Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	jesus_n	15,155	5	6.0417	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10792	A treatise against the folishnesse of men in differinge the reformation of their liuing and amendment of their manners, compyled by the godly lerned man John Riuius, and translated into Englishe by Iohn Bankes.; De stultitia mortalium, in procrastinanda correctione vitæ. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.; Bankes, John, fl. 1550.	1550 (1550)	STC 21065; ESTC S104544	62,520	220

bashefull sobre and honest and vpryght in al thy doinges And bicause this thynge doth not consyst in the to do thou must therefore resorte vnto God for helpe thou must acknowelege the weakenes and vnablenes of man Thou must hartelye and loulye seke the father to strengthen the with his holy spirite which Christe in the Gospell promysed that the father wolde gyue to such as shuld require it of him with ardente prayers If thou shalt require than that thou mayst haue the holy ghost plentifully aboundantly rychly as Paule sayth Powered vpon the by Iesus Chryst by his myght and his helpe those thinges which we could not by natural strength bryng to passe shal be ryght easelye atcheued Let this thinge be onely thyne endeuour 〈◊〉 to brydle thine affectiōs and beware lest at any time thou embrase idlenes or fayle thy selfe For the holy ghoste doth not iudge them to be worthy of his helpe which be l●dder and geuen to ydlenes and such as cantynde thē selues none honest thyng to be occupied withall but syt al the day longe with theyr handes clasped together lyke vagaboundes But he aydeth workers such as put to their owne diligence and do laboure for to van quishe and ouercome the redines inclination vnto vice which is graffed naturally in vs. Suche I saye doth the holy ghost helpe as wrastle and fyght contynually with the wicked and euyl affections of the mind Let vs not therfore folow the example of the carter which when his cart stacke in the tough clay called vnto god for helpe but he hym selfe stode lokynge about hym and dyd no maner of thynge This thyng may also feare vs from committinge of euyll and may also stere vs vp vnto godly lyuynge bycause god is present euery where whom thou canst escape in no maner wyse and he hath set his angel ouer the to kepe and gouerne the and to ma●ke and bere wytnesse of that thynge that thou doest Yf thou woldest not for any good that a man shulde take the in doyng that thynge which were not lawefull nor meete to be done howe muche more shuld the feare and reuerence of god cause the to refre●e frō such Thou fearest a man wonderfully bycause he knoweth and is a wytnes of thy naughtynes doest thou then thinke that he which ouerseeth all thynges and nothyng doth escape to be fitte that in his ●yght thou shuldest permit thy selfe to do that thinge which thou woldest be ashamed to commit in the syghte of a man sythe that he shall ●…es iudge the which is a witnes and marker of all thynges that thou doest A cer●ayne Heathen man geueth good counsel that thou must so lyue as though thou werte in the syght of all men and that thy thynking must be such as thoughe there were one that myght se thine inward thought For it is a great stay for a man when he bethinketh hym that there is one present whiche knoweth his inwarde thinking A great occasion of sinninge is taken awaye whē there is a present wytnes by This precepte and this rewle dyd an Heathen writer geue which verely euery Chrysten man shulde thynke that it toucheth him and is a lesson for him If at any tyme therfore thou purposest any vnhonest or vnlawful thing consyder thus with thy selfe before thou enterprisest such a thyng what shal I do shal I purpose that thing in gods sight which I wold be ashamed to do before mē Shal I make the holy Aungel mine enemie by this offence which is set to loke ouer and rewle men which wolde be looth to cause my frende to forsake me Shal I make the good spirite sory and the euyll gladde Did Christ redeme me therfore with the shedīg of his blode that I shulde become the seruaunt slaue of sinne and of the deuyll dyd he make me an inheritoure of the kyngedome of heauen therfore that I shulde lease by my negligence the same godly and heuēly inheritaūce dyd he delyuer me from sinne that I shulde wyllyngly and weatyngly fal into it agayne Nowe where is that burnynge loue towardes god Now where is the feare of god where is the shame that shuld be in mē wher is the fayth and mercy shall I thus recompence the benefites of god shal I render this thanke to Chryste for the benefitte of my redemption doth the holy ghost stere me no more than thus Do I come thus vnto the lordes table do I loke thus for the coming of Christ shall death take me in this state shal I be seen before the iudgement seate of the Lorde in this state do I suffer after this sorte the wylde affections to beare the suffragnite in me the fleshe to haue the victory and vpper hande and to triumphe ouer me and sin to raine in my bodye Am I a beast haue I not a mans herte that I thus cowerdly like a dasterde giue place to suche mocions and resist thē not do I chose euer thē worse when I dayly se the better surely if thou woldest consyder those thynges and such like which no man can nombre thou woldest not easly committe any vnhonest or vnlawful thinge What thynge soeuer thou doest therefore what thynge soeuer thou attemptest remember that there is God present as vndoutedlye he is and that he beholdeth and loketh vpō what thinge soeuer thou doest or attemptest fere and dreed hym And for as muche as he is alway presēt let that thing sum what stay the kepe the backe from sin For as thei say he is a witnes He is a iudge he beholdeth what thinge so euer mās minde compryseth This is a iudge whom no mannes craftye conueyaunce canne blynde This thynge shall also much further and helpe vnto godlye lyuynge yf a man call to remembraunce that by baptyme he is made the son and heyre of god and that he is also made brother of Chryst and with hym partener of his Fathers kyngdome whiche one thynge farre passeth and surmounteth all other For who wolde not be muche moued with this thynge vnto godlye lyuynge and wolde not abhor by a certeyne natural feare from vyce whiche remembreth that God is his father wherfore forget not the benefyt of hym whiche hath made the by adoption his son Loue hym worshyp hym feare hym reuerence hym and in no maner thynge offende or dysplease hym Be obedyente to hys wyll and plesure at all tymes do his cōmaundement and folowe it in thy lyuynge expresly do not thynke that onely the pertakynge of his heritage dothe belonge vnto the but also thimitacion and folowyng of his goodnes and vertue So that thoughe thou be not able for to attayne vnto the excellency of that goodnes which is in god by imitacion and folowing yet thou mayst in herte and wyll approche nyghe thereunto and thynke that it is a great shame for the to degenerate from the same If thou commyttest that thynge by chaunce at any tyme whiche is agaynst the wyll and plesure of the father lyke