Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	action_n	effect_n	necessary_a	1,860	5	7.1073	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45359	A private letter of satisfaction to a friend concerning 1. The sleep of the soul, 2. The state of the soul after death, till the resurrection, 3. The reason of the seldom appearing of separate spirits, 4. Prayer for departed souls whether lawful or no.	Hallywell, Henry, d. 1703?	1667 (1667)	Wing H465; ESTC R18021	32,635	88

on_o the_o soul_n when_o depart_v from_o her_o decay_a tenement_n and_o convey_v she_o to_o that_o place_n and_o society_n which_o the_o rectitude_n or_o obliquity_n of_o her_o moral_a nature_n have_v fit_v she_o for_o there_o be_v two_o opposite_a principle_n or_o contrary_a nature_n in_o the_o world_n between_o which_o there_o be_v a_o eternal_a and_o irreconcilable_a feud_n viz._n sin_n &_o righteousness_n to_o one_o of_o which_o every_o man_n join_v himself_o and_o become_v a_o member_n of_o a_o society_n or_o body_n politic_a and_o carry_v on_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o immortal_a war_n sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o deflection_n from_o the_o divine_a nature_n a_o transposition_n or_o undue_a connexion_n and_o dis-harmonious_a union_n of_o some_o principle_n in_o the_o creation_n which_o raise_v a_o perturbation_n and_o disorder_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o when_o confirm_v by_o repeat_v act_n become_v a_o habit_n and_o incrassate_n &_o obnubilate_v the_o mind_n crowd_v it_o into_o narrowness_n and_o servility_n but_o righteousness_n be_v a_o concord_n or_o agreement_n and_o suitableness_n with_o those_o live_a law_n impress_v upon_o every_o moral_a agent_n when_o the_o soul_n act_v adequate_o and_o conformable_o to_o those_o innate_a notion_n of_o truth_n and_o holiness_n and_o this_o enlarge_n and_o set_v free_a the_o spirit_n of_o man_n from_o tyranny_n and_o slavery_n and_o hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o action_n of_o man_n be_v not_o as_o the_o transient_a effect_n of_o necessary_a cause_n as_o a_o stone_n to_o fall_v downward_o but_o be_v the_o result_v of_o spontaneous_a principle_n have_v a_o moral_a influence_n of_o good_a or_o evil_n upon_o their_o future_a state_n and_o condition_n for_o man_n arrive_v not_o to_o the_o utmost_a degree_n and_o completion_n of_o goodness_n or_o iniquity_n in_o a_o moment_n but_o as_o in_o natural_n so_o likewise_o moral_n there_o be_v a_o latitude_n require_v and_o thing_n ascend_v gradual_o to_o their_o perfection_n and_o consequent_o the_o wicked_a or_o righteous_a nature_n respective_o dispread_v itself_o and_o incorporate_n and_o conjoyn_v the_o soul_n either_o with_o hell_n or_o heaven_n in_o this_o life_n for_o hell_n in_o a_o moral_a sense_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o orb_n of_o sin_n and_o unrighteousness_n a_o state_n of_o penury_n &_o anxiety_n and_o suck_v in_o and_o draw_v as_o it_o be_v with_o hide_a cord_n and_o string_n every_o thing_n that_o be_v like_a to_o itself_o so_o that_o every_o wicked_a man_n true_o carry_v the_o beginning_n of_o hell_n and_o mi●ery_n within_o his_o breast_n and_o to_o this_o purpose_n be_v that_o of_o porphyry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o hades_n because_o it_o partake_v of_o the_o dark_a nature_n and_o void_a of_o light_n but_o heaven_n be_v the_o region_n of_o serenity_n and_o quiet_a a_o state_n of_o righteousness_n peace_n and_o joy_n and_o take_v hold_v of_o every_o thing_n congenerous_a to_o its_o own_o nature_n elevate_a and_o wind_v the_o spirit_n of_o man_n off_o from_o their_o commerce_n with_o vice_n and_o the_o allure_a object_n of_o sense_n and_o transform_v they_o into_o its_o own_o beauteous_a image_n and_o pulchritude_n and_o the_o further_o they_o recede_v from_o the_o cuspis_fw-la of_o the_o love_n of_o wickedness_n and_o the_o unrighteous_a nature_n the_o more_o liberty_n they_o find_v and_o when_o once_o they_o be_v so_o far_o rise_v that_o the_o utmost_a projection_n of_o this_o dark_a shadow_n can_v touch_v they_o then_o be_v they_o arrive_v to_o a_o eternal_a and_o boundless_a freedom_n every_o man_n therefore_o so_o fatal_o adjoin_v himself_o either_o to_o heaven_n or_o hell_n in_o this_o life_n it_o will_v inevitable_o fall_v to_o his_o share_n to_o be_v happy_a or_o miserable_a when_o depart_v out_o of_o it_o which_o can_v be_v except_o the_o memory_n and_o sense_n of_o his_o past_a action_n return_v upon_o his_o separation_n from_o the_o body_n and_o that_o it_o do_v so_o be_v not_o only_o a_o probable_a but_o necessary_a consequence_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n for_o memory_n be_v a_o radicate_v faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o have_v no_o great_a dependence_n upon_o the_o body_n than_o all_o other_o exertion_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o mind_n whatsoever_o it_o will_v remain_v safe_a and_o entire_a notwithstanding_o the_o various_a turn_n and_o transmutation_n of_o corporeal_a principle_n indeed_o be_v memory_n and_o those_o other_o faculty_n which_o not_o without_o great_a reason_n we_o attribute_v to_o a_o know_v and_o intelligent_a principle_n the_o sole_a effect_n of_o the_o re-action_n or_o tremulous_a motion_n of_o certain_a piece_n of_o matter_n strike_v upon_o each_o other_o it_o be_v a_o necessary_a deduction_n from_o thence_o that_o death_n shall_v spoil_v their_o sport_n and_o quite_o deface_v and_o obliterate_v whatever_o their_o nimble_a frisking_n and_o incertain_a agitation_n may_v represent_v unto_o we_o but_o this_o be_v already_o sufficient_o demonstrate_v to_o our_o hand_n to_o be_v both_o frivolous_a and_o precarious_a by_o a_o excellent_a person_n who_o have_v divest_v matter_n of_o all_o cogitative_a power_n and_o property_n and_o if_o we_o well_o weigh_v the_o state_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n it_o will_v appear_v that_o memory_n will_v then_o be_v more_o vivid_n and_o lively_a and_o conscience_n which_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o reflex_n act_n of_o memory_n more_o sensible_a and_o awaken_v for_o the_o great_a cause_n of_o all_o our_o weak_a and_o imperfect_a action_n in_o this_o life_n be_v the_o stubbornness_n and_o inobsequiousness_n of_o matter_n to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o soul_n whereby_o they_o become_v dull_a languish_a and_o inactive_a but_o when_o death_n shall_v give_v we_o entrance_n into_o another_o world_n and_o the_o soul_n unite_v to_o a_o more_o ductil_a and_o pliable_a vehicle_n her_o operation_n will_v become_v more_o sprightly_a and_o the_o memory_n bring_v into_o view_v many_o and_o diverse_a thing_n which_o before_o it_o be_v not_o able_a to_o command_v &_o the_o conscience_n afflict_v or_o cheer_v according_a to_o her_o deportment_n in_o the_o former_a life_n neither_o be_v this_o any_o more_o than_o what_o we_o find_v already_o in_o the_o nature_n and_o cause_n of_o thing_n for_o if_o memory_n be_v lose_v by_o the_o violence_n of_o a_o disease_n or_o some_o other_o extraordinary_a indisposition_n of_o the_o body_n yet_o return_n and_o be_v regain_v upon_o the_o cessation_n and_o amotion_n of_o the_o distemper_n and_o reduction_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o their_o pristine_a temperament_n i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o it_o shall_v thus_o total_o be_v despoil_v by_o death_n there_o be_v ofttimes_o a_o great_a change_n and_o perturbation_n in_o some_o malignant_a disease_n than_o we_o see_v happen_v to_o sound_v and_o healthy_a person_n who_o the_o casualty_n of_o war_n or_o other_o sudden_a fate_n have_v bring_v to_o a_o untimely_a end_n this_o only_a difference_n be_v assign_v which_o yet_o when_o severe_o examine_v carry_v no_o great_a moment_n with_o it_o that_o when_o nature_n or_o art_n have_v expel_v the_o morbific_a matter_n and_o restore_v the_o body_n to_o a_o healthful_a vigour_n and_o the_o spirit_n depurate_v and_o rectify_v from_o their_o vitiosity_n become_v accommodate_v instrument_n for_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o soul_n her_o vital_a union_n with_o matter_n continue_v which_o in_o death_n say_v they_o be_v total_o lose_v and_o dissolve_v and_o how_o the_o soul_n unbare_v from_o all_o commerce_n with_o matter_n can_v be_v capable_a of_o act_v seem_v utter_o unintelligible_a whether_o therefore_o the_o soul_n do_v or_o do_v not_o act_n without_o the_o help_n of_o matter_n when_o her_o garment_n of_o mortality_n be_v lay_v aside_o be_v not_o my_o present_a purpose_n to_o discuss_v only_o i_o shall_v cast_v in_o this_o by_o the_o way_n that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v demonstrative_o certain_a that_o the_o soul_n can_v act_v without_o the_o assistance_n of_o matter_n but_o if_o he_o remind_v himself_o of_o that_o intimate_a dependence_n the_o soul_n have_v upon_o matter_n in_o this_o life_n even_o in_o her_o sublimest_n exercise_n for_o i_o omit_v here_o the_o power_n of_o move_v the_o body_n which_o be_v likewise_o perform_v by_o the_o motion_n of_o matter_n direct_v according_a to_o the_o will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o also_o her_o sympathy_n with_o the_o mutation_n and_o alteration_n of_o the_o air_n whereby_o the_o mind_n become_v more_o elevate_v and_o serene_a or_o cloudy_a and_o dull_a and_o those_o infinite_a variety_n likewise_o which_o a_o man_n may_v observe_v in_o his_o own_o temper_n and_o constitution_n not_o to_o instance_n in_o any_o other_o but_o those_o of_o a_o extraordinary_a joy_n and_o cheerfulness_n of_o spirit_n at_o sometime_o and_o at_o other_o as_o great_a a_o pensiveness_n and_o melancholy_n of_o which_o a_o