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	part_n	5,261	5	4.5208	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72180	A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the thirtie day of May. 1591 By M. George Giffard, preacher of the worde of God at Maldon in Essex.	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1591 (1591)	STC 11862.3; ESTC S124958	18,032	49

powred downe from heauen vpon them in great plentye the whole land did reioyce with ioy and gladnes Therfore he willeth them now to behold how good and howe comelie a thing it is for brethren to dwell also at vnitie Thus were they taught by their owne experience on both sides For they had found the gréeuous annoyances of discorde and enmity on the one part and the benefite of peace on the other and this is it he willeth them to behold Behold how good and how comelie a thing it is which dooth cutte downe so great euill and behold how good and how comelie a thing it is which bringeth with it such great blessinges of God thus much for the first word Then to the praise it selfe the first Epithite is howe good which containeth the great fruit that ariseth thereof and is afterward set forth by the seconde comparison that is of the the dewe of Hermon for that is a thing fruitefull and good The other is how comelie the word is Magnim which signifieth beautifull swéete comelie or pleasaunt as in Psal 16. Where he speaketh of the resurrection and exaltation of our sauiour Christ saying Thou wilte shewe me the path of life the fulnes of ioye is in thy presence at thy right hande comely pleasures for euermore This comelie pleasant swéetnes of concord is resembled and shadowed foorth by the former similitude that is of Aarons annointing for that was a verie comelie and a swéet thing and had a misticall signification To vnderstande the better what is here meant first ye may reade of this precious oyntment both whereof the Lord commaunded it shoulde be made and how Aaron and his Sonnes should bee annointed therewith vnto the préests office in Exod. 30. Then further we are taught in the Scriptures that Aaron was a figure of Christ and that this anointing of his with that precious swéet oyntment did represent the spirituall and heauenly annoynting of Christ Iesus with the holy Ghost whose graces distill frō him the head vpon euery parte of his misticall bodie which is the Church Of him it is sayd the spirite of the Lorde is vpon mee because he hath annointed me c. Luke 4. vers 18. Marke further then wherein the comparison holdeth Thus powringe the precious oyntment vpō Aarons head running down vpō his heard and to the scirts of his clothing was pleasant to behold and cast forth a swéete sauor vnto all that stood round about Also in that it discendeth vpon his beard and so downeward vpon all parts euen to the scirtes of his clothing it resembleth the graces of the holye Ghost flowing downe frō the Lord Iesus Christ vpon all the members of his body knit togeather in an holy vnity When it went downe from Aarons head vpon his body vnited to the same it discendeth euen to the lowest part of his garmente because there is no rent nor seperation Euen so the Church vnited vnto Christ her head euery member of the same vnited vnto the rest in an holie vnion and making one bodie the heauenly graces of the holie Ghost farre swéeter then that precious oyntment flowe from him vpon them and all are partakers thereof euen the lowest and meanest member euen to the scirtes For where they are ioyned in this spirituall vnitie looke what graces soeuer God from his Sonne Christ dooth power vpon the highest members that is vpon Princes and Pastors they distill also vpon the other parts and members and so from each to other That which was seperate from the heade from the bodie and from the garmentes of Aaron receiued no droppe of that precious oyntment which discended from the head to a bodie vnited and to all partes of the garmentes wrought togeather In like manner the graces of the holy Ghost discende from Christ the heade vppon nothing that is seperate and deuided and rente from him but vppon all the members vnited in one bodie Wee may then briefelie set foorth what this similitude declareth in this wise The swéete oyntmente is powred vpon the head of Aaron it goeth down vpon his beard then vpon his shoulders and all partes of his bodie euen to the lowest border of his garmentes Iesus Christ the heade of the Church is annoynted with the holy Ghost and from him the swéete graces discend and come vpon all the bodie and vpon euery member of the bodie euen to the meanest this it is to be vnited to him and to his Church this is a thing most swéete and most comfortable In the other similitude hee resembleth this vnity vnto the dew of Hermō which commeth downe vpon the Mountaines of Sion the waters which fall vpon the high mountaine distill into the valleies but into those valleies which are ioyned therevnto at the foote thereof and make them plentiously fruitfull euen so the heauenly spirituall dewes that come downe from aboue vpon the Mountaines flowe vpon the vallies which are vnited therunto and there is great fruite and all good thinges springing from thence Thus much wee may consider in these similitudes which expresse how good and how comely a thing it is for brethren also to dwell at vnitie Now al this is from the most high God for he saith there that is to say vpon those which dwell together in this holy vnitie the Lord hath commaunded the blessinge and life for euermore It is Gods vnchangeable decrée that they shall haue the blessing that is the great great high blessing euen the blessing of all blessinges in euerlasting continuance This can neuer faile for God almightie is vnchangeable and what he hath decreede and commaunded shall stande for euer This may perswade much to dwell in vnitie for it is a goodly matter to bee vnder the blessing of almighty God and there that is vpon the vnity of brethren hee hath commended his blessing and no where else for this there is as much as to say there only Now we see the praise it selfe of vnity and concorde here set foorth vnto vs it remaineth that wee consider to what ende and purpose the holye Ghost giueth this great commendation This we all knowe that when a thing is dispraised it is to bring vs into a misliking and shunning of the same as a thing either vnpleasant or hurtfull And contrariwise praise especially where it is giuen by God who knoweth the worthines of euery thing is to drawe our liking and to make vs in loue with that which is praised This is then done heare that we may haue our harts inflamed and that we may bee in loue with vnitie and concorde and that wee maye studiouslie séeke after it and imbrace it as a most precious iewell and finallye by all meanes take héede that we do not any thing which may hinder and disturbe the same And doubtlesse if this can not mooue vs and kindle an earnest loue and zeale to be studious of Godly peace that it is so good so sweete and pleasant and that Gods blessing is vpon it