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	reason_n	think_v	2,515	5	3.9487	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02909	A Helpe to memory and discourse with table- talke as musicke to a banquet of wine : being a compendium of witty, and vsefull propositions, problemes, and sentences / extracted from the larger volumes of physicians, philosophers, orators and poets, distilled in their assiduous and learned obseruations, and which for method, manner, and referent handling may be fitly tearmed, A Second misselany, or helpe to discourse.	Basse, William, d. ca. 1653.; Phillips, E.	1630 (1630)	STC 13051.3; ESTC S3795	55,194	175

tell_v di●es_n and_o as_o that_o divine_a poet_n write_v to_o that_o purpose_n and_o if_o any_o such_o appearance_n there_o be_v the_o devil_n do_v assume_v the_o shape_n for_o doubtless_o such_o a_o soul_n as_o up_o do_v mourn_v and_o do_v appear_v before_o her_o maker_n face_n hold_v this_o vild_a world_n in_o such_o a_o base_a account_n that_o she_o look_v down_o and_o scorn_v this_o wretched_a place_n but_o such_o as_o be_v detrude_v down_o to_o hell_n either_o for_o shame_n they_o still_o themselves_o retire_v or_o tie_v in_o chain_n they_o in_o close_a prison_n dwell_v and_o can_v come_v although_o they_o much_o desire_n to_o this_o purpose_n be_v here_o annex_v a_o sto●●_n of_o a_o divine_a and_o a_o lawyer_n that_o meet_v at_o dinner_n the_o lawyer_n to_o help_v discourse_n propose_v this_o question_n to_o the_o divine_a when_o lazarus_n have_v lie_v four_o day_n in_o the_o gra●e_n and_o after_o be_v raise_v up_o again_o where_o be_v his_o soul_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o divine_a not_o answer_v his_o question_n propose_v unto_o he_o another_o which_o be_v if_o lazarus_n and_o his_o heir_n shall_v have_v fall_v at_o strife_n about_o his_o land_n the_o quaere_fw-la be_v who_o ought_v they_o to_o have_v be_v this_o be_v according_a to_o the_o question_n in_o virgil_n eglogue_n di●_n quibus_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la one_o difficulty_n choke_v by_o propose_v another_o and_o yet_o for_o further_a confirmation_n thereof_o say_v lemnius_n a_o scholar_n travel_v with_o his_o family_n come_v into_o a_o town_n to_o ask_v lodging_n and_o find_v none_o it_o be_v tell_v he_o there_o be_v a_o fair_a house_n that_o stand_v empty_a that_o he_o may_v either_o lodge_n or_o dwell_v in_o gratis_o but_o the_o inconvenience_n be_v it_o be_v haunt_v with_o spirit_n and_o every_o night_n in_o it_o be_v hear_v a_o great_a jumble_v and_o rattle_v of_o chain_n he_o nothing_o affright_v hereat_o desire_v to_o have_v it_o which_o be_v according_o grant_v at_o bedtime_n have_v dispose_v his_o family_n to_o rest_n he_o himself_o sit_v up_o in_o a_o chamber_n read_v about_o midnight_n the_o time_n that_o churchyard_n yawn_v and_o spirit_n take_v their_o progress_n he_o hear_v a_o noise_n at_o bottom_n of_o the_o stair_n and_o present_o it_o come_v up_o he_o nothing_o daunt_v ●ate_z still_z reading_z till_o at_o last_o it_o appear_v on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o stair_n in_o the_o similitude_n of_o askeliton_n or_o anatomy_n wrap_v about_o with_o chain_n of_o iron_n which_o come_v up_o beckon_v with_o his_o finger_n and_o so_o go_v down_o the_o stair_n to_o have_v he_o follow_v he_o which_o he_o do_v and_o first_o he_o lead_v he_o through_o a_o outward_a room_n then_o through_o a_o yard_n and_o thence_o into_o a_o garden_n where_o he_o leave_v he_o in_o which_o place_n he_o pull_v up_o some_o grass_n and_o leave_v it_o for_o a_o mark_n and_o in_o the_o next_o day_n dig_v up_o that_o place_n where_o be_v find_v a_o man_n bury_v that_o have_v be_v there_o strangle_v which_o man_n be_v take_v up_o and_o bury_v with_o due_a rite_n the_o house_n be_v ever_o quiet_a after_o but_o this_o do_v i_o take_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o ancient_a fiction_n than_o a_o certain_a truth_n a_o certain_a mountebank_n have_v long_o cheat_v with_o his_o drug_n and_o plaster_n and_o have_v profit_v little_a leave_v his_o old_a profession_n and_o turn_v priest_n and_o patch_v together_o diverse_a remnant_n of_o old_a sermon_n and_o homily_n so_o unfit_o apply_v that_o his_o want_n of_o scholarship_n be_v soon_o discover_v and_o he_o of_o his_o ministry_n as_o soon_o discard_v 〈◊〉_d dismission_n from_o thence_o he_o make_v this_o protestation_n now_o shall_v this_o business_n you_o 〈◊〉_d do_v cost_v many_o a_o good_a man_n life_n the_o parishioner_n thus_o threaten_v accuse_v he_o before_o a_o justice_n the_o justice_n demand_v what_o he_o mean_v to_o do_v why_o quoth_v he_o i_o mean_v to_o fall_v to_o my_o old_a trade_n of_o paracelsus_n and_o that_o i_o be_o sure_a will_v cost_v some_o dear_a q._n whether_o do_v a_o dead_a body_n in_o a_o ship_n cause_n the_o ship_n to_o sail_v slow_a and_o if_o it_o do_v what_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o reason_n thereof_o a._n the_o ship_n be_v as_o unsensible_a of_o the_o live_n as_o of_o the_o dead_a and_o as_o the_o live_n make_v it_o to_o go_v the_o fast_o so_o the_o dead_a make_v it_o not_o go_v the_o slow_a for_o the_o dead_a be_v no_o rhemorahs_n to_o alter_v the_o course_n of_o her_o passage_n though_o some_o there_o be_v that_o think_v so_o and_o that_o by_o a_o kind_n of_o mournful_a sympathy_n a_o philosopher_n see_v a_o young_a man_n proud_o deck_v out_o like_o a_o ship_n under_o sail_n say_v i_o can_v wish_v i_o be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o that_o fond_a man_n think_v himself_o but_o my_o enemy_n such_o as_o he_o be_v see_v likewise_o the_o world_n full_a of_o contention_n wish_v he_o may_v live_v to_o see_v man_n strive_v for_o love_n and_o not_o love_v to_o strive_v q._n what_o be_v the_o epitome_n or_o sum_n the_o square_a and_o measure_n of_o a_o christian_a man_n duty_n ●hich_v even_o nature_n teach_v and_o god_n approve_v a._n to_o do_v to_o other_o as_o we_o will_v be_v ●one_n unto_o ourselves_o a_o most_o upright_o justice_n ●nd_v the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n q._n what_o be_v the_o epitome_n or_o sum_n of_o all_o philosophy_n a._n it_o be_v collect_v out_o of_o the_o infinite_a volume_n of_o philosopher_n that_o those_o precept_n that_o pertain_v to_o humane_a felicity_n be_v comprise_v only_o in_o these_o two_o word_n sustinendo_fw-la &_o abstinendo_fw-la or_o in_o ferendo_fw-la &_o sperando_fw-la in_o sustain_v and_o abstain_v in_o endure_v and_o hope_v in_o bear_v adversity_n patient_o and_o abstain_v from_o pleasure_n wary_o hope_v still_o support_v we_o to_o the_o haven_n of_o happiness_n that_o we_o be_v not_o too_o much_o cast_v down_o by_o the_o one_o nor_o corrupt_v by_o the_o other_o q._n what_o be_v that_o which_o they_o that_o have_v nothing_o else_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v not_o without_o a._n hope_n q._n what_o be_v the_o most_o beautiful_a thing_n of_o all_o other_o a._n thal._n mil._n answer_v the_o world_n the_o admirable_a work_n of_o god_n and_o nothing_o more_o beautiful_a himself_o only_o except_v wherein_o we_o have_v the_o green_a carpet_n of_o the_o earth_n under_o our_o foot_n the_o goodly_a canop●●●_n heaven_n over_o our_o head_n fret_v with_o gold●●_n star_n the_o wa●y_a curtain_n of_o the_o air_n beside_o we_o all_o the_o creature_n to_o serve_v and_o delight_v we_o and_o all_o to_o set_v forth_o the_o praise_n of_o the_o creator_n of_o which_o both_o from_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n it_o receive_v the_o name_n clemen●_n alexandrinus_n say_v the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v the_o scripture_n of_o god_n who_o 3._o leaf_n be_v the_o heaven_n the_o earth_n and_o the_o sea_n be_v as_o many_o letter_n therein_o as_o there_o be_v creature_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n for_o the_o heaven_n declare_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o earth_n show_v his_o handiwork_n q._n by_o what_o element_n most_o have_v it_o please_v god_n to_o express_v to_o the_o world_n his_o justice_n and_o his_o mercy_n a._n by_o water_n when_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o people_n he_o therewith_o drown_v the_o world_n but_o his_o mercy_n thereby_o in_o the_o institution_n of_o baptism_n by_o water_n and_o in_o that_o he_o will_v have_v the_o holy_a spirit_n by_o which_o we_o be_v regenerate_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o water_n q._n what_o ship_n of_o all_o other_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a the_o most_o spacious_a the_o most_o holy_a and_o the_o most_o rich_a that_o ever_o be_v or_o will_v be_v a._n the_o ark_n of_o no_n in_o which_o all_o the_o ●en_n wealth_n and_o creature_n that_o escape_v the_o ●ood_a be_v preserve_v and_o this_o be_v note_v to_o ●●a_o type_n of_o the_o church_n for_o as_o without_o the_o ●●rke_n be_v no_o safety_n so_o without_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d no_o salvation_n q._n who_o be_v he_o that_o of_o a_o dumb_a father_n come_v 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o excellent_a orator_n in_o the_o world_n a._n s._n john_n baptist_n of_o who_o christ_n himself_o affirm_v no_o great_a to_o have_v rise_v among_o the_o son_n of_o woman_n upon_o who_o ●nd_v the_o disparity_n between_o christ_n and_o he_o ●●is_n thus_o observe_v that_o at_o his_o nativity_n the_o day_n begin_v to_o shorten_v as_o at_o christ_n nativity_n to_o increase_v and_o lengthen_v so_o likewise_o in_o their_o death_n when_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v exalt_v and_o stretch_v out_o upon_o the_o cross_n the_o body_n of_o s._n john_n be_v shorten_v by_o the_o head_n according_a to_o his_o own_o testimony_n