Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	corn_n	hear_v	oil_n	3,037	5	9.7075	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41688	The court of the gentiles. Part IV. Of reformed philosophie wherein Plato's moral and metaphysic or prime philosophie is reduced to an useful forme and method / by Theophilus Gale.	Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.	1677 (1677)	Wing G142; ESTC R25438	525,579	570

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spectator_n of_o human_a affair_n it_o no_o less_o absurd_a than_o sacrilegious_a so_o plato_n leg._n 10._o p._n 901._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n can_v be_v corrupt_v with_o sloth_n or_o negligence_n for_o a_o remiss_a timidity_n can_v no_o way_n befall_v god_n contrary_a to_o this_o platonic_a demonstration_n epicurus_n hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bless_a immortal_a be_v neither_o have_v any_o employment_n of_o his_o own_o neither_o do_v he_o trouble_v himself_o with_o the_o affair_n of_o other_o but_o what_o more_o absurd_a than_o this_o hypothesis_n of_o epicurus_n assert_v a_o deity_n and_o yet_o deny_v his_o providence_n do_v he_o not_o hereby_o discover_v the_o infirmity_n of_o his_o reason_n in_o suppose_v a_o most_o supreme_a bless_v be_v who_o yet_o stand_v as_o a_o idle_a spectator_n of_o all_o natural_a and_o human_a occurrence_n may_v we_o not_o just_o conclude_v that_o epicurus_n by_o deny_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n have_v a_o secret_a 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for_o the_o conservation_n of_o his_o creature_n at_o least_o such_o as_o be_v corruptible_a so_o hos_n 2.21_o 22._o hos_fw-la 2.21_o 22._o 22._o i_o will_v hear_v the_o heaven_n and_o they_o shall_v hear_v the_o earth_n and_o the_o earth_n shall_v hear_v the_o corn_n and_o the_o wine_n and_o the_o oil_n and_o they_o shall_v hear_v jezreel_n 1_o in_o this_o gradation_n we_o have_v a_o lively_a description_n of_o divine_a conservation_n both_o as_o to_o the_o whole_a universe_n as_o also_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o principal_a part_n thereof_o man_n and_o more_o special_o the_o church_n of_o god_n 2_o neither_o do_v this_o prosopopoeia_fw-la only_a point_n out_o to_o we_o the_o divine_a conservation_n of_o allthing_n but_o also_o their_o causal_a connexion_n and_z subordinations_n each_o to_o other_o jezreel_n i._n e._n according_a to_o its_o proper_a origination_n the_o seed_n of_o god_n call_v on_o corn_n and_o wine_n and_o oil_n for_o sustenance_n and_o food_n and_o these_o liquor_n 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providential_a provision_n that_o god_n make_v for_o his_o creature_n psal_n 145.15_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o wait_n upon_o thou_o 145.15_o psal_n 145.15_o and_o thou_o give_v they_o their_o meat_n in_o due_a season_n 16._o thou_o open_v thy_o hand_n and_o satisfie_v the_o desire_n of_o every_o live_a thing_n we_o have_v here_o a_o lively_a image_n of_o god_n providential_a conservation_n who_o be_v bring_v in_o as_o a_o great_a master_n of_o a_o family_n large_o distribute_v food_n even_o from_o his_o own_o hand_n to_o all_o under_o his_o care_n such_o abundant_a provision_n do_v the_o benign_a lord_n make_v for_o the_o conservation_n of_o his_o creature_n whence_o some_o derive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shaddai_n the_o name_n of_o god_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o dug_n or_o teat_n that_o yield_v milk_n imply_v that_o god_n feed_v all_o and_o supply_v they_o with_o nourishment_n other_o deduce_v shaddai_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d day_n sufficient_a q._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scheddai_n who_o be_v sufficient_a because_o god_n be_v alsufficient_a to_o supply_v all_o his_o creature_n 5._o prop._n when_o ordinary_a mean_n fail_v god_n oft_o provide_v extraordinary_a for_o the_o relief_n of_o his_o creature_n some_o god_n extraordinary_a provision_n for_o some_o thus_o god_n provide_v for_o eliah_n and_o many_o other_o of_o his_o servant_n in_o their_o exigence_n whereof_o we_o find_v abundant_a instance_n in_o sacred_a philosophy_n and_o history_n yea_o how_o oft_o do_v our_o liberal_a lord_n make_v extraordinary_a provision_n for_o mere_a brute_n in_o their_o indigent_a case_n 147.9_o psal_n 147.9_o thus_o psal_n 147.9_o he_o give_v to_o the_o beste_n his_o food_n and_o to_o the_o young_a raven_n which_o cry_v the_o last_o clause_n 38.41_o job_n 38.41_o and_o to_o the_o young_a raven_n which_o cry_v be_v take_v out_o of_o job_n 38.41_o 12.24_o luke_n 12.24_o who_o provide_v for_o the_o raven_n his_o food_n when_o his_o young_a one_o cry_v unto_o god_n they_o wander_v for_o lack_v of_o meat_n so_o luk_n 12.24_o our_o lord_n make_v mention_v of_o god_n feed_v the_o raven_n which_o place_n put_v together_o seem_v to_o note_v some_o more_o than_o ordinary_a provision_n that_o god_n make_v for_o they_o the_o rabbin_n rasi_fw-la and_o kimhi_n with_o some_o other_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o young_a raven_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o white_a colour_n be_v leave_v by_o their_o parent_n to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o whence_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o a_o extraordinary_a manner_n cause_v fly_n or_o worm_n to_o arise_v out_o of_o their_o dung_n by_o which_o they_o be_v nourish_v pliny_n and_o albertus_n magnus_n incline_v much_o to_o this_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n other_o refer_v this_o not_o to_o the_o young_a raven_n new_o hatch_v but_o to_o such_o as_o be_v ready_a to_o fly_v