Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	air_n	body_n	element_n	5,315	5	9.9100	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64364	Of idolatry a discourse, in which is endeavoured a declaration of, its distinction from superstition, its notion, cause, commencement, and progress, its practice charged on Gentiles, Jews, Mahometans, Gnosticks, Manichees Arians, Socinians, Romanists : as also, of the means which God hath vouchsafed towards the cure of it by the Shechinah of His Son / by Tho. Tenison ...	Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.	1678 (1678)	Wing T704; ESTC R8	332,600	446

first_o it_o contain_v not_o in_o it_o infinite_a wisdom_n but_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o a_o pattern_n to_o work_v by_o a_o external_a exemplar_n for_o psyche_n be_v represent_v as_o a_o under-artist_n not_o have_v the_o idea_n or_o model_n in_o its_o own_o mind_n but_o follow_v one_o exhibit_v by_o his_o superior_a master_n he_o make_v the_o world_n say_v timaeus_n 1014._o after_o the_o eternal_a form_n second_o it_o contain_v not_o in_o it_o omnipotence_n for_o though_o it_o frame_v the_o world_n very_o excellent_o yet_o it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v in_o part_n resist_v by_o the_o stubbornness_n of_o hyle_n and_o not_o to_o have_v do_v all_o it_o desire_v but_o all_o it_o can_v plato_n say_v in_o his_o timaeus_n 53._o that_o god_n or_o psyche_n design_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v good_a and_o nothing_o to_o be_v evil_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o far_o as_o nature_n will_v suffer_v he_o and_o again_o as_o far_o as_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o possible_a thing_n it_o seem_v the_o matter_n be_v not_o such_o pliable_a wax_n as_o will_v receive_v the_o impression_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o psyche_n will_v have_v be_v please_v with_o to_o this_o effect_n there_o be_v a_o remarkable_a place_n in_o hierocles_n who_o thus_o repeat_v the_o opinion_n of_o certain_a follower_n of_o plato_n 6._o who_o question_v both_o the_o infinite_a wisdom_n and_o power_n of_o psyche_n they_o think_v not_o that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o demiourgus_n sufficient_a power_n whereby_o through_o its_o own_o wisdom_n by_o which_o it_o make_v thing_n out_o of_o eternal_a matter_n for_o so_o i_o construe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o with_o the_o translator_n qua_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la eternitate_fw-la res_fw-la efficit_fw-la which_o contradict_v the_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n the_o world_n may_v perfect_o be_v order_v but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o mutual_a aid_n of_o unbegotten_a hyle_n and_o 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herodotus_n do_v stile_n he_o and_o this_o plutarch_n 1014._o also_o teach_v say_v the_o essence_n of_o matter_n out_o of_o which_o this_o world_n be_v make_v be_v not_o generate_v but_o lay_v always_o as_o far_o as_o it_o can_v before_o the_o workman_n to_o be_v dispose_v and_o order_v by_o he_o according_a to_o his_o exemplar_n or_o likeness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o much_o as_o possible_a may_v be_v a._n this_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o what_o you_o affirm_v before_o that_o matter_n be_v by_o plato_n make_v to_o be_v eternal_a so_o do_v theodoret_n before_o you_o affect_v as_o well_o as_o plutarch_n but_o be_v this_o manifest_a from_o plato_n himself_o b._n it_o be_v insomuch_o that_o by_o some_o platonist_n hyle_n be_v call_v the_o sister_n of_o psyche_n 8._o plato_n in_o timaeus_n 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n do_v express_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o matter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eternal_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unbegotten_a and_o again_o he_o say_v in_o the_o same_o page_n that_o before_o the_o heaven_n be_v make_v by_o which_o in_o that_o place_n he_o mean_v this_o world_n there_o exi_v in_o the_o logos_fw-la or_o intellectual_a world_n idea_n and_o matter_n to_o which_o he_o add_v also_o in_o that_o discourse_n the_o demiourgus_n a._n what_o then_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o make_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o novity_n of_o its_o essence_n so_o often_o mention_v in_o the_o school_n of_o plato_n b._n there_o be_v mean_v by_o it_o not_o any_o temporal_a creation_n of_o the_o very_a substance_n of_o matter_n but_o the_o production_n of_o this_o form_n 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o formless_a hyle_n which_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b._n or_o shapelesness_n god_n say_v plato_n 94._o meaning_n psyche_n make_v this_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o the_o preaexistent_a matter_n he_o make_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o the_o thing_n not_o see_v 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o simple_a matter_n void_a of_o phaenomena_n but_o not_o say_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antiochus_n out_o of_o very_a nothing_o matter_n therefore_o the_o most_o simple_a hyle_n be_v with_o they_o eternal_a and_o make_v up_o a_o four_o thing_n in_o the_o first_o quaternio_fw-la of_o the_o pythagorick_a tetractys_n the_o three_o first_o be_v to_o agathon_n or_o aitia_n nous_fw-fr or_o logos_fw-la psyche_n or_o demiourgus_n a._n i_o have_v think_v with_o some_o in_o drusius_n on_o the_o name_n jehovah_n that_o the_o tetractys_n be_v the_o tetragrammaton_fw-gr that_o secret_a and_o mysterious_a name_n of_o god_n most_o high_a which_o pythagoras_n reveal_v to_o the_o gentile_n b._n by_o no_o mean_n have_v it_o be_v in_o his_o time_n so_o superstitious_o reverence_v and_o a_o name_n above_o all_o other_o name_n a_o jew_n will_v never_o have_v cast_v such_o a_o pearl_n before_o a_o gentile_a and_o especial_o before_o such_o a_o one_o a_o kind_n of_o magical_a gentile_n who_o he_o have_v in_o abhorrence_n as_o much_o as_o a_o swine_n this_o name_n be_v no_o mystery_n among_o the_o greek_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o mention_n of_o jerombalus_fw-la or_o jerombaal_n a_o priest_n of_o the_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o sanchuniathon_n of_o jaho_n in_o st._n hierom_n and_o the_o sibylline_a oracle_n of_o jaoth_n or_o jaoh_n in_o irenaeus_n of_o the_o hebrew-god_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o gnostic_n in_o a_o manuscript_n of_o origen_n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o principle_n of_o the_o first_o gnostick_n heaven_n in_o epiphanius_n the_o god_n of_o moses_n in_o diodorus_n siculus_n the_o god_n bacchus_n in_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n clarius_n and_o last_o as_o be_v say_v of_o the_o samaritan_n god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o theodoret_n and_o certain_o the_o 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