Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lie_v	speak_v	word_n	3,929	5	4.2262	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08062	The nature of man A learned and usefull tract written in Greek by Nemesius, surnamed the philosopher; sometime Bishop of a city in Phœnicia, and one of the most ancient Fathers of the Church. Englished, and divided into sections, with briefs of their principall contents: by Geo: Wither.; On the nature of man. English	Nemesius, Bp. of Emesa.; Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1636 (1636)	STC 18427; ESTC S113134	135,198	716

they_o the_o work_n of_o chance_n be_v such_o as_o befall_v unreasonable_a and_o inanimate_a creature_n without_o nature_n or_o art_n now_o if_o a_o man_n be_v neither_o the_o cause_n nor_o beginning_n of_o his_o own_o action_n under_o which_o of_o these_o may_v we_o contain_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v by_o he_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a nor_o comely_a to_o ascribe_v unto_o god_n those_o action_n of_o man_n which_o be_v unclean_a or_o unjust_a neither_o may_v we_o ascribe_v they_o to_o necessity_n because_o they_o can_v be_v true_o account_v among_o those_o thing_n which_o continue_v always_o after_o one_o manner_n nor_o may_v we_o impute_v they_o to_o nature_n for_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n be_v living-creature_n and_o plant_n nor_o to_o fortune_n for_o the_o action_n of_o man_n be_v not_o rare_a or_o unlooked_a for_o nor_o belong_v they_o to_o chance_v because_o thing_n casual_a belong_v to_o inanimate_a and_o irrational_a creature_n therefore_o it_o remain_v undeniable_a that_o the_o man_n himself_o which_o work_v &_o accomplish_v such_o or_o such_o thing_n be_v the_o beginner_n of_o his_o own_o action_n and_o have_v freewill_n moreover_o if_o man_n be_v the_o beginner_n of_o no_o action_n of_o his_o own_o all_o consultation_n be_v superfluous_a in_o he_o for_o to_o what_o end_n be_v deliberation_n if_o he_o have_v no_o action_n in_o his_o own_o power_n but_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o very_a absurd_a thing_n to_o affirm_v that_o to_o be_v superflous_a in_o man_n which_o be_v best_a and_o most_o honourable_a in_o he_o if_o then_o he_o do_v consult_v he_o consult_v about_o the_o do_n of_o some_o thing_n for_o all_o deliberation_n do_v concern_v the_o execution_n of_o some_o action_n moreover_o of_o whatsoever_o thing_n the_o faculty_n of_o do_v the_o same_o be_v in_o our_o power_n the_o act_v also_o of_o those_o thing_n and_o the_o exercise_v of_o that_o faculty_n be_v in_o our_o power_n but_o a_o faculty_n to_o work_v according_a to_o the_o virtue_n be_v in_o our_o power_n therefore_o the_o virtue_n also_o be_v in_o our_o power_n now_o that_o the_o faculty_n to_o work_v according_a to_o virtue_n be_v in_o our_o power_n it_o be_v very_o elegant_o declare_v by_o aristotle_n where_o he_o treat_v of_o the_o moral_a virtue_n that_o say_v he_o which_o we_o learn_v by_o practice_n we_o practise_v when_o we_o have_v learn_v it_o for_o while_o we_o learn_v to_o master_v our_o pleasure_n we_o become_v temperate_a and_o when_o we_o be_v temperate_a we_o become_v the_o master_n of_o our_o pleasure_n we_o may_v argue_v also_o in_o this_o manner_n it_o be_v confess_v of_o all_o that_o practice_n and_o the_o exercise_n of_o thing_n be_v in_o our_o power_n but_o practice_n bear_v sway_n in_o habit_n for_o custom_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o purchase_a nature_n if_o then_o practise_v rule_v the_o habit_n and_o if_o practise_v be_v in_o our_o power_n than_o the_o habit_n also_o must_v be_v in_o our_o power_n yea_o and_o the_o action_n also_o who_o habit_n be_v in_o our_o power_n and_o which_o be_v effect_v according_a to_o those_o habit_n must_v be_v in_o our_o power_n also_o because_o the_o action_n be_v conformable_a to_o the_o habit_n he_o than_o which_o have_v the_o habit_n of_o justice_n will_v do_v just_a thing_n and_o he_o that_o have_v a_o habit_n of_o injury_n will_v do_v injurious_a thing_n therefore_o god_n have_v give_v we_o a_o power_n to_o be_v just_a or_o unjust_a our_o counsel_v also_o and_o our_o exhort_v of_o one_o another_o do_v declare_v that_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n in_o our_o power_n for_o no_o man_n do_v exhort_v we_o not_o to_o be_v hungry_a or_o not_o to_o thirst_v or_o to_o fly_v in_o the_o air_n because_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n therefore_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o those_o thing_n whereunto_o our_o exhortation_n do_v serve_v be_v in_o our_o power_n moreover_o if_o nothing_o be_v in_o our_o power_n than_o our_o law_n be_v superfluous_a but_o every_o nation_n use_v some_o 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beginning_n or_o choice_n both_o of_o good_a and_o evil_a thing_n be_v in_o our_o power_n but_o not_o their_o event_n that_o so_o neither_o divine_a providence_n nor_o humane_a faculty_n may_v be_v superfluous_a evident_o enough_o appear_v it_o that_o some_o thing_n be_v in_o our_o power_n and_o that_o we_o have_v some_o action_n at_o our_o dispose_n it_o now_o remain_v that_o we_o declare_v what_o thing_n they_o be_v which_o be_v in_o our_o power_n we_o say_v in_o general_a that_o all_o thing_n which_o we_o do_v voluntary_o be_v in_o our_o power_n because_o it_o can_v not_o else_o be_v true_o verify_v that_o the_o thing_n be_v do_v voluntary_o which_o be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n and_o because_o general_o all_o those_o thing_n whereupon_o ensue_v praise_n or_o dispraise_v and_o those_o also_o wherein_o we_o use_v exhortation_n or_o law_n be_v in_o our_o power_n as_o be_v afore_o declare_v but_o thing_n which_o be_v proper_o in_o our_o power_n be_v all_o such_o thing_n as_o belong_v unto_o the_o mind_n and_o those_o whereof_o we_o may_v consult_v for_o our_o consult_v of_o they_o do_v imply_v that_o it_o be_v in_o our_o power_n to_o execute_v that_o which_o be_v propose_v and_o consult_v of_o and_o we_o have_v declare_v in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o treatise_n that_o consultation_n and_o deliberation_n fall_v out_o in_o such_o thing_n only_o as_o be_v contingent_a and_o that_o such_o thing_n only_o be_v contingent_a which_o may_v fall_v out_o either_o this_o way_n or_o that_o way_n or_o in_o a_o contrary_a manner_n it_o be_v our_o mind_n which_o make_v choice_n thereof_o &_o it_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o our_o action_n &_o those_o be_v contingent_a thing_n which_o be_v in_o our_o power_n to_o be_v move_v or_o not_o to_o be_v move_v to_o attempt_v or_o not_o to_o attempt_v to_o desire_v thing_n unnecessary_a or_o not_o desire_v they_o to_o lie_v or_o speak_v truth_n to_o give_v or_o not_o to_o give_v to_o rejoice_v in_o such_o thing_n as_o we_o ought_v or_o not_o to_o rejoice_v and_o all_o such_o other_o thing_n like_v unto_o these_o wherein_o consist_v the_o work_n of_o vice_n and_o virtue_n for_o herein_o consist_v our_o freewill_n the_o art_n also_o be_v account_v among_o such_o thing_n as_o may_v alike_o fall_v out_o or_o not_o fall_v out_o for_o every_o art_n bring_v forth_o such_o thing_n as_o may_v both_o be_v do_v and_o leave_v undo_v and_o such_o thing_n also_o as_o have_v the_o beginning_n in_o the_o doer_n and_o not_o in_o the_o thing_n themselves_o which_o be_v do_v but_o neither_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v eternal_a and_o in_o that_o respect_n thing_n of_o necessity_n neither_o any_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v of_o necessity_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v do_v by_o art_n nor_o be_v any_o of_o those_o thing_n say_v to_o be_v do_v by_o art_n which_o be_v contingent_a and_o may_v be_v do_v otherwise_o if_o they_o have_v their_o efficient_a cause_n in_o themselves_o as_o in_o living-creature_n and_o in_o plant_n which_o be_v make_v by_o nature_n not_o by_o art_n if_o therefore_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o thing_n make_v by_o art_n be_v without_o themselves_o than_o who_o be_v cause_n of_o the_o thing_n make_v by_o art_n but_o the_o artificer_n which_o make_v they_o and_o if_o the_o make_n of_o they_o belong_v unto_o he_o then_o be_v he_o the_o beginning_n and_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o action_n and_o therefore_o also_o the_o work_a according_a to_o art_n and_o virtue_n and_o all_o action_n of_o man_n mind_n and_o of_o reason_n be_v in_o man_n power_n and_o what_o action_n they_o be_v i_o have_v declare_v already_o now_o the_o most_o part_n of_o man_n suppose_v that_o we_o be_v say_v to_o have_v this_o freewill_n in_o every_o thing_n which_o we_o

plant_v there_o be_v likewise_o freewill_n for_o either_o he_o be_v no_o reasonable-creature_n or_o else_o if_o he_o be_v a_o reasonable-creature_n he_o have_v power_n over_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o own_o action_n and_o in_o have_v that_o power_n have_v also_o freewill_n it_o have_v be_v declare_v also_o that_o thing_n compose_v of_o a_o material_a subject_n have_v a_o mutability_n in_o they_o out_o of_o which_o together_o with_o what_o have_v be_v say_v before_o it_o may_v be_v infer_v that_o there_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v in_o man_n both_o freewill_n and_o mutability_n mutability_n because_o he_o be_v make_v of_o matter_n and_o freewill_n because_o he_o be_v endue_v with_o reason_n whosoever_o therefore_o find_v fault_n with_o god_n for_o that_o he_o do_v not_o so_o make_v man_n at_o the_o first_o that_o he_o may_v not_o fall_v unto_o vice_n but_o give_v he_o his_o own_o choice_n sure_o those_o man_n be_v not_o aware_a that_o they_o reprove_v god_n for_o make_v man_n 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also_o which_o give_v themselves_o to_o contemplation_n and_o sequester_v themselves_o from_o the_o inordinate_a love_n and_o meddle_v in_o worldly_a affair_n do_v and_o may_v attain_v unto_o a_o immutable_a condition_n and_o unto_o a_o estate_n of_o grace_n from_o which_o there_o be_v no_o fall_v away_o now_o i_o do_v suppose_v that_o this_o with_o what_o be_v former_o say_v have_v sufficient_o prove_v that_o in_o the_o beginning_n all_o the_o reasonable_a creature_n be_v create_v in_o so_o excellent_a a_o condition_n that_o if_o they_o have_v remain_v such_o as_o they_o be_v make_v they_o shall_v have_v be_v void_a of_o all_o vice_n and_o that_o their_o viciousness_n who_o have_v be_v corrupt_v come_v unto_o they_o by_o their_o own_o will_n for_o it_o so_o fall_v out_o that_o they_o who_o remain_v in_o the_o condition_n wherein_o they_o be_v place_v by_o their_o creation_n be_v settle_v in_o a_o most_o bless_a estate_n of_o incorporeal_a nature_n angel_n alone_o have_v be_v alter_v yet_o not_o all_o of_o they_o but_o some_o part_n even_o so_o many_o only_a as_o creep_v doneward_o depart_v from_o that_o inclination_n which_o they_o have_v to_o supreme_a thing_n and_o the_o contemplation_n of_o god._n it_o be_v make_v plain_a by_o the_o thing_n afore_o prove_v that_o the_o power_n of_o our_o will_n be_v mutable_a because_o we_o be_v of_o a_o mutable_a nature_n and_o yet_o no_o man_n can_v blame_v god_n as_o if_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o we_o be_v evil_a in_o regard_n the_o faculty_n be_v mutable_a which_o he_o give_v unto_o we_o for_o vice_n consist_v not_o in_o our_o faculty_n but_o in_o habit_n and_o our_o habit_n depend_v upon_o our_o will_n and_o it_o be_v therefore_o the_o fault_n of_o our_o will_n that_o we_o be_v evil_a and_o not_o original_o of_o our_o nature_n but_o our_o meaning_n shall_v be_v more_o plain_o understand_v by_o this_o that_o follow_v we_o have_v say_v hereto_o fore_o that_o a_o faculty_n be_v a_o power_n whereby_o we_o be_v able_a 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confess_v it_o be_v already_o sufficient_o prove_v that_o man_n have_v freewill_n as_o also_o wherein_o his_o freewill_n consist_v and_o for_o what_o cause_n he_o be_v create_v with_o freewill_n now_o forasmuch_o as_o every_o one_o who_o purpose_v to_o murder_v a_o man_n do_v not_o always_o put_v the_o same_o in_o execution_n but_o sometime_o fulfil_v his_o murderous_a intent_n and_o sometime_o not_o because_o his_o purpose_n be_v hinder_v have_v not_o effect_v according_a thereunto_o and_o whereas_o we_o have_v say_v that_o providence_n be_v cause_n thereof_o &_o not_o destiny_n it_o follow_v consequent_o after_o the_o tract_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o our_o power_n that_o we_o speak_v next_o of_o providence_n we_o will_v divide_v our_o discourse_n into_o three_o part_n the_o first_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v a_o providence_n the_o

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