Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	fruit_n	good_a	work_n	6,080	5	5.9885	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52043	Meroz cursed, or, A sermon preached to the honourable House of Commons, at their late solemn fast, Febr. 23, 1641 by Stephen Marshall ...	Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.	1641 (1641)	Wing M762; ESTC R19516	35,043	59

toward you but you must performe your good work towards me Then shall ye call upon me and you shall goe and pray unto me Aske and you shall receive this is the confidence that we have that whatsoever we aske according to his will we know that we have the petitions that we desire of him What cannot Prayer doe It is able to overthrow all enemies When I pray mine enemies shall turn back An hundred eighty five thousand were overthrowne in one night after the Prayer of Hezekiah It is able to turne away all plagues pestilence famine sword wild-beasts whatsoever plague or sicknesse there be prayer and supplication will heal all It is able to bring downe all mercies it is the key of heaven Eliah a man subject to the same infirmities with us hee prayed and the heaven was shut he prayed again and the heaven was opened It is the most efficacious engine in the world it opened the prison doores and the iron gate to set Peter at liberty It is the summe of all wisdome strength and policy What should I say more It prevailes over God himselfe Iacob wrastled with God and prevailed What was his wrastling What was the strength whereby as a Prince he had power with God Even this hee wept and made supplication to him It will not only stop the Sun in his course as Ioshua did Sun stand thou still in Gibeon and thou Moon in the valley of Ajalon but with reverence be it spoken it holds that hand which rules heaven and earth Let mee alone said God to Moses that I may destroy them Moses prayer hindred God from doing what hee seemed resolved to doe Hee said hee would have destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap to turn away his wrathfull indignation And thus some interpret that place of the Prophet Isaiah Ask mee of things to come concerning my Sonnes and as concerning the works of my hands command ye me as if God had made over his own omnipotency to Prayer But whence is it that Prayer becomes thus efficacious What is there in the submissions and supplications of poor worms to work such wonders I answer These four things meet in prayer which are the strength of it and may be your satisfaction First The persons who pray are Gods owne children dearer to him than heaven and earth tender as the apple of his own eye and we who are parents know how prevalent the cryes of our own children are we being evill can give good things to our children Secondly Gods owne Spirit dictates and endites their prayers for them Wee know not what to pray for as wee ought but the Spirit it selfe makes intercession for us Now as it is said of the Sonne I know thou hearest me alwayes so may it be said of the Spirit What regard soever he may bear to us poore sinners he will certainly regard the intercessions of his owne Spirit Thirdly The Prayers of Gods people they are offered up and presented to God by his owne Son our Lord Jesus Christ the high Priest of our profession the Angel of his presence who is at the right hand of God who daily makes intercession for us as the Spirit makes intercession in us and mingles his incense with the prayers of the Saints upon the golden altar which is before the throne Fourthly There is this in prayer that it gives the greatest glory unto God Of all gifts or graces which God hath given to any creature never any thing except faith only was found to give that glory to God which prayer doth especially in these two things First it brings God into the field to fight the battell for them makes him to work all their works for them as indeed he doth Whatsoever a man prayes for he doth by interpretation say Lord I never shall have this unlesse thou give it me I never shall do this unlesse thou doe it for me And that is the reason why in 2 Chron. 20. after Hezekiah and his people had prayed and professed they had no strength of their owne left the worke only and wholly upon Gods hand Then God tells them The battell is not yours but Gods Now you have put it into my hands you shall see what I will doe for you And secondly When the work is done it ascribes the praise and glory of all to him to whom alone it is due If we mark it God hath little glory in the world for those good things which men receive without Prayer their friends parts wit industry must share with God but what is won by Prayer is worn with thankfulnesse there being a naturall relation betwixt praying and praising as the rivers returne by the sea from whence they come O that I were able to teach you the right use of this engine And first let mee speake to you right Honourable and Beloved the Lords and Commons assembled in this Parliament Give mee leave to shew you the true spring of all that good which hath come through your hands since your happy entrance upon your great work God knows I would not eclipse your worth nor due praise We rejoyce in you and blesse God for you wee have received great mercies by your means but are you the cause of them Have they been done by your wisdome and forecast or for any worthinesse found in your selves Hath not God done them all almost by contraries Have not you been many times at a losse even at your wits end Hath not God marvellously discovered wicked enterprises against you and almost miraculously preserved you by his own naked arme ever since the beginning of your meeting Give therefore the glory where it is due you shall have the honour of excellent instruments but this honour is too high for you Know therefore Beloved and it will encrease your honour to acknowledge it that Prayer and God by Prayer hath done all this While you have been with Ioshuah fighting in the valley Moses Aaron and Hur have been at prayer upon the mountain God hath poured out upon many parts of the Kingdome but more especially in and about this great City a most fervent Spirit of Prayer In many thousand families you are every day mentioned at the throne of grace few dayes of your Sessions have passed over without extraordinary fasting and prayer either publike or private on your behalfe And when prayer doth thus ascend mercies must needs descend Let God therfore have the chiefe honour for pouring out the spirit of prayer and supplication the fruit whereof is the upholding your hearts and spirits daily in your work And this also intimates the best hope wee have of your good successe for the time to come even because God hath put it into the heart of the Kings Majesty and your selves to put the whole kingdome into a posture of prayer we hope your care in putting the Kingdome into a posture of