Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	earth_n	father_n	power_n	9,887	5	4.7685	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51787	The immortality of the soul asserted, and practically improved shewing by Scripture, reason, and the testimony of the ancient philosophers, that the soul of man is capable of subsisting and acting in a state of separation from the body, and how much it concerns us all to prepare for that state : with some reflections on a pretended refutation of Mr. Bently's sermon / by Timothy Manlove.	Manlove, Timothy, d. 1699.	1697 (1697)	Wing M454; ESTC R6833	70,709	184

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this_o or_o nothing_o will_v make_v you_o serious_a and_o restrain_v your_o thought_n from_o those_o masterless_a vagary_n in_o which_o irreligious_a philosopher_n be_v wont_a to_o indulge_v themselves_o to_o their_o own_o destruction_n dare_v you_o take_v his_o name_n in_o vain_a or_o vilify_v his_o work_n to_o his_o dishonour_n do_v not_o his_o excellency_n make_v you_o afraid_a and_o his_o dread_a fall_n upon_o you_o look_v up_o to_o the_o heaven_n which_o be_v high_a than_o you_o the_o sun_n in_o its_o meridian_n brightness_n be_v but_o a_o shadow_n of_o he_o who_o be_v light_n and_o in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o darkness_n at_o all_o million_o of_o angel_n continual_o adore_v he_o the_o whole_a host_n of_o heaven_n be_v at_o his_o beck_n shall_v he_o give_v commission_n but_o to_o one_o of_o his_o angel_n to_o destroy_v ten_o thousand_o such_o as_o you_o how_o quick_o will_v it_o be_v do_v his_o power_n be_v omnipotent_a his_o wisdom_n infinite_a who_o will_v set_v thorn_n and_o 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the_o day_n that_o ever_o you_o become_v acquaint_v with_o these_o brutish_a principle_n well_o if_o none_o of_o these_o thing_n move_v you_o the_o lord_n have_v mercy_n on_o you_o for_o all_o good_a man_n be_v deep_o affect_v with_o they_o however_o remember_v you_o be_v fair_o warn_v of_o your_o danger_n four_o abstract_v your_o mind_n as_o much_o as_o possible_o you_o can_v from_o thing_n corporeal_a that_o you_o may_v converse_v more_o intimate_o with_o your_o own_o soul_n divest_v your_o spirit_n of_o all_o that_o be_v foreign_a to_o they_o that_o you_o may_v better_o behold_v their_o naked_a beauty_n and_o perfection_n let_v sensible_a object_n keep_v their_o distance_n and_o suffer_v not_o any_o tumultuous_a passion_n to_o interrupt_v your_o more_o calm_a retire_a thought_n or_o to_o raise_v mist_n before_o you_o and_o then_o you_o will_v quick_o find_v that_o the_o more_o deep_o you_o contemplate_v the_o noble_a act_n of_o your_o own_o soul_n the_o great_a evidence_n will_v appear_v of_o their_o spiritual_a immortal_a nature_n all_o those_o discourse_n which_o have_v be_v write_v of_o the_o soul_n heraldry_n will_v not_o blazon_v it_o so_o well_o as_o itself_o will_v do_v as_o a_o learned_a man_n observe_v when_o we_o turn_v our_o eye_n in_o upon_o it_o it_o will_v soon_o tell_v we_o its_o royal_a pedigree_n and_o noble_a extraction_n by_o those_o sacred_a hieroglyphic_n which_o it_o bear_v upon_o itself_o smith_n discourse_n page_n 66._o many_o philosopher_n have_v speak_v well_o of_o this_o abstraction_n of_o our_o mind_n and_o retire_v into_o ourselves_o but_o none_o more_o divine_o than_o the_o platonist_n and_o plotinus_n in_o particular_a this_o make_v they_o say_v that_o philosophy_n be_v mortis_fw-la meditatio_fw-la because_o that_o as_o in_o natural_a death_n the_o soul_n be_v actual_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n so_o in_o these_o philosophical_a contemplation_n we_o must_v abstract_a it_o from_o coporeal_a commerce_n as_o much_o as_o we_o can_v and_o though_o this_o say_n be_v common_o and_o particular_o by_o plutarch_n ascribe_v to_o plato_n yet_o st._n jerom_n tell_v we_o pythagoras_n be_v the_o first_o man_n who_o say_v philosophiam_fw-la esse_fw-la meditationem_fw-la mortis_fw-la quotidie_fw-la de_fw-la carcere_fw-la corporis_fw-la nitentem_fw-la educere_fw-la animae_fw-la libertatem_fw-la see_v lypsii_n manuduc_n ad_fw-la stoic_n philos_fw-la and_o this_o say_v clemens_n alexandrinus_n pythagoras_n mean_v by_o the_o five_o year_n silence_n which_o he_o enjoin_v his_o disciple_n ut_fw-la scilicet_fw-la à_fw-la rebus_fw-la sensilibus_fw-la aversi_fw-la nudâ_fw-la ment_fw-la etc._n etc._n however_o plato_n discourse_v excellent_o about_o it_o see_v his_o phaedo_fw-la where_o he_o bring_v in_o socrates_n tell_v his_o friend_n that_o of_o all_o man_n philosopher_n shall_v not_o be_v unwilling_a to_o die_v who_o have_v be_v endeavour_v all_o their_o life_n long_o to_o abstract_n themselves_o from_o their_o body_n as_o 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himself_o laert._n aristotle_n himself_o own_v the_o necessity_n of_o this_o abstraction_n and_o make_v it_o the_o peculiar_a privilege_n of_o some_o man_n more_o abstract_v than_o other_o from_o corporeal_a commerce_n to_o improve_v their_o understanding_n in_o the_o steady_a contemplation_n of_o truth_n and_o so_o do_v cicero_n in_o those_o excellent_a word_n magni_fw-la est_fw-la ingénii_fw-la revocare_fw-la mentem_fw-la à_fw-la sensibus_fw-la &_o cogitationem_fw-la à_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la abducere_fw-la tuse_n quaest_n lib._n 1.333_o and_o again_o 350._o and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n speak_v van_n helmont_n page_n 342._o though_o in_o a_o dialect_n almost_o peculiar_a to_o himself_o and_o so_o descatre_n how_o ingenious_o soever_o he_o talk_v elsewhere_o of_o matter_n and_o motion_n when_o he_o come_v to_o consider_v his_o own_o soul_n thus_o he_o begin_v see_v meditat._n 3._o de_fw-fr prim_fw-la philos_fw-la claudam_fw-la nunc_fw-la oculos_fw-la aures_fw-la obturabo_fw-la 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