Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	beget_v	father_n	son_n	1,941	5	6.0880	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59810	A defence of Dr. Sherlock's notion of a Trinity in unity in answer to the animadversions upon his vindication of the doctrine of the holy and ever Blessed Trinity : with a post-script relating to the calm discourse of a Trinity in the Godhead : in a letter to a friend.	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1694 (1694)	Wing S3282; ESTC R33885	67,085	115

〈◊〉_d as_o gregory_n nazianzen_n speak_v trinit_fw-la deum_fw-la viventis_fw-la dei_fw-la vivam_fw-la imaginem_fw-la as_o st._n hilary_n tell_v we_o that_o christ_n be_v god_n the_o live_a image_n of_o the_o live_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o damascen_n deimaginibus_fw-la speak_v that_o the_o son_n be_v the_o live_n natural_a invariable_a image_n of_o the_o invisible_a god_n have_v the_o whole_a father_n in_o himself_o and_o be_v upon_o all_o account_n identical_o the_o same_o with_o he_o except_v the_o principle_n and_o cause_n of_o be_v that_o be_v that_o he_o be_v beget_v eternal_o of_o the_o father_n but_o the_o father_n be_v unbegotten_a but_o then_o though_o he_o be_v the_o son_n and_o the_o beget_v image_n of_o the_o father_n he_o be_v not_o his_o image_n mere_o as_o other_o son_n be_v the_o image_n of_o their_o father_n who_o though_o they_o partake_v of_o the_o same_o specific_a nature_n may_v be_v very_o unlike_o they_o and_o be_v not_o the_o same_o but_o as_o gregory_n nazianzen_n tell_v we_o in_o the_o place_n abovecited_a christ_n be_v the_o live_a image_n of_o the_o live_a father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o a_o more_o invariable_a image_n than_o seth_n be_v of_o adam_n or_o any_o child_n of_o his_o father_n for_o the_o nature_n of_o such_o simple_a and_o unmixed_a thing_n as_o a_o image_n be_v be_v not_o to_o be_v partly_o like_a and_o partly_o unlike_a as_o child_n be_v to_o their_o parent_n but_o that_o the_o whole_a represent_v the_o whole_a as_o the_o impression_n do_v the_o seal_n and_o rather_o to_o be_v the_o same_o than_o to_o be_v like_a but_o st._n gregory_n nyssen_n give_v we_o the_o most_o exact_a description_n of_o christ_n be_v 345._o the_o live_a image_n of_o his_o father_n of_o his_o will_n and_o of_o his_o goodness_n which_o he_o say_v be_v just_a as_o if_o a_o man_n see_v himself_o in_o a_o glass_n for_o the_o image_n in_o the_o glass_n do_v in_o every_o thing_n conform_v itself_o to_o its_o prototype_n the_o 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and_o substantial_a thing_n and_o st._n ambrose_n abhor_v the_o thought_n that_o the_o son_n shall_v not_o be_v a_o substantial_a son_n who_o give_v substance_n to_o other_o thing_n non_fw-la esse_fw-la filium_fw-la 7._o insubstantivum_fw-la qui_fw-la aliis_fw-la dedit_fw-la habere_fw-la substantiam_fw-la and_o facundus_n tell_v we_o that_o these_o word_n person_n and_o 19_o subsistence_n be_v use_v by_o the_o father_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o sabellian_n heresy_n and_o therefore_o must_v signify_v three_o that_o do_v real_o and_o substantial_o subsist_v as_o st._n hilary_n teach_v non_fw-la unum_fw-la esse_fw-la subsistentem_fw-la sed_fw-la unam_fw-la synod_n substantiam_fw-la non_fw-la differentem_fw-la that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o who_o subsist_v but_o one_o substance_n without_o any_o diversity_n that_o be_v in_o three_o different_a subsistency_n there_o can_v not_o have_v be_v more_o proper_a word_n think_v on_o to_o represent_v a_o trinity_n in_o unity_n than_o three_o 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antecedent_n causal_a influx_n on_o the_o divine_a nature_n to_o constitute_v the_o be_v or_o the_o unity_n of_o it_o he_o pretend_v to_o no_o such_o knowledge_n of_o create_a nature_n much_o less_o of_o a_o eternal_a self-originated_n simple_a uncompounded_a nature_n it_o content_v he_o to_o know_v what_o be_v essential_a not_o absolute_o to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n but_o to_o the_o unity_n in_o trinity_n and_o if_o mutual-consciousness_n be_v essential_a to_o this_o unity_n that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v thus_o unite_v and_o can_v be_v one_o without_o it_o he_o will_v contend_v no_o far_o with_o any_o man_n about_o it_o and_o it_o be_v certain_a this_o be_v essential_a to_o his_o notion_n of_o a_o identical_a and_o numerical_a unity_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o divine_a person_n when_o the_o same_o individual_a nature_n be_v repeat_v in_o its_o live_a image_n for_o it_o be_v essential_a to_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o live_a image_n not_o only_o perfect_o 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〈◊〉_d without_o any_o distance_n of_o time_n or_o propagate_a the_o motion_n from_o one_o to_o tother_o but_o be_v distinct_o in_o they_o all_o by_o one_o sensation_n like_o one_o thought_n in_o one_o numerical_a mind_n this_o be_v that_o very_a mutual-consciousness_n the_o dean_n mean_v and_o be_v essential_a not_o to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n absolute_o consider_v but_o as_o repeat_v in_o its_o image_n three_o such_o distinct_a subsistence_n of_o the_o same_o individual_a nature_n be_v by_o mutual-consciousness_n essential_o one_o and_o thus_o he_o may_v take_v his_o risibility_n again_o for_o he_o be_v undo_v if_o he_o part_v with_o it_o 3._o arg._n to_o affirm_v mutual-consciousness_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n in_o the_o same_o nature_n be_v to_o confound_v the_o union_n and_o communion_n of_o the_o say_a person_n together_o to_o affirm_v that_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n be_v essential_o one_o by_o 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