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	nature_n	son_n	13,355	5	6.0279	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67000	The freeness of Gods grace in the forgiveness of sins by Jesus Christ, vindicated. Against the doctrine of Mr. Fergusson, in his sermon preached at the morning lecture, the fifth of August 1668. in a letter to a friend. By H. W. a lover of the truth that is according to Godliness.	H. W.	1668 (1668)	Wing W35; ESTC R217619	15,119	18

the Judge of all the Earth which he Preaches The Phoenicians and Carthaginians sacrificing a few men or some of their Children in the behalf of the whole people seems to come short of this in cruelty and unrighteousness Now he comes to his second Proposition That it was impossible for satisfaction to be made any other way but by Christ But having made it appear that the satisfaction he talks of is inconsistent with the Nature of God with his Righteousness Mercy and Grace as they are set forth in Scripture this Proposition falls to the ground and is impertinent Onely I may observe that in rejecting of Sacrifices new Obedience and Sufferings though he cites Psalm 51. 16. for the defectiveness of Sacrifices yet he takes no notice of the next verse where the Psalmist saith The Sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise So he cites Psalm 50. 12. to the same purpose but waves that which follows in verse 14 15. Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the most High And call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me He doth not reject slain Beasts and burnt Offerings that he may have slain men or such as may be eternally or infinitely punished and tormented in the stead of the guilty but he requires in those places sincere and hearty obedience in things morally and truly good in place of things ceremonial and only positively good Here he tells us That the sufferings of men cannot satisfie because they are not infinite in weight for men are not capable of that They are capable of infinite sufferings in respect of length and continuance but that is to be alwayes suffering without ever compleating satisfaction Thus we see that the punishment laid upon Christ is according to him equal to the sufferings of men for evermore But these men if they had been sit sureties must have been righteous men so the sufferings of Christ are equal to the sufferings of millions of righteous men for evermore But how dare we say That God who loved his own Son more than millions of Righteous men much more than millions of sinners should yet lay upon him the punishment due to sinners and that which is equal to the eternal sufferings of millions of righteous men for the saving of a lesser number of sinners would it not even grieve a man of Ingenuity to be saved if it were possible at this rate He saith the Satisfaction is alwaies spoken of as having been done to reconcile God But it will be very hard I think impossible for him to shew but one Scripture that saith so nay that saith but that Christ dyed to reconcile God to us which is far less How ordinary is it for men to think the Scriptures speak what they would have them speak It saith indeed that when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the Death of his Son Rom. 5. 10. And that God hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ And God was in Christ reconciling the World unto himself not imputing their trespasses unto them 2 Cor. 5. 18 19. what need of reconciling him that so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son c. Joh. 3.16 We come now to his proof of the main matter viz. That Jesus Christ hath given the Father a full and plenary satisfaction c. Here by the way he saith Christ hath given the Father Satisfaction I desire therefore to know who satisfied the Son and Holy Spirit Or is the Son and Holy Spirit of a more merciful and gracious nature so that they will pardon sin without a satisfaction though the Father cannot For the clearing of this proposition he saith 1. That Christ underwent what we should have undergone And this he saith was in point of feeling Death and the Curse an infinite punishment as to weight though it was but short as to time as Hanging is shorter than sitting in the Stocks two or three hours He did not only undergo the Death which the Law cursed but all the Curse which God could put into his Death Thus far he Here he cites Luk. 22.44 Mat. 26. 37 38. Mar. 14. 33. Heb. 5.7 Mat. 27.46 Joh. Now my Friend I pray read all these texts consideratly as many more as ye please and see whether all or any of them say that Christ underwent an insinite punishment or all the Curse which God could put into his Death Whereas he saith Christ swett great drops of Blood Luke saith as it were great drops of blood But I would ask him a question or two hereupon 1. Whether it be not part of the curse that men must bear to know clearly and to be deeply sensible that they have no interest in Gods favour and that they never shall have any and that God hates them with an everlasting hatred 2. Whether a stinging and guilty conscience as having justly deserved the Curse in their own persons be not a main Ingredient in the Curse which men must bear And if these be parts of the Curse then let him tell me whether Christ when he was in an Agony in the Garden or when he was on the Cross or at any other time underwent either of these for did he not pray to God in the Garden and call him Father Did not God send an Angel to comfort him Did he not upon the Cross invocate God saying My God my God though he had forsaken him in giving him up to the power of his enemies and did he not then comend his Spirit into his Father's hands Luk. 23.46 Are these the Actions and this the state of a man under the greatest Curse that God can lay upon him Then be comforted ye damned for it will not be so hard with you as is imagined Did Christ think that God hated him when he knew he was his wel-beloved Son and that this obedience of his in dying should be rewarded with eternal Glory what Doctrine is this that brings in the Holy One of God despairing of Gods favour hated of God and tormented in his own conscience with sense of unpardonable guilt as it necessarily follows from his assertions He saith it would be to lessen the courage of Christ if his Agony proceeded from a foresight of his Death not considering what his Text saith that It became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things in bringing many Sons to Glory to make the Captain of their Salvation perfect through sufferings How should Christ be a compleat Captain if he did not experience as great trials as any of the Souldiers are like to meet with And do not many of the Souldiers his followers meet with such a sense of sufferings that are before them as put them into an Agony But what if he being to break the Ice to go first to be a glorious example met with with greater Hardships and