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	worthy_a	83	3	6.7453	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67045	A word in season: or, A discourse of the three estates to wit, the truly civil, truly spiritual, and false ecclesiastical estate: shewing, that this last, or third estate, is a remainder of popery, and ought to be taken away. Presented to the King and Queen's most excellent Majesty, together with the right honourable the Lords and Commons assembled at Westminster.		1689 (1689)	Wing W3547A; ESTC R220041	9,613	16

in this day of so great Deliverance already begun that God would be pleas'd to put into the hearts of the Supream Power in this Nation to make the People Free Freeing them from the Yoke of Spiritual Bondage that we may see in this our day that word fulfill'd that Kings shall be Nursing Fathers as was King Jehosaphat King Ezekiah and that young King Josiah and in so doing will bring their Glory and Honour to Christ in his Church which is Christs Mystical Body who hath the Sun for her Cloathing the Moon for her Footstool and the Twelve Stars for a Crown upon her She having by Faith and Holiness put on Christ the Son of Righteousness that is risen unto her as she hath learnt him of his Apostles so is she hereby advanced to heavenly Dignity her Conversation being in Heaven She loveth no more this world of which her self is not but Travelleth with pains of Child-Birth that Christ may be form'd in his Elect calling them out of Babylon this false Ecclesiastical State of Egyptian Darkness into his Marvellous Light to shew forth the Praises of the Lord in Sion where the Lord God is a Sun and Shield the Lord will give Grace and Glory and no good thing will he withold from them that walk Vprightly Therefore Oh that all would lay to heart these things and examine themselves whether they are in the Broad Way that leadeth to Destruction or the Strait and Narrow Way that leadeth to Everlasting Life seeing how many sorts of People do plead that they are worshipers of the living God not considering as every one ought by whose appointment and directions they do worship God for the Turks boast how that they worship the Living God and concerning Christ as one saith the Turks are well contented that Christ be a Holy Prophet and a most Worthy Creature yea the Word of God the Soul of God and the Spirit of God conceiv'd of the Holy Ghost and Born of Mary the Virgin but will in no case grant him to be the Son of God therefore no Law-Giver to them in Worship so that they worship God by the directions or appointment of Mahomet according to his wicked Alcaron therefore both they and their Service or Worship is not accepted of God Secondly The Papal Religion boast That they are Worshipers of the Living God and do in word Profess Jesus to be the Son of God yet they by no means will acknowledge in Works that Christ is the Son of God Law-giver to them in Worship but do Worship God by the Counsel and Direction of sundry Popes and Prelates as Lord-Bishops so that for this reason among others neither themselves nor their Worship can be accepted of God Thirdly And will not Protestants consider then that as aforesaid there is but one Law-giver in Worship that is Jesus Christ the Prophet Priest and King in his Church who was Faithful as a Son over his own House if he be so why then is the Service Book the whole form of Worship in Protestant Churches which Christ hath not given for directions in Worship in his Testament but is taken out of the Popes Mass-Book as when it was translated into English the Men in Devonshire Rebelled supposing their Service was altered to whom King Edward answered If the Service in the Church was good in Latin it remained good in English for nothing is alter'd but to speak with knowledge that which was spoken in Ignorance and to this agreeth the words of the Papists in their Supplication to King James the First Anno. 1604. Reasons of Religion They insult against Protestants faying That from their Treasure-house the Religion now Established hath learn'd the form of Christening Marrying Churching of Women Visiting the Sick Burying and sundry other like as the Bocks Translated out of theirs do declare These being so gross that the Lord Jesus should be so despised who is the Wisdom of God that Protestants should despise-the Holy Order of Worship in Christs Testament and so deny him to be the Son of God Law-giver in Worship which the Primitive Christians walked in for the first three hundred years un●ill about the middle of the fourth Century until Pastors or Bishops sought after Dignities to be Church Princes as aforesaid they about that time begun to take upon them the office of Christ to be Law-Makers in Worship Oh therefore that the Lord would open the Eyes of all Protestants to consider these things before it be too late and c●st off from them the Romish Service-Book together with that Prelatical Priest-hood whose Ordination successively they have receiv'd from the Pope as well as that Jewish and Ceremonial Heav Offering of the Law of Tythes remembring what the Lord said to Israel when they came out of old Egypt left Written for our Admonition that are come out of the Spiritual Egypt After the doings of the Land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt shall ye not do neither walk in their Ordinances my Judgments shall ye do my Ordinances shall ye keep to walk in them I am the Lord your God Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the World are ye Subject to Ordinances touch not tast not handle not which all are to perish with the using after the Commandment and Doctrine of Men and as a warning to all Christ saith In vain do such Worship God whose fear towards God is taught by the Precept of Men so then the sure Rule is given by Christ who saith Blessed are they that do his Commandments that they may have right to the Tree of Life and enter in through the Gates into the City Seeing then all mens Traditions in Worship it Idolatry and no Idolator shall inherit the Kingdom of God c. as there is Men Idols as well as Idols made of other matter For when Israel had made to themselves a new Ministry in Worship to God not mentioned in the Law of Moses These were called by the Word of the Lord Hol-Shepherds Zach. 11.17 even so whatsoever People shall make to themselves now in days of the Gospel if another Ministry than Christ hath appointed in his Testament in the Breach of the second Commandment they are Idol Shepherds so that hence it is saith John Many Deceivers are entred into the World and the World heareth them so that after many Exhortations to the Churches of God one was Little Children keep your selves from Idols Amen 1 John 5.2 FINIS