Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	place_n	son_n	5,610	5	5.5818	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11815	Naturall philosophy, or, A description of the world, namely, of angels, of man, of the heauens, of the ayre, of the earth, of the water and of the creatures in the whole world.; Rerum naturalium doctrina methodica. English	Scribonius, Wilhelm Adolf, fl. 1576-1583.; Widdowes, Daniel.; Wydowes, I.	1621 (1621)	STC 22111; ESTC S971	34,963	68

NATVRALL PHILOSOPHY OR A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD NAMEly Of Angels of Man of the Heauens of the Ayre of the Earth of the Water and of the Creatures in the whole World 2. KING 4.34 He spake of Trees from the Cedar tree that is in Lebanon euen to the Rosemary that springeth out of the wall He spake also of Beasts and of Fowle and of creeping things and of Fishes These little leaues the Worlds huge load sustaine And what besides the great World can containe LONDON Printed by I. D. for Iohn Bellamie and are to be sould at the South Entrance of the Royal Exchange 1621 TO THE HONORABLE Sir WILLIAM PARSONS Knight Barronet his Ma ties Survayor Generall Commissioner in the Court of Wards and one of his Ma ties most Honorable Priuie Counsell of Ireland c. HONORABLE Sir I doe present to your view a small frame of the world and of the Creatures therein contained drawne with the Pensilles of iudicious Scribon and of D. W. A worke in nature not vnlike to our Survayes in Ireland that represent most liuely vast Countries within a small Map I offer this to you hauing heretofore giuen you an account of those seruices that I haue lately done in the survay of Ireland you being Survayor Generall of that Kingdome wherein I haue spent the most part of thirtie yeares in the seruice of my Prince and Countrie Tam Marte quam Mercurio both with Pike and Pen with great toyle much hazard and many hurts but little profite Notwithstanding your demerits and worth be such as Gratitude hath chosen your Patronage and Deuotion wisheth all honor health and happinesse to you to my good Lady and to yours At your HONORS Command I WYDOVVES alias WOODHOVSE PHILOSOPHIE is a knowledge of Naturall thinges Things her subiect either are he who alone is from by and for whom all things are or els such they be as are numbred by time and measured by place and subiect vnto motion God is a Spirit infinitely good and great God is but one diuine Essence consisting of three distinct Persons the Father the Son and the holy Ghost The actions of God are either the Creating or Gouerning of the world The World consisteth either of things inuisible as of Spirits or Visible as the heauens the elements and the bodies composed of elemēts The heauen of the blessed vide Gen. 1.1 is counted the third heauen the Orbes are the second the Ayre is counted the first The third Heauen visible is of al substances most perfect The inuisible Spirits viz. Angels were created heere Angell signifieth a messenger by nature he is a spirit Angels appeare sometime in dreames visions sometime in bodies apparant and sometime in true and reall bodies their number is great their office is to celebrate Gods glory to watch ouer the world to preserue vs to declare and do Gods will to put good motions into our minds to resist ill spirits The Deuils were Angels cast from heauen for sin into the lower parts of the World and heere they continue seeking to deface the Image of God in man and all creatures THings visible contained in the world are Substances or Accidents Accidents are either generall to all things as motion time and place for these belong to all or proper to some things as Qualities There be two kind of Mouers 1. God 2. Thinges created by him Things created moue from God and are of finite power in mouing in a prefixed matter and in time they be of two kindes without or within the thing moued the one called violent the other naturall Motion is an vnperfect act mouing to that it was not from that it was Fiue things are in naturall motion the mouer the thing moued the terme from which the terme to which it is moued and time There be sixe kindes of motion generation corruption increase decrease alteration of quality and change of place Qualities are either manifest or secret Manifest are either principall or such as proceede from them the chiefe of the principall are heate and colde Heate gathereth together things of one kinde and seperateth things of contrary nature as Gold from Siluer or drosse Colde ioyneth together things as the frost in winter The weaker qualities are moysture and drinesse Moysture is hardly contained in his owne bounds Drines keepeth his owne bounds as for example Earth c. Qualities comming from the first are either seconds or wrought from them Second qualities from one or more are deriued From Heate commeth Rarity and Leuity For Heate openeth and enlargeth the poores Raritas or Thinnes is that which hath hollow parts or spongie as a sponge cloudes c. Lightnes proceedeth from heate drawing easily vpward Thicknes and heauines are of colde For cold gathereth together and stoppeth bodyes by which bodyes become heauie Thicknes hath his partes shut vp together as stones Heauines moueth downewards thus is Mercurie heauier then gold and gold then Lead Tactile or qualities that may bee touched comming from moisture are softnes and tenuitie from the Ayre smoothnes and sliperines from the water From drynesse proceede hardnes and roughnes easines in breaking and drought From the first qualities diuersly disposed arise others called sensible qualities Their Originall is obscure or more manifested Qualities of obscure original are such as doe not alwayes plainely clearely declare the ground whence they arise Of this nature are collors which is the splendor of the body illustrated by light with which all bodies are dyed according to their moystnes decocted more or lesse apt to receiue greater or smaller light Cullour is either simple or mixed A Simple cullour consists of none other as black and white White consisteth of much light in a thin body of an Ayery moisture well concocted Blacke is in a thicke body contayning but small light of moysture either a dust or raw watrish mixed with the earth as appeareth in the iner parts of the earth Mixt cullours are from these two mingled either in a meane or vnequall portion of equall mixture is red Other are made of this meane and one of the extreames Yeallow is of much white and a little red viz. two parts of white and one of red Saffron cullour or Orang-tawny is of greater rednesse and of lesser whitenesse Purple is of much red and lesse blacke Greene is of much black and lesse red This being a cleare moysture is most pleasant to the eye Qualities of a more manifest originall are perceiued in smels and tastes Tast is made from the straining of drinesse through moisture is either hott or cold in a high or meanest degree Very hot tastes are biting bitter or salt Tastes meanely hot are sweet Cold tasts are either thicker or thinner thicke as soure and sharpe or thin as tartnes where also we place freshnesse Smell is a qualitie comming from a dry earthly heate made thin by mixture of vapors If it be well mingled it is good if not it is stincking These qualities come