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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	soul_n	spiritual_a	1,721	5	6.6792	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36356	A sermon preach'd before Their Majesties in their chappel at St. James's the 25th. Sunday after Pentecost, November 17th. 1686 by J.D. of the Society of Jesus.	J. D. (John Dormer), 1636-1700.	1687 (1687)	Wing D1928; ESTC R8587	8,533	32

so much influencing Planets Sun and Moon his Eyes to the Stars his waking to the Day his Sleep to the Night the Circulation of his Blood to the constant returns of Rivers to the Sea from whence they sprung the rest of the Body to the Earth All well But can the Body alone that debasing part of Man with Truth and Justice be termed Man You 'l tell me no And if not though the Body may be stil'd a little World Man cannot It is below his worth and greatness Man if a World he is a great one and this World which encompasses his Body confronted with Man is but little It is not vainly to boast it is not to Hyperbolize it is to raise a just conceit of a Soul so much depress'd in our esteem I say all this and I say no more than what reason upholds Will you have the proof I draw it from what is undeniable For if we speak even of greatness in extent in which this World seems to exceed That is greater which containeth that which is contained is less on this account the Body is called a little World because enclosed the enclosing World the greater Is it not so can any deny it None I take then for granted what none deny and upon this bottom carry on my Discourse Doth not the mind of Man outreach the narrow limits of the Earth Doth it not upon the wings of speculation soar above the Heavens Doth it not survey measure and gather the World in a Thought This large this vast this immense Universe doth it not bind it within a few lines doth it not imprison it in a paper doth it not cast it in a Map The revolutions of the Spheres and motions of Stars doth it not confine them and lay them before your Eyes in a Globe In this like unto its Divine Maker of whom become a new born Infant to redeem us the Church sings Mundum pugillo continens in his little fist he bears a World. And have not I just cause to say the Soul of Man is greater than the World I say nothing of the power of his memory making things past to be present I mention not the force of his Intellect transcending the grossness of Bodies and working upon Spiritual Beings and Abstracts walking in the spaces of Gods Immensity and questioning possibilities I let alone the natural Appetite of the Will ever bending and aspiring to Eternity all evidences of its refined spiritual and immortal existency I contain my self within the bounds of a palpable way of Reasoning and am confounded when I consider the mean value we frame of a Soul the high esteem we nourish of this World as if our whole rise and increase depended on the progress we make in it Alas Alas its Men that enoble the World the World cannot enoble Men If the Kingdom of Heaven be like unto a Mustard-seed as to increase this World is like to a Mustard-seed without increase For compared with Heaven this World is smaller than a Mustard-seed I wish it had the virtue to quicken our Reason that it has to open our Brain Give me leave once more to reason it thus Have you never address'd your self to a Sun-Dyal to ask the hour of the day You have and that often Know then that very shadow which counts each minute in every moment gives light to this important Truth Your ador'd Earth what is it think you O Idolaters of Terrene greatness compared to Heaven Take notice I beseech you of what the Dyal makes out This Earth in comparison of Heaven even in bulk and extent is less than a Mustard-seed Let not the proposition I so boldly advance surprise you I impose not upon you I vent nothing but real Verity Consult the Learned they 'l inform you it is no more than the point of a Needle than the Centre of a Circle they 'l farther instruct you that on this supposal the whole Art of Dyaling relies The Art as experience makes out when rightly practis'd never faileth never deceiveth nor can the ground on which it depends be fallacious Ah Mortals Mortals it is not this lower World it 's your deluded Ambition is great This Earth on which your Glory builds this Sea on which your Avarice Sayls is but an Attom is but a Point in paragon of Heaven Punctum est says the moral Philosopher in quo bella geritis it is but a point on which you War O Romans it is but a point on which your Martial Forces draw up March and Randezvous it is but a point on which your War-like Instruments resound It is but a point over which your Victorious Eagles fly Subdue Countries Fetter the Liberty of Nations Colour your Purples in the blood of Dying Monarchies Let Europe Asia and Africa draw your Triumphal Chariots Let America when known bring up your Glorious Train you 'l then be Great you 'l be Masters you 'l be Lords of a World terrarum Domini You 'l have gain'd your point And what is it what is it a point a point for no more is the World to Heaven then a point punctum est make much of little since you know not to make much of what is Great Heaven your Soul God. But so many Empires are past the point remains no more theirs Ecce gentes quasi stilla situlae exclaims the Prophet Isa chap. 40. ver 12. Behold the Nations like a drop of a Bucket A drop a drop behold the increase of the Adorers of the World the drop is often puff'd into a bubble a pleasant sight to the Eye but soon breaks and vanishes ecce Gentes behold your Nations your Gentiles your Heathens your livers without the fear of God forgotten of Heaven aspiring to nothing but Earthly Promotion they rise with the inconstant Bucket of Fortune to drop and plunge into a deluge of Misery Punctum est and if the main if the whole be but a point what must it's Divisions and Sub-divisions Sections and Sub-Sections prove to be Your Cottages your Rights of Common your Copy-holds Free holds Tenements Mannors c. what are they but the Fractions of a point in one removal from nothing And yet and yet How many how many injurious to Themselves unmindful of Heaven ungrateful to God spend their desires consume their loves and cast away their thoughts on transitory Trifles and Joys As if enslaving themselves to Flesh and World so far beneath the noble Nature of a Soul could add to their greatness What Suits what Animosities what Feuds what a living like Canibals even amongst Christians what endeavours to depress and devour each other and all for the small part of a point Punctum est and that not durable I have contained my Discourse within the bounds of Natural Reason But if you 'l have the true value of a Soul open the Eyes of a lively Faith see your Creator become a Redeemer see your God dying upon a Cross and remember that Blood that Death of