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
A44638	A few plain words of instruction given forth as moved of the Lord, for all people whose minds and hearts are inclinable after the way of peace ... / by him who is known to many by name, Luke Howard.	Howard, Luke, 1621-1699.	1658 (1658)	Wing H2985; ESTC R6500	15,631	23

will eternally condemn you from his presence although you may say in your hearts you hope it will not for now the grace of God is the light of Christ Jesus which sheweth to man sin and unrighteousnesse for this end that all might be led out of it and to bring in everstaing righteousnesse that the spirit thereof might rule and have the government upon his shoulders alone whose habitation is onely in the light and therefore if that spirit work in the mind and rule in the heart whose life is in darknesse and out of the bounds of the heart bringing forth the deeds of darknesse and yet say you have hope in God which is light and in him is no darknesse at all is not this the hope of the Hypocrite to think you may live in Dives his nature all your life time and yet have Lazarus his possession when you can no longer live therein For this consider wherefore you were created but to glorifie your Creator in your spirits and in and with your bodies which is but your reasonable service and to live unto God in all things and not unto your selves and therefore be still and consider and let the witnesse of God in all conciences answer before it be too late and there be no remedy And if you sow to the flesh how can you think you can reap the fruits of the spirit and if you sow to your lust how can you think you shall reap the fruits of chastity and if you sow to the spirit of pride can you hope to reap the fruits of humility and if you sow to the spirit of this world whose life is in the lust of the flesh the lust of the eye and the pride of life and covetousnesse and all things which are not of God and how can you say or think it possible you should reap the fruits of the Spirit of God by which he calleth and all the day long stretcheth out his hand by it that so he might have the heart it to guide and rule to the bringing forth fruit to him and not to your selves for herein is our heavenly Father glorified when fruit to his spirit is brought forth and all herein rare approved of with the Lord and all such condemned already which believeth not in him which giveth the victory over the spirit of this World which spirit cannot live if it be not fed with the fruit thereof and therefore consider he which liveth in pleasure is dead whilst he lives and he which liveth wantonly on the earth crucifieth the just and he which is covetous is an Idolatour and all such are shut out of the Kingdom of God which the Spirit of Jesus the true light leadeth unto and are amongst the dogs and swine in the devouring nature ready to quarrel both in words and actions about the words and things of God which are not theirs and here may all Hypocrites read their portion who can make a profession and plead for it and with the same mind and by the same spirit plead and quarrel against the Saints and against the perfect righteousness of God to be injoyed in this life and so opposeth the command of God and the gift of God and the work of God by Jesus Christ which is to purchase unto himself a Church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing and so maketh as much as in them lies the Word of God of none effect by their own imaginations which word is near in the heart and in the mouth and as it is believed in it is ingrafted in the heart and it is able to save the soul from sin and that is its effect to all which believe in it for the Word of God is the life of God and the life of God is the light of men and the light of men is Jesus the Saviour of all which believe in him and his Name is called the Word of God the entrance whereof giveth life and he hath so appeared in this the day of his power to be the word of life from the dead a quickning spirit to many faithfull and true Witnesses of his resurrection and his life even him who was dead and is a live and behold he liveth for ever more everlasting praises be unto him and glory for ever and he will so appear unto all which wait for him and ask the way to Zion with their faces thither-ward and backs set to Aegypts Land never there to return again but now here is a great talk at this day of Zion and the way there and some presume to be Leaders to her and builders of her waste places again which the wild bore of the forest hath layed waste but where among them all are they to be found whose faces are set to Zion and their backs to Aegypt for the chief corner stone hath been and is neglected by them all even that on which all the building should stand Christ Jesus the light of the World and Rock of Ages and so although they have and may talk of the way to Zion and of building up of her walls yet their faces have been and now are much more then in the days past set to Aegypts land of darknesse and bondage wherein our Lord was and is Crucified for now consider honestly this thing whilst a man asketh the way to Zion that is to say the place of Gods habitation which the Lord hath chosen for his rest and yet his face set to Egypt that is to say the place of the Devils habitation with his mind and heart in pride and covetousnesse or after any thing which is not of God he is not like to come to Zion although he may talk of it in words but it stands not in words for the King and Law giver thereof his appearance is and will be dreadful to all such the workers of iniquity for the proud and all which do wickedly shall be unto him as stubble is unto the fire and therefore this know plainly that if you ask the way to Zion aright your faces must be thither-ward and your backs full set to Aegypt that is to say your minds and hearts set against all the deeds of darknesse which as you love the light and so bring all your deeds unto it you will come to see and feell the power of the Lord you to lead out of the land of darknesse into his mervellous light for the gift of God the light which shineth in the heart it shineth for this very end and purpose to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ Gods salvation from sin which is so made unto all which believe in him as he is the true light of the World and the wisdom of God and the power of God to keep in the daily crosse which the wise builders have and do leave behind as a thing too low and mean for them to build in and therefore have been and are ashamed of it but to us it is the mighty power of God unto Salvation by which we are crucified unto the World and the World unto us so that we can say with the Saints which are gone before everlastlasting praises be unto our God for ever that we are not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the mighty power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth for the Gospel is the power and the Crosse is the power and hereon and herein we build that which the gates of Hell and death cannot destroy because it is founded on the Rock of Ages Christ Jesus the light of the World he that hath an ear to hear let him hear and he that readeth let him understand and he which can receive it let him And thus in plain words have I born my testimony unto the World as a witnesse against all the foolish builders and deceivers and blind guides which therein live and this of them I have to say yet not I but the Lord that of all men in the World their condition is the most miserable because there is very few of them if any which doth not sin against their knowledge and so are desperate Hypocrites for pieces of bread and handfuls of barley to maintain themselves their Wives and Children in pride and idlenesse and so murder in their way by consent to the fulfilling of the Scriptures to their own destruction And this is my Testimony to all men in righteousnesse for my God through Jesus Christ my Saviour my righteousnesse wisdom sanctification and redemption God over all hell and death blessed for ever Luke Howard THE END