Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	flesh_n	life_n	reap_v	6,710	5	11.2413	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02432	A consultorie for all Christians Most godly and ernestly warnyng al people, to beware least they beare the name of christians in vayne. Now first imprinted, the. xxx day of Ianuarie.	Hart, Henry, fl. 1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 12564; ESTC S109663	31,949	118

cūduite am I come oute of the gardeine of pleasure I saide I wyll water the gardeine of my yonge plantes and fill y e frute of my birth so my water brooke became exceadinge greate saith shee and my Ryuer aprocheth vnto the See for I make doctrine to be to all men as light as the faire morning and I shal make it saith she euer the clearer I will perse thorow all the lower partes of the earth I will loke vpon such as be a slepe lighten all theym that putte their trust in the Lorde I shall yet poure oute doctrine lyke a prophecie and leane vnto suche as seke after wisdome and their generations shall I neuer faile vnto y e holy euerlasting world ¶ Obey vnto the louing voice of God and accepte this gentle doctrine of wisedome slumber not to long in thyne owne way O thou named Christiā least the lorde be angry leaste thou fall a slepe againe in synne and so perishe vtterly by thine own folly How can theye be made hole that wyll not knowe they be sicke or howe can suche obtaine that refuse y e right way Thou thinkest thy selfe well al redy because thou hast a name that thou liuest O thou named Christian therfore thou saiste in thy selfe Tushe I am riche and incresed with goodes and haue nede of nothynge knowest not how thou art wretched and myserable poore blynde naked thou haste a name that thou liuest but thou art deade for by synne art thou subdued and thrust downe by thyne enemies euen to the brinke of hell O named Christianytie thou waft rolde vp in extreme darknes and mysery yea solde and solde again wast thou for thine offences to be a bonde seruant whereof thou art not yet delyuered for ignoraunce holdeth the in captiuitie and bringeth the a slepe that thou neyther seest nor felest thye harme but lyke an hongry man dremyng that he is eatyng wakynge hath nothinge or lyke a thyrsty man y t dreameth that he is drinkyng but when he waketh he fyndeth nothynge to refresh hym self so doth synne deceiue the and thou not ware Awake awake oute of thy heauy slepe thou Christianitie harken to y e loud voice and trompe of god which in these last daies is now blowen amongest you I mean the preachyng of the gloryouse gospell of Christ which is dayly preached vnto you and yet soundeth in youre eares O folysh people why stop you youre eares so longe from the truth and as it were styll geue youre selues to vanitie Why seke ye suche frendshyp of the worlde whiche hath nothyng to recōpence but extreame myserye Why sekeste thou reste where none is Treasure vp such thinges as are godly then shalte y u be recompensed .vij. folde but who so seeketh rest in worldly thynges his labour is in vain Consider O man thy lyfe in this worlde how short how vncerteine and daungerouse it is it is lyke a vapour or breathe saith the Apostle S. Iames y t appereth for a lytle season and then vanissheth away therfore truste not to the worlde for he is disceitfull he promyseth rest but payeth trouble he promyseth ioye and paieth sorowe he promyseth longe lyfe and payeth short totally he promyseth good and payeth euyll for nature and fortune be muche variable chaunge as the winde and therfore do they suffer no thynge here certeine O folysh man woldest y u then be thought wise and yet delytest and settest thy hole hert and pleasure in this vaine transitory world what frendshippe woldest thou haue of hym that can do you no good neither careth he lenger for the then thou maist do hym pleasure for in sorow pouertie or payne will he vtterly dispise the and laugh the to scorne in the anguysh of thy soule Soo vngodly doth this myserable worlde recompence his louers that the nighe frende so called of nature the wife that lyeth in the bosome or the Chyldren whom with busy paine and study some bringe vp intendynge by them to haue their kindnes after recompenced do nothing at all regarde them but flateryngly from the teth outward thinkyng euery day three tyll they be gone that they myght receiue the worldely goodes which their frendes do posses O mysery of all myseries thus the worlde which many so inordinately loue and set such store by for all his greate bragges and flateryng face of frendship if nature withdraw her selfe wyl not onely think hym moch burdened by them but also disdainfully abhor deteste their presence Therefore as Christe saith seke ye first y e kingdome of god the righteousenes there of and all these thynges shalbe mynistred vnto you And also Crist saith geue not ouer your membres to serue the flesh seing the beutie thereof fadethe away for he that soweth in the fleshe shall of the flesh repe corruptiō saith Sainct Paul but he that soweth in the spirite shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastinge Againe the apostle Iude saith Hate the filthy vesture of the flesshe for doubtles it is subiect to corruption it is also the very gate and meane whereby Sathan oure greate aduersary and mortall enemy corrupteth both bodie soule and draweth man to vtter distruction Wherfore see that ye furnish the house in tyme with an honest exercise of vertu that perfecte repentaunce make a ready way for faith and godly loue with all her noble companions to dwell with you for if the enemy finde you vnprepared he will busily seke to enter with his soudears for as moch as man is by y e transgression of Adam set at lybertie in y e knowledge of good and euyll the enemy first moueth man by consente to chose the euill and refuse the good which consent beyng coupled to the thought of mans knowledge is synne As witnesseth S. Iames saying When lust hath conceyued shee bringeth fourth synne by this meanes winneth the enemy y t gate or fyrst ward then procedinge forth in his wicked purpose he tēpteth mā duryng his life in y e tyme of youth by wātōnes delectatiō pleasure redynes of mynd to spend the tyme of this lyfe either idely or vainly that he should laboure in nothing that is good and when nature hathe some what done with these he bringeth in place euery carnal concupiscēce riot naturall wisdome and worldly honoure and riches and in age he bringeth coueteousenes vnpacient pouertie childyshe dotage and suche lyke For sone after xxx yeares are spent as age increaseth the thinges of nature dimynishe and begin to fade as a flower but the enemy alway duryng the tyme of this lyfe ceaseth not to assaulte man by synne which is most agreeing to the nature and age of the person so tempted And by suche vngodly meanes he seketh to fyll and kepe the mynd of man so busied that it cā haue no respecte to the word wyll of god nor seke after thinges y t please hym But seinge the rewarde of these is naught els but playne mysery

must vnder paine of damp nation so haue beleued thynke ye it wolde haue beene so well accepted at hys hande Where Christe y e Prophetes or Apostles or any other in his name and by his power and spirite did anye miracle wheather it were outwarde or inwarde in healynge of the body or soule the thynge after appeered soo to be and it shewed it selfe that it was doone as theye sayde they set neuer the people to beleue and woonder at thynges wherof thei heard felt nor saw nothing saue only an outward token or signe But your doynges are vncertayn euē to your selues but much more to other yet would ye haue al men compelled to beleue thē thus haue your sinnes ye your wilful sinnes long turned y e eyes of the Lorde from you and made all your doynges as the sacryfice of Cayn For ye haue forsaken the Lorde the onelye well and fountaine of lyfe and haue chosen and dygged you brokē pittes that hold no water In euery strete place haue ye burnt swete odoures and offered incens before your Idolles and haue chosen you Goddes after your owne imaginacion and serued theym after youre wyll yea as the Iewes and Heathē nacions haue ye inuented and set vp brothell howses to offre in sacrifice to your Idolles the vncleane lustes of your bodyes for many ordinances contrary to the word of God haue ye set vp whiche may neyther bee omitted nor spoken againste but must be continewed as thinges lawdable as ye say for good purposes Haue ye not also as they geuen your seede to Moloch and burnt your chyldren before Idolles in that ye procure by power brybes or flatterye or by any other vngodlye meanes to make theim mynysters or common officers more regardyng the vayne glorye of thoffice the dignitie or y e worldly profit of the same then either the health of the soules of your selues of thē or of the people whose teachers leaders gouernours ye make them the cōmon welth or the glory and honour of god Thus haue ye vnwisely forsaken the Lord for ye are sick and your mouthes out of taste and therefore so that euery rome and place bee fylled ye thinke it is well although y e persones that be in them haue scarce any one poynt of vertue requisite and nedefull to the office and place they be in Thus haue you set appoynted such to be meanes betwene god and you and to pray for you as be voyde of all honest poyntes of vertue whose doynges ar hatefull and their prayer execrable and before god an abominaciō Thus is that wooful plage and great miserie happened vnto you for your offences thretned of god by Esay who sayth The lord of hostes shall take awaye from Ierusalem and Iuda all possessions and power al meate and drinke the captain and the souldyer the iudge and y e Prophete the wyse the aged man the worshipfull of fyftye yeres olde and the honourable y e Senatours and men of vnderstandyng the maisters of craftes oratours And I will geue you childrē to be your princes saith y e lord babes shall haue y e rule of you one shalbe doing violēce wrōg to an other y e boy shall presume against y e elder and the vile persō against y e honorable for both Ierusalē Iuda must decay because both their wordes coūcels ar against y e lord and thei prouoke the presens of his maiestie to angre c. And yet neuertheles they say tushe we be safe for we bee all christians we haue gods word and his holye Sacramentes among vs and therfore y e great plagues and threatenynges of god declared by his prophetes and Apostles againste sinners shall not touche vs nor come nigh our dwellyng although thou liue more wickedlye then they O named Christianitie yet saiest thou it is spoken against Iewes Turkes Sarasins and heretikes y t dispise our holy religion and reproue our dooynges it is they that shall peryshe saiest thou for thei are worthye but we bee safe for we ar gods people Thinkest thou that they shalbe preserued and defended of God that continue and delite in stune and wickednes Or thinke ye to escape the punishmente of god due to synners with a face or outewarde apparance of holines The vertue and strēgth therof is away then art thou clearely deceiued for as it is right with god to reward the iuste for well doyng so is it also to punishe y e wicked for euill dooynges God is all good and no euil may come me hym and although his iudgementes be vnsearcheable yet be they al righteouse and true He is no respecter of persō nacion lande tyme nor place but loke who doeth right hym wil he accept and he that do the euill hym wyl he punish of what religion tong or nacion so euer he be For God is determyned as he hath plainly declared in his worde to gather together and chose out his elect from the foure wyndes from and out of al nacions vnder heauen therfore deceyue not youre selues with a name but bryng foorthe the frutes of righteousnes forthinke your old wayes and delight no lōger in vanitie but as S. Paul saith Let it suffise vnto vs that we haue spente the tyme of our lyfe past in vanitie as in eatyng drinkyng chaumbryng and wantonnes and lay from you that olde man which marreth hymself in deceyuable lustes and be ye renued sayeth he in the spirite of your vnderstandyng obey to the voyce of god do iustice and equitie hate the euill chose y e good so shal ye lyue for euer for thei that do these thynges are born of god and are made the belouing sonnes of the highest of what relygion tong or nacion soeuer thei be Circūcision is nothyng nor vncircumcision saith Paul but the kepyng of the commaundement of god saith he is altogether circumcision verily auayleth saith he if thou kepe y e law but yf thou transgresse then is thy circumcision made vncircūcision What auayleth then a christen name or baptisyng and receiuyng of Sacramentes although it be neuer so many yf there folowe not amendement of life but that the herte delite in euyll as before Haue ye not thē made your baptisme which signifieth repentaunce the new regeneracion and amendment of lyfe toward your helth of no value But it is rather an open witnesse against you that ye ar false dissembling christians and suche as haue mocked god pretendyng one thyng in face but the contrary in your hertes yf an infidell turne in his hert frō his infidelitie and do y e thynge that is equall right although he neuer receiue christen name nor outward sacrament thinke ye that he shal not be saued It is the circumcision and baptysyng of the hert in that we are washed from an euill consciēce and the lustes of the fleshe daily foughten against by the power of the spirite that is of value before god whose prayse is not