Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	person_n	son_n	true_a	14,186	5	5.5218	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01093	Atheomastix clearing foure truthes, against atheists and infidels: 1. That, there is a God. 2. That, there is but one God. 3. That, Iehouah, our God, is that one God. 4. That, the Holy Scripture is the Word of that God. All of them proued, by naturall reasons, and secular authorities; for the reducing of infidels: and, by Scriptures, and Fathers, for the confirming of Christians. By the R. Reuerend Father in God, Martin Fotherby, late Bishop of Salisbury. The contents followes, next after the preface.	Fotherby, Martin, 1549 or 50-1620.	1622 (1622)	STC 11205; ESTC S121334	470,356	378

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participation_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n must_v be_v get_v by_o fly_v of_o corruption_n by_o join_v virtue_n with_o our_o faith_n and_o with_o virtue_n knowledge_n and_o with_o knowledge_n temperance_n and_o with_o temperance_n patience_n and_o with_o patience_n goodlines_n and_o with_o godliness_n brotherly_a kindness_n and_o with_o brotherly_a kindness_n love_n which_o be_v the_o bond_n of_o perfection_n 14._o and_o tie_v a_o man_n strict_o unto_o god_n and_o this_o be_v the_o first_o degree_n of_o our_o felicity_n with_o god_n which_o be_v afford_v unto_o we_o in_o this_o present_a life_n there_o be_v two_o degree_n more_o which_o come_v not_o unto_o man_n before_o the_o life_n to_o come_v the_o first_o that_o virtue_n bring_v we_o up_o to_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o place_n of_o god_n own_o dwell_n and_o there_o make_v we_o to_o live_v eternal_o with_o he_o a_o thing_n plain_o confess_v even_o by_o the_o very_a heathen_a pythagoras_n affirm_v in_o his_o verse_n that_o si_fw-mi relicto_fw-la corpore_fw-la ad_fw-la purum_fw-la aethera_fw-la perveneris_fw-la 129._o eris_n immortalis_fw-la deus_fw-la incorruptibilis_fw-la nec_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la mortalis_fw-la when_o as_o our_o soul_n our_o body_n shall_v forsake_v and_o to_o the_o heaven_n they_o shall_v themselves_o betake_v then_o shall_v we_o be_v as_o god_n immortal_a be_v all_o incorrupt_a no_o long_o mortal_a man_n for_o we_o shall_v then_o enjoy_v god_n who_o be_v our_o very_a life_n 396._o as_o the_o prophet_n moses_n testify_v yea_o the_o life_n of_o our_o life_n our_o vita_fw-la vitalis_fw-la as_o the_o orator_n speak_v whereas_o this_o our_o present_a life_n 1._o be_v but_o vita_fw-la mortalis_fw-la a_o transitory_a and_o a_o mortal_a life_n but_o this_o say_v the_o apostle_n paul_n we_o know_v that_o if_o our_o earthly_a tabernacle_n be_v dissolve_v we_o have_v a_o building_n give_v we_o of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o house_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n but_o eternal_a in_o the_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o say_v musonius_n that_o vir_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la civis_fw-la vrbis_fw-la jovis_fw-la quae_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la hominibus_fw-la &_o dijs_fw-la that_o he_o which_o be_v a_o good_a 234._o man_n shall_v be_v a_o citizen_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o city_n common_a unto_o god_n with_o man_n which_o be_v a_o probable_a aim_v at_o the_o heavenly_a i●rus●lem_n which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n be_v describe_v unto_o us._n i_o see_v the_o holy_a city_n 3._o new_a jerusalem_n come_v down_o from_o god_n out_o of_o heaven_n praepare_v as_o a_o bride_n trim_v for_o her_o husband_n and_o i_o hear_v a_o great_a voice_n out_o of_o heaven_n say_v behold_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o god_n be_v with_o man_n and_o he_o will_v dwell_v with_o they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v his_o people_n and_o god_n himself_o will_v be_v their_o god_n with_o they_o upon_o which_o our_o cohabitation_n with_o god_n 432._o tully_n say_v that_o we_o be_v deorum_fw-la quasi_fw-la gentile_n the_o countryman_n of_o the_o god_n nay_o generis_fw-la divini_fw-la the_o kinsman_n of_o the_o god_n as_o he_o add_v in_o that_o place_n of_o their_o own_o generation_n as_o aratus_n speak_v 28._o and_o therefore_o tully_n in_o another_o place_n speak_v of_o the_o state_n of_o god_n and_o virtuous_a man_n after_o this_o present_a life_n he_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v live_v among_o the_o god_n qui_fw-la in_o corporibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la 119._o vitam_fw-la sunt_fw-la imitati_fw-la deorum_fw-la he_o ad_fw-la eos_fw-la a_o quibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la profecti_fw-la facilis_fw-la reditus_fw-la patet_fw-la such_o as_o have_v live_v the_o life_n of_o a_o god_n in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n shall_v find_v a_o easy_a passage_n unto_o god_n because_o from_o he_o they_o have_v descend_v so_o that_o god_n call_v those_o man_n to_o live_v with_o he_o in_o heaven_n with_o who_o he_o himself_o have_v live_v upon_o earth_n now_o the_o way_n whereby_o they_o ascend_v up_o into_o heaven_n there_o to_o live_v with_o god_n be_v by_o instruct_v themselves_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o some_o even_o of_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o 426._o have_v teach_v us._n trismegistus_n say_v express_o that_o vnica_fw-la salus_fw-la homini_fw-la est_fw-la cognitio_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la ad_fw-la olympum_fw-la ascensio_fw-la the_o happiness_n of_o man_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v our_o way_n of_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n agree_v well_o with_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n this_o be_v life_n aeternal_a to_o know_v thou_o 3._o to_o be_v the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o who_o thou_o have_v send_v jesus_n christ._n for_o as_o bernard_n true_o note_v summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la hominis_fw-la est_fw-la plena_fw-la &_o perfecta_fw-la agnitio_fw-la creatoris_fw-la 1355._o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o creator_n not_o a_o naked_a or_o a_o idle_a knowledge_n but_o a_o knowledge_n which_o be_v join_v with_o the_o practice_n of_o virtue_n 5._o as_o the_o apostle_n peter_n teach_v us._n join_v with_o virtue_n knowledge_n for_o if_o they_o be_v

church_n and_o there_o to_o be_v use_v in_o god_n own_o immeditate_a service_n for_o this_o be_v a_o art_n so_o heavenly_a and_o divine_a that_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v give_v by_o god_n unto_o man_n to_o this_o special_a end_n that_o by_o it_o man_n may_v set_v out_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o plutarch_n affirm_v 707._o that_o primum_fw-la &_o pulcherrimum_n musicae_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la grata_fw-la advers●m_fw-la deos_fw-la remuneratio_fw-la the_o first_o and_o the_o fair_a office_n of_o music_n be_v the_o return_n of_o our_o thankfulness_n unto_o god_n 13_o for_o his_o goodness_n which_o office_n the_o prophet_n david_n according_o put_v in_o practice_n what_o can_v i_o return_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o all_o his_o benefit_n i_o will_v take_v unto_o i_o the_o cup_n of_o salvation_n and_o will_v call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n here_o be_v the_o best_a return_n that_o by_o man_n can_v be_v make_v to_o sacrifice_v the_o true_a thankfulness_n 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of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o heathen_a as_o may_v be_v evident_o see_v not_o only_o in_o hesiodus_n but_o also_o in_o trismegistus_n 78._o two_o of_o their_o chief_a divine_n for_o the_o first_o of_o they_o hesiodus_n he_o make_v the_o muse_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o music_n the_o daughter_n of_o jupiter_n and_o therefore_o to_o draw_v their_o original_n from_o god_n and_o he_o make_v they_o again_o to_o sing_v always_o before_o he_o and_o therefore_o to_o refer_v all_o their_o music_n unto_o god_n and_o trismegistus_n likewise_o express_o deliver_v both_o the_o very_a same_o point_n 490._o for_o the_o first_o of_o they_o he_o say_v that_o musarum_fw-la chorus_n est_fw-la a_o summa_fw-la divinitate_fw-la demissus_fw-la ne_fw-la terrenus_fw-la mundus_fw-la videretur_fw-la incultior_fw-la si_fw-la modulorum_fw-la dulcedine_fw-la caruisset_fw-la that_o the_o choir_n of_o the_o muse_n be_v send_v down_o from_o heaven_n from_o the_o high_a of_o the_o god_n lest_o this_o terrene_a and_o inferior_a world_n shall_v be_v barbarous_a and_o rude_a if_o it_o lack_v the_o delight_n and_o sweetness_n of_o music_n and_o for_o the_o second_o of_o they_o he_o add_v sed_fw-la potiùs_fw-la ut_fw-la modulatis_fw-la hominum_fw-la cantilenis_fw-la concelebretur_fw-la laudibus_fw-la qui_fw-la solus_fw-la that_fw-mi omne_fw-la ut_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la but_o yet_o the_o high_a end_n of_o music_n be_v that_o by_o man_n delightful_a music_n he_o may_v be_v only_o praise_v who_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o all_o as_o be_v indeed_o the_o very_a father_n of_o all_o so_o then_o music_n be_v first_o give_v by_o god_n to_o man_n that_o man_n may_v by_o it_o give_v due_a praise_n unto_o god_n for_o the_o true_a use_n of_o music_n as_o athenaeus_n observe_v be_v principal_o this_o 471._o deorum_fw-la laudes_fw-la musicis_fw-la canticis_fw-la personare_fw-la to_o chant_v out_o god_n praise_n with_o musical_a song_n and_o therefore_o the_o ancient_a music_n as_o 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opinion_n of_o he_o aristotle_n also_o confirm_v who_o affirm_v of_o music_n that_o it_o have_v a_o power_n in_o it_o both_o purgative_a and_o sanative_a whereby_o a_o man_n mind_n be_v make_v both_o pure_a and_o humble_a and_o devout_a and_o therefore_o we_o may_v observe_v in_o the_o practice_n of_o heathen_n as_o well_o a●of_a christian_n that_o they_o have_v not_o think_v it_o sufficient_a to_o worship_n god_n only_o with_o prayer_n &_o invocation_n but_o also_o with_o hymn_n and_o ode_n aelian_n record_v a_o hymn_n of_o thanksgiving_n which_o arion_n make_v to_o neptune_n 268._o for_o his_o deliverance_n by_o the_o dolphin_n galen_n part_n upon_o the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o admirable_a workmanship_n in_o the_o body_n of_o man_n break_v out_o into_o a_o hymn_n in_o the_o praise_n of_o he_o that_o make_v he_o hìc_fw-la compono_fw-la canticum_fw-la in_fw-la creatoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la laudem_fw-la and_o trismegistus_n upon_o the_o like_a contemplation_n trismeg_n set_v down_o diverse_a hymn_n which_o he_o make_v in_o god_n praise_n yea_o and_o homer_n have_v make_v a_o set_a book_n of_o hymn_n wherein_o he_o set_v out_o the_o praise_n of_o all_o their_o go_n which_o kind_n of_o hymn_n as_o macrobius_n record_v be_v usual_o sing_v suprà_fw-la in_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o heathen_a per_fw-la stroph●m_fw-la &_o antistropham_n for_o the_o strong_a elevation_n of_o their_o mind_n towards_o heaven_n as_o our_o holy_a hymn_n be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o christian_n by_o verse_n and_o antiphony_n answer_v one_o another_o and_o the_o like_a we_o may_v observe_v to_o have_v be_v also_o in_o use_n in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o appear_v in_o all_o the_o psalm_n from_o the_o 146._o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o psalme-booke_n where_o as_o every_o psalm_n begin_v with_o a_o allelu-iah_a or_o praise_v the_o lord_n by_o stropha_fw-la so_o do_v it_o likewise_o end_n with_o a_o allelu-iah_a or_o praise_v the_o lord_n by_o antistropha_n and_o the_o same_o 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the_o form_n of_o the_o sing_n of_o saint_n and_o angel_n therein_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o god_n have_v not_o only_o appoint_v that_o man_n shall_v here_o praise_v he_o with_o holy_a harmony_n in_o this_o present_a life_n but_o also_o with_o heavenly_a harmony_n in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v and_o this_o also_o be_v both_o know_v and_o acknowledge_v by_o the_o very_a heathen_a as_o it_o evident_o appear_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o pindarus_n animae_fw-la piorum_fw-la coelos_n colentes_fw-la 541._o cantu_n beatum_fw-la &_o magnum_fw-la in_o hymmis_fw-la cannut_n the_o soul_n of_o godly_a bless_a saint_n inhabit_v the_o heaven_n do_v chant_v and_o sound_v their_o blessedness_n in_o holy_a song_n and_o hymn_n yea_o and_o porphiry_n recite_v a_o certain_a oracle_n of_o apollo_n wherein_o he_o affirm_v that_o god_n have_v create_v a_o certain_a order_n of_o angel_n which_o do_v nothing_o but_o praise_v he_o and_o sing_v continual_o before_o he_o praetereà_fw-la 202._o tertium_fw-la quoddam_fw-la genus_fw-la regum_fw-la creâsti_fw-la quite_o semper_fw-la canunt_fw-la