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	worship_n	worship_v	8,591	5	9.7069	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49108	Apostolical communion in the Church of England, asserted and applied for the cure of divisions: in a sermon preached in the Cathedral-Church of St. Peter, Exon: and since enlarged. By Tho. Long, B.D. and one of the prebendaries.	Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.	1673 (1673)	Wing L2959; ESTC R217728	38,652	77

a Father saith he where is mine honour Mal. 1.6 That is express and manifest it in your humble behaviour Gods gracious condescention to us will not excuse our unmannerly contempt of him He takes away the greatest ornament from Religious Worship that takes away reverence from it Maximum ex amicitia tollit ornamen tum qui tollit verecundiam Cicero Earthly parents expect to have their blessing asked by their Children on their knees and Christ did so address himself to his Father That Commandment that forbids us to bow down and worship false Gods enjoyns us to bow down in the Worship of the true God David requires it more expressly Ps 59.6 O come let us worship and fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker As it is our priviledg to walk with God so 't is our duty to walk humbly with him And being thus prepared we may have fellowship with the Father c. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth Eternity Isa 57.15 whose name is holy I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a humble and contrite spirit This God promised when he first gave the Law by Moses and was served at an earthen Altar In all places where I shall record my name Ex. 20.24 I will come unto thee 2 Chron. 7.15 and I will bless thee And when S●lomon had with great magnificence built a House for God and dedicated it to his Worship Now saith God mine eyes shall be open and my heart attend unto the prayer that is made in this place and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually Said God these things for the sake of the Altar of earth or of Solomons Temple No but God had recorded his Name there and there he was publickly invocated by the united Prayers of his People And therefore Christ reneweth the same promise Where two or three are gathered together in my Name Mat. 18 20. there am I. And there he hath promised his perpetual Presence Lo I am with you always to the end of the world Mat. 28. And is not the world well altered with sinful men since the time of Gods appearing upon Sinai Where was blackness and darkness and tempest and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words which words they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more A sight so terrible that it made Moses exceedingly fear and quake But we are come to Mount Sion c. and to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel It is said of Israel What Nation is so great who hath God so nigh Deut. 4.7 this makes a Nation truly great to have God nigh them as the Lord our God is near unto us in all that we call upon him for A great priviledg this is yet not so great as that which we have by Christ in whom as the Apostle says 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ephes 1.6 God hath made us his chief favourites and encourageth us by the mediation of our great high Priest to come boldly unto the Throne of Grace Heb. 4.14 and hath promised that we shall obtain mercy and find grace to help at a time of need And what surer pledg can we have of Gods constant favour than that which the Apostle mentioneth He that spared not his own Son Rom. 8.32 but delivered him up for us all how should he not with him freely give us all things We may say therefore with a filial confidence Isa 63.16 Doubtless thou art our Father a Father that knows all our wants and weaknesses and spareth us as a Father spareth the Son that serveth him Nemo tam Pater Inter Deum bonos homines auncitia quaedam est Amicitiam dico imo recessitudo Sen. Luk. 11.13 tam pius nemo Our Saviour would have us guess at Gods compassions towards us by ours to our own Children If ye that are evil know how to give good things to your Children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him What nearer Communion can there be He hath already given us his Son he is daily pouring down his spirit and only reserves himself for our everlasting reward 2. And of this we may be the better assured by the communion that we have with his Son Jesus Christ With whom our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 6.14 a mutual communication and participation He assumed our nature and infirmities and so knows our weaknesses and imperfections and will not suffer us to be tempted above what we are able Yea he hath taken on him all our sins and made full satisfaction for them He is of God made unto us wisdom righteousness 1 Cor. 1.30 sanctification and redemption not by way of imputation only as a Cloak to cover our iniquities but of real efficacy purging our Consciences from dead works delivering us from the power of Satan renewing his own Image upon us that we may be partakers of the Divine Nature and out of his fulness receive Grace for Grace And thus will Christ be the Saviour of his body sanctifying and conforming it to himself Eph. 5.23 protecting it by his special providence guiding and comforting it by his Spirit and at last glorifying it with himself eternally To apply this 1. May we have Communion with the Father and with his Son Let us not then be solicitous for the mediation of Saints and Angels and bestow more devotion and honor on them than on the immediate service of God and our Saviour Those holy Spirits will be all of our Communion they join with us in praising God and will in their capacities be ministring Spirits to our necessities For worshipping them we have no Apostolical Precept or Example but many to the contrary and therefore See thou do it not Rev. 19.10 I am thy fellow-servant worship thou God 2. Let us walk worthy of so holy Communion if we say we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth Our not doing according to the truth we profess is a giving the lie to it a disgracing of our Religion as if it did allow us in wickedness Wash you Isa 2. make you clean c. Come now and let us reason together A holy man may talk with God as a man talketh with his friend But What Communion hath light with darkness 2 Cor. 6.14 15. what concord hath Christ with Belial None but Virtuoso's can be of this Royal Society wherefore Let every one that nameth the Name of Christ depart from iniquity In this only separation is to be justified in having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness Our Communion with their persons will not defile us if we avoid their sins The