Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	work_v	world_n	yield_v	67	3	6.5494	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01452	a pearle of price or, The best purchase For which the spirituall marchant Ieweller selleth all his temporalls. By Samuel Gardiner, Batchellor of Diuinitie.	Gardiner, Samuel, b. 1563 or 4.	1600 (1600)	STC 11578; ESTC S118892	98,748	224

the comfort of his spirit especialy the word the conuoy and viati●um and releef of the whole man and therefore we cannot be too carefull of it We see how euery Princes exchequer is strictly kept A similitude they must passe through many walls doores and locks that intend to rifle it Let vs therefore keep our heauenly treasure which farre surmounteth this as fast locked up that it may be rescued from the hand of the robber As Ladies fasten their pearles to golden A similitude chaines or twisted ribbands that they might not be lost so let vs fasten this pearle to our heart that it may not be lost This wee shall doe if wee shall continue as wee beginne in the spirite If as we heare we mark and lay vp that which we haue heard if we resort vnto sermons not for carnall respects but for the glorie of God to receiue comfort from them if our treasure shal be where the hart is as the heart is where the treasure is Be not therfore slacke and remisse in this duty for if it be not continued and wel kept it will be gone from thee Such as keep it not when they haue it A similitude are compared by saint Iames to a man that beholdeth his face in a glasse Iam. 1 The man looketh not so well on the glasse as the woman doth for the man carelesly seeing a spot and blemish in his face letteth it alone but the woman curiously prieth into it and with a linnen cloth wipeth away euery little moath and whatsoeuer she espieth amisse in her Is this point of wisedome to learne of a woman it is no disgrace vnto vs to be as nice to reforme by the glasse of Gods word euery spot and wrinckle of the soul as women are by an outward glasse to do away the staines and vncleannes of the flesh It is labor lost to plant a vineyard A similitude if before it should yeeld his sweet and pleasant grape the hedge be broken vp and the way be laid open for the wild board out of the wood Psal ●0 and the beare out of the forrest to deuoure and root it vp It is in vaine to plough the ground and to sow thy field and to neglect thy haruest to fight manfully at the first brunt and before the victory like a seely coward to take thee thy to heels to lay a good foūdatiō and not to go forward with the rest of the building so to saile prosperously in the wide Ocean and to perish at the key side to go to schoole for a time with children and a little while after to giue it ouer quite Blessed are they that heare the word and keep it Luke 11 and hide it in their heart saith Christ for that is the vse A similitude the end of it If we heare it to any other vain end we do like idle boies who being sent into the streete by their parents for to buy a thing do loiter by the way and gaze vppon euery vaine and idle toy that they see before their eyes CHAP. VIII That this heauenly Treasure is to be preferred and esteemed of vs aboue all earthly riches COmparisons betweene heauenly and earthly riches are both odious and dangerous There is as great difference and ods between them as between light and darknes righteousnes and vnrighteousnes God and Belial 1. Cor. 6 He that seeth a Phisitian to make good account of such hearbs and simples A similitude which him selfe in simplicity hath euer trampled vnderfoote argueth himselfe by this man ●●ection of former indiscretion We haue hitherto bin too erroneously led with an obiect opinion of dueties of religion The lustes of the flesh haue bin more set by then the lawes of the spirit this present euill world more then Gods most blessed word and momentany vanity more then endles felicity The base brat of the bond-woman too presumptuously lordeth the son of the free-woman a deadly debate and dispute there is about Moses his body between the Angell and the diuell not that each of them might haue part but which of them should haue al. And thus whilst the strife is endles between them we are put to our dumps and doubts within our selues with the damsell that hath many sutors comming to her and knoweth not whom to chuse This Gospel like a Gold-smith is in the right and his imitation is our best direction His cunning serueth him to make chiefest choyce of that which we chiefly do debase and for the gaine of godlynes which we esteeme of least to barter away as beggarly trash all worldly kind of wealth which we set by so much This man for the gain of his golden mine and for the purchase of this matchles pearle giueth ouer all whether it was bequeathed vnto him by legacy or coffered vp since by foreseeing industry whatsoeuer it was it was morgaged and sold for the purchase of piety And surely herein his choice is very good and cannot be reproued A similitude For better reason ruleth him and wisedome that goeth beyond the reach of mans wisedome is his warrant in this action Is it not good reason when offer is made to him of the wedge of gold at the same rate which the foyl and rayes are set at which this mettall casteth and the true pearle indeede standeth him in no more then that would do which is counterfeit of glasse that he shuld more esteeme of the one then the other the treasures of Gods kingdome are offred vnto him at the same charge that he bought his worldly wealth true pearle is as cheap as the dung of the earth vnto him I maruell not therefore that be accounted other things as lost to win and weare this inestimable iewell The rudest poorest peasant A similitude that feedeth most grossely masting himself with akornes a swinish foode if he may haue wheat as cheap a pure and kind repast the naturall strength and staffe of mans life he would be glad of such an exchange would cope the other for it Worldly riches are but hoggish huskes rather filling vs then fatting vs rather aggrauating then recreating the stomack if Manna which is heauenly and angelicall food may be giuen vs for this I hold him miserably madde that shall make refusall of it If God doth put vpon vs the persons of Agamemnon and will make vs kings for euer haue we reason still to beare the image of Thersites and to liue as seruile slaues and caitiues for euer See we not how Cleargy men do resigne and giue vp their meane and smaller liuings A similitude whenas benefits of more worth and sufficiency are giuen them if the benefits which the spirit yeeldeth are of more valew then such which the world is able to affoord vs why work not we so wisely as to make our choice of them What esteemed Saul the losse of his asses 1. Sa. 9. 10. when he found