Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	holy_a	lord_n	word_n	17,433	5	4.1800	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B23181	A general epistle and a tender greeting, sent unto the flock of Christ; who meet together, to worship the Father and the Son in the spirit of truth; to be read in the fear and wisdom of God, amongst them.	Fox, George, d. 1661.	1660 (1660)	Wing F2004	6,921	11

A GENERAL EPISTLE And a tender Greeting sent unto The Flock of Christ Who meet together to Worship the Father and the Son in the Spirit of Truth to be read in the fear and wisdom of God amongst them DEar and tenderly beloved Friends and Children of the most high God who have felt and tasted of his eternal Word of Life and have been acquainted with the workings and opperations thereof whereby you are begotten again unto a lively hope and are brought to know that life which you were alienated from and that Covenant of Promise which ye were strangers unto Oh Friends unto you is my love in the Lord Jesus Christ exceeding great and for you do 〈◊〉 pray to the Father of life that ye may be kept stedfast in that life which ye have felt and tasted of and that nothing may move you from that hope and confidence which God hath begotten in you by the working of his mighty power Oh dear Babes let the love of our God break and melt you into the meek tender spirit of the Lamb and let the consideration of his mercy and grace which to you he hath shewn overcome you and make you sick of love Oh how can I express his goodness for it is beyond utterance yea his loving kindness to you-ward hath been exceeding large who in an acceptable time hath appeared and visited you with his tender love the light of the world and by his unresistable power hath he caused you to feel the day spring from on high even the breaking forth of light in your hearts and inward parts yea this did he do for you who were as sheep without a Shepherd scattered upon the Mountains in the cloudy and dark day Oh Friends how did his love reach unto you when ye were enemies unto him how plainly did he shew unto you the evil of your wayes which had seperated you from his presence and how tenderly did he hold forth his hand of love to lead you out of that which had made you miserable and how did he give you strength to walk when ye were lame and inclined your hearts after that which he shewed unto you to be good and how did he manifest his eternal power and righteous judgment in you against the body of sin and how did he beget and quicken a righteous seed in you which cannot live but in his presence and how mightily hath he opened the eye of your understandings by his eternal spirit that ye are brought to see the false wayes and worships of the world wherein ye were once intangled and he hath also given you to see the way to himself and the worship which he regards in the spirit of truth wherein you are come to know that which only can give satisfaction and make you eternally free Oh let the unexpressable love of the Father never be forgotten by you my dear friends but all keep to and dwell in that eternal immortal power of an endless life which ye have felt and tasted of and let your minds be kept to the workings and opperations of the same that so none of you may be daunted by the enemy within or without but all wait in the eternal light the foundation of God which can never be shaken that so your minds may be girded up and you kept upon your watch and your ear kept open to the Lord that so when he calls ye may answer and when he teaches ye may observe and obey that so your souls may live and that ye may see his eternal will in all conditions and be contented therewithal then will you feel the peace which none can take away And friends give all diligence to obey the word of wisdome that ye may be known to be its Children and that ye may feel and witness your growth into the nature of the immortal seed whose Kingdom is not of this world that so your redemption from the earth and all earthly things you may know through the blood of the unspoted Lamb of God which blood is the life which he gave a ransome for many which life is manifested in your mortal bodies that through faith in it ye may be saved And know this my Friends henceforth you are not your own for you are bought with a price and you are called with an holy calling that you might glorifie the Lord in your bodies and spirits which are the Lords Oh my Friends let not your delight be placed in the things of this world for then will you be intangled but wait in the feeling of the pure power of the Lord God that ye may be kept and preserved thereby that so ye that marry may be as if you married not and ye that have of this world as if ye possessed not and that ye may be kept in the living wisdome of God in the ordering of all things that are given unto you that so the glory of God and the honour of his eternall truth may be minded in all things and that your minds and hearts may be drawn out of all created things and ye kept single and chast unto the Lord that so if it were his will that ye should be seperated either from wife or husband outwardly or Children or Houses or Lands or any outward thing for his name sake that ye may be kept in that temper and frame of mind and spirit that ye may resign up all freely without murmuring that so ye may be known to be followers of the Lamb whithersoever he goeth for my babes it is given unto you as well to suffer for his namessake as to believe and hereby shall the world know that ye are redeemed from the earth if ye in patience and innocency give up to the will of God in all things Therefore dear hearts wait in the power and life of God that ye may feel your strength and courage and boldness for the Lord increased that when you are tryed ye may stand in that spirit of life and meekness which will give you eternal peace in all your sufferings and tryalls for the Lord will try you that ye may see and know him alone to be your strength and that the world may know that ye are a people saved by the almighty God and this know that ye that are faithfull shall not be proved beyond your strength for the Lord will be with you in all your tryals and the more that you are persecuted for his name the greater shal his power be felt in you and the more your enemies afflict you the greater shal be your joy and this shall torment your enemies So friends let patience have its perfect work that ye may be perfect and entire wanting nothing for the Lord will make up his Jewels and he will take away all the dross and nothing shall remain but that which will abide the trial in the fire for the Lord hath been loathed with the sacrifices of many who have professed his name but have not been subject to