Selected quad for the lemma: evil_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
evil_n	company_n	good_a	paradox_n	80	3	17.4865	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51674	Father Malebranche his treatise concerning the search after truth The whole work complete. To which is added the author's Treatise of nature and grace: being a consequence of the principles contained in the search. Together with his answer to the animadversions upon the first volume: his defence against the accusations of Monsieur De la Ville, &c. relating to the same subject. All translated by T. Taylor, M.A. late of Magdalen College in Oxford.	Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715.; Taylor, Thomas, 1669 or 70-1735.; Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715. Traité de la nature et de la grace. English.	1700 (1700)	Wing M318; ESTC R3403	829,942	418

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to_o error_n because_o they_o judge_v of_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o themselves_o they_o see_v very_o near_o what_o man_n posse●t_v with_o passion_n can_v do_v as_o they_o suppose_v they_o more_o or_o less_o agitate_a but_o do_v not_o rash_o judge_v of_o the_o action_n of_o other_o by_o what_o they_o will_v do_v themselves_o in_o such_o occasion_n for_o they_o well_o know_v that_o man_n be_v not_o equal_o sensible_a to_o the_o same_o thing_n nor_o alike_o susceptible_a of_o involuntary_a commotion_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o by_o consult_v our_o sensation_n which_o the_o passion_n create_v in_o we_o but_o by_o listen_v to_o reason_n that_o we_o must_v treat_v of_o the_o judgement_n that_o accompany_v they_o lest_o we_o shall_v draw_v our_o own_o picture_n instead_o of_o discover_v the_o nature_n of_o passion_n in_o general_n chap._n xi_o that_o all_o the_o passion_n justify_v themselves_o what_o judgement_n they_o cause_v we_o to_o make_v in_o their_o vindication_n we_o 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that_o be_v pure_o

sin_n find_v fruit_n pleasant_a to_o the_o sight_n and_o grateful_a to_o the_o taste_n if_o we_o right_o consider_v the_o word_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n nor_o shall_v we_o come_v to_o think_v that_o the_o oeconomy_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o passion_n which_o be_v so_o wonderful_o contrive_v and_o adapt_v to_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o body_n be_v a_o corruption_n of_o nature_n instead_o of_o its_o original_a institution_n doubtless_o nature_n be_v at_o this_o present_a corrupt_a the_o body_n act_v too_o violent_o upon_o the_o mind_n and_o whereas_o it_o ought_v only_o to_o make_v a_o humble_a representation_n of_o its_o want_n to_o the_o soul_n it_o domineer_v over_o she_o take_v she_o off_o from_o god_n to_o who_o she_o ought_v to_o be_v inseparable_o unite_v and_o continual_o apply_v she_o to_o the_o search_n of_o such_o sensible_a thing_n as_o tend_v to_o its_o preservation_n she_o be_v grow_v as_o it_o be_v material_a and_o terestrial_a ever_o since_o her_o fall_n the_o 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of_o man_n be_v indeed_o the_o occasion_n of_o that_o divine_a will_n that_o make_v the_o dispensation_n of_o grace_n but_o grace_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o nature_n neither_o do_v they_o destroy_v each_o other_o since_o god_n be_v not_o oppose_v to_o himself_o that_o he_o never_o repent_v and_o that_o his_o wisdom_n be_v without_o limit_n his_o work_n will_v be_v without_o end_n and_o therefore_o the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o constitute_v the_o dispensation_n of_o grace_n be_v superad_v to_o that_o which_o make_v the_o oeconomy_n of_o nature_n in_o order_n to_o repair_v and_o not_o to_o change_v it_o there_o be_v then_o in_o god_n but_o these_o two_o general_a will_n and_o the_o law_n by_o which_o he_o govern_v the_o world_n depend_v on_o one_o or_o other_o of_o they_o it_o will_v plain_o appear_v by_o what_o follow_v that_o the_o passion_n be_v very_o well_o order_v if_o consider_v only_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o body_n though_o they_o deceive_v we_o 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our_o pride_n that_o make_v we_o affect_v independency_n as_o that_o because_o reason_n teach_v we_o that_o most_o part_n of_o the_o evil_n which_o real_o afflict_v we_o will_v not_o be_v able_a to_o disturb_v we_o if_o all_o thing_n remain_v in_o good_a order_n but_o god_n have_v give_v we_o a_o body_n and_o by_o that_o body_n unite_v we_o to_o all_o sensible_a thing_n sin_n have_v subject_v we_o to_o our_o body_n and_o by_o our_o body_n make_v we_o dependent_a upon_o all_o sensible_a thing_n it_o be_v the_o order_n of_o nature_n it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o the_o creator_n that_o all_o the_o being_n that_o he_o have_v make_v shall_v hang_v together_o and_o therefore_o be_v unite_v to_o all_o thing_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o first_o man_n have_v make_v we_o dependent_a on_o all_o being_n to_o which_o god_n have_v only_o unite_v we_o there_o be_v now_o none_o but_o he_o be_v at_o once_o unite_v and_o subject_v to_o his_o body_n and_o by_o his_o body_n to_o his_o relation_n friend_n city_n prince_n country_n clothes_n house_n estate_n horse_n dog_n to_o all_o the_o earth_n to_o the_o sun_n the_o star_n and_o the_o heaven_n it_o be_v then_o ridiculous_a to_o tell_v man_n that_o it_o be_v in_o their_o power_n to_o be_v happy_a wise_a and_o free_a it_o be_v to_o jeer_v they_o serious_o to_o advise_v they_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v afflict_v for_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o friend_n or_o estate_n for_o as_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o exhort_v man_n not_o to_o feel_v pain_n when_o they_o be_v beat_v or_o not_o to_o be_v sensible_a of_o pleasure_n when_o they_o eat_v with_o a_o appetite_n so_o the_o stoic_n be_v either_o unreasonable_a or_o not_o in_o good_a earnest_n when_o they_o cry_v that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v sorry_a for_o the_o death_n of_o our_o father_n the_o loss_n of_o our_o good_n our_o banishment_n imprisonment_n and_o the_o like_a nor_o to_o be_v glad_a of_o the_o happy_a success_n of_o our_o affair_n since_o we_o be_v unite_v to_o our_o country_n good_n friend_n etc._n etc._n by_o a_o natural_a union_n which_o at_o present_a have_v no_o dependence_n on_o our_o will._n i_o grant_v that_o reason_n teach_v we_o we_o be_v to_o undergo_v banishment_n without_o sorrow_n but_o the_o same_o reason_n likewise_o teach_v we_o we_o ought_v to_o endure_v the_o cut_n off_o our_o arm_n without_o pain_n because_o the_o soul_n be_v superior_a to_o the_o body_n and_o that_o according_a to_o the_o light_n of_o reason_n her_o happiness_n or_o misery_n ought_v not_o to_o depend_v upon_o it_o but_o it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o argue_v against_o experience_n which_o in_o this_o occasion_n will_v convince_v we_o that_o thing_n be_v not_o so_o as_o our_o reason_n intimate_v they_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o philosophy_n of_o