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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	artery_n	blood_n	vein_n	5,874	5	10.2889	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06713	Reflections upon ancient and modern learning. The second part, With a dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop. / By Richard Bentley, D.D. ... These additions compleat the want of the former eddition.	Wotton, William, 1666-1727.; Bentley, Richard, d. 1697. Dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop.	1698 (1698)	Wing W3660; ESTC R186882	95,995	214

greater Antiquity The Passages now in question are in the Fifth Book of the Trinity where he treats of the Holy Ghost There he takes pains to prove (a) He says he introduces this Disputation ut inde intelligas ipsi Spiritûs Sancti Substantiae esse essentialiter adjunctam creati Spiritûs Christi Substantiam that the Substance of the Created Spirit of Jesus Christ is Essentially joined to the Substance of the Holy Ghost To explain this he talks much of God's Breathing the Soul into Man which by his manner of Explication it is plain he believed to be Material the way he proceeds is this He supposes Three Spirits in Man's Body Natural Vital and Animal which says he are (b) Qui vere non sunt tres sed duo Spiritus distincti Vitalis est spiritus qui per Anastomoses ab Arteriis communicatur Venis in quibus dicitur Naturalis Primus ergo est Sanguis cujus sedes est in hepate corporis venis Secundus est Spiritus Vitalis cujus sedes est in corde corporis arteriis Tertius est Spiritus Animalis quasi lucis radius cujus sedes est in cerebro corporis nervis really not Three but Two distinct Spirits The Vital is that which is communicated by Anastomoses from the Arteries to the Veins in which it is called Natural The Blood therefore is First whose Seat is in the Liver and Veins The Vital Spirit is Second whose Seat is in the Heart and Arteries The Animal Spirit is Third which is like a Ray of Light and has its Seat in the Brain and Nerves So that he makes the beginning of the whole Operation to be in the Liver which according to him is the original Work-house of the Blood which he calls the Soul or Life as it is call'd in the Old Testament Now to understand how the Blood is the Life he says (c) Ad quam rem est prius intelligenda substantialis Generatio ipsius Vitalis Spiritûs qui ex Aëre inspirato subtilissimo sanguine componitur nutritur Vitalis spiritus in sinistro cordis ventriculo suam originem habet juvantibus maxime pulmonibus ad ipsius generationem Est spiritus tenuis caloris vi elaboratus flavo colore igneâ potentiâ ut sit quasi ex puriore sanguine lucens vapor substantiam continens aquae aëris ignis generatur ex factâ in pulmone mixtione inspirati aëris cum elaborato subtili sanguine quem dexter ventriculus sinistro communicat Fit autem communicatio haec non per parietem cordis medium ut vulgo creditur sed magno artificio à dextro cordis ventriculo longo per pulmones ductu agitatur sanguis subtilis à pulmonibus praeparatur flavus efficitur à venâ arteriosâ in arteriam venosam transfunditur deinde in ipsâ arteriâ venosâ inspirato aëri miscetur exspiratione à fuligine repurgatur atque ita tandem à sinistro cordis ventriculo totum mixtum per Diastolen attrahitur apta supellex ut fiat spiritus vitalis Quod ita per pulmones fiat communicatio praeparatio docet conjunctio varia communicatio venae arteriosae cum arteriâ venosâ in pulmonibus Confirmat hoc magnitudo insignis venae arteriosae quae nec talis nec tanta facta esset nec tantam à corde ipso vim purissimi sanguinis in pulmones emitteret ob solum eorum nutrimentum nec cor pulmonibus hac ratione serviret cum praesertim antea in embryone solerent pulmones ipsi aliunde nutriri ob membranulas seu Cordis usque ad horam nativitatis nondum apertas ut docet Galenus We must first understand the substantial Generation of the Vital Spirit which is compounded of and nourished by Inspired Air and the subtilest part of the Blood The Vital Spirit has its original in the left Ventricle of the Heart by the assistance of the Lungs which chiefly contribute to its Generation It is a subtile Spirit so I render tenuis here wrought by the force of Heat of a florid Colour having the power of Fire so that it is a sort of shining Vapour made of the purer part of the Blood containing within it self the substance of Water Air and Fire It is made in the Lungs by the mixture of Inspired Air with that Elaborated Subtile Blood which the Right Ventricle of the Heart communicates to the Left Now this Communication is not made through the Septum of the Heart as is commonly believed but the subtile Blood is very artificially agitated by a long passage through the Lungs from the right Ventricle of the Heart and is prepared made florid by the Lungs and transfused out of the Arterious Vein into the Venous Artery and at last in the Venous Artery it self it is mixed with the Inspired Air and by expiration purged from its Dregs And thus at length the whole Mixture is attracted by the Diastole of the Heart into the left Ventricle being now a fit Substance out of which to form the Vital Spirit Now that this Communication and Preparation is made by the Lungs is evident from the various Conjunction and Communication of the Arterious Vein with the Venous Artery in the Lungs the remarkable largeness of the Arterious Vein does likewise confirm it since it would never have been made of that Form and Bulk nor would it have emitted so great a quantity of very pure Blood out of the Heart into the Lungs if it had been only for their Nourishment nor would the Heart have been this way serviceable to the Lungs since the Foetus in the Womb are otherwise nourished by reason of the closeness of the Membranes of the Heart which are never open'd till the Birth of the Child as Galen teaches So that the whole Mixture of Fire and Blood is made in the Lungs where there is a (d) Transfusio à venâ arteriosâ ad arteriam venosam propter spiritum à Galeno non animadversa Transfusion out of the Arterious Vein into the Venous Artery which Galen took no notice of Afterwards he says (e) Ille itaque spiritus vitalis à sinistro cordis ventriculo in arterias totius corporis deinde transfunditur ita ut qui tenuior est superiora petat ubi magis adhuc elaboratur praecipue in plexu retiformi sub basi cerebri sito ubi ex vitali fieri incipit animalis ad propriam rationalis animae rationem accedens That this Vital Spirit is transmitted from the left Ventricle of the Heart into the Arteries of the whole Body so that the more subtile Parts get upwards where they are yet more refined especially in the Plexus Retiformis which lies in the Base of the Brain where from Vital it begins to become Animal and approaches to the proper Nature of the Rational Soul This he reasons long upon to prove that the Blood is the Soul of Man and seems to allow no other