Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	heart_n	law_n	sin_n	7,752	5	4.9628	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53077	The covenant of grace effectually remembred being the substance of a sermon or two / preached by a minister of the Gospel.	Newcome, Henry, 1627-1695.	1682 (1682)	Wing N894; ESTC R13264	17,290	32

see the light His power shall be great to forgive the greatest sinners He hath the absolute Supreme Power to forgive all manner of transgressions he is not limited and he can find in his heart to forgive the greatest sinners and when they come he remembers his Mercy effectually for them 1 Tim. 1.15 the chiefest sinners may here find Mercy O says the Psalmist and so any Soul that hath felt Guilt will say the same Blessed is the man whose sin is forgiven Psal 32.1 2 3 4 5. c. Let his condition be what it will sick poor despised no matter what it be if forgiven he is blessed The truth is I was sullen and loath to yield and kept silence I would not be in any fault or if I was I would not take to it I would not honour him for a time by my submission but I was in sad case that while all consumed within me and then at last I said I will confess my transgression I will yeild and humble my self and not hide any thing in the case but throw my self upon his Royal grace in the way of submission and repentance And no sooner did I say thus and conclude thus and act thus but I found acceptance thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin And so will he always do with poor sinners that repent He hath not proclaimed Mercy as expecting that none will lay claim to it or trust to it and so boggle at it or go about to diminish and lessen it to those that come in upon it O no he delights to shew Mercy and remembers his Covenant fully and effectually in this case 3. For grace to repent It is his Covenant to accept us when we repent and also to help us to repent They are blessed whose sins are forgiven Psal 32.2 and in whose spirits there is no Guile that is that honestly and without hypocrisy do repent that do not sin with thoughts to repent of it nor do not repent with thoughts to sin again this is guile Now the poor Soul may be convinced of the evil and danger of sin and may rejoyce in Mercy offered to the penitent but says it Wo and alas How shall I repent how shall I be able to repent truly if I do repent my heart is hard and deceitful O how shall I come acceptably unto God that I may find Mercy Is this thy case why God will remember his Covenant to the Soul that he hath made willing to make it able His Covenant is to take away the hard and to give a soft heart to write the Law in the heart Jer. 31.33 he hath promised to give the Spirit to them that ask him Luk. 11.13 When we are converted at first or after God hath remembred his Covenant for us and hath blessed us in turning us from our iniquity Act 3.26 And by exalting Christ to be a Prince and Saviour to give repentance and forgiveness of sins Acts 5.26 He will not forgive if we turn not heartily to him but he expects not that we should turn in our own strength what he requires he also promises Turn you at my reproof I will pour out my Spirit upon you whenever any sinner hath repented God hath remembred his Covenant for him to help him therein and none ever cryed for help in this case but God hath in faithfulness afforded grace unto him 4. For perseverance The poor sinner is turned and hath found the difference in the change but is apt to forget himself and is subject to fall sadly but God remembers the Covenant and he orders it that the Soul shall not fall finally It is by the Covenant that our standing is secured Jer. 34.40 he will not forsake us nor suffer us to depart from him He will put his fear into our hearts that we shall not depart from him We are kept by the mighty power of God through faith to the day of Salvation 1 Pet. 1.5 Joh. 10.28 29. Grace being a Creature might no doubt be lost but our Salvation is lodged where it cannot be lost It is in the Covenant and in Christs hands He will not suffer our faith to fail he will take order to bring us back by repentance when we go a stray It is in this faithfulness and truth of God that our standing is secured and therein it cannot fail The Lord will not cast off his People since it hath pleased him to make them his People 1 Sam. 12.22 when he sees a poor believer step out of his way he remembers his Covenant and sends some conviction or some affliction to make him bethink himself that he may turn back again what a sad havock would be made amongst them in a little time if God did not remain faithful to his Covenant and remember it for us from this it is a poor Soul may have confidence and it is not impudence to say I have gone astray like a lost Sheep but Lord seek thy Servant Psal 119. ult bring back and restore thy poor Servant * They quarrel thee and would give over The bargain made to serve thee but thy love Holds them unto it and doth cover Their follies with the wing of thy mild dove Not suffering those Who would to be thy foes Herb. God hath remembred his Covenant for us or we had long since forsaken Christ and given over to follow after him 5. For support and comfort under Temptation It is possible for one that feareth the Lord and obeyeth the Voice of the Prophet to be in the dark and to see no light yet even then let him trust in the Lord Isa 50.10 and stay himself upon his God He never forgets to be gracious he can never shut up his loving kindness in displeasure but he will refresh and give light again and he discernably at the time remembers his Covenant for them in that whilst he hides his Face he draws their heart after him oft sorrowful sinners are afraid to sin and are willing to do any thing which it may be they would not be so ready to if they had the peace and joy which they want He is faithful to them in all their desertions and further than it is best for them their troubles shall neither encrease nor continue Light is sown for all the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart It is sown and it will come up Psal 97.11 It is sown in the Covenant and in the Promise and it is sown in their humiliation of Soul and it is sown in the holiness of their hearts and harmlesness of their lives and in the best time it will come up they shall return with joy and bring their sheaves with them Christ the blessed Mediator of the Covenant was tempted and he knows how to pity and succour them that are tempted Heb. 2.18 The soul in this case may say as Mic. 7.8 9. When I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me