Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	great_a	reason_n	1,648	5	4.3830	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01093	Atheomastix clearing foure truthes, against atheists and infidels: 1. That, there is a God. 2. That, there is but one God. 3. That, Iehouah, our God, is that one God. 4. That, the Holy Scripture is the Word of that God. All of them proued, by naturall reasons, and secular authorities; for the reducing of infidels: and, by Scriptures, and Fathers, for the confirming of Christians. By the R. Reuerend Father in God, Martin Fotherby, late Bishop of Salisbury. The contents followes, next after the preface.	Fotherby, Martin, 1549 or 50-1620.	1622 (1622)	STC 11205; ESTC S121334	470,356	378

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note_v among_o the_o heathen_n as_o concern_v the_o worship_n of_o their_o several_a god_n 2._o yet_o that_o this_o discord_n do_v not_o infringe_v the_o general_a opinion_n as_o concern_v god_n 3._o but_o that_o it_o much_o confirm_v it_o pag._n 49_o chap._n 8._o certain_a objection_n touch_v impugn_v the_o generality_n of_o the_o forenamed_a consent_n as_o concern_v god_n 2._o the_o first_o of_o those_o objection_n open_v direct_o deny_v it_o 3._o the_o same_o objection_n answer_v p._n 55._o chap._n 9_o the_o second_o objection_n against_o this_o universality_n of_o consent_n unfold_v that_o religion_n be_v no_o better_o but_o a_o humane_a invention_n 2._o that_o objection_n confute_v by_o the_o aniquity_n 3._o universality_n 4._o consent_n 5._o perpetuity_n of_o religion_n p._n 58._o chap._n 10._o the_o three_o objection_n against_o the_o universality_n of_o consent_n in_o religion_n propound_v viz._n that_o it_o have_v be_v oppugn_v by_o diverse_a both_o wise_a and_o learned_a 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a_o clear_a argument_n that_o he_o think_v there_o be_v a_o god_n p._n 121._o chap._n 13._o that_o beside_o the_o forenamed_a direct_a confession_n of_o atheist_n diverse_a of_o they_o have_v direct_o and_o express_o confess_v confess_v god_n 2._o some_o of_o they_o unwitting_o 3._o some_o of_o they_o unwilling_o 4._o and_o some_o of_o they_o both_o witting_o aend_v willing_o pag._n 135._o chap._n 14._o that_o though_o atheist_n shall_v never_o have_v confess_v neither_o direct_o nor_o indirect_o but_o always_o most_o obstinate_o have_v deny_v he_o yet_o that_o there_o be_v no_o reckon_n to_o be_v make_v of_o their_o opinion_n 2._o because_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o all_o wise_a &_o learned_a man_n they_o be_v esteem_v no_o better_a than_o either_o fool_n 3._o or_o mad_a man_n 4._o or_o monster_n of_o man_n p._n 147._o chap._n 15._o that_o god_n have_v at_o all_o time_n pour_v down_o his_o just_a judgement_n upon_o the_o head_n of_o atheist_n by_o they_o sensible_o declare_v that_o 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there_o be_v one_o first_o and_o supreme_a cause_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n 4._o that_o this_o first_o and_o supreme_a cause_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n p._n 212._o chap._n 4._o that_o these_o sensible_a and_o second_o motion_n direct_v we_o unto_o a_o first_o 2._o that_o a_o first_o motion_n do_v necessary_o imply_v a_o first_o mover_n 3._o that_o this_o first_o mover_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o motion_n in_o the_o world_n 4._o and_o that_o therefore_o this_o first_o mover_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n pag._n 224._o chap._n 5._o that_o the_o true_a cause_n of_o sickness_n be_v sin_n against_o god_n 2._o that_o god_n for_o this_o cause_n do_v threaten_v to_o send_v sickness_n 3._o that_o he_o send_v it_o according_a to_o his_o threaten_n 4._o that_o physician_n observe_v the_o stroke_n of_o god_n vengeance_n to_o be_v in_o many_o sickness_n pag._n 234._o chap._n 6._o that_o god_n be_v the_o giver_n of_o health_n unto_o man_n 2._o that_o 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true_a and_o perfect_a blessedness_n 5._o nay_o he_o himself_o be_v our_o true_a and_o perfect_a blessedness_n p._n 278._o chap._n 9_o the_o mathematics_n show_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n 2._o and_o more_o particular_o geometry_n 3._o which_o by_o a_o geometrical_a prick_n do_v lead_v man_n unto_o some_o knowledge_n of_o god_n 4._o of_o who_o in_o diverse_a power_n it_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o resemblance_n p._n 492._o chap._n 10._o unity_n in_o arithmetic_n do_v lead_v man_n unto_o god_n 2._o which_o be_v affirm_v hy_z philosopher_n to_o be_v the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n 3._o yea_o direct_o affirm_v to_o be_v god_n himself_o 4._o with_o who_o it_o have_v indeed_o a_o very_a great_a resemblance_n pag._n 298._o chap._n 11._o that_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o star_n be_v not_o natural_a 2._o which_o yet_o be_v so_o orderly_o as_o if_o it_o be_v artificial_a 3._o that_o the_o order_n of_o their_o motion_n have_v a_o resemblance_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 4._o that_o the_o 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historicorum_fw-la ut_fw-la suis_fw-la potissimùm_fw-la refutaretur_fw-la authoribus_fw-la he_o ought_v not_o unto_o he_o to_o have_v allege_v any_o divine_a authority_n but_o only_o human_a because_o he_o be_v as_o then_o uncapable_a of_o they_o that_o so_o he_o may_v convince_v his_o error_n by_o the_o credit_n and_o authority_n of_o his_o own_o proper_a author_n that_o be_v philosopher_n and_o historian_n yea_o and_o this_o his_o castigation_n of_o the_o bless_a martyr_n cyprian_n be_v approve_v by_o s._n hierome_n as_o a_o just_a and_o deserve_a one_o 327._o where_o he_o prove_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n both_o of_o greek_a and_o latin_a father_n that_o it_o be_v more_o proper_a and_o natural_a to_o confute_v all_o kind_n of_o heathen_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o their_o own_o writer_n then_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n because_o with_o those_o man_n these_o have_v small_a authority_n or_o none_o 48._o and_o therefore_o say_v justin_n 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yet_o for_o all_o that_o it_o can_v never_o ●ill_v it_o 421._o for_o ●_o nunquam_fw-la expletur_fw-la nec_fw-la satiatur_fw-la cupiditatis_fw-la sitis_fw-la say_v the_o roman_a orator_n the_o covetous_a man_n thirst_n can_v possible_o be_v quench_v but_o it_o grow_v upon_o he_o like_o the_o thirst_n of_o a_o dropsy_n which_o be_v the_o more_o increase_v by_o drink_v to_o extinguish_v it_o for_o crescit_fw-la indulgens_fw-la sibi_fw-la dirus_fw-la hydrops_fw-la a._n nec_fw-la sitim_fw-la pellit_fw-la say_v another_o poet._n this_o curse_a dropsy_n by_o ind●●lgence_n grow_v to_o such_o a_o thirst_n as_o no_o repel_v know_v no_o nor_o replenish_n neither_o though_o even_o the_o covetous_a man_n himself_o at_o the_o first_o 773._o think_v it_o may_v for_o as_o aristotle_n observe_v primò_fw-la dicunt_fw-la pauca_fw-la sufficere_fw-la atque_fw-la minima_fw-la mox_fw-la verò_fw-la ubi_fw-la illa_fw-la sunt_fw-la consecuti_fw-la plura_fw-la semper_fw-la appetunt_fw-la quousque_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la procedant_fw-la at_o the_o first_o themselves_o imagine_v that_o a_o few_o thing_n will_v content_v they_o but_o when_o they_o have_v get_v they_o they_o still_o seek_v for_o more_o after_o they_o until_o at_o last_o their_o appetite_n grow_v in_o they_o to_o be_v infinite_a and_o so_o likewise_o aristophanes_n nec_fw-la quanquam_fw-la hominum_fw-la pluti_fw-la caepit_fw-la satietas_fw-la 32._o nam_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la acci_fw-la piat_v talenta_fw-la tredecim_fw-la auidiùs_fw-la contendit_fw-la parare_fw-la sedecim_fw-la si_fw-mi &_o hec_fw-la confece_n rit_n quadraginta_fw-la appetit_fw-la and_o so_o be_v infinitun_n there_o never_o yet_o be_v man_n with_o wealth_n so_o well_o content_a but_o though_o he_o have_v attain_v to_o treasure_n competent_a he_o yet_o will_v strive_v still_o more_o his_o state_n for_o to_o augment_v for_o as_o the_o forealledged_n poet_n have_v true_o observe_v crescit_fw-la amor_fw-la nummi_fw-la b._n quantum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pecunia_fw-la crescit_fw-la et_fw-la minùs_fw-la hanc_fw-la optat_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la the_o

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other_o but_o himself_o therefore_o god_n though_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o other_o thing_n yet_o can_v he_o not_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o himself_o for_o the_o forenamed_a inconvenience_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o god_n be_v of_o himself_o but_o not_o as_o of_o a_o cause_n he_o be_v of_o himself_o 7._o because_o his_o be_v and_o himself_o be_v indeed_o all_o one_o his_o essence_n and_o his_o esse_fw-la as_o aquinas_n prove_v plain_o for_o his_o subsist_v of_o himself_o 115._o be_v indeed_o his_o very_a substance_n as_o eusebius_n prove_v out_o of_o dionysius_n non-genitus_a deus_n per_fw-la se_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la nongenitum_fw-la esse_fw-la substantia_fw-la sua_fw-la est_fw-la the_o unbegotten_a god_n subsist_v of_o himself_o and_o his_o be_v unbegotten_a be_v indeed_o his_o very_a substance_n and_o therefore_o when_o seneca_n say_v 19_o that_o deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la se_fw-la fecit_fw-la and_o lactantius_n that_o deus_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la seipso_fw-la procreatus_fw-la their_o meaning_n be_v no_o more_o but_o this_o that_o he_o be_v ab_fw-la alio_fw-la nullo_n factus_fw-la aut_fw-la procreatus_fw-la he_o be_v therefore_o say_v to_o be_v the_o maker_n and_o begetter_n of_o himself_o because_o he_o have_v none_o other_o maker_n nor_o begetter_n but_o himself_o no_o nor_o indeed_o himself_o neither_o but_o be_v altogether_o unbegotten_a and_o so_o ibid._n when_o god_n be_v call_v by_o apollo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o sibylla_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v one_o that_o be_v make_v of_o himself_o and_o beget_v of_o himself_o the_o meaning_n be_v no_o more_o but_o this_o that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v unmake_v and_o unbegotten_a as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o same_o place_n neither_o make_v nor_o beget_v of_o any_o other_o no_o nor_o of_o himself_o neither_o for_o as_o justin_n martyr_n true_o write_v he_o be_v neither_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 336._o nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v neither_o produce_v out_o of_o himself_o nor_o yet_o out_o of_o any_o other_o thing_n but_o himself_o he_o be_v neither_o ex_fw-la se_fw-la nor_o ex_fw-la alio_fw-la no_o nor_o ex_fw-la nihilo_fw-la as_o anselmus_n add_v yea_o 3_o and_o prove_v very_o witty_o in_o his_o monologie_n where_o he_o sum_v up_o all_o these_o thing_n together_o unto_o the_o same_o reckon_n that_o i_o have_v do_v before_o that_o see_v he_o be_v not_o make_v or_o beget_v of_o any_o thing_n that_o therefore_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v unmake_v and_o unbegotten_a 9_o quoniam_fw-la igitur_fw-la nec_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la nec_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la nec_fw-la per_fw-la aliud_fw-la nec_fw-la ex_fw-la alio_fw-la nec_fw-la per_fw-la nihil_fw-la nec_fw-la ex_fw-la nihilo_fw-la habet_fw-la principium_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la habet_fw-la principium_fw-la sedneque_fw-la finem_fw-la habebit_fw-la because_o say_v he_o god_n have_v his_o beginning_n neither_o by_o himself_o nor_o of_o himself_o neither_o by_o any_o other_o thing_n nor_o of_o any_o other_o thing_n neither_o by_o nothing_o nor_o of_o nothing_o it_o follow_v therefore_o that_o he_o have_v no_o beginning_n as_o he_o shall_v have_v no_o end_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o doctrine_n be_v express_o confirm_v even_o by_o the_o very_a heathen_a 〈…〉_z who_o hold_v it_o for_o a_o maxim_n that_o god_n be_v unbegotten_a quaecunque_fw-la gignuntur_fw-la procedunt_fw-la ab_fw-la altero_fw-la say_v trismegistus_n est_fw-la ergo_fw-la aliquis_fw-la factor_n istorum_fw-la atque_fw-la be_v ingenitus_fw-la ut_fw-la genitis_fw-la sit_fw-la antiquior_fw-la those_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v be_v make_v by_o some_o other_o and_o therefore_o they_o needs_o must_v have_v a_o maker_n who_o must_v needs_o himself_o be_v unmake_v because_o he_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v thales_n likewise_o confirm_v the_o same_o unto_o us._n 12._o deus_fw-la est_fw-la antiquissimus_fw-la est_fw-la enìm_fw-la ingenitus_fw-la god_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v the_o ancient_a of_o all_o thing_n because_o he_o be_v not_o make_v or_o beget_v of_o any_o thing_n for_o ingenitus_fw-la praevenit_fw-la omne_fw-la genita_fw-la say_v philo_n judeus_n 199._o that_o which_o be_v unmake_v must_v needs_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v now_o if_o nothing_o be_v without_o a_o cause_n as_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o the_o former_a paragraph_n and_o yet_o nothing_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o itself_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o this_o then_o must_v it_o needs_o follow_v that_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v have_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o be_v without_o itself_o save_v only_a god_n himself_o who_o have_v no_o cause_n of_o his_o be_v but_o be_v himself_o all_o one_o with_o his_o own_o be_v 26._o as_o life_n itself_o be_v all_o one_o with_o its_o own_o live_n 4._o for_o god_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o life_n tu_fw-la es_fw-la ipsa_fw-la vita_fw-la qua_fw-la vivis_fw-la &_o sapientia_fw-la qua_fw-la sapit_fw-la say_v anselmus_n thou_o be_v the_o life_n itself_o whereby_o thou_o live_v and_o the_o wisdom_n itself_o whereby_o thou_o know_v and_o therefore_o as_o life_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o its_o own_o live_n but_o the_o very_a same_o identity_n with_o its_o live_n so_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n with_o his_o be_v 3_o now_o cause_n if_o nothing_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o itself_o then_o must_v every_o thing_n needs_o have_v a_o cause_n without_o itself_o which_o be_v another_o thing_n from_o itself_o for_o we_o see_v by_o experience_n that_o there_o daily_o be_v produce_v many_o strange_a and_o notable_a effect_n in_o the_o world_n which_o all_o of_o they_o proceed_v not_o from_o one_o and_o the_o same_o cause_n and_o yet_o none_o of_o they_o be_v bring_v forth_o without_o his_o cause_n and_o therefore_o it_o come_v in_o this_o place_n to_o be_v discuss_v whether_o among_o those_o cause_n there_o be_v no_o first_o cause_n at_o all_o but_o a_o endless_a proceed_n and_o go_v on_o in_o infinitum_fw-la or_o whether_o among_o they_o there_o be_v many_o first_o cause_n or_o whether_o there_o be_v but_o one_o which_o be_v causa_fw-la causarum_fw-la that_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o whereof_o all_o other_o cause_n be_v but_o mere_a effect_n for_o the_o first_o of_o which_o three_o problem_n be_v may_n daily_o see_v by_o sense_n how_o one_o cause_n produce_v and_o beget_v another_o and_o that_o another_o and_o that_o another_o and_o that_o every_o one_o of_o these_o though_o it_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o some_o inferior_a effect_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o effect_n of_o his_o own_o superior_a cause_n as_o for_o example_n the_o beat_n of_o the_o sun_n upon_o the_o earth_n work_v in_o it_o a_o heat_n that_o heat_n produce_v many_o kind_n of_o fruit_n out_o of_o it_o those_o fruit_n beget_v nourishment_n both_o 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non_fw-la causa_fw-la vocari_fw-la quae_fw-la media_fw-la existunt_fw-la his_fw-la nomen_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la utrumque_fw-la in_o nature_n and_o in_o order_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o their_o respect_n the_o first_o and_o high_a call_v be_v a_o cause_n and_o no_o effect_n the_o last_o and_o low_a a_o effect_n but_o not_o a_o cause_n at_o all_o but_o those_o that_o stand_v betwixt_o first_o and_o last_o thou_o may_v by_o both_o name_n call_v both_o cause_n and_o effect_n cause_n of_o their_o inferior_n and_o effect_n of_o their_o superior_n as_o in_o the_o series_n of_o the_o category_n the_o high_a be_v only_o a_o genus_fw-la and_o not_o a_o species_n the_o low_a be_v only_o a_o species_n and_o not_o a_o genus_fw-la the_o subalterns_n be_v both_o in_o their_o diverse_a relation_n genera_n to_o their_o inferior_n and_o species_n to_o their_o superior_n but_o the_o high_a can_v be_v no_o species_n and_o no_o more_o can_v the_o first_o cause_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o any_o other_o because_o it_o be_v not_o under_o any_o form_n or_o high_a 1393._o but_o be_v the_o high_a itself_o and_o be_v ingenitum_fw-la as_o aristotle_n teach_v and_o therefore_o trismegistus_n express_o affirm_v that_o exit_fw-la uno_fw-la principio_fw-la cuncta_fw-la pendent_fw-la that_o all_o thing_n have_v their_o be_v 426._o and_o beginning_n of_o one_o thing_n and_o that_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o affirm_v to_o be_v god_n and_o this_o nyssen_n nyssen_n affirm_v to_o be_v the_o receive_a opinion_n of_o all_o man_n constat_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la ex_fw-la una_fw-la causa_fw-la pendere_fw-la res_fw-la omnes_fw-la it_o be_v confess_v of_o all_o man_n that_o all_o thing_n depend_v upon_o the_o supreme_a cause_n and_o therefore_o aristotle_n bid_v we_o that_o in_o search_v of_o the_o cause_n we_o shall_v 95._o semper_fw-la exquirere_fw-la summam_fw-la causam_fw-la that_o we_o shall_v never_o cease_v until_o we_o be_v come_v unto_o the_o supreme_a and_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o so_o gregory_n likewise_o unto_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o omni_fw-la causa_fw-la solus_fw-la ipse_fw-la intuendus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la principaliter_fw-la est_fw-la in_o every_o cause_n he_o only_o be_v to_o be_v eye_v that_o be_v the_o principal_a and_o principal_o be_v for_o upon_o it_o do_v all_o the_o rest_n depend_v as_o jamblicus_n likewise_o express_o teach_v ab_fw-la una_fw-la causa_fw-la integra_fw-la tota_fw-la dependet_fw-la multitudo_fw-la 13._o adque_fw-la summam_fw-la causam_fw-la plures_fw-la alia_fw-la referuntur_fw-la the_o multitude_n of_o all_o inferior_a cause_n depend_v upon_o one_o entire_a supreme_a cause_n and_o to_o that_o which_o be_v the_o high_a be_v all_o the_o rest_n refer_v thus_o the_o multitude_n of_o these_o inferior_a cause_n do_v lead_v we_o unto_o one_o supreme_a and_o first_o cause_n which_o can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n which_o be_v the_o sum_n and_o substance_n of_o the_o four_o and_o last_o paragraph_n 4_o now_o god_n if_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v must_v needs_o have_v a_o cause_n and_o if_o nothing_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o itself_o and_o if_o among_o all_o the_o cause_n there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o first_o and_o principal_a cause_n which_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o of_o all_o those_o effect_n which_o proceed_v from_o all_o of_o they_o then_o must_v needs_o that_o first_o cause_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n for_o what_o can_v that_o be_v which_o give_v be_v unto_o all_o thing_n 184._o but_o only_o god_n who_o damascene_fw-la call_v infinitum_fw-la quoddam_fw-la essentiae_fw-la pelagus_fw-la that_o be_v a_o boundless_a ocean_n of_o pure_a and_o simple_a being_n which_o out_o of_o his_o fullness_n impart_v their_o be_v unto_o all_o other_o thing_n as_o the_o ocean_n do_v his_o water_n unto_o fountain_n and_o river_n for_o if_o this_o first_o cause_n which_o have_v give_v their_o be_v unto_o all_o the_o innumerable_a thing_n of_o this_o world_n be_v 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head_n to_o wit_n the_o title_n that_o be_v give_v to_o this_o first_o cause_n palingenius_fw-la as_o before_o i_o show_v call_v it_o ens_fw-la primum_fw-la ens_fw-la primum_fw-la 206._o causa_fw-la est_fw-la &_o non_fw-la effectus_fw-la the_o first_o ens_fw-la be_v a_o pure_a mere_a cause_n it_o can_v a_o effect_n be_v call_v both_o which_o two_o title_n be_v the_o title_n of_o god_n both_o to_o be_v ens_fw-la and_o to_o be_v primum_fw-la for_o first_o for_o ens._n demascene_n express_o affirm_v that_o of_o all_o god_n other_o name_n 184._o the_o name_n of_o ens_fw-la be_v most_o proper_a unto_o he_o exit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nominibus_fw-la quae_fw-la deo_fw-la tribuuntur_fw-la nullum_fw-la aequè_fw-la proprium_fw-la videtur_fw-la atque_fw-la entis_fw-la nomen_fw-la of_o all_o the_o name_n which_o be_v attribute_v unto_o god_n there_o be_v none_o so_o proper_a as_o be_v the_o name_n of_o his_o essence_n or_o be_v he_o be_v name_v from_o his_o own_o be_v i_o be_o and_o for_o primum_fw-la even_o aristotle_n himself_o affirm_v that_o god_n be_v et_fw-la primum_fw-la &_o principale_v principum_fw-la 1409._o both_o the_o first_o and_o the_o principal_a principle_n of_o all_o thing_n yea_o and_o even_o god_n himself_o challenge_v both_o the_o same_o title_n direct_o unto_o himself_o for_o he_o call_v himself_o 14._o i_o be_o which_o be_v all_o one_o with_o ens_fw-la and_o he_o call_v himself_o the_o ancient_n of_o day_n 9_o which_o be_v all_o one_o with_o primus_fw-la nay_o primus_fw-la in_o express_a term_n primus_fw-la 4._o &_o novissimus_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la yea_o and_o aristotle_n further_a affirm_v this_o primum_fw-la ens_fw-la to_o be_v ipsum_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la 2433._o which_o be_v all_o one_o with_o i_o be_o and_o to_o be_v not_o a_o accidens_fw-la but_o a_o substance_n now_o aristotle_n in_o another_o place_n give_v to_o this_o first_o and_o supreme_a cause_n another_o title_n which_o be_v as_o proper_a unto_o god_n as_o either_o of_o the_o former_a 1397._o and_o that_o be_v to_o have_v his_o

be_v of_o itself_o suprema_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la natura_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la the_o high_a cause_n be_v such_o a_o kind_n of_o nature_n as_o have_v his_o be_v of_o itself_o 362._o which_o as_o origen_n teach_v be_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a unto_o god_n tu_fw-la solus_fw-la es_fw-la ●ui_fw-la quod_fw-la es_fw-la a_o nullo_n datum_fw-la est_fw-la thou_o only_o have_v a_o be_v who_o have_v not_o thy_o be_v give_v thou_o by_o any_o other_o thing_n so_o that_o this_o title_n of_o natura_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la be_v the_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a title_n of_o god_n 525._o as_o trismegistus_n express_o affirm_v solus_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o meritò_fw-la solus_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la &_o a_o se_fw-la &_o circum_fw-la se_fw-la totus_fw-la est_fw-la plenus_fw-la &_o perfectus_fw-la isque_fw-la sua_fw-la firma_fw-la est_fw-la stabilitas_fw-la it_o be_v god_n say_v he_o and_o nothing_o else_o but_o god_n that_o have_v both_o in_o himself_o and_o of_o himself_o and_o about_o himself_o his_o fullness_n and_o perfection_n and_o it_o be_v only_o he_o that_o be_v his_o own_o strength_n and_o stability_n yea_o and_o plato_n affirm_v of_o this_o 188._o natura_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la that_o ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la verè_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la abest_fw-la nec_fw-la motus_fw-la nec_fw-la vita_fw-la nec_fw-la anima_fw-la nec_fw-la sapientia_fw-la that_o thing_n which_o true_o be_v and_o have_v his_o be_v of_o itself_o have_v also_o both_o his_o move_n and_o his_o live_n and_o his_o spirit_n and_o his_o wisdom_n and_o all_o of_o himself_o which_o be_v the_o mere_a property_n and_o attribute_n of_o god_n 26._o who_o as_o the_o scripture_n testify_v have_v his_o life_n in_o himself_o this_o be_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a unto_o god_n to_o be_v natura_fw-la per_fw-la se._n all_o other_o thing_n be_v natura_n per_fw-la aliud_fw-la there_o be_v none_o of_o all_o they_o that_o have_v either_o their_o live_n or_o their_o move_n or_o their_o breathe_n or_o their_o be_v of_o themselves_o all_o which_o nominatìm_fw-la plato_n ascribe_v unto_o the_o first_o cause_n but_o all_o these_o thing_n they_o do_v only_o receive_v from_o god_n as_o the_o scripture_n nominatìm_fw-la affirm_v of_o all_o of_o they_o in_o he_o they_o live_v 28_o and_o move_v and_o have_v their_o be_v and_o he_o it_o be_v that_o give_v unto_o all_o 25._o both_o life_n and_o breath_n and_o all_o thing_n who_o as_o palingenius_fw-la affirm_v est_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la vivens_fw-la sapìensque_fw-la bonúsque_fw-la anullo_n accipiens_fw-la quod_fw-la habet_fw-la 169._o verùm_fw-la omne_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la igitur_fw-la quod_fw-la habent_fw-la amittere_fw-la possunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o by_o himself_o alone_o do_v live_v self_n wise_a self_n good_a he_o be_v from_o none_o receive_v what_o he_o have_v but_o all_o receive_v of_o he_o and_o therefore_o they_o whate'er_o they_o have_v have_v power_n it_o to_o lees_n trismegistus_n give_v it_o another_o title_n which_o be_v likewise_o the_o proper_a title_n of_o god_n for_o he_o call_v it_o 426._o vnum_fw-la principium_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la cuncta_fw-la dependent_a and_o in_o another_o place_n as_o though_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o speak_v enough_o he_o correct_v himself_o exit_fw-la uno_fw-la cuncta_fw-la pendentia_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la potiùs_fw-la defluentía_fw-la he_o say_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o principal_a cause_n 505._o upon_o which_o all_o thing_n do_v depend_v or_o rather_o indeed_o from_o which_o all_o thing_n do_v descend_v now_o this_o can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n for_o as_o anselmus_n very_o well_o collect_v id_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la est_fw-la 3._o &_o per_fw-la quod_fw-la alia_fw-la cuncta_fw-la sunt_fw-la summum_fw-la esse_fw-la omnium_fw-la existentium_fw-la ratio_fw-la docet_fw-la that_o which_o have_v his_o be_v of_o itself_o and_o which_o give_v be_v unto_o every_o other_o thing_n must_v needs_o be_v even_o in_o reason_n the_o high_a and_o most_o principal_a thing_n that_o have_v a_o be_v now_o god_n have_v his_o be_v only_o of_o himself_o and_o he_o likewise_o give_v be_v unto_o every_o other_o thing_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n which_o have_v any_o be_v but_o it_o have_v it_o by_o participation_n from_o he_o so_o that_o nothing_o indeed_o can_v primary_o and_o proper_o be_v call_v ens_fw-la but_o only_o god_n every_o other_o thing_n as_o it_o have_v his_o dependence_n upon_o this_o first_o cause_n so_o can_v it_o be_v call_v ens_fw-la but_o in_o a_o unproper_a and_o secondary_a acceptance_n as_o the_o accidens_fw-la which_o have_v his_o whole_a esse_fw-la in_o his_o substance_n and_o this_o even_o aristotle_n himself_o express_o confess_v caetera_fw-la entia_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la 1433._o entis_fw-la propriè_fw-la dicti_fw-la quaedam_fw-la sunt_fw-la quantitates_fw-la quaedam_fw-la qualitates_fw-la quaedam_fw-la passiones_fw-la quaedam_fw-la aliud_fw-la aliquid_fw-la tale_n the_o other_o category_n be_v call_v entia_fw-la being_n as_o be_v some_o quantity_n some_o quality_n some_o passion_n and_o the_o like_a of_o that_o ens_fw-la or_o be_v which_o be_v proper_o so_o call_v and_o that_o be_v the_o prime_n and_o only_a predicament_n of_o substance_n and_o so_o it_o be_v between_o the_o first_o cause_n which_o have_v his_o be_v of_o itself_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n which_o have_v their_o be_v from_o it_o they_o be_v indeed_o but_o as_o accident_n in_o comparison_n of_o it_o and_o their_o be_v unto_o his_o be_v no_o better_a than_o nothing_o 362._o as_o be_v plain_o and_o direct_o affirm_v by_o origen_n et_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la in_o te●ra_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la naturam_fw-la dei_fw-la pertinet_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la neither_o the_o thing_n in_o earth_n nor_o the_o thing_n in_o heaven_n in_o comparison_n of_o god_n have_v any_o true_a be_v and_o immediate_o above_o no_o &_o umbra_fw-la ad_fw-la comparationem_fw-la corporis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la &_o fumus_fw-la ad_fw-la comparationem_fw-la ignis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la the_o shadow_n be_v compare_v with_o the_o body_n have_v no_o be_v and_o no_o more_o have_v the_o smoke_n neither_o be_v compare_v with_o his_o fire_n so_o that_o all_o other_o thing_n in_o comparison_n of_o god_n be_v but_o fumus_fw-la &_o vmbra_fw-la and_o therefore_o this_o vnum_fw-la principium_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la cuncta_fw-la dependent_a be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n who_o even_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o call_v as_o dionysius_n areopagita_n affirm_v causam_fw-la omnium_fw-la 194._o &_o principium_fw-la &_o essentiam_fw-la &_o vitam_fw-la the_o cause_n begin_v be_v and_o the_o life_n of_o all_o exit_fw-la quo_fw-la suspensa_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la say_v seneca_n 36._o of_o who_o all_o thing_n depend_v yea_o and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o affirm_v that_o only_o of_o he_o sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la causae_fw-la causarum_fw-la that_o god_n be_v such_o a_o cause_n as_o produce_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o other_o thing_n for_o all_o other_o cause_n bring_v forth_o nothing_o but_o effect_n but_o god_n be_v such_o a_o cause_n as_o bring_v forth_o cause_n 426._o he_o be_v tale_n principium_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la movetur_fw-la ut_fw-la rursus_fw-la extet_fw-la principium_fw-la as_o trismegistus_n affirm_v he_o be_v such_o a_o cause_n as_o by_o his_o move_n produce_v another_o ●ause_n for_o he_o be_v causa_fw-la causarum_fw-la and_o no_o cause_n can_v have_v his_o operation_n as_o a_o cause_n but_o only_o by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o gracious_a assistance_n 11._o it_o be_v only_a god_n blessing_n 9_o which_o give_v unto_o all_o cause_n their_o proper_a operation_n the_o heaven_n which_o drop_v down_o fatness_n upon_o the_o earth_n do_v it_o only_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v only_o he_o that_o send_v a_o gracious_a rain_n upon_o his_o inheritance_n and_o refresh_v the_o same_o when_o it_o be_v weary_a and_o so_o likewise_o 7._o the_o earth_n though_o it_o drink_v in_o the_o rain_n yet_o can_v it_o bring_v forth_o no_o fruit_n unless_o it_o receive_v a_o blessing_n from_o god_n and_o so_o likewise_o the_o father_n which_o beget_v his_o child_n receive_v all_o his_o generative_a power_n of_o god_n behold_v child_n be_v the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o womb_n be_v his_o reward_n 3._o say_v the_o prophet_n david_n yea_o and_o euripides_n likewise_o unto_o the_o same_o purpose_n a_o dijs_fw-la dantur_fw-la liberi_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la 814._o child_n be_v give_v to_o man_n it_o be_v god_n that_o give_v they_o so_o that_o not_o only_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n but_o also_o all_o the_o causalitie_n which_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o of_o those_o thing_n be_v only_o the_o effect_n of_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n nay_o as_o bradwardine_n very_o true_o teach_v all_o the_o effect_n which_o be_v wrought_v in_o thing_n by_o their_o second_o cause_n yet_o be_v more_o immediate_o wrought_v by_o god_n who_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n than_o they_o be_v by_o their_o

must_v acknowledge_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o greek_a word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o thus_o as_o you_o see_v the_o yield_a of_o a_o first_o cause_n which_o we_o must_v yield_v of_o necessity_n do_v forcible_o draw_v we_o on_o to_o the_o yield_a of_o a_o deity_n chap._n 4._o that_o these_o sensible_a and_o second_o motion_n direct_v we_o unto_o a_o first_o 2._o that_o a_o first_o motion_n do_v necessary_o imply_v a_o first_o mover_n 3._o that_o this_o first_o mover_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o motion_n in_o the_o world_n 4._o and_o that_o therefore_o this_o first_o mover_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n i_o have_v already_o dispatch_v the_o first_o of_o those_o two_o physical_a consideration_n which_o i_o purposely_o select_v to_o declare_v there_o be_v a_o god_n take_v from_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o causer_n of_o all_o natural_a thing_n i_o be_o now_o come_v to_o the_o second_o which_o be_v take_v from_o the_o first_o motion_n and_o mover_n of_o all_o movable_a thing_n wherein_o i_o may_v be_v the_o short_a because_o this_o argument_n run_v almost_o in_o the_o same_o tract_n which_o be_v trace_v by_o the_o former_a but_o it_o be_v a_o argument_n so_o much_o insist_v on_o both_o by_o philosopher_n and_o divine_n that_o i_o know_v not_o any_o other_o that_o be_v either_o urge_v often_o or_o inforce_v further_a and_o therefore_o for_o the_o better_a understanding_n of_o our_o order_n in_o proceed_v i_o will_v contrive_v this_o argument_n into_o this_o gradation_n fir●●●hat_o second_o motion_n direct_v we_o by_o necessity_n unto_o a_o first_o second_o that_o this_o first_o motion_n do_v lead_v we_o yet_o further_o unto_o a_o first_o mover_n three_o that_o this_o first_o mover_n be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o all_o those_o several_a motion_n that_o be_v find_v in_o all_o thing_n and_o four_a that_o therefore_o this_o first_o mover_n can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n for_o the_o first_o of_o those_o four_o step_n motion_n that_o these_o second_o and_o inferior_a motion_n do_v lead_v we_o by_o degree_n unto_o one_o first_o and_o supreme_a motion_n plato_n prove_v by_o this_o reason_n 874._o quandò_fw-la aliud_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la movetur_fw-la illúdque_fw-la rursum_fw-la semper_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la eritnè_fw-la in_fw-la talibus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la primò_fw-la movetur_fw-la at_o quomodò_fw-la id_fw-la cum_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la moveatur_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la moventur_fw-la primum_fw-la erit_fw-la certè_fw-la impossibile_fw-it id_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la quandò_fw-la aliquid_fw-la seipsum_fw-la movens_fw-la aliud_fw-la quoque_fw-la movebit_fw-la illúdque_fw-la aliud_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la deinceps_fw-la plurima_fw-la movebuntur_fw-la a_o aliud_fw-la totius_fw-la motus_fw-la principium_fw-la erit_fw-la quam_fw-la mutatio_fw-la eius_fw-la quod_fw-la seipsum_fw-la movet_fw-la when_o as_o one_o thing_n be_v move_v by_o another_o and_o that_o still_o by_o another_o and_o so_o in_o infinitum_fw-la can_v there_o then_o be_v any_o thing_n that_o have_v a_o first_o motion_n no_o sure_o there_o can_v for_o how_o can_v that_o be_v the_o first_o move_v of_o all_o other_o which_o itself_o be_v move_v by_o another_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n unpossible_a but_o if_o we_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v something_o which_o be_v move_v only_o by_o itself_o and_o not_o by_o any_o other_o thing_n if_o that_o move_v another_o thìng_n and_o that_o another_o and_o so_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n move_v in_o their_o order_n then_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o all_o those_o motion_n so_o move_v by_o other_o can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o only_o the_o impulsion_n of_o that_o one_o first_o mover_n which_o move_v of_o himself_o out_o of_o which_o discourse_n of_o plato_n we_o may_v gather_v these_o two_o aphorism_n first_o that_o if_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o those_o motion_n which_o be_v move_v by_o another_o a_o infinite_a progress_n there_o can_v none_o of_o they_o be_v first_o second_o that_o we_o must_v needs_o come_v in_o the_o end_n unto_o some_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v move_v only_o of_o itself_o and_o not_o of_o any_o other_o thing_n and_o three_o that_o this_o on●_n thing_n which_o thus_o move_v of_o itself_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o motion_n unto_o every_o other_o thing_n aristotle_n in_o like_a manner_n though_o in_o many_o other_o point_n dissent_v from_o his_o master_n yet_o in_o this_o point_n of_o motion_n he_o consent_v full_o with_o he_o yea_o &_o press_v the_o same_o reason_n almost_o in_o the_o same_o form_n omne_fw-la quod_fw-la movetur_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la moveri_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la 528._o et_fw-la aut_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la movetur_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la aut_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la movetur_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la si_fw-mi ab_fw-la eo_fw-la movetur_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la motu_fw-la cietur_fw-la movens_fw-la aliquod_fw-la esse_fw-la primum_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la movetur_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la fieri_fw-la enìm_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la proficiscatur_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la movet_fw-la atque_fw-la movetur_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la quip_n cum_fw-la infinitorum_fw-la nihil_fw-la sit_fw-la primum_fw-la whatsoever_o thing_n be_v move_v must_v needs_o be_v move_v of_o something_o and_o that_o thing_n which_o move_v it_o must_v needs_o itself_o be_v move_v either_o of_o another_o or_o not_o of_o another_o if_o it_o be_v move_v by_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o be_v move_v of_o another_o we_o must_v come_v by_o necessity_n unto_o a_o first_o mover_n which_o be_v not_o move_v by_o any_o other_o for_o it_o be_v unpossible_a to_o go_v still_o on_o for_o ever_o in_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v move_v by_o another_o because_o in_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v infinite_a there_o can_v none_o of_o they_o be_v first_o and_o therefore_o where_o there_o be_v grant_v to_o be_v any_o first_o thing_n there_o can_v be_v hold_v to_o be_v a_o infinite_a proceed_n yea_o and_o again_o a_o little_a after_o fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la quo_fw-la motus_fw-la affertur_fw-la moveat_fw-la absque_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la movet_fw-la a_o seipso_fw-la it_o can_v be_v that_o that_o which_o be_v move_v by_o another_o shall_v be_v move_v but_o by_o that_o which_o be_v move_v by_o itself_o and_o he_o give_v these_o example_n baculus_fw-la movet_fw-la lapidem_fw-la &_o movetur_fw-la a_o manu_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la movetur_fw-la the_o staff_n move_v the_o stone_n the_o hand_n move_v the_o staff_n the_o man_n move_v the_o hand_n and_o the_o man_n be_v move_v in_o some_o sort_n of_o himself_o for_o as_o the_o roman_a orator_n affirm_v quod_fw-la animal_n est_fw-la 116._o motu_fw-la movetur_fw-la interiore_fw-la &_o svo_fw-la every_o live_a thing_n be_v move_v by_o a_o internal_a motion_n of_o his_o own_o so_o that_o the_o sum_n of_o 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