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spirit_n	father_n	jesus_n	son_n	14,487	5	5.3429	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86330	A discourse of the souls of men, women, and children; and of the holy and blessed angels in heaven, and of the evil and damned spirits in hell: shewing that they are immortal, spiritual substances, as well as the angels in heaven. Written because this author met with four willfull ignorant men at one time, which said, the souls of men, women, and children, were nothing but breath, and vanished into air, when as the body went to the grave. These unfaithful people ought to be answered and reproved: / by the author, Thomas Hicks.	Hicks, Thomas, 17th cent.	1657 (1657)	Wing H1882; Thomason E903_5; ESTC R207421	6,951	15

A DISCOURSE OF THE SOULS OF Men Women and Children and of the Holy and Blessed Angels in Heaven and of the Evil and Damned Spirits in Hell SHEWING That they are Immortal Spiritual substances as well as the Angels in Heaven Written because this Author met with Four willfull Ignorant men at one time which said the Souls of Men Women and Children were nothing but breath and vanished into air when as the Body went to the Grave These unfaithful people ought to be answered and reproved By the Author THOMAS HICKS LONDON Printed by T. Newcomb and are to be sold by the Author 1657. A Discourse of the Souls of Men and Women and Children and of the Holy and Blessed Angels in Heaven and of the evill and damned Spirits in Hell shewing that they are immortall spiritual substances as well as the Angels in Heaven LOving Christians my desire at this time is to write of high and powerful spiritual creatures the highest and noblest creatures by Creation which God hath revealed unto the sons of men that is of the Angels in heaven and of the souls of men and women and of the evill wicked spirits which are kept in chains of darknes for the day of wrath these three great creatures and all three spiritual substances shall by the assistance of Gods help be my Discourse at this time because I have been opposed by ignorant simple men against the truth of the spiritual substances of men and womens souls these men see the gross substances of sea and land and of their bodies but want the eye of Faith and Knowledge to know the excellent spiritual creature which God hath given to them therefore although the souls of men and women are the youngest spirits of the three which we discourse upon yet the elected souls of men women and children being great spiritual Princes and Heirs to the kingdom of heaven In order we speak of them first The souls of men women and children are spiritual substances as well as the Angels in heaven but they are young growing spirits and have not yet attained to perfection yet the Lord almighty beareth great love and good will unto them he gave for a ransome for these young spirits and their own bodies his dear and onely Son Christ Jesus who being perfect and glorious God coequal with the Father and Holy Spirit yet he took a reasonable soul and body upon him and so died for the soul and body of mankind Wonderful love unto these yong spiritual souls he sends his own Holy Spirit into them Open your gates your everlasting gates and the King of glory shall come in that is the soul of man twice spoken of in the four and twenty Psalm The Spirit of God daily teacheth this young heir knowledge to make him grow more holy and righteous and hath given his holy Word unto him plainly to make him know how to order his thoughts and desires and to take good heed that that old and subtile evill Spirit the Devil doth not deceive him Christ Jesus commandeth this noble young spirit to come unto him by faith and prayer and to trust in him that he will protect them in this world where he must stay while he come to that state of grace and knowledge which God hath appointed him Mortall men cannot see the immortal substance of their souls with their bodily eyes no more they cannot see the Angels which tarry about them unless they do assume a body to themselves no nor they cannot see the Divel and evill spirits although they do go throughout the world continually with malice and envy to tempt and intice the souls of men and women to sin and rebellion as it doth appear plainly in Job and the evill spirit was ready as soon as he had Commission to be a lying spirit in the speech of all King Ahabs Prophets yet we cannot see these spirits and it is Gods great mercy unto us for mortal men cannot see invisible spiritual creatures without great fear and trouble Daniel was much troubled at the sight and appearance of good angels our eyes are made to look upwards to behold the Sun and the Moon and the Stars and all earthly substances but the invisible spiritual creatures of Angels and the spirits of men women and children are more excellent and lasting substances and the souls of the righteous which are redeemed by Christ Jesus alone they and the holy Angels shall stand firm for ever when all the earthly substances in the world shall be consumed and burnt to nothing then shall these invisible spirits of men women and children be made perfect and have their own bodies made a glorious body and fit for such a noble and perfect spirit They are simple and foolish men that think they have no spirits because they cannot see them they may as well deny the good Angels and the evill spirits to be no spiritual substances as to deny the souls of men to be immortal spiritual substances which none but Atheists and madmen will deny For the holy Angels do appear plainly by holy Scripture to be creatures by Gods commission of mighty force and power to be messengers to help Gods people and to destroy the wicked the Angel of the Lord slew in Zenacheribs host many thousands of men and saved Jerusalem and the people of God the Angel of God brought S. Peter out of prison and guided him thorow the streets the Angel of the Lord by commission slew of the plague in Jerusalem and in the countrey in three dayes seventy thousand men the Angel of the Lord smote the men of Sodom with blindness the Angel of the Lord was a messenger to Zacharias and to the Virgin Mary and thousands of Angels proclaiming good will and joy to men at our Saviours Birth the Angels appeared at Christs suffering and comforted him the Angels appeared at Christs Resurrection and told Mary he was risen from the dead thousand thousands and ten thousand thousands wait upon God the holy blessed Trinity are ready to do his will at all times and by commission and appointment they wait upon men also For take heed saith our Saviour that ye offend not one of these little ones that beleeveth in me for their Angel beholdeth the face of my Father which is in heaven continually the Angels of the Lord do tarry about the righteous to save them and S. Paul biddeth women to be covered on their head modestly because of the Angels the Angels see us all though we cannot see them then what simple men are they that have so little care of their souls when the very Angels wait on them for the Angels in heaven do joy at the conversion of one sinner and when S. Peter knocked at his friends door they said It was his angel they are ministring spirits saith Saint Paul sent forth for the good of his elect the Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon to instruct him in the war the Angel of the Lord perswaded