Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	artery_n	heart_n	vein_n	9,504	5	10.0908	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60487	Select discourses ... by John Smith ... ; as also a sermon preached by Simon Patrick ... at the author's funeral ; with a brief account of his life and death.; Selections. 1660	Smith, John, 1618-1652.; Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1660 (1660)	Wing S4117; ESTC R17087	340,869	584

with_o that_o common_a sense_n and_o experience_n which_o we_o have_v of_o our_o soul_n this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o soul_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o that_o innate_a force_n and_o power_n which_o it_o have_v within_o it_o to_o stir_v up_o such_o thought_n and_o motion_n within_o itself_o as_o it_o find_v itself_o most_o free_a to_o and_o therefore_o when_o we_o reflect_v upon_o the_o production_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n we_o be_v soon_o able_a to_o find_v out_o the_o first_o efficient_a cause_n of_o they_o and_o though_o the_o subtlety_n of_o some_o wit_n may_v have_v make_v it_o difficult_a to_o find_v out_o whether_o the_o understanding_n or_o the_o will_n or_o some_o other_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o first_o mover_n whence_o the_o motus_fw-la primò_fw-la primus_fw-la as_o they_o please_v to_o call_v it_o proceed_v yet_o we_o know_v it_o be_v original_o the_o soul_n itself_o who_o vital_a act_n they_o all_o be_v and_o although_o it_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o cause_n as_o derive_v all_o its_o virtue_n from_o itself_o as_o simplicius_n distinguish_v in_o 1._o de_fw-la an._n cap._n 1._o yet_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vital_o coworking_a with_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n when_o we_o come_v to_o examine_v those_o motion_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o body_n this_o stream_n run_v so_o far_o under_o ground_n that_o we_o know_v not_o how_o to_o trace_v it_o to_o the_o head_n of_o it_o but_o we_o be_v fain_o to_o analyse_v the_o whole_a artifice_n look_v from_o the_o spirit_n to_o the_o blood_n from_o that_o to_o the_o heart_n view_v all_o along_o the_o mechanical_a contrivance_n of_o vein_n and_o artery_n neither_o know_v we_o after_o all_o our_o search_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o perpetuum_fw-la mobile_a in_o our_o own_o body_n or_o whether_o all_o the_o motion_n thereof_o be_v only_o by_o the_o redundancy_n of_o some_o external_a motion_n without_o we_o 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riddle_n though_o it_o be_v as_o good_a as_o any_o else_o which_o they_o who_o hold_v the_o materiality_n and_o mortality_n of_o soul_n in_o their_o own_o nature_n can_v frame_v to_o salve_v this_o difficulty_n yet_o be_v of_o such_o a_o private_a interpretation_n that_o i_o believe_v no_o oedipus_n be_v able_a to_o expound_v it_o but_o yet_o by_o what_o we_o may_v guess_v at_o it_o we_o shall_v easy_o find_v that_o this_o insolent_a conceit_n and_o all_o else_o of_o this_o nature_n destroy_v the_o freedom_n of_o will_n more_o than_o any_o fate_n which_o the_o severe_a censour_n thereof_o who_o he_o sometime_o tax_v ever_o set_v over_o it_o for_o how_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v make_v subject_n to_o a_o free_a and_o impartial_a debate_n of_o reason_n or_o fall_v under_o the_o level_n of_o freewill_n if_o all_o thing_n be_v the_o mere_a result_n either_o of_o a_o fortuitous_a or_o fatal_a motion_n of_o body_n which_o can_v have_v no_o power_n or_o dominion_n over_o themselves_o and_o 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vi_fw-la alienâ_fw-la sed_fw-la suâ_fw-la moveri_fw-la as_o tully_n argue_v it_o feel_v itself_o able_a to_o preserve_v itself_o from_o the_o foreign_a force_n of_o matter_n and_o can_v say_v of_o all_o those_o assault_n which_o be_v at_o any_o time_n make_v against_o those_o sorry_a mud-wall_n which_o in_o this_o life_n enclose_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o stoic_a do_v all_o this_o be_v nothing_o to_o i_o who_o be_o yet_o free_a and_o can_v command_v within_o when_o this_o feeble_a carcase_n be_v able_a no_o long_o to_o obey_v i_o and_o when_o that_o be_v shatter_v and_o break_v down_o i_o can_v live_v any_o where_o else_o without_o it_o for_o i_o be_v not_o that_o but_o have_v only_o a_o command_n over_o it_o while_o i_o dwell_v in_o it_o but_o before_o we_o whole_o desert_v this_o head_n we_o may_v add_v some_o further_a strength_n to_o it_o from_o the_o observation_n of_o that_o conflict_n which_o the_o reason_n and_o understanding_n of_o man_n maintain_v 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and_o more_o plain_o declare_v its_o own_o high_a descent_n to_o we_o that_o it_o be_v able_a to_o subsist_v and_o act_v without_o the_o aid_n and_o assistance_n of_o this_o matter_n which_o it_o inform_v and_o here_o we_o shall_v take_v that_o course_n that_o aristotle_n do_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la and_o first_o of_o all_o inquire_v whether_o it_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o kind_n of_o action_n so_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o itself_o as_o not_o to_o depend_v upon_o the_o body_n and_o this_o soon_o offer_v itself_o in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o we_o in_o those_o elicit_v motion_n of_o it_o as_o the_o moralist_n be_v wont_a to_o name_v they_o which_o though_o they_o may_v end_v in_o those_o they_o call_v imperate_a act_n yet_o have_v their_o first_o emanation_n from_o nothing_o else_o but_o the_o soul_n itself_o for_o this_o purpose_n we_o shall_v take_v notice_n of_o two_o sort_n of_o action_n which_o be_v obvious_a to_o the_o experience_n of_o 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give_v no_o consent_n to_o create_v this_o trouble_n to_o we_o beside_o all_o those_o passion_n and_o perception_n which_o be_v beget_v within_o we_o by_o some_o external_a motion_n which_o derive_v themselves_o through_o our_o sense_n and_o fierce_o knock_v at_o the_o door_n of_o our_o mind_n and_o understanding_n force_v they_o sometime_o from_o their_o deep_a debate_n &_o muse_n of_o some_o other_o thing_n to_o open_v to_o they_o and_o give_v they_o a_o audience_n now_o as_o to_o such_o motion_n as_o these_o be_v it_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o our_o body_n that_o our_o soul_n shall_v be_v acquaint_v with_o they_o a_o man_n body_n be_v so_o contrive_v and_o his_o soul_n so_o unite_v to_o it_o that_o they_o may_v have_v a_o speedy_a access_n to_o the_o soul_n indeed_o some_o ancient_a philosopher_n thought_n that_o the_o soul_n descend_v more_o deep_o into_o the_o body_n as_o they_o express_v it_o first_o beget_v these_o corporeal_a motion_n unbeknow_v to_o itself_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o more_o deep_a immersion_n which_o afterward_o by_o their_o impetuousness_n excite_v its_o advertency_n but_o whatsoever_o truth_n there_o be_v in_o that_o assertion_n we_o clear_o find_v from_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n themselves_o that_o our_o soul_n disow_v they_o and_o acknowledge_v no_o such_o motion_n to_o have_v be_v so_o busy_a by_o her_o commission_n neither_o know_v what_o they_o be_v from_o whence_o they_o arise_v or_o whither_o they_o tend_v until_o she_o have_v due_o examine_v they_o but_o these_o corporeal_a motion_n as_o they_o seem_v to_o arise_v from_o nothing_o else_o but_o mere_o from_o the_o machina_fw-la of_o the_o body_n itself_o so_o they_o can_v not_o at_o all_o be_v sensated_a but_o by_o the_o soul_n neither_o indeed_o be_v all_o our_o own_o corporeal_a action_n perceive_v by_o we_o but_o only_o those_o that_o may_v serve_v to_o maintain_v a_o good_a correspondence_n &_o intelligence_n between_o the_o soul_n 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energy_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o union_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o therefore_o when_o we_o will_v acquaint_v ourselves_o with_o the_o anatomy_n and_o vital_a function_n of_o our_o own_o body_n we_o be_v fain_o to_o use_v the_o same_o course_n and_o method_n that_o we_o will_v to_o find_v out_o the_o same_o thing_n in_o any_o other_o kind_n of_o animal_n as_o if_o our_o soul_n have_v as_o little_a to_o do_v with_o any_o of_o these_o in_o our_o own_o body_n as_o they_o have_v in_o the_o body_n of_o any_o other_o brute_n creature_n but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n we_o know_v as_o well_o that_o manything_n 2._o that_o be_v do_v by_o we_o be_v do_v at_o the_o dictate_v and_o by_o the_o commission_n of_o our_o own_o will_n and_o therefore_o all_o such_o action_n as_o these_o be_v we_o know_v without_o any_o great_a store_n of_o discursive_a inquiry_n to_o attribute_v to_o their_o own_o proper_a cause_n as_o see_v the_o efflux_n and_o propagation_n of_o they_o we_o do_v not_o by_o 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