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	live_v	mortify_v	7,524	5	11.3904	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02757	A godly newe short treatyse instructyng euery parson, howe they shulde trade theyr lyues in ye imytacyon of vertu, and ye shewyng of vyce [et] declaryng also what benefyte man hath receaued by christ, through theiffusyon of hys most precyous blowde.	Hart, Henry, fl. 1549.	1548 (1548)	STC 12887; ESTC S103825	12,742	36

And how he layeth carnal fleashelye and worldlye pleasures as a bayte wherin venym / yeth hydde before your eyes to catche your myndes / that he may so carrye you awaye ▪ For as the fowlers bayt betrayeth the fowles Soo doth the vayne pleasures of thys world begylde the myndes of fowles For through the desyre of it the enemy ouercometh them ▪ leadynge the synner from one vanytye to an other tyll he haue so broughte hym in woofull bondage and moste myserable captyuytye But thys ye knowe my brethern I meane the sea sone how it is tyme as Sayncte paule sayth that we shulde nowe a wake owt of slepe Rom. xiii for nowe is oure saluacyon nerer then when we beleued The nyghte is paste and the day is come nygh Lett vs therfore Caste a waye the dedes of darekenes and put on the Armoure of lyghte Lett vs nowe walke honestelye saythe he as in the daye lyghte not in eatynge and drynkynge chambrynge wantones nether in strife enuyeng but put ye on the lord Iesus Chryst make not prouisiō for the flesh to fulfyll the lustes of it Truly we are called as ye know to suffer wyth Chryst that we myght be made partakers with hym in glory for yf we were grafted lyke hī in death Then shall we be lyke hym also in the resurrectyon Iesus autem dixit illis Amē dico vobis quod vos qui sequuti estis me in regeneracione cum sederit fisius hominis in se●●e maiestatis fue c Math. xix the rych man lyueth here in al pleasures and fared delycyously And Lazarus lyued in trouble ād payne But after this lyfe Lazarus receued ioye saith Chryste and the rych man payne for Abraham sayde vnto hym sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receyuedst thy good and contrary wise Lazarus paine now therfore is he cōforted ād the art punysshed Our sauiour Chryste trulye being the lord of our glory during that time of thys lyfe walked here through many trybulacyons He refused the scepter and crown of a worldly kingdō with al the vayn frēd shyp glory that the world could geue hī / receued with mournīg deares on hys head a crowne of sharpe thornes a rede for a sceptre in his right hād Mat xxvi that he might so for our sakes acōplysh the wyll of his heuenly father gette vyctory against that whole powre of the enemy Chryst suffred for vs sayth s peter leauȳg vs an exāmple that we shuld follow hys fotsteppes / which dyd no synne / neyther was ther guyle found in his mouthe c. Chryste had no felycytye in thys presente worlde whych is now corrupte but hys reioysyng was in the wylle of hys father and he had a great respecte to the rewarde at the end Yf the sonne of God takyng oure nature vpon hym myghte not escape / but muste drynke of thys Cuppe who saied The seruaūte is not aboue the master neyther the messynger greater then he that sendethe hym Thynke not ye to escape / my Brethern yf ye intende to be made partakers with hȳ of his fathers heauenlye kyngdome Therfore wyth pacyence possesse your sowles and lyke faytheful Sowldiours of Iesus christ take vp youre Crosse / and folowe hym for trulye he hathe promysed that yf ye be partakers with hym in sufferyng / ye shall be partakers wyth hym in glorye But yf you lyue after the fleash haue your pleasure amongest the wycked ye must dye But if ye mortify the dedes of the flesh / throughe the spyryte then shall ye lyue Brethern / ye are called of God that ye shuld be holy Therfor I wolde not that ye shulde now be partakers in the dedes of the wycked i. Corin. x. and haue fellowshyppe wyth deuels for truly as saīt paul sayth ye can not be partakers of the lordes table and of the table of deuels neyther drynke of the lordes cup and of the cup of deuels Eyther shall we prouoke the lorde saythe he or are we stronger then he ye can not serue God and mammon how agreeth light wyth darkenes ryghtousnes wyth vnryghtousnes or Chryst wyth Belyas The hart that goeth two ways truly is hated and such as are dobble tounged / are accursed of God What can it proffite a man to wynne all the world / wyth the losse and dāmage of hys owne sowle yea what shal he geue to redeme it agayn with al he that seketh to saue hys lyfe shall lose it saythe chryste But he that wyl lose hys lyfe for my sake shal saue it yea blessed and happye are those Sayth the spyryte that loue not ther lyues vnto the deathe Truly they shall receaue a Crowne of life And although ye know the truth already my Bretherē dearely beloued in our Sauioure Iesu chryste yet I thynke it not vayne by these letters / to styrre vpp your remembraunce for trulye it is my dylyee that ye shulde not peryshe wyth the worlde but that ye shulde turne from your synnes and liue Therfore / seynge God hath called you wyth an holye callynge for he hath supplyed your harts with the oyle of grace opened your vnderstandynge by hys holy spyryte Soo that ye haue nowe sene hys holy wyll declared vnto vs in Chryste Iesu And haue consented that it is the truthe of God I beseche you by the mercyfullnes of God / make your bodyes a quycke and lyuelye sacryfyce / holy acceptable to God / which as sayncte Paule sayth is your resonable seruynge of God And fascyon not youre selues lyke vnto thys woorlde but be ye chaunged in youre shappe by the Renuynge of youre wyttes Seynge ye are nowe rysen wyth Chryste se●te youre myndes aboue on heauenly thynges where Christ syttethe on the ryghte hande of God the father and not on the thinges that art on the earth Brethern deceue not your selues brynge furthe the perfecte frutes belongynge to repentan̄ce / which is amendement of lyfe Let it appere I praye you that yeare of chryste / haue harde the woorde in dede Trulye it is good that the harte be establisshed with grace and not with so vanyces Yf vertu encrese ye cānot be yo le nor yet vnfruteful ī the knowledge of chryste But he that wanteth thys / as saynte Peter sayth is blyndes gropynge for the way which hys hand and hath forgottē / that he was purged frō his olde synnes for true fayth is lyuely / cānot be hydde neyther may she ī any wise dwell or abide alone for she hath a great desyre to many vertues She accōpanye the her selfe with gods wysedō loue She is nouryshed daylye with the bryght sonne of ryghteousnes / the highest watereth her plantes with the swete showres of grace Through perfecte obedyence to the wall of god she spredeth furthe her braūches in due season whereby she obtayneth a suer hope her fruyctes proseade from the tree of lyfe / For trulye truly they are the workes of the spirite of God

A Godly Newe short treatyfe instructyng euery parson howe they shulde trade theyr lyues in the Imytacyon of Vertu / and the shewyng of vyce declaryng also what benefyte man hath receaued by christ through the effusyon of hys most precyous bloude Imprīted At London by me Robert Stoughton Dwelling with in Ludgate at the sygne of the Bysshoppes Myter Grace mercye and peace of concience be Multyplyed and encreaced amonge all them that loue oure lorde Iesus Chryst the truthe of God in purenes of mynd Amen BRetheren beloued in oure Sauyoure Iesus Chryste i. Cor. xv Consyder I Pray you the greate goodnes of God ī that he hath called you by hys grace to the knowledg of him self / throwghe the worde whyche is greate mercye towarde you in Chryste Iesu for fleashe and bloude sayth Sayncte paule can not enherite the kyngdome of i God / neyther can Corrupcyon inheryte pncorrupcyon Nichodemus beynge A aharysey and a man lerned Ye knowe dfter the iudgementes of men and enwued also with the gyftes of nature / as wytte reson knoledge and vnderstāding naturall yet coulde not he of hys owne powre and strēgth comprehend the heauenly doctryne of oure Saueour christ nor perceyue the celestyal mynde therof tyll he was holpen by grace from God aboue and borne a new Not of mortall sede / but of immortall whyche endureth lasteth for euer Ihon. iii. For that whych is born of the fleshe is fleshe saith christ But that whych is borne of the spyryte is spryte Therfore sayde Chryste Excepte thou be borne of water and of the holy spiryte thou canst not se the kyngdome of God For al thought god synce the begynnynge hath appropryated certayne gyftes of grace to the nature of mā by reason wherof he dothe excell in hys creacyon all other creatures not only in shape of body statute and contenaunce also in the aforsayde spyrytuall gyftes of grace annexed to nature as wytt reason knoledge and vnderstandynge for when god made man at the begynnyng he gaue hym a Reasonable soule from the whych procedeth so God withdraw it not a mynde of vnderstandynge in all mankynde aboue all other creaturs which the lorde hathe created vpon the face of the whole earthe yet trulye withoute the especyall grace of the lord GOD and gyfte from heauen aboue although a man he neuer so wyse and excellente Yet can he not obtaygne of hys owne strenght whych commethe of oure first byrthe the trewe knowledge feare and loue of god which fell from vs in adam But by grace are ye saued through faythe / sayth paule and not of youre selfes nor throught workes Roma iii. leaste any man shuld boast hymselfe but by chryst are we saued and made the beloued sonnes of the hyghestt As Wytnesse the sayncte Iohn sayinge He gaue them power to be the Sonnes of GOD as many as beleue in hys name whych are not born of fleashe nor of bloud nor of the wyll of man / but of GOD. Iohan. i. Roma viij And through hym my bretherne ye haue obtayned not only knowledge and Iudgemente to dyscerne and iudge betwyxt the good the euyl but also ye are made able through the spyryte whyche a bydeth in you whyche ye haue of God to chose the good to leaue the euyll Galla. 4. a i. Cor. ij b for the lord no doubte is a spirite sayth paule and wher the spirite of the lord is ther is lybertye and throughe hym ye are made stronge / so that ye obey ij Cor. iij. for through Chryste saith he I can doo al thyngs whych he hath made me able Bretheren yf ye obeye be now sedde by the holy spyrit of God Roma vjij then trulye are ye made the fre sonnes of God then shal ye also be made perfet and obteyne vyctory agaynst syn death and hell whych is the whole power of Sathan our mortall ennemye Bretheren deceaue not your selues / for loke to whome ye do obey / truly hys seruaūts ye are to whome ye doo obeye whether it be by obedience vnto rightuousnes or synne vnto death In Adam trulye we were all deade / but in Chryste we are al made alyue as manye as beleue in hys name as perteynyng to the flesh as s Paule sayth we wer all naturally born the chyldren of wrath Roma vi as wel as al other because of orygynall Synne that reygneth in all fleshe Reason was blynd and nature corrupte therfore coulde it not obeye to the wyll of GOD / but vyolentlye stroue agaynste hym / desyrynge that he hated and hatyng that he loued ▪ i. Corin. iij For the naturall manne sayth Saynct Paul perceyueth not the thynges of Goode / that belonge to the spyryte i. Corin. iij. for they are but folyshnes vnto hym Neyther can he perceue them sayth he for they are Spyrytuallye examyned but he that is spyrytuall dyscusseth all thynges Brethern youre mindes are now lightned by grace and ye haue now receyued the spyryte of God / whych bryngethe knowledge and a perfecte willinge obedyent mynde to do the wyll of God But whosoeuer hath not the Spyryte the same is none of hys For asmuche as ye are partakers of the holy spyryte and are borne a new yeare not now my bretherne vnder the lawe but vnder grace Obey vnto the fourme of doctryne I praye you wherunto ye are called for trulye God hathe pleasure in a louelye harte And an obedyente Mynde is all wayes at peace wyth hym The naturall mā not renued knoweth not God / neyther is he obedyente to the ryghteowsenes which is of value be for hym neyther can be / sayethe paule / For delectacyon and costome in euyll / blyndeth there vnderstandinge that they are not obedyente / no not to that goodnes that naturall reasone teacheth them / they saye they know God loue hym and kepe all hys commaundementes They deceyue themselues vtterlye thynkynge them ryche when the world fauoureth them when indede they are blynde and poore ▪ for though they possesse muche yet indeyd they haue no thynge Therfor the hope of the vngodly is as the dry thystle flower Luke xij For they re faythe is vayne and of none effecte When they heare the woorde of God whiche is the trwth they are not obedyente to do therafter ▪ they delyghte in euyll / and haue no desyre to folowe ryghteousnes therfore / when they come to the knowledge of the scrypture they fall sodenlye into many daungerous erroures Some because they Wolde be hydde from Gods wynde them selfes in a folyshe cloke of myar necessyty / sayng in thē selfes / that if can not otherwyse be When in dede they stryue not at all to make resystaūce but doo lette the fleshelye mynde runne whether it lusteth So for lacke of obedyence they fall into wyllfull synne deceauyng them selfes in their owne ymagynacyōs To do yuell thei haue power because they wyll / but to doo well they haue none at al for