Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	brain_n	spirit_n	vital_a	2,340	5	11.1626	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51724	Il Davide perseguitato David persecuted / vvritten in Italian by the Marquesse Virgilio Malvezzi ; and done into English by Robert Ashley, Gent.	Malvezzi, Virgilio, marchese, 1595-1653.; Ashley, Robert, 1565-1641.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650.	1650 (1650)	Wing M358; ESTC R37618	56,199	263

samuel_n when_o he_o say_v how_o long_o will_v thou_o mourn_v for_o saul_n god_n can_v not_o if_o one_o may_v say_v so_o endure_v his_o lament_a and_o not_o harken_v to_o his_o suit_n these_o be_v those_o water_n which_o in_o a_o manner_n offer_v violence_n to_o heaven_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v upon_o such_o water_n and_o they_o make_v a_o river_n of_o oblivion_n in_o paradise_n the_o tear_n which_o be_v shed_v the_o prayer_n which_o be_v say_v and_o the_o supplication_n which_o be_v send_v up_o to_o god_n for_o other_o be_v as_o acceptable_a to_o god_n and_o more_o peradventure_o than_o if_o they_o be_v make_v for_o themselves_o they_o be_v esteem_v of_o more_o merit_n at_o least_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o morality_n of_o the_o action_n why_o th●●_z do_v some_o prince_n persuade_v themselves_o that_o they_o satisfy_v the_o obligatio_n wherein_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o some_o one_o when_o they_o yield_v he_o his_o suit_n which_o he_o have_v make_v for_o another_o or_o to_o say_v more_o true_o why_o do_v some_o favourite_n believe_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o impiety_n in_o their_o prince_n let_v they_o call_v to_o mind_n that_o the_o office_n of_o a_o favourite_n be_v the_o office_n of_o a_o angel_n and_o ought_v therefore_o to_o present_v the_o suit_n and_o supplication_n of_o the_o subject_n to_o their_o lord_n and_o to_o bring_v back_o the_o gracious_a grant_n of_o the_o lord_n unto_o the_o subject_n he_o that_o do_v the_o contrary_a be_v a_o devil_n and_o no_o angel_n fill_v thy_o horn_n with_o oil_n say_v god_n to_o the_o prophet_n and_o go_v to_o ishai_n the_o bethleemite_n for_o among_o his_o son_n i_o have_v provide_v i_o a_o king_n he_o answer_v how_o can_v i_o go_v for_o if_o saul_n hear_v of_o it_o he_o will_v kill_v i_o thus_o he_o answer_v not_o because_o he_o fear_v death_n but_o because_o he_o be_v desirous_a to_o do_v service_n unto_o god_n he_o much_o prize_n his_o life_n in_o that_o case_n wherein_o to_o die_v be_v not_o to_o obey_v hence_o let_v those_o that_o be_v employ_v by_o their_o prince_n learn_v that_o the_o death_n of_o the_o servant_n be_v seldom_o the_o service_n of_o the_o lord_n it_o ought_v indeed_o to_o be_v receive_v courageous_o but_o never_o to_o be_v encounter_v but_o when_o it_o be_v very_o useful_a and_o when_o the_o die_n be_v a_o obey_v a_o man_n of_o worth_n be_v a_o high_a prize_a instrument_n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o prince_n if_o he_o care_v not_o to_o preserve_v himself_o for_o his_o own_o sake_n yet_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v careful_a of_o preservation_n for_o his_o lord_n and_o master_n sake_n every_o man_n that_o be_v fit_v to_o die_v be_v not_o fit_a to_o do_v service_n it_o be_v true_a also_o what_o i_o have_v say_v even_o in_o the_o common_a soldier_n who_o life_n rather_o than_o his_o brain_n be_v dedicate_v to_o the_o prince_n service_n that_o he_o ought_v also_o to_o endeavour_v to_o obey_v and_o not_o to_o die_v he_o that_o run_v headlong_o on_o death_n do_v not_o spend_v his_o life_n to_o the_o advantage_n but_o cast_v it_o away_o to_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o lord_n his_o service_n be_v to_o overcome_v and_o not_o to_o die_v and_o indeed_o they_o lose_v that_o be_v slay_v to_o expose_v needless_o to_o death_n that_o body_n which_o can_v do_v service_n to_o its_o prince_n but_o while_o it_o live_v be_v a_o most_o pernicious_a desire_n of_o vain_a glory_n contrary_a to_o good_a policy_n against_o good_a military_a discipline_n and_o a_o affection_n full_a of_o deceit_n and_o flattery_n into_o which_o even_o the_o general_n who_o life_n be_v most_o precious_a do_v often_o precipitate_v themselves_o as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o great_a bravery_n to_o fight_v than_o to_o command_v but_o that_o army_n be_v but_o in_o a_o bad_a take_n pardon_v i_o this_o digression_n who_o safety_n consist_v in_o the_o arm_n not_o in_o the_o brain_n of_o the_o general_n to_o know_v how_o to_o command_v well_o in_o war_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o imaginative_a faculty_n the_o imagination_n to_o work_v well_o require_v a_o good_a measure_n of_o heat_n who_o contrary_a be_v fear_n which_o how_o little_a so_o ever_o it_o be_v the_o other_o abate_v and_o how_o little_a so_o ever_o that_o abate_v the_o imagination_n be_v disturb_v whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o to_o be_v afraid_a and_o to_o command_v well_o can_v stand_v together_o but_o how_o many_o be_v there_o that_o incite_v more_o by_o honour_n than_o by_o courage_n do_v both_o fight_v and_o fear_v these_o may_v handle_v the_o sword_n well_o but_o yet_o not_o apt_a for_o command_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o brain_n be_v not_o in_o our_o own_o power_n as_o be_v the_o manage_n of_o the_o hand_n we_o have_v no_o command_n over_o that_o howsoever_o 〈…〉_z dominion_n we_o have_v over_o 〈…〉_z for_o otherwise_o 〈…〉_z not_o blame_v 〈…〉_z nature_n necessary_o in_o we_o thence_o it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v no_o great_a or_o sure_a sign_n of_o a_o brave_a courage_n than_o to_o command_v well_o in_o a_o battle_n where_o both_o reputation_n and_o life_n yea_o and_o many_o time_n the_o state_n itself_o come_v upon_o the_o stage_n the_o lord_n will_v samuel_n to_o take_v he_o a_o calf_n out_o of_o the_o flock_n and_o to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v come_v to_o do_v sacrifice_n because_o god_n can_v succour_v he_o by_o ordinary_a mean_n he_o will_v not_o have_v recourse_n to_o extraordinary_a if_o he_o shall_v always_o be_v do_v of_o miracle_n man_n will_v not_o think_v his_o providence_n so_o great_a in_o create_v the_o second_o cause_n and_o if_o he_o never_o use_v miracle_n he_o shall_v not_o perhaps_o be_v know_v to_o be_v almighty_a where_o god_n work_v many_o miracle_n there_o be_v common_o great_a need_n of_o they_o and_o where_o there_o be_v such_o need_n there_o be_v but_o little_a faith_n when_o he_o be_v not_o know_v by_o his_o impression_n stamp_n or_o image_n which_o he_o have_v imprint_v in_o the_o thing_n by_o he_o create_v than_o he_o find_v it_o requisite_a to_o make_v himself_o see_v in_o the_o work_n of_o his_o omnipotency_n samuel_n obey_v the_o lord_n go_v and_o call_v ishai_n and_o his_o son_n to_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o look_v on_o eliab_n suppose_v he_o to_o be_v the_o man_n who_o he_o shall_v anoint_v because_o he_o be_v the_o tall_a and_o the_o goodly_a of_o person_n have_v the_o prophet_n be_v of_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o philosopher_n who_o have_v censure_v man_n of_o great_a stature_n to_o be_v void_a of_o wisdom_n he_o will_v not_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n so_o much_o have_v respect_v the_o tallness_n of_o stature_n i_o for_o my_o part_n be_o not_o of_o that_o opinion_n but_o do_v hold_v it_o to_o be_v most_o false_a if_o those_o philosopher_n believe_v the_o nearness_n of_o the_o brain_n to_o the_o stomach_n do_v trouble_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o if_o they_o have_v also_o imagine_v to_o themselves_o that_o the_o vital_a spirit_n which_o ascend_v from_o the_o heart_n may_v be_v make_v animal_n spirit_n for_o the_o service_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o brain_n be_v unapt_a for_o such_o effect_n unless_o they_o be_v first_o somewhat_o cool_v because_o of_o the_o incompatibility_n of_o wisdom_n with_o heat_n wherefore_o have_v they_o not_o also_o affirm_v the_o tall_a sort_n of_o man_n to_o be_v wise_a than_o the_o little_a as_o have_v their_o brain_n far_o distant_a from_o the_o perturbation_n of_o the_o stomach_n and_o their_o spirit_n not_o so_o hot_a by_o reason_n of_o their_o long_a way_n and_o large_a distance_n from_o their_o original_a peradventure_o they_o be_v deceive_v in_o that_o they_o believe_v that_o man_n be_v always_o great_a by_o the_o form_a power_n through_o the_o superabundance_n of_o matter_n not_o observe_v that_o many_o time_n there_o concur_v with_o it_o as_o a_o principal_a instrument_n the_o quantity_n of_o heat_n as_o it_o be_v common_o verify_v in_o those_o who_o tallness_n be_v accompany_v with_o slenderness_n it_o have_v therefore_o be_v note_v as_o a_o true_a observation_n that_o the_o tall_a man_n that_o have_v little_a head_n and_o the_o little_a man_n which_o have_v great_a have_v more_o brain_n than_o the_o rest_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v not_o as_o many_o have_v think_v because_o the_o little_a head_n in_o the_o great_a body_n and_o the_o great_a in_o the_o little_a make_v a_o mediocrity_n in_o the_o ordinary_a stature_n of_o man_n which_o be_v false_a if_o we_o measure_v the_o mediocrity_n of_o the_o part_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o whole_a of_o which_o it_o be_v a_o part_n but_o because_o the_o little_a head_n in_o a_o great_a man_n be_v a_o sign_n that_o the_o extension_n do_v proceed_v of_o heat_n and_o by_o consequence_n that_o the_o

seem_v rather_o the_o defect_n of_o mankind_n than_o of_o any_o particular_a person_n he_o lay_v the_o blame_n on_o we_o that_o by_o be_v free_a from_o such_o defect_n himself_o acquit_v nature_n of_o they_o too_o david_n be_v bring_v before_o saul_n who_o see_v he_o so_o young_a tell_v he_o that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o fight_v with_o the_o giant_n who_o be_v experience_v in_o war_n from_o his_o youth_n prince_n ought_v not_o to_o put_v any_o upon_o a_o great_a enterprise_n who_o have_v not_o first_o be_v bring_v up_o and_o try_v in_o thing_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n danger_n have_v not_o the_o same_o look_n with_o it_o when_o we_o be_v near_o it_o as_o when_o we_o be_v at_o a_o distance_n when_o it_o be_v far_o off_o from_o we_o our_o understanding_n represent_v only_o the_o honour_n and_o the_o profit_n but_o when_o we_o approach_v face_n to_o face_n we_o see_v nothing_o oftentimes_o but_o the_o horror_n of_o death_n it_o be_v true_a that_o courage_n be_v a_o real_a thing_n in_o a_o man_n yet_o nevertheless_o he_o know_v not_o that_o he_o have_v it_o till_o experience_n have_v make_v he_o know_v that_o he_o have_v have_v it_o there_o be_v many_o that_o prove_v better_o upon_o trial_n than_o they_o think_v they_o shall_v have_v do_v and_o many_o come_v short_a of_o the_o opinion_n they_o have_v of_o themselves_o wise_a man_n be_v very_o fearful_a of_o danger_n because_o they_o have_v consider_v well_o of_o it_o but_o when_o they_o come_v to_o try_v it_o and_o be_v no_o long_o to_o consider_v of_o it_o they_o stand_v no_o long_o in_o fear_n of_o it_o on_o the_o contrary_a they_o which_o be_v of_o little_a judgement_n imagine_v all_o thing_n alike_o when_o they_o find_v it_o otherwise_o than_o they_o imagine_v they_o grow_v also_o many_o time_n to_o be_v other_o manner_n of_o man_n than_o before_o they_o hold_v themselves_o for_o david_n to_o encounter_v this_o doubt_n of_o saul_n declare_v how_o he_o have_v smite_v bear_n and_o how_o he_o have_v slay_v lion_n to_o recount_v our_o own_o doughty_a act_n be_v oftentimes_o vanity_n here_o it_o be_v of_o necessity_n he_o do_v not_o rehearse_v it_o to_o show_v that_o he_o have_v overgo_v great_a danger_n but_o to_o undergo_v great_a not_o to_o be_v commend_v but_o to_o be_v command_v saul_n resolve_v to_o let_v david_n go_v to_o fight_v he_o put_v on_o he_o his_o own_o armour_n which_o david_n be_v not_o able_a to_o manage_v put_v it_o off_o even_o as_o little_a man_n can_v fight_v well_o with_o great_a armour_n so_o neither_o can_v the_o lesser_a prince_n with_o those_o great_a he_o that_o have_v not_o fit_v himself_o with_o armour_n of_o his_o own_o be_v not_o to_o fight_v in_o another_o patroclus_n come_v not_o to_o his_o death_n till_o he_o put_v on_o that_o of_o achilles_n this_o be_v the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o the_o politician_n yet_o i_o take_v it_o sometime_o to_o fail_v in_o regard_n that_o there_o be_v often_o find_v man_n of_o that_o worth_n that_o like_o ostrige_n they_o convert_v other_o arm_n into_o their_o own_o substance_n this_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v when_o one_o receive_v a_o army_n without_o a_o head_n make_v himself_o to_o be_v obey_v and_o manage_v they_o by_o his_o valour_n bring_v himself_o into_o great_a estimation_n if_o general_n that_o be_v no_o prince_n have_v sometime_o draw_v by_o such_o mean_n the_o army_n to_o be_v at_o their_o devotion_n and_o have_v get_v kingdom_n by_o such_o army_n as_o be_v not_o their_o own_o why_o shall_v not_o a_o valorous_a prince_n be_v able_a to_o do_v it_o by_o the_o arm_n of_o his_o friend_n david_n go_v with_o his_o staff_n and_o his_o sling_n with_o five_o smooth_a stone_n against_o the_o giant_n he_o have_v no_o need_n of_o other_o armour_n he_o be_v arm_v with_o his_o confidence_n in_o god_n he_o which_o have_v this_o armour_n can_v never_o perish_v if_o we_o happen_v to_o be_v deceive_v it_o be_v because_o we_o deceive_v ourselves_o have_v our_o confidence_n in_o those_o thing_n in_o which_o we_o ought_v not_o or_o not_o have_v so_o much_o as_o we_o ought_v to_o bring_v forth_o a_o true_a act_n of_o confidence_n be_v a_o very_a difficult_a thing_n there_o be_v requisite_a a_o great_a assistance_n of_o god_n to_o make_v one_o true_o and_o only_o rely_v on_o the_o help_n of_o god_n if_o such_o act_n be_v more_o frequent_a among_o we_o we_o shall_v not_o haply_o account_v so_o many_o event_n to_o be_v miracle_n they_o that_o teach_v we_o how_o notwithstanding_o our_o confidence_n in_o god_n we_o ought_v to_o do_v as_o much_o as_o we_o can_v or_o otherwise_o in_o stead_n of_o trust_v in_o god_n we_o shall_v presume_v upon_o he_o their_o meaning_n may_v haply_o be_v that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o rash_a presumption_n to_o persuade_v ourselves_o that_o we_o have_v produce_v any_o true_a act_n of_o confidence_n but_o not_o if_o we_o firm_o believe_v that_o god_n for_o his_o part_n will_v assure_o help_v we_o when_o we_o for_o our_o part_n shall_v produce_v such_o a_o act_n the_o giant_n deride_v david_n curse_v and_o disdain_v he_o but_o he_o put_v a_o stone_n in_o his_o sling_n throw_v it_o at_o he_o hit_v he_o in_o the_o forehead_n make_v he_o fall_v grovel_v on_o his_o face_n to_o the_o ground_n and_o run_v upon_o he_o cut_v off_o his_o head_n with_o his_o sword_n it_o have_v be_v a_o ordinary_a thing_n in_o single_a combat_n between_o a_o giantlike_a man_n and_o one_o of_o a_o mean_a stature_n that_o the_o little_a man_n have_v have_v always_o the_o better_a the_o philosopher_n will_v attribute_v the_o cause_n to_o the_o courage_n which_o be_v count_v to_o be_v great_a in_o the_o lesser_a heart_n a_o small_a fire_n will_v heat_v a_o little_a room_n when_o a_o large_a will_n scarce_o be_v warm_v with_o a_o great_a one_o i_o have_v no_o assurance_n in_o this_o opinion_n but_o will_v rather_o adventure_v if_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v think_v too_o bold_a to_o affirm_v that_o courage_n consist_v not_o in_o the_o heart_n as_o be_v common_o hold_v both_o by_o the_o ignorant_a vulgar_a and_o many_o of_o the_o learned_a who_o know_v that_o it_o be_v not_o rather_o produce_v by_o the_o same_o imaginative_a faculty_n out_o of_o which_o fear_v also_o proceed_v how_o many_o that_o in_o their_o health_n be_v exceed_o faint_a hearted_a in_o rage_a fit_n have_v become_v rash_a and_o desperate_a which_o be_v occasion_v only_o by_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o brain_n for_o if_o it_o proceed_v from_o that_o of_o the_o heart_n they_o that_o be_v distemper_v with_o fever_n shall_v be_v always_o the_o most_o courageous_a and_o what_o be_v it_o that_o make_v hopeless_a man_n so_o resolute_a be_v it_o their_o heart_n forsooth_o grow_v less_o or_o more_o heat_v than_o it_o be_v before_o or_o their_o understanding_n rather_o which_o suggest_v unto_o they_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n to_o escape_v death_n but_o by_o encounter_v it_o to_o what_o purpose_n do_v man_n speak_v to_o coward_n to_o animate_v they_o reason_n may_v indeed_o work_v upon_o the_o brain_n but_o be_v not_o able_a to_o heat_v the_o heart_n who_o know_v not_o that_o the_o not_o know_v of_o the_o danger_n make_v man_n adventurous_a whence_o it_o come_v that_o the_o wise_a be_v not_o always_o the_o most_o courageous_a hardiness_n and_o herein_o i_o refer_v myself_o to_o the_o better_o learn_v be_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o madness_n consist_v haply_o in_o a_o hot_a distemper_n of_o the_o brain_n which_o permit_v no_o consideration_n or_o discourse_n of_o the_o danger_n of_o death_n he_o that_o in_o fight_v think_v he_o shall_v be_v slay_v can_v fight_v courageous_o and_o albeit_o the_o philosopher_n define_v the_o valiant_a man_n to_o be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o know_v the_o peril_n go_v to_o encounter_v they_o because_o it_o be_v just_a and_o honest_a i_o believe_v it_o ought_v to_o be_v understand_v before_o he_o enter_v into_o those_o danger_n because_o after_o he_o be_v once_o engage_v if_o he_o know_v they_o he_o will_v faint_v a_o wise_a man_n be_v of_o the_o mind_n that_o fencer_n be_v more_o fearful_a than_o other_o because_o they_o know_v the_o danger_n more_o than_o other_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o the_o heart_n but_o the_o brain_n and_o if_o it_o come_v from_o the_o heart_n it_o must_v be_v in_o regard_n that_o the_o same_o be_v the_o original_a of_o all_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o divine_n go_v a_o sure_a way_n will_v resolve_v this_o problem_n by_o say_v that_o it_o have_v be_v the_o pleasure_n of_o god_n by_o humility_n to_o overthrow_v pride_n and_o by_o the_o least_o thing_n to_o abase_v the_o great_a if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o not_o only_o in_o man_n but_o also_o in_o state_n and_o empire_n