Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	appear_v	conjecture_n	great_a	26	3	2.1104	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97086	The considerator considered: or, A brief view of certain considerations upon the Biblia polyglotta, the prolegomena and appendix thereof. Wherein, amongst other things, the certainty, integrity, and divine authority of the original texts, is defended, against the consequences of athiests, papists, antiscripturists, &c. inferred from the various readings, and novelty of the Hebrew points, by the author of the said Considerations. The Biblia polyglotta, and translations therein exhibited, with various readings, prolegomena and appendix, vindicated from his aspersions and calumnies. And the questions about the punctation of the Hebrew text, the various readings, and the ancient Hebrew character briefly handled. / By Br. Walton. D.D.	Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.	1659 (1659)	Wing W657; Thomason E1860_1; ESTC R204072	144,833	308

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apollodorus_n the_o athenian_a of_o chrysippus_n his_o write_n that_o if_o one_o shall_v take_v away_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o that_o be_v either_o none_o of_o his_o own_o or_o nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o will_v be_v empty_a of_o all_o matter_n for_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o thing_n true_a or_o useful_a concern_v the_o subject_n here_o dispute_v which_o be_v not_o former_o say_v in_o those_o prolegomena_n nor_o any_o thing_n concern_v the_o same_o which_o be_v add_v by_o the_o adversary_n as_o his_o own_o which_o be_v not_o sufficient_o confute_v in_o the_o same_o proleg_n not_o to_o mention_v the_o incoherence_n of_o the_o thing_n here_o handle_v the_o whole_a be_v rudis_fw-la indigestaque_fw-la mole_n a_o confuse_a heap_n of_o independency_n vii_o in_o these_o consideration_n we_o be_v tell_v of_o a_o new_a plot_n or_o design_n among_o protestant_n after_o they_o be_v come_v out_o of_o rome_n a_o design_n which_o they_o dare_v not_o public_o own_o pag._n 329._o the_o leprosy_n of_o papist_n cry_v down_o the_o original_a text_n be_v break_v forth_o among_o protestant's_n with_o what_o design_n to_o what_o end_n or_o purpose_n he_o know_v not_o god_n know_v and_o the_o day_n will_v manifest_v epist_n pag._n 14._o that_o this_o design_n be_v own_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n to_o the_o bible_n and_o in_o the_o appendix_n that_o they_o print_v the_o original_a and_o defame_v it_o gather_v up_o translation_n of_o all_o sort_n and_o set_v they_o up_o in_o competition_n with_o it_o epist_n p._n 9_o that_o they_o take_v away_o all_o certainty_n in_o and_o about_o all_o sacred_a truth_n epist_n p._n 25._o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v unto_o man_n but_o to_o choose_v whether_o they_o will_v turn_v papist_n or_o atheist_n epist_n p._n 9_o that_o there_o be_v gross_a corruption_n befall_v the_o original_n which_o by_o the_o help_n of_o old_a translation_n and_o by_o conjecture_n may_v be_v find_v out_o and_o correct_v pag._n 205._o as_o pernicious_a a_o principle_n as_o ever_o be_v fix_v upon_o since_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n epist_n p._n 21._o that_o it_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o mahumetanisme_n the_o chief_a and_o principal_a prop_n of_o popery_n the_o only_a pretence_n of_o phanaticall_a antiscripturist_n and_o the_o root_n of_o much_o hide_a atheism_n in_o the_o world_n p._n 147._o that_o he_o fear_v the_o pretend_a infallible_a judge_n or_o the_o depth_n of_o atheism_n lie_v at_o the_o door_n of_o these_o consideration_n p._n 161._o that_o they_o be_v enough_o to_o frighten_v unstable_a soul_n into_o the_o arm_n of_o a_o infallible_a guide_n p._n 196._o that_o these_o various_a translation_n as_o upon_o trial_n they_o will_v be_v find_v to_o be_v be_v such_o as_o many_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o question_v the_o foundation_n of_o all_o p._n 207._o and_o therefore_o he_o have_v rather_o all_o translation_n shall_v be_v consume_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n p._n 318._o then_o such_o a_o figment_n shall_v be_v admit_v that_o set_v aside_o two_o thesis_n there_o be_v no_o opinion_n ventilate_v among_o christian_n tend_v to_o the_o depression_n of_o the_o worth_n and_o impair_n the_o esteem_n of_o the_o heb._n copy_n which_o be_v not_o direct_o or_o by_o just_a consequence_n own_v in_o these_o prolegomena_n p._n 205._o hence_o be_v these_o tragical_a exclamation_n of_o dreadful_a distemper_n which_o may_v well_o prove_v mortal_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o scripture_n pag._n 314._o of_o horrible_a and_o outrageous_a violence_n offer_v to_o the_o sacred_a verity_n p._n 315._o that_o man_n take_v upon_o they_o to_o correct_v the_o scripture_n pag._n 344._o to_o correct_v the_o word_n of_o god_n p._n 180._o these_o be_v some_o of_o the_o expression_n use_v by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o consideration_n who_o yet_o write_v with_o all_o christian_a candour_n and_o moderation_n of_o spirit_n p._n 151._o candid_o for_o the_o sake_n and_o pursuit_n of_o truth_n with_o a_o mind_n free_v from_o all_o prejudice_n and_o disquiet_v affection_n p._n 155._o now_o those_o dangerous_a principle_n about_o which_o all_o this_o stir_n be_v make_v be_v chief_o reduce_v to_o two_o though_o many_o be_v pretend_v 1._o that_o the_o hebrew_n point_n that_o be_v the_o modern_a form_n now_o use_v not_o the_o vowel_n &_o accent_n themselves_o which_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v coeve_v with_o the_o other_o letter_n &_o that_o the_o read_n of_o the_o text_n be_v never_o arbitrary_a but_o the_o same_o before_o and_o after_o the_o punctation_n be_v devise_v and_o fix_v by_o the_o masorite_n about_o five_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n 2._o that_o there_o be_v various_a reading_n in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n both_o in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o greek_a by_o the_o casual_a mistake_n of_o transcriber_n yet_o in_o matter_n of_o no_o moment_n which_o by_o compare_v ancient_a cop●es_n may_v be_v find_v out_o and_o in_o some_o case_n 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make_v it_o manifest_a that_o there_o be_v various_a reading_n both_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o the_o new_a and_o it_o be_v confess_v there_o have_v be_v fail_n in_o the_o transcriber_n who_o have_v often_o mistake_v and_o that_o its_o impossible_a it_o shall_v be_v otherwise_o &c_n &c_n p._n 165_o 191._o 178._o 296._o whereby_o he_o make_v himself_o evident_o guilty_a of_o the_o crime_n which_o he_o unjust_o charge_v upon_o other_o and_o of_o those_o consequence_n which_o he_o infer_v on_o the_o behalf_n of_o papist_n atheist_n antiscripturist_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o overthrow_v that_o which_o he_o will_v seem_v to_o contend_v for_o viz._n the_o certainty_n and_o supreme_a authority_n of_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o i_o may_v say_v unto_o he_o ex_fw-la ore_fw-la tuo_fw-la out_o of_o thy_o own_o mouth_n shall_v thou_o be_v judge_v and_o use_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 2._o 1._o wherefore_o thou_o be_v unexcusable_a o_o man_n that_o condemne_v another_o 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truth_n which_o he_o pretend_v to_o v._o and_o though_o it_o have_v be_v the_o hard_a hap_n of_o the_o prolegomena_n &_o appendix_n to_o come_v out_o when_o his_o treatise_n be_v ready_a to_o be_v print_v which_o have_v procure_v all_o this_o trouble_n to_o himself_o and_o the_o reader_n yet_o be_v there_o such_o a_o necessity_n of_o the_o publish_v his_o treatise_n divers_a person_n of_o great_a learning_n and_o judgement_n think_v his_o pain_n may_v very_o well_o have_v be_v spare_v and_o that_o instead_o of_o prove_v the_o divine_a authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n he_o have_v much_o weaken_v it_o and_o what_o in_o he_o lie_v shake_v the_o very_a foundation_n of_o religion_n while_o he_o reject_v that_o main_a argument_n to_o prove_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v from_o god_n pag._n 103_o 104._o viz._n the_o miracle_n wrought_v by_o moses_n and_o christ_n the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n to_o confirm_v their_o doctrine_n bring_v down_o to_o we_o by_o the_o undoubted_a testimony_n 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and_o romanist_n and_o among_o the_o former_a by_o jos_n scaliger_n drusius_n sixtin_n amama_n d._n prideaux_n sect._n 12._o and_o other_o but_o most_o large_o by_o buxtorf_n both_o father_n and_o son_n and_o by_o lud._n capellus_n by_o the_o father_n in_o his_o hebrew_a grammar_n and_o by_o capellus_n in_o his_o arcanum_n punctationis_fw-la revelatum_fw-la print_v by_o erpenius_n at_o leyden_n anno_fw-la 1614_o and_o by_o buxtorf_n the_o son_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o capellus_n the_o chief_a argument_n on_o both_o side_n be_v collect_v and_o with_o addition_n of_o some_o other_o present_v prolegom_n 3._o sect._n 38._o to_o 56._o what_o be_v charge_v in_o the_o consideration_n upon_o the_o prolegomena_n in_o this_o matter_n we_o have_v in_o part_n set_v forth_o chap._n 3._o in_o some_o particular_n and_o opposite_a thereto_o what_o be_v assert_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n we_o shall_v now_o more_o full_o discuss_v what_o be_v charge_v or_o object_v in_o the_o one_o and_o what_o be_v grant_v or_o deny_v in_o the_o other_o not_o that_o i_o intend_v to_o handle_v the_o controversy_n at_o large_a which_o will_v be_v actum_fw-la agere_fw-la and_o make_v this_o short_a reply_n swell_v into_o a_o great_a volume_n but_o as_o our_o author_n say_v he_o will_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d brief_o consider_v the_o head_n of_o thing_n so_o i_o shall_v brief_o take_v notice_n of_o his_o consideration_n ii_o in_o his_o epist_n pag._n 19_o he_o say_v that_o the_o solemn_a espousal_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o hebrew_n punctation_n in_o the_o biblia_fw-la polyglotta_n be_v one_o chief_a occasion_n of_o this_o consideration_n the_o opinion_n which_o he_o oppose_v be_v by_o he_o in_o several_a place_n declare_v pag._n 157._o that_o the_o hebrew_n point_n or_o vowel_n and_o accent_n be_v a_o novel_a invention_n of_o some_o judaical_a rabbin_n about_o five_o or_o six_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o give_v out_o of_o the_o gospel_n and_o p._n 205._o that_o the_o point_n or_o vowel_n and_o accent_n be_v a_o late_a invention_n of_o the_o tiberian_a masorite_n long_o after_o sundry_a translation_n be_v extant_a in_o the_o world_n their_o arbitrary_a invention_n p._n 208._o c._n 4._o in_o the_o content_n and_o p._n 217_o 218._o p._n 293._o the_o arbitrary_a invention_n of_o some_o jew_n and_o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o we_o to_o change_v they_o at_o pleasure_n p._n 250._o 258._o 217_o 218._o hence_o he_o deduce_v these_o consequence_n pag._n 157._o that_o the_o agreement_n of_o those_o translation_n before_o the_o suppose_a invention_n of_o the_o point_n with_o the_o original_a can_v by_o just_a consequence_n be_v try_v by_o the_o present_a text_n as_o now_o point_v and_o accent_v and_o that_o the_o whole_a credit_n of_o our_o read_n and_o interpretation_n of_o the_o sripture_n as_o far_o as_o regulate_v by_o the_o present_a punctation_n depend_v sole_o on_o the_o faithfulness_n and_o skill_n of_o those_o jew_n who_o invention_n this_o 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or_o to_o prove_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o that_o the_o text_n be_v corrupt_a i_o see_v not_o any_o colour_n of_o such_o a_o consequence_n nor_o do_v our_o adversary_n bring_v any_o reason_n to_o prove_v it_o it_o be_v true_a arnol._n bootius_n in_o his_o furious_a invective_n against_o capellus_n take_v hold_v of_o his_o word_n and_o will_v prove_v this_o to_o be_v false_a but_o infer_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o this_o author_n do_v as_o if_o hereby_o the_o heb._n text_n be_v endanger_v which_o if_o he_o can_v with_o any_o colour_n have_v make_v good_a i_o be_o sure_a he_o will_v not_o have_v omit_v v._o we_o come_v now_o to_o the_o last_o of_o these_o thing_n which_o tend_v to_o the_o depression_n of_o the_o esteem_n of_o the_o hebrew_n text_n which_o among_o other_o be_v reckon_v by_o our_o adversary_n in_o the_o first_o place_n pag._n 205._o viz._n that_o the_o present_a hebrew_n character_n be_v not_o that_o use_v by_o god_n himself_o and_o in_o the_o old_a 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in_o the_o cause_n that_o they_o think_v those_o that_o dissent_n nec_fw-la ferendos_fw-la nec_fw-la audiendos_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o that_o the_o great_a fame_n and_o esteem_v of_o their_o exquisite_a hebrew_n learning_n have_v draw_v the_o most_o unto_o that_o opinion_n he_o add_v withal_o sect._n 4._o equidem_fw-la cum_fw-la nemine_fw-la super_fw-la hac_fw-la re_fw-la acrius_fw-la contendere_fw-la aut_fw-la disceptare_fw-la mihi_fw-la est_fw-la propositum_fw-la and_o sect._n 5._o confess_v ingenuous_o that_o he_o dare_v not_o hope_n se_fw-la hoc_fw-la assecuturum_fw-la ut_fw-la omnibus_fw-la satisfaciat_fw-la ultimamque_fw-la literarum_fw-la hebraicarum_fw-la antiquitatem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d probet_fw-la ac_fw-la persuadeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n only_o he_o hope_v to_o show_v that_o the_o other_o opinion_n be_v not_o so_o absurd_a as_o that_o the_o defender_n of_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v account_v half_a divine_n or_o half_a man_n or_o sceptic_n that_o doubt_v of_o 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