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	temple_n	7,031	5	7.9574	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26694	Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...; Selections. 1674	Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668.; R. A. (Richard Alleine), 1611-1681.	1674 (1674)	Wing A976; ESTC R22421	168,509	338

you and walk in you this is the honor that God doth put upon you The Apostle tels you that you are Gods hou●…e Heb. 3. And God sayes of you his spiritual house as he did of the Typical house for the sence belongs more to the thing typified then to the house 1 Kings 9. 3. God says of every believer as of that house I have hallowed this house to put my name there for ever And mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually Thus doth God for th●…e believer that art his house Or as it is in 2 Kings 21. 7. In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the Tribes of Israel will I put my name for ever That was but a typical Temple you are the real Temples of the holy Ghost 1 Cor. 6. 19. What know you not that your body is the Temple of the holy Ghost which is in you which ye have of God and ye are not your own every believer is a real Temple wherein God is especially present so 1 Cor. 3. 16. Know you not that you are the Temple of God and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you Brethren if you indeed believe methinks this priviledge should be matter of unspeakable Joy to you What! art thou of no meaner use then this to be a habitation of God through the spirit What! art thou a Temple for God to dwell in will God make of this Soul a Temple where all manner of lusts have dwelt and say of thy soul here will I dwell for ever this is my rest for I have desired it Oh adore the riches of Gods condescending grace others are the vessels of uncleanness the coffins of rottenness in whom Satan hath set up his throne 't is true of every wicked man what God sayes of Coniah Jer. 22. 28. He is a vessel wherein is no pleasure He is a vessel of the most noisome filthyness in the world Fifthly You are the trumpets of his praise when others are the instruments of unrighteousness O what base use are the others put too in their bonds of wickedness to the worst of drudgery They are the vessels of sin and slaves of Satan Rom. 6. 16. a miserable service this is a miserable Master indeed none have such miserable lives as those who have the work of sin to do●… Why would it not pity ones heart to see a company of poor Creatures laboring and toyling for their own ruine to see them tugging and sweating hard at it were to carry together faggots for their own burning This is that the wicked are doing they are but treasuring up the wrath of God against themselves at the last day they are but carrying together faggots and fewel for their own burning They labor and sweat all their days to pile up faggots and fewel pile upon pile to fill Tophet for their own burning But you are not of this use you are to be the Trumpets of Gods praise Oh blessed employment your work is the work of Angels whiles others are doing the work of Devils Isaiah 61. 3. That they might be called trees of renown the planting of the Lord that he might be glorified And so in another place this people have I formed for myself that they may be for my praise Isa. 43. 7. I have created him for my glory I have formed him yea I have made him When others shall be venting their malice and blasphemy against God you shall be the silver Trumpets that shall be ever sounding forth the praises of the Lord. Sixthly You are the men of his Counsel when others are strangers and aliens You are no more foreigners and strangers but fellow Citizens and of the houshold of God You are the attendants of his person you are of his privy Counsel You are the friends of God This was Abrahams priviledge Jam. 2. That he was called the friend of God Brethren all the long and magnificent titles of all the Monarchs of the Earth do not signifie half so much as this that I am speaking to you Now this is your prerogative Henceforth I call you not servants but friends and why so because you are the men of his Counsel The servant knoweth not what his Lord doth but whatsoever I have heard of the Father that have I declared unto you Herein Christ hath put a marvellous distinction between you and the men of the world I may say of you as Christ of them blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him So Psa. 147. He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes unto Israel He hath not dealt so with any Nation Seventhly You are the Jewels of his Crown when others are but the drosse and lumber And they shall be mine saith the Lord of hosts in the day when I make up my Jewels Mal. 3. 17. Beloved you that are beleivers you are the very glory of Christ. Every believer is as a pearl put into the Crown of Jesus Christ. The Apostle speaks of beleevers of his converts that they were a great Crown to him He calls them his Joy and Crown of rejoycing Phil. 4. 1. But this is but little that you should be your Ministers Crown I tell you you are Christ's Crown and glory Isa. 62. 3. Thou shalt also be a Crown of glory in the hand of the Lord and a Royal diadem in the hand of thy God Eightly You are the inheritors of the Kingdome when others are the sons of perdition Luk. 12. 32. Fear not little flock 't is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom So come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdome prepared for you Who can utter the sweetness of that promise 't is our Saviors parting promise to his disciples at his last supper Luke 22. 28. 29 30. You are they which have continued with me in my Temptations and I appoint unto you a Kingdome as my Father hath appointed unto me that you may eat and drink at my Table in my Kingdom and sit upon thrones judging the twelve Tribes of Israel Oh how sweet are these words Lay the mouth of Faith at these promises and suck the sweetness of them Look upon it as a reality that God prepared for you a Kingdome 't is so why should God go to deceive you and you may lay your claim to it boldly God delights to see your humble boldness The spirit beareth witness with our spirits that we are the sons of God and if Sons then heirs joynt heirs with Christ Heirs of his Kingdom Fourthly If you look upon your selves as prisoners and so God hath done more for you then he hath for others Ah Christians this is the meaning of this day that you might celebrate the kindness of God to you in prison O remember and forget not how signally God hath owned you Brethren 't is your priviledge and mercy that God hath given you hearts to own him in times