Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	holy_a	jesus_n	13,652	5	5.8822	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36078	A Discourse about conscience, relating to the present differences among us in opposition to both extreams of popery and fanaticism.		1684 (1684)	Wing D1568; ESTC R8393	25,645	43

Modes and Opinions of the World but a good man finds it within himself in the Right Order and Government of his Mind and Passions and in the Testimony and Approbation of God and his own Conscience 2d Again it concerns us not only to Live but to Value our selves and judge of our Estate towards God according to the Testimony of Conscience rather than by the Fancy or Opinion which men are pleased to conceive of us The generality of men Esteem and Value themselves according to the Good or Evil that befalls them in the World and happens to them in their outward Concerns If they are Sick or in Pain in Poverty or Distress under Misfortune or Disgrace they commonly bemoan their Condition Lament their Miserable Estate and are apt to think themselves the most Unfortunate Wretches of all others When as all this hath befallen the very Best of men who yet have been Happy amidst the greatest outward Misfortune as long as they kept safe their Innocence Answered the end of Affliction and made an entire Resignation of themselves and their concerns unto the Will of God And so long as a man doth this he can never be Miserable neither should he think himself so let things go never so cross let the World Censure never so hard or Reflect never so spiteful and severe Alas Happiness and Misery is not to be measured by the Good or Evil that befalls the Body by Prosperity or Adversity by good Report or bad Report otherwise who would be Innocent or where shall we find a good man upon Earth who hath escaped the Lash of the tongue or hath not been ill treated and misrepresented in one kind or other I never yet did hear of such a Person and quite despair of ever doing so and yet if meer Calumnies and Reproaches can make a man Guilty then our Blessed Saviour must have been one of the Vilest Creatures upon Earth For no man could be more heavily Charg'd and spitefully revil'd and yet deserve it less then he did and all this from his own malicious Countrey-men the Jews and upon the account of their Religion too But God be praised these things are not the measure of Guilt of Innocence The best men would be most hardly dealt withal were it in the power of the World to dispense out their Rewards or Punishments Guilt and Unhappiness do not hang upon the Scandalous Tongues of Men nor soar upon the Wings of Fame neither do they flow from the Invidious Talk of Rash and prejudiced People but they have their Seat and Abode in the mind As long as there is Peace in the Conscience and Innocence in the Soul 't is not in the Power of man or any thing under the Sun to make such a Person better or worse more or less Innocent or Guilty Happy or Miserable For notwithstanding all the ill things that may be said or thought of such a one yet at the same time the Testimony of a good Conscience is able to make amends for all And notwithstanding the Reproaches of the wicked may fall upon him yet this is a Continual Feast ever at hand to welcome and entertain him a rich Cordial to chear and revive him being moreover the Pledge and Earnest of a more Ample Reward Which God of his Infinite mercy Prepare us for and bring us unto in his own due time and that for the sake of his beloved Son and our most Blessed Redeemer Christ Jesus the Righteous to whom with the Father and Holy Spirit be Ascribed as is most due all Honour and Glory Praise and Adoration now and for ever more Amen Amen FINIS