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	lord_n	soul_n	7,621	5	5.0274	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08612	The troubles of Israel, or, The English achan pursued, and his foot-steps partly discovered by one that hopes to be kept from admiring any mans person for advantage sake; yet freely desires to give honour to whom honour and fear to whom fear is due.	T. C.	1660 (1660)	Wing C142BA; ESTC R173312	7,818	18

THE TROUBLES OF ISRAEL OR THE ENGLISH ACHAN Pursued And his Foot-steps partly discovered By one that hopes to be kept from admiring any mans person for advantage sake yet freely desires to give Honour to whom Honour and Fear to whom Fear is due PROV 18.9 He that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster He that being often reproved hardneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed without remedy LONDON Printed for T. Brewster at the three Bibles at the West end of Pauls 1660. The troubles of Israel or the English Achan persued and his footsteps partly discovered by one that hopes to be kept from admiring any mans person for advantage sake yet freely desires to give honour to whom honour and fear to whom fear is due SO wonderful are the searching and unmasking Providences of the Lord which of late appeared amongst us together with the manifold and woful miscarriages of those who once seemed to be well qualified and were by what was discernible judged to be meet instruments for the carrying on the Lords work in these Nations That unto all who would be kept pure blamelesse and steddy in their most holy faith till this oppearing whose coming is as a refiners fire c. Renewed and fresh occasions are given at this day to be diligently observing the operations of God in the Earth and seriously and impartially to be reflecting upon their own hearts and spirits to try and prove whether the principles they are at present in they practise or retain a sufficient Character or symptome of that anointing which abides and qualifies the soul to make good proof of its integrity faithfulnesse to the Lord when brought to the Test in the face of greater temptations then herberto hath been met with or probably is expected by many And it being none of the least concernments of these for whom the Lord hath not withstanding their unworthiness once more stretched forth his mighty Arme to be found exercising themselves therein unto them therefore of what rank quality or sort soever they be as well Governours as Governed by way of more special a dvertisement it s judged what followes may not be unseasonably presented Sirs Though doubtlesse the design of the Creator at first in making man of nothing and raising him unto that Estate wherein he was before the fall had in it a tendency of further light and glory to have been communicated brought forth unto Adam yet we have though wofully experience that the none improvement of that ability light and life to the end for which it was given occasioned no lesse then the losse of all the Excellency and Dominion propounded to that Estate changed the liberty of the whole Creation into bondage from which it still groanes to be delivered and were it not that the Lord in exceeding wisdome grace set the regoining to himself the works of his hands by a new and living way the present hope and earnest expectation of the Creature had been eternally void but ever blessed be his name that as sin abounded his grace abounded much more And should we thus gradually descend to take notice of the manifold examples of like nature extant in Scriptures or otherwise from the days of Abell until now how might the burthen of their calamities which befel such as answered not the design of God in their day according to the opportunities given them so to do serve to awaken all in whom there remaines any kind of desire to be meeting the Lord in his comings forth to reduce the Nations to himself to a serious watchfulnesse lest at any time through the temptations of the flesh they should be found opposers of him who will not fail one day to reckon with all the Sons of Antichrist for all their evil deeds hard speeches and secret consultations against the Lord and his Anointed The too too manifest appearance of such things in our day calls for more then an ordinary lamentation at the hands of English men that after so many eminent and signal demonstrations of the Lords intentions to work a mighty work such as hath not been usually heard of amongst us there should yet be found so much resolute implacable enmity in the heart of this Nation which stouts it self out to the perfecting its rebellion and consequently their destruction who are acted by it against the Council and solemn determination of the most high to set his mountain a top of all the mountains c. But it is observable that the peremptory inraged attempts and breakings forth of those Children of disobedience in whom the old Enemy or Prince of the Air thus worketh to do all the dispight they can to the simple and pure interest of God ever precedes its own downfal and ruine as being thereby fitted ripned and prepared for destruction and shame and yet unto this degree of ungodliness and impiety it seldome worketh until by some seeming pretence of zeal for truth it hath very much interessed and twisted it self into the Hearts and Loines of such as are intrusted with Dominion and power to rule and govern for God in the Earth So that its humbly conceived of all men persons placed in Authority are most lyable though but for a miserable reward to become the servants of sin viz the great sin of setting up the great abomination that maketh desolate and therefore it can hardly be expressed how deeply it concerns all such especially those in this Nation where the Lord hath so often and so highly signified his displeasure against the disobedient stubborn and perverse contrivances of their predecessors to be exceeding careful least through an evil heart of unbelief they are led away to the same if not a greater excesse of Riot with those who for want of ability to follow the Lamb wheresoever hewent have perished in the mid-way Now for that the Lord hath once more put opportunity into the hands of such as have the over-sight of rule and Governance in England to be pressing forward by all that they are or may be to answer the design of God in their day by exalting justice judgement and equity and to cause Righteousnesse and truth in truth to run down like a mighty stream amongst us and in all their undertakings for liberty to have faithful respect to the pure liberty of the Sons of God The remnant of the Woman-seed the faithful servants of the most high are therefore not onely engaged in an expectation of it and earnestly and affectedly to be imploring from them a daily manifestation of such fruits as are conduceble to the advancing this interest viz. the liberty of the Sons of God above and beyond all other private interests that would be upper most and have the preheminence in the world but also if for these things under what pretence soever or that the time of building the Lords house is not yet come shall seem to be least of all concerned or so strive to order