Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	act_n	power_n	will_n	1,439	5	6.6180	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29937	A prophetick demonstration of many remarkable passages ... as they were found in a manuscript intitled, The mistery of observable predictions upon the present state of Reynelus & Romulus, or, The unrid[d]led] hyraglip of a she fox nurs'd by a she wolf in a stile answerable to Miltons heroick verses on lost Paradise ...	Bryan, Robert, 17th cent.	1680 (1680)	Wing B5249; ESTC R1248	12,236	26

forth the measuring Line By labour in motion strives to undermine Which to prevent Eternity contriv'd How all the Laws of Nature might be reviv'd On a Foundation firmer then that of self Which undermined may be by Natures Elph But Kingdom of self thus undermin'd doth cause Establisht under the Draggons Jaws This new revive of Nature and her Laws For II. Where Sathan had made his Seat those now do dwell Whom God will make witness against his hell As nature renewed unto her rights once lost Comes up adorn'd with beauty of wisdoms cost Thus Nature a subject was to a first cause Of being to the whole and of those Laws Wherein the minde of God on her Impress'd Had a commanding power to make all bless'd Before was open'd the Eternal Womb Of Seeds Eternal Eternally there Sown By an Eternal power thus Generating Causes of form to all of Gods Creating III. Before we say unseal'd was that shut down Under Eternal silence without renown A hiden cause there was of all that 's thence Awaken'd from Natures Womb to complyance Which cause of form was cause of births there strove According to a power each seed did move Where Lurk'd the cause why Man from GOD was drove For matter of form while closing with its cause Is subject unto natures will'd form and laws Who like an Ass is bended down between Two burdens born while couchant she is seen Yeilding compliance to all within the Scene IV. Unmanifest as God eternally That one before and after all was he Therefore what we Eternal Nature call Dwelling of God unmanifest the all Was the before and after cause adorn'd Will'd manifest in matter once unform'd Being to forms of Nature from that cause Of all in one Gold chain so powerfull draws Where cause of self as whole stands now divided Variety disclosing the strif decided By Vnity in whom qualities distinct Are swallowed up in one the whole is linkt V. But while shut up were various opperations In one Eternal Womb all seperations Of matter will'd by causes did obey The seperating cause without delay Thus causes in God of Soul to Natures frame Was one creating cause caus'd him supream To be over those causes had a dependance On will to seperation caus'd by attendance Of Seeds unformed occasion to Imbrace They took by opertunity to come in place Where births distinct accordingly were form'd From cause of self as self now stands adorn'd VI. From the Intelligable Ideas made seperate Are causes of form in Nature uncreate In Nature as seeds Ideas thus were plac'd But Shaddowy in matter they form Imbrac'd For in Gods minde was plac'd in unity Ideas of form that had Community With him the one of all while uncreate Was form to matter he did seperate According to causes distinguishable Among themselves from the Intelligable As such the Worlds Soul that did admit Variety of Seeds so causing it VII But will of causes Atracting forms distinct Was will unable till quicknings there had linked In one that Golden Chain Nature complying Caus'd will of one to be a cause denying Power otherways to causes then they serv'd To magnify that cause in whom reserv'd Was a reward of Justice by equal measure Proportioning effects to be the treasure Of will to all causes made seperate To serve that one whose Power did Antidate All disobedience made by will Inthrawl'd Another Lord to serve then truth Instawl'd VIII Thus changes in Nature had variety Of causes Subjecting unto vanity Not willingly by God who otherways Subdued in hope our forms again to rise Throw all these changes he suffering did will Eternal Glory form'd that to fulfill Which our frail Natures wakened by deaths sting Unto his praise decreed about did bring For he decreed effects to every cause Proportionable unto Natures Laws As cause of whole and consequent of parts Dependant upon one whom causes thwarts IX Thus Thwart as they are thwarted by decree Of God that one who holds Supremecy Did causes of hurt by change first operate Till God had turn'd the course of Natures fate Brought through her changes to a better State And hence all cause of various opperations Effects produceth as various in their Stations While we under the Moon-light walk of will Ordained to rule the changes do fulfill His purpose decreed that then shall stand reveal'd To be lights Fountain when its Suns unseal'd Under whose righteous wings Nations are heal'd X. Mean time as Children of the day let 's walk And not like Bats by Night the Sun doth bawk Seeing a better State God hath ordained For those who by his Power have sin refrain'd And him doth love whom evil hath restrain'd Changes must be before our Resurrection Compleated is to out live that Infection Which Death by 'ts sting hath made on Nature frail While her comply did Misery Intail On us her Subjects may the hurt bewayl But le ts arise in Life unchangable And leave behinde the form tangable XI For Act of causes sinfull comes of self Where cause of Act was will'd by Natures Elph Who seperated birth is of that seed Which sown in Natures Garden prov'd a weed For though to will God being first did give Which will of different seeds came thence to live Yet will of self no power had to Act Till change prevail'd to Natrulise wills Fact Which self Intaild upon the will of Nature Not absolute though free in every Creature Where causes of will are link'd all in one chain Draws after will Effects caus'd to remain And XII Where change of minde preceedent cause is made Of change on bodys to Glory ne'er shall fade Repentings are a needfull change begun Till unto the unchangable were come Where united stands a body with that minde Which Glorify'd is Glory to finde Therefore though we in bodys vile have dwelt This change begun on Nature we have felt As well as on our minds having a part In the first Resurrection where our heart With its affections plac'd above are set On Heavenly things renewings doth beget CHAP. II. Concerning the Creation of the World in Nature wherein stands represented the Mistery of the Golden Fleece that was carryed to Colchos WHen God the Word began first to Create The Earth being void of form was Nihils Seat While Darkness Oceanus over spread And on the face of Neptune Spirit shee l Which was a Power supream will'd seperation Of light from darkness of his first Creation But while the Heavens and Earth were thus Created The Stage of Nothings form therein stated Fixation was requir'd while apt to fly Was matter volatile bove Natures Sky Gods Spirit therefore breathing on those waters Whose Face was the first beauty of all matters II. A Firmament thus made the Curtain was Of Nature forms out-spread shewing a cause Why unto Coelus and Terra Aether and Dies Parents were feign'd under Natures Surprize As also how Nature surpriz'd while Reign'd The youngest Son of Coelus and Terra thus feign'd Both why and how we