Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	decree_n	deny_v	untrue_a	20	3	17.3140	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64002	The riches of Gods love unto the vessells of mercy, consistent with his absolute hatred or reprobation of the vessells of wrath, or, An answer unto a book entituled, Gods love unto mankind ... in two bookes, the first being a refutation of the said booke, as it was presented in manuscript by Mr Hord unto Sir Nath. Rich., the second being an examination of certain passages inserted into M. Hords discourse (formerly answered) by an author that conceales his name, but was supposed to be Mr Mason ... / by ... William Twisse ... ; whereunto are annexed two tractates of the same author in answer unto D.H. ... ; together with a vindication of D. Twisse from the exceptions of Mr John Goodwin in his Redemption redeemed, by Henry Jeanes ...	Twisse, William, 1578?-1646.; Jeanes, Henry, 1611-1662. Vindication of Dr. Twisse.; Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.	1653 (1653)	Wing T3423; ESTC R12334	968,546	592

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of_o the_o question_n they_o desire_v to_o be_v spare_v from_o answer_v unto_o they_o and_o upon_o this_o petition_n of_o they_o it_o please_v the_o state_n that_o leave_v those_o thorny_a question_n they_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o handle_n of_o the_o article_n this_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o preface_n to_o those_o acta_fw-la synodalia_fw-la set_v forth_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o state_n fol._n 10._o pag._n 1._o for_o after_o the_o propose_v of_o these_o two_o question_n to_o the_o remonstrant_n as_o touch_v the_o decree_n of_o predestination_n 1._o whether_o the_o entire_a decree_n of_o predestination_n be_v contain_v in_o this_o article_n namely_o that_o god_n do_v from_o everlasting_a decree_n to_o save_v believer_n which_o no_o man_n deny_v 2._o whether_o they_o think_v faith_n &_o perseverance_n therein_o do_v precede_v election_n as_o the_o cause_n or_o condition_n thereof_o after_o the_o remonstrant_n have_v answer_v affirmative_o unto_o they_o both_o hereupon_o 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sententiam_fw-la svam_fw-la manifestarent_fw-la uti_fw-la remonstrantes_n improbè_fw-la saepius_fw-la ipsis_fw-la objectarunt_fw-la sed_fw-la disertè_fw-la sententiam_fw-la svam_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la pacem_fw-la atque_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la sufficere_fw-la existimarent_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o scripto_fw-la declararunt_fw-la se_fw-la nimirum_fw-la cum_fw-la aeternum_fw-la electionis_fw-la singularium_fw-la personarum_fw-la decretum_fw-la ponunt_fw-la simul_fw-la quoque_fw-la ponere_fw-la aeternum_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la &_o rejectione_n quarundam_fw-la singularium_fw-la personarum_fw-la decretum_fw-la quum_fw-la fieri_fw-la nequeat_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la electio_fw-la quin_fw-la simul_fw-la quòque_fw-la sit_fw-la aliqua_fw-la reprobatio_fw-la aut_fw-la derelictio_fw-la difficiles_fw-la omnes_fw-la circa_fw-la hunc_fw-la articulum_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la temere_fw-la excutere_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la 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libello_fw-la supplice_n illust_n hollandiae_fw-la &_o westfriziae_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la exhibito_fw-la deprecati_fw-la sunt_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a ne_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la ageretur_fw-la &_o more_o at_o large_a pag._n 195._o thus_o ipsi_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a cum_fw-la in_o colloquio_fw-la haghiensi_fw-la jussi_fw-la essent_fw-la ad_fw-la interrogata_fw-la quaedam_fw-la nostra_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la respondere_fw-la magistratui_fw-la morem_fw-la gerere_fw-la gravati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la usque_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la collationem_fw-la caeptam_fw-la abrumpere_fw-la se_fw-la it_fw-la profiterentur_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la summarum_fw-la potestatum_fw-la imperio_fw-la se_fw-la constringi_fw-la paterentur_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la suae_fw-la praetexentes_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedificationi_fw-la obfuturam_fw-la eam_fw-la agendi_fw-la rationem_fw-la judicarent_fw-la now_o to_o this_o pag._n 157._o festus_n 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if_o it_o be_v so_o odious_a unto_o they_o as_o one_o arminian_n proselyte_n profess_v how_o can_v it_o be_v so_o concordant_o maintain_v by_o they_o as_o another_o arminian_n proselyte_n avouch_v and_o if_o we_o have_v learn_v it_o at_o the_o hand_n of_o papist_n what_o will_v these_o lutheran_n gain_n by_o unite_n with_o papist_n rather_o then_o with_o we_o that_o be_v with_o the_o master_n rather_o than_o with_o the_o scholar_n and_o if_o a_o lutheran_n shall_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o embrace_v of_o our_o tenent_n herein_o and_o to_o justify_v himself_o shall_v plead_v that_o we_o calvinist_n be_v ready_a to_o protest_v that_o in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o reprobation_n and_o predestination_n we_o have_v rather_o unite_v ourselves_o with_o papist_n then_o with_o they_o of_o what_o moment_n think_v you_o will_v this_o motive_n be_v with_o they_o which_o this_o author_n most_o inconsiderate_o propose_v as_o a_o point_n of_o very_o

pelagianos_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la aetatibus_fw-la perdita_fw-la requiratur_fw-la humana_fw-la natura_fw-la 2._o manichaei_n carnis_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la non_fw-la tanquam_fw-la accidens_fw-la vitium_fw-la sed_fw-la tanquam_fw-la naturam_fw-la ab_fw-la aeternitate_fw-la malam_fw-la vituperant_fw-la pelagiani_n eam_fw-la tanquam_fw-la nullum_fw-la vitium_fw-la sed_fw-la naturale_fw-la sit_fw-la bonum_fw-la insuper_fw-la laudant_fw-la catholica_fw-la utrosque_fw-la redarguit_fw-la manichaeis_n dicens_fw-la non_fw-la natura_fw-la sed_fw-la vitium_fw-la est_fw-la pelagianis_fw-la dicens_fw-la non_fw-la à_fw-la patre_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la mundo_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la velut_fw-la malam_fw-la valetudinem_fw-la sanari_fw-la utr●que_fw-la permittant_fw-la desinendo_fw-la illi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la insanabilem_fw-la credere_fw-la isti_fw-la tanquam_fw-la laudabilem_fw-la praedicare_fw-la 3._o manichaei_n negant_fw-la homini_fw-la bono_fw-mi ex_fw-la libro_fw-la 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bonum_fw-la aut_fw-la facile_fw-la arborem_fw-la malam_fw-la &_o fructum_fw-la ejus_fw-la malum_fw-la pelagianis_fw-la dicens_fw-la si_fw-la dixerimus_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la habemus_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nosmetipsos_fw-la seducimus_fw-la his_o morbis_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la contrariis_fw-la manichaei_n pelagianique_n confligunt_fw-la dissimili_fw-la voluntate_fw-la simili_fw-la vanitate_fw-la seperati_fw-la opinion_n diversâ_fw-la sed_fw-la propinqui_fw-la ment_fw-la perversâ_fw-la jam_fw-la verò_fw-la gratiam_fw-la christi_fw-la simul_fw-la oppugnant_fw-la baptismum_fw-la ejus_fw-la simul_fw-la evacuant_fw-la carnem_fw-la ejus_fw-la simul_fw-la inhonorant_a sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la modis_fw-la causisque_fw-la diversis_fw-la nam_fw-la manichaei_n meritis_fw-la naturae_fw-la bonae_fw-la pelagiani_n autem_fw-la meritis_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la bonae_fw-la perhibent_fw-la divinitus_fw-la subveniri_fw-la illi_fw-la dicunt_fw-la debet_fw-la hoc_fw-la deus_fw-la laboribus_fw-la membrorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la isti_fw-la dicunt_fw-la debet_fw-la hoc_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la suorum_fw-la utrisque_fw-la ergò_fw-la merces_fw-la non_fw-la imputatur_fw-la secundum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la debitum_fw-la but_o come_v we_o to_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o particular_n deliver_v by_o this_o author_n 1._o as_o touch_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o stoic_n and_o manichees_n 2._o as_o touch_v the_o parallel_n he_o make_v between_o their_o opinion_n and_o we_o in_o the_o point_n of_o predestination_n 1._o the_o chaldean_n and_o astrologer_n do_v altogether_o place_n fate_n in_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o star_n and_o because_o those_o glorious_a body_n do_v infatuate_a the_o world_n with_o a_o show_n of_o divinity_n which_o the_o lord_n labour_v to_o prevent_v in_o the_o jew_n deutr._fw-la 4._o no_o marvel_n if_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n do_v acknowledge_v no_o other_o fate_n but_o that_o as_o austin_n say_v de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 1._o id_fw-la fatum_fw-la homines_fw-la quando_fw-la audiunt_fw-la usitatâ_fw-la loquendi_fw-la confuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la vim_o positionis_fw-la syderum_fw-la qualis_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la quis_fw-la nascitur_fw-la sive_fw-la concipitur_fw-la but_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o the_o stoic_n do_v thus_o distinguish_v but_o by_o their_o series_n causarum_fw-la they_o comprehend_v all_o cause_n celestial_a or_o sublunary_a ramus_n indeed_o conceive_v such_o a_o difference_n between_o possidonius_fw-la and_o chrysippus_n both_o stoic_n but_o turnebus_n make_v bold_a to_o tell_v he_o that_o herein_o he_o err_v quod_fw-la autem_fw-la possidonium_fw-la dicis_fw-la study_v astrologiae_fw-la oblectatum_fw-la fatum_fw-la syderibus_fw-la attribuisse_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la pecus_fw-la quod_fw-la aliam_fw-la ejus_fw-la quam_fw-la chrysippi_n sententiam_fw-la putas_fw-la nec_fw-la eam_fw-la totam_fw-la complecteris_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la in_o simul_fw-la aegrotantibus_fw-la fratribus_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la dicebat_fw-la in_o syderum_fw-la &_o caeli_fw-la constitutione_n &_o affectione_n non_fw-la tamen_fw-la idcircò_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la rebus_fw-la fatum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la judicabat_fw-la nay_o he_o profess_v that_o according_a to_o all_o the_o stoic_n fatum_fw-la be_v god_n himself_o and_o nature_n and_o that_o by_o fatum_fw-la they_o understand_v omnem_fw-la naturae_fw-la contagionem_fw-la which_o be_v cicero_n phrase_n as_o indeed_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o nature_n be_v knit_v together_o per_fw-la contactum_fw-la which_o cicero_n call_v naturae_fw-la contagionem_fw-la and_o he_o prove_v as_o much_o of_o possidonius_fw-la out_o of_o cicero_n de_fw-fr divinatione_fw-la for_o quintus_fw-la therein_o profess_v according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o possidonius_fw-la that_o all_o force_n and_o course_n of_o divination_n be_v derive_v from_o god_n from_o destiny_n and_o from_o nature_n he_o conclude_v therehence_a that_o all_o kind_n of_o artificial_a and_o natural_a divination_n be_v in_o his_o opinion_n comprehend_v under_o the_o notion_n of_o fate_n and_o out_o of_o cicero_n second_o book_n of_o divination_n show_v that_o whereas_o possidonius_fw-la his_o opinion_n be_v vim_fw-la quandam_fw-la sentientem_fw-la &_o divinam_fw-la quae_fw-la tota_fw-la confusa_fw-la sit_fw-la mundo_fw-la ad_fw-la hostiam_fw-la deligendam_fw-la ducere_fw-la he_o conclude_v thus_o satis_fw-la ut_fw-la opinor_fw-la significat_fw-la possidonium_fw-la non_fw-la in_o syderibus_fw-la tantum_fw-la fatum_fw-la posuisse_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la mundi_fw-la continuationem_fw-la &_o naturae_fw-la conjunctionem_fw-la ordinem_fw-la seriemque_fw-la causarum_fw-la permanare_fw-la credidisse_fw-la idem_fw-la possidonius_fw-la say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scripserat_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la fecisset_fw-la si_fw-la in_o syderibus_fw-la tantum_fw-la fatum_fw-la esse_fw-la sensisset_fw-la and_o like_v as_o possidonius_fw-la do_v not_o insist_v only_o in_o the_o star_n for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o fate_n so_o neither_o do_v chrysippus_n in_o inferior_a cause_n necessitatem_fw-la nature_n acutus_fw-la interpres_fw-la he_o tax_v ramus_n ad_fw-la chrysippum_fw-la pertinere_fw-la astrorum_fw-la ad_fw-la possidonium_fw-la credidisti_fw-la errorem_fw-la errore_fw-la cumulasti_fw-la nam_fw-la nec_fw-la possidonius_fw-la in_o solis_fw-la astris_fw-la fatum_fw-la ponebat_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o totâ_fw-la naturae_fw-la contagione_fw-la ut_fw-la suprà_fw-la docui_fw-la &_o chrysippus_n in_o eâdem_fw-la naturae_fw-la contagione_fw-la quâ_fw-la etiam_fw-la astra_fw-la continentur_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la intellexisti_fw-la and_o that_o he_o prove_v out_o of_o cicero_n answer_v chrysippus_n in_o this_o manner_n ut_fw-la igitur_fw-la ad_fw-la quasdam_fw-la res_fw-la natura_fw-la loci_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la quasdam_fw-la autem_fw-la nihil_fw-la sie_a affectio_fw-la astrorum_fw-la valeat_fw-la sivis_fw-la ad_fw-la quasdam_fw-la res_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la certè_fw-la non_fw-la valebit_fw-la chrysippum_fw-la enim_fw-la alloquitur_fw-la say_v turnebus_n ut_fw-la vel_fw-la pvero_fw-la notum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o tui_fw-la pudeat_fw-la &_o pigeat_fw-la qui_fw-la possidonium_fw-la intelligis_fw-la thus_o he_o discipline_n ramus_n and_o proceed_v far_o say_v chrysippum_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o astrorum_fw-la constitutione_n &_o affectione_n fatum_fw-la posuisse_fw-la audi_fw-la ex_fw-la cicerone_n si_fw-la quis_fw-la verbi_fw-la causâ_fw-la oriente_fw-la caniculâ_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la be_v in_o mari_fw-fr non_fw-la morietur_fw-la vigila_fw-la chrysippe_n etc._n etc._n nihil_fw-la istud_fw-la argumentum_fw-la thus_o turnebus_n conclude_v herehence_a nisi_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o astris_fw-la fatum_fw-la poneret_fw-la so_o that_o the_o four_o opinion_n concern_v fate_n relate_v by_o ludovicus_n vives_n in_o 4._o lib._n august_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 8._o and_o that_o out_o of_o picus_n mirandula_n lib._n 2._o contra_fw-la astrologos_fw-la the_o first_o whereof_o be_v say_v to_o be_v nature_n the_o second_o a_o series_n of_o cause_n necessary_a knit_v together_o the_o third_z the_o star_n the_o four_o the_o execution_n of_o divine_a decree_n i_o say_v all_o these_o make_v but_o one_o fatum_fw-la with_o the_o stoic_n yea_o with_o all_o the_o stoic_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o turnebus_n and_o austin_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 8._o express_o include_v the_o will_n of_o god_n within_o that_o series_n of_o cause_n which_o be_v account_v fatum_fw-la in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o stoic_n and_o upon_o that_o ground_n approve_v of_o it_o as_o for_o necessitation_n by_o reason_n of_o disposition_n of_o the_o matter_n prime_n whereby_o thing_n be_v bring_v to_o pass_v in_o despite_n of_o god_n i_o find_v no_o such_o thing_n neither_o in_o austin_n nor_o in_o those_o that_o comment_n upon_o he_o ludovicus_n vives_n and_o coqueus_fw-la nor_o in_o ramus_n or_o turnebus_n but_o rather_o to_o the_o contrary_a in_o ludovicus_n vives_n who_o distinguish_v out_o of_o the_o opinion_n of_o plato_n as_o touch_v one_o god_n who_o he_o make_v principem_fw-la

death_n upon_o a_o sinner_n of_o mere_a pleasure_n but_o be_v provoke_v thereunto_o and_o that_o according_a to_o the_o purport_n of_o the_o first_o place_n ezech_n 18._o by_o the_o sinner_n himself_o and_o also_o according_a to_o the_o purport_n of_o the_o second_o place_n only_o in_o case_n of_o impenitency_n and_o i_o concur_v with_o he_o in_o this_o and_o so_o i_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n with_o that_o lament_n 3._o 32_o 33._o for_o though_o he_o cause_n grief_n to_o wit_n by_o reason_n of_o man_n sin_n v._n 39_o yet_o will_v he_o have_v compassion_n according_a to_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o mercy_n to_o wit_n in_o case_n he_o repent_v jer._n 18._o 7._o judg._n 10._o 16._o for_o he_o do_v not_o afflict_v willing_o nor_o grieve_v the_o child_n of_o man_n mark_v i_o pray_v not_o willing_o to_o wit_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v provoke_v thereunto_o by_o sin_n and_o by_o refusal_n to_o repent_v and_o this_o be_v in_o the_o former_a 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