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	let_v	soul_n	7,706	5	4.9312	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87292	Nevvs out of Spaine ofinfinite [sic] concernment to England in tvvo letters from Mr. Brian I:Anson, a sonne of the Church in Spaine, to his father Sr Brian I:Anson and brother D. Hen. I:Anson of the Church of Rome in England, both now in the Kings army, there to promote the rightes and liberties of the same holy church. Published, thereby to give clearer intimation to all the inhabitants of England ...	I'Anson, Brian.	1644 (1644)	Wing I27; Thomason E6_20; ESTC R5393	9,650	9

had his brother his Father also these were well principled they had the forme of godlinesse that they had I know it no man better And for the first the second brother the Scribe he went into Spaine because of persecution saith he an abominable lye say I but after the manner This is a truth that thither he went and there sold his Birth-right I meane the true Religion the Crown and diadem of a person and people this he sold for a wise he thought good of the price and they gave him the price like to that which is meant by Thirty pieces of silver Zech. 11. And the Lord of glory tooke it so ill now as once he did because He is dealt with so unworthily so ingloriously that he commanded now as once he did cast it to the potter let him make earthen gods of it And so God hath left him to his own hardnesse It is so with the Father the Knight and his eldest son the Doctor They went for true Protestants and held on their profession untill they went to the King to serve him And now if we may beleeve the Letter they are as the younger brother is who hath the Pope for his Father his Church for his Mother The stock on earth and the Queen of Heaven for his Godfather and Godmother these must undertake for him therefore he asketh the stock blessing worshipping it and he expects all good from the Queene of Heaven she is his God-mother sure Therefore fifthly Aske thy soule this question What love hast thou to the Truth A weake faint waterish love God knowes Looke to it to strengthen it else it will never carry thee-up to the work of Christ nor can it keepe thy heart close to it so as to fulfill all His wils b Acts 13.38 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 This is an hot service thou art engaged upon now it will put thee to cost but if thy love be not strong as strong as death and that overcommeth all thou wilt never be at cost about it That thou mayest not faint in thy mind Looke to that Affection it is the great Centurion the commander in the soule Aske thy soule inrice over Doest thou love Christ And cease not till thou canst in uprightness of neart appeale unto Him as Peter did LORD Thou knowest that I love Thee Then certaine it is nothing will be too hard to doe nothing too much to suffer for Him but if this be wanting all is wanting I knew the●●●ne when the fore-mentioned made profession that they loved Christ they did not they hated Him for remisse love is called hatred and as it is called so it is and accounted And now it is so with them the wages of iniquity was tendered to their eye they embraced it and have blundered-on as Balaam did against the drawne sword And so reade the judgement they a●e delivered up to beleeve lies and to a sense reprobate Let the Word of GOD and then the love of God dwell richly in you Amen In the last place that it may be first and last remembred I will put to thee and my own soule these two questions and let us labour to put both out of question 1. Doe I put forth my selfe does my soule run-out in as earnest desire and pursuit to rise in Gods favour as the men of the world doe to rise in the favour of the world O let us labour to put this out of question And to help our consideration and that we may doe as afore-said let us compare favour with favour preferment with preferment the favour of a man with the favour of a God preferment in the Court of Kings with that in Heaven to be there as the Lord Christ is in glory And let us remember with-all or else all is nothing 2 Cor 59. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that the favour of God that is to be accepted of Him is the greatest preferment But it must be laboured for with the same labour of love as men have had who have laboured after a Bishoprick or if you will a Crowne of gold 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Clem. Al. Stro. 1.7 p. ●00 A Crowne of Glory must be so laboured after The Kingdome of God also suffers violence and the violent take it by force let us put this out of question 2. Doe I put forth my selfe am I as active for GOD for CHRIST and His cause as are the enemies of all Righteousnesse active for Anti-christ the promoting his cause If we are but as active it sufficeth And then our hands heads hearts will be all a work for God only this we must not doe not lie for God not doe wickedly for God we must doe as they doe with the same activity of spirit for CHRIST as they for Anti-christ We are for God we must work as God doth in our measure holily righteously there is no unrighteousnesse in Him Worke so and worke on Let head worke and tongue worke and hand worke heart soule and spirit worke it is for our Master in Heaven and His Cause a good Master and as good a Cause He will plentifully reward the work is done for Him seven fold into our bosome Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable alwayes abounding in the works of the Lord forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. FINIS