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	person_n	son_n	20,542	5	6.1434	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69544	The Lambs government to be exalted over all in Israel ..., or, The glory of the Lord risen like devouring fire ... with an exhortation (from God) that none ... seek to physitians ... without his leadings ... / given forth in the movings (at the commandment) of the Captain of Israel, by one that followeth him, William Baily.	Bayly, William, d. 1675.	1663 (1663)	Wing B1531; ESTC R24857	28,238	40

God but of the world and the day of tryal is now come in which things that have been hid shall be manifest There is a spirit that can satisfie it self with the profession likeness or image of the Truth but its cross and burden is the very Truth it self which doth discover it judge it and cast it out Therefore take heed and beware of that spirit believe it not but judge it in every appearance it is the leaven of the Pharisees which can never enter but shuts up the Kingdome of God with all its Righteousness Comprehension and Profession This spirit is without the vail and cannot see the end of those things which God will abolish being shut out of the Holiest of All in which the secrets and wonderful works of God are manifest to them that fear him so this spirit judgeth according to the outward appearance and not with righteous judgement This is that Bastard or Son of the Bond woman which shall not inherit with the Heir the Son of the Free-woman This is a knower of men after the flesh the flesh is the vail and a respecter of persons and loveth the praise of men and esteemeth the rich in this world more than the poor whom God hath chosen rich in faith and heirs of his everlasting Kingdom Therefore beware of it let it have no place in thy Bosom or within thy Borders O Israel for it is abomination unto the Lord thy God and a great Oppressor and Griever of his seed and a contemner and secret despiser of his mean appearances in his babes and little ones in and by whom he will confound the wisdom and glory of all flesh Again There is a spirit that thinks or conceits better of it self than of others because of outward things which it seems to possesse or because of the knowledge experiences or tryals which it hath had in dayes past through the dealings of God in his love to the Seed and with these things decks it selfe and through which the heart is lifted up out of Gods fear feeding it self with the Manna which corrupteth this is a disobedient spirit an imprisoner of the Seed and Life of God in the particular and an oppressor and wounder of it in the general and it is a lover of this world secretly in its heart though it seems to have a beautiful out-side or covering the sower of discord lodgeth as a couched Beast in its bosome and the back-biter lyes within its breast which as Arrows it will send forth against the upright and simple hearted which doth discover see and fathome the ground and foundation thereof therefore beware of it judge it and cast it off for ever for it is of the old leaven of malice and wickedness It hath a life in giving heed to reports yea false reports against others entertaining them and reporting them thereby to cover it self as with a garment that so it might be esteemed and have the preheminence and that others whom it pleaseth may be dis-esteemed slighted or undervalued This spirit the Lord God will cast down and abase unto the nethermost Pit it is a Robber of God and a despiser of his neighbour it is very neer unto the chains of darkness in them to be reserved unto the day of great Judgement Therefore O Israel follow thou the Lord thy God alone who discovereth the very secrets of all hearts and is the searcher tryer and finder out of every false spirit before whose presence and in whose sight all things that have been hidden shall be sought out evidently seen and made manifest unto the ends of the Earth For the day is come in which no shadow of death or dark covering shall hide the worker of iniquity and wickednesse though never so secret Therefore remember with whom thou hast to do for all things are naked open and bare before his pure eyes And see thou walkest in the Light of the Lord which is the Light of his true Israel and remains their standing dwelling-place which shall be for a flame and an everlasting fire in the hearts of all them who wilfully and contemptuously transgress against him and comes not to be humbled because thereof before him This is thy God and Lord which brought thee up at first out of Egypt the dark Land and hath led thee by a way thou knewest not who gave thee water in the desart and Manna in the wildernesse who was as a Gloud by day and as a Pillar of fire by night and who by little and little did drive out the many strange Nations that thou mightest inherit the promised Land which remains for ever a Rest for the People and Seed of God Now he called thee not out of Egypt in the day of thine afflictions and grievous burthens sighs groans and tears when thou cryedst to go forth to sacrifice unto him that thou shouldest return or make thee a Captain to go back again to the house of bondage but that thou shouldst be a redeemed holy peculiar people unto himself zealous for truth righteousness and every good work And thou mayst remember that thou wert charged in that day of thy entrance into the good Land that thou shouldst not worship nor bow down to any of the Gods of the strange Nations whom he drove out before thee neither give your sons to their daughters nor your daughters to their sons in Marriage least it become a snare unto thee and steal away thine heart from wholly following the Lord thy God which brought thee up from the land of darkness or out of the North Country where thou wert driven and scattered upon the cold cloudy and barren Mountains as sheep without a shepherd Was not this thy state O Israel in which thy God sought thee and found thee and was not this the acceptable year and the appoynted time or day of salvation Didst not thou rejoyce as a poor captive bound in chains to be delivered what wouldst thou have promised or what couldst thou have done or left undone in those dayes for his sake who then appeared for thy deliverance Didst thou not say in thine heart that this God should be thy God if he would but give thee bread to eat and raiment to put on when he called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit when thou couldst have put thy mouth in the dust if there might have been but hope When thou fattest trembling upon the ground and lookedst every way without for a comforter and when thou wert as at thy wits end in thy wearisom toyls troubles and anguish of spirit then did not the Lord hear thy cryes and remember his Covenant which was made to Abraham and to his Seed for ever and see thine afflictions and come down to deliver And didst not thou rejoyce like them in Harvest at the appearance or breaking forth of this Morning wert not thou ready to call in thy neighbours to rejoyce with thee when the Lords money on which his Image is was found

glorified it with Dominion and Peace And consider what Law or Learning David had when he came from feeding the Sheep being but a youth and what weapon had he when he slew the uncircumcised Philistine more than the smooth stone in the Shepherds Bag he that can read let him without Staffe or Spear in the Name of the Lord. And they marvailed to see the boldness of Peter and John who were ignorant and unlearned men in their Laws and Letters and the Pharisees said The Disciples of Jesus know not the Law and also of him Whence hath this man learning seeing he knoweth not Letters Thus did God confound the wisdome of the wise and prudent in Ages past as in this Age who hath alway chosen the foolish things of this world that no flesh or fleshly part should glory in his presence Therefore Dear Friends Let no Babe or simple one among you be discouraged who are ignorant in the outward Lawes and Letters but keep to the Royal Law in the heart written by the Finger of the living God in which you will feel the springings up of the Royal Seed and Birth which fulfils the righteous Law and Letters and was before the Letters and Lawes of men was whose heart trusteth only in the living God and makes not flesh his Arme. This is the true Seed the Heir But that which makes flesh his Arme is the Seed of evill doers which shall never be renowned And so my dear Friends in all things mind the leadings and counsel of God for he leads his people and guides their feet in the way of peace and he alone is the saving health of all Nations and without him they can do nothing that is good and acceptable in his sight and let your eyes be toward him who is invisible dwelling in the light and neither act or speak out of his fear and counsel then will you be preserved to his praise and to your eternal comfort and peace and whether you eat or drink or whatever you doe let all be done in the Faith to the glory of God for what is not of faith is sin so shall you be kept stedfast on the unmoveable Rock through and over all things which may come to pass as your tryals and be upheld in the meek and quiet spirit which in Gods sight is of great price And in this is the Kingdome and patience of Jesus and the victory of the Lamb known who must Rule and Reigne till all his enemies are put under his Feet Amen To the Blessed Seed and Children of the Everlasting Holy Covenant in the Life of the Lamb of God in whose mouth is found no guile throughout the whole Creation A most dear and tender Salutation O Thou Blessed Seed of the promise who hast long lain as in the Clefts of the Rocks and hast been as a stranger throughout the whole world and yet lyes as a Lamb slain in the streets of Sodom and Egypt spiritually my soul breaths cryes and groans unto the living God for thy sake and I am in sorrow and pain as a woman in travel because of thy great oppressions who knoweth thy sorrows thy griefs and thy secret complaints who knoweth thy sighs thy groans and thy tears amongst the children of men who art as a worm in the lowest parts of the earth bearing the weights and heavy pressures of the iniquity thereof To whom canst thou turn to the right hand or left to unbosome thy self in the depth of thy inward travels but onely to the living fountain from whence thou sprang O O thou Lamb of God which takes away the sin and removes the foundations of the Earth when wilt thou yet arise more in thy beauty and glory among the sons of men to bear the Government on thy shoulders whose right it is That thou mayest lead them forth in the green pastures by the fountain of still waters that thy innocency tenderness and love unfeigned might be known as the waters cover the Sea For thou art without guile the alone pure and undefiled one thou art harmless as a Dove thou art the chiefest of ten thousands thou art altogether lovely the world knoweth thee not thou art as a Lilly among Thorns and as an Apple Tree amongst the Trees of the Forrest thy smell is as Lebanon and thy taste exceeds the Pomgranates O thou fairest among the Sons and thou beautifullest among the Daughters What shall I say of thee O thou Beloved of my soul I am even sick of love my soul is even melted in the breathings of thy precious life and I am even ravished with love in thy presence for thy Countenance is exceeding the Angels of God thou art terrible as an Army with Banners to the ungodly but thou delightest in the upright humble and contrite ones thou art my Saviour in whom my soul rejoyceth and my spirit doth magnifie thee O thou everlasting Son of Righteousnesse Arise arise shine forth in thy strength and glory and drive back all the Clouds of darknesse which have covered the Earth and the grosse darknesse which hath covered the People that the glory of thy Light may enlighten the world and thy brightnesse may shame and confound the glory of all flesh that thy dominion might be known throughout the whole Earth which is an everlasting dominion and thy Kingdome of Righteousness which hath no end that the Nations may come to the glory of thy Light and Kings to the brightnesse thereof to Rule in thine Eternal Counsel Wisdome Dominion and Victory over all that songs of praises deliverance and triumph for ever and ever may be founded unto thee who wast dead and art alive and livest for evermore casting down all their Crowns at thy feet for thou alone art worthy to Rule and Reign and to have all Honour Glory Strength Wisdome Riches and Blessing For thou wert slain because of our sins and art now arising to redeem thy People out of Kindreds Tongues and Nations by thy blood and art becoming King of Kings and Lord of Lords in us thy Babes and Children thou art the Tree of life in the midst of the Garden of God by thy vertue must the Nations be healed thou art the Pearl of great price thy worth is not to be valued with fine Cold thou art far above Rubies thou hast been a Treasure hid in the field dwelling in the lower parts of the Earth and yet above the highest Heavens both which thou hast upheld to this day by thy power thou art the Salt of the Earth and the Light of the world though they have not known thee but trampled thee under foot as a despicable thing thy face hath been marred more than any mans and thy form more than the sons of men thou art that Just One and holy Childe which hath long been as a Servant though by right art Lord of all on thy back hath the Ploughers ploughed long furrows oh how have the Smiters smitten at the appearance of the lifting