Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	ghost_n	holy_a	trinity_n	3,214	5	9.7060	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01093	Atheomastix clearing foure truthes, against atheists and infidels: 1. That, there is a God. 2. That, there is but one God. 3. That, Iehouah, our God, is that one God. 4. That, the Holy Scripture is the Word of that God. All of them proued, by naturall reasons, and secular authorities; for the reducing of infidels: and, by Scriptures, and Fathers, for the confirming of Christians. By the R. Reuerend Father in God, Martin Fotherby, late Bishop of Salisbury. The contents followes, next after the preface.	Fotherby, Martin, 1549 or 50-1620.	1622 (1622)	STC 11205; ESTC S121334	470,356	378

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that_o grammar_n be_v not_o logic_n nor_o logic_n rhetoric_n nor_o rhetoric_n grammar_n here_o again_o disjoin_v and_o yet_o in_o another_o respect_n again_o conjoin_v for_o as_o in_o the_o trinity_n the_o father_n do_v beget_v the_o son_n and_o they_o two_o produce_v the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o in_o this_o other_o trinity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ratio_fw-la do_v beget_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verbum_fw-la and_o they_o two_o produce_v out_o of_o they_o a_o other_o three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v oratio_n so_o that_o those_o three_o art_n be_v not_o only_o affirm_v to_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o heathen_a but_o they_o also_o declare_v it_o by_o their_o very_a name_n chap._n 14._o philosophy_n lead_v a_o man_n unto_o god_n 2._o it_o have_v in_o it_o a_o kind_n of_o resemblance_n of_o god_n 3._o it_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n 4._o and_o so_o likewise_o be_v poetry_n 5._o and_o so_o all_o 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sense_n in_o the_o same_o height_n of_o word_n nimirùm_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n quum_fw-la natura_fw-la sua_fw-la &_o sanctus_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la nos_fw-la homines_fw-la sanctificat_fw-la ac_fw-la deos_fw-la reddit_fw-la the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v by_o nature_n both_o holy_a &_o god_n by_o sanctify_v we_o man_n make_v we_o become_v go_n 90._o so_o likewise_o dionysius_n salus_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la existere_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la ij_o qui_fw-la salutem_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la dij_fw-la fiant_fw-la a_o man_n can_v otherwise_o attain_v unto_o salvation_n then_o if_o he_o first_o be_v make_v a_o god_n which_o exaggeration_n of_o those_o father_n and_o scripture_n must_v not_o be_v expound_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n as_o though_o man_n can_v be_v make_v to_o be_v god_n indeed_o for_o that_o be_v a_o thing_n unpossible_a but_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o they_o be_v that_o by_o our_o imitation_n of_o god_n virtue_n and_o goodness_n we_o be_v make_v so_o like_a unto_o he_o and_o so_o near_o join_v with_o he_o that_o we_o may_v be_v say_v in_o some_o sense_n to_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o his_o divine_a nature_n because_o all_o those_o virtue_n in_o he_o be_v nature_n 5._o and_o therefore_o we_o may_v observe_v in_o all_o the_o forename_a place_n that_o there_o be_v a_o mollification_n use_v to_o reduce_v the_o forenamed_a apotheosis_n and_o deification_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o this_o sense_n dionysius_n areopagita_n where_o he_o say_v that_o all_o they_o which_o shall_v attain_v the_o salvation_n of_o god_n must_v first_o be_v make_v god_n add_v for_o explication_n dei_fw-la porrò_fw-la effectio_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la quoad_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la imitatio_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la eodem_fw-la coniunctio_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la unio_fw-la the_o be_v make_v a_o god_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o imitation_n of_o god_n and_o a_o conjunction_n with_o he_o and_o that_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v a_o 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omnis_fw-la deus_fw-la th●t_v every_o one_o which_o be_v bless_v be_v thereby_o make_v a_o god_n he_o add_v for_o the_o qualification_n of_o that_o speech_n sed_fw-la n●tura_fw-la quidem_fw-la unus_fw-la participatione_fw-la verò_fw-la nihil_fw-la prohibet_fw-la esse_fw-la quamplurimos_fw-la yet_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n by_o nature_n but_o there_o may_v be_v many_o god_n by_o participation_n not_o by_o the_o true_a participation_n of_o his_o natural_a deity_n but_o of_o his_o virtue_n and_o of_o his_o felicity_n yea_o and_o even_o the_o apostle_n peter_n himself_o do_v use_v a_o further_a modification_n even_o of_o this_o participation_n for_o where_o he_o tell_v we_o &c_n that_o there_o be_v great_a and_o precious_a promise_n give_v unto_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v partaker_n of_o the_o godly_a nature_n lest_o we_o shall_v misconstrue_v this_o participation_n to_o be_v intend_v of_o god_n true_a nature_n or_o deity_n he_o expound_v himself_o plain_o that_o this_o 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si_fw-mi relicto_fw-la corpore_fw-la ad_fw-la purum_fw-la aethera_fw-la perveneris_fw-la 129._o eris_n immortalis_fw-la deus_fw-la incorruptibilis_fw-la nec_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la mortalis_fw-la when_o as_o our_o soul_n our_o body_n shall_v forsake_v and_o to_o the_o heaven_n they_o shall_v themselves_o betake_v then_o shall_v we_o be_v as_o god_n immortal_a be_v all_o incorrupt_a no_o long_o mortal_a man_n for_o we_o shall_v then_o enjoy_v god_n who_o be_v our_o very_a life_n 396._o as_o the_o prophet_n moses_n testify_v yea_o the_o life_n of_o our_o life_n our_o vita_fw-la vitalis_fw-la as_o the_o orator_n speak_v whereas_o this_o our_o present_a life_n 1._o be_v but_o vita_fw-la mortalis_fw-la a_o transitory_a and_o a_o mortal_a life_n but_o this_o say_v the_o apostle_n paul_n we_o know_v that_o if_o our_o earthly_a tabernacle_n be_v dissolve_v we_o have_v a_o building_n give_v we_o of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o house_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n but_o eternal_a in_o the_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o say_v musonius_n that_o vir_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la civis_fw-la vrbis_fw-la jovis_fw-la quae_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la hominibus_fw-la &_o dijs_fw-la that_o he_o which_o be_v a_o good_a 234._o man_n shall_v be_v a_o citizen_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o city_n common_a unto_o god_n with_o man_n which_o be_v a_o probable_a aim_v at_o the_o heavenly_a i●rus●lem_n which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n be_v describe_v unto_o us._n i_o see_v the_o holy_a city_n 3._o new_a jerusalem_n come_v down_o from_o god_n out_o of_o heaven_n praepare_v as_o a_o bride_n trim_v for_o her_o husband_n and_o i_o hear_v a_o great_a voice_n out_o of_o heaven_n say_v behold_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o god_n be_v with_o man_n and_o he_o will_v dwell_v with_o they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v his_o people_n and_o god_n himself_o will_v be_v their_o god_n with_o they_o upon_o which_o our_o cohabitation_n with_o god_n 432._o tully_n say_v that_o we_o be_v deorum_fw-la quasi_fw-la gentile_n the_o countryman_n of_o the_o god_n nay_o generis_fw-la divini_fw-la the_o kinsman_n of_o the_o god_n as_o he_o add_v in_o that_o place_n of_o their_o own_o generation_n as_o aratus_n speak_v 28._o and_o therefore_o tully_n in_o another_o place_n speak_v of_o the_o state_n of_o god_n and_o virtuous_a man_n after_o this_o present_a life_n he_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v live_v among_o the_o god_n qui_fw-la in_o corporibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la 119._o vitam_fw-la sunt_fw-la imitati_fw-la deorum_fw-la he_o ad_fw-la eos_fw-la a_o quibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la profecti_fw-la facilis_fw-la reditus_fw-la patet_fw-la such_o as_o have_v live_v the_o life_n of_o a_o god_n in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n shall_v find_v a_o easy_a passage_n unto_o god_n because_o from_o he_o they_o have_v descend_v so_o that_o god_n call_v those_o man_n to_o live_v with_o he_o in_o heaven_n with_o who_o he_o himself_o have_v live_v upon_o earth_n now_o the_o way_n whereby_o they_o ascend_v up_o into_o heaven_n there_o to_o live_v with_o god_n be_v by_o instruct_v themselves_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o some_o even_o of_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o 426._o have_v teach_v us._n trismegistus_n say_v express_o that_o vnica_fw-la salus_fw-la homini_fw-la est_fw-la cognitio_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la ad_fw-la olympum_fw-la ascensio_fw-la the_o happiness_n of_o man_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v our_o way_n of_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n agree_v well_o with_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n this_o be_v life_n aeternal_a to_o know_v thou_o 3._o to_o be_v the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o who_o thou_o have_v send_v jesus_n christ._n for_o as_o bernard_n true_o note_v summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la hominis_fw-la est_fw-la plena_fw-la &_o perfecta_fw-la agnitio_fw-la creatoris_fw-la 1355._o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o creator_n not_o a_o naked_a or_o a_o idle_a knowledge_n but_o a_o knowledge_n which_o be_v join_v with_o the_o practice_n of_o virtue_n 5._o as_o the_o apostle_n peter_n teach_v us._n join_v with_o virtue_n knowledge_n for_o if_o they_o be_v

therefore_o homer_n doubt_v not_o to_o affirm_v express_o that_o it_o be_v only_a god_n himself_o that_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o felicity_n jupiter_n ipse_fw-la distribuit_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la olympius_n hominibus_fw-la 168._o the_o high_a god_n be_v the_o only_a he_n that_o give_v to_o man_n felicity_n and_o solon_n pray_v unto_o the_o muse_n to_o obtain_v felicity_n for_o he_o from_o the_o god_n musae_n felicitatem_fw-la a_o dijs_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la mihi_fw-la praebete_fw-la he●iodo_fw-la o_o muse_n bring_v i_o happiness_n which_o must_v come_v from_o god_n holiness_n for_o as_o eu●ipides_n true_o note_v nemo_n dijs_fw-la invitis_fw-la vel_fw-la felix_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la infelix_fw-la 11._o no_o man_n against_o god_n will_n be_v either_o well_o or_o ill_o and_o 249._o as_o i_o observe_v before_o of_o virtue_n so_o may_v i_o now_o again_o observe_v of_o felicity_n that_o the_o roman_n consecrate_v it_o for_o one_o of_o their_o god_n thereby_o plain_o insinuate_v that_o as_o virtue_n so_o felicity_n be_v the_o only_a gift_n of_o god_n both_o which_o point_n be_v affirm_v by_o maximus_n tyrius_n in_o express_a and_o plain_a word_n exit_fw-la jovis_fw-la nutu_fw-la 363._o actiones_fw-la virtutis_fw-la felicitatésque_fw-la hominum_fw-la pendent_fw-la both_o the_o action_n of_o virtue_n and_o all_o humane_a felicity_n do_v absolute_o depend_v upon_o the_o beck_n of_o god_n thus_o the_o heathen_n confess_v that_o not_o only_a virtue_n which_o be_v the_o way_n unto_o felicity_n but_o also_o that_o felicity_n which_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o virtue_n be_v both_o of_o they_o the_o gift_n of_o almighty_a god_n and_o therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o confess_v there_o be_v a_o god_n 3_o nay_o man._n they_o go_v yet_o further_o for_o they_o not_o only_o teach_v we_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o felicity_n unto_o man_n but_o also_o that_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o true_a felicity_n of_o they_o which_o the_o roman_n employ_v in_o consecrate_v felicity_n for_o a_o god_n for_o thereby_o they_o insinuate_v not_o only_o that_o felicity_n be_v of_o god_n the_o point_n before_o note_v but_o also_o that_o god_n be_v the_o only_a true_a felicity_n the_o point_n now_o in_o hand_n which_o they_o demonstrate_v unto_o we_o by_o a_o gradation_n of_o three_o degree_n first_o that_o virtue_n and_o godliness_n do_v so_o strict_o unite_v a_o man_n unto_o god_n that_o in_o some_o degree_n that_o it_o make_v he_o partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a and_o heavenly_a nature_n second_o that_o this_o near_a conjunction_n of_o man_n unto_o god_n do_v bring_v he_o unto_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o place_n of_o god_n dwelling_n and_o three_o that_o there_o it_o make_v he_o partaker_n of_o god_n most_o bless_v and_o beatifical_a vision_n which_o be_v the_o high_a summitie_n of_o all_o true_a felicity_n and_o all_o these_o three_o point_n be_v so_o teach_v by_o the_o heathen_n as_o though_o they_o have_v be_v catechize_v in_o the_o school_n of_o christian_n for_o the_o first_o of_o which_o three_o point_n it_o be_v the_o constant_a doctrine_n of_o the_o wise_a of_o the_o heathen_a that_o man_n felicity_n consist_v especial_o in_o conform_v himself_o unto_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n and_o in_o make_v himself_o to_o be_v like_a unto_o he_o so_o say_v jamblicus_n fellix_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la deo_fw-la quatenus_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la similis_fw-la est_fw-la 453._o he_o be_v a_o happy_a man_n that_o make_v himself_o as_o like_v unto_o god_n be_v he_o possible_o can_v so_o syrianus_n the_o master_n of_o simplicus_n boni_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la similemur_fw-la it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o good_a to_o make_v a_o man_n self_n to_o be_v like_a unto_o god_n now_o 590._o that_o likeness_n with_o god_n can_v be_v attain_v by_o any_o thing_n else_o but_o only_o by_o justice_n virtue_n and_o goodness_n as_o seneca_n true_o teach_v parem_fw-la deo_fw-la pecunia_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la sed_fw-la animus_n &_o hic_fw-la rectus_fw-la bone_fw-la magnus_fw-la it_o be_v not_o thy_o money_n 53._o but_o it_o be_v thy_o mind_n which_o make_v thou_o conformable_a and_o like_a unto_o god_n if_o it_o be_v a_o just_a and_o upright_o mind_n a_o virtuous_a and_o good_a mind_n a_o noble_a and_o a_o great_a mind_n this_o virtue_n make_v a_o man_n not_o similem_fw-la deo_fw-la but_o parem_fw-la deo_fw-la say_v seneca_n not_o like_a unto_o god_n but_o in_o some_o sort_n even_o equal_a with_o god_n for_o aristotle_n cit_v it_o 685._o as_o a_o common_a opinion_n that_o exit_fw-la hominibus_fw-la dij_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ob_fw-la virtutis_fw-la excellentiam_fw-la that_o by_o the_o excellency_n of_o virtue_n even_o man_n do_v attain_v to_o a_o kind_n of_o divinity_n a_o very_a excessive_a and_o hyperbolical_a speech_n but_o yet_o diverse_a such_o there_o be_v use_v not_o only_o by_o heathen_n but_o also_o by_o christian_n to_o express_v that_o great_a affinity_n and_o near_a conjunction_n which_o virtue_n make_v between_o god_n and_o man_n saint_n augustine_n say_v that_o it_o make_v a_o man_n partaker_n of_o god_n dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la participatione_fw-la foelices_fw-la quicunque_fw-la sunt_fw-la veritate_fw-la non_fw-la vanitate_fw-la foelices_fw-la 303._o they_o that_o have_v indeed_o the_o true_a possession_n of_o blessedness_n and_o not_o the_o false_a imagination_n of_o it_o be_v bless_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o participation_n of_o god_n the_o apostle_n peter_n say_v that_o it_o make_v a_o man_n partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a and_o godly_a nature_n 97._o for_o as_o porphiry_n observe_v of_o wickedness_n and_o vice_n that_o it_o transform_v a_o man_n into_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o devil_n so_o be_v it_o also_o true_a of_o virtue_n and_o goodness_n that_o it_o conform_v a_o man_n unto_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n yea_o and_o some_o have_v go_v so_o far_o as_o to_o say_v it_o make_v we_o go_n so_o say_v hierocles_n that_o finis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la est_fw-la supra_fw-la deum_fw-la facere_fw-la ex_fw-la homine_fw-la the_o end_n of_o man_n life_n be_v to_o make_v a_o man_n become_v a_o god_n so_o seneca_n supra_fw-la in_o the_o forealledged_n place_n animus_fw-la rectus_fw-la bone_fw-la magnus_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o humano_fw-la corpore_fw-la hospes_fw-la a_o good_a and_o virtuous_a mind_n be_v indeed_o nothing_o else_o but_o a_o very_a god_n abide_v for_o a_o time_n in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n neither_o have_v christian_n themselves_o abstayn_v from_o these_o exaggerated_a amplification_n the_o better_a to_o recommend_v virtue_n and_o goodness_n unto_o us._n the_o apostle_n paul_n tell_v we_o that_o he_o which_o be_v join_v to_o the_o lord_n be_v but_o one_o spirit_n with_o he_o 17._o and_o boetius_fw-la tell_v we_o that_o god_n only_o be_v our_o blessedness_n and_o that_o therefore_o whosoever_o by_o god_n be_v make_v bless_a 49._o he_o be_v make_v by_o he_o a_o god_n deum_fw-la esse_fw-la ipsam_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a that_o god_n himself_o shall_v be_v man_n felicity_n so_o likewise_o palingenius_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la supremum_fw-la est_fw-la 107._o eximiumque_fw-la bonum_fw-la propriè_fw-la vereque_fw-la vocandus_fw-la quem_fw-la qui_fw-la habet_fw-la be_v debet_fw-la foelix_fw-la dici_fw-la atque_fw-la beatus_fw-la god_n be_v the_o only_a supreme_a good_a so_o proper_o express_v who_o whosoever_o have_v he_o may_v be_v happy_a call_v and_o blessed_v and_o so_o it_o be_v indeed_o because_o felicity_n be_v summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la that_o be_v the_o supreme_a and_o the_o chief_a good_n and_o therefore_o if_o god_n be_v not_o the_o true_a felicity_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o supreme_a good_a but_o shall_v have_v a_o superior_a good_a above_o he_o and_o himself_o be_v but_o a_o second_o and_o inferior_a good_a whereupon_o he_o add_v but_o a_o little_a after_o that_o if_o god_n himself_o be_v the_o supreme_a good_a that_o he_o which_o obtain_v that_o same_o supreme_a good_a he_o therewith_o obtain_v to_o be_v make_v a_o god_n quoniam_fw-la beatitudinis_fw-la adeptione_n fiunt_fw-la homines_fw-la beati_fw-la &_o beatitudo_fw-la vera_fw-la est_fw-la ipsa_fw-la divinitas_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la adeptione_n fieri_fw-la beatos_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la adeptione_n iusti_fw-la sapientia_fw-la sapientes_fw-la fiunt_fw-la omnis_fw-la igitur_fw-la beatus_fw-la deus_fw-la because_o by_o the_o get_n of_o blessedness_n man_n be_v make_v bless_v and_o true_a blessedness_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n therefore_o by_o the_o get_n of_o god_n man_n get_v to_o be_v bless_v as_o by_o the_o get_n of_o justice_n to_o be_v just_a and_o of_o wisdom_n to_o be_v wise_a therefore_o whosoever_o be_v bless_v he_o also_o be_v a_o god_n 175._o so_o nanzianzene_n prove_v the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o be_v god_n because_o otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o make_v he_o a_o god_n si_fw-mi eodem_fw-la mecum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la i_o deum_fw-la reddit_fw-la and_o his_o expositor_n elias_n cretensis_n deliver_v his_o