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	union_n	7,019	5	9.6724	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35983	Observations vpon Religio medici occasionally written by Sir Kenelme Digby, Knight.	Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.	1643 (1643)	Wing D1441; ESTC R20589	25,029	128

mistake_v the_o hermetical_a philosopher_n and_o sure_o it_o be_v a_o weak_a argument_n from_o a_o common_a nature_n that_o subsi_v only_o in_o our_o understanding_n out_o of_o which_o it_o have_v no_o be_v at_o all_o to_o infer_v by_o parity_n a_o actual_a subsistence_n of_o the_o like_a in_o realty_n of_o nature_n of_o which_o kind_n of_o miscarriage_n in_o man_n discourse_n i_o have_v speak_v before_o and_o upon_o this_o occasion_n i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o seasonable_o he_o fall_v of_o a_o sudden_a from_o natural_a speculation_n to_o a_o moral_a contemplation_n of_o god_n spirit_n work_v in_o we_o in_o which_o also_o i_o will_v inquire_v especial_o upon_o his_o sudden_a poetical_a rapture_n whether_o the_o solidity_n of_o the_o judgement_n be_v not_o outweigh_v by_o the_o airiness_n of_o the_o fancy_n assure_o one_o can_v err_v in_o take_v this_o author_n for_o a_o very_a fine_a ingenious_a gentleman_n but_o for_o how_o deep_a a_o scholar_n i_o leave_v unto_o they_o to_o judge_v that_o be_v able_a than_o i_o be_o if_o he_o have_v apply_v himself_o with_o earnest_a study_n and_o upon_o right_a ground_n to_o search_v out_o the_o nature_n of_o pure_a intellect_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o his_o great_a part_n will_v have_v argue_v more_o efficacions_o than_o he_o do_v against_o those_o that_o between_o man_n and_o angel_n put_v only_a porphyry_n difference_n of_o mortality_n and_o immortality_n and_o he_o will_v have_v dive_v further_o into_o the_o tenor_n of_o their_o intellectual_a operation_n in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o succession_n nor_o ratiocinative_a discourse_n for_o in_o the_o very_a first_o instant_n of_o their_o creation_n they_o actual_o know_v all_o that_o they_o be_v capable_a of_o know_v and_o they_o be_v acquaint_v even_o with_o all_o free_a thought_n past_a present_a and_o to_o come_v for_o they_o see_v they_o in_o their_o cause_n and_o they_o see_v they_o altogether_o at_o one_o instant_a as_o i_o have_v in_o my_o forementioned_a treatise_n prove_v at_o large_a and_o i_o think_v i_o have_v already_o touch_v thus_o much_o once_o before_o in_o this_o letter_n i_o be_o tempt_v here_o to_o say_v a_o great_a deal_n concerning_o light_n by_o his_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o bare_a quality_n for_o in_o physics_n no_o speculation_n be_v more_o useful_a or_o reach_v further_o but_o to_o set_v down_o such_o phenomenon_n of_o it_o as_o i_o have_v observe_v and_o from_o whence_o i_o evident_o collect_v the_o nature_n of_o it_o be_v too_o large_a a_o theme_n for_o this_o place_n when_o your_o lordship_n please_v i_o shall_v show_v you_o another_o more_o orderly_a discourse_n upon_o that_o subject_a wherein_o i_o have_v sufficient_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v a_o solid_a substance_n and_o body_n in_o his_o proceed_n to_o collect_v a_o intellectual_a world_n and_o in_o his_o discourse_n upon_o the_o place_n and_o habitation_n of_o angel_n as_o also_o in_o his_o consideration_n of_o the_o activity_n of_o glorify_a eye_n which_o shall_v bein_z a_o state_n of_o reave_v whereas_o motion_n be_v require_v to_o see_v and_o in_o his_o subtle_a speculation_n upon_o two_o body_n place_v in_o the_o vacuity_n beyond_o the_o utmost_a all-enclose_a superficies_n of_o heaven_n which_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n in_o nature_n i_o think_v i_o hear_v apelles_n cry_v out_o ne_fw-la suitor_n ultra_fw-la crepidam_fw-la or_o rather_o it_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o one_o of_o the_o title_n in_o pantagruel_n library_n which_o he_o express_v himself_o conversant_a in_o namely_o quaestio_fw-la subtilissima_fw-la utrum_fw-la chimaera_n in_fw-la vacuo_fw-la bombinans_fw-la possit_fw-la comedere_fw-la secundas_fw-la intentiones_fw-la with_o which_o short_a note_n i_o will_v leave_v there_o consideration_n in_o which_o if_o time_n and_o other_o circumstance_n allow_v it_o matter_n will_v spring_v up_o of_o excellent_a learning_n when_o our_o author_n shall_v have_v read_v master_n white_n dialogue_n of_o the_o world_n he_o will_v no_o long_o be_v of_o the_o opinion_n that_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o world_n be_v a_o conclusion_n of_o faith_n for_o it_o be_v there_o demonstrate_v by_o reason_n here_o the_o thread_n of_o the_o discourse_n invite_v i_o to_o say_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o the_o production_n or_o creation_n of_o man_n soul_n but_o it_o be_v too_o tedious_a and_o too_o knotty_a a_o piece_n for_o a_o letter_n now_o it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o note_v that_o it_o be_v not_o ex_fw-la traduce_v and_o yet_o have_v a_o strange_a kind_n of_o near_a dependence_n of_o the_o body_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v god_n instrument_n to_o create_v it_o by_o this_o thus_o say_v or_o rather_o rumble_v out_o may_v seem_v hearth_n but_o have_v your_o lordship_n leisure_n to_o peruse_v what_o i_o have_v write_v at_o full_a upon_o this_o point_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o it_o will_v appear_v plausible_a enough_o to_o you_o i_o can_v agree_v with_o he_o when_o he_o seem_v to_o impute_v inconvenience_n to_o long_a life_n and_o that_o length_n of_o time_n do_v rather_o impair_v then_o improve_v we_o for_o sure_o if_o we_o will_v follow_v the_o course_n of_o nature_n and_o of_o reason_n it_o be_v a_o mighty_a great_a blessing_n be_v it_o but_o in_o this_o regard_n that_o it_o give_v time_n leave_v to_o vent_v and_o boil_v away_o the_o unquietness_n and_o turbulency_n that_o follow_v our_o passion_n and_o to_o wean_v ourselves_o gentle_o from_o carnal_a affection_n and_o at_o the_o last_o to_o drop_v with_o ease_n and_o willingness_n like_o ripe_a fruit_n from_o the_o tree_n as_o i_o remember_v plotinus_n fine_o discourse_v in_o one_o of_o his_o ennead_n for_o when_o before_o the_o season_n it_o be_v pluck_v off_o with_o violent_a hand_n or_o shake_v down_o by_o rude_a and_o boisterous_a wind_n it_o carry_v along_o with_o it_o a_o indigested_a raw_a taste_n of_o the_o wood_n and_o have_v a_o unpleasant_a aigreness_n in_o its_o juice_n that_o make_v it_o unfit_a for_o use_v till_o long_a time_n have_v mellow_v it_o and_o peradventure_o it_o may_v be_v to_o backward_o as_o instead_o of_o ripen_v it_o may_v grow_v rot_v in_o the_o very_a centre_n in_o like_a manner_n soul_n that_o go_v out_o of_o their_o body_n with_o affection_n to_o those_o object_n they_o leave_v behind_o they_o which_o usual_o be_v as_o long_o as_o they_o can_v relish_v they_o do_v retain_v still_o even_o in_o their_o separation_n a_o bias_n and_o a_o languish_n towards_o they_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o such_o terrene_a soul_n appear_v often_o in_o cemetery_n and_o charnel_n house_n and_o not_o that_o moral_a one_o which_o our_o author_n give_v for_o life_n which_o be_v union_n with_o the_o body_n be_v that_o which_o carnal_a soul_n have_v straightesh_a affection_n to_o and_o that_o they_o be_v loathe_a to_o be_v separate_v from_o their_o unquiet_a spirit_n which_o can_v never_o natural_o lose_v the_o impression_n it_o have_v wrought_v in_o it_o at_o the_o time_n of_o its_o drive_v out_o linger_v perpetual_o after_o that_o dear_a comfort_n of_o he_o the_o impossibility_n can_v cure_v they_o of_o their_o impotent_a desire_n they_o will_v fain_o be_v alive_a again_o iterumque_fw-la ad_fw-la tarda_fw-la reverti_fw-la corpora_fw-la quae_fw-la lucis_fw-la miseris_fw-la tam_fw-la dira_fw-la cupido_fw-la and_o to_o this_o cause_n peradventure_o may_v be_v reduce_v the_o strange_a effect_n which_o be_v frequent_o see_v in_o england_n when_o at_o the_o approach_n of_o the_o murderer_n the_o slay_a body_n sudden_o bleed_v afer_v for_o certain_o the_o soul_n of_o they_o that_o be_v treacherous_o murder_v by_o surprise_n use_v to_o leave_v their_o body_n with_o extreme_a unwillingness_n and_o with_o vehement_a indignation_n against_o they_o that_o force_v they_o to_o so_o unprovided_a and_o abhor_v a_o passage_n that_o soul_n then_o to_o wreak_v its_o evil_a talent_n against_o the_o hate_a murderer_n and_o to_o draw_v a_o just_a and_o desire_a revenge_n upon_o his_o head_n will_v do_v all_o it_o can_v to_o manifest_a the_o author_n of_o the_o fact_n to_o speak_v it_o can_v for_o in_o itself_o it_o want_v organ_n of_o voice_n and_o those_o it_o be_v part_v from_o be_v now_o grow_v too_o heavy_a and_o be_v too_o benumb_v for_o it_o to_o give_v motion_n unto_o yet_o some_o change_n it_o desire_v to_o make_v in_o the_o body_n which_o it_o have_v to_o vehement_a inclination_n to_o and_o therefore_o be_v the_o apt_a for_o it_o to_o work_v upon_o it_o must_v then_o endeavour_v to_o cause_v a_o motion_n in_o the_o subtle_a and_o most_o fluid_a part_n and_o consequent_o the_o most_o movable_a one_o of_o it_o this_o can_v be_v nothing_o but_o the_o blood_n which_o then_o be_v violent_o move_v must_v needs_o gush_v out_o at_o those_o place_n where_o it_o find_v issue_n our_o author_n can_v believe_v that_o the_o world_n will_v perish_v upon_o the_o ruin_n of_o its_o own_o principle_n but_o master_n white_n have_v

condition_n as_o make_v we_o understand_v damn_a soul_n miserable_a be_v a_o necessary_a effect_n of_o the_o temper_n it_o be_v in_o when_o it_o go_v out_o of_o the_o body_n and_o must_v necessary_o out_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n remain_v in_o unvariable_o for_o all_o eternity_n though_o for_o the_o conception_n of_o the_o vulgar_a part_n of_o mankind_n who_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o such_o abstruse_a notion_n it_o be_v style_v and_o true_o too_o the_o sentence_n and_o punishment_n of_o a_o severe_a judge_n i_o be_o extreme_o please_v with_o he_o when_o he_o say_v there_o be_v not_o impossibility_n enough_o in_o religion_n for_o a_o active_a faith_n and_o no_o whit_n less_o when_o in_o philosophy_n he_o will_v not_o be_v satisfy_v with_o such_o naked_a term_n as_o in_o school_n use_v to_o be_v obtrude_v upon_o easy_a mind_n when_o the_o master_n finger_n be_v not_o strong_a enough_o to_o untie_v the_o knot_n propose_v unto_o they_o i_o confess_v when_o i_o inquire_v what_o light_n to_o use_v our_o author_n example_n be_v i_o shall_v be_v as_o well_o content_v with_o his_o silence_n as_o with_o his_o tell_v i_o it_o be_v actus_fw-la perspicui_fw-la unless_o he_o explicate_v clear_o to_o i_o what_o those_o word_n mean_v which_o i_o find_v very_o few_o go_v about_o to_o do_v such_o meat_n they_o swallow_v whole_a and_o eject_v it_o as_o entire_a but_o be_v such_o thing_n scientifical_o and_o methodical_o declare_v they_o will_v be_v of_o extreme_a satisfaction_n and_o delight_n and_o that_o work_n take_v up_o the_o great_a part_n of_o my_o former_o mention_v treatise_n for_o i_o endeavour_v to_o show_v by_o a_o continue_a progress_n and_o not_o by_o leap_v all_o the_o motion_n of_o nature_n and_o unto_o they_o to_o fit_v intelligible_o the_o term_n use_v by_o her_o best_a secretary_n whereby_o all_o wild_a fantastic_a quality_n and_o mood_n introduce_v for_o refuge_n of_o ignorance_n be_v banish_v from_o my_o commerce_n in_o the_o next_o place_n my_o lord_n i_o shall_v suspect_v that_o our_o author_n have_v not_o penetrate_v into_o the_o bottom_n of_o those_o conception_n that_o deep_a scholar_n have_v teach_v we_o of_o eternity_n methinks_v he_o take_v it_o for_o a_o infinite_a extension_n of_o time_n and_o a_o never_o end_a revolution_n of_o continual_a succession_n which_o be_v no_o more_o like_o eternity_n than_o a_o gross_a body_n be_v like_o to_o a_o pure_a spirit_n nay_o such_o a_o infinity_n of_o revolution_n be_v demonstrable_a to_o be_v a_o contradiction_n and_o impossible_a in_o the_o state_n of_o eternity_n there_o be_v no_o succession_n no_o change_n no_o variety_n soul_n or_o angel_n in_o that_o condition_n do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o change_v a_o thought_n all_o thing_n notion_n and_o action_n that_o every_o be_v be_v or_o shall_v be_v in_o any_o creature_n be_v actual_o present_a to_o such_o a_o intellect_n and_o this_o my_o lord_n laver_n not_o as_o derive_v it_o from_o th●ologie_n and_o have_v recourse_n to_o beatifike_n vision_n to_o make_v good_a my_o tenet_n for_o so_o only_o glorify_v creature_n shall_v enjoy_v such_o immense_a knowledge_n but_o out_o of_o the_o principle_n of_o nature_n and_o reason_n and_o from_o thence_o shall_v demonstrate_v it_o to_o belong_v to_o the_o low_a soul_n of_o the_o ignorant_a wretch_n while_o he_o live_v in_o this_o world_n since_o damn_v in_o hell_n a_o bold_a undertake_n you_o will_v say_v but_o i_o confident_o engage_v myself_o to_o it_o upon_o this_o occasion_n occur_v also_o a_o great_a deal_n to_o be_v say_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o predestination_n which_o by_o the_o short_a touch_v our_o author_n give_v of_o it_o i_o doubt_v he_o quite_o mistake_v and_o how_o it_o be_v a_o unalterable_a series_n and_o chain_n of_o cause_n produce_v infallible_a and_o in_o respect_n of_o they_o necessary_a effect_n but_o that_o be_v too_o large_a a_o theme_n to_o unfold_v here_o too_o vast_a a_o ocean_n to_o describe_v in_o the_o scant_a map_n of_o a_o letter_n and_o therefore_o i_o will_v refer_v that_o to_o a_o fit_a opportunity_n fear_v i_o have_v already_o too_o much_o trespass_v upon_o your_o lordship_n patience_n but_o that_o indeed_o i_o hope_v you_o have_v not_o have_v enough_o to_o read_v thus_o far_o i_o be_o sure_a my_o lord_n that_o you_o who_o never_o forget_v any_o thing_n which_o deserve_v a_o room_n in_o your_o memory_n do_v remember_v how_o we_o be_v tell_v that_o abyssus_fw-la abyssum_fw-la invocat_fw-la so_o here_o our_o author_n from_o the_o abyss_n of_o predestination_n fall_v into_o that_o of_o the_o trinity_n of_o person_n consistent_a with_o the_o indivisibility_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o out_o of_o that_o if_o i_o be_v not_o exceed_o deceive_v into_o a_o three_o of_o mistake_v when_o he_o go_v about_o to_o illustrate_v this_o admirable_a mysteryby_o a_o wild_a discourse_n of_o a_o trinity_n in_o our_o soul_n the_o dint_n of_o wit_n be_v not_o forcible_a enough_o to_o dissect_v such_o tough_a matter_n wherein_o all_o the_o obscure_a glimmer_n we_o gain_v of_o that_o inaccessible_a light_n come_v to_o we_o clothe_v in_o the_o dark_a weed_n of_o negation_n and_o therefore_o little_a can_v we_o hope_v to_o meet_v with_o any_o positive_a example_n to_o parallel_v it_o withal_o i_o doubt_v he_o also_o mistakenth_fw-mi and_o impose_v upon_o the_o severe_a school_n when_o he_o intimate_v that_o they_o gainsay_v this_o visible_a world_n be_v but_o a_o picture_n or_o shadow_n of_o the_o invisible_a and_o intellectual_a which_o manner_n of_o philosophise_v he_o attribute_v to_o hermes_n trismegistus_n but_o be_v everywhere_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o plato_n and_o be_v raise_v since_o to_o a_o great_a height_n in_o the_o christian_a school_n but_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o learn_v in_o no_o good_a school_n nor_o suck_v from_o any_o good_a philosophy_n to_o give_v a_o actual_a subsistence_n and_o be_v to_o first_o matter_n without_o a_o form_n he_o that_o will_v allow_v that_o a_o real_a existence_n in_o nature_n be_v as_o superficial_o tinct_a in_o metaphysics_n as_o a_o other_o will_v be_v in_o mathematics_n that_o shall_v allow_v the_o like_o to_o a_o point_n a_o line_n or_o a_o superficies_n in_o figure_n these_o in_o their_o strict_a notion_n be_v but_o negation_n of_o further_a extension_n or_o but_o exact_a termination_n of_o that_o quantity_n which_o fall_v under_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o understanding_n in_o the_o present_a purpose_n no_o real_a entity_n in_o themselves_o so_o likewise_o the_o notion_n of_o matter_n form_n act_n power_n existence_n and_o the_o like_a that_o be_v with_o truth_n consider_v by_o the_o understanding_n and_o have_v there_o each_o of_o they_o a_o distinet_fw-la entity_n be_v never_o the_o less_o nowhere_o by_o themselves_o in_o nature_n they_o be_v term_n which_o we_o must_v use_v in_o the_o negotiation_n of_o our_o thought_n if_o we_o will_v discourse_v consequent_o and_o conclude_v know_o but_o then_o again_o we_o must_v be_v very_o wary_a of_o attribute_v to_o thing_n in_o their_o own_o nature_n such_o entity_n as_o we_o create_v in_o our_o understanding_n when_o we_o make_v picture_n of_o they_o there_o for_o there_o every_o different_a consideration_n arise_v out_o of_o the_o different_a impression_n which_o the_o same_o thing_n make_v upon_o we_o have_v a_o distinct_a being_n by_o itself_o whereas_o in_o thing_n there_o be_v but_o one_o single_a unity_n that_o show_v as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o glass_n at_o several_a position_n those_o various_a face_n in_o our_o understanding_n in_o a_o word_n all_o these_o word_n be_v but_o artificial_a term_n not_o real_a thing_n and_o the_o not_o right_o understand_v they_o be_v the_o dangerous_a rock_n that_o scholar_n suffer_v ship_n wrack_n against_o i_o go_v on_o with_o our_o physician_n contemplation_n upon_o every_o occasion_n he_o shewech_fw-mi strong_a part_n and_o a_o vigorous_a brain_n his_o wish_n and_o aim_n and_o what_o he_o point_v at_o speak_v he_o owner_n of_o a_o noble_a and_o a_o generous_a heart_n he_o have_v reason_n to_o wish_v that_o aristotle_n have_v be_v as_o accurate_a in_o examine_v the_o cause_n nature_n and_o affection_n of_o the_o great_a universe_n he_o busy_v himself_o about_o as_o his_o patriarch_n galen_n have_v be_v in_o the_o like_a consideration_n upon_o his_o little_a world_n man_n body_n in_o that_o admirable_a work_n of_o his_o de_fw-la usu_fw-la partium_fw-la but_o no_o great_a human_a thing_n be_v ever_o bear_v and_o perfect_v at_o once_o it_o may_v satisfy_v we_o if_o one_o in_o our_o age_n build_v that_o magnifike_n structure_n upon_o the_o other_o foundation_n and_o especial_o if_o where_o he_o find_v any_o of_o they_o unsound_a he_o eradicate_v those_o and_o fix_v new_a unquestionable_a one_o in_o their_o room_n but_o so_o as_o they_o still_o in_o gross_a keep_v a_o proportion_n and_o bear_v a_o harmony_n with_o the_o