Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	efficient_a	end_n	final_a	2,172	5	9.9792	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74656	Expository notes, with practical observations; towards the opening of the five first chapters of the first book of Moses called Genesis. Delivered by way of exposition in several lords-dayes exercises. By Benjamin Needler, minister of the gospel at Margaret Moses Friday-Street, London.	Needler, Benjamin, 1620-1682.	1654 (1654)	Wing N412; Thomason E1443_2; ESTC R209640	117,247	301

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posterity_n but_o their_o sin_n quest_n 3._o vers_fw-la 3._o whether_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v generate_v by_o the_o parent_n or_o as_o the_o learned_a phrase_n it_o a_o anima_fw-la sit_fw-la ex_fw-la traduce_v vel_fw-la per_fw-la creationem_fw-la this_o question_n be_v full_a of_o perplexity_n resp_n i_o shall_v deliver_v myself_o in_o several_a proposition_n 1._o prop._n there_o be_v no_o creature_n the_o cause_n of_o itself_o or_o the_o fountain_n of_o its_o own_o be_v 2._o prop._n that_o all_o effect_n with_o reference_n to_o their_o cause_n be_v not_o carry_v on_o after_o the_o same_o way_n or_o manner_n u●z_n some_o effect_n be_v produce_v by_o the_o concourse_n of_o four_o cause_n the_o efficient_a material_a formal_a final_a and_o thus_o be_v all_o corporeal_a substance_n some_o by_o the_o concourse_n of_o three_o cause_n viz._n efficient_a material_a and_o final_a as_o for_o instance_n formae_fw-la accidentales_fw-la ut_fw-la nigredo_fw-la &_o albedo_n black_a and_o 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è_fw-la potentia_fw-la materiae_fw-la god_n may_v if_o he_o have_v please_v have_v create_v rational_a soul_n and_o these_o may_v have_v live_v and_o act_v to_o his_o praise_n without_o the_o concurrence_n or_o assistance_n of_o any_o material_a substance_n whatsoever_o 4._o prop._n that_o the_o original_a of_o form_n be_v in_o profundo_fw-la very_o latent_fw-la and_o mysterious_a this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o ancient_a father_n differ_v so_o much_o in_o this_o point_n origen_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o all_o soul_n be_v at_o first_o create_v together_o with_o the_o angel_n and_o afterward_o put_v into_o body_n tertullian_n will_v have_v the_o soul_n ex_fw-la traduce_n augustine_n leave_v this_o question_n undecided_a neither_o dare_v he_o determine_v any_o thing_n a_o eminent_o elegant_a and_o learned_a modern_a author_n tell_v we_o that_o in_o this_o we_o may_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o a_o modest_a hesitancy_n may_v be_v very_o lawful_a here_o 5._o prop._n that_o most_o of_o our_o divine_n with_o who_o i_o humble_o close_a be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v by_o creation_n not_o by_o traduction_n or_o generation_n their_o reason_n be_v both_o rational_a and_o scripturall_a rational_a ground_n be_v these_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v by_o propagation_n it_o must_v argu._n 1_o be_v one_o of_o these_o three_o way_n vel_fw-la per_fw-la multiplicationem_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la divisionem_fw-la substantiae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la animae_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la generationem_fw-la à_fw-la semine_fw-la aliquo_fw-la either_o by_o multiplication_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o by_o division_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o prolificâ_fw-la virtute_fw-la seminis_fw-la not_o the_o first_o way_n for_o this_o action_n of_o multiplication_n it_o must_v either_o be_v a_o natural_a or_o a_o voluntary_a action_n if_o it_o be_v a_o natural_a action_n and_o not_o voluntary_a how_o can_v it_o be_v that_o a_o rational_a soul_n endow_v 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semen_fw-mi dici_fw-la poterit_fw-la ànimatum_fw-la si_fw-la ità_fw-la anon_o anima_fw-la rationalis_fw-la erit_fw-la mortalis_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sempere_fw-la ffuso_fw-la semine_fw-la sequitur_fw-la prolificatio_fw-la nulla_fw-la virtus_fw-la activa_fw-la agit_fw-fr ultra_fw-la suum_fw-la genus_fw-la argu._n 2_o there_o be_v no_o agent_n can_v produce_v that_o which_o be_v of_o great_a perfection_n and_o of_o a_o more_o eeminent_a nature_n and_o kind_n than_o itself_o thus_o the_o soul_n exceed_v the_o body_n therefore_o nothing_o material_a or_o corporeal_a can_v produce_v the_o soul_n if_o it_o be_v object_v nothing_o material_a can_v produce_v such_o a_o effect_n by_o its_o own_o natural_a power_n or_o by_o the_o help_n and_o assistance_n of_o common_a providence_n but_o by_o the_o special_a hand_n and_o power_n of_o god_n it_o will_v a_o mount_v to_o as_o much_o as_o this_o assertion_n anima_fw-la fit_a per_fw-la creationem_fw-la as_o the_o dissolution_n or_o corruption_n 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a_o edifice_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v long_o and_o difficulty_n compose_v and_o frame_v be_v