Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	body_n	death_n	separation_n	1,072	5	10.0139	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51282	An account of virtue, or, Dr. Henry More's abridgment of morals put into English.; Enchiridion ethicum. English	More, Henry, 1614-1687.; Southwell, Edward, 1671-1730.	1690 (1690)	Wing M2637; ESTC R9573	136,263	290

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to_o shake_v off_o but_o the_o very_a filth_n and_o vice_n of_o their_o body_n man_n that_o think_v a_o little_a industry_n and_o obstinate_a perseverance_n of_o the_o mind_n will_v find_v out_o truth_n without_o any_o necessity_n of_o part_v with_o their_o darling_n crime_n but_o whether_o this_o be_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o a_o fool_n or_o of_o a_o mad_a man_n be_v not_o hard_a to_o determine_v vii_o whoever_o can_v be_v faulty_a in_o this_o kind_n appear_v to_o i_o as_o a_o bleer-eyed_a man_n who_o nothing_o will_v content_v but_o to_o be_v gaze_v at_o thing_n distant_a and_o to_o see_v they_o both_o clear_o and_o distinct_o he_o refuse_v all_o remedy_n for_o his_o eye_n but_o resolve_v by_o obstinate_a and_o peremptory_a stare_a to_o find_v out_o the_o mark._n thus_o he_o go_v on_o till_o instead_o of_o see_v better_a he_o every_o day_n grow_v more_o blind_a whereas_o if_o he_o consult_v the_o rule_n of_o prudence_n and_o of_o temperance_n he_o will_v know_v both_o the_o 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diligence_n do_v common_o wear_v down_o the_o bulk_n and_o excrescence_n of_o the_o body_n and_o rather_o furnish_v a_o stock_n of_o spirit_n than_o of_o flesh_n in_o which_o case_n agility_n must_v succeed_v of_o course_n x._o but_o the_o most_o high_a and_o conspicuous_a gift_n of_o virtue_n be_v that_o of_o bodily_a health_n which_o as_o it_o may_v be_v owe_v in_o part_n to_o every_o virtue_n so_o more_o especial_o to_o temperance_n and_o piety_n i_o think_v it_o be_v the_o chaldean_a oracle_n do_v thus_o pronounce_v ad_fw-la pietatis_fw-la opus_fw-la vegetum_fw-la si_fw-la extenderis_fw-la ignem_fw-la mentis_fw-la &_o hos_fw-la fluxos_fw-la sanabis_fw-la corporis_fw-la artus_n will_v you_o the_o best_a physician_n find_v for_o a_o craze_a body_n or_o afflict_a mind_n try_v what_o the_o power_n of_o piety_n can_v do_v it_o heal_v the_o mind_n and_o cure_v the_o body_n too_o for_o a_o purify_a mind_n go_v a_o great_a way_n to_o the_o purge_n and_o purify_n of_o the_o body_n it_o dart_v upon_o it_o some_o ray_n which_o have_v great_a effect_n and_o which_o corroborate_v the_o power_n thereof_o whereas_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v take_v up_o by_o consume_a care_n and_o cupidity_n if_o hatred_n and_o malice_n make_v all_o thing_n ghastly_a and_o sour_a within_o how_o can_v it_o be_v but_o that_o the_o body_n must_v also_o droop_v the_o health_n wither_v and_o the_o force_n decline_v if_o therefore_o such_o dilapidation_n can_v arise_v from_o the_o remote_a impression_n of_o the_o mind_n what_o will_v not_o those_o more_o immediate_a stroke_n accomplish_v i_o mean_v eat_v long_o and_o drink_v deep_a and_o daily_o and_o the_o insolence_n of_o a_o ungovernable_a lust_n xi_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o body_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n from_o the_o vice_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o even_o the_o offspring_n of_o sinful_a parent_n do_v often_o inherit_v their_o infirmity_n as_o well_o as_o their_o acre_n but_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n so_o powerful_a for_o such_o a_o 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the_o dignity_n of_o man_n and_o the_o great_a thing_n he_o be_v bear_v to_o must_v be_v astonish_v to_o see_v at_o how_o mean_a a_o rate_n he_o often_o sell_v they_o all_o the_o poor_a fly_n be_v not_o more_o easy_o take_v in_o the_o cobweb_n or_o the_o fish_n delude_v by_o the_o bait_n or_o any_o other_o beast_n fetter_v in_o a_o toil_n than_o be_v poor_a man_n who_o lust_n and_o passion_n have_v subdue_v every_o libertine_n call_v he_o away_o and_o every_o impure_a rascal_n lead_v he_o about_o till_o at_o last_o he_o grow_v abject_a and_o more_o contemptible_a than_o a_o beast_n for_o pleasure_n which_o feed_v and_o vitiate_v the_o sense_n do_v also_o by_o degree_n prey_n upon_o the_o mind_n it_o put_v out_o the_o light_n and_o break_v the_o force_n it_o have_v nay_o when_o at_o last_o nothing_o but_o fortitude_n be_v leave_v he_o that_o sentinel_n or_o out-guard_n without_o who_o vigour_n and_o fidelity_n no_o virtue_n can_v be_v safe_a even_o here_o pleasure_n attack_n he_o and_o 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the_o sense_n of_o excellent_a thing_n and_o above_o all_o that_o the_o internal_a spirit_n be_v not_o pamper_v and_o incrassated_a which_o be_v what_o hierocles_n call_v the_o spiritual_a vehicle_n his_o opinion_n be_v that_o our_o internal_a man_n be_v compose_v and_o make_v up_o as_o well_o of_o this_o vehicle_v as_o of_o the_o soul_n wherefore_o the_o pythagorean_n make_v great_a work_n about_o the_o purify_n of_o the_o spirit_n or_o vehicle_n as_o by_o the_o follow_a word_n of_o hierocles_n appear_v carmina_fw-la in_o aurea_n pythagorae_n carmina_fw-la we_o must_v say_v he_o by_o the_o exercise_n of_o virtue_n and_o the_o recovery_n of_o truth_n and_o purity_n take_v care_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o appertain_v to_o the_o luciform_a body_n which_o be_v what_o the_o oracle_n declare_v to_o be_v the_o tender_a or_o aerial_a vehicle_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o the_o care_n of_o this_o purification_n must_v extend_v even_o to_o meat_n and_o drink_n and_o whatever_o else_o concern_v these_o our_o mortal_a body_n for_o the_o luciform_a spirit_n reside_v therein_o it_o be_v that_o which_o give_v life_n to_o this_o when_o it_o be_v inanimate_a and_o be_v the_o conservator_n of_o its_o present_a frame_n this_o indeed_o be_v that_o immaterial_a body_n which_o be_v life_n itself_o and_o which_o give_v and_o ingenerate_v material_a life_n it_o be_v by_o this_o that_o our_o mortal_a body_n which_o consist_v of_o life_n irrational_a and_o body_n material_a be_v make_v up_o and_o thus_o a_o image_n be_v compose_v of_o the_o internal_a man_n who_o be_v build_v out_o of_o rational_a substance_n and_o body_n immaterial_a xi_o in_o all_o which_o high_a word_n he_o intimate_v that_o in_o our_o care_n concern_v the_o external_n man_n which_o be_v our_o corporeal_a frame_n or_o bulk_n we_o must_v be_v sure_a to_o bring_v no_o detriment_n or_o contagion_n to_o the_o internal_a but_o that_o the_o regulation_n and_o measure_n of_o our_o diet_n as_o to_o meat_n and_o drink_n and_o 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and_o that_o the_o vigour_n of_o it_o be_v sustain_v for_o so_o the_o same_o great_a interpreter_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n wisdom_n do_v a_o while_n after_o explain_v the_o matter_n say_v that_o the_o purification_n of_o the_o rational_a soul_n be_v do_v with_o concern_v and_o have_v reference_n to_o the_o luciform_a vehicle_n mean_v that_o the_o vehicle_n be_v thereby_o to_o be_v render_v more_o lightsome_a and_o elastic_a so_o as_o it_o may_v not_o afterward_o retard_v the_o superior_a flight_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o the_o say_a purification_n be_v best_o effect_v by_o divorce_v our_o thought_n and_o meditation_n from_o terrene_a object_n and_o lift_v they_o by_o degree_n unto_o thing_n immaterial_a that_o all_o turpitude_n be_v to_o be_v suppress_v and_o that_o we_o shall_v prohibit_v all_o sordid_a intercourse_n of_o the_o body_n material_a for_o fear_v the_o luciform_a body_n shall_v be_v tarnish_v and_o contaminate_v by_o it_o that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o vigilance_n in_o these_o particular_n then_o may_v this_o spiritual_a vehicle_n acquire_v new_a life_n and_o vigour_n it_o may_v be_v endow_v with_o celestial_a vivacity_n and_o at_o length_n enter_v into_o a_o conjugation_n with_o the_o intellectual_a perfection_n of_o the_o soul_n all_o this_o can_v purification_n do_v when_o but_o steer_v and_o conduct_v by_o virtue_n it_o can_v recollect_v resuscitate_a and_o even_o inspire_v with_o heavenly_a energy_n that_o subtle_a and_o attenuate_v chariot_n of_o our_o mind_n that_o inward_a organ_n which_o will_v afterward_o remain_v its_o habitacle_n and_o a_o consort_n inseparable_a to_o all_o eternity_n xiii_o i_o confess_v these_o thing_n sound_v as_o lofty_a flight_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v the_o document_n of_o the_o famous_a hierocles_n by_o which_o we_o be_v teach_v that_o the_o great_a pitch_n of_o philosophical_a temperance_n be_v to_o preserve_v this_o vehicle_n in_o a_o congruous_a temper_n to_o the_o