Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	law_n	work_n	2,920	5	6.2264	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76232	Ēh probolē tēs alētheias or The bul-warke of truth, being a treatise of God, of Jesus Christ, of the Holy Ghost, and of the Trinity in unity, against atheists and hereticks. / By Robert Bayfeild.	Bayfield, Robert, b. 1629.; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, engraver.	1657 (1657)	Wing B1468; Thomason E1636_3; ESTC R209045	111,248	263

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η_n προβολη_n της_n αληθειας_n or_o the_o bulwark_n of_o truth_n be_v a_o treatise_n of_o god_n of_o jesus_n christ_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o of_o the_o trinity_n in_o unity_n against_o atheist_n and_o heretic_n by_o robert_n bayfeild_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d serapis_n ad_fw-la thulem_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o praevalebit_fw-la tertull._n veritas_fw-la laborare_fw-la potest_fw-la vinci_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la hier._n dialog_n adversus_fw-la pelag._n for_o we_o can_v do_v nothing_o against_o the_o truth_n but_o for_o the_o truth_n 2_o cor._n 13.8_o he_o that_o be_v a_o heretic_n after_o the_o 〈…〉_o s●●o●d_v admonition_n reject_v tit._n 3.10_o london_n print_v by_o t.r._n for_o edw._n dod._n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o gun_n in_o ivy-lane_n 1657._o vera_fw-la effigy_n roberti_n bayfeild_n aetat_fw-la suae_fw-la 27._o a_o preparatory_a advertisement_n to_o the_o reader_n dear_a christian_a reader_n after_o i_o have_v 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dypsas_n that_o poyson_v all_o the_o pool_n wherein_o he_o drink_v so_o that_o all_o the_o beast_n which_o drink_v of_o those_o pool_n be_v sudden_o poison_v and_o kill_v 42._o tertull._n de_fw-fr praescrip_n c._n 42._o because_o as_o tertullian_n say_v this_o have_v ever_o be_v the_o desire_n and_o study_v of_o heretic_n non_fw-la ethnicos_fw-la convertere_fw-la sed_fw-la christianos_n evertere_fw-la not_o to_o convert_v infidel_n but_o to_o pervert_v and_o throw_v down_o christian_n from_o the_o faith_n and_o therefore_o saint_n john_n see_v the_o heretic_n cerinthus_n in_o a_o bath_n wherein_o the_o apostle_n bathe_v himself_o run_v away_o from_o he_o as_o it_o have_v be_v from_o a_o lion_n 3._o iren._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o and_o ireneus_fw-la say_v that_o tantum_n apostoli_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la discipuli_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la timorem_fw-la ut_fw-la neque_fw-la verbo_fw-la tenus_fw-la communicarent_fw-la alicui_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la adulteraverant_a veritatem_fw-la the_o apostle_n and_o their_o disciple_n do_v so_o wary_o shun_v all_o heretic_n that_o they_o will_v have_v no_o communication_n with_o any_o of_o they_o that_o have_v deprave_v the_o truth_n of_o christ_n and_o no_o

115.3_o psal_n 115.3_o dwell_v in_o the_o heaven_n that_o none_o can_v attain_v unto_o and_o this_o the_o very_a heathen_n know_v full_a well_o 18.9.11_o vide_fw-la na●●ell_n p._n 54._o ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la allusit_fw-la plutarch_n in_o iside_n de_fw-la theologia_fw-la aegypti●rum_fw-la vide_fw-la job_n c._n ●2_n psal_n 18.9.11_o when_o orpheus_n speak_v of_o god_n can_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o can_v see_v he_o because_o he_o be_v compass_v about_o with_o darkness_n and_o damascius_n the_o platonist_n speak_v of_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o egypt_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o call_v the_o first_o beginning_n of_o all_o thing_n darkness_n unknown_a darkness_n pass_v all_o our_o understanding_n answerable_a to_o that_o place_n of_o the_o psalmist_n he_o make_v darkness_n his_o secret_a place_n and_o all_o to_o this_o end_n to_o show_v that_o he_o can_v be_v see_v or_o comprehend_v by_o we_o quia_fw-la secundum_fw-la essentiam_fw-la in_o cognitus_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la majestatem_fw-la immensus_fw-la because_o his_o majesty_n be_v immeasurable_a and_o his_o be_v be_v unconceivable_a 24_o thalas_n apud_fw-la paulinum_n presbyt_fw-la job_n 28_o 24_o say_v thalassus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o be_v every_o where_o and_o see_v every_o thing_n when_o as_o nothing_o can_v see_v he_o and_o as_o the_o sun_n be_v in_o itself_o most_o visible_a so_o be_v god_n in_o himself_o most_o intelligible_a man_n why_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v comprehend_v by_o the_o understanding_n of_o man_n and_o therefore_o that_o the_o sun_n dazzle_v the_o eye_n and_o god_n the_o understanding_n it_o be_v from_o the_o abundance_n of_o glory_n in_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o our_o weakness_n to_o see_v and_o insufficiency_n to_o apprehend_v so_o that_o our_o defect_n of_o knowledge_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o proper_o from_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o object_n as_o from_o the_o deficiency_n of_o the_o 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in_o god_n which_o be_v the_o

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