Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	worship_n	worship_v	worshipper_n	4,806	4	12.4611	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51907	A commentarie or exposition upon the prophecie of Habakkuk together with many usefull and very seasonable observations / delivered in sundry sermons preacht in the church of St. James Garlick-hith London, many yeeres since, by Edward Marbury ...	Marbury, Edward, 1581-ca. 1655.	1650 (1650)	Wing M568; ESTC R36911	431,426	623

working in that means Thus in the Church of Rome Angels by God employed for the service of man by the over-doing thankfulnesse of man were honoured with the honour due to him that sent them Those that leave the service of God and study men and apply themselves wholly to their humours to better their estates do set up new and strange gods against the true God and give his glory to creatures and make their means their idols do commit idolatry and break the first great Commandement of the Law The Romanists cannot clear themselves of this trespasse though Bellarmine their Champion do his best to excuse it He distinguisheth between images which he calleth veras rerum similitudines the true similitudes of things but he calleth idols false Representations of things that are not But not to trouble our selves to examine his frivolous distinction the image it selfe of a true thing subsisting is a creature and to give that the honour due only to God is grosse idolatry for example that in their Romane Breviary which is directed to the Crosse be it not to the image and representation of the Crosse before their eyes but in it to the Crosse it selfe is it not idolatry O Crux ave spes unica hoc passionis tempore auge piis justitiam reisque dona veniam 2. This text chargeth them that they offend whereby it appeareth that idolatry is an offence you see how high it reacheth even to the ungodding of the Almighty and we shall shortly see how sore it smarteth upon the offenders 1. The devil is the Authour of idolatry Reas 1 for when God had buried Moses secretly to prevent idolatry the devil would have discovered the place to move the People to idolatry that was the strife which Saint Jude mentioneth between Michael the Arch-angel and the devil about the body of Moses wherein the Arch-angel prevailed against him 2. The devil is a great tempter to idolatry Reas 2 Matth. 4. for he assaulted Christ so si procidens adoraveris me if thou wilt fall down and worship me 3. The devil is the chief Agent in the Ministery of the idolatrous Priests Reas 3 as the evil spirit offered his service to be a lying spirit in the mouths of Baals Prophets foure hundred of them at once 1 Reg. 22.22 The promise of Satan is that which he profest to Christ to draw men from the worship of God to worship him and there is no mean all worshippers that do not worship the true God worship Satan so the Chaldaean imputeth their force to Satan for he that is not with him is against him The use of this point is taught by the Apostle Saint John Vse 1 John 5.21 Babes keep your selves from idols give not the glory of God to creatures It is an admirable thing in the whole course of the story of Israel and after of the Iews Moses could tell them for what Nation is there so great Who hath God so nigh unto them Deut. 4.7 as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for Yet was idolatry their national sinne although upon all occasions they might advise with God though they had the pillar of fire the pillar of cloud the Arke the Law the Priesthood the Temple and all the oracles of God committed to them Therefore no wonder if the Chaldaean who had none of this did commit idolatry These are examples for us and because we have no feare but of the idolatry of the Church of Rome we must take warning to keep our selves from their idols and their idolatry This we understand is now the study and care of the religious Patriots in the honourable and high Court of Parliament let us joyn with them in our Prayers to God for the rooting out of the Romish Religion let us give God our hearty thanks that he worketh by his spirit such zeal of the glory of his truth in the godly faithful hearts of the Commons of this land to stirre and rowze up themselves in a matter so much concerning the honour of our God as this doth For who delivered us from the Spanish violence in 88 And who delivered us from the bloody powder treason in An. 1605 If the gods that our enemies serve could have prevailed against our God had we not been as Sodom and as Gomorrah Therefore let us pray God to preserve us from idols and from them that love and serve them of whom I may say truly with David The words of their mouths are smoother then butter but warre is in their heart Ps 55.21 Their words are softer then oyle yet are they drawn swords There can be no hope that those men which will rob God of his glory and give it away to creatures will ever be true to us Let every one in the zeal of Gods glory shew and professe his hatred to idolatry and his love of the true Worship of God and as they need the sword of the Lord and of Gideon so let us cry The sword of the Lord his word in the mouths of his faithful Ministers and the sword of Gideon the sword of the religious Court of Parliament against them Vers 12. Art thou not from everlasting O Lord my God my holy one we shall not dye O Lord my God thou hast ordained them for judgement and O mighty God thou hast establisted them for correction 13. Thou art of purer eyes then to behold evill and canst not look on iniquity wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous then he 14. And makest men as the fishes of the sea and as the creeping things that have no ruler over them 15. They take up all of them with the angle they catch them in their net and gather them in their dragge therefore they rejoyce and are glad 16. Therefore they sacrifice unto their net and burn incense unto their dragge because by them their portion is fat and their meat plenteous 17. Shall they therefore empty their net and not spare continually to slay the nations AFter God hath denounced his judgment upon the Jews contained in the former Section now the Prophet beginneth a new wrastling with God in the behalf of the afflicted members of his Church The Prophets speech is addressed to God himself wherein he first ascribeth to God Eternity Art not thou from everlasting O Lord my God He ascribeth to him Holinesse My holy One And this Pronoune possessive My doth lay hold upon a special interest that Habakkuk by faith claimeth in God From which consideration he draweth this cheerful Conclusion We shall not die O Lord speaking of himselfe and of the afflicted in the Church of the Jews that though God had threatned such an invasion by the hand and power of the Chaldaeans yet shall it not proceed to their ruine God will keep his Church there is a remnant that God will save from the