Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	faith_n	word_n	work_n	3,143	5	6.0877	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26887	The certainty of Christianity without popery, or, Whether the Catholick-Protestant or the papist have the surer faith being an answer to one of the oft canted questions and challenges of the papists, sent to one who desired this : published to direct the unskilful, how to defend their faith against papists and infidels, but especially against the temptations of the Devil, that by saving their faith, they may save their holiness, their comfort and their souls / by Richard Baxter.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1672 (1672)	Wing B1213; ESTC R5291	42,876	122

question_v to_o which_o a_o answer_n be_v challenge_v chap._n i._n of_o the_o quality_n of_o this_o question_n and_o challenge_n p._n 1._o chap._n ii_o the_o explication_n of_o some_o term_n in_o it_o a_o scheme_n of_o divine_a revelation_n what_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v of_o several_a sense_n and_o sort_n of_o certainty_n of_o principle_n media_n determination_n unity_n of_o faith_n p._n 5._o chap._n iii_o the_o brief_a and_o summary_n answer_v to_o the_o confuse_a question_n p._n 13._o chap._n iu._n the_o many_o question_n confound_v in_o his_o one_o quest._n 1._o what_o be_v the_o revelation_n of_o god_n in_o controversy_n p._n 22._o chap._n v._n quest._n ii_o whether_o the_o papist_n grant_v all_o divine_a revelation_n to_o be_v true_a p._n 25._o chap._n vi_o quest._n iii_o what_o certainty_n we_o have_v what_o be_v a_o real_a revelation_n of_o god_n where_o the_o nature_n and_o condition_n of_o objective_n and_o subjective_n sensible_a and_o intelligible_a certainty_n be_v open_v p._n 30._o chap._n vii_o quest._n iu._n what_o certainty_n have_v we_o of_o the_o copy_n p._n 43._o chap._n viii_o quest._n v._n what_o certainty_n have_v we_o of_o the_o canonical_a book_n p._n 45._o chap._n ix_o quest._n vi_o what_o certainty_n have_v we_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o translation_n p._n 48._o chap._n x._o quest._n vii_o what_o certainty_n have_v we_o of_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o text._n p._n 51._o chap._n xi_o quest._n viii_o what_o unity_n of_o faith_n may_v be_v expect_v to_o be_v conserve_v by_o these_o certainty_n p._n 54._o chap._n xii_o quest._n ix_o what_o determination_n be_v necessary_a to_o this_o certainty_n and_o unity_n p._n 57_o chap._n xiii_o what_o the_o papist_n ascertain_v medium_fw-la or_o determination_n be_v and_o why_o we_o can_v trust_v our_o soul_n on_o it_o where_o be_v forty_o reason_n brief_o name_v for_o the_o use_n of_o they_o that_o seek_v for_o truth_n prove_v not_o only_o the_o utter_a uncertainty_n but_o the_o notorious_a falsehood_n of_o this_o determination_n which_o be_v cry_v up_o as_o the_o only_a proof_n of_o certain_a faith_n but_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o many_o papist_n that_o fear_v god_n indeed_o do_v practical_o build_v their_o faith_n on_o better_a ground_n however_o this_o be_v cry_v up_o by_o disputer_n p._n 60._o errata_fw-la page_n 23._o line_n 21._o read_v bulk_n p._n 47._o l._n 7._o r._n do_v but._n p._n 64._o l._n 16._o r._n by_o clemens_n p._n 98._o l._n 18._o r._n superior_a p._n 107._o l._n 2._o r._n certainty_n p._n 109._o l._n 9_o r._n be_v be_v chap._n i._n of_o the_o quality_n of_o this_o question_n sir_n §_o 1._o you_o may_v see_v by_o this_o paper_n with_o the_o ordinary_a dispute_v of_o this_o sort_n of_o man_n that_o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n that_o we_o have_v suspect_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o papist_n in_o many_o of_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o infidel_n cause_n and_o questioning_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n which_o this_o age_n be_v trouble_v with_o they_o have_v so_o long_o play_v the_o infidel_n in_o jest_n till_o they_o have_v make_v such_o a_o swarm_n of_o serious_a infidel_n as_o will_v prove_v neither_o the_o honour_n nor_o comfort_n of_o such_o seducer_n in_o the_o end_n i_o know_v that_o this_o paper_n itself_o have_v a_o more_o modest_a aspect_n but_o the_o tendency_n of_o it_o be_v the_o same_o as_o of_o the_o rest_n but_o i_o hope_v god_n will_v turn_v all_o their_o endeavour_n to_o our_o advantage_n and_o teach_v christian_n bet-bet_a to_o consider_v the_o foundation_n of_o their_o faith_n that_o they_o may_v not_o only_o be_v able_a to_o defend_v it_o against_o a_o infidel_n or_o papist_n but_o which_o be_v of_o more_o universal_a and_o frequent_a necessity_n to_o defend_v it_o against_o the_o inward_a suggestion_n of_o satan_n the_o enemy_n of_o christ_n and_o we_o §_o 2._o therefore_o i_o think_v it_o most_o profitable_a to_o answer_v this_o question_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o shall_v tend_v not_o only_o to_o silence_v the_o caviller_n but_o as_o may_v best_o satisfy_v such_o as_o doubt_v and_o establish_v man_n about_o the_o cause_n itself_o and_o therefore_o to_o be_v large_a than_o this_o imposer_n desire_v that_o i_o may_v be_v plain_a §_o 3._o the_o fraud_n which_o this_o quaerist_n be_v guilty_a of_o be_v manifold_a and_o manifest_a to_o any_o discern_a reader_n 1._o in_o the_o choice_n of_o his_o subject_n for_o he_o know_v for_o it_o be_v easy_o know_v that_o it_o have_v not_o please_v god_n to_o make_v the_o mystery_n of_o our_o faith_n so_o evident_a as_o thing_n sensible_a be_v and_o that_o the_o difficulty_n which_o be_v in_o and_o about_o the_o christian_a cause_n be_v such_o as_o give_v advantage_n to_o carnal_a unbeliever_n to_o find_v many_o word_n to_o say_v against_o it_o and_o that_o make_v it_o the_o hard_a work_n of_o preacher_n to_o convince_v unbeliever_n or_o else_o the_o gospel_n have_v be_v receive_v by_o more_o than_o the_o six_o part_n of_o the_o world_n before_o this_o day_n now_o these_o juggler_n will_v lay_v all_o the_o difficulty_n which_o be_v in_o the_o christian_a cause_n as_o such_o upon_o the_o reformer_n cause_v alone_o as_o if_o all_o this_o be_v nothing_o to_o they_o but_o the_o cause_n of_o popery_n be_v whole_o free_a from_o they_o or_o at_o least_o they_o can_v answer_v such_o question_n better_o than_o we_o can_v do_v and_o so_o when_o such_o a_o fellow_n as_o hobbs_n or_o benedictus_n spinosa_n in_o his_o tractatus_fw-la theologico-politicus_a shall_v stretch_v their_o wit_n to_o disgrace_v the_o scripture_n and_o the_o christian_a cause_n all_o this_o shall_v seem_v only_o to_o fall_v upon_o the_o protestant_n whereas_o if_o we_o can_v not_o better_o defend_v christianity_n than_o the_o present_a principle_n of_o popery_n enable_v they_o to_o do_v we_o must_v confess_v that_o the_o infidel_n be_v far_o hardly_o answer_v than_o any_o sectary_n that_o we_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o §_o 4._o 2._o and_o his_o next_o fraud_n lie_v in_o cast_v all_o the_o positive_a defence_n and_o proof_n on_o we_o that_o he_o may_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v but_o assault_v religion_n and_o manage_v the_o infidel_n objection_n against_o we_o he_o offer_v not_o to_o tell_v you_o himself_o what_o their_o unite_n certainty_n of_o divine_a revelation_n be_v and_o to_o make_v it_o good_a but_o to_o put_v you_o upon_o the_o prove_a task_n §_o 5._o 3._o and_o his_o fraud_n be_v evident_a in_o the_o multitude_n of_o question_n which_o he_o thrust_v together_o into_o one_o which_o any_o man_n of_o wit_n know_v can_v have_v one_o answer_n but_o must_v have_v many_o as_o the_o question_n be_v many_o §_o 6._o 4._o and_o yet_o he_o will_v oblige_v the_o answerer_n to_o avoid_v tedious_a discourse_n that_o so_o if_o his_o many_o question_n have_v not_o one_o short_a answer_n he_o may_v have_v the_o evade_n pretence_n that_o it_o be_v a_o tedious_a discourse_n §_o 7._o 5._o and_o there_o be_v evident_a fraud_n in_o his_o ambiguous_a term_n as_o his_o oppose_a matter_n of_o fact_n only_o to_o matter_n of_o right_n and_o so_o make_v many_o heterogeneal_n to_o fall_v under_o matter_n of_o fact_n his_o confuse_a and_o unexplain_v use_n of_o the_o term_n principle_n medium_fw-la determinine_v certainty_n unity_n in_o faith_n etc._n etc._n §_o 8._o 6._o last_o there_o be_v much_o fraud_n in_o his_o many_o insinuate_v supposition_n as_o 1._o that_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o proposition_n that_o whatsoever_o god_n say_v be_v true_a etc._n etc._n be_v a_o matter_n of_o mere_a right_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o rest_n mention_v as_o matter_n of_o fact_n 2._o that_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n be_v a_o matter_n of_o fact_n as_o the_o truth_n of_o they_o be_v not_o 3._o that_o papist_n agree_v with_o we_o that_o every_o revelation_n of_o god_n be_v most_o certain_o true_a 4._o that_o the_o ebionite_n valentinian_o etc._n etc._n who_o question_v the_o scripture_n book_n be_v christian_n 5._o that_o these_o matter_n have_v here_o a_o final_a determination_n 6._o that_o this_o be_v necessary_a to_o certainty_n and_o unity_n in_o the_o faith_n by_o all_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o this_o question_n be_v intend_v or_o use_v at_o least_o as_o a_o soul-trap_n and_o a_o fool-trap_n chap._n ii_o the_o explication_n of_o some_o term_n §_o 1._o that_o he_o may_v be_v satisfactory_o answer_v these_o term_n must_v be_v necessary_o explain_v and_o distinguish_v of_o 1._o revelation_n 2._o matter_n of_o fact_n 3._o certainty_n 4._o principle_n 5._o medium_fw-la 6._o determine_v 7._o unity_n in_o faith_n §_o 2._o i._n either_o he_o take_v revelation_n general_o as_o contain_v natural_a and_o supernatural_a revelation_n 2._o or_o special_o for_o supernatural_a revelation_n only_o because_o he_o distinguish_v not_o we_o must_v suppose_v he_o to_o take_v it_o

which_o in_o all_o its_o right_a condition_n may_v give_v a_o man_n satisfactory_a resolve_v certainty_n of_o mind_n 4._o to_o this_o be_v necessary_a i._n that_o the_o thing_n have_v intrinsical_o the_o requisite_n of_o a_o object_n ii_o that_o it_o have_v extrinsecal_o the_o necessary_a concomitant_a condition_n §_o 4._o i._o to_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o perceptible_a object_n it_o be_v necessary_a 1._o that_o it_o be_v something_o who_o nature_n be_v within_o the_o reach_n of_o the_o perceive_v faculty_n and_o not_o out_o of_o its_o orb_n as_o spirit_n be_v to_o sense_n 2._o that_o it_o have_v a_o perceptible_a degree_n or_o magnitude_n for_o the_o minima_fw-la rerum_fw-la be_v not_o perceptible_a to_o man_n 3._o that_o it_o be_v hoc_fw-la aliquid_fw-la a_o distinct_a be_v or_o unum_fw-la as_o its_o call_v 4._o that_o it_o have_v a_o special_a congruence_n to_o the_o special_a perceive_v faculty_n for_o light_n must_v be_v see_v and_o not_o hear_v and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n in_o a_o word_n that_o it_o be_v ens_fw-la vnum_fw-la verum_fw-la bonum_fw-la thus_o agreeable_o condition_v and_o the_o contrary_n reductive_o or_o rather_o the_o proposition_n about_o they_o §_o 5._o ii_o to_o the_o accident_n and_o extrinsic_a condition_n which_o go_v to_o make_v up_o evidence_n it_o be_v necessary_a 1._o that_o the_o object_n have_v a_o due_a position_n or_o site_n 2._o that_o it_o have_v a_o due_a distance_n neither_o too_o far_o off_o nor_o too_o near_o 3._o and_o a_o due_a medium_fw-la as_o the_o air_n be_v to_o the_o sight_n and_o hear_n 4._o and_o a_o due_a abode_n or_o stay_n for_o neither_o sense_n perceive_v motion_n perfect_o swift_a nor_o the_o intellect_n thing_n absolute_o instantaneous_a that_o have_v no_o time_n of_o continuance_n §_o 6._o because_o objective_a certainty_n be_v relative_n to_o subjective_n i_o must_v add_v what_o be_v necessary_a to_o that_o i._o on_o the_o part_n of_o sense_n ii_o of_o the_o intellect_n i._o to_o true_a sensible_a perception_n it_o be_v necessary_a 1._o that_o the_o sensitive_a faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n intend_v the_o business_n else_o the_o organ_n will_v be_v as_o a_o lute_n not_o touch_v as_o we_o see_v in_o hard_a student_n that_o hear_v not_o the_o clock_n at_o hand_n 2._o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v actuate_v in_o sensation_n be_v present_a and_o sufficient_a for_o their_o part_n 3._o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o the_o organ_n be_v in_o a_o competent_a soundness_n 4._o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o it_o be_v the_o proper_a organ_n that_o be_v use_v which_o agree_v with_o the_o object_n not_o the_o eye_n to_o hear_n etc._n etc._n 5._o that_o the_o sense_n be_v not_o oppress_v by_o impediment_n ii_o and_o further_o to_o intellective_a perception_n 1._o of_o thing_n sensible_a it_o be_v necessary_a 1._o that_o the_o thing_n be_v true_o perceive_v by_o the_o sense_n 2._o and_o true_o imagine_v and_o therefore_o that_o the_o imagination_n have_v a_o competent_a soundness_n 3._o that_o the_o soul_n be_v attentive_a to_o to_o the_o matter_n and_o not_o alienate_v 4._o that_o the_o internal_a sense_n imagination_n and_o sensitive-memory_n be_v in_o a_o fit_a state_n of_o vicinity_n conjunction_n or_o union_n for_o the_o intellect_n to_o operate_v on_o and_o with_o they_o 5._o that_o the_o intellect_n itself_o be_v in_o act_n according_a to_o its_o formal_a virtue_n 2._o but_o to_o the_o intellection_n of_o our_o own_o immanent_a act_n of_o intellection_n and_o volition_n there_o be_v no_o more_o necessary_a but_o that_o such_o act_n be_v and_o then_o we_o can_v intuitive_o perceive_v they_o 3._o and_o by_o easy_a collection_n the_o intellect_n without_o further_a help_n of_o sense_n can_v gather_v that_o i_o that_o understand_v and_o will_v be_o sure_a i_o have_v a_o power_n so_o to_o do_v for_o nothing_o do_v that_o which_o it_o can_v do_v and_o hereby_o i_o apprehend_v that_o there_o be_v intellective_a volitive_a agent_n and_o what_o they_o be_v §_o 7._o it_o be_v here_o suppose_a that_o god_n have_v not_o a_o voice_n to_o speak_v by_o as_o man_n have_v but_o yet_o that_o he_o can_v cause_v a_o voice_n at_o his_o pleasure_n either_o by_o the_o use_n of_o a_o creature_n that_o natural_o have_v a_o voice_n or_o by_o the_o motion_n of_o other_o creature_n a_o thousand_o way_n of_o which_o it_o be_v not_o needful_a for_o we_o to_o be_v acquaint_v §_o 8._o when_o god_n reveal_v his_o mind_n not_o by_o voice_n but_o by_o inward_a inspiration_n it_o carry_v its_o own_o notify_a evidence_n with_o it_o which_o no_o man_n can_v formal_o conceive_v of_o but_o he_o that_o have_v it_o but_o this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o prophetical_a person_n only_o and_o not_o of_o we_o §_o 9_o in_o this_o question_n how_o to_o know_v that_o a_o revelation_n be_v of_o god_n it_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o revelation_n itself_o that_o be_v the_o notify_a sign_n whether_o voice_n write_v or_o other_o act_n or_o thing_n be_v know_v already_o for_o we_o must_v first_o know_v that_o such_o a_o thing_n real_o be_v before_o we_o can_v know_v whence_o it_o be_v and_o this_o be_v afterward_o to_o be_v speak_v of_o §_o 10._o and_o here_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o know_v that_o god_n be_v some_o way_n a_o cause_n of_o that_o act_n voice_n or_o write_n for_o no_o doubt_n but_o he_o be_v a_o universal_a cause_n at_o least_o of_o all_o the_o real_a being_n and_o action_n in_o the_o world_n but_o we_o must_v be_v sure_a that_o he_o be_v the_o determine_a cause_n of_o this_o special_a and_o individual_a act_n or_o thing_n as_o such_o so_o as_o that_o he_o may_v proper_o be_v call_v the_o author_n of_o it_o and_o it_o be_v call_v his_o work_n §_o 11._o and_o here_o negative_o 1._o we_o have_v not_o sensible_a evidence_n ascertain_v we_o that_o these_o word_n or_o sign_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n sense_n be_v not_o the_o perceiver_n of_o this_o as_o it_o be_v of_o light_n heat_n motion_n etc._n etc._n §_o 12._o 2._o therefore_o neither_o do_v the_o intellect_n perceive_v it_o by_o the_o sense_n as_o it_o do_v these_o sense_v thing_n foremention_v §_o 13._o 3._o nor_o be_v it_o the_o object_n of_o immediate_a intellective_a intuition_n or_o know_v as_o we_o know_v the_o act_n of_o the_o soul_n itself_o by_o immediate_a perception_n as_o that_o we_o think_v know_v will_n and_o feel_v §_o 14._o 4._o nor_o do_v we_o always_o at_o least_o know_v it_o as_o we_o do_v self-evident_a principle_n which_o a_o man_n use_v reason_n about_o they_o can_v choose_v but_o understand_v §_o 15._o 5._o nor_o be_v all_o the_o part_n of_o divine_a revelation_n notify_v to_o we_o with_o equal_a certainty_n nor_o altogether_o by_o the_o same_o media_fw-la nor_o be_v they_o all_o of_o equal_a necessity_n to_o be_v know_v to_o be_v divine_a and_o so_o to_o be_v believe_v §_o 16._o but_o affirmative_o 1._o we_o know_v these_o revelation_n to_o be_v divine_a as_o we_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o conclusion_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o evidence_n of_o their_o premise_n 2._o and_o this_o various_o as_o the_o consequence_n be_v more_o or_o less_o evident_a and_o certain_a §_o 17._o 1._o suppose_v that_o we_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n whether_o as_o a_o self-evident_a principle_n or_o as_o the_o certain_a of_o conclusion_n and_o so_o that_o he_o be_v perfect_a and_o therefore_o true_a we_o be_v certain_a as_o of_o a_o most_o near_o and_o evident_a conclusion_n that_o all_o god_n work_n be_v his_o revelation_n to_o man_n which_o be_v within_o our_o reach_n that_o be_v that_o they_o be_v sign_n by_o which_o god_n reveal_v himself_o and_o his_o will_n to_o we_o the_o glass_n in_o which_o he_o must_v here_o be_v see_v the_o divinity_n of_o this_o natural_a revelation_n be_v past_a doubt_n but_o all_o the_o doubt_n be_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o it_o §_o 18._o 2._o there_o be_v natural_o evident_a verity_n in_o the_o scripture_n which_o upon_o the_o first_o considerate_a hear_n we_o may_v be_v sure_o be_v true_a as_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n that_o he_o be_v one_o that_o he_o be_v infinite_a perfect_a most_o powerful_a wise_a and_o good_a the_o beginning_n governor_n and_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o he_o be_v our_o owner_n actor_n ruler_n benefactor_n and_o end_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o love_v he_o please_v and_o obey_v he_o above_o all_o other_o with_o all_o our_o heart_n and_o power_n the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o necessary_a law_n of_o nature_n be_v there_o contain_v and_o so_o be_v know_v by_o a_o double_a revelation_n §_o 19_o 3._o there_o be_v other_o point_n which_o be_v so_o great_o congruous_a to_o the_o common_a experience_n of_o mankind_n as_o that_o they_o have_v also_o a_o certainty_n in_o the_o thing_n from_o that_o experience_n as_o the_o common_a