Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	great_a	heart_n	soul_n	7,278	5	4.6511	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32046	The poor doubting Christian drawn to Christ plainly shewing every poor sinner his estate he is in without Christ ... being very useful for every poor sinner to practice and make use of in these sinful, wicked, and backsliding times / by E.C.	E. C.	1669 (1669)	Wing C26; ESTC R33297	9,735	25

able to believe Eph. 1. 20. or else all the Angels in Heaven and all the Ministers on Earth and all help that Men and Means can give us will do us no good Now the Means are of divers kinds as Hearing and Prayer and Sacraments which are the Conduits from which God communicats Faith Now Faith brings the Promises home to thée and thou séest the sufficiency of it then all thou hast to do is this in the stream of the Promise be carried home to Christ The Prodigal Luke 15. is said to be like a lost Sheep Mark this for it concerns you The poor Shéep is wandring up and down now in the mouth of the Lyon and then in the Bryers and sometimes in the Pit The Text saith He leaveth ninty nine to seek that That is in comparison of what care he expresseth to the Lost Shéep He leaveth a man regenerate not carel sly but he will not express so great love as to a poor lost man And though thou canst not find the way to heaven yet he will find it thée lye thou upon the shoulders of Christ When thou findest thy heart féeble and weak and thy self unable to beleive then the Lord Iesus Christ brings the Spirit of Grace that comes to séek and Iesus Christ layes that soul of thine upon his Soulders that is upon the richness fréenses of his Grace Therefore let thy heart be transported by the Power of that Grace by the vertue of that Mercy that God hath made known to thée for thy everlasting good Therefore rest thy self upon this Promise and say Lord in the vertue of that Grace and in the power of that Spirit carry me and in the riches of that mercy of thine Lord convey the heart of this poor Sinner and make me happy with thy self for ever Remember what Christ saith Matth. 25. 34. Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prpared for you Then no more tears no more trouble no more sorrow no more sin the day will come when ye shall have happiness joy beyond all that the tongue of man can express or the heart conceive Though we are buffetted with many temptations and waried with a world of corruptions yet we shall be saved saith Faith Remember what I speak now and labour to fasten this truth upon thy heart that there is not only present good in thy self but in another and reserved by anther for thy comfort and be thou content it should be so not only to look what thou hast but consider that the greatest part of thy glory is in the glory of a Christ and the greatest part of thy wisdom is in the wisdom of a Christ and the greatest part of thy liberty in the liberty of a Christ and thy riches in the riches of a Christ And know what ever is in Christ thou hast it all as thine John 3. 12. Behold what love the Father hath shewn to us that we are now the Sons of God! I tell you Brethren this is a marvelous priviledge and if you had no more but this you had a childs portion but it appears not what we shall have we have but a glimps now what think you will the harvest be Now we have but the sips of it what shall then the full cups be when we shall see Christ as he is Thus did Moses improve his estate Heb. 11. 26. He bore all afflictions comfortably yea He esteemed the rebukes of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt Why because he had an eye to the Recompence of Reward What Moses did do thou Though thou hast many corruptions and many disgraces cast upon thée though thou hast little strength and art at a great loss in point of comfort yet there is enough in Heaven enough in Christ both of riches and comfort Let thy soul then be careful to make all these present with thee for thine own good When the Husband man hath sown his ground and his fruit is ripe and he hath reaped it then he must gather in his Corn that he may live upon it So let us gather in the Promises when we sée the best advantage now let us take the gain and live by it and that comfortably too in the proof of Gods goodness therein For this end I shall give you some directions how to live in and by faith First Thou séest what God is in the Promise and thou expectest no more than God there Then look upon that perticular good in the Promise which thou standest in néed of eye that good in Christ and then set Gods power and Faithfulness a work to bring that good and his Wisdom to continue it That which thou séest and néedst in the Promise that the Power and Wisdom of God may communicate to thy soul This is the meaning of that place Psal 37. 5. Commit thy ways unto the Lord trust in him and he shall bring it to pass Root thy self and lay all thy occasions upon the Lord Therefore the Apostle saith 1 Pet. 5. Hurl your care upon the Lord for he careth for you It is Gods proper office and work he careth for thy soul therefore lay it wholly upon him and put over all thy care into his hands and set his power and faithfulness a work I speak not this that we should take no care at all but I say hang all the weight and burden upon the Lord. Secondly By Faith go to the promise again for help and power to wait on God in that way and to look towards God in the use of those means that he hath appointed for the attaining of that good which his power will work for thée God will certainly work it and so thou must méet God in the course of his providence in the improvement of the means he hath appointed for thy good Observe thou this providence and do thou what God requires for otherwise we live not by Faith but tempt God and throw away the Promises and all deprive our selves of that good which God would bestow we not walking in that way which he hath appointed Luke 24. 46. When our Saviour was to go to Heaven he said Behold I send the promise of my Father among you but tarry you in the City of Jerusalem until you be indued with power from above Christ would indue them with the Spirit but they must tarry at Jerusalem and wait for it So I say Wouldst thou have Grace and the Spirit from above and the wealth of the world then walk in that way God hath appointed stay at Jerusalem méet God in his providence and then thou shalt receive from his power and faithfulness what thou néedest thou wouldest have God bless thée in thine Estate and yet thou wouldst be idle and careless but this will not do the déed God would give thee a blessing but thou art not prepared to take it This is the excellency of the Promises of God as they require conditions before they bestow mercies