Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	angel_n	ascend_v	heaven_n	2,534	5	5.9088	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26370	The life and death of Mahumed, the author of the Turkish religion being an account of his tribe, parents, birth, name, education, marriages, filthiness of life, Alcoran, first proselytes, wars, doctrines, miracles, advancement, &c. / by L. Addison ... author of The present state of the Jews.	Addison, Lancelot, 1632-1703.	1679 (1679)	Wing A523; ESTC R33059	58,749	146

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wife_n and_o his_o deportment_n in_o wedlock_n we_o have_v be_v force_v to_o run_v high_o up_o into_o his_o legend_n than_o the_o design_a method_n will_v permit_v which_o can_v now_o be_v atone_v for_o but_o by_o confess_v the_o fault_n and_o follow_v the_o rest_n of_o what_o happen_v to_o he_o during_o the_o time_n he_o live_v in_o matrimony_n with_o cadigha_n which_o be_v from_o the_o 25_o till_o the_o 38_o year_n of_o his_o age_n most_o of_o which_o time_n he_o spend_v in_o a_o constant_a trade_n from_o mecca_n into_o syria_n and_o persia_n which_o he_o never_o desert_v till_o he_o be_v 38_o year_n old_a at_o which_o time_n he_o enter_v upon_o a_o hermetical_a and_o contemplative_a life_n daily_o frequent_v a_o place_n near_o mecca_n call_v garhera_n or_o the_o cave_n of_o hera_n there_o he_o continue_v all_o day_n but_o what_o he_o do_v in_o the_o interim_n be_v not_o certain_o know_v the_o moor_n conjecture_v he_o spend_v the_o time_n in_o divine_a contemplation_n and_o make_v 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what_o he_o have_v say_v which_o wrought_v so_o much_o upon_o mahume_v that_o he_o be_v no_o soon_o return_v to_o mecca_n but_o he_o begin_v to_o declare_v his_o abhorrence_n of_o their_o religion_n show_v they_o as_o bohira_n have_v show_v he_o the_o manifest_a iniquity_n of_o idol-worship_n let_v they_o know_v that_o his_o resolution_n be_v never_o more_o to_o sort_v with_o they_o in_o their_o impious_a rite_n hereupon_o he_o begin_v to_o lead_v a_o solitary_a life_n and_o to_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o cave_n which_o he_o continue_v for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o year_n during_o which_o time_n it_o be_v general_o conjecture_v he_o lay_v the_o villainous_a design_n of_o his_o apostleship_n but_o at_o last_o his_o strength_n and_o health_n become_v great_o impair_v by_o this_o abstinent_a and_o austere_a course_n of_o live_v and_o his_o judgement_n sympathize_v with_o his_o body_n for_o through_o immoderate_a fast_n he_o become_v so_o hypochondriac_a that_o he_o begin_v to_o talk_v idle_o which_o terminate_v in_o a_o perfect_a lunacy_n go_v up_o and_o down_o after_o a_o odd_a distract_a manner_n in_o memory_n of_o who_o lunatic_n carriage_n the_o mahumedan_n at_o this_o day_n bear_v a_o singular_a respect_n to_o idiot_n and_o madman_n account_v they_o no_o less_o than_o inspire_v but_o to_o return_v to_o mahume_v in_o the_o cave_n and_o as_o we_o find_v it_o confident_o assert_v by_o his_o doctor_n he_o be_v there_o entertain_v with_o divine_a revelation_n and_o vision_n that_o there_o be_v a_o voice_n at_o his_o elbow_n frequent_o discourse_v with_o he_o although_o he_o can_v never_o perceive_v any_o bodily_a shape_n every_o night_n return_v from_o his_o garhera_n he_o impart_v to_o cadigha_n what_o have_v happen_v the_o antecedent_n day_n who_o find_v he_o still_o full_a of_o revelation_n and_o vision_n she_o tell_v he_o plain_o that_o they_o be_v nothing_o but_o delusion_n of_o the_o devil_n this_o great_o ruffle_v his_o passion_n and_o create_v in_o he_o that_o disturbance_n of_o mind_n which_o at_o last_o cast_v he_o into_o such_o a_o fit_a of_o dejectedness_n that_o he_o think_v of_o nothing_o but_o destroy_v himself_o to_o which_o purpose_n he_o go_v to_o the_o precipice_n of_o a_o rock_n design_v thence_o to_o cast_v himself_o headlong_o say_v it_o be_v better_a to_o die_v then_o to_o live_v under_o the_o infamy_n of_o be_v mad._n but_o gabriel_n as_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o put_v his_o resolution_n into_o practice_n surprise_v he_o with_o this_o greeting_n o_o mahume_v be_v of_o good_a courage_n be_v not_o trouble_v at_o the_o reproach_n of_o thy_o wife_n thou_o be_v not_o now_o to_o look_v upon_o thyself_o as_o thou_o have_v do_v but_o as_o on_o a_o person_n high_o in_o favour_n with_o god_n who_o have_v now_o appoint_v thou_o to_o be_v his_o prophet_n and_o messenger_n and_o as_o he_o say_v thus_o gabriel_n give_v he_o a_o scroll_n and_o bid_v he_o read_v mahume_v reply_v he_o be_v altogether_o illiterate_a gabriel_n say_v again_o read_v o_o mahume_v in_o the_o name_n of_o thy_o creator_n who_o make_v the_o worm_n man_n read_v in_o the_o name_n of_o thy_o most_o honour_a creator_n who_o with_o a_o pen_n show_v to_o man_n what_o he_o never_o know_v before_o and_o then_o he_o deliver_v he_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o alcoran_n and_o so_o vanish_v in_o this_o apparition_n the_o angel_n gabriel_n be_v see_v say_v they_o sit_v on_o a_o golden_a throne_n which_o hang_v between_o earth_n and_o heaven_n they_o tell_v we_o likewise_o that_o mahume_v now_o receive_v a_o general_a delineation_n of_o his_o embassy_n and_o apostleship_n and_o this_o first_o salutation_n of_o mahume_v beginning_n with_o in_o the_o name_n of_o thy_o creator_n be_v the_o ground_n and_o occasion_n why_o the_o moor_n at_o this_o day_n begin_v all_o their_o letter_n of_o correspondence_n and_o other_o write_n with_o bismillah_n that_o be_v in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o the_o praise_n gabriel_n in_o this_o greeting_n give_v unto_o the_o pen_n cause_v ozman_n to_o give_v one_o of_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o alcoran_n the_o title_n of_o the_o pen_n though_o it_o be_v true_a the_o word_n we_o render_v pen_n signify_v say_v du_n ryer_n ink_n a_o ink-horn_n and_o sometime_o the_o table_n on_o which_o the_o alcoran_n be_v write_v and_o whatever_o the_o arabic_a word_n may_v import_v which_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o alcoran_n render_v pen_n we_o be_v assure_v that_o the_o mahumedan_n have_v a_o tradition_n that_o a_o pen_n be_v the_o first_o thing_n god_n create_v but_o to_o return_v mahume_v have_v as_o we_o be_v tell_v receive_v this_o apparition_n of_o the_o angel_n to_o that_o end_n cadigha_n may_v no_o long_o doubt_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o vision_n or_o persist_v to_o censure_v they_o for_o diabolical_a illusion_n as_o he_o return_v from_o the_o cave_n he_o have_v they_o confirm_v with_o a_o miracle_n the_o tree_n salute_v he_o as_o he_o pass_v by_o they_o with_o a_o absir_n ya_fw-mi mahume_v ineq_n etc._n etc._n rejoice_v o_o mahume_v for_o theou_fw-mi shall_v be_v the_o apostle_n of_o god_n and_o most_o dear_a unto_o he_o the_o impostor_n be_v not_o a_o little_a raise_v with_o this_o greeting_n he_o hasten_v to_o tell_v it_o to_o his_o wife_n and_o to_o unmask_v that_o his_o design_n be_v to_o set_v up_o for_o a_o prophet_n and_o to_o frame_v a_o sect._n in_o who_o contrivance_n he_o spend_v 23_o year_n begin_v at_o the_o 40th_o year_n of_o his_o age_n and_o continue_v till_o he_o be_v age_v 63._o during_o which_o time_n he_o so_o well_o manage_v his_o ambition_n and_o injustice_n under_o the_o cloak_n of_o religion_n as_o never_o any_o have_v yet_o prove_v his_o equal_a the_o near_a and_o most_o exact_a transcript_n of_o this_o great_a impostor_n be_v the_o late_a usurper_n chap._n viii_o how_o mahume_v

first_o bring_v out_o of_o the_o east_n by_o pacificus_fw-la scaliger_n a_o capucine_n missionary_n who_o take_v much_o pain_n in_o the_o eastern_a part_n in_o endeavour_v the_o conversion_n of_o those_o people_n to_o the_o roman_a faith_n and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a say_v my_o friend_n both_o by_o the_o style_n and_o matter_n that_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o first_o and_o sole_a author_n of_o it_o chap._n xx._n that_o mahumed_n carriage_n to_o the_o jew_n and_o arabian_n may_v be_v a_o help_n to_o nourish_v up_o his_o infant_n sect._n mahumed_n pretend_a friendship_n to_o the_o christian_n be_v not_o more_o advantageous_a to_o his_o sect_n than_o his_o enmity_n against_o the_o jew_n who_o he_o look_v upon_o as_o a_o contemptible_a perfidious_a people_n who_o god_n punish_v with_o want_n and_o shame_n and_o he_o always_o speak_v of_o they_o as_o of_o beggar_n and_o vagabond_n and_o because_o of_o their_o obstinate_a adherence_n to_o the_o legal_a ceremony_n he_o by_o way_n of_o scorn_n call_v they_o the_o people_n of_o the_o law_n and_o we_o be_v tell_v out_o of_o all_o baidawi_n commentary_n upon_o the_o alcoran_n who_o die_v in_o the_o 692_o year_n of_o the_o hegira_n that_o wherever_o mahume_v use_v these_o word_n the_o curse_n of_o god_n be_v upon_o the_o infidel_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o jew_n this_o his_o severe_a deportment_n towards_o the_o hebrew_n some_o impute_v to_o his_o hatred_n of_o their_o cruel_a deal_n with_o the_o good_a man_n god_n send_v unto_o they_o and_o other_o again_o imagine_v it_o be_v the_o more_o cunning_o to_o ingratiate_v with_o the_o christian_n but_o we_o need_v not_o herein_o have_v recourse_n to_o conjecture_n see_v we_o find_v the_o jew_n continual_o oppose_v his_o doctrine_n and_o labour_v to_o detect_v and_o expose_v he_o for_o a_o cheat._n once_o we_o read_v how_o some_o of_o the_o jewish_a priest_n come_v to_o mahume_v tell_v he_o that_o there_o be_v a_o debate_n happen_v betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o people_n and_o that_o they_o have_v bind_v themselves_o to_o stand_v to_o his_o award_n and_o that_o if_o he_o will_v give_v sentence_n against_o the_o people_n they_o will_v become_v his_o proselyte_n and_o by_o their_o example_n draw_v many_o to_o his_o sect._n but_o mahume_v perceive_v their_o design_n send_v they_o away_o with_o threaten_n to_o be_v revenge_v of_o their_o project_n at_o another_o time_n a_o jewish_a damsel_n go_v about_o to_o poison_v he_o and_o the_o jew_n every_o where_o dispute_v against_o his_o principle_n which_o be_v pretence_n enough_o to_o a_o imperious_a proud_a impostor_n of_o be_v severe_a against_o such_o a_o unarmed_a and_o unwarlike_a generation_n as_o the_o jew_n be_v at_o that_o time_n as_o to_o the_o pagan_a arabian_n he_o treat_v they_o with_o other_o stratagem_n he_o find_v as_o he_o often_o call_v they_o sufeha_n a_o ignorant_a beastly_a and_o idolatrous_a nation_n viod_n of_o all_o learning_n and_o ingenuous_a education_n to_o who_o mahume_v discover_v the_o vanity_n of_o their_o idolatry_n and_o the_o insignificancy_n of_o the_o idol_n they_o worship_v and_o give_v they_o likewise_o to_o understand_v that_o they_o ought_v to_o worship_v the_o great_a god_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n who_o be_v the_o only_a true_a god_n who_o make_v all_o thing_n who_o cause_v rain_n to_o fall_v from_o heaven_n and_o fruit_n to_o proceed_v from_o the_o earth_n who_o cause_v man_n to_o die_v and_o after_o death_n to_o rise_v again_o to_o reward_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o desert_n with_o glory_n or_o punishment_n that_o god_n have_v create_v the_o paradise_n with_o many_o excellent_a thing_n for_o the_o bless_a and_o hell_n with_o numberless_a torment_n for_o the_o damn_a all_o which_o be_v deny_v by_o the_o idolatrous_a arabian_n upon_o who_o he_o so_o wrought_v by_o fearful_a and_o frequent_a inculcation_n of_o these_o thing_n that_o at_o last_o number_n of_o they_o embrace_v his_o dotcrine_n and_o the_o more_o to_o endear_v these_o his_o new_a proselyte_n measure_v they_o by_o his_o own_o libidinous_a humour_n he_o indulge_v they_o all_o manner_n of_o carnal_a and_o filthy_a enjoyment_n which_o i_o doubt_v not_o be_v a_o win_a concession_n to_o that_o rude_a and_o blockish_a people_n and_o a_o fit_a engine_n to_o insinuate_v his_o religion_n into_o their_o embrutisht_a mind_n and_o we_o need_v not_o suspect_v the_o truth_n of_o what_o be_v speak_v or_o doubt_v that_o mahume_v grant_v his_o disciple_n a_o licentious_a freedom_n in_o this_o life_n see_v the_o heaven_n he_o promise_v they_o in_o the_o next_o be_v make_v to_o consist_v chief_o in_o such_o fleshly_a fruition_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o this_o follow_a short_a description_n of_o his_o paradise_n or_o future_a state_n chap._n xxi_o of_o mahumed_n paradise_n god_n say_v the_o alcoran_n create_v seven_o habitation_n each_o of_o which_o be_v call_v a_o paradise_n they_o be_v wrought_v with_o gold_n silver_n pearl_n and_o precious_a stone_n it_o have_v divers_a stately_a edifice_n garden_n and_o divers_a fruit-tree_n two_o sort_n of_o each_o there_o be_v several_a fountain_n and_o river_n of_o cool_a water_n milk_n honey_n and_o most_o sweet_a wine_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o this_o paradise_n there_o be_v a_o vast_o big_a tree_n with_o leaf_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n the_o branch_n whereof_o cover_v the_o wall_n of_o paradise_n in_o every_o leaf_n of_o this_o tree_n the_o name_n of_o mahume_v be_v inscribe_v together_o with_o the_o name_n of_o god_n in_o this_o know_a abridgement_n of_o mahumedism_n le_fw-fr ilehe_fw-ge ille_fw-la allah_o muhamed_a razalo_n allah_o as_o the_o convert_a alfaqui_n andrea_n maurus_n write_v it_o lib._n confus_n sect._n mahume_v cap._n 10._o i._n e._n there_o be_v no_o other_o god_n but_o the_o lord_n and_o mahume_v his_o messenger_n the_o ornament_n and_o furniture_n of_o these_o paradise_n be_v to_o be_v collect_v out_o of_o several_a chapter_n of_o the_o alcoran_n wherein_o be_v to_o be_v 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