Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	eternal_a	life_n	work_n	4,885	5	6.6730	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45400	Charis kai eirēnē, or, A pacifick discourse of Gods grace and decrees in a letter of full accordance / written to the reverend and most learned Dr. Robert Sanderson by Henry Hammond ... ; to which are annexed the extracts of three letters concerning Gods prescience reconciled with liberty and contingency ; together with two sermons preached before these evil times, the one to the clergy, the other to the citizens of London.	Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing H519; ESTC R35983	108,515	176

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ejus_fw-la prosicisci_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la statuere_fw-la quod_fw-la futurum_fw-la sit_fw-la scientiam_fw-la quod_fw-la volunt_fw-la as_o statuerit_fw-la nosse_fw-la to_o draw_v he_o to_o calvin_n sense_n i_o shall_v read_v over_o that_o ix_o chapter_n both_o text_n and_o comment_n and_o give_v you_o some_o passage_n out_o of_o it_o in_o the_o text_n 1._o that_o they_o be_v much_o more_o tolerable_a that_o bring_v in_o syderea_fw-la fata_fw-la a_o fatality_n depend_v on_o the_o star_n than_o they_o which_o take_v away_o praescientiam_fw-la futurorum_fw-la foreknowledge_n of_o future_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o most_o open_a madness_n confiteri_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o negare_fw-la praescium_fw-la futurorum_fw-la to_o confess_v god_n and_o to_o deny_v his_o prescience_n 2._o nos_fw-la ut_fw-la confitemur_fw-la summum_fw-la &_o verum_fw-la deum_fw-la it_o a_o voluntatem_fw-la summamque_fw-la potestatem_fw-la &_o praescientiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la consitemur_fw-la nec_fw-la timemus_fw-la ne_fw-la ideò_fw-la voluntate_fw-la non_fw-la faciamus_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntate_fw-la facimus_fw-la quia_fw-la id_fw-la nos_fw-la facturos_fw-la esse_fw-la praescivit_fw-la cujus_fw-la praescientia_fw-la falli_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o we_o confess_v the_o supreme_a and_o true_a god_n so_o we_o confess_v his_o will_n and_o supreme_a power_n and_o prescience_n neither_o do_v we_o scare_v lest_o we_o shall_v not_o do_v voluntary_o what_o we_o do_v voluntary_o because_o he_o foresee_v it_o who_o prescience_n can_v be_v deceive_v make_v it_o the_o heathen_a fear_n of_o cicero_n which_o now_o be_v you_o lest_o the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o prescience_n shall_v impose_v necessity_n and_o frustrate_a law_n exhortation_n etc._n etc._n 3._o nos_fw-la adversus_fw-la sacrilegos_fw-la ausus_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la omne_fw-la scire_fw-la antequam_fw-la fiant_fw-la mark_v omne_fw-la &_o voluntate_fw-la nos_fw-la facere_fw-la etc._n etc._n contrary_n to_o the_o dare_n of_o sacrilegious_a man_n we_o both_o affirm_v that_o god_n know_v all_o thing_n before_o they_o be_v do_v and_o that_o we_o do_v they_o voluntary_o 4._o novit_n incommutabiliter_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la ipse_fw-la facturus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o know_v unchangeable_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o come_v and_o which_o he_o will_v do_v not_o only_o the_o latter_a but_o the_o former_a and_o all_o of_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o 5._o he_o that_o foreknow_v all_o the_o cause_n of_o thing_n among_o they_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o our_o will_n quas_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la operum_fw-la causas_fw-la esse_fw-la praescivit_fw-la which_o he_o foresee_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o work_n 6._o qui_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la praescius_fw-la omnium_fw-la futurorum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la utique_fw-la deus_fw-la he_o that_o foresee_v not_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v not_o god_n 7._o of_o our_o liberty_n voluntates_fw-la nostrae_fw-la tantum_fw-la valent_fw-la quantum_fw-la deus_fw-la eas_fw-la