Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	book_n	divine_a	scripture_n	2,963	5	6.0860	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61287	The history of philosophy, in eight parts by Thomas Stanley.	Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678.	1656 (1656)	Wing S5238; ESTC R17292	629,655	827

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chap._n iu._n what_o author_n he_o follow_v 2._o eugubinus_n affirm_v that_o plato_n borrow_a the_o mystic_a part_n of_o his_o philosophy_n from_o hermes_n trismegistus_n particular_o that_o concern_v the_o divine_a goodness_n which_o i_o suppose_v he_o rather_o assert_n from_o his_o own_o conjecture_n in_o regard_n pla●o_o have_v be_v long_o in_o egypt_n then_o from_o any_o good_a authority_n he_o be_v induce_v thereunto_o by_o those_o book_n which_o be_v now_o common_o but_o false_o vent_v under_o the_o name_n of_o hermes_n trismegistus_n whereas_o the_o learned_a casaubon_n in_o his_o 18._o exercitation_n upon_o baronius_n have_v sufficient_o teach_v we_o the_o forgery_n of_o those_o book_n which_o seem_v by_o some_o impostor_n to_o have_v be_v compile_v out_o of_o the_o work_n of_o plato_n and_o the_o divine_a scripture_n that_o plato_n receive_v some_o light_n from_o moses_n be_v affirm_v with_o much_o great_a authority_n of_o several_a nation_n and_o religion_n of_o jew_n by_o 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which_o be_v pure_a nothing_o 9_o matter_n be_v neither_o generate_v nor_o corrupt_v it_o be_v the_o first_o insite_fw-la subject_n of_o every_o thing_n whereof_o it_o be_v frame_v primary_o in_o itself_o and_o not_o by_o accident_n and_o into_o which_o it_o at_o last_o resolve_v to_o treat_v of_o form_n in_o general_n be_v proper_a to_o metaphysic_n chap._n iii_o of_o nature_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o natural_a body_n 1._o of_o being_n some_o be_v by_o nature_n as_o plant_n other_o from_o other_o cause_n those_o have_v in_o themselves_o the_o principle_n of_o their_o motion_n these_o have_v not_o nature_n be_v a_o principle_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o motion_n and_o rest_n of_o that_o thing_n wherein_o it_o be_v primary_o by_o itself_o and_o not_o by_o accident_n material_a substance_n have_v nature_n natural_a property_n be_v according_a to_o nature_n nature_n be_v twofold_a matter_n and_o form_n but_o form_n be_v most_o nature_n because_o it_o be_v in_o act_n 3._o of_o cause_n be_v four_o kind_n the_o material_a of_o which_o a_o thing_n be_v make_v the_o formal_a by_o which_o a_o thing_n be_v make_v or_o reason_n of_o its_o essence_n the_o efficient_a whence_o be_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o its_o mutation_n or_o rest_n as_o a_o father_n the_o final_a for_o which_o end_n it_o be_v make_v as_o health_n be_v to_o walk_v cause_n be_v immediate_a or_o remote_a principal_a or_o accidental_a actual_a or_o potential_a particular_a or_o universal_a etc._n fortune_n and_o chance_n be_v cause_n of_o many_o effect_n fortune_n be_v a_o accidental_a cause_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v by_o election_n for_o some_o end_n chance_n be_v large_a a_o accidental_a cause_n in_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v for_o some_o end_n at_o least_o that_o of_o nature_n they_o be_v both_o efficient_a 8._o nature_n act_n for_o some_o end_n not_o temerarious_o or_o casual_o for_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v by_o nature_n be_v always_o or_o for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n yet_o sometime_o she_o be_v frustrate_v of_o her_o end_n as_o in_o monster_n which_o she_o intend_v not_o 9_o necessity_n be_v twofold_a absolute_a which_o be_v from_o matter_n conditional_a which_o be_v from_o the_o end_n or_o form_n both_o kind_n be_v in_o natural_a thing_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o affection_n of_o natural_a body_n motion_n place_n time_n 2._o motion_n be_v of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o such_o but_o may_v be_v such_o the_o way_n or_o act_v by_o which_o it_o become_v such_o as_o cure_v of_o a_o body_n which_o be_v not_o in_o health_n but_o may_v be_v in_o health_n be_v the_o way_n and_o act_n by_o which_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o health_n neither_o be_v it_o absurd_a that_o the_o same_o thing_n shall_v be_v both_o in_o act_n and_o power_n as_o to_o different_a respect_n for_o the_o thing_n move_v as_o water_n in_o warm_v be_v in_o act_n as_o to_o the_o heat_n which_o it_o have_v in_o power_n as_o to_o the_o great_a heat_n which_o it_o be_v 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the_o immediate_a immovable_a superficies_n of_o a_o continent_n body_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v contain_v by_o another_o body_n be_v in_o place_n but_o those_o which_o have_v not_o any_o other_o body_n above_o or_o beyond_o they_o be_v not_o proper_o in_o place_n body_n rest_n in_o their_o natural_a place_n because_o they_o tend_v thither_o as_o a_o part_n tear_v off_o from_o the_o whole_a 8._o vacuum_n be_v place_n void_a of_o body_n such_o a_o vacuum_n there_o be_v not_o in_o nature_n for_o that_o will_v destroy_v all_o motion_n see_v that_o in_o vacuum_n there_o be_v neither_o upward_o nor_o downward_o backward_o nor_o forward_o nor_o will_v there_o be_v any_o reason_n why_o motion_n shall_v be_v to_o one_o part_n more_o than_o to_o another_o moreover_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o one_o body_n to_o make_v another_o to_o recede_v if_o the_o triple_a dimension_n which_o body_n divide_v be_v vacuous_a neither_o be_v the_o motion_n of_o rare_a body_n upward_o cause_v by_o vacuity_n for_o that_o motion_n be_v as_o natural_a to_o light_v body_n as_o to_o move_v downward_o be_v to_o heavy_a 11._o time_n be_v the_o number_n of_o motion_n by_o before_o and_o after_o those_o two_o part_n of_o time_n be_v conjoin_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o present_a as_o the_o part_n of_o a_o line_n be_v by_o a_o point_n time_n be_v the_o measure_n of_o rest_n as_o well_o as_o of_o motion_n for_o the_o same_o measure_n which_o serve_v for_o the_o privation_n serve_v for_o the_o habit_n all_o motion_n and_o mutation_n be_v in_o time_n for_o in_o every_o motion_n there_o be_v a_o swiftness_n or_o slowness_n which_o be_v define_v by_o time_n the_o heaven_n earth_n sea_n and_o other_o sensibles_fw-fr be_v in_o time_n for_o they_o be_v movable_a 14._o time_n be_v a_o numerate_v number_n exist_v not_o without_o a_o numerant_fw-la which_o