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_v	worshipper_n	7,267	5	12.9330	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54029	Concerning the worship of the living God which he teacheth Israel his people who know him to be the only true God, and the worship which he teacheth them, to be the only true spiritual worship with some questions and answers relating to conversion, and to tenderness of conscience.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1661 (1661)	Wing P1159; ESTC R18237	5,933	12

Concerning the WORSHIP of the Living God which he teacheth Israel his People who know him to be the only true God and the Worship which he teacheth them to be the only true Spiritual Worship With some Questions and Answers relating to Conversion and to Tenderness of Conscience BEcause the Worship of God is a weighty thing and there have been and still are so many Errors about it and the Errors therein are of such dangerous consequence both in relation to mens Eternal Estate hereafter and to their right Constitution Peace and Welfare in this World and because I have had deep experience concerning the Worship of God from a Child having travelled in spirit with my God for the right knowledge thereof and in singleness of heart giving up unto him according as he hath taught and led my poor needy depending soul I say Therefore is it on my heart to answer some few Questions concerning the Worship of God for the service of such as both desire and need instruction therein Quest 1. Who is the Worshipper the acceptable Worshipper in the sight of God Or whom hath God chosen out to hold forth his Worship in the sight of the World since he rejected the Jews with their Worship That God hath appointed a chosen People to Worship him that I presuppose though if need were the proof thereof might be ready at hand It is not every man that would thrust himself upon the Lord whom the Lord will accept but the Father seeketh such to worship him John 4. 23. There is a capacity to be found in man to make him a Worshipper even such a capacity as may enable him to perform that Worship which God requireth of him Now that is the thing to be enquired into What this capacity is and who are the persons that are found in this capacity Answ The Worshipper in the times of the Gospel the Worshipper under the New-Testament is he that is born of God He that is drawn out of the dark spirit of this World and formed anew in the light of God's Spirit He that is a Jew inward he that hath the Uncircumcision of his heart cut off by the power of God This is the Worshipper whom the Father seeks to worship him This is the sort of Worshippers God chose when he cast off the Jews God did not chuse any one Nation or many Nations instead of that one which he cast off but he sent his Apostles and Ministers among all Nations to gather a Spiritual seed instead of the natural And these alone are capable of setting up and holding forth his spiritual Worship unto the World and to provoke them to wait for and press towards the capacity of coming into the same spiritual Worship with them Quest 2. Which is the place of VVorship Answ The only place of Worship in the New-Testament is where the Spiritual Worshippers meet together The place is spiritual As the Worship is spiritual so is the place where it is to be offered It hath a spiritual consideration not outward as under the Law It is to be offered in the Spirit that 's the place Where doth my soul offer its private Worship to God Hath it relation to any outward place Or is it in the building which God hath reared up in my heart by his Spirit which building stands in and is comprehended in his Spirit And I can offer his publick Worship in no other place but in a building of the same nature in an house built of more of the same Stones This then is the way of Worship in the true Light Divers living Stones meeting together every one retiring in Spirit into the living Name into the Power which begat them they all meet in one and the same place in one and the same Power in one and the same fountain of Life and here they bow down to the Father of Life offering up living Sacrifices to him and receiving the bread and water of Life from him and feeding in the rich pastures of his infinite Fulness In the holy City in the living Temple which is built by God of the Stone which all other builders refuse is the place of the Worship of the living God where the true Jews meet to offer up their spirits souls and bodies a living Sacrifice to the Father of Life and where they meet with such a glorious presence and power of the Father as none but the true Jews were ever acquainted with Quest 3. What is the Worship or what are the Sacrifices which the true Worshippers offer up to God in this holy place Answ The Gifts of his Spirit These they offer up and nothing else The breathings which the Father gives into the heart of the Child they are breathed back unto him in the same spirit of Life in the living Sense in the quickening Power Nothing of Man's Wisdome nothing of Man's Invention nothing according to Man's Will nothing that would please the Flesh or seem glorious in its Eye is offered up here but the Exhortations or Directions or Reproofs that spring up in God's Light in God's Wisdom they are given forth in the Leadings and by the Guidance of his Spirit and they reach to the hearts of those to whom he pleaseth to direct them And this is the ground of such meltings and breakings and convictions of soul and such like inward operations as are frequently found in such Assemblies For the living God is there and the dread of his Power overspreads the hearts of such as are gathered into and assembled in his Name and the Life springs in the earthen Vessels and the favour is precious to all that have their spiritual Senses Quest 4. What is the season of offering up these Gifts Answ The seasons of the true Worship stand in the Will of God They are Gifts and the time of them stands in the will of the Giver Prayer is a Gift A man cannot pray when he will but he is to watch and to wait when the Father will kindle in him living breathings towards himself So the Word of God whether of Exhortation or Instruction is a Gift which is to be waited for and then to be given forth in the life and strength of that Spirit which causeth it to spring Indeed it is an hard matter either to speak the Word of the Lord or to hear the Word of the Lord. A man may easily speak what he invents and another may easily hear and judge of such words but to speak the VVord of Life requires the Tongue of the Learned in the language of God's Spirit and to hear the VVord of Life requires a quickened Ear and to know the times and seasons of the Spirit requires both being begotten of the Spirit and being acquainted with it Quest 5. Was this the Worship of the former Christians in the Apostles dayes Answ Search the Scriptures Were not they come to the new Jerusalem And where did they offer their Sacrifices Did they offer them in the old