Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	blood_n	body_n	heat_n	1,625	5	7.9919	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28630	Paracelsus, his Archidoxis comprised in ten books : disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, &c : together with his books of renovation & restauration, of the tincture of the philsophers, of the manual of the philosophical medicinal stone, of the virtues of the members, of the three principles, and finally his seven books of the degrees and compositions, of receipts and natural things / faithfully and plainly Englished, and published by J.H., Oxon.; Archidoxa. English	Paracelsus, 1493-1541.; J. H. (John Harding), b. 1600 or 1601.	1660 (1660)	Wing B3538; ESTC R19424	195,085	345

much_o better_o become_v to_o account_v themselves_o as_o unprofitable_a servant_n and_o as_o none_o at_o all_o now_o albeit_o that_o even_o we_o ourselves_o may_v by_o use_n in_o our_o imitate_v of_o these_o man_n easy_o learn_v together_o with_o they_o to_o wrest_v the_o word_n of_o our_o teacher_n &_o only_a creator_n unto_o our_o own_o pride_n yet_o notwithstanding_o see_v that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o exact_a knowledge_n of_o the_o word_n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v hold_v on_o by_o faith_n only_o and_o be_v not_o establish_v by_o any_o earthly_a reason_n how_o specious_a soever_o it_o be_v let_v we_o cast_v off_o this_o burden_n or_o rather_o yoke_n of_o their_o reason_n and_o search_v after_o the_o mystery_n of_o nature_n in_o which_o mystery_n the_o end_n or_o issue_n prove_v and_o confirm_v the_o foundation_n or_o way_n of_o truth_n let_v we_o seek_v after_o not_o only_o those_o mystry_n but_o such_o also_o as_o teach_v we_o to_o accomplish_v the_o high_a charity_n and_o this_o be_v that_o treasure_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a viz._n the_o material_a part_n which_o we_o do_v understand_v and_o mean_v in_o the_o write_n of_o our_o archidoxis_n and_o as_o for_o the_o spiritual_a part_n we_o will_v refer_v that_o to_o our_o monarchiâ_fw-la how_o out_o of_o the_o aforesaid_a bassis_fw-la and_o foundation_n have_v we_o experimental_o draw_v our_o medicine_n whereby_o we_o be_v make_v certain_a and_o do_v occular_o behold_v that_o the_o thing_n be_v true_o so_o to_o come_v therefore_o to_o the_o practic_n part_n we_o will_v divide_v this_o our_o book_n of_o archidoxis_n into_o ten_o part_n that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o assistance_n for_o our_o memory_n that_o we_o may_v not_o forget_v it_o and_o withal_o we_o will_v speak_v so_o open_o that_o we_o may_v be_v understand_v by_o our_o son_n but_o not_o by_o the_o vulgar_a for_o we_o will_v not_o at_o all_o thrust_v the_o manifestation_n of_o these_o thing_n upon_o such_o so_o easy_o we_o will_v not_o 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also_o of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v permix_v herewith_o likewise_o it_o viz._n the_o microcosm_n be_v conquer_v and_o govern_v by_o medicine_n and_o so_o follow_v it_o just_a as_o a_o horse_n bridle_v follow_v he_o that_o lead_v he_o or_o like_o a_o mad_a dog_n tie_v with_o chain_n thus_o on_o this_o wise_a do_v i_o understand_v medicine_n to_o attract_v and_o draw_v on_o nature_n and_o every_o live_a thing_n now_o in_o this_o we_o do_v meet_v with_o three_o thing_n which_o demonstrate_v unto_o we_o the_o virtue_n and_o power_n whereby_o such_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v complete_o do_v as_o first_o of_o all_o by_o what_o mean_v the_o five_o sense_n shall_v be_v help_v by_o the_o mystery_n of_o nature_n when_o as_o they_o proceed_v not_o from_o nature_n nor_o have_v a_o natural_a rise_n or_o birth_n as_o any_o herb_n have_v out_o of_o its_o own_o seed_n but_o there_o be_v no_o matter_n which_o may_v produce_v they_o second_o the_o mobility_n of_o the_o body_n must_v be_v consider_v also_o as_o from_o whence_o it_o proceed_v and_o by_o what_o it_o be_v move_v and_o stir_v and_o by_o what_o mean_v it_o be_v to_o be_v holpen_v three_o there_o must_v be_v a_o knowledge_n of_o the_o division_n of_o all_o the_o power_n in_o the_o body_n and_o what_o thing_n they_o be_v that_o have_v a_o agreement_n with_o each_o member_n and_o be_v to_o be_v transmute_v according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o member_n whereas_o notwithstanding_o they_o be_v at_o the_o beginning_n one_o only_a nature_n first_o of_o all_o therefore_o we_o will_v speak_v of_o these_o of_o see_v hear_v touch_v taste_v and_o smell_a you_o may_v take_v this_o teach_a example_n the_o eye_n have_v a_o matter_n of_o which_o they_o consist_v as_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o composition_n of_o the_o body_n so_o also_o have_v the_o other_o sense_n but_o now_o the_o sight_n itself_o be_v not_o out_o of_o that_o seed_n of_o which_o the_o eye_n proceed_v nor_o the_o hear_n or_o tone_n out_o of_o that_o of_o which_o the_o ear_n be_v make_v nor_o proceed_v the_o touch_n from_o the_o flesh_n nor_o the_o taste_n out_o of_o the_o tongue_n nor_o the_o smell_n from_o the_o nostril_n no_o more_o than_o reason_n proceed_v from_o the_o brain_n but_o these_o be_v bodily_a organ_n or_o rather_o coffer_n in_o which_o the_o sense_n be_v generate_v neither_o be_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o these_o sense_n have_v their_o dependence_n upon_o the_o grace_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o creator_n in_o such_o wise_a as_o not_o to_o be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n but_o only_o infuse_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n supernatural_o to_o this_o end_n that_o the_o great_a wonder_n of_o god_n may_v if_o at_o any_o time_n a_o man_n be_v bear_v blind_a be_v make_v know_v unto_o we_o we_o be_v not_o to_o conceive_v of_o it_o thus_o in_o this_o place_n for_o the_o aforesaid_a sense_n have_v their_o proper_a insensible_a and_o impalpable_a body_n even_o as_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o body_n be_v tangible_a for_o every_o man_n be_v compose_v of_o two_o viz._n of_o a_o material_a and_o of_o a_o spiritual_a body_n the_o materiality_n give_v body_n blood_n and_o flesh_n but_o the_o spirituality_n give_v hear_v see_v smell_a touch_v and_o taste_v so_o then_o if_o one_o be_v bear_v deaf_a it_o proceed_v from_o the_o defect_n of_o that_o mansion_n place_n in_o which_o the_o hear_n be_v to_o abide_v for_o the_o spiritual_a body_n do_v not_o perfect_a its_o operation_n in_o a_o ill_a dispose_v place_n the_o cause_n of_o which_o we_o set_v down_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o man_n in_o this_o therefore_o be_v the_o great_a wonder_n of_o god_n to_o be_v know_v that_o there_o be_v two_o body_n viz._n a_o eternal_a and_o a_o corporal_n couch_v and_o conclude_v in_o one_o as_o be_v also_o manifest_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o man_n now_o medicine_n work_v upon_o the_o house_n and_o cleanse_v it_o whereby_o the_o spiritual_a body_n be_v able_a to_o perfect_v its_o proper_a action_n therein_o no_o otherwise_o then_o as_o civet_n in_o a_o clean_a and_o a_o undefiled_a case_n second_o now_o let_v we_o proceed_v to_o the_o motive_n faculty_n of_o the_o body_n and_o inquire_v whence_o it_o be_v and_o how_o it_o have_v its_o original_a viz._n what_o or_o how_o the_o body_n unite_v its_o self_n to_o the_o medicine_n whereby_o the_o motive_n virtue_n be_v increase_v you_o be_v to_o understand_v it_o thus_o every_o thing_n that_o live_v have_v its_o motion_n from_o nature_n this_o be_v sufficient_o enough_o prove_v peruse_v as_o concern_v natural_a motion_n but_o now_o that_o motion_n which_o we_o imagine_v and_o make_v thereby_o be_v to_o be_v declare_v as_o viz_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v accordding_n to_o our_o will_n and_o intention_n as_o for_o example_n if_o i_o will_v lift_v up_o my_o arm_n it_o may_v be_v demand_v by_o what_o virtue_n or_o power_n i_o do_v it_o for_o i_o see_v no_o organ_n whereby_o to_o move_v it_o so_o but_o that_o thus_o it_o be_v do_v according_a as_o be_v my_o desire_n to_o do_v and_o so_o of_o walk_v leap_v run_a and_o such_o like_a action_n which_o be_v make_v contrary_a unto_o and_o beside_o the_o motion_n of_o nature_n for_o nothing_o of_o such_o action_n be_v a_o peculiar_a product_n of_o nature_n but_o be_v make_v accidental_o these_o kind_n of_o motion_n have_v their_o original_n thus_o viz._n the_o powerful_a mistress_n intention_n be_v above_o my_o motion_n natural_a viz._n on_o this_o wise_a the_o intention_n or_o imagination_n kindle_v the_o vegetative_a virtue_n as_o fire_n kindle_v wood_n etc._n etc._n as_o we_o have_v write_v in_o our_o treatise_n peculiar_o of_o imagination_n now_o it_o be_v not_o able_a to_o accomplish_v

that_o be_v empty_a as_o that_o which_o be_v full_a chap._n iii_o wheresoever_o therefore_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n can_v penetrate_v there_o a_o disease_n be_v stir_v up_o for_o if_o it_o be_v stop_v there_o arise_v a_o putrefaction_n degenerate_v into_o a_o exulceration_n for_o there_o it_o die_v in_o that_o place_n but_o now_o that_o which_o be_v dead_a do_v putrify_v and_o make_v a_o ulcer_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o member_n which_o the_o disposition_n or_o effect_n it_o in_o for_o if_o the_o ulcer_n be_v make_v in_o the_o principal_a part_n it_o cause_v death_n from_o the_o oppilation_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n do_v proceed_v fever_n aposthume_n pleurisy_n the_o jaundice_n ulcer_n and_o whatsoever_o seize_v on_o the_o body_n with_o a_o feverish_a fit_a as_o the_o plague_n and_o the_o like_a the_o cause_n hereof_o be_v this_o the_o spirit_n foreknow_v its_o suffocation_n and_o death_n do_v first_o shake_v the_o whole_a body_n with_o horror_n while_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v congeal_v then_o afterward_o if_o it_o be_v resolve_v heat_n and_o inflammation_n prevail_v i_o do_v here_o except_o those_o fever_n that_o produce_v more_o pavoxism_n or_o fit_n then_o once_o as_o the_o quotidian_n the_o tertian_n and_o quartain_a and_o therefore_o as_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v if_o it_o cause_v fit_n in_o the_o brain_n it_o stir_v up_o the_o frenzy_n madness_n and_o the_o like_a if_o in_o the_o heart_n it_o induce_v the_o chorea_fw-la viti_fw-la or_o the_o laughing-disease_n for_o it_o touch_v the_o vein_n of_o rejoice_v and_o it_o often_o happen_v that_o it_o procure_v fit_n according_a to_o a_o time_n and_o hour_n and_o year_n but_o this_o the_o regular_a practice_n of_o fever_n and_o the_o plague_n do_v discover_v viz._n from_o what_o cause_v such_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v the_o spirit_n of_o life_n be_v subject_a to_o influence_n even_o as_o the_o body_n itself_o to_o the_o earth_n for_o even_o as_o the_o body_n eat_v the_o earth_n and_o be_v itself_o that_o which_o it_o eat_v and_o sustain_v its_o life_n from_o the_o earth_n even_o so_o likewise_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n eat_v of_o the_o superior_a influence_n and_o be_v nourish_v by_o the_o element_n of_o the_o fire_n in_o which_o the_o four_o element_n do_v shine_v bright_a for_o even_o as_o the_o earth_n do_v according_a to_o its_o fruit_n shine_v in_o the_o four_o element_n so_o here_o do_v the_o influence_n also_o shine_v there_o be_v therefore_o two_o practic_n to_o be_v set_v before_o we_o the_o first_o be_v that_o the_o influence_n may_v be_v so_o much_o conserve_v a●_n be_v grateful_a and_o suitable_a to_o the_o spirit_n the_o second_o be_v that_o the_o body_n may_v be_v keep_v profitable_a to_o and_o fit_a for_o the_o spirit_n this_o do_v there_o follow_v the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n one_o way_n as_o to_o the_o spirit_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n the_o virtue_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n be_v extend_v or_o enlarge_v by_o the_o star_n and_o all_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o whole_a heaven_n by_o which_o the_o firmament_n be_v manifest_v and_o it_o be_v like_o a_o celestial_a invisible_a vapour_n with_o which_o it_o be_v unite_v even_o as_o cold_a &_o heat_n be_v when_o a_o temperature_n be_v constitute_v and_o make_v of_o they_o but_o if_o haply_o the_o star_n of_o the_o member_n do_v at_o any_o time_n run_v cross_v corrupt_a and_o cause_n fit_v than_o also_o that_o member_n of_o the_o body_n be_v vanquish_v and_o either_o stop_v the_o spirit_n of_o life_n or_o do_v vitiate_v and_o corrupt_v it_o in_o that_o same_o place_n but_o there_o can_v be_v administer_v to_o this_o evil_a any_o other_o remedy_n than_o a_o receslion_n from_o that_o l●f●●ence_n and_o undergo_a another_o for_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o astronomer_n concern_v nativity_n and_o ascendant_n be_v false_a and_o wicked_a for_o example_n put_v case_n i_o be_o bear_v under_o scorpio_n if_o now_o i_o submit_v myself_o to_o aries_n i_o be_o become_v of_o his_o stock_n nor_o have_v i_o any_o commerce_n with_o scorpio_n thenceforward_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o any_o long_o my_o ascendant_n then_o while_o i_o submit_v myself_o thereto_o even_o as_o i_o have_v treat_v thereof_o concern_v nativity_n the_o place_n therefore_o as_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o firmament_n be_v to_o be_v change_v nor_o be_v the_o ascendant_n or_o any_o conjunction_n afterward_o to_o succeed_v so_o if_o i_o shall_v be_v bear_v under_o such_o a_o aspect_n as_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v hang_v and_o such_o a_o like_a spirit_n of_o the_o firmament_n shall_v be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d at_o we_o know_v it_o deliver_v or_o write_v of_o humane_a spirit_n if_o then_o i_o will_v hinder_v and_o annihilate_v this_o efficacy_n i_o reject_v that_o planet_n and_o take_v to_o i_o another_o and_o so_o the_o force_n thereof_o be_v break_v and_o although_o that_o that_o property_n or_o nature_n and_o kind_n remain_v yet_o the_o effect_n do_v not_o follow_v but_o contrary_a wise_a it_o often_o happen_v that_o a_o honest_a and_o ingenuous_a man_n become_v under_o a_o evil_a influence_n a_o thief_n according_a as_o be_v write_v of_o spirit_n in_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o external_n sense_n of_o man_n chap._n v._o of_o oppilation_n in_o general_n as_o for_o the_o remove_n of_o the_o stop_v of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n in_o general_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o the_o spirit_n be_v preserve_v in_o its_o heat_n so_o as_o it_o may_v be_v more_o strong_a and_o vigorous_a therein_o the_o process_n whereof_o be_v this_o viz._n that_o it_o be_v make_v diaphoretical_a and_o constant_o glow_v in_o its_o own_o essence_n and_o continue_v in_o a_o full_a heat_n the_o which_o be_v speedy_o do_v by_o this_o receipt_n take_v saffron_n ginger_n and_o triacle_n etc._n etc._n extract_v their_o essence_n etc._n etc._n the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o internal_a member_n chap._n i._o of_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o heart_n require_v nothing_o else_o but_o corroboration_n of_o itself_o when_o that_o which_o be_v adverse_a and_o contrary_a unto_o it_o be_v remove_v for_o it_o be_v too_o weak_a of_o itself_o alone_o to_o resist_v and_o strive_v with_o all_o those_o evil_n which_o daily_o beset_v and_o assault_v it_o and_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v succour_v by_o supply_a remedy_n for_o that_o member_n be_v the_o chief_a and_o give_v to_o man_n for_o this_o end_n and_o be_v implant_v in_o his_o body_n that_o it_o may_v continue_v he_o in_o his_o stability_n and_o vigour_n but_o if_o any_o hurt_n and_o dissolution_n of_o substance_n possess_v any_o member_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v that_o the_o heart_n be_v appoint_v and_o ordain_v to_o turn_v it_o off_o but_o that_o evil_a be_v to_o be_v correct_v and_o remove_v by_o the_o help_n of_o medicine_n where_o upon_o that_o medicine_n seem_v to_o be_v esteem_v as_o another_o heart_n for_o the_o more_o diligent_a and_o acceptable_a care_n of_o a_o 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