Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	ability_n	able_a	power_n	65	3	4.3054	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77667	Meditations and disquisitions upon the creed. By Sr. Richard Baker Knight	Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.	1646 (1646)	Wing B510A; ESTC R231982	69,816	250

to_o we_o and_o more_o for_o make_v we_o capable_a to_o believe_v it_o for_o as_o without_o reveal_v we_o shall_v never_o have_v know_v it_o so_o without_o grace_n we_o can_v never_o have_v believe_v it_o but_o now_o by_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n and_o by_o the_o light_n of_o grace_n we_o come_v to_o see_v as_o it_o be_v a_o glimpse_n of_o that_o glorious_a appear_v when_o we_o shall_v see_v god_n not_o in_o idea_n represent_v by_o the_o fancy_n but_o in_o the_o miraculous_a verity_n of_o his_o own_o be_v which_o as_o none_o can_v see_v now_o and_o live_v so_o there_o shall_v be_v then_o no_o life_n but_o in_o see_v it_o no_o joy_n but_o in_o behold_v it_o but_o though_o the_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n be_v all_o equal_a in_o deity_n yet_o not_o all_o equal_a in_o all_o respect_n for_o how_o then_o shall_v it_o be_v true_a which_o christ_n say_v of_o himself_o pater_fw-la major_n est_fw-la i_o the_o father_n be_v great_a than_o i_o not_o great_a than_o he_o only_o as_o man_n for_o this_o be_v no_o great_a matter_n nor_o great_a than_o he_o as_o god_n for_o this_o be_v no_o possible_a matter_n but_o great_a than_o he_o as_o son_n for_o the_o son_n be_v of_o the_o father_n the_o father_n be_v of_o none_o and_o in_o that_o respect_n be_v great_a than_o the_o son_n not_o as_o god_n but_o as_o father_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o sense_n in_o which_o christ_n say_v the_o father_n be_v great_a than_o i_o in_o that_o sense_n do_v i_o place_v the_o father_n first_o in_o my_o creed_n and_o say_v first_o i_o believe_v in_o god_n the_o father_n and_o though_o i_o can_v apprehend_v how_o god_n be_v but_o one_o shall_v be_v three_o yet_o i_o believe_v it_o and_o believe_v it_o i_o adore_v it_o and_o though_o i_o can_v apprehend_v how_o almighty_a one_o shall_v be_v almighty_a where_o three_o be_v equal_a yet_o i_o believe_v it_o and_o believe_v it_o i_o admire_v it_o indeed_o if_o god_n be_v not_o almighty_a he_o can_v not_o be_v god_n see_v his_o power_n shall_v be_v limit_v and_o a_o limit_a power_n imply_v a_o great_a power_n that_o limit_n it_o which_o shall_v be_v god_n rather_o than_o he_o and_o therefore_o not_o almighty_a no_o god_n and_o again_o if_o he_o be_v not_o almighty_a our_o belief_n in_o he_o may_v be_v frustrate_a for_o his_o want_n of_o may_v may_v be_v in_o that_o for_o which_o we_o depend_v upon_o he_o and_o if_o no_o depend_v upon_o he_o than_o no_o believe_a in_o he_o neither_o but_o now_o be_v god_n and_o be_v almighty_a we_o believe_v in_o he_o not_o only_o just_o as_o god_n but_o secure_o as_o almighty_a see_v whatsoever_o our_o want_n be_v yet_o he_o be_v almighty_a can_v supply_v it_o how_o great_a soever_o our_o danger_n be_v yet_o he_o be_v almighty_a can_v defend_v we_o how_o strong_a soever_o our_o enemy_n be_v yet_o he_o be_v almighty_a can_v protect_v we_o and_o as_o we_o be_v assure_v that_o he_o can_v so_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o he_o will_v see_v there_o be_v in_o he_o no_o less_o readiness_n to_o do_v it_o as_o be_v a_o father_n then_o power_n to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v it_o as_o be_v almighty_a here_o the_o atheist_n infer_v that_o god_n can_v true_o be_v say_v to_o be_v almighty_a see_v there_o be_v many_o thing_n which_o he_o can_v do_v as_o he_o can_v die_v he_o can_v lie_v he_o can_v deny_v himself_o and_o if_o he_o can_v do_v these_o thing_n than_o he_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n and_o if_o he_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n then_o can_v he_o not_o true_o be_v say_v to_o be_v almighty_a but_o who_o see_v not_o the_o grossness_n of_o this_o subtlety_n see_v theve_fw-mi be_v not_o action_n of_o power_n but_o infirmity_n and_o not_o to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v thing_n which_o it_o be_v not_o ability_n to_o do_v but_o infirmity_n what_o prejudice_n can_v this_o be_v to_o almightiness_n and_o yet_o it_o can_v so_o proper_o be_v say_v of_o god_n neither_o that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v these_o thing_n as_o that_o he_o be_v able_a not_o to_o do_v they_o and_o so_o his_o not_o be_v able_a be_v indeed_o a_o ability_n and_o a_o effect_n of_o power_n and_o therefore_o no_o cause_n for_o this_o to_o deny_v his_o almightiness_n but_o to_o affirm_v it_o rather_o but_o what_o be_v more_o frequent_a with_o heathen_a writer_n then_o to_o call_v their_o feign_a god_n jupiter_n pater_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la the_o almighty_a father_n and_o what_o do_v we_o then_o believe_v more_o in_o this_o than_o the_o heathen_a do_v we_o therefore_o add_v maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o this_o no_o heathen_a man_n do_v ever_o believe_v for_o some_o of_o they_o think_v the_o world_n to_o be_v make_v by_o chance_n and_o by_o the_o casual_a concourse_n of_o atom_n some_o again_o think_v it_o to_o be_v eternal_a and_o not_o to_o have_v be_v make_v at_o all_o none_o of_o they_o ever_o ascribe_v the_o make_v it_o to_o god_n and_o therefore_o in_o our_o creed_n we_o just_o say_v god_n the_o father_n as_o against_o the_o jew_n and_o turk_n we_o say_v almighty_a as_o against_o the_o atheist_n and_o we_o say_v maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n as_o against_o the_o heathen_a indeed_o nothing_o do_v so_o manifest_o demonstrate_v the_o almightiness_n of_o god_n as_o the_o make_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n because_o he_o make_v they_o when_o there_o be_v no_o matter_n to_o make_v they_o off_o as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o beginning_n god_n make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o again_o in_o the_o beginning_n there_o be_v no_o time_n so_o before_o heaven_n and_o earth_n there_o be_v no_o matter_n and_o to_o make_v they_o when_o there_o be_v no_o matter_n to_o make_v they_o off_o be_v to_o make_v something_o of_o nothing_o the_o most_o absolute_a character_n of_o almightiness_n that_o can_v be_v if_o we_o shall_v say_v maker_n of_o man_n and_o beast_n this_o will_v not_o serve_v to_o show_v almightiness_n see_v there_o be_v matter_n whereof_o they_o be_v make_v for_o of_o earth_n they_o be_v make_v both_o but_o to_o say_v maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v so_o evident_a a_o argument_n of_o almightiness_n that_o the_o heathen_a themselves_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o have_v acknowledge_v it_o if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v blind_v with_o their_o false_a principle_n exit_fw-la nihilo_fw-la nihil_fw-la fit_a of_o nothing_o be_v make_v nothing_o a_o principle_n true_a indeed_o in_o relation_n to_o nature_n but_o false_a in_o relation_n to_o the_o power_n of_o god_n to_o who_o nothing_o be_v as_o much_o as_o matter_n and_o matter_n be_v no_o more_o than_o nothing_o see_v matter_n and_o nothing_o be_v all_o one_o to_o he_o neither_o yet_o be_v the_o almightiness_n of_o god_n more_o evident_o see_v in_o make_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n of_o nothing_o so_o contrary_a to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n than_o it_o be_v see_v in_o make_v they_o in_o a_o frame_n so_o contrary_a to_o the_o course_n of_o art_n for_o where_o in_o all_o artificial_a building_n the_o roof_n be_v always_o contiguous_a by_o mediate_a joint_n unto_o the_o foundation_n in_o this_o frame_n the_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o roof_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v contiguous_a to_o the_o earth_n that_o there_o be_v magnum_fw-la inane_fw-la a_o infinite_a extension_n of_o empty_a air_n between_o they_o and_o where_o the_o foundation_n in_o all_o artificial_a structure_n be_v always_o lay_v upon_o firm_a ground_n that_o it_o may_v sustain_v and_o bear_v it_o up_o in_o this_o frame_n the_o earth_n which_o be_v the_o foundation_n be_v lay_v upon_o nothing_o but_o thin_a air_n so_o far_o from_o any_o firmness_n that_o it_o be_v always_o in_o motion_n and_o yet_o the_o earth_n itself_o never_o move_n and_o if_o we_o take_v the_o sea_n as_o a_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n globe_n be_v there_o not_o as_o great_a a_o wonder_n in_o that_o also_o see_v where_o all_o liquid_a thing_n do_v natural_o overflow_v all_o that_o be_v under_o they_o here_o the_o liquid_a sea_n be_v above_o the_o earth_n and_o yet_o overflow_v it_o not_o and_o now_o stand_v and_o wonder_n all_o you_o heathen_a acknowledge_v and_o admire_v the_o almightiness_n of_o god_n that_o be_v the_o maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n but_o be_v god_n the_o father_n the_o only_a maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v it_o not_o say_v in_o saint_n john_n in_o the_o beginning_n be_v the_o word_n and_o the_o word_n be_v with_o god_n and_o the_o word_n be_v god_n all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o he_o and_o without_o he_o be_v nothing_o make_v that_o be_v make_v it_o be_v true_a indeed_o all_o opera_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_n all_o exterior_a work_n be_v common_a to_o all_o the_o person_n in_o the_o deity_n but_o

last_o day_n and_o in_o another_o place_n this_o be_v the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o send_v i_o that_o every_o one_o that_o see_v the_o son_n and_o believe_v on_o he_o may_v have_v everlasting_a life_n and_o i_o will_v raise_v he_o up_o at_o the_o last_o day_n and_o now_o if_o we_o be_v satisfy_v of_o his_o will_n shall_v we_o fall_v back_o again_o into_o a_o relapse_n of_o doubt_v his_o power_n but_o alas_o be_v it_o any_o hard_a matter_n for_o god_n to_o make_v the_o same_o body_n again_o which_o he_o have_v make_v once_o before_o or_o be_v it_o hard_o for_o he_o to_o make_v a_o body_n the_o same_o it_o be_v before_o than_o it_o be_v to_o make_v it_o at_o first_o when_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o be_v it_o not_o easy_o for_o god_n to_o make_v a_o body_n out_o of_o something_o than_o it_o be_v at_o first_o to_o make_v it_o out_o of_o nothing_o be_v it_o any_o hard_a matter_n for_o god_n to_o reduce_v all_o body_n to_o their_o first_o element_n and_o then_o to_o mix_v and_o compound_v they_o again_o as_o he_o do_v at_o first_o when_o our_o body_n be_v first_o make_v they_o be_v make_v but_o of_o dust_n and_o when_o they_o be_v dead_a they_o shall_v but_o be_v turn_v into_o dust_n and_o can_v god_n take_v the_o same_o dust_n to_o make_v the_o same_o body_n again_o as_o well_o now_o as_o he_o do_v then_o what_o though_o it_o be_v scatter_v about_o in_o a_o thousand_o place_n be_v distance_n of_o place_n any_o thing_n to_o god_n who_o be_v equal_o in_o all_o place_n at_o once_o be_v it_o hard_o for_o god_n to_o know_v which_o be_v the_o proper_a dust_n of_o every_o particular_a body_n and_o to_o give_v to_o every_o one_o their_o own_o dust_n who_o knowledge_n extend_v to_o count_v the_o just_a number_n of_o the_o sand_n and_o to_o call_v all_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n by_o their_o name_n be_v there_o any_o dust_n upon_o the_o earth_n any_o mote_n in_o the_o sun_n which_o god_n have_v not_o make_v and_o if_o he_o have_v make_v they_o all_o by_o his_o power_n shall_v he_o not_o dispose_v of_o they_o all_o at_o his_o pleasure_n if_o by_o only_a say_n congregentur_fw-la aquae_fw-la god_n make_v the_o great_a ocean_n which_o we_o can_v look_v upon_o without_o wonder_n can_v he_o not_o as_o well_o by_o only_a say_n congregetur_fw-la pulvis_fw-la make_v the_o dust_n of_o all_o body_n come_v together_o again_o that_o every_o body_n may_v be_v the_o very_a same_o body_n it_o be_v before_o say_v a_o body_n be_v devour_v of_o beast_n be_v eat_v of_o fish_n so_o as_o by_o digestion_n it_o become_v a_o part_n of_o their_o body_n say_v it_o suffer_v never_o so_o many_o alteration_n yet_o all_o those_o alteration_n shall_v be_v resolve_v at_o last_o into_o the_o same_o dust_n it_o be_v at_o first_o and_o can_v god_n of_o the_o same_o dust_n make_v the_o same_o body_n again_o as_o well_o now_o as_o he_o do_v before_o god_n of_o nothing_o make_v the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o of_o that_o dust_n the_o body_n of_o man_n and_o though_o the_o dust_n which_o be_v make_v of_o nothing_o shall_v return_v again_o to_o nothing_o yet_o the_o body_n of_o man_n that_o be_v make_v of_o dust_n shall_v never_o return_v to_o less_o than_o dust_n and_o to_o so_o little_a shall_v never_o have_v return_v neither_o if_o god_n for_o man_n transgression_n have_v not_o denounce_v against_o he_o pulvis_fw-la es_fw-la &_o in_fw-la pulverem_fw-la reverteris_fw-la if_o then_o god_n say_v dust_n thou_o be_v and_o to_o dust_n thou_o shall_v return_v have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o body_n return_v to_o dust_n why_o shall_v not_o his_o say_n a_o body_n thou_o be_v and_o a_o body_n thou_o shall_v rise_v again_o be_v as_o well_o a_o cause_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n and_o now_o if_o we_o be_v satisfy_v of_o his_o power_n shall_v we_o fall_v back_o again_o into_o a_o relapse_n of_o doubt_v his_o will_n but_o why_o do_v god_n make_v the_o body_n of_o man_n of_o dust_n where_o he_o make_v the_o body_n of_o beast_n of_o nothing_o but_o because_o the_o body_n of_o beast_n shall_v return_v again_o to_o nothing_o where_o the_o body_n of_o man_n shall_v never_o return_v but_o into_o dust_n that_o out_o of_o that_o dust_n it_o may_v rise_v again_o to_o be_v the_o same_o body_n it_o be_v before_o why_o do_v god_n make_v the_o body_n of_o man_n himself_o where_o he_o command_v the_o earth_n to_o bring_v forth_o the_o body_n of_o other_o creature_n but_o because_o he_o mean_v it_o a_o further_a preservation_n than_o he_o mean_v other_o creature_n and_o what_o further_a preservation_n if_o the_o body_n do_v not_o rise_v again_o and_o if_o now_o again_o we_o be_v satisfy_v of_o his_o will_n shall_v we_o fall_v back_o into_o another_o relapse_n of_o doubt_v his_o power_n can_v god_n do_v as_o much_o upon_o a_o sudden_a as_o nature_n can_v do_v with_o time_n though_o nature_n must_v have_v nine_o month_n lie_v in_o the_o mother_n womb_n before_o it_o can_v make_v a_o man_n body_n perfect_a yet_o god_n make_v adam_n a_o perfect_a body_n in_o a_o instant_a and_o can_v he_o transcend_v nature_n then_o and_o can_v he_o not_o now_o be_v he_o grow_v to_o be_v as_o impotent_a as_o nature_n able_a to_o do_v no_o more_o than_o what_o natural_o may_v be_v do_v what_o though_o the_o world_n doubt_v it_o and_o sadducee_n deny_v it_o shall_v we_o rather_o assent_v to_o they_o then_o say_v with_o job_n though_o worm_n destroy_v this_o body_n yet_o i_o shall_v see_v god_n in_o my_o flesh_n and_o if_o see_v god_n in_o his_o flesh_n then_o must_v his_o body_n rise_v again_o that_o he_o may_v have_v eye_n to_o see_v he_o and_o as_o these_o be_v some_o reason_n of_o many_o to_o show_v that_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n may_v be_v so_o there_o be_v other_o reason_n as_o strong_a to_o show_v that_o it_o shall_v and_o must_v be_v when_o moses_n meet_v christ_n on_o the_o mount_n how_o come_v he_o by_o his_o body_n again_o which_o have_v be_v dead_a and_o bury_v many_o hundred_o year_n before_o how_o come_v those_o man_n by_o their_o body_n again_o who_o have_v be_v dead_a and_o bury_v arise_v at_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n rise_v and_o appear_v unto_o many_o in_o the_o holy_a city_n when_o christ_n at_o the_o last_o day_n shall_v say_v venite_fw-la benedicti_fw-la patris_fw-la come_v you_o bless_v of_o my_o father_n he_o shall_v not_o say_v it_o to_o the_o soul_n alone_o nor_o to_o the_o body_n alone_o but_o to_o the_o whole_a man_n and_o if_o to_o the_o whole_a man_n then_o must_v the_o body_n be_v join_v to_o the_o soul_n again_o that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o whole_a man_n but_o no_o such_o conjunction_n if_o no_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n be_v not_o christ_n our_o head_n and_o we_o his_o member_n and_o if_o he_o ascend_v up_o to_o heaven_n in_o body_n and_o soul_n must_v not_o we_o that_o be_v his_o member_n do_v the_o like_a but_o no_o such_o ascension_n if_o no_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n have_v not_o christ_n promise_v that_o we_o shall_v sit_v with_o he_o at_o his_o table_n and_o eat_v and_o drink_v with_o he_o in_o his_o father_n kingdom_n but_o no_o such_o eat_v and_o drink_v if_o no_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n when_o christ_n in_o the_o gospel_n mean_v to_o confute_v the_o sadducee_n deny_v the_o resurrection_n he_o use_v this_o argument_n have_v you_o not_o read_v what_o god_n say_v to_o moses_n in_o the_o bush_n i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n the_o god_n of_o isaak_n and_o the_o god_n of_o jakob_n god_n be_v not_o the_o god_n of_o the_o dead_a but_o of_o the_o live_n and_o with_o this_o argument_n he_o put_v they_o to_o silence_n but_o how_o their_o error_n be_v confute_v by_o this_o argument_n or_o how_o this_o argument_n prove_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n be_v not_o easy_a to_o be_v perceive_v it_o seem_v the_o argument_n be_v not_o so_o much_o ad_fw-la rem_fw-la as_o ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la though_o it_o prove_v not_o direct_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n yet_o it_o prove_v it_o sufficient_o against_o the_o sadducee_n who_o therefore_o deny_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n because_o they_o believe_v not_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o this_o argument_n prove_v direct_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n prove_v sufficient_o against_o they_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n or_o be_v it_o perhaps_o mean_v thus_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o abraham_n but_o abraham_n be_v not_o the_o soul_n only_o but_o the_o whole_a man_n and_o therefore_o the_o body_n of_o abraham_n though_o now_o dead_a must_v of_o necessity_n be_v raise_v to_o life_n again_o see_v god_n be_v not_o the_o god_n