thys is spiritual doctryne heauenly and diuine Wherfore he that receiueth it receiueth also life I spake Metaphorically but in the same sence I am the liuynge bread whyche am come downe from heauen If any man eate of thys bread he shall lyue for euer And agayne Excepte ye eate the fleshe of the son of man and drynke his bloude ye haue not life in you Thys doctrine also is spiritual diuine It remaineth therfore that it is life and that it giueth life that it saueth mē that receyue it that they may get euerlastyng saluaciō But why do we not rehearse thoughe in fewe wordes the kindes of the doctrine of Christ that we maie knowe the true vse of it For fyrst Christe did sometimes expounde the lawe of GOD as in Mathe the. v. and the. vi and as it is writen in other places of the Euāgelists To this braunch or kind do pertayne the threteninges the re bukinges and the prophesies of the euyls that are to come Thys doctryne is not in dede the proper doctryne of Christe but of Moses yet is it sayde that it doeth gyue lyfe be cause that shewynge the greatenes and greuousnes of synne it styreth men vp to seke for iustice and life in Chryste oure onelye sauioure Also it hathe taughte that saluacyon doeth not depend vpon mannes merites but by goddes elec●…ion No man sayeth he can come vnto me except my father that hath sente me shall drawe hym And agayne you haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you Thys learnynge also gyueth lyfe if a manne can vnderstande it well for it doeth strengthen theyr fayeth whyche beleue in Christe that they may haue their saluacion certayne and thorowlye knowen For if oure saluacion should stand vpon mannes merites we coulde neuer be in a suer mynde because that the merites of man as they are vnperfite so are they vnsure And in the Psalme it is spoken playnelye In thy syghte shall not be iustified all liuynge creatures But nowe because it dependeth of the onely and free mercye of God whych in his lonne Christ not only is opened but also confyrmed hys saluacion cānot be vncertayne that beleueth in Christ. The mountains sayeth he shalbe moued the hilles shal tremble but my mercy shal not go from you the couenant of my peace shal not be moued sayde thy mercifull lorde Wherefore seynge this doctrine taketh out y ● dou●…yng of hys saluaciō from the hert of the beleuer it is manifest that it quyke neth him with a spiritual recreaciō saueth hym that he dispaire not dye euerlastyngly Finally Christ taughte hys Gospell that he was come into thys worlde to reconcile men wyth God the father that all that beleue in hym shoulde not perishe but haue life euerlastinge This is the doctrine that properly belongeth vnto Christ. And this is the doctrin that giueth life in dede There be diuers kyndes of affliccions and death among men One is vexed almost dieth for hys great nede pouertie but if he haue taken thys doctrine of the gospel know ledgeth that God is merciful vnto him thorow Christ it cannot be but he must be so made aliue y t he maye manifestlye perceyue that he is in y ● number of thē that Paule speaketh of as pore men yet enrichinge many as hauing nothing and yet possessyng althing An other is trobled with the knoweledge of synne and in maner dieth for the greatnes of the iudgement of it But if he gyue credit to the gospel of Christ knoweth hys synne to be forgyuen thorowe Christ he go●…th so from death to life y t he whyche before as one y t was deade durst not because of hys sinne lift vp his eies to heauē now dare boldly and cherefully come to the throne of goddes maiestye An other is striken wyth the feare of death and hel and thinketh he shal be damned for euer But if he wyll harcke to the Gospel of Christ and beleue in Christe that he is the victor of death and hel and the redemer of al that trust in hym not only is he saued in death but he shall be ●…aysed in the last daye that he maye receyue euen wyth Christ the hereditaunce of alheauenly ioye and felicitye Wherefore lette vs bestowe all oure cares and thoughtes vpon thys thyng to receyue wyth obediente fayeth the doctrine of the gospell of Christ ▪ Wherby in all kynd of tribulacion and death we maye be made quicke and alyue And althoughe Christe do playnely shewe that hys doctryne is not hurtefull ne deadely as thei iudged but to be spirituall and wholesome yet seeth he that it taketh no place among●… y ● greatest of hys hear●…ts therfore sayth further There be some of you that do not beleue For Iesus knewe frō y t begynuing who were y t vnbeleuers and who shold betr●…ye hym And sayed Therefore haue I ●…ould you that no man can come vnto me excerte it be gyuen hym of my father Christ doth prophecy of the falling away of his hearers of the treasō also of Iudas Ischariot Of y ● whi che thyng because Iesus wil warne his dysciples agayne in the ende of this Chap. we wil let alone till that place what soeuer shal be thought mete to be spokē of this thing And here he repeteth agayne y ● cause of vnbelife whiche he rrehersed before

not I receyue theym not that in thys worlde they shoulde haue none affliccion or that they shoulde not be ouerthrowen wyth death but that althoughe they be troubled and seeme to dye yet they shoulde not peryshe but be saued wyth euerlastynge lyfe For I wyll rayse theym vp agayne in the laste daye that they may liue eternallye wyth me in ioye in my heauenlye kyngdome This is the meaning of the sermon of Christe Nowe wyll we touche a lytel the partes therof And fyrste Chryste teacheth that he hathe not come into this world to take and en crease hys kyngedome wyth outewarde corporall and violente power For the Iewes looked for suche a Messyas or Chryste whyche ioynynge vnto hym an armye of the Iewes shuld beare about harnesse thorowe all contreyes and subdue vnto hym all nacyons whyther they woulde or not as eyther Cyrus or Alexander Magnus or some other greate kyng was Men that haue no knowledge mar uayle also howe it happeneth that when Christ is endued with diuine maiesty he bryngeth not to passe by hys omnipotent power y t al his ad uersaryes blasphemers agaynst hys name either be not slayne wyth lyghtenynge or be maruelouslye drawen to beleue and obey Christ. But Christe in thys place doeth refute the vayne expectacion of the Iewes and a reason why he wyll compel no man violently to submit hymself vnto hym telleth he saying Al y t my father giueth me shal come vnto me and hym y ● shal come vnto me I wil not cast out that is I am not come into this worlde to make men vnder me by violente power but I loke vpon the hande of God my father and I hange vpon hys wyll Whom soeuer he shall gyue vnto me and whom that he shall raise vp by his spirite thorowe my Gospell to confesse acknoweledge me he receyueth me and I wyll receiue and kepe hym agayne And what is the cause that thou doest not cōpell men by thy kyngly power to knowledge the and submit thē selues vnto the Because I am come downe sayeth he not to do my wyll but the wyl of hym that hath sente me I am come downe from heauen not as a master but as a seruaunt And it is the dutye of a seruaunte to applye hym selfe not after hys owne wyll but after the wyl and becke of his master I am come downe from heauen not as a cheyfe Lorde and Emperoure but as a messanger or one that is sente And it is his office that is sente to do and perfourme not hys owne opynyons but the commaundements of him that hath sente hym Wherefore in thys myne Embassye it is not lawefull for me to do anye thynge besyde the wyll of my father whose Messengare I am Tell vs than I praye the what is the wil of thy father Thys saythe he is the wyll of my father that hath sente me that I lose not annye of those menne whyche he hath gyuen me but rayse them vp in the later daye It is not my fathers wyll that I shoulde take vpon me the rule of a kynge in thys world and by stronge hande to subdue men vnto me but that I should saue theym whyche he by hys holye spirite hath broughte vnto me and that I shoulde kepe them that they perish not but although they shuld seme to dye yet that they be raysed vp agayne and lyue a ioyfull lyfe for euer To thys pertayneth also that Christe sayeth in another place of hys owne offyce The sonne of man is come not that he shoulde be serued but to serue hym selfe and to gyue hys lyfe a redempcion for manie that is Christ came not that horsemen and soldiars should fight for him shuld get for him by their lyfe and their bloude victorie that he after the maner of a kyng should beare rule in y ● world as an Emperours armie shedeth theyr bloud y ● Emperour may be defended may haue the victorye of hys enemyes hym selfe beynge safe but he came that he hym selfe shoulde gyue hys soule and his lyfe and shed out his owne bloud that they that acknow ledge hym myghte be redemed and saued from theyr enemies And in an other place when the Dysciples exhorted Christe to be reuenged vp on theim that set lyght by him with fire from heauen he answered You can not tel of whose spirite you are The sonne of manne is not come to destroye the soules of men but to saue theim Wherefore it is an obedience of goddes vocacion that he wyl not subdue men by kyngly and stronge power But thou wylt say Christ is ascended nowe into heauē hath layed awaye the fourme of a seruaunte and sytteth in the glory of God hys father why than doeth he nowe suffer blasphemers why now that he is in such maiesty doth he not compel violentlye or by hys almyghty power the inobediente to the obedience of his gospel Of this thing Peter preacheth thus Iesus Christe muste nedes take heauen euen vntyll the tyme of restitucion of al thynges whiche God spake by the mouth of al sayntes euen frō the tyme of the Prophetes For although that Chryst sit at the right hande of God and hathe hys omnipotent maiestie yet wyl he not shew that maiesti openli before the world before y ● last day but he will gather together hys churche by hys Gospell thorowe oute all the worlde vntyll the laste daye do come in the whyche he wyll come openlye wyl so in dede caste vnder hys ennemies y ● they shall be thruste downe into perpetuall prysones and neuer be let oute but hys fryndes and those that beleue in hym he wyll axate vnto perpetual kingdom and ioye He muste sayeth Paulle raigne vntyll he hath put al his ennemies vnder hys fete And then shall all be put vnder his fete whan death which is the last enemie shal be put awaye Wherfore as longe as thys worlde shal stande and that Christ shall not apere manifestlye for he shal not appere so til the last day he doeth not compell menne vnto the obedience of ●…ayeth by worldelye power but he calleth theym by preachynge hys Gospell that as manye as beynge moued vppe by the holye Gooste do receyue hym maye be saued What shall wee saye than of the offycer and master of an howseholde Bycause Christe doeth not by violente hand subdue men vnto hym is it not therfore the offyce of a good magistrat to cōpel hys subiectes to lyue an honest ly●…e and to heare the Gospell of God Is it not also the duetye of a good housekeper to enstruct wyth threatnynges and roddes his seruauntes whither they wyll or no in the instrucciō of Christen learning God forbyd for as touchinge this purpose y e vocaciō of christ is noe thing and an offycer or housekeper is an other For Christe came not into thys worlde to vse an outewarde offyce So he sent not hys Apostels also into the worlde to take vpon them externall gouernaunce