Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	spirit_n	write_v	1,591	5	5.4688	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51787	The immortality of the soul asserted, and practically improved shewing by Scripture, reason, and the testimony of the ancient philosophers, that the soul of man is capable of subsisting and acting in a state of separation from the body, and how much it concerns us all to prepare for that state : with some reflections on a pretended refutation of Mr. Bently's sermon / by Timothy Manlove.	Manlove, Timothy, d. 1699.	1697 (1697)	Wing M454; ESTC R6833	70,709	184

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punishment_n of_o wicked_a man_n after_o death_n and_o tell_v we_o in_o his_o timaeus_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o good_a man_n shall_v be_v kind_o receive_v by_o his_o creator_n but_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o wicked_a man_n shall_v be_v cast_v into_o hell_n the_o truth_n be_v the_o platonist_n have_v improve_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n better_o than_o many_o of_o our_o own_o writer_n notwithstanding_o their_o great_a help_n have_v do_v though_o sometime_o they_o speak_v too_o high_a as_o if_o they_o will_v even_o deify_v the_o soul_n as_o do_v some_o of_o the_o stoic_n plotinus_n discourse_v excellent_o upon_o this_o subject_a and_o show_v that_o if_o we_o will_v serious_o view_v the_o soul_n in_o its_o own_o naked_a essence_n we_o shoul●_n 〈◊〉_d doubt_n of_o its_o immortality_n let_v a_o man_n say_v he_o contemplate_v himself_o in_o his_o own_o pure_a and_o true_o intellectual_a nature_n divest_v it_o of_o all_o that_o be_v alien_n to_o it_o and_o he_o will_v certain_o know_v that_o it_o be_v immortal_a he_o will_v then_o observe_v that_o his_o understanding_n be_v not_o proper_o direct_v to_o thing_n sensible_a and_o mortal_a but_o by_o a_o eternal_a virtue_n do_v contemplate_v eternal_a and_o intelligible_a object_n and_o become_v as_o it_o be_v a_o intelligible_a lucid_a world_n to_o itself_o and_o again_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o how_o much_o the_o soul_n be_v more_o abstract_a from_o the_o sense_n by_o so_o much_o it_o reason_n better_o so_o that_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v whole_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n it_o will_v know_v intuitive_o without_o elaborate_a ratiocination_n that_o now_o it_o deliberate_v when_o it_o doubt_n it_o doubt_n when_o it_o be_v hinder_v by_o the_o body_n but_o will_v neither_o doubt_v nor_o deliberate_v when_o free_a from_o the_o body_n but_o will_v comprehend_v the_o truth_n without_o any_o hesitation_n see_v his_o ennead_n and_o elsewhere_o maximus_fw-la tyrius_n dissertat_fw-la 41._o handle_n that_o question_v viz._n whether_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o body_n be_v more_o grievous_a and_o tell_v we_o that_o degenerate_a soul_n be_v bury_v in_o their_o body_n like_v infect_v in_o their_o holes_n and_o be_v in_o love_n with_o those_o lurk_a place_n p._n 495._o and_o withal_o that_o the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n be_v but_o uncertain_a and_o temporary_a that_o of_o the_o soul_n solid_a and_o immortal_a pag._n 491._o it_o be_v easy_a to_o mention_v more_o of_o the_o platonist_n who_o all_o to_o a_o man_n maintain_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o i_o proceed_v the_o stoic_n say_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o good_a man_n separate_v from_o their_o body_n be_v hero_n as_o laertius_n inform_v we_o in_o zenon_n plutarch_n say_v that_o they_o call_v all_o separate_a soul_n hero_n promiscuous_o and_o so_o distinguish_v hero_n into_o good_a and_o bad_a de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o epictetus_n call_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d near_o akin_a to_o god_n antoninus_n style_v the_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o his_o 9th_o book_n sect._n 39_o will_v thou_o say_v to_o thy_o mind_n thou_o be_v dead_a or_o become_v like_o a_o beast_n seneca_n speak_v too_o high_a quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la vocas_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o will_v you_o call_v the_o soul_n but_o a_o deity_n dwell_v in_o a_o humane_a body_n and_o perhaps_o such_o boldness_n be_v one_o original_a of_o heathen_a idolatry_n and_o elsewhere_o animus_fw-la si_fw-la propriam_fw-la ejus_fw-la originem_fw-la aspexeris_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o soul_n if_o you_o consider_v its_o true_a original_a descend_v from_o that_o heavenly_a spirit_n sursum_fw-la animum_fw-la etc._n etc._n its_o beginning_n call_v it_o upward_o there_o eternal_a rest_n remain_v for_o it_o and_o comfort_v martia_n concern_v her_o dead_a son_n ipse_fw-la quidem_fw-la aeternus_fw-la he_o be_v eternal_a and_o in_o a_o better_a state_n now_o than_o 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out_o of_o he_o to_o the_o shame_n of_o those_o christian_n who_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o such_o instruction_n from_o a_o heathen_a tu_fw-la cum_fw-la tibi_fw-la sive_fw-la deus_fw-la etc._n etc._n will_v thou_o when_o god_n or_o nature_n have_v give_v thou_o a_o soul_n than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o excellent_a and_o divine_a so_o debase_v thyself_o as_o to_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o thou_o and_o a_o beast_n cic._n paradox_n pag._n 217._o two_o vivunt_fw-la qui_fw-la etc._n etc._n these_o man_n live_v who_o be_v escape_v from_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n but_o that_o which_o you_o call_v life_n be_v death_n de_fw-fr somn._fw-la scip._n 233._o haec_fw-la coelestia_fw-la semper_fw-la spectato_fw-la illa_fw-la humana_fw-la contemnito_fw-la ibid._n reckon_v with_o thyself_o that_o thou_o be_v not_o mortal_a but_o only_o thy_o body_n the_o mind_n be_v the_o man_n and_o not_o that_o bodily_a figure_n which_o you_o can_v point_v as_o with_o your_o finger_n ibid._n and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n he_o bring_v in_o that_o of_o cyrus_n mention_v by_o xenophon_n i_o can_v never_o persuade_v myself_o that_o our_o soul_n live_v in_o the_o body_n and_o die_v when_o they_o go_v out_o of_o it_o nec_fw-la vero_fw-la tum_fw-la animum_fw-la esse_fw-la insipientem_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la insipienti_fw-la corpore_fw-la evasisset_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la admistione_fw-la corporis_fw-la liberatus_fw-la purus_fw-la &_o integer_fw-la esse_fw-la caepisset_fw-la tum_fw-la esse_fw-la sapientem_fw-la this_o be_v pure_o platonic_a de_fw-fr senect_n 211._o except_o god_n deliver_v you_o from_o this_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n you_o can_v never_o come_v to_o heaven_n idem_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o he_o argue_v from_o the_o worship_n which_o be_v pay_v to_o their_o depart_a hero_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o man_n be_v immortal_a but_o the_o soul_n of_o good_a man_n divine_a de_fw-fr legib._n also_o tusc_n lib._n 1._o ipsi_fw-la illi_fw-la majorum_fw-la gentium_fw-la dii_fw-la qui_fw-la habentur_fw-la hinc_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la perfecti_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la reperientur_fw-la pag._n 329._o and_o so_o infinite_o fond_a be_v he_o of_o this_o opinion_n that_o he_o thus_o conclude_v the_o senect_n pag._n 213._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la erro_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o in_o this_o i_o be_v mistake_v that_o i_o believe_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n immortal_a i_o be_o willing_o mistake_v nor_o will_v i_o suffer_v this_o error_n in_o which_o i_o be_o delight_v to_o be_v extort_a from_o i_o as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v but_o if_o after_o death_n i_o shall_v have_v no_o sense_n as_o some_o diminutive_a philosopher_n think_v i_o fear_v not_o lest_o those_o dead_a philosopher_n shall_v deride_v my_o error_n in_o a_o word_n both_o cicero_n seneca_n and_o several_a of_o the_o platonist_n and_o stoic_n speak_v of_o the_o soul_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o incarnate_a deity_n that_o it_o have_v many_o bright_a 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