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	paul_n	7,516	5	6.4255	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12203	The spirituall-mans aime guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry passages of this life, so that Gods glory, and his owne salvation may be the maine end of all / by the faithfull and reverend divine, R. Sibbes ... ; published by T.G. and P.N.	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.	1637 (1637)	STC 22513; ESTC S1655	25,951	96

were not Those that weepe as if they wept not Those that reioyce as if they reioyced not And they that buy as though they possessed not And they that use this world as not abusing it How are these five directions inforced They are inforced from three reasons The first is in the front of the Text. The time is short Therefore be moderate in all things here The second is in the shutting-up of the Text For the fashion of this World passeth away The third reason is a maine reason too that is from their state and condition in Christ why Brethren faith hee Partakers of the heavenly Calling as he saith in another place Partakers of better things and by being Brethren Brethren in Christ members of Christ he is the knot of the Brotherhood being Borne againe Sonnes of God Brethren of Christ Brethren partakers of the heavenly Calling not Brethren onely among your selves but Brethren in Christ and so Sonnes of God and Heires of heaven What for you to be immoderate in the things of the World Paul wraps up a moving reason not onely to insinuate into them to gain their affection Oh! my Brethren but to adde a force of reason likewise Brethren The time is short And Brethren the fashion of this world passeth away So adde these three reasons to the five directions and wee see how strougly Paul backes his directions Indeed it was needfull for Paul so to do we are so desperatly set on the things of this world we are so hardly taken off that there must be reason upon reason for the holy-Holy-Ghost the Holy Spirit of God loves not wast of reasons to spend them where there is no use And therefore wee must thinke it is a weightie point of great equity that we give eare to these directions that have so strong reasons But to come to say somewhat of the particulars We must remember to make way to what is to bee spoken of these things that every one of these reasons have a force in every direction you that have Wives be as if you had none for the Time is short and the fashion of the world passeth away And so you that weep as if you wept not for the time is short and the fashion of the world passeth away And you are Brethren you that use the world as not abusing it for The time is short and the fashion of the world passeth away So that all these reasons must bee thought on in every particular direction that I speake of only in generall J will speake a little of the first reason The time is short What time The time of the world there is but a little time before the day of iudgment Christ is at hand to iudge the quicke and the dead The time betweene this and that is short it was short then it is shorter now The time is short wee are fallen into the latter end of the world but that is not all Our time is short of our little world our particular iudgment is neere at hand it shall bee with us at the latter day as it is when we dye our time is short the time of our particular life is short and that is more forcible to perswade us The time is short The season of the time which is the prime time The season and opportunity of time is shorter then the time of life for we have not opportunity of time all our life The time is short that is the advantage of doing good and of taking good is short All the yeare is not harvest or seed-time it is not alwayes Tyde it is not alwayes sun-shine and as it is in nature so it is in the spirituall state of thinges we have not alwayes advantages and opportunities wee have not alwayes gales Opportunitie therefore is shorter then time as our time is shorter then the time of the world The time is short The opportunitie and season of time is shorter well I will not dwell vpon this poynt though it bee a great inforcement It is short I and vncertaine we cannot tell how short If it were told any of us heere that within two dayes you shall dye it would startle vs the best of vs all it would make vs looke about vs but who of us all knowes certainly that we shall live two houres The time as it is short so it is vncertaine and heere is the wondrous folly of our nature that we will take so much time to come in trust as though we should live so long and make a covenant with death but one party cannot make a covenant God and the time to come make no covenant with us Therefore it is extremity of Folly to say I shall live so long so long Thou foole faith God when he proiected for a long time and had treasure laid up for many yeares Thou foole this night they shall take thy soule A man is a foole when he makes account of continuing of that he hath no promise of And therefore the time being short and uncertaine too Take it while wee may catch hold of it especially the opportunity of time And then in the third place it is irrecoverable when it is gon there is no recalling back of time when it is past In all these respects we must be good husbands of time wee must be thrifty of our time and not take care how to drive away that that flyes away of it selfe to fast it is a precious thing precious for great purpose What is this little time given us for To provide for eternitie world without end and wee trifle it a way about this thing and that thing to no purpose we fill it up with vanity and with sinne which is worse In this little time we do that that in a long time after we cannot undoe againe that is our madnes and folly therefore The time being short let us take heed what we doe in it we may do that in a little time that wee may rue for eternity we may do that good and get that good in a little time that may stand by us world without end those that have but a little plot of ground oh they will husband it so that they will not lose a handfull of it so those that have but a little time oh let them husband it well sow that little time well sow that seed that may breed a harvest that may benefit us after that wee may say Oh! it was a great blessing that God gave me a little time to get into Christ to repent of my sins c. Beloved there are three maine parts of this little time Past Present To come The Time that is gone let us repent of it if it have not bin spent well that is the best use we can make of the time past for there is nothing to be done in the time that is past But if things have been done ill repent The Time present is to doe