Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	bring_v	fruit_n	tree_n	3,146	5	8.3016	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26259	Averroeana being a transcript of several letters from Averroes an Arabian philosopher at Corduba in Spain, to Metrodorus a young Grecian nobleman, student at Athens in the years 1149 and 1150 : also several letters from Pythagoras to the King of India, together with his reception at the Indian court, and an account of his discourse with the King, and his gymnosophists, and his rules and precepts : his account of the power and efficacy of numbers, and magical uses thereof : to which is prefixt, a Latin letter by Monsieur Grinau, one of the Messieurs du Port Royal in France, to the ingenius Monsieur Gramont, merchant at Amsterdam, concerning the subject of these papers, and how they came to his hands : the whole containing matters highly philosophical, physiological, Pythagorical and medicinal, the work having been long conceal'd is now put into English for the benefit of mankind, and the rectification of learned mistakes.; Correspondence. English. Selections	Averroës, 1126-1198.; Pythagoras. Correspondence. English. Selections.	1695 (1695)	Wing A4271; ESTC R1981	54,271	185

the Principle of Love and defaced the Image of God wherein he was at first Created following the directions of Evil Spirits turned an exasperated Persecutor of the innocent Inhabitants of the Lower World wild in his Imaginations and untractable in his Dispositions His great Creator had provided plentifully for him without exposing him to offend in such a Rude and Barbarous manner He appointed the Earth to him for an Habitation together with his Fellow Creatures he ordained the Ground to bring forth Fruit Herbs and Corn for their Food and the gentle murmuring Rivers for their drink the Gra●s for their Beds and the Thick spreading Trees to defend them from the scorching heat of the Sun It is likely too he ordained the Beasts of the Field for the Service of Man so far as they might be serviceable without suffering Injustice and being Cruelly dealt with He was on every hand furnished with what might contribute to his Necessity or Delight without being compelled to pollute his Hands in Blood and worrying and tormenting harmless Creatures that bore God's Image and the express Signatures of Divine Wisdom as well as himself It was for other Ends he was sent into the World viz. to Contemplate the Glories thereof and in Reflection thereupon to adore with an holy Heart and unpoluted Hands the Immense Power and Bountiful Wisdom of his Creator He was therefore left at liberty that his Actions might be Humane not that he should become a Lawless Tyrant and an uncontroulable Destroyer 'T is true indeed the poor Brute Animals are constrained to their motions they have the necessity of an unavoidable Law upon them which they cannot transgress neither shall they receive Reward for the observation of it 'T is Man only whose Actions are capable of Reward and Punishment Therefore it is that he was sent into the World with a Law written in his Heart to guide him in the paths of Vertue Goodness and Innocency that keeping up the Divine Life he might preserve the Image and Resemblance of his Maker and not degenerate to so poor an Ambition as of Exercising an Unjust and Tyrannical Barbarity over Innocent Animals that continually acknowledged his Superiority over them by their Natural and Implanted Fear of him Then a certain Gymnosophist of India that stood by said If things are as thou saist Pythagoras these Inferior Creatures are in a happier and more blessed Condition than Man himself For what becomes of all his boasted Authority Where 's the Dominion he pretends to hold by his Creator's Bounty and the peculiar Excellence of his Nature if these Creatures are exempted from his Jurisdiction and not subjected to his Government Thou hast said that Man is the Image of God and the Perfection of his Maker's Works in this Lower World Where 's the Preheminence then if he has nothing to glory in but the liberty of his Will which had better a Thousand times be confined which at one time not only exposes him to inexplicable Perturbations here but thereby Subjects him to his Soveraign's Indignation and to endless Torments hereafter whilst those Creatures enjoy an undisturbed security free from the danger of suffering worse in another place The natural necessity of their Actions makes all their motions easie and delivers them from the fear of Transgression and Punishment Our Doctors have taught us That as God is Soveraign Master of the Upper Worlds and hath all Angels and Spirits subject to his Dominion so as an Image of himself he has planted Man Lord in the Lower World and endued him with Authority to command and controul all inferior Beings That they were not Created as so many Pictures only to gratifie the diversion of his Eyes but were also made for his Use and Service in as many ways as he shall think fit to employ them some to furnish him with Food some with Raiment and others to serve him for Recreation and Diversion Nor in this does it appear that any Violence is exercised upon them for as much as having no Immortal Souls and being but Temporary Beings they have no Charter to plead with Priviledge of Immunity from such Services as the natural and peculiar ends of their Creation seem to design them for For had the Great Creator who is perfectly Good and Gracious and cannot endure to see the meanest of his Creatures abused intended otherwise he would have provided means for their preservation furnished them with ability to avoid or resist impending mischief or restrained this exorbitant Appetite in Man and have turned the stream of his Inclinations another way For as the Fabrication of all things was the Effect of his Power so the particular management and determination of all to their proper and respective ends is guided by the conduct and concurrence of his Providence And as his Wisdom at first ordained these Creatures for such and such Ends so his Spirit inspires Mankind with Power Sagacity and Desire to compel those Creatures to the Accomplishment of those Ends for which his Wisdom had before contrived and appointed them So that Man is but the Manister of God in this matter and in this respect at once pursues the end of his own Being and that of other Beings too After the Philosopher had thus discoursed he retired a little and the King stood up and said What saist thou Pythagoras to these Arguments for to me they seem to have some Face of Reason in them For if there be any Injury done to the Creatures in reducing them to our Service and using them for our Pastime it must proceed either because they have a natural Right of being exempted from our Power or from some mutual Contract and Stipulation agreed to betwixt Man and them If thou canst make either of these out we shall gladly quit the Cause and submit to thy Doctrine For if thou provest the former we must acknowledge our present Practice to be an Invasion if the latter Injustice But if thou canst prove them both we shall readily confess it to be a Complication of Tyranny Cruelty Oppression and Abominable Iniquity Then Pythagoras advanced forward and after having made submissive Reverence answered Most Mighty King It is not only the greatest Honour but the most desireable Happiness and Satisfaction that I have the Liberty to defend the Doctrine I have taught my Disciples before so Discerning and Sagacious a Prince that is willing to submit the Custom of many Ages and the Practice of many Countries to an Unbyassed and Impartial Disquisition This shall Illustrate thy Name more than the Trophies of thy Ancestors or the Success of thy Indisputable Courage and Bravery that has Built so many Obelisqs to thy Fame through all the Territories of thy Enemies Truth is the Brightest Gem in the Regal Diadem and sets it off with a far more shining Lustre than all the Praises of Poets or the extravagant and misapplied Commendations of Dissembling and Hypocritical Parasites I see O King it is the Genius of thy