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	grace_n	receive_v	7,604	5	5.6899	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62975	The womans glorie a treatise, asserting the due honour of that sexe, and directing wherein that honour consists : dedicated to the young princesse, Elizabeth her highnesse / by Samuel Torshel.	Torshell, Samuel, 1604-1650.	1645 (1645)	Wing T1941; ESTC R2556	41,903	243

a perswasion to sit down to reade it I might forbeare to give any further direction because there you will find all that is necessarie neither doe I intend to write an Institution of Christian women I shall therefore only give some briefe Adviso's as they offer themselves it may be without any precise order or method 1. Doe all things in Religion by rule nothing by venture hit or misse 2. Let not your rule be vox populi but verbum Dei not the opinion of the Times but the unerring Truth 3. Do not bend the rule and then measure by it Bring your Actiōs to that not that to your actions 4. If the case be hard advise The truth sometimes lyes deep you will need help to draw it up Particularly 1. Learne to know God Be not at a doubt whether Baal be he You must know the landlord to whom your rent is to be pay'd 2. Frame in your hearts the highest and holyest apprehensions of him 3. Believe him hope in him fe are him love him obey him joy in him count it an honor to be his servant 4. Keepe an account and a watch over the thoughts Say not Thoughts are free Know that they defile one 5. Banish vain disorder'd profane wanton proud malicious thoughts 6. Season and fill the thoughts with holy meditations If they be revēgefull thinke how meeke Christ was If they be censorious thinke thus Ah how bad am I my selfe 7. The Imagination is a great thorough-fare keep out bad at least let them not lodge with you but go on as Vagrants lest otherwise you be under the Statute and a penaltie 8. Get governed and bridled Affections Let them never run out unles you be sure they are right Say Anger is too good for injuries and sorrow too good for any thing but sinne and love too good for lusts or mony and hope too good for earth or any thing below Heaven 9. Converse much with God Let those that are carnall and unacquainted with God entertaine themselves with the Stage or with the Market Be higher then those delights and those gaines 10. Live by faith Let others that know not this name of the Lord shuffle in the world looke to and provide for themselves 11. Beleeve Gods Protection and deliverie if in miserie Fret not Thinke how wise God is and how tender 12. Wait upon God for Grace the strength perfecting and continuance of it 13. Set God before you in all the turnes and accidents of businesse and life Say God sees me 14. Correspond with God in an ordinary and daily walking with him Make Religion your businesse 15. Awake with God The world will not suffer some to sleep they say Oh I must up about such a matter Say thou I have my God to serve 16. Examine Conscience diligently faithfully and frequently Put not out that Candle but rather light up more 17. Seeke Gods face often for pardon and grace 18. Renew Covenant daily 19. Finish every day with humbling the Soule 20. In extraordinarie occasions be affected as the Church is 21. Get Publike spirits Such as are worldly are narrow and sleight and poore They only attend their own businesse how to live and eate how to grow rich how to marry their children Be larger and higher then these 22. Converse holily in the world Be afraid of a light vaine frothy spirit 23. Be holy in relations as a wife daughter servāt friend or Companion 24. Be choyce of Companie and usefull in it 25. Season all liberties and lawfull Recreations with Grace Chuse to play with such with whom ye may also pray 26. Be much in Publike Worship Consider 'T is a blessing to any place to have the conveniencie of Assembling 27. Come awefully before God when you come to his worship Consider That God is in Heaven and thou upon earth 28. Make hast stay not for the other pin Let your cloths sit loose rather then your soul when you come before God in publike 29. Pray with the Congregation joyning in the same spirit 30. Keep up the esteem of prayer which God hath put upon it Account that God gives you the Key of all his Cabinets when he gives you the spirit of prayer 31. Beware of Atheisme of lip-labor of bead-prayer come to God by Christ by a Promise in the sense of wants and in Faith 32. Sing Gods Praises with understanding and spirituall chearfulnesse 33. Heare the Word of God as the Word of God with silence humilitie faith subjection 34. Care especially for that in a Sermon that doth the Soul good Listen not for Conceits or the new notions 35. Take notice of that which concernes your own condition and be not too busie to marke who else is hit 36. Know that the Lords Table hath the best refreshments that Christs Provisions are most wholesome 37. Learne to discerne the Lords body They eate nothing but bread that want Faith 38. Though ye be not worthy yet have a care to behave your selves worthily at Christs Table 39. Keep publike Fasts and publike Thanks-givings with publike spirits 40. Studie Communion with Saints Neglect not to doe or to receive good in Company 41. Lay out Gifts and Graces for the mutuall service of each others Faith 42. Endeavour Mortisication Studie God more and the creature lesse 43. Reade often and with judgement Reade not a Chapter only for noveltie or where the Booke fals open as if ye hapned upon the Bible by chance 44. Refer what ye reade to head 's Some have much house-hold-stuffe but not placed in any order and so no use of it 45. Reade the lesse so that ye understand it rather then much as a meere taske They that limpe in the way goe on more then such as run out of the way 46. Reade with Prayer Pray in Reading as well as before The Spirit of God then will tell you his own meaning 47. Meditate This meat cannot digest unlesse it remain in the Stomack 48. Seeke Christ in his Word Seeke the mind of Christ 49. Reade with Diligence and Constancie It may be the Silver-veine will not be found at first 50. In the whole course be Eaven with an universall respect to all the Commandements But it is time to take off my hand from this Table And it may be it were best to leave this as an unfinished Piece for I confesse I am not able to make such a draught as I would I have done to my owne satisfaction if the colours of Holinesse be most fresh for I entended to make the woman that is Religious more lovely then she that is modest or humble or wise Those are high Praises but this the highest Those daughters have done vertuously but this excelleth them All. In a word That woman is most excellent who is most Holy FINIS