Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	evil_a	good_a	indifferent_a	2,973	5	9.5052	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30636	Tagathon, or, Divine goodness explicated and vindicated from the exceptions of the atheist wherein also the consent of the gravest philosophers with the holy and inspired penmen in many of the most important points of Christian doctrine is fully evinced / by Richard Burthogge.	Burthogge, Richard, 1638?-ca. 1700.	1672 (1672)	Wing B6157; Wing B6156_CANCELLED	50,348	170

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denique_fw-la incipit_fw-la lex_fw-la esse_fw-la cum_fw-la scripta_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la tum_fw-la cum_fw-la orta_fw-la est_fw-la orta_fw-la autem_fw-la simule_a cum_fw-la menté_fw-fr divina_fw-la quam_fw-la ob_fw-la rem_fw-la lex_fw-la vera_fw-la atque_fw-la princeps_fw-la apta_fw-la ad_fw-la jubendum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la vetandum_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la recta_fw-la summi_fw-la jovis_n etc._n etc._n 2._o ergo_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la justorum_fw-la injustorumque_fw-la distinctio_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la antiquissimam_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la principem_fw-la expressa_fw-la naturam_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la leges_fw-la hominum_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la quae_fw-la supplicio_fw-la improbos_fw-la afficiunt_fw-la &_o defendunt_fw-la &_o tuentur_fw-la bonos_fw-es etc._n etc._n ibid._n sit_fw-la igitur_fw-la hoc_fw-la jam_fw-la a_o principio_fw-la persuasum_fw-la civibus_fw-la dominos_fw-la esse_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la ac_fw-la moderatores_fw-la do_v eaque_fw-la quae_fw-la gerantur_fw-la eorum_fw-la geri_fw-la judicio_fw-la ac_fw-la numine_fw-la eosdemque_fw-la optime_fw-la de_fw-la genere_fw-la hominum_fw-la merert_fw-la &_o quali●_fw-la cuique_fw-la sit_fw-la quid_fw-la agate_n quid_fw-la in_o s●_n admittat_fw-la qua_fw-la ment_fw-la qua_fw-la pietat●_n religiones_fw-la colat_fw-la intueri_fw-la piorumque_fw-la &_o impiorum_fw-la habere_fw-la rationem_fw-la hi●_n enim_fw-la rebus_fw-la imbutae_fw-la mentes_fw-la haud_fw-la sane_fw-la abhorrebunt_fw-la ab_fw-la utili_fw-la &_o a_o vera_fw-la sententia_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n there_o must_v be_v penal_a and_o afflictive_a evil_n that_o there_o may_v be_v punishment_n as_o well_o as_o there_o be_v good_n agreeable_a oblige_a thing_n for_o compensation_n and_o reward_n it_o be_v very_o often_o very_o good_a for_o the_o child_n though_o he_o think_v not_o so_o that_o his_o father_n take_v the_o rod_n in_o hand_n cross_n loss_n pain_n and_o sinister_a encounter_n be_v but_o rod_n in_o god_n 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in_o these_o and_o so_o be_v punishable_a in_o they_o and_o be_v afflictable_a by_o these_o and_o so_o be_v punishable_a by_o they_o wherefore_o the_o good_a and_o evil_a that_o be_v in_o they_o the_o poison_n and_o malignity_n in_o mineral_n and_o plant_n the_o venom_n enmity_n and_o violence_n the_o fury_n and_o rapacity_n in_o many_o animal_n as_o well_o as_o the_o commodity_n and_o usefulness_n of_o other_o tempest_n in_o the_o air_n convulsion_n in_o the_o earth_n the_o fiery_a eruption_n of_o aetna_n and_o vesuvius_n and_o other_o such_o enormous_a and_o irregular_a emotion_n of_o the_o element_n as_o well_o as_o regular_a and_o orderly_a be_v not_o in_o they_o for_o themselves_o but_o all_o for_o man_n man_n be_v their_o end_n as_o god_n be_v mans._n let_v not_o the_o atheist_n complain_v god_n be_v very_o good_a and_o liberal_a to_o man_n who_o have_v so_o bountiful_o give_v all_o these_o thing_n to_o he_o yea_o and_o he_o be_v good_a to_o the_o beast_n also_o in_o that_o he_o have_v oblige_v man_n to_o be_v so_o to_o they_o but_o to_o be_v more_o distinct_a if_o we_o reflect_v on_o all_o the_o thing_n be_v call_v evil_n and_o consider_v they_o as_o thing_n and_o absolute_o in_o themselves_o so_o they_o have_v a_o good_a of_o entity_n or_o be_v and_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o universe_n that_o it_o may_v be_v uniform_a full_a and_o perfect_a in_o the_o day_n of_o prosperity_n be_v joyful_a but_o in_o the_o day_n of_o adversity_n consider_v god_n also_o have_v set_v the_o one_o over_o against_o the_o other_o to_o the_o end_n that_o man_n shall_v find_v nothing_o after_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o septuagint_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o latin_a interpreter_n et_fw-la quidem_fw-la istud_fw-la congruum_fw-la huic_fw-la sym._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n have_v set_v good_a over_o against_o evil_n and_o evil_a over_o against_o good_a so_o to_o answer_v one_o another_o that_o man_n come_v after_o he_o in_o review_n and_o observation_n of_o his_o work_n may_v not_o find_v any_o thing_n want_v or_o to_o be_v add_v all_o be_v full_a and_o uniform_a and_o answer_v so_o seneca_n semper_fw-la esse_fw-la felicem_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la morsu_fw-la animi_fw-la velle_fw-la transire_fw-la vitam_fw-la ignorare_fw-la est_fw-la rerum_fw-la naturae_fw-la alteram_fw-la paitem_fw-la etc._n etc._n 4._o so_o apuleius_n gramaticorum_fw-la art_n vide_fw-la quaeso_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la diversis_fw-la collectae_fw-la sint_fw-la literis_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la aliae_fw-la sunt_fw-la insonae_fw-la semisonantes_fw-la aliae_fw-la pars_fw-la sonantes_fw-la hae_fw-la tamen_fw-la mutuis_fw-la se_fw-la auxiliis_fw-la adjuvantes_fw-la syllabas_fw-la pariunt_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr syllabis_fw-la voces_fw-la hoc_fw-la her_n aclitus_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o porphyry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n nym._n and_o if_o we_o consider_v they_o as_o dolorous_a and_o afflictive_a so_o also_o they_o be_v necessary_a in_o respect_n of_o god_n that_o he_o may_v have_v a_o rise_v of_o show_v his_o beneficence_n and_o goodness_n in_o its_o full_a extent_n for_o if_o there_o be_v no_o evil_n in_o the_o world_n no_o infelicity_n necessity_n nor_o misery_n there_o can_v be_v no_o compassion_n nor_o no_o evincement_n of_o