Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	soul_n	understand_v	5,748	5	6.7898	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52204	The middle way of predetermination asserted. Between the Dominicans and Jesuites, Calvinists and Arminians, or, A scriptural enquiry into the influence and causation of God in and unto humane actions; expecially such as are sinfull.	Humfrey, John, 1621-1719.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.; W. M.	1679 (1679)	Wing H3692A; Wing M95B; ESTC R10732	43,527	48

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or_o nay_o lie_v but_o as_o the_o question_n be_v put_v act._n 5.8_o the_o modification_n then_o of_o these_o natural_a act_n the_o power_n whereof_o be_v from_o god_n act._n 17.28_o the_o specify_v and_o determine_v they_o this_o or_o the_o other_o way_n with_o their_o relation_n to_o god_n law_n be_v that_o which_o give_v they_o both_o name_n and_o thing_n if_o a_o man_n ●ayeth_v yea_o when_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n he_o ought_v to_o say_v nay_o it_o be_v lie_v and_o the_o physical_a act_n sin_n or_o transgression_n to_o pour_v water_n and_o to_o baptise_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy-ghost_n be_v no_o sin_n yea_o may_v be_v righteousness_n but_o so_o to_o do_v and_o say_v over_o a_o beast_n can_v never_o be_v but_o sin_n to_o name_v the_o word_n devil_n be_v be_v not_o always_o sin_n but_o to_o baptise_v a_o christian_a in●o_v his_o name_n have_v a_o moral_a malignity_n in_o it_o that_o can_v never_o by_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n be_v separate_v from_o it_o but_o that_o he_o that_o determine_v to_o the_o act_n do_v also_o to_o the_o obliquity_n of_o it_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o man_n be_v say_v to_o hatch_v and_o contrive_v mischief_n isa_n 59.4_o to_o do_v wickedness_n gen._n 39.9_o or_o unrighteousness_n leu._n 19.15_o rom._n 1.29_o and_o to_o commit_v sin_n ja._n 2.9_o the_o abstract_n for_o the_o concrete_a this_o though_o it_o may_v not_o be_v good_a metaphysic_n be_v find_v divinity_n i_o be_o sure_a it_o be_v mean_v of_o act_n oblique_a and_o thwart_v god_n law_n term_v a_o work_v of_o wickedness_n 2_o king_n 21.6_o it_o be_v the_o act_n or_o substratum_fw-la only_o that_o be_v mean_v or_o that_o man_n do_v when_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n or_o worker_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o he_o please_v himself_o in_o when_o he_o be_v say_v to_o take_v pleasure_n in_o unrighteousness_n 2_o thes_n 2.12_o or_o that_o his_o member_n be_v serviceable_a to_o when_o he_o be_v say_v to_o yield_v they_o as_o instrument_n of_o unrighteousness_n rom._n 6.13_o or_o that_o he_o repent_v he_o of_o when_o he_o be_v say_v to_o repent_v he_o of_o his_o wickedness_n act._n 8.22_o and_o beg_v pardon_n for_o it_o psal_n 32.2_o 5._o or_o that_o man_n be_v damn_v for_o when_o they_o be_v say_v to_o receive_v the_o wage_n of_o unrighteousness_n and_o yet_o sure_o that_o be_v sin_n rom._n 6.20_o 23._o these_o thing_n have_v thou_o do_v psal_n 50.21_o and_o diverse_a affection_n sin_n have_v predicate_v of_o it_o whereas_o non_fw-la entis_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la affectio_fw-la it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v intend_v and_o remit_v some_o to_o be_v great_a some_o less●r_a sin_n and_o sinner_n gen._n 15.16_o a_o wonderful_a and_o horrible_a thing_n be_v commit_v jer._n 5.30_o and_o 23.14_o it_o be_v say_v also_o to_o leaven_n 1_o cor._n 5.6_o and_o its_o self_n to_o be_v purge_v out_o 2_o pet._n 1.9_o some_o to_o be_v overcome_v of_o it_o 2_o pet._n 2.19_o and_o other_o to_o overcome_v it_o rom._n 12.21_o be_v aware_a of_o its_o deceit_n heb._n 3.13_o what_o can_v all_o this_o and_o the_o like_v be_v affirm_v of_o but_o of_o somewhat_o that_o have_v entity_n it_o be_v the_o material_a the_o substrate_a matter_n or_o subject_a the_o illegal_a habit_n or_o operation_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v call_v sin_n and_o the_o body_n of_o it_o rom._n 6.6_o yet_o far_o if_o sin_n be_v a_o nonens_a nothing_o or_o have_v no_o efficient_a neither_o be_v grace_n any_o thing_n nor_o have_v it_o god_n for_o its_o author_n nor_o yet_o man_n this_o appear_v from_o the_o rule_n of_o contrary_n contrariorum_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la sin_n and_o grace_n righteousness_n and_o unrighteousness_n be_v oppose_v contrary_o not_o privative_o in_o moral_n sub_fw-la habitu_fw-la vel_fw-la actione_n morali_fw-la they_o be_v two_o contrary_n meet_v sometime_o in_o the_o same_o subject_a and_o combat_v there_o gal._n 5.17_o as_o grace_n or_o holiness_n be_v a_o elective_a habit_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o will_n or_o a_o act_n imperate_v of_o it_o commensurate_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n so_o be_v vice_n or_o sin_n in_o the_o mind_n or_o will_n a_o habit_n or_o act_n deflect_v from_o the_o same_o rule_n and_o in_o the_o abstract_n the_o deflection_n oppose_v to_o commensuration_n be_v its_o vitiocity_n or_o sinfulness_n and_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o it_o of_o evil_a equal_o as_o of_o good_n error_n have_v its_o radication_n in_o the_o mind_n as_o well_o as_o truth_n and_o to_o be_v wise_a to_o do_v eull_o h●th_o as_o much_o of_o entity_n in_o it_o as_o to_o do_v good_a jer._n 4.22_o blindness_n darkness_n or_o ignorance_n be_v indeed_o nothing_o positive_a if_o it_o be_v of_o what_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v incapable_a of_o or_o be_v never_o endow_v with_o it_o be_v but_o simple_a nescience_n a_o negation_n only_o if_o of_o natural_a thing_n only_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o endowment_n of_o mind_n in_o the_o discern_a of_o and_o knowledge_n in_o and_o about_o thing_n not_o relate_v to_o religion_n wherein_o yet_o manonce_n have_v understanding_n and_o be_v capable_a of_o it_o be_v a_o privation_n but_o no_o sin_n or_o moral_a evil._n if_o a_o man_n become_v ignorant_a or_o nescient_fw-la in_fw-la or_o unto_o the_o compass_n of_o what_o be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n forbid_v it_o be_v metaphysical_a evil_n if_o i_o may_v so_o term_v it_o a_o privation_n of_o something_o that_o have_v a_o entity_n and_o with_o which_o transcendental_a good_a the_o common_a affection_n of_o entity_n be_v convertible_a but_o it_o be_v moral_a good_a jam._n 3.15_o let_v not_o my_o soul_n come_v into_o their_o secret_n gen._n 49.6_o ignorance_n or_o darkness_n in_o and_o abo●t_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n be_v it_o juris_fw-la or_o facti_fw-la of_o the_o law_n or_o of_o the_o adequation_n of_o the_o act_n to_o it_o 1_o tim._n 6.5_o isa_n 5.20_o if_o of_o that_o which_o be_v due_a and_o be_v connate_a to_o man_n to_o know_v and_o understand_v it_o be_v a_o privation_n viz._n of_o that_o the_o habit_n or_o power_n whereof_o be_v once_o a_o humane_a endowment_n and_o the_o which_o he_o be_v a_o subject_a capable_a of_o have_v again_o retrive_v by_o a_o supernatural_a and_o divine_a power_n and_o perfective_a of_o man_n and_o its_o moral_a evil._n the_o soul_n or_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v the_o substratum_fw-la or_o subject_a of_o it_o or_o that_o that_o be_v so_o deprive_v and_o be_v destitute_a of_o light_n and_o truth_n it_o be_v ens_fw-la moraliter_fw-la malum_fw-la a_o be_v ethical_o evil_a a_o deprave_a faculty_n eph_n 4.18_o and_o he_o that_o extinguish_v the_o habit_n cause_v the_o privation_n and_o all_o the_o evil_a that_o ensu_v rom._n 1.28_o 2_o pet._n 3.5_o the_o pravity_n or_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o its_o faculty_n by_o reason_n of_o that_o privation_n be_v from_o the_o law_n require_v the_o contrary_a habit._n the_o formal_a nature_n thereof_o be_v its_o discrepancy_n and_o repugnancy_n to_o law_n or_o rule_n and_o have_v as_o much_o of_o entity_n in_o it_o as_o when_o the_o fundamentum_fw-la the_o foundation_n of_o that_o relative_a respect_n be_v quid_fw-la positivum_fw-la something_o positive_a as_o a_o habit._n and_o the_o reason_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o same_o in_o omission_n and_o commission_n the_o will_n be_v culpable_a in_o both_o alike_o either_o efficient_o or_o deficient_o and_o the_o obliquity_n or_o illegality_n of_o the_o one_o have_v as_o much_o of_o positivity_n in_o it_o as_o of_o the_o other_o neither_o have_v righteousness_n or_o holiness_n the_o contrary_a mode_n of_o be_v any_o thing_n more_o of_o entity_n as_o have_v be_v say_v than_o sin_n or_o unrighteousness_n or_o be_v there_o any_o more_o of_o efficiency_n to_o the_o one_o than_o the_o other_o neither_o sin_n nor_o grace_n piety_n or_o impiety_n can_v subsist_v out_o of_o any_o subject_a or_o hang_v in_o the_o air_n inconcreto_fw-la &_o abstracto_fw-la in_o that_o agree_v harmony_n na_o discord_n order_n and_o disorder_n conformity_n and_o disconformity_n rectitude_n and_o obiquity_n righteousness_n and_o unrighteousness_n have_v a_o efficient_a cause_n and_o man_n be_v say_v as_o well_o to_o do_v one_o as_o the_o other_o if_o we_o may_v credit_v the_o scripture_n 1_o joh._n 3._o 7_o 10._o leu._n 19.15_o rom._n 6.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d uncorruptness_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sincerity_n tit._n 2.7_o which_o be_v as_o salt_n that_o render_v every_o instance_n or_o obedience_n savoury_a have_v no_o more_o of_o positivity_n in_o it_o than_o the_o contrary_a deceit_n corruptness_n prevarication_n or_o hypocrisy_n of_o which_o the_o former_a be_v the_o negation_n without_o hypocrisy_n isa_n 3.17_o 1_o pet._n 3.4_o that_o be_v upright_o in_o the_o affirmative_a yea_o one_o