Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n
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A50771
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Religio stoici
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Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691.
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1663
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Wing M195; ESTC R22472
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be_v much_o debate_v and_o most_o deserve_o among_o moralist_n for_o that_o which_o be_v good_a can_v not_o produce_v that_o which_o be_v evil_a see_v that_o which_o work_v mischief_n can_v be_v call_v good_a nor_o can_v we_o ascribe_v the_o efficiency_n of_o the_o first_o evil_n to_o evil_a for_o then_o the_o question_n recurre_v what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o evil_a and_o by_o this_o the_o supposition_n be_v likewise_o destroy_v whereby_o the_o evil_a inquire_v after_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o first_o evil_a but_o if_o we_o inquire_v what_o can_v produce_v in_o the_o angel_n that_o first_o sin_n whereby_o they_o forfeit_v their_o glory_n we_o will_v find_v this_o disquisition_n most_o mysterious_a and_o it_o be_v common_o believe_v but_o by_o what_o revelation_n i_o know_v not_o that_o their_o pride_n cause_v their_o fall_n and_o that_o they_o carcht_a their_o bruise_n in_o climb_v in_o desire_v to_o be_v equal_a to_o their_o creator_n they_o be_v become_v inferior_a to_o all_o their_o fellow_n creature_n yet_o this_o seem_v to_o i_o most_o strange_a that_o these_o excellent_a spirit_n who_o very_a substance_n be_v light_a and_o who_o surpass_v far_o man_n in_o capacity_n and_o understanding_n shall_v have_v so_o err_v as_o to_o imagine_v that_o equality_n faisable_a a_o fancy_n which_o the_o fond_a of_o man_n can_v not_o have_v entertain_v and_o it_o be_v improbable_a to_o say_v that_o their_o error_n can_v have_v sprout_v at_o first_o from_o their_o understandng_n and_o to_o think_v it_o to_o have_v be_v so_o gross_a as_o that_o fall_v man_n do_v now_o admire_v it_o but_o why_o may_v we_o not_o rather_o think_v that_o their_o first_o error_n be_v rather_o a_o crookedness_n in_o their_o will_n than_o a_o blindness_n in_o their_o judgement_n and_o that_o they_o fret_v to_o see_v man_n who_o they_o know_v to_o be_v inferior_a to_o themselves_o by_o many_o stage_n make_v lord_n of_o all_o that_o pleasant_a creation_n which_o they_o gaze_v on_o with_o a_o stare_v maze_n and_o that_o this_o opinion_n be_v more_o probable_a appear_v because_o this_o sin_n be_v the_o far_o more_o bate_v see_v it_o appear_v with_o all_o the_o charm_n wherewith_o either_o pride_n vanity_n or_o avarice_n can_v busk_n it_o and_o explicat_o better_a to_o we_o the_o occasion_n of_o all_o that_o enmity_n with_o which_o that_o serpent_n have_v always_o since_o pursue_v silly_a man_n but_o whither_o god_n will_v save_v just_a as_o many_o believer_n as_o there_o fall_v of_o the_o angel_n none_o can_v determine_v neither_o can_v it_o be_v rational_o deduce_v from_o that_o scripture_n statuit_fw-la terminos_fw-la gentium_fw-la juxta_fw-la nuâ—erum_fw-la angelorum_fw-la dei_fw-la but_o if_o it_o please_v god_n so_o to_o order_v it_o it_o will_v doubtless_o aggrage_v their_o punishment_n by_o rackle_v their_o disdain_n and_o see_v the_o angel_n have_v never_o obtain_v a_o remission_n for_o this_o crime_n it_o be_v probable_a that_o the_o correspondent_a of_o their_o sin_n be_v in_o we_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o if_o their_o lapse_n have_v be_v ghost_n pardonable_a some_o one_o or_o other_o of_o they_o have_v in_o all_o probability_n escape_v but_o if_o this_o be_v not_o that_o unpardonable_a sin_n i_o scarce_o see_v where_o it_o shall_v be_v find_v for_o to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o hate_v of_o god_n as_o god_n be_v to_o make_v it_o unpracticable_a rather_o then_o unpardonable_a for_o all_o creature_n appete_fw-it natural_o what_o be_v good_a and_o god_n as_o god_n be_v good_a so_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o he_o can_v be_v hate_v under_o that_o reduplication_n it_o may_v be_v likewise_o conjecture_v that_o voluntar_n and_o deliberate_a sacrilege_n be_v the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n because_o ananias_n and_o saphira_n in_o withhold_a from_o the_o church_n a_o part_n of_o the_o price_n for_o which_o they_o sell_v their_o land_n be_v by_o peter_n say_v to_o have_v lie_v not_o to_o man_n but_o to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o his_o wife_n be_v there_o say_v to_o have_v tempt_v the_o spirit_n but_o see_v both_o of_o they_o resolve_v to_o continue_v in_o the_o church_n a_o resolution_n inconsistent_a with_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o see_v many_o sin_n be_v more_o heinous_a i_o can_v interpret_v this_o lie_v to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o be_v any_o thing_n else_o but_o a_o sin_n against_o light_n in_o which_o most_o penitent_n have_v be_v involve_v albeit_o i_o confess_v this_o be_v a_o gross_a escape_n see_v it_o robe_v god_n of_o his_o omnisciency_n and_o suppose_v that_o he_o be_v not_o privy_a to_o such_o humane_a act_n as_o have_v not_o the_o sun_n for_o a_o witness_n i_o do_v then_o conclude_v that_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v rather_o be_v a_o resolute_a undervalue_v of_o god_n and_o a_o scorn_v to_o receive_v a_o pardon_n from_o he_o and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o make_v the_o angel_n fall_v irrecoverable_a and_o like_o the_o flame_a sword_n defend_v they_o from_o their_o reentry_n into_o that_o paradise_n from_o which_o they_o exile_v and_o albeit_o to_o say_v that_o the_o angel_n rebellion_n flow_v from_o god_n deny_v they_o repentance_n may_v suit_v abundant_o well_o with_o his_o unstainable_a justice_n yet_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o reconcile_v it_o with_o his_o mercy_n and_o this_o make_v my_o private_a judgement_n place_v the_o unpardonableness_n of_o this_o sin_n not_o in_o god_n decree_n but_o in_o their_o obduration_n and_o rebellious_a impenitency_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o these_o who_o commit_v this_o sin_n be_v never_o pardon_v be_v because_o a_o pardon_n be_v never_o seek_v that_o place_n of_o scripture_n wherein_o esau_n be_v say_v to_o have_v seek_v the_o blessing_n with_o tear_n and_o not_o to_o have_v find_v it_o astonish_v i_o yet_o i_o believe_v that_o if_o his_o tear_n have_v stream_v from_o a_o sense_n of_o his_o guilt_n more_o than_o of_o his_o punishment_n doubtless_o he_o have_v not_o weep_v in_o vain_a and_o in_o that_o he_o tear_v he_o be_v no_o more_o to_o be_v pity_v far_o less_o pardon_v than_o a_o malefactor_n who_o upon_o the_o scaffold_n grant_v some_o few_o tear_n to_o the_o importunity_n of_o his_o tortutes_fw-la but_o scorn_v to_o acknowledge_v the_o guilt_n of_o his_o crime_n for_o pain_n by_o contract_v our_o body_n strain_n out_o that_o liquid_a mater_fw-la which_o thereafter_o glob_v itself_o in_o tear_n there_o can_v â—ome_v no_o holy_a water_n from_o the_o pagan_a font_n of_o esaw_n eye_n and_o if_o his_o remorse_n can_v have_v pierce_v his_o own_o heart_n it_o have_v easy_o pierce_v heaven_n whilst_o other_o admire_v i_o bless_v god_n that_o he_o have_v close_v up_o the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o unpardonable_a sin_n under_o his_o own_o privy_a seal_n for_o see_v satan_n tempt_v i_o to_o sin_n with_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o after-pardon_n this_o bait_n be_v pull_v off_o his_o hook_n by_o the_o fear_n i_o stand_v under_o that_o the_o sin_n to_o which_o i_o be_o tempt_v be_v that_o sin_n which_o can_v expect_v no_o pardon_n and_o albeit_o it_o be_v customary_a among_o man_n to_o beacon_n and_o set_v a_o mark_n upon_o such_o shelf_n and_o rock_n as_o destroy_v passenger_n yet_o that_o be_v only_o do_v where_o commerce_n be_v allow_v and_o sail_v necessary_a but_o see_v all_o sin_n be_v forbid_v god_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o guard_v we_o with_o the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o sin_n no_o further_o then_o by_o prohibit_v we_o not_o to_o sin_n but_o to_o stand_v in_o awe_n that_o first_o sin_n whereby_o our_o first_o fall_n parent_n forfeit_v their_o primitive_a excellency_n be_v so_o pitiful_a a_o frailty_n that_o i_o think_v we_o shall_v rather_o lament_v then_o inquire_v after_o it_o to_o think_v that_o a_o apple_n have_v in_o it_o the_o seed_n of_o all_o knowledge_n or_o that_o it_o can_v assimilate_v he_o to_o his_o creator_n and_o can_v in_o a_o instant_n sublimate_n his_o nature_n be_v a_o frailty_n to_o be_v admire_v in_o one_o of_o his_o piety_n and_o knowledge_n yet_o i_o admire_v not_o that_o the_o breach_n of_o so_o mean_v a_o precept_n be_v punish_v with_o such_o appear_a rigour_n because_o the_o easy_a the_o command_n be_v the_o contempt_n be_v proportional_o the_o great_a and_o the_o first_o crime_n be_v by_o legislator_n punish_v not_o only_o for_o guilt_n but_o for_o example_n but_o i_o rather_o admire_v what_o can_v persuade_v the_o facile_a world_n to_o believe_v that_o adam_n be_v create_v not_o only_o innocent_a but_o even_o store_v with_o all_o humane_a knowledge_n for_o beside_o that_o we_o have_v no_o warrant_n from_o scripture_n for_o this_o alleadgiance_n this_o his_o easy_a escape_n speak_v far_o otherways_o and_o albeit_o the_o scripture_n tell_v we_o that_o man_n be_v create_v perfect_a yet_o that_o infer_v not_o that_o man_n
charge_v it_o as_o a_o guilt_n upon_o his_o divine_a statute_n and_o be_v there_o not_o many_o municipal_a law_n in_o each_o country_n which_o have_v no_o hedge_n about_o they_o to_o keep_v they_o untrample_v upon_o by_o wanton_a and_o too_o curious_a wit_n but_o that_o excellent_a maxim_n omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la fererunt_fw-la majores_fw-la nostri_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la reddenda_fw-la ratio_fw-la ne_fw-la que_fw-la certa_fw-la sunt_fw-la incerta_fw-la redderentur_fw-la a_o reason_n must_v not_o be_v render_v for_o all_o that_o our_o ancestor_n have_v enact_v lest_o what_o be_v now_o certain_a become_v then_o uncertain_a albeit_o a_o law_n enact_v only_o by_o humane_a authority_n seem_v unreasonable_a or_o inconvenient_a yet_o it_o retain_v its_o vigour_n till_o it_o be_v abrogat_fw-la by_o the_o same_o or_o a_o high_a authority_n then_o that_o whereby_o it_o be_v first_o statute_v and_o the_o law_n say_v that_o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la tam_fw-la naturale_fw-la quam_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la quo_fw-la colligatum_fw-la est_fw-la and_o see_v the_o moral_a and_o judicial_a law_n be_v twist_v so_o together_o and_o be_v oft_o incorporate_v in_o one_o statute_n as_o levit._n 20._o 10._o deut._n 22._o 22._o where_o adultery_n be_v forbid_v and_o the_o adulterer_n be_v to_o die_v the_o death_n how_o can_v we_o think_v the_o one_o half_a of_o this_o law_n obligatory_a for_o ever_o and_o yet_o neglect_n it_o be_v other_o half_a wherein_o the_o punishment_n be_v specify_v and_o which_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v the_o scope_n of_o the_o divine_a lawgiver_n for_o the_o world_n need_v not_o so_o much_o to_o have_v be_v acquaint_v that_o adultery_n be_v a_o sin_n as_o that_o that_o sin_n deserve_v death_n and_o if_o we_o allow_v our_o capricious_a humour_n the_o liberty_n to_o reject_v what_o we_o think_v inconvenient_a we_o may_v at_o last_o arrive_v at_o that_o pitch_n of_o licentiousness_n as_o to_o abrogat_fw-la by_o our_o practice_n whatever_o choke_v our_o present_a humour_n there_o be_v many_o thing_n much_o mistake_v in_o that_o law_n which_o make_v the_o dissonancy_n betwixt_o it_o and_o our_o law_n appear_v so_o much_o the_o great_a as_o for_o instance_n it_o be_v conclude_v that_o by_o that_o law_n no_o theft_n be_v punishable_a by_o death_n whereof_o this_o be_v give_v as_o a_o reason_n because_o there_o be_v no_o proportion_n betwixt_o good_n and_o life_n and_o that_o all_o that_o a_o man_n have_v he_o will_v give_v for_o his_o life_n whereas_o this_o argument_n will_v prove_v that_o no_o guilt_n but_o murder_n shall_v be_v punish_v with_o death_n and_o so_o this_o dart_n rather_o flee_v over_o then_o hit_v the_o mark_n at_o which_o it_o be_v level_v and_o if_o this_o argument_n conclude_v why_o shall_v adultery_n have_v be_v punish_v with_o death_n by_o that_o law_n see_v there_o seem_v no_o proportion_n betwixt_o that_o guilt_n and_o death_n for_o if_o vita_fw-la &_o fama_fw-la be_v in_o law_n equiparat_fw-la by_o that_o same_o law_n pecunia_fw-la est_fw-la alter_fw-la sanguis_fw-la but_o if_o there_o be_v no_o proportion_n betwixt_o good_n and_o life_n and_o if_o the_o punishment_n of_o theft_n when_o it_o be_v aggrage_v to_o it_o be_v great_a height_n can_v in_o their_o opinion_n reach_v so_o far_o as_o to_o be_v capital_a why_o be_v it_o that_o by_o that_o law_n nocturnal_a thief_n may_v have_v be_v kill_v by_o those_o who_o find_v they_o exod._n 22._o 2._o for_o it_o appear_v against_o reason_n that_o more_o shall_v be_v permit_v to_o a_o private_a and_o passionate_a party_n then_o to_o a_o disinterested_n judge_n and_o it_o be_v clear_a by_o 2_o sam._n 12._o 5_o that_o theft_n be_v in_o some_o case_n capital_a for_o there_o david_n vow_n that_o he_o who_o take_v his_o neighbour_n one_o sheep_n and_o spare_v his_o own_o many_o shall_v sure_o die_v which_o be_v speak_v by_o a_o just_a king_n to_o a_o excellent_a prophet_n and_o not_o reprove_v must_v not_o be_v think_v a_o flash_n of_o passion_n but_o a_o well-founded_n sentence_n be_v not_o likeways_o two_o thief_n crucify_v by_o the_o jew_n at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o our_o ever_o glorious_a saviour_n which_o must_v not_o be_v think_v a_o romish_a execution_n see_v the_o law_n of_o the_o roman_n allow_v no_o such_o punishment_n for_o theft_n i_o judge_v therefore_o the_o reason_n why_o murder_n and_o adultery_n be_v punish_v with_o death_n rather_o than_o all_o theft_n to_o have_v be_v because_o theft_n may_v be_v repair_v by_o restitution_n but_o murder_n and_o adultery_n can_v and_o albeit_o the_o judicial_a law_n command_v restitution_n only_o in_o the_o theft_n of_o a_o ox_n or_o sheep_n thing_n of_o small_a moment_n and_o which_o may_v be_v steal_v to_o satisfy_v rather_o hunger_n than_o lust_n yet_o i_o see_v no_o limit_n set_v to_o judge_n command_v they_o not_o to_o inflict_v a_o capital_a punishment_n in_o extraordinary_a case_n for_o certain_o he_o who_o steal_v may_v for_o aught_o he_o himself_o know_v be_v about_o the_o commit_n of_o murder_n see_v to_o steal_v what_o shall_v aliment_v any_o poor_a one_o be_v in_o effect_n the_o same_o thing_n as_o to_o murder_v he_o it_o be_v much_o controvert_v if_o this_o law_n prohibit_v self-murder_n and_o i_o think_v it_o do_v for_o we_o be_v command_v to_o love_v our_o neighbour_n as_o ourselves_o and_o so_o since_o we_o be_v command_v not_o to_o kill_v our_o neighbour_n that_o same_o law_n must_v likeways_o forbid_v our_o kill_n of_o ourselves_o but_o the_o reason_n probable_o why_o no_o express_a text_n do_v forbid_v that_o sin_n be_v because_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n know_v that_o the_o natural_a aversion_n we_o have_v against_o death_n will_v in_o this_o do_v more_o than_o supply_v a_o law_n and_o that_o these_o who_o will_v be_v so_o desperate_a as_o to_o neglect_v the_o one_o will_v never_o be_v so_o pious_a as_o to_o obey_v the_o other_o or_o else_o god_n have_v be_v unwilling_a by_o make_v such_o a_o law_n to_o intimate_v to_o the_o world_n that_o such_o a_o sin_n may_v be_v commit_v yet_o it_o seem_v strange_a that_o many_o be_v in_o scripture_n relate_v as_o saul_n and_o other_o to_o have_v kill_v themselves_o against_o who_o no_o check_n stand_v registrate_v in_o holy_a record_n but_o i_o stop_v here_o intend_v to_o bestow_v a_o whole_a tractat_fw-la upon_o the_o judicial_a law_n a_o task_n hitherto_o too_o much_o neglect_v the_o second_o mirror_n wherein_o god_n almighty_n be_v to_o be_v see_v be_v that_o of_o his_o creature_n and_o in_o that_o a_o virtuoso_fw-la may_v contemplate_v his_o infinite_a power_n as_o in_o the_o other_o he_o may_v see_v his_o admirable_a justice_n it_o be_v very_o observable_a that_o when_o god_n or_o his_o prophet_n will_v prove_v his_o greatness_n the_o sun_n orion_n and_o the_o leviathan_n be_v make_v use_n of_o as_o argument_n and_o when_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n descrive_v the_o inimitable_a knowledge_n of_o solombâ—_n bestow_v upon_o he_o by_o god_n as_o a_o extraordinar_a mark_n of_o his_o favour_n he_o say_v not_o that_o he_o understand_v the_o quirk_n of_o philosophy_n or_o notion_n of_o divinity_n but_o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o know_v all_o from_o the_o cedar_n of_o lebanon_n to_o the_o hyssop_n that_o grow_v upon_o the_o wall_n and_o in_o earnest_n it_o be_v strange_a that_o when_o man_n come_v into_o the_o gallery_n of_o this_o world_n he_o shall_v take_v such_o pleasure_n in_o gaze_v upon_o these_o ill-drawn_a fiction_n which_o have_v only_o past_o the_o pencil_n of_o humane_a wit_n and_o shall_v not_o fix_v his_o admiration_n upon_o these_o glorious_a creature_n which_o be_v the_o work_n of_o that_o great_a master_n in_o frame_v whereof_o god_n be_v content_a to_o be_v say_v to_o have_v spend_v six_o day_n to_o the_o end_n that_o man_n may_v admire_v the_o effect_n of_o so_o much_o pain_n whereas_o his_o omnipotency_n may_v with_o one_o fiat_fw-la have_v summon_v they_o all_o to_o appear_v apparel_v in_o these_o gorgeous_a dress_n which_o now_o adorn_v they_o and_o it_o be_v as_o strange_a that_o man_n have_v that_o huge_a volumn_n of_o the_o creation_n to_o revolve_v wherein_o be_v such_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o curious_a tale-duce_n to_o feast_v his_o eye_n with_o curiosity_n and_o to_o futnish_v his_o soul_n with_o solid_a knowledge_n he_o shall_v notwithstanding_o spend_v so_o much_o oil_n and_o sweat_n in_o spin_v out_o ens_fw-la rationis_fw-la materia_fw-la prima_fw-la potentia_fw-la obedientialis_fw-la and_o such_o like_a untelligible_a trash_n which_o like_o cobweb_n be_v but_o envenom_a dust_n curious_o wrought_v and_o because_o the_o gross_a of_o mankind_n be_v so_o gross_a as_o not_o to_o understand_v god_n greatness_n by_o the_o abstract_n idea_n which_o instinct_n present_v to_o he_o therefore_o to_o teach_v that_o sensual_a crowd_n by_o the_o trunchmanrie_n of_o sense_n he_o have_v bestow_v upon_o they_o this_o mirror_n