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	mind_n	7,027	5	5.7568	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77990	Jacobs seed or The generation of seekers. And Davids delight : or The excellent on earth. / By the late reverend preacher of the Gospel Jeremiah Burrough.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.	1648 (1648)	Wing B6090; Thomason E1162_1; ESTC R210094	70,993	190

30.10 11. Therefore fear thou not O my servant Jaoob neither be dismaied O Israel for lo I will save thee from a far and thy seed from the land of their captivity and Jacob shal return and be in rest and quiet and none shal make him afraid For I am with thee saith the Lord to save thee though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee yet will I not make a full end of thee but I will correct thee in measure will not leave thee altogether unpunished There is somewhat that God doth but yet still he remembers his promise in the middest of affliction that he will leave nothing of that undone therefore though his people be under great afflictions the Lord will be good to them according to his promise Now again the Lord will regard the prayers of the seed of Jacob the efficacy of their prayers depends upon this because it is Gods own work That which is the work of God is not in vain God made none of his works in vain Now all their seeking of God It is from God it is Gods own work and a most glorious piece of the work of God Every prayer that comes from the poorest of the seed of Jacob every gratious and faithfull prayer it is a glorious piece Gods work It is a work of the holy Ghost and therefore it is not in vain Again as their prayers come from God they seek God from God so they seek God for God they seek the Lord for himself If the seed of Jacob did seek God onely for Corn and Wine and Oyle if they did seek him onely for their own ease and outward liberties and accommodations and for the lives of their enemies perhaps they might seek in vain No but when they seek God they seek God for God and thence they prevail so much with God Ye ask amisse that ye may spend it on your lusts James 4.3 You pray to God oft to be delivered from enemies and you think your prayers if it be in such a time as this they come in vain No marvell if so you pray that you may have liberty to trade and deliverance from taxations these may be sought but the house of Jacob seeks God for his name that that may not be dishonoured and for his Gospel that that be not taken away and the power of godlinesse trodden as dirt in the street when they seek God for God no marvell if it be not in vain But the great efficacy of prayer is this it is part of the purchase of the bloud of Christ that God might hear the prayers of the Saints it comes from the merits of Christ it is a part of his purchase that God should regard them it is in his name that we pray so we are taught It is by Christ that we have accesse to the throne of grace our priviledge of seeking God is that which Christ hath purchased by his bloud So that our seeking of God is not onely a duty and beneficiall to us but it is a high priviledge purchased by the bloud of Christ by him we have accesse with boldness the word is with liberty of speech liberty of speech is by the bloud of Christ that we may come before the Lord and open our minds fully certainly there is a great deal of efficacy in prayer Whatsoever our prayers are as they are from us though they be vain as they are from us yet take them as Christs purchase here lies the great efficacy of prayer Think not that the efficacy of prayer lies in earnestnesse or enlargement though it be a comfort and an evidence that God enlargeth us by his Spirit it is not parts that enlarge but the Spirit but the virtue of prayer lies not here the strength whereby prayer doth great things it lies in the engine lower in secret in the purchase of Christ Again Christ takes all the prayers of the seed of Jacob and renders them up to his Father for acceptance We have a more glorious way of coming to God then Adam had in innocency yea in some respects then the Angels themselves by having such an Intercessor that takes all our prayers and carries them to his father Yea not onely so but he joynes with us to the Father There is a place in the Hebrews quoted out of the Psalms that shewes that Christ praiseth God in the congregation it is not onely the Saints that praise God but Christ himself Heb. 2.12 I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the middest of the Church will I sing praises unto thee Christ in the middest of the Church sings praise to God When people meet to praise God Christ praiseth him It is a mighty encouragement in praising God So in prayer when we meet to seek God Christ seeks him for he is at the right hand of the Father making continuall intercession for the Saints Christ himself joynes with them in the work that they seek not in vain Again it is the stile and title that God glories in to be a God hearing prayer therefore he will not let it be in vain Again prayer is the pouring forth of the spirit to God the spirit that is so beautified with the graces of his own spirit now the pouring forth of such a precious spirit to God so beautified and principled with the graces of the holy Ghost certainly this cannot be in vain Indeed the Scripture saith of the heart of the wicked that it is little worth Let their heart be poured fourth God doth little mind or regard it but the heart of the righteous is much worth it is very precious before God therefore when their hearts are poured out and God sees the beauty and glory of his graces on them it is exceeding delightfull to him and such pouring out of their hearts cannot be in vain If God have a bottle for all their tears he hath a bottle also for all their expressions and pouring out of their hearts in prayer Further the exceeding delight that God hath in the seed of Jacob must needs cause God to regard their seeking that it be not in vain They are his darlings now there is no man that loves to deny a suit to any that he delights in We have a notable expression concerning the seed of Jacob when they pray Thou art my King O God command deliverance for Jacob. Psal 44. There comes a commanding power from God for the deliverance of Jacob when Jacob comes to sue to God Lastly it were not for the honour of God to send away his people empty that they should seek him in vain It is reported of Titus though he were a heathen Emperor yet he would not that any man should go sad out of the presence of the Prince God accounts it an honour that none should go sad out of his presence Therefore those are called on to rejoyce that seek the Lord. Let the hearts of them rejoyce that seek the Lord