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	holy_a	jesus_n	7,332	5	5.7358	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70324	To all our friends and brethren at the severall monthly an[d] particular meetings in and throughout the County of York	Hammond, Thomas, 17th cent.	1690 (1690)	Wing H625A; ESTC R23759	7,586	8

To all our Friends and Brethren at the severall Monthly and particular Meetings in and throughout the County of York GREETING WEE your Friends and Brethren who are Assembled togeth●● in the fear of God to consider of the affaires of the truth in ●●lation to our Christian Society in the County afforesaid hav● under our tender and Christian Consideration the great Lo●● Mercy and Favour of our God in making known unto with many more the way of Life and Salvation in and the Blessed Appearance of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who by the di●●●veries of his Light Grace and Holy Spirit hath not only given us to see vanitys and wickedness of this present World but also through Faith in him a●● by the Glorious power and vertue of his spirit and goodness he hath in a g●●●● measure gathered a Remnant out of those vanities defilements and pollutio●● wherein the World lyes to walk with him in that Divine light and Heav●●ly way which has alwayes been the Path of the Just and wherein the Faith to God do find great peace comfort and satisfaction in him having been ●●●cretly touch't and inwardly wrought upon by his power and spirit not onl● the mortifying of Sin and evill but also to the Quickning and raising up of soules of many unto newness of Life and so are thereby brought into a capa●●● of worshiping and serving God not in the oldness of the Letter but in the ●●●ness of that Spirit and Life wherein acceptance with the Father is known whereby we are brought into a spirituall fellowship and Communion with in the Son of his Love and are made liveing members of that Spirituall bo●● whereof Christ our Lord is the head who is to have the Rule and prehemin●● in the Church that so every member therein may be acted and govern'd by power and spirit to the praise and glory of God and mutuall comfort o● another Yet in as much as we have all one common Enemy to watch against wh● his temptations does endeavour to ensnare the weak and if possible by his ●●tillty and allurements to overcome many whom the Lord by his grace and 〈◊〉 has been at work withall and draw them back again into those vanities defilements which they have formerly been subject to and which the Lord his spirit doth testifie against therefore it is very necessary for every one 〈◊〉 ●ath known and experienced the goodness of the Lord in order to call and ga●●er them out of the ways of the World and his heavenly hand to be stretched 〈◊〉 for their help and deliverance that they be very carefull and watchfull in ●●eir ways that the enemy prevaile not again upon any of them to darken ●●eir mindes and bring them back into folly and vanity and make them sub●●ct to that power and spirit of darkness whereby their minds may become alienated from God and their understandings vailed so that its possible they ●ay return again into the practise of those things which they have formerly ●een addicted to and which once they have been sensible the Lord by his Spirit ●ath testified against and reproved them for as also its possible that such may 〈◊〉 too prone to admit of or otherwise Indulge such things not only in them●●●ves but also amongst their Children and Families which in the time of their ●st Convincement they durst not allow of nor are they to be allowed of in our ●hristian society Therefore we being thus sensible of the great love and kindness of our God ●●wards his people on the one hand and of the wiles of the Enemy of the other ●●nd and being Jealous that but too many especially in a time of outward ease ●●d Liberty who have proffest the truth of our God and have outwardly walk●●● in society with us both have been and still may be not so Cautious diligent ●●d circumspect as they ought to be upon diverse accounts And also having ●●der our Consideration the many Living sound wholesom and Christian testimonies Cautions Admonitions and directions which have formerly been ●●●m time to time and upon severall occasions given forth by our ancient Friends ●●d Brethren who have Labour'd amongst Us in the word and Doctrine As ●o the Counsell and advice of our Friends and Brethren Recommended unto 〈◊〉 at sundry times and in divers Letters and Epistles from the Yearly Meeting at ●●●don desiring Friends care in the matters and things hereafter mentioned As ●evivall of the former testimonies cautious advice and directions as aforesaid ●●d in order to stir up Friends in their severall and respective monthly and par●●●●lar meetings unto a holy care and diligence in these respects We have ●●nd it to be our place and duty at this time in the love of God and under the ●●●y exercise of his divine Grace and Goodness wherein the Lord is pleased to ●●cerne us with many more of his Children and People to recommend the ●●●●owing particulars unto all our Friends and Brethren at their severall Month●● and particular meetings in the County aforesaid and by way of caution and ●●otherly advice in the same Love we do tenderly lay these things before you Questioning your Concurrance therewith in this our holy and Christian ●●ncern for the Glory of God and comfort of his People First It is desired that all such as proffess the truth of Our God and them●●●es to be members of that body whereof Christ our Lord is head Be very Carefull and diligent in their severall places at seasonable and convenient time to meet and Assemble together in the Name and fear of God to wait upon an● worship him in Spirit and truth according to Divine Institution and that non● grow careless or negligent therein so as to forbear to meet together as aforesaid unless they have some urgent occasion to hinder them and that Friends in thei● comeing together have regard to meet in due time and as near all together a● well can be and when so met that every one Waite to be gathered in mind an● Spirit near unto the Lord that so they may be exercised in that which Hevenly and pure to the praise and Glory of God and mutuall comfort on● of another and in their severall exercises that they be very carefull to keep o●● of all form'd and Affected notes and sounds that do not purely spring and arise from that life and birth which has acceptance with the Father and where any such persons as profess the truth are found to be either negligent in meetin● together or in comeing in due time or otherwise do give any just occasion 〈◊〉 any in the matters aforesaid that such be carefully spoken to and dealt wi●● by way of Caution Advice and Admonition and other such Christian a●● regular proceedings as in the wisdom of God may be seen convenient Secondly That all such Friends as have any publick Testimony or Servi●● in the Meetings or Assemblies of Friends Be very carefull and watchfull th●● their Ministry and service