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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	body_n	spirit_n	worship_v	2,550	5	9.5500	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01981	The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1632 (1632)	STC 12125; ESTC S103308	217,556	304

it pleaseth the Lord better then an oxe or bullocke Psal 69 30 31. yet were those ordained for solemne sacrifices under the Law Praise therfore is it which the Psalmist doth especiall vow to God vers 17. God standeth in need of nothing that we can doe or bestow But we stand in need of all that is his Our thankes which we give him addes nothing to him but makes him the more to respect us By it if it be rightly performed God is acknowledged to be what he is to give what he gives and to doe what he doth More then this the creature cannot doe more then this the Creator nor exacteth nor expecteth provided that it be not a meere lippe-labour but come from an heart thorowly affected with his excellencies and kindnesses and be ratified by an answerable carriage towards him spirit and truth Yet this hindreth not but that he may and must be also worshipped in body and in outward actions He must euer be worshipped in spirit whether with the body or without the body Spirituall worship may be without bodily worship and also stand with bodily worship but bodily worship cannot stand without spirituall worship 2 The Spirits of others are stirred up to joyne with us in congratulation and mutuall thanksgiving When the people saw and heard Ezra blesse the Lord they answered Amen Amen with lifting up their hands When Hezekiah made it knowne that he meant to celebrate a solemne passeover many of Ephraim Manasseh Ishaker and Zebulon came thereto This is one principall end of externall rites of gratulation mutually to stirre up one anothers spirit 3 Our owne spirits are much roused and quickened hereby Outward gratulatory actions as they manifest an inward gratefull affection so they are meanes as it were by a reflection to increase the heate of gratitude and enflame our zealous affection the more Now our dulnesse and coldnesse in all pious duties giveth evidence that all meanes that can bee used for quickening our spirits are little enough Too austere and severe are they who censure as unlawfull and condemne all chearefull rites and actions of gratulation Their maine ground is the evill consequence which followeth from thence But that followeth not from a lawfull use of warrantable rites but from an abuse of them which is indeed unlawfull If abuse of a thing were sufficient to prohibit the use of it the use of the most necessary and bounden duties which the word commandeth should be prohibited It is an especiall point of wisdome to discerne whence every evill ariseth and accordingly to be so circumspect in avoiding the evill as a warrantable commendable needfull usefull duty be not forborne thereby The wise farmer neglecteth not to sow his ground because weeds use to grow among the corne No wise man will forbid the drinking of wine because some by intemperancy are made drunke Evill consequences arising from good things give just occasion to be watchfull over our selves in the doing of those good things that by our carelesnesse they prove not pernicious So as it is not a sufficient plea for intemperancy to say the thing that we doe is lawfull He that hath warranted a thing to be done hath prescribed rules for the manner of doing it by a due observation whereof good things wil be well done In generall outward gratulatory actions must be 1 Such as are approved by God himselfe as those were which we noted in the proofe of the point For how can we thinke that those things which he approveth not will please him 2 Such as may beseeme the occasion even such chearefull actions as may revive mens spirits such also were those that are before mentioned As outward rites of humiliation must be such as may humble the soule so of gratulation such as may quicken it Psal 81. 1 c. 3 Such as are not offensive nor occasions to any corruption As are drinking healths especially on bare knees and in measure above that which sober men are able to beare lascivious dauncing revelling on the Lords Daies and other the like Among other externall rites of gratulation that which is here intended feasting is a principall one Thereof See The Whole Armour of God Treat 3. Part. 2. § 73. §. 87. Of joyning prayer with praise III. VVIth gratulation invocation must be joyned As with our petitions we must ioyne praises so with these those Prayer and praise are like two twinnes which though they have each of them their severall and distinct members yet by the navell are from their birth knit together and so grow together as if you force them asunder you kill them both one without the other cannot live They are therefore in sacred Scripture oft joyned together sometimes one sometimes another set in the former place thus In every thing by prayer and supplication with thankesgiving let your request be made knowne to God Pray without ceasing in every thing give thanks Give thankes unto the Lord call upon his name Praise the Lord call upon his name Observe the formes of praises and of prayers noted in Scripture and you shall finde where the principall occasion hath beene gratulation supplication to be added and also where the principall occasion hath beene supplication gratulation to be added Such is our estate here in this world and such is Gods dealing with us as there never wanteth occasion of both Never was any Saint brought into so desperate a distresse but that thorow the mist of his misery sweet beames of Gods mercy have shined upon him Nor ever was there any set in so bright and cleare a sun-shine of Gods favour but that some clouds have let fall showers of sorrowes if not in outward troubles yet in regard of inward corruptions yea and in the thought or feare of some eclipses of that sun-shine Thus in greatest occasion of hearty thanksgiving there is just occasion of humble petition And where there is most cause of humiliation there is also much cause of exultation Herein lyeth a maine difference betwixt mens estates here and hereafter Hereafter in Heauen is nothing but matter of gratulation in Hell is nothing but matter of exclamation and ejulation On Earth there is a mixture of both As for adding invocation to gratulation which is the particular here expressed thereby our sacrifice of praise is sanctified As every creature of God is sanctified by the word and prayer so the actions that we performe not pious and religious duties and among them not the most principall praising of God excepted The Word sheweth it to be a warrantable duty Prayer presented to God in the name of Christ maketh it an acceptable duty And whereas every thing that passeth from us is not onely imperfect thorow the defect thereof but also polluted by that sinke of corruption which is in us by faithfull prayer the defect is supplied the pollution is purged away What therefore God hath joyned together let no man put asunder