Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	hear_v	heart_n	lord_n	7,448	5	3.9635	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11183	Foure and twenty certaine godly rules		1640 (1640)	STC 21448; ESTC S504	4,046	15

afflictions are but rods and gentle corrections to scourge thee for sin and to purge corruption out of thee Rom. 8.28 Philip. 4.11 12. Heb. 13.5 17 When any crosse befalls thee study to finde out thy particular sinne which hath brought that crosse upon thee and neither grieve nor weepe so much for the crosse as for the sin which hath caused it so turne thy worldly into godly sorrow Job 13.26 2 Sam. 16.10 2 Cor. 7.9 10. 18 When any good thought or motion ariseth in thy heart doe not let it die and vanish for so thou quenchest the Spirit but cherish these thoughts and stirre them further up in thee by prayer reading and meditation 1 Thess 5.19 1 Tim. 1.6 19 Bee affected with the welfare or the misery of others as if it were thine owne Weepe with them that weep and rejoyce with them that rejoyce Rom 12.15 16. Heb. 13.3 20 Love even thine enemies as Christ commandeth thee get an heart to forgive them and an heart to pray for them be not overcome of evill but overcome evill with good Rom. 12.21 Matth. 5.44.18.21.25 21 Endevor thy selfe to do every day what good thou canst to others upon every good occasion and rejoyce when thou canst find time and any opportunity of doing good The more good thou doest the more comfort thou shalt have when thou commest at night to make thy accounts with God Gal. 6.10 1 Tim. 6.18 John 14.21 22 In doing good to others be carefull not onely to the bodyes of poore people which thou wilt bée to feed and reléeve them if God hath blessed thee with riches but also to their soules doe what good thou canst to them by teaching and instructing them he that hath truly tasted of salvation will study in what he can how he may save others and how he may pluck them as brands out of the fire Iude 22.23 23 Take héed of partaking of others sinnes that is to sée sin committed by others and to say nothing of it when as thou mayest either thy selfe reprove it or informe against it that it may bee punished Hee that hath felt the weight and burthen of his owne sinnes will be loath to encrease the burthen by the sins of others Levit. 19.17 1 Tim. 5.22 24 Every night call thy selfe to a reckoning how thou hast spent the day see what good thou hast done and what good thou hast left undone what temptations thou hast resisted and what sinnes thou hast committed thou mayest find comfort in the good and thou must repent thee of the evill and groaning within thy selfe and grieving for the sins of the day Call for the blood of Christ to wash and purge thee from them thus gaining peace with God thou mayest lay thee downe and thy sléepe shall be swéet unto thée Psal 4.48 Prov. 3.24 and 2 Cor. 1.12 These are as plaine Directions as I can give for thée who hast béen ignorant and now would be plainly directed Let me advise thee if thou canst to reade if thou canst not to heare them read often over unto thee even so often as that thou mayest get them by heart or at least become very familiar with them and the practise of them will be as sweet as honey to thy soule yea thou shalt find a secret swéetnesse in the practise of any one of them even in mourning within thy selfe for thy secret corruptions which the world doth not know of thou shalt meet with such joy as thou would'st not want for all the treasures of this world Oh what joy then wilt thou find in observing them all the practise of them will make thée walke with God and he will come and dine and sup with thée he will largely expresse his love to thée he will marke thee out for his owne and set the broad Seale of Heaven upon thee then shalt thou find such cheerings of the Spirit and such gleams of joy shed into thy soule as will ravish and transport thée with unexpected swéetnesse a carnall and naturall man can never conceive it none can know it but those that have tasted of it Eye hath not seene nor eare heard neither hath entred into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared even here in this life for them that love him but God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit saith the Apostle 1 Cor. 2.9 10. And if thou dost so love God that thou wilt faithfully observe these Rules he will assuredly reveale these things unto thee Consider then aright and the Lord give thee heart to love and practise them EINIS