Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	great_a	life_n	write_v	5,211	5	5.2860	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01093	Atheomastix clearing foure truthes, against atheists and infidels: 1. That, there is a God. 2. That, there is but one God. 3. That, Iehouah, our God, is that one God. 4. That, the Holy Scripture is the Word of that God. All of them proued, by naturall reasons, and secular authorities; for the reducing of infidels: and, by Scriptures, and Fathers, for the confirming of Christians. By the R. Reuerend Father in God, Martin Fotherby, late Bishop of Salisbury. The contents followes, next after the preface.	Fotherby, Martin, 1549 or 50-1620.	1622 (1622)	STC 11205; ESTC S121334	470,356	378

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dove_n the_o persian_n to_o the_o fire_n the_o egyptians_n to_o the_o water_n yea_o and_o more_o private_o for_o their_o city_n the_o memphiàn_n worship_v a_o ox_n for_o their_o god_n the_o pelusian_o a_o onion_n other_o a_o stork_n some_o a_o crocodile_n other_o a_o beast_n that_o have_v a_o head_n like_o a_o dog_n he_o call_v it_o or_o a_o ape_n yea_o and_o yet_o more_o particular_o for_o their_o several_a village_n some_o do_v worship_n their_o right_a shoulder_n and_o some_o other_o again_o their_o left_a some_o do_v worship_n the_o one_o half_a of_o their_o head_n some_o a_o earthen_a pot_n and_o some_o other_o a_o platter_n upon_o all_o which_o he_o conclude_v nun_n haec_fw-la tibi_fw-la videntur_fw-la risu_fw-la prosequenda_fw-la be_v not_o these_o to_o be_v deride_v he_o seek_v from_o this_o difference_n and_o dissension_n to_o make_v but_o a_o mock_n and_o a_o scorn_n of_o all_o religion_n as_o though_o this_o general_a opinion_n of_o god_n be_v but_o only_o a_o matter_n 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iam_fw-la philosophia_fw-la defloruerat_fw-la 455._o when_o philosophy_n have_v lose_v the_o chief_a lustre_n of_o her_o glory_n and_o that_o they_o themselves_o be_v according_o but_o only_a minuti_fw-la &_o inertes_fw-la philosophi_fw-la a_o simple_a and_o a_o ignorant_a kind_n of_o philosopher_n and_o tully_n pass_v in_o effect_n the_o very_a same_o censure_n upon_o epic●rus_n another_o of_o their_o pillar_n for_o he_o say_v 211._o he_o be_v a_o man_n without_o all_o manner_n of_o learning_n homo_fw-la sine_fw-la arte_fw-la sine_fw-la literis_fw-la insultans_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la sine_fw-la acumine_fw-la ullo_fw-la sine_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sine_fw-la lepore_fw-la a_o man_n without_o art_n and_o without_o all_o good_a learning_n and_o yet_o insult_v over_o all_o man_n but_o without_o any_o wit_n without_o any_o gravity_n and_o without_o any_o good_a conceit_n yea_o 164._o and_o lactantius_n say_v of_o he_o that_o hoc_fw-la sano_fw-la &_o vige●e_fw-la nullus_fw-la aeger_fw-la ineptiùs_fw-la deliravit_fw-la no_o man_n ever_o so_o dote_v in_o his_o rage_a sickness_n as_o this_o man_n do_v in_o his_o flourish_a health_n deride_v l●cretius_n for_n bestow_v such_o enormous_a commendation_n upon_o he_o these_o be_v their_o very_a principal_n and_o the_o leader_n of_o the_o other_o now_o if_o their_o chief_a be_v none_o other_o the_o rest_n sure_o be_v no_o better_a so_o that_o as_o the_o smallness_n of_o their_o number_n bring_v great_a disadvantage_n so_o the_o weakness_n of_o their_o learning_n bring_v but_o small_a advantage_n unto_o the_o cause_n of_o atheist_n 4_o but_o now_o 3_o it_o may_v be_v doubt_v yea_o and_o that_o not_o without_o some_o probability_n of_o reason_n whether_o those_o man_n who_o the_o heathen_a have_v so_o brand_v for_o atheist_n be_v pure_a atheist_n indeed_o or_o no_o for_o the_o pure_a atheist_n according_a to_o the_o propriety_n of_o that_o name_n be_v he_o which_o general_o and_o constant_o deny_v all_o divinity_n 12._o and_o believe_v as_o he_o say_v the_o prophet_n david_n affirm_v in_o general_a that_o the_o atheist_n be_v a_o fool_n which_o say_v in_o his_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o god_n and_o indeed_o he_o that_o proper_o be_v a_o atheist_n must_v both_o say_v general_o there_o be_v no_o god_n and_o believe_v it_o constant_o in_o his_o heart_n for_o if_o either_o he_o believe_v any_o one_o god_n though_o he_o deny_v all_o the_o rest_n or_o confess_v god_n in_o the_o end_n who_o in_o the_o beginning_n he_o deny_v he_o can_v true_o and_o proper_o be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o atheist_n but_o such_o a_o atheist_n be_v none_o of_o all_o those_o who_o the_o heathen_a have_v call_v atheist_n and_o who_o they_o have_v proclaim_v to_o deny_v all_o that_o be_v call_v god_n there_o be_v none_o of_o they_o such_o pure_a and_o absolute_a atheist_n as_o simple_o to_o deny_v all_o deity_n as_o we_o may_v easy_o see_v if_o we_o will_v but_o look_v into_o their_o cause_n and_o examine_v but_o even_o by_o their_o own_o record_n those_o several_a crime_n and_o action_n that_o have_v be_v lay_v against_o they_o in_o their_o several_a judgement_n and_o first_o for_o diagoras_n who_o be_v in_o their_o reckon_n the_o most_o note_a man_n of_o all_o of_o they_o and_o the_o first_o antistes_fw-la of_o their_o impious_a profession_n all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o atheist_n be_v count_v but_o his_o follower_n 523._o diagorae_n sectatores_fw-la as_o theodor●●_n affirm_v insomuch_o that_o his_o name_n be_v grow_v proverbial_a among_o they_o for_o when_o they_o will_v note_v any_o profane_a and_o impious_a person_n they_o will_v call_v he_o proverbial_o 231._o diagoras_n the_o melian_n diagoras_n melius_n de_fw-la prophanis_fw-la &_o per●idis_fw-la &_o impijs_fw-la dicitur_fw-la say_v suidas_n and_o yet_o the_o action_n which_o the_o athenian_n commence_v against_o he_o be_v no_o more_o but_o this_o that_o he_o do_v eliminate_a and_o divulge_v the_o mystery_n of_o their_o god_n 78._o and_o 914._o by_o deride_v of_o they_o avert_v and_o turn_v man_n from_o they_o as_o he_o note_v in_o the_o same_o place_n which_o two_o crime_n though_o very_o far_o in_o nature_n differ_v yet_o be_v among_o the_o heathen_a indifferent_o comprehend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o atheism_n as_o though_o they_o be_v both_o one_o which_o be_v a_o very_a large_a acception_n of_o atheism_n so_o that_o diagoras_n his_o crime_n be_v not_o that_o he_o deny_v all_o god_n but_o that_o he_o deride_v the_o athenian_a god_n for_o so_o josephus_n report_v it_o aduersùs_fw-la diagoram_fw-la talentum_fw-la decreverunt_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la eum_fw-la occideret_fw-la quoniam_fw-la eorum_fw-la mysteria_fw-la deridere_fw-la ferebatur_fw-la they_o appoint_v a_o talon_n to_o he_o that_o shall_v kill_v he_o because_o he_o deride_v their_o religion_n now_o this_o he_o may_v just_o do_v and_o yet_o not_o be_v a_o atheist_n he_o may_v just_o deride_v the_o foolish_a orgy_n of_o their_o false_a god_n as_o elias_n do_v the_o folly_n of_o baal_n priest_n and_o yet_o therein_o not_o be_v a_o atheist_n 28._o as_o elias_n be_v not_o for_o their_o rite_n be_v so_o unholy_a and_o their_o sacrifice_n so_o bloody_a that_o any_o man_n may_v even_o by_o common_a reason_n collect_v that_o he_o which_o be_v delight_v with_o such_o a_o wicked_a kind_n of_o worship_n 749._o can_v not_o be_v possible_o indeed_o a_o true_a god_n because_o they_o be_v sacra_fw-la sacrilegijs_fw-la omnibus_fw-la tetriora_fw-la holies_n more_o unholy_a than_o sacrilege_n itself_o as_o coecilius_n speak_v 51._o though_o to_o another_o purpose_n of_o which_o impure_a holies_n lactantius_n have_v give_v we_o a_o notable_a instance_n in_o the_o feast_n of_o their_o floralia_fw-la and_o therefore_o plutarch_n in_o some_o sort_n excuse_v those_o man_n that_o have_v revolt_v unto_o this_o kind_n of_o atheism_n upon_o the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o filthiness_n of_o their_o ceremony_n and_o the_o barbarousness_n of_o their_o sacrifice_n affirm_v direct_a atheism_n to_o be_v a_o better_a religion_n than_o so_o lewd_a and_o profane_a a_o kind_n of_o worship_v lustr●tiones_fw-la impurae_fw-la 391._o sordidae_fw-la castimoniae_fw-la barbarica_fw-la &_o iniusta_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la supplicia_fw-la occasionem_fw-la praebuerunt_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la dicendi_fw-la praestare_fw-la nullos_fw-la esse_fw-la deos_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la talia_fw-la probent_fw-la ijsque_fw-la delectentur_fw-la their_o impure_a purgation_n their_o unchaste_a chastity_n their_o cruel_a and_o unjust_a sacrifice_n have_v give_v many_o man_n occasion_n to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v better_a that_o their_o shall_v be_v no_o god_n than_o such_o as_o be_v delight_v with_o such_o profane_a worship_n yea_o and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o seem_v to_o allow_v of_o their_o sentence_n so_o that_o diagoras_n by_o these_o mean_n may_v easy_o discover_v the_o heathen_a god_n to_o be_v but_o false_a though_o perhaps_o he_o can_v not_o light_v upon_o and_o find_v out_o the_o true_a one_o which_o yet_o give_v he_o just_a occasion_n to_o scorn_v and_o deride_v they_o as_o lactantius_n well_o observe_v 75._o impugnatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o prudentioribus_fw-la falsae_fw-la religiones_fw-la quia_fw-la sentiebant_fw-la esse_fw-la falsas_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la inducta_fw-la vera_fw-la quia_fw-la qualis_fw-la aut_fw-la ubi_fw-la esset_fw-la ignorabant_fw-la wise_a man_n have_v always_o impugn_a and_o deride_v false_a religiòn_n because_o they_o perceive_v they_o to_o be_v false_a but_o yet_o have_v not_o always_o find_v the_o true_a one_o because_o they_o neither_o know_v it_o nor_o where_o they_o shall_v seek_v for_o it_o but_o that_o diagoras_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a atheist_n it_o evident_o appear_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o verse_n where_o he_o make_v this_o profession_n which_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o all_o religion_n quòd_fw-la a_fw-la numine_fw-la summo_fw-la 16._o reguntur_fw-la omne_fw-la that_o all_o thing_n be_v rule_v by_o one_o most_o high_a god_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a diagoras_n can_v not_o possible_o be_v such_o a_o absolute_a atheist_n as_o he_o be_v common_o repute_v let_v we_o therefore_o come_v from_o diagoras_n unto_o protagoras_n who_o the_o athenian_n in_o like_a sort_n condemn_v for_o a_o atheist_n yet_o not_o for_o deny_v god_n but_o for_o seem_v to_o doubt_v of_o he_o because_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o book_n he_o propound_v this_o problem_n de_fw-fr dijs_fw-la quidem_fw-la statuere_fw-la nequeo_fw-la neque_fw-la a_fw-mi sint_fw-la nec_fw-la ne_fw-la add_v there_o also_o this_o reason_n 320._o sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la plurima_fw-la quaeid_v scire_fw-la prohibeant_fw-la quip_n &_o summa_fw-la rei_fw-la incertitudo_fw-la &_o brevis_fw-la hominis_fw-la vita_fw-la as_o concern_v the_o god_n i_o can_v resolute_o determine_v neither_o whether_o they_o be_v nor_o whether_o they_o be_v not_o because_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n that_o let_v the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o namely_o both_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o and_o also_o the_o brevity_n and_o shortness_n of_o man_n life_n this_o report_n do_v laertius_n make_v of_o his_o doubt_n 192._o