Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	great_a	whole_a	1,463	5	4.3473	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26209	Digitus dei or God appearing in his wonderfull works For the conuiction of nullifidians.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. De civitate Dei. Book 22. Chapter 8. English. aut	1676 (1676)	Wing A4208; ESTC R213574	43,921	115

by often reading of them the memory of them may not be forgotten For even in those places in which according to the custome now used by us authentick Relations are given up by those who have received speciall favours to the end they may be read and notified to the people those indeed who happen to be then present hear the same read but many more prove to be absent So that even those who were present do hardly remember after some short time what they heard and scarcely is there one to be found who takes the paines to give notice of what they had heard to others whom they know to be absent One thing there is which happened in our City which though it be not greater in it self then some of those things which I have already related yet it is so clear and so noted a miracle that I believe there is no one person in all Hippo who did not either see it with his own eyes or has not been sufficiently informed of it so as never to be forgotten by any There were ten children seven brothers and three Sisters of good rank amongst the citizens of Cesarea in Cappadocia who by the curse of their mother who had extreamly resented an injury done her by her children upon the death of their father her husband had so heavy a punishment inflicted upon them by God that they went about miserably trembling and shaking every joynt of their bodies In which wretched condition being not able to endure the sight of their fellow Citizens they went wandering over all the Roman dominions as each one thought best Of this number two of them came into our City a brother and a Sister Paul and Palladia being now too much taken notice of in many other places by their own remarkable misery They arrived here about a fort-night before Easter they were every day at the Church and particularly at the Shrine of the most glorious St. Stephen they offered up their most fervent devotions begging pardon and mercy of Almighty God and humbly praying that they might at length be restored to their former condition And now even there and wheresoever they appeared the eyes of the whole Town were upon them Some who had seen them in other parts and had been informed of the cause of their trembling gave notice thereof to others as they were able Easter was now come and upon Sunday in the morning when the people were in great number present the young man who was holding by the railes of the chappel where the Reliques of the H. Martyr were kept and praying most earnestly upon a sudden fell down and lay as if he had been asleep At which sight some who were present were struck with admiration Some were frighted others compassionated the poor creature's condition And now some would have lifted him up others were against it and thought it best to see what the event of the business would be when behold he rose of himself and trembled no more being now cured and stood a sound man looking upon them who gazed upon him Who think you of all the company could then contain himself from praising our great and good God The whole Church was filled with the cryes and acclamations of the people From thence they ran up to me where I was sitting ready to go in procession They crowd in upon me one after another every one as he came telling the same thing as new though we had heard it again and again from others before And now when I was full of joy and rendering thanks unto Almighty God within my self the young man himself came to me accompanyed with many others and fell down at my knees whom I raised again with a kiss of peace I went forward to the people the Church was full nothing to be heard but loud expressions of joy of praise and thanks-giving to God no man being able to contain himself but every one crying out on all sides I spoke to the people and they fell again to their acclamations louder and louder At length having obtained silence amongst them the lessons were read out of the Holy Scripture according to the Feast But when the time was come for me to preach I said but little indeed as the present solemnity and the excess of joy in every one seemed to require for I thought it better to leave them to ponder the great power of God in his workes then to trouble them with eloquence of words The young man dined with us that day related unto us exactly the whole passage of his mothers and his Brethrens calamities The next day after Sermon he promised a narration of the whole matter to be read the day following unto the people which being done accordingly on the Tuesday after Easter day I caus'd them both brother and sister to stand upon the stepps of the pulpit in which I was to preach whilst the narration was reading All the people saw them one of each sex him indeed they beheld now free from that sad passion of trembling which they saw as yet his poor sister tormented with in every joynt of her body And they who had not happened to see him before saw in the sister what the great goodness of God had miraculously wrought in the Brother They saw in him matter of joy and congratulation in her they beheld a subject of commiseration and what their fervent prayers were to be offered up for In the mean time their Relation having been read I bad them retire from the throng and began to frame a serious discourse concerning the whole business when behold whilst I was speaking new exclamations of joy were heard from the chappel of the Martyr Those who were hearkning to me turned themselves immediatly and began to run altogether towards the place For the sister going from the stepps of the pulpit where she had stood went immediatly to make her prayers to the H. Martyr who so soon as she arrived at the railes fell down in like manner as in a sleep and rose perfectly cured Whilst then we were inquiring what the matter was and the cause of so great joy they came with her into the body of the Church where we were bringing her from the Chappel of the Martyr whole and sound But then there began such an out cry of admiration in all the people of both Sexes that it seemed the noyse and their teares would never have an end She vvas brought to the very place where she had stood shaking a little before The people rejoyc'd to see her now become like unto her Brother whom they lamented before for remaining so unlike unto him And they found the goodness of God had accepted already of their good intentions though they had not yet actually offered up their intended devotions for her The noyse of joy without any articulate expression of words was so great that we were scarce able to endure it And now what do you imagine vvas in the hearts of those