Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	contain_v	law_n	moral_a	2,485	5	9.8922	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34735	The counter-plot, or, The close conspiracy of atheism and schism opened and so defeated and the doctrine and duty of evangelical obedience or Christian loyalty thereby asserted / by a real member of this most envy'd as most admired, because, best reformed Protestant Church of England.	Real member of this most envy'd, as, most admired, because, best reformed Protestant Church of England.	1680 (1680)	Wing C6522; ESTC R10658	41,680	44

no_o incorporeal_a substance_n for_o that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o contradiction_n and_o so_o impossible_a there_o shall_v be_v any_o as_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v nothing_o akin_a to_o entity_n 〈◊〉_d leviathan_n p._n 214._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o which_o we_o all_o know_v it_o be_v near_o ally_v than_o to_o matter_n or_o corporeity_n but_o as_o we_o also_o know_v they_o be_v some_o kind_n of_o deformity_n in_o our_o body_n which_o make_v we_o most_o ashamed_a of_o be_v strip_v so_o it_o must_v be_v some_o such_o cause_n that_o make_v we_o so_o afraid_a of_o a_o separate_a existence_n if_o i_o shall_v say_v as_o i_o need_v not_o the_o disciple_n of_o the_o leviathan_n be_v mad_a the_o reader_n know_v what_o i_o mean_v and_o i_o speak_v intelligible_o or_o if_o i_o say_v he_o be_v beside_o himself_o i_o be_o allow_v to_o speak_v pertinent_o and_o he_o can_v he_o come_v to_o himself_o again_o will_v grant_v i_o to_o speak_v as_o true_o that_o he_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o that_o he_o be_v when_o he_o be_v not_o so_o how_o then_o can_v he_o confess_v the_o lesser_a separation_n which_o be_v in_o lunacy_n whilst_o he_o can_v so_o much_o as_o conceive_v that_o great_a divorce_n which_o be_v in_o ecstacy_n whenas_o it_o be_v manifest_o repugnant_a to_o know_v any_o thing_n in_o kind_n which_o we_o can_v also_o apprehend_v in_o degree_n to_o know_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v actual_o at_o a_o lesser_a which_o we_o can_v imagine_v to_o be_v possible_o at_o a_o great_a distance_n so_o then_o it_o be_v not_o any_o contradiction_n in_o the_o term_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n that_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n why_o there_o be_v none_o such_o what_o then_o why_o true_o this_o or_o nothing_o and_o this_o less_o and_o worse_o than_o nothing_o because_o if_o there_o be_v such_o a_o substance_n than_o there_o must_v be_v a_o spirit_n and_o that_o will_v put_v the_o hook_n into_o this_o leviathan_n for_o then_o there_o will_v be_v a_o god_n whereas_o otherwise_o the_o monster_n be_v free_a to_o take_v his_o pleasure_n and_o pass_v time_n for_o there_o can_v be_v no_o god_n and_o so_o no_o religion_n and_o then_o no_o good_a or_o evil_n but_o as_o force_a and_o make_v such_o by_o ourselves_o for_o that_o suppose_v god_n be_v or_o may_v be_v he_o must_v be_v infinite_a and_o indivisible_a and_o therefore_o also_o must_v be_v incorporeal_a because_o otherwise_o he_o must_v have_v part_n and_o so_o be_v divisible_a and_o so_o finite_a diogenes_n laertius_n report_v of_o pyrrho_n ejus_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la ejus_fw-la that_o he_o deny_v any_o difference_n between_o good_a and_o evil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o than_o what_o positive_a law_n or_o custom_n have_v make_v and_o i_o think_v seneca_n tell_v as_o much_o of_o epicurus_n beside_o these_o two_o i_o be_o not_o present_o aware_a of_o any_o three_o till_o mr._n hobbs_n will_v needs_o be_v teach_v ubi_fw-la nulla_fw-la respublica_fw-la etc._n p._n 72._o do_v cive_z c._n 12._o etc._n etc._n nullum_fw-la injustum_fw-la etc._n etc._n nihil_fw-la absolute_a bonum_fw-la aut_fw-la malum_fw-la etc._n etc._n natura_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la mandatum_fw-la relativa_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la actio_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la adiaphora_fw-it etc._n etc._n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o good_a or_o evil_n in_o itself_o or_o natural_o just_a or_o unjust_a but_o all_o so_o or_o so_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o magistrate_n be_v otherwise_o and_o in_o themselves_o indifferent_a etc._n etc._n but_o this_o gentleman_n have_v forget_v what_o yet_o he_o must_v needs_o have_v learn_v from_o one_o of_o his_o great_a master_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o there_o be_v a_o eternal_a law_n every_o way_n incline_v we_o to_o that_o which_o be_v just_a and_o equal_a 16._o aristot_n de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la c._n 16._o and_o that_o as_o the_o be_v of_o god_n must_v needs_o be_v infinite_a as_o we_o have_v show_v already_o so_o must_v it_o by_o the_o like_a necessity_n of_o his_o nature_n be_v infinite_o holy_a because_o the_o perfection_n of_o god_n be_v not_o adjunct_n but_o essential_a to_o his_o nature_n wherefore_o he_o can_v act_v but_o agreeable_o to_o they_o he_o can_v approve_v or_o disapprove_v any_o thing_n but_o suitable_o to_o these_o so_o that_o to_o imagine_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v as_o congruous_a to_o he_o as_o another_o good_a as_o evil_n must_v needs_o be_v blasphemy_n and_o contradiction_n to_o boot_v and_o make_v god_n both_o to_o be_v and_o cease_v to_o be_v what_o he_o be_v because_o that_o god_n abhor_v evil_a be_v rather_o from_o the_o sanctity_n of_o his_o nature_n and_o essence_n than_o from_o the_o determination_n of_o his_o will_n and_o therefore_o whatever_o be_v proper_o and_o essential_o good_a must_v rather_o be_v so_o by_o its_o resultanco_n from_o this_o holy_a be_v than_o by_o any_o positive_a sanction_n or_o precept_n of_o law_n and_o therefore_o also_o it_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o its_o sanctity_n rather_o than_o sovereignty_n that_o the_o will_n of_o god_n become_v the_o measure_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n which_o be_v not_o such_o because_o his_o will_n be_v arbitrary_a but_o because_o it_o must_v be_v agreeable_a to_o his_o holiness_n though_o we_o be_v not_o bear_v with_o congenit_fw-la notion_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n yet_o we_o be_v bear_v with_o such_o faculty_n as_o due_o exercise_v between_o act_n and_o object_n will_v make_v we_o necessary_o apprehensive_a of_o congruity_n or_o incongruity_n in_o this_o or_o that_o whilst_o yet_o this_o apprehension_n owe_v itself_o not_o only_o to_o the_o moral_a but_o to_o the_o connate_a and_o essential_a rectitude_n of_o those_o faculty_n which_o show_v we_o by_o consideration_n such_o a_o manifest_a proportion_n between_o some_o and_o disproportion_n between_o other_o act_n and_o their_o object_n that_o without_o repugnancy_n and_o do_v violence_n to_o those_o power_n we_o can_v judge_v otherwise_o of_o they_o than_o that_o they_o be_v right_a or_o wrong_n equal_a or_o unequal_a from_o that_o proportion_n or_o disproportion_n we_o thus_o perceive_v in_o they_o and_o have_v thereby_o as_o certain_a rational_a principle_n of_o moral_a practice_n as_o any_o we_o can_v have_v of_o science_n and_o know_v as_o well_o that_o we_o be_v to_o give_v every_o one_o their_o due_a as_o that_o two_o and_o two_o make_v four_o and_o therefore_o two_o take_v from_o four_o leave_v two_o still_o and_o those_o certain_a determination_n which_o the_o soul_n make_v in_o this_o rational_a exercise_n of_o compare_v act_n and_o object_n be_v those_o very_a issue_n which_o philosopher_n call_v common_a notion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n the_o rudimental_a innate_a or_o ingraft_v principle_n of_o rational_a nature_n whereby_o we_o find_v our_o intellectual_a faculty_n to_o be_v as_o much_o affect_v with_o moral_a evil_n as_o our_o sensatories_n be_v by_o the_o most_o incongruous_a or_o ingrateful_a object_n 12.17_o rhet._n l._n 1._o c._n 14._o rom._n 12.17_o thus_o we_o find_v some_o thing_n as_o aristotle_n observe_v right_a or_o wrong_n by_o nature_n or_o in_o st._n paul_n language_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a or_o honest_a in_o the_o sight_n or_o esteem_v of_o all_o man_n q._n d._n no_o rational_a creature_n can_v possible_o esteem_v they_o other_o than_o such_o because_o the_o faculty_n wherewith_o he_o judge_v be_v create_v by_o god_n who_o have_v make_v man_n with_o such_o faculty_n as_o make_v he_o necessary_o judge_v so_o and_o so_o and_o therefore_o this_o judgement_n of_o he_o must_v be_v god_n too_o and_o so_o must_v be_v a_o law_n from_o god_n give_v to_o man_n which_o man_n as_o rational_a can_v depart_v from_o it_o be_v the_o law_n write_v in_o his_o heart_n or_o wrought_v into_o the_o essential_a frame_n or_o composition_n of_o his_o reasonable_a nature_n what_o imaginable_a account_n can_v there_o be_v give_v how_o the_o gentile_n who_o have_v not_o the_o law_n can_v be_v a_o law_n unto_o themselves_o or_o do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o law_n in_o and_o to_o that_o nature_n abstract_v from_o and_o antecedent_n to_o all_o other_o sanction_n and_o precept_n whatsoever_o they_o have_v not_o the_o law_n write_v or_o reveal_v to_o they_o what_o law_n have_v they_o then_o but_o this_o in_o their_o nature_n which_o be_v bear_v with_o they_o they_o can_v have_v nothing_o but_o that_o natural_a light_n or_o the_o dictate_v of_o right_a reason_n by_o who_o conduct_n notwithstanding_o they_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v also_o command_v in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n or_o as_o the_o poet_n word_n it_o sponte_fw-la suâ_fw-la sine_fw-la lege_fw-la fidem_fw-la rectumque_fw-la colebant_fw-la this_o be_v that_o lex_fw-la scripta_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la quam_fw-la