Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	apostle_n	church_n	doctrine_n	1,965	5	6.0236	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41681	The court of gentiles. Part III, The vanity of pagan philosophy demonstrated from its causes, parts, proprieties, and effects, namely pagan idolatrie, Judaic apostasie, gnostic infusions, errors among the Greek fathers, specially Origen, Arianisme, Pelagianisme, and the whole systeme of papisme or antichristianisme : distributed into three parts, mystic, scholastic, and canonic theologie / by Theophilus Gale.	Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.	1677 (1677)	Wing G141; ESTC R10994	239,335	264

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characterise_v herein_o i_o will_v not_o positive_o affirm_v that_o the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gnostic_n be_v give_v to_o or_o assume_v by_o they_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n though_o grotius_n and_o hammond_n favour_n this_o sentiment_n because_o some_o learned_a man_n contradict_v it_o but_o this_o i_o believe_v that_o the_o gnostic_n infusion_n and_o error_n be_v very_o much_o diffuse_v through_o some_o of_o the_o primitive_a church_n in_o the_o apostle_n day_n and_o therefore_o oft_o strike_v at_o in_o their_o epistle_n as_o it_o will_v appear_v by_o what_o follow_v out_o of_o irenaeus_n disciple_n of_o polycarp_n who_o live_v in_o the_o second_o centurie_n and_o profess_o write_v against_o the_o gnostic_n and_o valentinus_n their_o sectator_n yea_o eusebius_n and_o photius_n tell_v we_o that_o irenaeus_n five_o book_n against_o the_o gnostic_n and_o valentinian_o have_v this_o title_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o reviction_n of_o knowledge_n false_o so_o 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exact_o conformable_a to_o jezebel_n baalim_fw-la as_o mede_n on_o 2_o pet._n 2.1_o diatrib_o 3._o edit_fw-la 1._o pag._n 548._o excellent_o show_v we_o here_o note_n say_v he_o that_o wheresoever_o you_o read_v in_o scripture_n of_o the_o idolatry_n of_o jeroboam_n calf_n and_o of_o ahab_n baalim_fw-la think_v of_o what_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o and_o know_v that_o whatsoever_o god_n speak_v against_o these_o thing_n there_o the_o same_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o apostate_n christian_n under_o rome_n who_o case_n be_v the_o very_a same_o the_o holy_a ghost_n place_v the_o essence_n of_o the_o great_a apostasy_n under_o the_o man_n of_o sin_n in_o idolatry_n and_o spiritual_a fornication_n etc._n etc._n 2._o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n after_o the_o babylonian_a captivity_n have_v in_o like_a manner_n its_o foundation_n in_o pagan_a philosophy_n philosophy_n the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n after_o the_o captivity_n from_o pagan_a philosophy_n it_o be_v 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not_o that_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o evil_a to_o know_v it_o but_o in_o that_o they_o see_v much_o danger_n therein_o and_o true_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o after_o the_o jew_n give_v up_o themselves_o to_o the_o study_n of_o greek_a book_n their_o ancient_a doctrine_n be_v much_o sophisticated_a it_o be_v confess_v that_o the_o jew_n before_o the_o captivity_n have_v very_o much_o pervert_v their_o doctrine_n 47.10_o esa_n 47.10_o according_a to_o esa_n 47.10_o thy_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n have_v pervert_v thou_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n cause_v thou_o to_o turn_v aside_o but_o after_o their_o return_n from_o babylon_n there_o be_v a_o universal_a reformation_n make_v by_o esra_n and_o other_o both_o as_o to_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n which_o continue_v till_o this_o new_a soundation_n of_o apostasy_n be_v lay_v by_o the_o mix_n grecian_a philosophy_n with_o their_o doctrine_n this_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o owen_n theol._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 14._o the_o jewish_a doctor_n before_o the_o babylonian_a captivity_n seem_v according_a to_o what_o mention_n we_o sin_v to_o have_v receive_v none_o of_o the_o exotic_a literature_n or_o science_n except_v the_o mathematics_n which_o they_o seem_v to_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o chaldean_n and_o to_o have_v abuse_v to_o idolatrous_a use_n for_o all_o human_a wisdom_n be_v prone_a to_o pride_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d superstition_n special_o when_o it_o fall_v upon_o a_o mind_n not_o bring_v into_o obedience_n to_o the_o truth_n for_o that_o grecian_a philosophy_n be_v by_o degree_n bring_v into_o the_o church_n it_o speedy_o turn_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o more_o pure_a theology_n hence_o they_o who_o religion_n consist_v only_o in_o faith_n and_o obedience_n begin_v to_o erect_v school_n altogether_o unlike_o those_o over_o which_o the_o ancient_a prophet_n preside_v and_o to_o shall_fw-mi into_o sect_n the_o name_n of_o plato_n and_o aristotle_n be_v not_o more_o famose_n among_o the_o rout_n of_o grecian_a disputer_n than_o those_o of_o shammai_n hillel_n etc._n etc._n among_o the_o jew_n now_o the_o corruption_n that_o creep_v into_o the_o jewish_a theology_n by_o its_o commixture_n with_o the_o grecian_a philosophy_n may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o three_o head_n 1_o their_o cabalistic_a mythology_n philosophy_n tie_v jewish_a cabala_n from_o the_o grecian_a symbolic_n philosophy_n 2_o their_o pharisaic_a and_o talmudic_n dochrine_v and_o tradition_n 3_o their_o eristic_a or_o contentiose_fw-la disputation_n 1._o as_o for_o the_o jewish_a cabala_n or_o cabalistic_a mythology_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v exact_o frame_v in_o imitation_n of_o the_o grecian_a mythology_n and_o symbolic_a mode_n of_o philosophise_v it_o be_v true_a the_o jewish_a church_n have_v even_o from_o its_o first_o institution_n its_o choice_a mystery_n deliver_v in_o symbol_n parable_n enigme_n and_o other_o terrene_a shadow_n whence_o we_o need_v no_o way_n doubt_v the_o pagan_a 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hear_v whence_o the_o cabalist_n be_v wont_a to_o express_v the_o tradition_n of_o their_o doctor_n by_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wise_a say_v answerable_o to_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o say_v it_o in_o the_o pythagorean_n school_n reuchlin_n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la cabalist_n l._n 3._o p._n 51._o assure_v we_o that_o the_o judaic_a cabala_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o their_o symbolic_a theology_n wherein_o not_o only_a letter_n and_o name_n be_v sign_n of_o thing_n but_o also_o thing_n of_o thing_n the_o papist_n make_v their_o anagogic_n sense_n of_o scripture_n correspondent_a to_o the_o judaic_a cabala_n some_o refer_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o this_o cabalistic_a sense_n of_o scripture_n to_o the_o angel_n raziel_n consolation_n give_v to_o adam_n in_o paradise_n after_o his_o fall_n as_o reuchlin_n other_o to_o moses_n as_o johan_n picus_n mirand_n other_o to_o esra_n as_o paulus_n fagius_n but_o i_o conceive_v it_o no_o difficult_a task_n to_o demonstrate_v that_o this_o cabalistic_a symbolic_a explication_n of_o scripture_n find_v no_o place_n in_o the_o judaic_a theology_n '_o till_o the_o pythagorean_n and_o platonic_a philosophy_n be_v incorporate_v therewith_o and_o indeed_o johannes_n picus_n that_o noble_a earl_n of_o mirandula_n and_o prodigiose_fw-la scholar_n seem_v to_o grant_v this_o our_o hypothesis_n by_o acknowlege_v the_o assinitie_n of_o the_o jewish_a cabala_n to_o the_o pythagorean_n and_o platonic_a philosophy_n so_o learned_a reuchlin_n de_fw-fr art_n cabalist_n pag._n 22_o 23._o make_v this_o cabalistic_a theology_n the_o same_o with_o the_o pythagorean_n doctrine_n hence_o also_o the_o gnostic_n and_o valentinian_o imbibe_v their_o mystic_a theology_n as_o hereafter_o §_o 7._o these_o cabalist_n make_v it_o their_o main_a study_n to_o comment_n on_o the_o sacred_a text_n mingle_v according_a to_o the_o grecian_a mode_n so_o many_o fable_n therewith_o as_o that_o little_a of_o the_o divine_a character_n appear_v there_o be_v no_o text_n so_o clear_a so_o historic_n but_o they_o bring_v it_o under_o

these_o learned_a father_n withal_o discover_v the_o vanity_n and_o corruption_n of_o pagan_a philosophy_n as_o then_o constitute_v but_o this_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o undertake_v as_o that_o they_o assume_v a_o considerable_a part_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n and_o platonic_a philosophy_n both_o mater_n and_o form_n and_o mix_v it_o with_o their_o sacred_a theology_n and_o so_o out_o of_o all_o frame_v a_o image_n like_o that_o of_o nebuchadnezar_n dan._n 2.31_o 32._o and_o among_o other_o platonic_a mystery_n that_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n on_o which_o ammonius_n and_o plotinus_n have_v much_o commented_a be_v take_v and_o apply_v to_o the_o divine_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d word_n explicate_v by_o john_n which_o give_v occasion_n and_o foundation_n to_o many_o philosophic_a debate_n and_o contest_v in_o the_o school_n and_o church_n of_o alexandria_n as_o also_o to_o the_o heresy_n of_o arius_n as_o it_o have_v do_v to_o that_o of_o samosetanus_n before_o this_o be_v well_o take_v notice_n of_o by_o that_o great_a french_a reformer_n morelius_n discipl_n liv_o 2._o chap._n 4._o pag._n 87_o 88_o it_o have_v be_v the_o custom_n say_v he_o to_o use_v dispute_n in_o many_o place_n whence_o many_o inconvenience_n may_v follow_v for_o such_o dispute_n tend_v only_o to_o awaken_v and_o discover_v the_o spirit_n whence_o follow_v much_o presumption_n and_o ostentation_n and_o the_o start_n of_o high_a and_o curiose_fw-la question_n which_o may_v afterward_o trouble_v the_o church_n the_o arian_n heresy_n have_v its_o rise_n from_o the_o particular_a conference_n of_o learned_a man_n in_o the_o city_n of_o alexandria_n indeed_o constantine_n sharp_o reprehend_v these_o curiose_fw-la dispute_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o may_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o photinian_a heresy_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o arian_n and_o samosatenan_n of_o which_o see_v melanchton_n lib._n 3._o of_o the_o church_n conflict_n after_o constantine_n we_o have_v before_o touch_v on_o this_o chap._n 3._o §_o 2_o 3._o of_o book_n 1_o out_o of_o justinian_n who_o acquainte_v we_o that_o these_o philosophic_a notion_n about_o the_o platonic_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o suppose_v a_o real_a difference_n in_o nature_n betwixt_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n give_v occasion_n to_o the_o arian_n heresy_n see_v justinian_n in_o 1_o joh._n 1.1_o and_o origen_n influence_n on_o arianism_n in_o what_o precede_v §_o 8._o §_o 10._o another_o great_a fundamental_a error_n which_o receive_v spirit_n and_o life_n from_o pagan_a philosophy_n be_v pelagianism_n pelagianisme_n 2._o pagan_a philosophy_n the_o cause_n of_o pelagianisme_n which_o strike_v diametrical_o at_o the_o free_a efficacious_a grace_n of_o christ_n as_o arianism_n at_o his_o divinity_n and_o contain_v in_o it_o much_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o antichrist_n we_o have_v before_o in_o what_o be_v lay_v down_o touch_v the_o vanity_n of_o pagan_a ethic_n b._n 1._o c._n 2._o §_o 4._o prove_v that_o the_o philosopher_n general_o assert_v a_o moral_a power_n or_o free_a will_n in_o all_o man_n to_o perform_v virtuose_fw-la action_n they_o have_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d right_a reason_n their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d good_a nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d freewill_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thing_n in_o our_o power_n and_o seed_n of_o virtue_n which_o they_o make_v the_o spring_n of_o all_o their_o good_a work_n these_o notion_n the_o greek_a father_n special_o origen_n who_o be_v breed_v up_o among_o the_o philosopher_n in_o the_o school_n of_o alexandria_n suck_v in_o with_o too_o much_o greediness_n who_o make_v they_o the_o foundation_n of_o his_o exhortation_n to_o good_a work_n which_o he_o cry_v up_o without_o end_n or_o measure_n and_o to_o awaken_v christian_n more_o effectual_o hereto_o he_o take_v up_o this_o philosophic_a principe_fw-la that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n freewill_a to_o perform_v the_o same_o this_o lay_v the_o foundation_n for_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n as_o we_o have_v before_o observe_v out_o of_o morelius_n and_o we_o find_v this_o excellent_o open_v to_o we_o by_o jansenius_n pelagianisme_n origen_n lay_v the_o foundation_n for_o pelagianisme_n in_o his_o augustinus_n tom._n 1._o lib._n 6_o cap._n 13_o etc._n etc._n among_o all_o say_v he_o that_o precede_v pelagius_n i_o find_v no_o more_o skilful_a architect_n of_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n than_o origen_n who_o give_v origine_fw-la to_o many_o heresy_n which_o for_o some_o age_n after_o his_o death_n infest_a the_o church_n special_o by_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o there_o be_v none_o that_o he_o do_v more_o exact_o form_n than_o the_o pelagian_a neither_o will_v you_o easy_o find_v any_o dogme_n one_o except_v use_v by_o pelagius_n or_o julianus_n against_o the_o church_n or_o any_o interpretation_n of_o scripture_n favour_v that_o heresy_n which_o origen_n do_v not_o form_n to_o their_o hand_n so_o that_o sometime_o they_o use_v the_o very_a word_n of_o origen_n against_o the_o truth_n which_o because_o it_o may_v seem_v incredible_a to_o some_o i_o will_v a_o little_a more_o full_o demonstrate_v which_o he_o do_v 1_o from_o origen_n assert_v a_o indifference_n of_o free_a wil._n 2_o from_o his_o suppose_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n sufficient_a to_o guide_v we_o to_o live_v well_o etc._n etc._n 3_o from_o his_o plead_n for_o merit_n and_o perfect_a righteousness_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4_o from_o his_o overthrow_v the_o doctrine_n of_o free_a election_n predestination_n etc._n etc._n 5_o from_o his_o deny_v or_o lessen_v original_a sin_n and_o grace_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o his_o commentary_n on_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n special_o on_o chap._n 5._o as_o also_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o he_o add_v cap._n 18._o that_o the_o whole_a of_o this_o heresy_n have_v its_o foundation_n in_o the_o pythagorean_n stoic_a and_o peripatetic_a philosophy_n he_o also_o acquaint_v that_o the_o origenist_n or_o monk_n that_o follow_v origen_n and_o his_o doctrine_n in_o egypt_n and_o palestine_n aspire_v after_o a_o monkish_a perfection_n and_o religiose_fw-la life_n embrace_v these_o infusion_n of_o origen_n from_o who_o the_o massilienses_n and_o pelagian_n traduce_v their_o heresy_n hieronymus_n adversus_fw-la pelag._n ad_fw-la ctesiphontem_fw-la assure_v we_o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o pelagius_n be_v but_o a_o branch_n of_o origen_n and_o the_o same_o hieronymus_n apolog._n 1_o adversus_fw-la ruffin_n say_v that_o origen_n hold_v that_o god_n choose_v man_n not_o that_o they_o may_v be_v holy_a but_o for_o their_o foresee_a sanctity_n and_o holiness_n which_o make_v way_n for_o that_o great_a pelagian_a error_n touch_v election_n from_o the_o prevision_n of_o good_a work_n more_o touch_v the_o traduction_n of_o pelagianisme_n from_o origen_n dogme_n see_v what_o precede_v §_o 8._o that_o philosophy_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o pelagianism_n also_o godeau_n that_o great_a french_a historian_n in_o the_o life_n of_o augustin_n liv._o 2._o chap._n 2._o p._n 200._o demonstrate_v thus_o nevertheless_o the_o philosophy_n of_o aristotle_n and_o zeno_n seem_v to_o have_v contribute_v much_o to_o pelagianisme_n and_o if_o tertullian_n have_v name_v the_o philosopher_n the_o patriarch_n of_o heretic_n that_o be_v particular_o true_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o pelagian_o who_o if_o we_o may_v so_o speak_v be_v descend_v in_o a_o direct_a line_n for_o the_o first_o error_n of_o pelagius_n be_v touch_v the_o perfection_n of_o justice_n and_o impeccabilitie_n which_o he_o hold_v a_o man_n may_v attain_v to_o in_o this_o life_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o apathy_n or_o the_o exemtion_n from_o passion_n which_o the_o stoic_n attribute_v to_o their_o wise_a man_n and_o albeit_o aristotle_n and_o the_o new_a academic_n hold_v that_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v capable_a of_o passion_n but_o virtue_n consist_v in_o the_o moderation_n of_o they_o yet_o both_o one_o and_o tother_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o virtue_n come_v from_o man_n not_o from_o god_n and_o cicero_n explicate_v their_o doctrine_n say_v who_o ever_o give_v god_n thanks_n for_o be_v a_o good_a man_n and_o seneca_n say_v there_o be_v a_o good_a which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o bless_a life_n namely_o to_o confide_v in_o a_o man_n self_n lo_o the_o abregement_n of_o the_o pelagian_a doctrine_n philosophy_n furnish_v the_o pelagian_o not_o only_o with_o material_n to_o build_v their_o forteresse_n against_o the_o church_n but_o also_o with_o arm_n to_o defend_v it_o and_o augustin_n do_v reproach_n julian_n with_o the_o subtlety_n of_o logic_n which_o he_o have_v learn_v etc._n etc._n as_o vanity_n and_o pride_n be_v the_o character_n of_o human_a philosophy_n so_o also_o of_o the_o