Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	faith_n	gift_n	grace_n	6,936	5	5.6824	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02607	An inquisition of the true church, and those that revolt from it being a sermon pronounced at the second session of the Parliament / by Christopher Lo. Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland.	Hampton, Christopher, 1552-1625.	1622 (1622)	STC 12737.5; ESTC S4341	16,169	42

hath ordeyned that their fruit shall remaine who dare say that it shall not remaine The gifts and graces of God are without repentance Of Davids faith of Peters and others that fell into enormious sins I say with Tertullian Caepit arescere sed non exaruit mota fuit sed non amota concussa sed non excussa nut extincta Their faith began to wither but it withered not it was moved but not removed it was shaken but not extinguished The grace of faith and the holy Ghost may be and are often lost even of them that are regenerate in part concerning some certain gifts more or lesse but cannot be lost wholly because the Lord reserveth a seede in them For example David lost the rightnesse of heart and integrity of spirit when he fell into his foule sinnes of adultery and murther yet was he not bereaved of these wholly for then hee could not have prayed for restitution unto them How shall they call upon him in whom they have not beleeved Marke then in David that seed which S. Iohn saith is left Oh the unsearchable riches of our God his goodnesse and mercie that reserveth a seed of regeneration in our most heavie sad downefalls For except the Lord of Hosts had left this seed we should all have beene as Sodome and as Gomorra Theophilact writeth to the like purpose of Peter upon Luc. 22. Although Peter thou shalt find a concussion for a while yet hast thou the seeds of faith left within thee although the breath of the Tempter shake downe some leaves of thy faith yet the root holdeth life and thy faith shall not fayle Will you see a lively representation or spectacle hereof Looke upon the same man the same Peter Mat. 14. when he was walking unto Christ upon the Sea and trampling downe the proud waves thereof with his feet he began to be drowned in that haughtie enterprise but Christ reaching out a hand unto him held him up Blessed bee that sweete that comfortable that helpfull and healthfull hand of Iesus Christ which is reached out to us all in our severall necessities And so to conclude this point with sensible divinitie which most of us that observe it hath experience of though our faith be often shaken as Peters was with our owne infirmities yet it standeth fast by the mercies of God in Christ Hee seeth no iniquitie in Iacob nor transgression in Israel or if he looke upon it hee beholdeth all the Items Obligations thereof cancelled and fastened to the Crosse of his Sonne So as indeed there is no condemnation left to them that are in Iesus Christ VVe are afflicted on every side yet are we not in distresse wee are in doubt but wee despaire not we are persecuted but not forsaken cast downe but we perish not Nihil Christiano foelicius eui promittitur regnum coelorum nihil laboriosius qui quotidiè de vita periclitatur nihil fortius qui vincit diabolum nihil imbecillius qui à carne superatur Nothing more happie then a Christian because hee hath promise of the kingdom of heaven nothing more painfull because hee runneth in hazard of his life every day nothing more valiant because he overcometh the divell nothing more feeble because he is vanquished by his own flesh This summe is that wee have a great treasure given unto us of God in faith and beleeving his promises but we carry this treasure in earthen vessels subject to many knocks Let us therefore worke out our salvation with feare and trembling first by distrusting our owne abilities and attributing all to God through Iesus Christ Secondly in beleeving his promises therein So wee shall bee humble in our selves with feare and trembling yet confident in God which worketh all in us both to will to performe When we are weake he is strong and out of our weakenesse bringeth forth his owne power He predestinateth us to be of his family by his eternall counsell inrolleth us by our Baptisme calleth us by his holy word nourisheth us with the body and bloud of his Sonne Iesus Christ sealeth and confirmeth us to constancie by the effectuall operation of his blessed Spirit And so those which revolt from us in these bands what outward shew soever they make of Catholiques yet are they not of the true Church but so persisting they have no portion no right no memoriall in Ierusalem Howbeit let us pray the Father 〈◊〉 Lord Iesus Christ to take away the va 〈…〉 ●s laid 〈◊〉 their hearts to the intent 〈…〉 red together into one fold to 〈◊〉 ●hip to ●●●fesse to call upon Father Sonne holy Ghost three persons and one God praysed and magnified in the Church throughout all generations AMEN FINIS Epist 7. 1. Cor. 14. De votis Monastic De simplic praelator Psal 84. Heb. 11. Luc. 19. Aug. Epist 166. Cypr. de laps Ser. 5. Hierony in cap 5 ad Galatas 2. Cor. 2. Hierony in cap. 1. ad Galatas Sess 4. Cypr de laps Hom. 17. Chrysost in Mat. hom 46. De unitat eccles Ioh. 15. Rom. 11. 2. Cor. 4.8 Hieronym epist ad Rusticum