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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	dwell_v	soul_n	7,338	5	5.6475	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92757	Scrinia sacra; secrets of empire, in letters of illustrious persons. A supplement of the Cabala. In which business of the same quality and grandeur is contained: with many famous passages of the late reigns of K. Henry 8. Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and K. Charls.; Cábala. Part 2.	Bedell, Gabriel, d. 1668.; Collins, Thomas, fl. 1650-1682.	1654 (1654)	Wing S2110; Thomason E228_2; ESTC R8769	210,018	264

line and a superficies or body and in numbers by an Unity a Denary and a Centenary The first which is onely pure and single like an indivisible point or an Unity hath relation onely to the Divine Nature that point then moving in a sphericall manner which serveth to express the perfections of Gods actions describeth the circle of our souls and of Angels and of intellectual substances which are of a pure and simple nature but receiveth that from what is so in a perfecter manner and that hath his from none else like lines that are made from the flowing of points or denaries that are composed of unities beyond both which there is nothing In the last place bodies are to be ranked which are composed of the Elements and they likewise suffer composition and may very well be compared to the lowest of figures which are composed of lines that owe their being to points and such are Triangles or to Centenaries that are composed of Denaries and they of Unites but if wee will compare these together by proportion God must be left out since there is an infinite distance between the simplicity and perfection of his nature and the composition and imperfection of all created substances as there is between an indivisible point and a continuate quantity or between a simple unity and compounded number so that onely the other two kindes of substances do enter into this consideration and of them I have already proved that mans soule is of the one the noblest being dignified by Hypostaticall union above all other intellectual substances and his elementated body of the other the most low and corruptible whereby it is evident that these two are the first and last proportions both in respect of their owne figure and of what they expresse The one imperfect mortal faeminine Th' other immortal perfect masculine Mans body hath all the properties of imperfect matter it is but the patient of it self alone it can doe nothing it is lyable to corruption and dissolution if it once be deprived of the forme which actuateth it selfe and is incorruptible and immortal And as the feminine sex is imperfect and receiveth perfection from the masculine so doth the body from the soul which to it is in lieu of a Male and as in corporall generations the Female doth afford but grosse and passive matter unto which the Male giveth active heat and prolificall vertue so in spirituall generations which are the operations of the Mind the body administreth only the Organs which if they were not imployed by the Soul would of themselves serve to nothing And as there is a mutuall appetence between the male and the female between matter and form so there is between the body and soul of a man but what ligament they have that our Author defineth not and peradventure Reason is not able to attaine unto it yet he telleth us what is the Foundation that this Machine resteth upon and what keepeth the Parts together in these words And 'twixt them both a Quadrat was the base By which Quadrat I conceive that he meaneth the four principall humours in mans body to wit Choler Blood Flegme and Melancholy which if they be distempered and unfitly mingled the dissolution of the whole doth ensue like to a building which falleth to ruine if the Foundation or Base of it be unsound or disordered and in some of these the vitall spirits are contained and preserved which the other do keep in a convenient temper and as long as they do so the soul and body dwell together like good friends So that these four are the Base of the conjunction of the other two both which hee saith are Proportion'd equally by Seven and Nine In which words I understand that hee meaneth the influences of the superior substances which govern the inferiour into these two differing parts of man to wit of the Stars the most powerfull of which are the seven Planets into his body and of the Angels which are divided into nine Hierarchies or Orders into the soul which in his Astrophel he saith is By Soveraign choice from the Heavenly Quires select And lineally deriv'd from Angels race And as much as the one do govern the body so much the other do the minde wherein it is to be considered that some are of opinion how at the instant of the conception of a child or rather more effectually at the instant of his birth the conceived Sperme or the tender body doth receive such influence of the heavens as then reigneth over that place where the conception or birth is made and all the Starrs and virtuall places of the Celestiall Orbs participating of the qualities of the seven planets according to the which they are distributed into so many Classes or the compounds of them it cometh to passe that according to the variety of the several aspects of the one and of the other there are various inclinations and qualities in mens bodies but all reduced to seven general heads and the Compounds of them which being to be varied innumerable waies causeth as many different effects yet the influence of some one planet continually predominating but when the matter in the womans womb is capable of a soule to informe it then God sendeth one from heaven into it Eternal God In Paradise whilome did plant this flower Whence he it setcht out of her native place And did in stock of earthly flesh enrace And this opinion the Author expresseth himself more plainely to be of in another work where he saith There Shee beholds with high aspiring thought The Cradle of her owne Creation Amongst the seats of Angels heavenly wrought Which whether it hath been created ever since the beginning of the world and reserved in some fit place until due time or be created upon the Emergent occasion no man can tell but certaine it is that it is immortal according to that I said when I spake of the Circle which hath no ending and an uncertaine beginning The messengers to convey which soule into the body are the Intelligences that move the Orbs of heaven who according to their several natures do communicate unto it several proprieties and they who are governors of those Stars that have at that instant the superiority in the Planetary aspects whereby it cometh to passe that in all inclinations there is much affinity betweene the soule and the body being that the like is between the Intelligences and the Stars both which communicate their vertues to each of them And these Angels being as I said before of nine severall Hierarchies there are so many principal differences in humane souls which doe participate most of their proprieties with whom in their descent they make longest stay and that had most active power to work upon them and accompanied them with a peculiar Genius which is according to their several governments like the same kind of water that running through various conduits wherein several aromatical and odoriferous things are laid

hath appeared in his punishment he bowes and humbles himselfe before and to it whether he be mine or not I can discern by no light but that of your Royal Clemency for only in your forgivenesse can I owne him for mine Forgivennesse is the glory of the supremest powers and this the operation that when it is extended in the greatest measure it converts the greatest offenders into the greatest lovers and so makes purchase of the heart an especial priviledg peculiar and due to Soveraigne Princes If now your Majesty will vouchsafe out of your owne benignity to become a second nature and restore that unto me which the first gave me and vanity deprived me of I shall keep my reckoning of the full number of my sons with comfort and render the tribute of my most humble thankfulnesse else my weak old memory must for get one The Duke of Modena to the Duke of Savoy July 30. 1629. WHen I was deprived of my Mistriss the Infanta Izabella so intimately beloved of me I was suddenly possessed with a most ardent desire of finding the meanes how to follow her into Paradise and distrusting in regard of my weaknesse and life past that I was not able to stand in those dangers wherein that holy soule knew how to finde security and tranquillity I resolved to retire my selfe out of the tempestuous sea of Government and to shelter my selfe in the harbour of Religion rejoycing to sacrifice that unto God which useth to be so highly esteemed in the world and knowing that truely to raigne is to serve his Divine Majesty hitherto I deferred the execution of my purpose because being bound in this to depend upon the Counsel of him that governed my soule it seemed not expedient to him that I should retire my selfe while there was need of my assistance both in respect of the age of the Duke my father which was Caesar d'Este who dyed 1628 and of the nonage of the Prince my son which is Don Francisco who now governeth Now that these impediments are removed I goe most contentedly whither the Lord doth call me namely to take upon me the Capuchin Religion out of Italy and I doe promise to find for my self in one little Cel that repose which all the greatnesse of the world cannot give me True it is if I should look back upon my life past I should find motives rather of terrour then of comfort But the mercy of God doth make me confident and my having for his love and to performe his wil renounced all that I could or had I departed also most comforted because I leave the Prince my son so well qualified that I may confidently expect an excellent issue of his Government especially if your Highness shall vouchsafe to direct him with your most prudent Counsels and to shrowd him under your benigne protection whereunto with reverent affection I doe recommend him together with the rest of my sonnes especially Carlo Alexandro who is now living in your Highnesse his Court since that as a man may say they have no other Father then your Highnesse and are branches of your Princely house Unto your Highnesse was in all respects due from me the accompt which I have given you of my vocation I beseech you to accept it and to believe that I will alwaies be answerable to my dutie and will pray for the spirituall and temporal increase of your Highnesse whose hands I reverently kisse Your Highness most humble and most obliged servant Alfons d'Este From Salsuolo the 30th of July 1629. Sir Kenhelm Digby to Sir Edward Stradling To my Honourable Friend Sir Edward Esterling aliàs Stradling aboard his ship MY much honoured freind I am too well acquainted with the weaknesse of my abilities that are farre unfit to undergoes such a task as I have in hand to flatter my selfe with the hope that I may either informe your understanding or do my selfe honour by what I am to write But I am so desirous that you should be possessed with the true knowledge of what a bent will I have upon all occasions to doe you service that obedience to your Command weigheth much more with me then the lawfulnesse of my excuse can to preserve me from giving you in writing such a testimony of my ignorance and erring fantasie as I fear this will prove Therefore without any more circumstances I wil as near as I can deliver to you in this paper what the other day I discoursed to you upon the 22d Staffe of the ninth Canto in the second book of that matchlesse Poem The Fairy Queen written by our English Virgil whose words are these The Frame thereof seem'd partly Circuler And part Trianguler O work Divine These two the first and last proportions are Th' one imperfect mortal faeminine Th' other immortal perfect masculine And twixt them both a quadrat was the base Proportion'd equally by seven and nine Nine was the Circle set in heavens place All which compacted made a goodly Diapase In this Staff the Author seemeth to me to proceed in a differing manner from what he doth elsewhere generally through his whole booke for in other places although the beginning of this Allegorie or mistical sense may be obscure yet in the processe of it he doth himselfe declare his owne conceptions in such sort that they are obvious to any ordinary capacity But in this he seemeth only to glance at the profoundest notions that any science can deliver to us and then of a suddaine as it were recalling himself out of an Enthusiasme he returneth to the gentle relation of the Allegorical history that he had begun leaving his readers to wander up and down in much obscurity and to rove with much danger of erring at his intention in these lines which I conceive to be dictated by such a learned spirit and so generally a knowing soule that were there nothing else extant of Spencers writings yet these few words would make me esteeme him no whit inferiour to the most famous men that ever have been in any age as giving an evident testimony herein that he was throughly versed in the Mathemeticall sciences in Philosophy and Divinity unto all which this might serve for an ample Theame to make large Commentaries upon In my praises upon this subject I am confident that the worth of the Author will preserve me from this censure that my ignorance only begetteth this admiration since he hath written nothing that is not admirable But that it may appeare I am guided somewhat by my owne Judgement although it be a very meane one and not by implicit faith and that I may in the best manner I can comply with what you may expect from me I will not longer hold you in suspence but begin immediately though abruptly with the declaration of what I conceive to be the true sense of this place which I shall not goe about to adorne with any plausible discourses or with authorities and examples drawne from others writings