Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	authority_n	scripture_n	word_n	3,627	5	4.4239	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39389	To en archy: or, An exercitation upon a momentous question in divinity, and case of conscience viz. whether it be lawfull for any person to act contrary to the opinion of his own consicence, formed from arguments that to him appear very probable, though not necessary or demonstrative. Where the opinions of the papists, Vasquez, Sanches, Azonius, &c. are shewed, as also the opinions of some Protestants, viz. Mr. Hooker, Bp Sanderson, Dr. Fulwood, &c. and compared with the opinions of others; the negative part of the question maintained; the unreasonableness of the popish opinions, and some Protestants, for blind obedience, detected; and many other things discoursed. By a Protestant.	Protestant.; Collinges, John, 1623-1690, attributed name.	1675 (1675)	Wing E718; Wing C5314_CANCELLED; ESTC R214929	62,722	96

understanding_n affirm_v neither_o part_n we_o wonder_v how_o it_o shall_v opine_n then_o §_o 10._o this_o be_v a_o great_a point_n in_o popery_n jesuitism_n especial_o and_o of_o no_o small_a gain_n to_o they_o for_o by_o this_o mea●●_n they_o can_v resolve_v case_n as_o they_o listen_v absolve_v man_n conscience_n as_o they_o please_v and_o interpret_v the_o law_n of_o god_n into_o a_o very_a please_a consistency_n with_o the_o lust_n and_o passion_n of_o all_o man_n if_o it_o be_v admit_v for_o true_a it_o will_v open_v a_o wide_a door_n for_o man_n to_o do_v what_o they_o list_v without_o any_o check_n or_o control_v of_o conscience_n there_o be_v but_o few_o thing_n in_o practice_n which_o one_o doctor_n or_o other_o under_o one_o circumstance_n or_o other_o have_v not_o judge_v lawful_a there_o be_v few_o action_n but_o be_v disputable_a say_v mr._n freeman_n in_o his_o reasonableness_n of_o divine_a service_n p._n 33._o and_o if_o one_o or_o more_o doctor_n affirm_v it_o lawful_a say_v the_o popish_a casuist_n the_o private_a christian_a may_v assent_v to_o it_o as_o probable_o lawful_a though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n from_o artificial_a intrinsic_a argument_n form_v in_o his_o own_o breast_n he_o judge_v it_o probable_o unlawful_a and_o we_o wish_v some_o profess_v themselves_o protestant_n divine_n do_v not_o cant_v after_o this_o tune_n though_o it_o may_v be_v they_o will_v not_o as_o the_o papist_n rest_v it_o upon_o the_o opinion_n of_o one_o doctor_n but_o many_o learned_a man_n if_o they_o do_v not_o a_o little_a linger_v after_o this_o we_o can_v tell_v what_o mean_v their_o constant_a choke_n of_o we_o with_o the_o bare_a opinion_n of_o other_o contrary_a to_o we_o in_o which_o sure_o we_o be_v no_o further_o concern_v than_o as_o quicken_v by_o they_o to_o re-examine_a our_o own_o intrinsical_a argument_n more_o strict_o §_o 11._o we_o must_v declare_v ourselves_o in_o the_o negative_a of_o this_o question_n and_o do_v affirm_v that_o it_o be_v natural_o impossible_a for_o a_o rational_a soul_n in_o a_o practical_a proposition_n to_o judge_v that_o part_n from_o extrinsecal_n in-artificial_a argument_n probably_n lawful_a which_o at_o the_o same_o time_n from_o intrinsecal_n artificial_a argument_n form_v in_o its_o own_o breast_n it_o judge_v probably_n unlawful_a and_o in_o this_o judgement_n we_o be_v confirm_v §_o 12._o because_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o innate_a principle_n of_o a_o reasonable_a soul_n 1._o we_o suppose_v every_o one_o will_n without_o difficulty_n grant_v it_o a_o principle_n of_o a_o reasonble_a soul_n to_o conclude_v nothing_o but_o from_o rational_a foundation_n reason_n be_v a_o power_n within_o we_o discourse_v conclusion_n from_o principle_n it_o acknowledge_v there_o be_v a_o god_n and_o that_o he_o have_v reveal_v his_o will_n in_o those_o book_n which_o we_o call_v the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o must_v acknowledge_v it_o the_o most_o reasonable_a thing_n imaginable_a that_o he_o shall_v be_v acknowledge_v true_a in_o his_o word_n hence_o it_o conclude_v many_o proposition_n of_o faith_n upon_o the_o bare_a authority_n of_o god_n reveal_v they_o and_o exercise_v itself_o no_o further_o than_o to_o compare_v spiritual_a thing_n with_o spiritual_a but_o have_v not_o that_o evidence_n for_o other_o thing_n it_o make_v use_v of_o inbred_a notion_n and_o from_o those_o principle_n raise_v conclusion_n now_o let_v we_o consider_v from_o what_o principle_n it_o be_v possible_a that_o reason_n shall_v infer_v such_o a_o conclusion_n as_o this_o that_o be_v probable_o lawful_a for_o i_o to_o do_v which_o such_o or_o such_o divine_n be_v they_o more_o or_o few_o more_o or_o less_o learned_a think_v be_v lawful_a or_o which_o superior_n require_v under_o that_o notion_n notwithstanding_o any_o artificial_a intrinsic_a argument_n which_o make_v my_o own_o conscience_n judge_v it_o very_o probable_o unlawful_a it_o must_v be_v this_o those_o doctor_n or_o those_o superior_n know_v better_o than_o i._o do_v reason_n in_o a_o man_n allow_v any_o such_o conclusion_n modesty_n indeed_o upon_o such_o a_o account_n may_v make_v a_o reasonable_a soul_n jealous_a and_o suspicious_a and_o to_o issue_v out_o a_o writ_n for_o a_o better_a enquiry_n upon_o its_o argument_n but_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o it_o shall_v rest_v in_o such_o a_o conclusion_n to_o guide_v its_o practice_n where_o the_o hazard_n of_o the_o eternal_a felicity_n of_o a_o soul_n be_v concern_v reason_n speak_v in_o the_o language_n of_o job_n to_o his_o friend_n job_n 12.3_o i_o have_v understanding_n as_o well_o as_o you_o and_o be_v it_o what_o it_o will_v gradual_o compare_v with_o all_o the_o doctor_n reason_n it_o be_v the_o candle_n of_o the_o lord_n set_v up_o in_o my_o soul_n according_a to_o the_o light_n of_o which_o i_o must_v walk_v or_o in_o the_o word_n of_o elihu_n job_n 32.8_o there_o be_v a_o spirit_n in_o man_n and_o the_o inspiration_n of_o the_o almighty_a give_v he_o understanding_n reason_n say_v bring_v forth_o your_o strong_a argument_n and_o i_o will_v answer_v they_o or_o hear_v i_o and_o do_v you_o answer_v i_o §_o 13._o beside_o reason_n say_v if_o this_o be_v belong_v to_o all_o doctor_n or_o all_o superior_n that_o wisdom_n as_o job_n say_v must_v die_v with_o they_o how_o be_v it_o they_o be_v not_o agree_v among_o themselves_o such_o and_o such_o be_v on_o my_o side_n if_o it_o do_v not_o agree_v to_o all_o superior_n and_o all_o doctor_n how_o shall_v i_o be_v assure_v that_o it_o more_o agree_v to_o those_o on_o the_o adverse_a side_n than_o to_o those_o on_o my_o fide_fw-la to_o dr._n vasquez_n more_o than_o to_o pope_n adrian_n s._n 14_o further_n say_v reason_n do_v not_o know_v and_o see_v that_o there_o be_v many_o doctores_fw-la who_o be_v not_o docti_fw-la and_o that_o many_o learned_a man_n in_o all_o age_n have_v be_v in_o faction_n do_v not_o dr._n vasquez_n himself_o tell_v i_o in_o 12._o disp_n 62._o cap._n 4._o that_o he_o can_v deny_v but_o a_o whole_a rout_n of_o doctor_n may_v embrace_v a_o opinion_n without_o any_o reason_n against_o who_o say_v he_o another_o doctor_n of_o great_a authority_n may_v bring_v into_o the_o school_n a_o opinion_n mature_o deliberate_v vasquez_n need_v not_o be_v credit_v if_o we_o do_v not_o upon_o experience_n find_v daily_o that_o not_o one_o of_o many_o doctor_n examine_v thing_n but_o follow_v some_o leader_n as_o diligent_o as_o sheep_n do_v one_o another_o over_o a_o hedge_n that_o many_o either_o understand_v not_o the_o true_a question_n about_o which_o they_o will_v be_v write_v in_o this_o age_n or_o of_o choice_n mistake_v it_o &_o write_v far_o more_o passion_n than_o divinity_n or_o reason_n which_o make_v vasquez_n &_o some_o other_o of_o his_o brethren_n deliver_v their_o opinion_n that_o a_o learned_a man_n may_v act_v according_a to_o his_o own_o opinion_n though_o contrary_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o other_o doctor_n §._o 15_o reason_n tell_v a_o man_n that_o reason_n be_v not_o entail_v to_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o superior_a or_o the_o degree_n of_o a_o doctor_n animae_fw-la rationales_fw-la sunt_fw-la aequales_fw-la in_o perfectione_n substantiali_fw-la and_o superiority_n or_o doctorship_n make_v no_o difference_n experience_n teach_v we_o that_o improvement_n by_o study_n make_v not_o a_o difference_n as_o to_o the_o exercise_n of_o reason_n between_o all_o superior_n and_o inferior_n nor_o between_o all_o those_o who_o be_v doctor_n and_o no_o doctor_n it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o the_o particular_a reason_n of_o every_o soul_n must_v stand_v up_o in_o defence_n of_o itself_o especial_o in_o matter_n of_o practice_n as_o to_o which_o eternal_a salvation_n or_o damnation_n be_v concern_v so_o as_o it_o be_v not_o natural_o possible_a that_o a_o reasonable_a soul_n shall_v from_o foreign_a authority_n conclude_v a_o thing_n probable_o lawful_a which_o from_o its_o own_o rational_a conclusion_n it_o judge_v probable_o unlawful_a §_o 16_o but_o further_a yet_o certain_o it_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o connate_a principle_n of_o reasonable_a soul_n to_o assert_v contrary_n both_o at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o be_v true_a because_o it_o be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o contrary_n to_o destroy_v one_o another_o now_o the_o understanding_n which_o shall_v thus_o assert_v must_v at_o the_o same_o time_n speak_v these_o two_o thing_n which_o be_v manifest_a contradiction_n this_o be_v lawful_a this_o be_v not_o lawful_a i_o think_v and_o judge_v it_o lawful_a because_o a_o b_o c_o d_o etc._n etc._n say_v so_o i_o think_v it_o unlawful_a because_o my_o own_o reason_n compare_v thing_n spiritual_a with_o spiritual_n or_o conclude_v from_o confess_a principle_n tell_v i_o it_o be_v so_o must_v not_o this_o be_v a_o very_a odd_a soul_n that_o can_v discourse_n after_o this_o rate_n vasquez_n be_v aware_a of_o this_o and_o think_v to_o avoid_v it_o by_o