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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	circumstance_n	good_a	great_a	254	4	2.1093	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63797	Healths grand preservative: or The womens best doctor A treatise, shewing the nature and operation of brandy, rumm, rack, and other distilled spirits, and the ill consequences of mens, but especially of womens drinking such pernicious liquors and smoaking tobacco. As likewise, of the immoderate eating of flesh without a due observation of time, or nature of the creature which hath proved very destructive to the health of many. Together, with a rational discourse of the excellency of herbs, highly approved of by our ancestors in former times. And the reasons why men now so much desire the flesh more than other food. A work highly fit to be persued and observed by all that love their health, and particularly necessary to the female sex, on whose good or ill constitution the health and strength, or sickness and weakness of all [cropped]sterity does in a more especial manner depend. By Tho. Tryon.	Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.	1682 (1682)	Wing T3182; ESTC R219417	19,602	25

for Man is a Prince in this World and in him is contained the true Nature of all the Inferiour Creatures for if it were not so 〈◊〉 could not be their Prince nor be sustained by them And th● Man was made greater then any other Creature that is visible● and to be Lord over all yet nevetheless he having a Simile with the Nature of all things is thereby rendered capable to be wrought on by every inferior thing he shall suffer his desires to enter into and by degrees he is liable to become captivated unto that thing be it either Good or Evil for every like as I told you before works on and awakens its likeness This was the reason why Moses commanded that unclean Beasts should not be eaten that the human Nature might not mix or incorporate in its self the Beastial qualities for every individual Man has essentially in him the true Natures and Essences of all the Beasts of the Field and Fishes of the Sea as also of all Herbs and Fruits Stones and Minerals and whatsoever else can be thought of for if this were not so then Man would not be subject to be wrought on by all neither would the various sorts of Food agree with him or nourish him The wise Antients understanding this and that every thing had power to attract unto it self such matter out of all things as is capable to nourish its own Body therefore in those days the eating of Flesh was not in such Reputation as of late years it hath been especially as it is in England who do make it their chief Food All Vegetables and Fruits being in themselves of a clean Simple Nature and Opperation which being well prepared and temperately eaten have onely power to waken their Similes in the Body and Senses as aforesaid But on the contrary all Beasts especially unclean Beasts are endued with all kind of Beastial Passions as Anger Revenge Covetuousness Love and Hate which dispositions and Passions of the Flesh but especially the Blood doth retain after such Animals are Killed and for that reason it was that the Blood of all sorts of Beasts was so strictly forbidden for the Essential Spirits dwell in the Blood and in the Blood and Spirits lye hid all the dispositions and Inclinations the Creature was endued withal and therefore all sorts of Flesh that were permitted to be eaten were to be well Purged from the Blood And also this same Blood was either to be consumed by Fire or an hole made in the Earth and the Blood cast into it and covered that the wrathful Spirits and Vapours thereof might not defile the Air which is continually Breathed into our Bodies for when any Creature is Killed the great pain and Agony they endure does so powerfully awaken the Center of the wrathful Fire and also the Internal Poysons which are the Root of every Life that the said Fierce Poysonous Spirits seize the Blood on their right Fountain of pre●rvation so that the Blood does not only contain all the natural ●ispositions passions and Inclinations but also the awakened Poysons and irritated Spirits which were violently stirred up by Deaths stroke For when the natural Life is in danger the continuation of which is so sweet unto all Creatures and they do so unwillingly part with it especially when the Creature is in perfect Health and Strength what a strange fear and dread must needs attend the Creature in this condition and how strongly and violently are all the Centers and Powers of nature stirred up and then are awakened the revengeful Spirits which do contain the Blood for that is their Habitation which in this Agonous condition does often spread it self through the whole Body and makes the Flesh look red but this is generally drawn back again by the drawing away of the Blood where the wound is made Now if this Blood be exposed to the open Air these fiery dark wrathful Spirits do by degrees evaporate and incorporate themselves with the Air and so de●●les it and renders it pernicious The very same is to be understood in all other Uncleannesses and these are the chief Reasons why the Prophet Moses commanded the Blood either to be Burnt on the Altar or Buried in the Earth tho there doth remain somewhat more to be said why he commanded the Blood to be consumed on the Altar by Fire which I shall forbear and speak of it in its proper place for those fiery wrathful Spirits that do evaporate themselves into the Air being continually breathed into the body by such people as do communicate near such places as Slaughter-houses and the like and more especially those that are of killing Imployments those awakened wratchful Spirits do enter them and powerfully incorporate themselves with their Similes for this cause all Butchers and others that do use such Trades are more fierce and cruel sooner moved to wrath than others killing is as easie and familiar to them as Plowing the Land is to the Husbandman and in a word they are far more inclined to violence than men of other Imployments are The same is to be understood in all other Trades and also 〈◊〉 Communications● as those that are brought up and have their 〈◊〉 versations amongst Horses are not most of them Robustick Pro●● Bold and Surly like the Creatures they communicate with th● same is likewise to be understood in many other other hard work●in● rough Trades and Imployments are not most of them rash head strong scarce endued with common Humanity There is nothin● so good or so bad but Man is capable of being captivated to it from this Ground it is that weak Inclinations that a Man in him self is hardly sensible of may either by Imployments or Commu●●cations be made strong which is one Reason why Mens Inclinations and their Love and Hate alters and changes according to time place business and communication as some Men have declared that they did not fear being overcome with Drink Women or th● like Evils because at that time they found no Inclinations to such things nevertheless time opportunity communications and other circumstances concurring many of them have been overcome by those Vices they so little stood in fear of though also Astrologick Configurations and Influences have a share in altering and changing Mens inclinations and more especially when other causes concur For this cause the most prudent in all Ages have advised all Men to avoid evil occasions and the Apostle Paul saith That Evil Communication corrupts good Manners the truth of which no Man will or can deny Now if Imployments Communications Labours Words and all kind of outward business have so great power of changing and altering Dispositions and Inclinations increasing them and the contrary how can we imagine but Mea●● and Drinks received into the Body will have the same or greater power and operation as those that feed much on unclean Flesh as on Swine and that have their conversation amongst Animals are not many of them much like