Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	holy_a	scripture_n	speak_v	14,888	5	5.2608	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43995	Humane nature, or, The fundamental elements of policy being a discovery of the faculties, acts, and passions of the soul of man from their original causes, according to such philosophical principles as are not commonly known or asserted / by Tho. Hobbs.	Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.	1684 (1684)	Wing H2244; ESTC R27431	44,473	106

3._o sect._n 5._o where_o i_o call_v they_o phantasm_n for_o take_v they_o to_o be_v thing_n real_a without_o we_o like_o body_n and_o see_v they_o to_o come_v and_o vanish_v so_o strange_o as_o they_o do_v unlike_a to_o body_n what_o can_v they_o call_v they_o else_o but_o incorporeal_a body_n which_o be_v not_o a_o name_n but_o a_o absurdity_n of_o speech_n 6._o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o heathen_n and_o all_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n have_v acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v spirit_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o hold_v to_o be_v incorporeal_a whereby_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o a_o man_n by_o natural_a reason_n may_v arrive_v without_o the_o scripture_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o this_o that_o spirit_n be_v but_o the_o erroneous_a collection_n thereof_o by_o the_o heathen_n may_v proceed_v as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o from_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o ghost_n and_o phantasm_n and_o such_o other_o apparition_n and_o from_o thence_o have_v the_o grecian_n their_o number_n of_o god_n their_o number_n of_o daemon_n good_a or_o bad_a and_o for_o every_o man_n his_o genius_n which_o be_v not_o the_o acknowledge_n of_o this_o truth_n that_o spirit_n be_v but_o a_o false_a opinion_n concerning_o the_o force_n of_o imagination_n 7._o and_o see_v the_o knowledge_n we_o have_v of_o spirit_n be_v not_o natural_a knowledge_n but_o faith_n from_o supernatural_a revelation_n give_v to_o the_o holy_a writer_n of_o the_o scripture_n it_o follow_v that_o of_o inspiration_n also_o which_o be_v the_o operation_n of_o spirit_n in_o we_o the_o knowledge_n which_o we_o have_v must_v all_o proceed_v from_o scripture_n the_o sign_n there_o set_v down_o of_o inspiration_n be_v miracle_n when_o they_o be_v great_a and_o manifest_o above_o the_o power_n of_o man_n to_o do_v by_o imposture_n as_o for_o example_n the_o inspiration_n of_o elias_n be_v know_v by_o the_o miraculous_a burn_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n but_o the_o sign_n to_o distinguish_v whether_o a_o spirit_n be_v good_a or_o evil_a be_v the_o same_o by_o which_o we_o distinguish_v whether_o a_o man_n or_o a_o tree_n be_v good_a or_o evil_a namely_o action_n and_o fruit_n for_o there_o be_v lie_v spirit_n wherewith_o man_n be_v inspire_v sometime_o as_o well_o as_o with_o spirit_n of_o truth_n and_o we_o be_v command_v in_o scripture_n to_o judge_v of_o the_o spirit_n by_o their_o doctrine_n and_o not_o of_o the_o doctrine_n by_o the_o spirit_n for_o miracle_n our_o saviour_n have_v forbid_v we_o to_o rule_v our_o faith_n by_o they_o matth._n 24.24_o and_o saint_n paul_n say_v gal._n 1.8_o though_o a_o angel_n from_o heaven_n preach_v to_o you_o otherwise_o etc._n etc._n let_v he_o be_v accurse_v where_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o judge_v whether_o the_o doctrine_n be_v true_a or_o not_o by_o the_o angel_n but_o whether_o the_o angel_n say_v true_a or_o no_o by_o the_o doctrine_n so_o likewise_o 1_o joh._n 4.1_o believe_v not_o every_o spirit_n for_o false_a prophet_n be_v go_v out_o into_o the_o world_n vers._n 2._o hereby_o shall_v you_o know_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n vers._n 3._o every_o spirit_n that_o confess_v not_o that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v come_v in_o the_o flesh_n be_v not_o of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o antichrist_n vers._n 15._o whosoever_o confess_v that_o jesus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o he_o dwell_v god_n and_o he_o in_o god_n the_o knowledge_n therefore_o we_o have_v of_o good_a and_o evil_a inspiration_n come_v not_o by_o vision_n of_o a_o angel_n that_o may_v teach_v it_o nor_o by_o a_o miracle_n that_o may_v seem_v to_o confirm_v it_o but_o by_o conformity_n of_o doctrine_n with_o this_o article_n and_o fundamental_a point_n of_o christian_a faith_n which_o also_o saint_n paul_n say_v be_v the_o sole_a foundation_n that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v come_v in_o the_o flesh_n 1_o cor._n 3.11_o 8._o but_o if_o inspiration_n be_v discern_v by_o this_o point_n and_o this_o point_n be_v acknowledge_v and_o believe_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n how_o may_v some_o man_n ask_v know_v we_o that_o the_o scripture_n deserve_v so_o great_a authority_n which_o must_v be_v no_o less_o than_o that_o of_o the_o lively_a voice_n of_o god_n that_o be_v how_o we_o know_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o first_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o if_o by_o knowledge_n we_o understand_v science_n infallible_a and_o natural_a as_o be_v define_v chap._n 6._o sect._n 4._o proceed_v from_o sense_n we_o can_v be_v say_v to_o know_v it_o because_o it_o proceed_v not_o from_o the_o conception_n engender_v by_o sense_n and_o if_o we_o understand_v knowledge_n as_o supernatural_a we_o can_v have_v it_o but_o by_o inspiration_n and_o of_o that_o inspiration_n we_o can_v judge_v but_o by_o the_o doctrine_n it_o follow_v that_o we_o have_v not_o any_o way_n natural_a or_o supernatural_a of_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o which_o can_v proper_o be_v call_v infallible_a science_n and_o evidence_n it_o remain_v that_o the_o knowledge_n that_o we_o have_v that_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v only_o faith_n which_o faith_n therefore_o be_v also_o by_o saint_n paul_n define_v heb._n 11.1_o to_o be_v the_o evidence_n of_o thing_n not_o see_v that_o be_v to_o say_v not_o otherwise_o evident_a but_o by_o faith_n for_o whatsoever_o either_o be_v evident_a by_o natural_a reason_n or_o revelation_n supernatural_a be_v not_o call_v faith_n else_o shall_v not_o faith_n cease_v no_o more_o than_o charity_n when_o we_o be_v in_o heaven_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o we_o be_v not_o say_v to_o believe_v but_o to_o know_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v evident_a 9_o see_v then_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o scripture_n to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v not_o evidence_n but_o faith_n and_o faith_n chap._n 6._o sect._n 7._o consist_v in_o the_o trust_n we_o have_v of_o other_o man_n it_o appear_v plain_a that_o the_o man_n so_o trust_v be_v the_o holy_a man_n of_o god_n church_n succeed_v one_o another_o from_o the_o time_n of_o those_o that_o see_v the_o wondrous_a work_n of_o god_n almighty_a in_o the_o flesh_n nor_o do_v this_o imply_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o worker_n or_o efficient_a cause_n of_o faith_n or_o that_o faith_n be_v beget_v in_o man_n without_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o all_o those_o good_a opinion_n which_o we_o admit_v and_o believe_v though_o they_o proceed_v from_o hear_v and_o hear_v from_o teach_v both_o which_o be_v natural_a yet_o they_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n for_o all_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n be_v his_o and_o they_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n as_o for_o example_n exod._n 28.3_o thou_o shall_v speak_v unto_o all_o cunning_a man_n who_o i_o have_v fill_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n that_o they_o may_v make_v aaron_n garment_n for_o his_o consecration_n that_o he_o may_v serve_v i_o in_o the_o priest_n office_n faith_n therefore_o wherewith_o we_o believe_v be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o that_o sense_n by_o which_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n give_v to_o one_o man_n wisdom_n and_o cunning_n in_o workmanship_n more_o than_o another_o and_o by_o which_o he_o effect_v also_o in_o other_o point_n pertain_v to_o our_o ordinary_a life_n that_o one_o man_n believe_v that_o which_o upon_o the_o same_o ground_n another_o do_v not_o and_o one_o man_n reverence_v the_o opinion_n and_o obey_v the_o command_n of_o his_o superior_a and_o other_o not_o 10._o and_o see_v our_o faith_n that_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n begin_v from_o the_o confidence_n and_o trust_n we_o repose_v in_o the_o church_n there_o can_v be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o their_o interpretation_n of_o the_o same_o scripture_n when_o any_o doubt_n or_o controversy_n shall_v arise_v by_o which_o this_o fundamental_a point_n that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v come_v in_o the_o flesh_n may_v be_v call_v in_o question_n be_v safe_a for_o any_o man_n to_o trust_v to_o than_o his_o own_o whether_o reason_v or_o spirit_n that_o be_v to_o say_v his_o own_o opinion_n 11._o now_o concerning_o man_n affection_n to_o godward_o they_o be_v not_o the_o same_o always_o that_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o chapter_n concerning_o passion_n there_o for_o to_o love_v be_v to_o be_v delight_v with_o the_o image_n or_o conception_n of_o the_o thing_n love_v but_o god_n be_v unconceivable_a to_o love_n god_n therefore_o in_o the_o scripture_n be_v to_o obey_v his_o commandment_n and_o to_o love_v one_o another_o also_o to_o trust_v god_n be_v different_a from_o our_o trust_v one_o another_o for_o when_o a_o man_n trust_v a_o man_n chap._n 9_o sect._n 8._o he_o lay_v aside_o his_o own_o endeavour_n but_o

a_o expression_n of_o such_o height_n of_o vain_a glory_n as_o read_v of_o romance_n may_v produce_v in_o pusillanimous_a man_n also_o rage_n and_o madness_n of_o love_n be_v but_o great_a indignation_n of_o they_o in_o who_o brain_n be_v predominant_a contempt_n from_o their_o enemy_n or_o their_o mistress_n and_o the_o pride_n take_v in_o form_n and_o behaviour_n have_v make_v divers_a man_n run_v mad_a and_o to_o be_v so_o account_v under_o the_o name_n of_o fantastic_a 10._o and_o as_o these_o be_v the_o example_n of_o extremity_n so_o also_o be_v there_o example_n too_o many_o of_o the_o degree_n which_o may_v therefore_o be_v well_o account_a folly_n as_o it_o be_v a_o degree_n of_o the_o first_o for_o a_o man_n without_o certain_a evidence_n to_o think_v himself_o to_o be_v inspire_v or_o to_o have_v any_o other_o effect_n of_o god_n holy_a spirit_n than_o other_o godly_a man_n have_v of_o the_o second_o for_o a_o man_n continual_o to_o speak_v his_o mind_n in_o a_o cento_n of_o other_o man_n greek_a or_o latin_a sentence_n of_o the_o three_o much_o of_o the_o present_a gallantry_n in_o love_n and_o duel_n of_o rage_n a_o degree_n be_v malice_n and_o of_o fantastic_a madness_n affection_n 11._o as_o the_o former_a example_n exhibit_v to_o we_o madness_n and_o the_o degree_n thereof_o proceed_v from_o the_o excess_n of_o self-opinion_n so_o also_o there_o be_v other_o example_n of_o madness_n and_o the_o degree_n thereof_o proceed_v from_o too_o much_o vain_a fear_n and_o dejection_n as_o in_o those_o melancholy_a man_n that_o have_v imagine_v themselves_o brittle_a as_o glass_n or_o have_v have_v some_o other_o like_a imagination_n and_o degree_n hereof_o be_v all_o those_o exorbitant_a and_o causeless_a fear_n which_o we_o common_o observe_v in_o melancholy_a person_n chap._n xi_o 1._o hitherto_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n natural_a and_o of_o the_o passion_n that_o arise_v natural_o from_o they_o now_o forasmuch_o as_o we_o give_v name_n not_o 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we_o acknowledge_v natural_o do_v include_v a_o power_n of_o their_o produce_v before_o they_o be_v produce_v and_o that_o power_n presuppose_v something_o existent_a that_o have_v such_o power_n and_o the_o thing_n so_o exist_v with_o power_n to_o produce_v if_o it_o be_v not_o eternal_a must_v needs_o have_v be_v produce_v by_o somewhat_o before_o it_o and_o that_o again_o by_o something_o else_o before_o that_o till_o we_o come_v to_o a_o eternal_a that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o first_o power_n of_o all_o power_n and_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o cause_n and_o this_o be_v it_o which_o all_o man_n conceive_v by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n imply_v eternity_n incomprehensibility_n and_o omnipotency_n and_o thus_o all_o that_o will_v consider_v may_v know_v that_o god_n be_v though_o not_o what_o he_o be_v even_o a_o man_n that_o be_v bear_v blind_a though_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a for_o he_o to_o have_v any_o imagination_n what_o kind_a of_o thing_n fire_n be_v yet_o he_o can_v but_o know_v that_o somewhat_o there_o be_v that_o man_n call_v fire_n because_o it_o warm_v he_o 2._o and_o whereas_o we_o attribute_v to_o god_n almighty_a see_v hear_v speak_v know_v love_a and_o the_o like_a by_o which_o name_n we_o understand_v something_o in_o man_n to_o who_o we_o attribute_v they_o we_o understand_v nothing_o by_o they_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n for_o as_o it_o be_v well_o reason_v shall_v not_o the_o god_n that_o make_v the_o eye_n see_v and_o the_o ear_n hear_v so_o it_o be_v also_o if_o we_o say_v shall_v god_n which_o make_v the_o eye_n not_o see_v without_o the_o eye_n or_o that_o make_v the_o ear_n not_o hear_v without_o the_o ear_n or_o that_o make_v the_o brain_n not_o know_v without_o the_o brain_n or_o that_o make_v the_o heart_n not_o love_n without_o the_o heart_n the_o attribute_n therefore_o give_v unto_o the_o deity_n be_v such_o as_o signify_v either_o our_o incapacity_n or_o our_o reverence_n our_o incapacity_n when_o we_o say_v incomprehensible_a and_o infinite_a our_o reverence_n when_o we_o give_v he_o those_o name_n which_o among_o we_o be_v the_o name_n of_o those_o thing_n we_o most_o magnify_v and_o commend_v as_o omnipotent_a omniscient_a just_a merciful_a etc._n etc._n and_o when_o god_n almighty_a give_v those_o name_n to_o himself_o in_o the_o scripture_n it_o be_v but_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o descend_v to_o our_o manner_n of_o speak_v without_o which_o we_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o understand_v he_o 4._o by_o the_o name_n of_o spirit_n we_o understand_v a_o body_n natural_a but_o of_o such_o subtlety_n that_o it_o work_v not_o upon_o the_o sense_n but_o that_o fill_v up_o the_o place_n which_o the_o image_n of_o a_o visible_a body_n may_v fill_v up_o our_o conception_n therefore_o of_o spirit_n consist_v of_o figure_n without_o colour_n and_o in_o figure_n be_v understand_v dimension_n and_o consequent_o to_o conceive_v a_o spirit_n be_v to_o conceive_v something_o that_o have_v dimension_n but_o spirit_n supernatural_a common_o signify_v some_o substance_n without_o dimension_n which_o two_o word_n do_v flat_o contradict_v one_o another_o and_o therefore_o when_o we_o attribute_v the_o name_n of_o spirit_n unto_o god_n we_o attribute_v it_o not_o as_o the_o name_n of_o any_o thing_n we_o conceive_v no_o more_o than_o we_o ascribe_v unto_o he_o sense_n and_o understanding_n but_o as_o a_o signification_n of_o our_o reverence_n we_o desire_v to_o abstract_n from_o he_o all_o corporal_a grossness_n 5._o concerning_o other_o thing_n which_o some_o man_n call_v spirit_n incorporeal_a and_o some_o corporeal_a it_o be_v not_o possible_a by_o natural_a mean_n only_o to_o come_v to_o knowledge_n of_o so_o much_o as_o that_o there_o be_v such_o thing_n we_o that_o be_v christian_n acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v angel_n good_a and_o evil_a and_o that_o there_o be_v spirit_n and_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v a_o spirit_n and_o that_o those_o spirit_n be_v immortal_a but_o to_o know_v it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o have_v natural_a evidence_n of_o the_o same_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o all_o evidence_n be_v conception_n as_o it_o be_v say_v chap._n 6._o sect._n 3._o and_o all_o conception_n be_v imagination_n and_o proceed_v from_o sense_n chap._n 3._o sect._n 1._o and_o spirit_n we_o suppose_v to_o be_v those_o substance_n which_o work_v not_o upon_o the_o sense_n and_o therefore_o not_o conceptible_a but_o though_o the_o scripture_n acknowledge_v spirit_n yet_o do_v it_o nowhere_o say_v that_o they_o be_v incorporeal_a mean_v thereby_o without_o dimension_n and_o quality_n nor_o i_o think_v be_v that_o word_n incorporeal_a at_o all_o in_o the_o bible_n but_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o spirit_n that_o it_o abide_v in_o man_n sometime_o that_o it_o dwell_v in_o they_o sometime_o that_o it_o come_v on_o they_o that_o it_o descend_v and_o go_v and_o come_v and_o that_o spirit_n be_v angel_n that_o be_v to_o say_v messenger_n all_o which_o word_n do_v imply_v locality_n and_o locality_n be_v dimension_n and_o whatsoever_o have_v dimension_n be_v body_n be_v it_o never_o so_o subtle_a to_o i_o therefore_o it_o seem_v that_o the_o scripture_n favour_v they_o more_o who_o hold_v angel_n and_o spirit_n corporeal_a than_o they_o that_o hold_v the_o contrary_a and_o it_o be_v a_o plain_a contradiction_n in_o natural_a discourse_n to_o say_v of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o it_o be_v tota_fw-la in_fw-la toto_fw-la and_o tota_fw-la in_fw-la qualibet_fw-la parte_fw-la corporis_fw-la ground_v neither_o upon_o reason_n nor_o revelation_n but_o proceed_v from_o the_o ignorance_n of_o what_o those_o thing_n be_v which_o be_v call_v spectra_fw-la image_n that_o appear_v in_o the_o dark_a to_o child_n and_o such_o as_o have_v strong_a fear_n and_o other_o strange_a imagination_n as_o have_v be_v say_v chap._n