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	heart_n	spirit_n	1,476	5	5.3856	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33547	An enquiry into the nature, necessity, and evidence of Christian faith. Part I. Of faith in general, and of the belief of a deity by J.C.	Cockburn, John, 1652-1729.	1696 (1696)	Wing C4810; ESTC R24209	50,203	73

chewing and mastigation it is conveyed into the Stomach where it is digested into a liquid Substance whether by heat or acidity or both or by the motion of the Stomach it self we shall not debate But however it be there is a speedy Dissolution of what comes there and a better Se●retion or Separation of the different Substances after Dissolution than can be by the most expert Chymist Which Preparation being made it is instantly discharged into Pipes and Canals of different sizes and strangely intersected which supply every Part with what is necessary so that the remote Parts are not neglected nor the nearer ones sooner supplied all are equally provided and taken care of and at the same instant refreshed When the Body is faint and feeble seems to have lost all its Spirits and upon the point of expiring how suddenly doth a little Food recover it how soon is its colour renewed and how instantly doth it begin to exert strength and vigour should this be passed over because common should it be slighted because ordinary should we not regard this wonderful Device by which our Life is maintained from Day to Day Methinks those who are so well pleased with Eating and Drinking should thank the Contrivance Upon this is founded the Custom of asking a Blessing before Meat and of giving Thanks after and to say the truth it is not only laudable but more reasonable and necessary than is commonly believed 6. And as the Nourishment of the Body doth ascribe Wisdom to its Author so both his Wisdom and Power doth appear in its Generation What an unlikely beginning has it how unaccountable that an homogeneous fluid should be the foundation of such an hetterogeneous solid We are sure it is but how it comes to be cannot be comprehended The manner of this Production is as much hid from our Understanding as the place from our Eyes The wisest Philosophers are but Children here their Principles of Mechanism can give no light to this Affair all they say is but a heap of fanciful and groundless Conjectures Nor do I believe the sole Power of what is called Nature sufficient there must be the guidance of an intelligent Spirit to regulate Nature and to see it perform its Duty As in a Watch all the Wheels and Parts have a mutual dependance on each other and do regulate one another's Motions and cannot move without the Spring nor this unless it be wound up by some Hand So there is a mutual dependency among the Parts of the Body They must be all formed at once and must all perform their Functions together otherwise not any of them can act or move The Circulation of the Blood is the Cause of Animal Motion or absolutely necessary to it and the means of Nourishment The Blood cannot circulate without the Motion of the Heart nor the Heart move without Animal Spirits Nor are Animal Spirits formed but by the Circulation and Secretion of the Blood therefore there must be some supervenient Power to influence them all simul semel to breathe Life into them and to set them a going And if it be said that this is now performed by the Blood and Spirits of the Mother which circulate in the soetus yet the Argument holds still against the formation of the first Man without supernatural Aid which makes out my purpose and which is agreeable to the account we have of Man's Creation in Genesis where it is said that God formed Man out of the Ground and then breathed into his Nostrils the breath of Life that is by his Almighty Power he wrought a lumpish piece of Earth into that wonderful Machine of Man's Body But the Creation and Conjunction of those external and internal Parts not being sufficient to give it Life and Motion he also afterwards inspired this by a second Supernatural act of breathing into him But to leave Philosophizing and to return to our Subject how doth the unsuitable and improbable matter from which we proceed argue the Almighty Power of him who contriv'd it And was it possible without infinite Wisdom to provide so wonderfully for the Nourishment and Safety of the Child during the Nine Months that it continues in the Womb from which Prison it is also delievered in a strange manner which merits Admiration When all these things are considered how much truth and force is in that divine Hymn of David where he Commemorates his Generation and Production and where he saith God hath possessed my Reins thou hast covered me in my Mothers Womb. I will praise thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made Marvellous are thy Works and that my Soul knoweth right well My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the Earth Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect and in thy Book all my Members were written which in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them Psal. 139. 13 c. Iob also hath spoken as Philosophically and much more truely than any who hath attempted to explain the formation of the foetus and that in a very few words thus Hast not thou poured me out as Milk and curdled me like cheese Thou hast cloathed me with Skin and fenced me with Bones and Sinews Thou hast granted me life and favour and thy visitation hath preserved my Spirit Job 10. 10. Once more let it be considered how admirably each Part is fitted for the use to which it is destined And as a great many perform their Motions without our concurrence so these external Members which are at the command of our will do follow our thoughts quickly and readily without previous Preparation or so much as a Minute of time intervening Nothing is quicker than a Thought and yet as soon as we will it the Tongue speaks the Hand acts and the Feet walk c. and all of them again cease their Motion just as we think it such a close dependence there is of these Members upon our Minds or Faculty of Thinking One cannot Play well or distinctly upon any Instrument before he can distinguish the Strings and until he learn what touches are proper to make the different Notes But we are not taught the distinct and proper Muscles Nerves c. by which our Members move Nor do we so much as understand how they move them and yet all is done as if we had a distinct and perfect Knowledge and that too with the swiftness of our Thoughts for our Thoughts and these Members keep pace together if there be no obstruction and hinderance and if it were not so we should be under great Disadvantages I could bring several other instances to prove that the Structure and Oeconomy of the Humane Body is a most wonderful and artificial Contrivance which can be ascribed to nothing less than infinite Power and Wisdom and consequently that it is a Demonstration of a Deity ESSAY VI. Evidences of a Deity in