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	spiritual_a	7,689	5	7.0313	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15713	The christians mourning garment	Worship, William.	1603 (1603)	STC 25987; ESTC S113276	27,165	63

priuate families O Lord our God and heauenly Father wee thy vnworthie children doe here come into thy most holy and heauenly presence to giue thée praise glory for al thy great mercies and manifold blessings towards vs especially for that thou hast preserued vs this night past from all the dangers and feares thereof hast giuen vs quiet rest to our bodies and brought vs now safely to the beginning of this day and doest now a fresh renew all thy mercies vpon vs as the Eagle reneweth her bill giuing vs all things aboundantly to enioy as food raiment health peace libertie and fréedome frō many miseries diseases casualties and calamities which wée are subiect vnto in this life euery minute of an houre and not only so but also for vouchsafing vnto vs many good things not onely for necessitie but euen for delight also But aboue all deare father we praise thy name for the blessings of a better life specially for thy most holy word and sacraments and all the good wée enioy thereby for the continuance of the Gospell amongst vs for the death of thy sonne all that happinesse which we haue thereby Also because thou hast chosen vs to life before we were and that of thy méere goodnesse vndeserued fauour towards vs and hast called vs in thine appointed time iustified by thy grace sanctified vs by thy spirit adopted vs to be thine owne children heires apparant to the great crowne O Lord open our eyes euery day more more to sée and consider of thy great and maruailous loue to vs in all these things that by the due consideration therof our harts may be drawne yet nearer vnto thée euen more to loue thée feare thée and obey thée that as thou art enlarged toward vs in mercie so we may be enlarged towards thée in thanksgiuing and as thou dost abound towards vs in goodnesse so we may abound towards thée in obedience and loue And sith deare father thou art neuer wearie of doing vs good not withstanding all our vnworthinesse naughtinesse therefore let the consideration of thy great mercy and fatherly kindnesse towardes vs euen as it were force our hearts compell vs to come into thy most glorious presence with new songs of thanksgiuing in our mouths Wée pray thée O most mercifull God to forgiue vs all our vnthankfulnesse vnkindnesse prophanes and great abusing of all thy mercies and specially our abuse and contempt of thy Gospell togither with all other the sins of our life which we confes are inumerable mo then can be reckoned vp both in omission of good things and commission of euill We most humbly intreate thée to set them al ouer to that reckoning which thy son Christ hath made vp for them vpon his crosse and neuer to lay any of them to our charge but fréely forget all and forgiue all Naile downe all our sinnes and iniquities to the Crosse of Christ burie them in his death bath them in his bloude hide them in his wounds let them neuer rise vp in iudgement against vs. Set vs frée of the miseries that are vpon vs for sin kéepe back the iudgements to come both of soule bodie goods good name Be reconciled vnto vs in thy deare sonne concerning all matters past not once remembring or repeating vnto vs our olde and abhominable iniquities but accept vs as righteous in him imputing his righteousnesse to vs and our sinnes to him Let his righteousnes satisfie thy iustice for all our vnrighteousnes his obedience for our disobedience his perfection for our imperfectiō Moreouer we humbly beséech thy good maiestie to giue vs the true sight and féeling of our manifold sinnes that we may not be blinded in them through delight or hardned in them through custome as the reprobates are but that we may be euen weary of them and much grieued for them labouring striuing by all possible meanes to get out of them Good Father touch our harts with true repentance for all sinne Let vs not take any delight or pleasure in any sinne but howsoeuer we fal through frailtie as we fall often yet let vs neuer fall finally let vs neuer lie downe in sinne nor continue in sinne but let vs get vpon our féete agayne and turne to thée with all our hearts and séeke thée whilst thou mayest be founde and whilst thou dost offer grace and mercie vnto vs. O Lord encrease in vs that true and liuely fayth whereby we may lay sure hold on thy sonne Christ and rest vpon his merites altogether Giue vs fayth assuredly to beléeue all the great and pretious promises made in the Gospell and strengthen vs from aboue to walke and abound in all the true and sound fruites of fayt● 〈◊〉 vs walke not after the flesh but after the spirite Let vs féele the power of thy sonnes death killing sinne in our mortall bodies and the power of his resurrection raysing vs vp to newnesse of life Let vs growe daylie in the sanctification of the spirite and the mortification of the flesh Let vs liue holily iustly and soberly in this present euill world shewing foorth the vertues of thée in all our particular actions that we may adorne our most holy prafession shine as lights in the midst of a crootied froward generation amongst whom we liue being gainefull to all by our liues conuersations offensiue to none To this end we pray thée fill vs with thy spirite and al spirituall graces as loue wisedome patience contentment méekenes humility temperancy chastity kindenes and affability stir vs vp to vse prayer watchfulnes reading meditation in thy lawe and al other good meanes whereby we may grow and abound in all heauenly vertues Blesse vs in the vse of the meanes from day to day make vs such as thou wouldest haue vs to bée and such as wée desire to bée working in vs both will and déede purpose and power For thou O Lorde art all in all thou wilt haue mercie vppon whom thou wilt haue mercy and whom thou wilt thou hardnest Haue mercie vppon vs therefore deare Father and neuer leaue vs to our selues nor to our owne wils lusts desires but assist vs with thy good spirite that wée may continue to the end in a righteous course that so at length we may be receiued into glory be pertakers of that immortall crowne which thou hast laid vp for all that loue thée and truely call vpon thée Further we intreat thée O heauenly father to giue vs all things necessary for this life as foode raimcut health peace liberty such fréedome from those many fold miseries which we lie open vnto euery day as thou séest méete Blesse vnto vs all the meanes which thou hast put into our hands for the sustenance of this fraile life Blesse our stock and store corne cattle trades occupations all the workes of our handes for thy blessing onely maketh rich and it bringeth no sorrows

corrupt vgly fruites of that infection and contagion wherein I was first conceiued both in thoughts words workes If I should go about to recken vp my particular offences I know not where to begin or where to make an end For they are moe then the haires of my head yea far mo then I can possibly féele or know For who knoweth the height and depth of his corruption who knoweth how of the offendeth Thou only O Lord knowest my sinnes who knowest my heart nothing is hid from thée thou knowest what I haue béene and what I am yea my conscience doth accuse me of many and gréeuous euilles I do daylie féele by wofull experiene how fraile I am how prone to euill and how vntoward to all goodnesse My minde is full of vainity my hart full of prophanenesse mine affections full of deadnesse dulnesse drowsinesse in matters of thy worship seruice Yea my whole soule is full of spirituall blindnesse hardnesse vnprofitablenesse coldnesse and security And in very déede I am altogether a lumpe of sinne and a masse of all misery and therefore I haue forfeited thy fauour and incurred thy high displeasure and haue giuen thée iust cause to frowne vpon me to giue me ouer and leaue me to mine owne corrupt will and affections But O my deare Father I haue learned from thy mouth that thou art a God full of mercy slow to wrath and of great compassion and kindenesse towardes all such as grone vnder the burthen of their sinnes Therefore extend thy great mercie towardes me poore sinner and giue me a generall pardon for all mine offences whatsoeuer seale it in the blood of thy sonne and seale it to my conscience by thy spirite assuring mee more and more of thy loue and fauour towards me and that thou art a reconciled father vnto me Graunt that I may in al time to come loue thée much because much is giuen and of very loue feare thée and obey thée O Lord increase my faith that I may stedfastly beléeue all the promises of the Gospell made in thy son Christ and rest vpon them altogether enable me to bring forth the sound fruites of faith and repentance in all my perticuler actions Fill my soule full of ioy and peace in beléeuing Fill me full of inward comfort and spirituall strength against al temptations giue me yet a greater féeling of thy loue and many folde mercies towardes me worke in my soule a loue of thy Maiesty a zeale of thy glory an hatred of euil and a desire of all good things Giue me victory ouer those sinnes which thou knowest are strongest in me Let me once at last make a conquest of the worlde and the flesh Mortifie in me whatsoeuer is carnal sanctifie me throughout by thy spirit knit my heart to thée for euer that I may feare thy name renew in me the image of thy sonne Christ daylie more and more Giue me a delight in the reading meditation of thy word Let me reioyce in the publique ministrie thereof Let me loue and reuerence all the faithfull ministers of thy Gospel Sanctifie their doctrines to my conscience seale them in my soule write them in my heart giue me a soft and melting heart that I may tremble at thy wordes and be alwayes much affected with Godly sermons Let not my sinnes hold backe thy mercies from me nor mine vnworthynesse stoppe the passage of thy grace Open mine eyes to sée that great wonders of thy Law Reueale thy secrets vnto me be open harted towards me thy vnworthy seruant Hide nothing from me that may make for thy glory and the good of my soule Blesse all meanes vnto me which thou vsest for my good Blesse all holy instructions to my soule Blesse me at all times both in hearing and reading thy word Giue me the right vse of all thy mercies corrections that I may be the better for them Let me abound in loue to thy children Let my heart be very néerely knit vnto thē that where thou louest most there I may loue most also Let me watch pray that I enter not into temptation giue me patience and contentment in all things Let me loue thée more and more and the world lesse and lesse So drawe my minde vpward that I may despise all transitory things Let me be so wrapt and rauished with the sight féeling of heauēly things that I may make a base reckoning of all carthly things Let me vse this world as though I vsed it not Let me vse it but for necessity as meate and drinke Let me not be carried away with the vaine pleasures and fond delights therof Good father worke thy good worke in me and neuer leaue me nor forsake me till thou hast brought me to true happinesse Oh deare Father make me faithful in my calling that I may serue thée in it and be alwaies carefull to do what good I may in any thing Blesse me in my outward estate Blesse my soule body goods and name Blesse all that belongeth vnto me Blesse my goings out and commings in Let thy countenance be lifted vp vpon me now and alwayes cheare me vp with the ioyes and comforts of thy spirite make me thankefull for all thy mercies For I must néeds confesse that thou art very kinde vnto me in all things For in thée I liue mooue and haue my béeing of thée I haue my welfare and good béeing thou art a dayly friend and special good Benefactor vnto me I liue at thy cost and charges I hold all of thée in Chiefe and I finde that thou art neuer wearie of doing me good thy goodnesse towardes me is vnstanchable Oh I can neuer be thankefull inough vnto thée for al thy mercies both spirituall and corporall But in such measure as I am able I praise thy name for all beséeching thée to accept of my thankesgiuing in thy Sonne Christ and to giue me a profitable vse of all thy fauours that thereby my hart may be fully drawne vnto thée giue me O Father to be of such a good nature and disposition that I may be wonne by gentlenesse and fayre meanes as much as if thou gauest me many lashes Pardon all mine vnthankefulnesse vnkindnesse and great abusing of thy mercies and giue me grace to vse them more to thy glory in all time to come Strengthen me deare Father thus to continue praising and glorifying thy name here vpon earth that after this life I may be crowned of thée for euer in thy kingdome Graunt these petitions most mercifull God not onely to me but to all thy deare children throughout the whole world for Iesus Christs sake in whose name I doe further call vpon thée saying as hée hath taught me O our Father which art in Heauen c. 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