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"IN order to the explaining this Article, we must consider, First, The Importance of the Term Spirit, or Holy Spirit. Secondly, His Pro- cession from the Father and the Son. And Thirdly, That he is truly God, of the same Substance with the Father and the Son. Spirit signifies Wind or Breath, and in the Old Testament it stands frequently in that Sense: The Spirit of God, or Wind of God, stands sometimes for a high and strong Wind; but more frequently it signifies a secret Impression made by God on the Mind of a Prophet: So that the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of Prophecy are set in opposition to the vain Imaginations, the false Pretences, or the Diabolical Illusions of those who assumed to themselves the Name and the Authority of a Prophet, without a true Mission from God: But when God made Representations either in a Dream, or in an Extasy, to any Person, or imprinted a sense of his Will on their Minds, together with such necessary Characters as gave it Proof and Authority, this was an Illapse from God, as a Breathing from him on the Soul of the Prophet.
(p. 98)",2011-08-31 13:30:53 UTC,"""The Spirit of God, or Wind of God, stands sometimes for a high and strong Wind; but more frequently it signifies a secret Impression made by God on the Mind of a Prophet.""",2005-07-20 00:00:00 UTC,Article V,"",2011-08-31,Impression,"","Searching ""mind"" in Ad Fontes's Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts",10265,3948
"BRIDE.
My Love let me thy dear Affection feel,
Imprint me on thy Heart, there stamp me as a Seal;
Upon thy Arm let me engraven be,
There fix me as a Seal, love's Signet make thou me.
O let my flame of Love be satisfied,
Loves Floods o'erwhelm me with a raging Tide;
Love's strong as Death, who can withstand its Power,
When jealous like the Grave it doth devour.
I'm, my beloved, jealous of thy stay,
What keeps my Love? What makes the long delay?
Loves Coals burn fiercer than the Coals of Fire,
O vehement's the Flames of Loves Desire:
Ten Thousand Rivers, cannot quench my Rage,
Nay the whole Ocean can't the Flames asswage.
These feed it's burning Lust; it's fiery Womb
The Floods and Rivers and the Seas o'ercome:
When once a Fire he kindles in the Mind,
The Soul no Pleasure in the World can find;
The cordial Drops of Heaven it longs to have,
The World turns Trash, seems rotten like the Grave.
Love won't capitulate with th'earthly Man,
Christ's only fair, and all the World looks wan:
Should Earth give Bribes, Heav'ns Lover to forsake,
An Offer of its choicest Treasures make,
Give all the Substance of the World, 'twould prove
In vain to these inflam'd with heav'nly Love.
Earth's lost its Lustre, he's the dazling Gem;
Presents of Gold they'd scornfully contemn;
They court a Crown a heav'nly Diadem.
But, O sweet Lover! whilst I pant for thee,
Breath short, and gasp, thy Glory for to see,
Whilst humbly I implore thy Love and Grace,
And fondly court the Shinings of thy Face,
Dare I forget our little Sister's Case.
My Love, we have a little Sister, she,
Invelopt in a Cloud thy Beauty cannot see,
Exert almighty Pow'r, and draw her unto thee.
She hath no Breasts, she's a deformed Vine;
Yet she's thy future Spouse, then make her thine,
Deck her with wedding Robes and make her shine.
O when thy forming Fingers moulds her right,
And she looks glorious in the World's sight,
In Pomp appears, and shines with heav'nly Light.
O what shall we for our dear Sister do,
To bring her nigh and wed her unto you:
When you'll thy long delayed Visit make,
What shall we do for our dear Sister's sake,
That she may of our Privilege partake.
Yes, firmly we're resolv'd upon the thing,
We'll her with solemn Preparation bring,
Upon the Wedding-Day to meet the King.
If she for Strength like brazen Wall appear,
Upon her silver Palaces we'll rear:
If she a Door do prove, thy En'mies to keep out,
She's be enclos'd with Cedar-Boards about.
With Beauty, Strength and Honour she'll command,
And spread her numerous Issue thro' the Land;
Her Greatness the astonish'd World shall see;
In Strength and Grandeur she shall rival me.
Me, whom the envying World do Happy call,
A Rock impregnable, a Castle Wall.
I am a Wall, my swelling Breasts are Tow'rs,
But Oh, my Love, my Strength and Beauties yours!
From thee the Fountain Head, my Mercies rise;
For I found Grace and Favour in thine Eyes:
Hence I'm thro' all the Universe renound,
Because thou has my Head with Glory crown'd,
And I with Grace and Love and Strength abound.
I'll tell the list'ning World what he's done,
I'll sound the Praises of my Solomon:
For me, King Solomon was at the pains
T'enclose a Vineyard in Balhamon's Plains.
He farm'd it out to Labourers for a Rent,
Ten thousand Pieces was the Equivalent
Each Keeper yearly to the Land-Lord sent.
The Fruit rewarded ev'ry virtuous one;
Enrich'd the Frugal, but it starv'd the Dron:
My Vineyard, which is mine, before me lies;
It's still the darling Object of mine Eyes.
O Solomon, the Rents be paid by me,
A Thousand silver Pieces I'll give thee,
Each Keeper of the Fruit two hundred for their Fee.
O thou who dwellest in the gladsome Grove
Behold the dear Companions of my Love
Listen unto the Musick of thy Tongue,
And never think the blessed Hours too long;
No, they are all in Rapture with thy Song.
When they're made glad, being intertain'd by you,
Make me a Sharer in the Pleasures too;
With equal Warmth and Gratitude rejoyce,
I'll in strong Numbers sing with rapt'rous Noise,
When I in Consort join, and hear my Lovers Voice.
O my Beloved! fly with Lovers haste!
O! when shall Days and Hours, and Years be past,
And Time, dull tedious Time, no longer last.
Make swift Approaches, let my Bridgroom go
Swiftly, as on the Spicy Hills the Roe:
Swifter than the young nimble Hart can flie
Let thy Appearance unto Judgment be;
I shall be Happy then thro' all Eternitie.",2012-04-27 19:04:50 UTC,"""My Love let me thy dear Affection feel, / Imprint me on thy Heart, there stamp me as a Seal; Upon thy Arm let me engraven be, / There fix me as a Seal, love's Signet make thou me.""",2005-03-08 00:00:00 UTC,"","",2012-04-27,Impressions,"","Found again searching ""heart"" and ""stamp"" in HDIS (Poetry)",11226,4297
" No; from my grateful Heart
Her Image ne'er can part.
Each Place she visited and lov'd,
Whate'er she prais'd or disapprov'd;
Persons and Things which she held dear,
But most her Picture, ever near
My Sight, will keep her in my Mind,
Preserve the deep Impression made,
As if they were by her Last Will design'd
To Guarantee my Reverence for her Shade.",2009-09-14 19:36:15 UTC,"""My Sight, will keep her in my Mind, / Preserve the deep Impression made,""",2005-05-15 00:00:00 UTC,Stanza V.,"",,Impression,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""impression"" in HDIS (Poetry)",11793,4490
"I believe I need not here remark, that the Mind only is that Part of, the human Constitution, which is the proper or the only Seat of Pleasure and Pain, no sort of Matter, however modified, being at all capable of any Sort of Perceptions. 'Tis however to be observ'd that whatever Pleasures or Pains we may happen to be sensible of, these do not spring up in the Mind of their own Accord, but are deriv'd to us, either from the Impressions of some Objects that are external to the human Soul, or from some Thoughts and Reflections, about which the Mind is immediatly employ'd. These are the two great, and the only Sources of agreeable, or uneasy Perceptions, that I know, or can form any Notion of.
(p. 177)",2013-07-16 15:29:38 UTC,"""'Tis however to be observ'd that whatever Pleasures or Pains we may happen to be sensible of, these do not spring up in the Mind of their own Accord, but are deriv'd to us, either from the Impressions of some Objects that are external to the human Soul, or from some Thoughts and Reflections, about which the Mind is immediatly employ'd.""",2013-07-16 15:29:38 UTC,"","",,Impressions,"",Google Books,21785,7546
"In the first Place, I say, our Pleasures or Pains are derived to us from the Impressions of some Objects that are external to the Mind. And the first of this Sort that occurs or our Observation, is the human Body it self, in which, for a Reason, I shall give by and by, we all reckon ourselves to be deeply concern'd. There is, I know not how, in the present state of our Existence, so close and intimate a Connection of Soul and Body together, that according as this happens to be affected, so does that receive either pleasing or painful Sensations. If the several Members, and the constituent Parts of this curious Machine, which the Mind always carries about her, have a brisk uniform Motion, and be so ballanc'd and adjusted as easily to perform all the Animal Functions, this gives a Briskness and Vivacity to the Mind, and entertains her with many agreeable Perceptions, which make her approve her present Situation, while she feels every Thing about her healthful and vigorous: But when the Blood and Spirits flag, or when the inward Motions of this human Machine happen to be disturbed, this affects the Mind with Pain, and gives her the uneasy Sensations of Trouble, Sickness, or Anguish, so that she is now discontented with her present Condition. And thus far does the Mind depend immediatly upon her Body for her Pleasures or Pains, without having Regard to other external Objects.
(pp. 177-8)",2013-07-16 15:30:26 UTC,"""In the first Place, I say, our Pleasures or Pains are derived to us from the Impressions of some Objects that are external to the Mind.""",2013-07-16 15:30:26 UTC,"","",,Impressions,"",Google Books,21786,7546
"But when we consider how the human Body stands connected with the Rest of the visible Creation, and depends, as to its Motions that immediatly affect the Mind, upon the Impressions which from thence it receiveth; 'tis very obvious, that the Mind derives her Pleasures or Pains, by means of her Body, from numberless other Objects. Those common Powers of every human Body (or rather of the Mind awaken'd by some Particular Motions in the Body, after a Manner we do not now understand) that go by the general Name of the Senses, are the great Instruments which convey to the Mind either Pleasure or Pain from every Object we here converse with. And tho' these Senses be counted only five in Number, yet with what an infinite Variety of pleasing Ideas, and painful Sensations, is every one of 'em capable to entertain us? There is no Man, I am sure, who has reflected on his own Experience of Things, or who has attended to what passes into his Mind by his Senses, but must be sensible of thus much, and stand amazed at the wonderful Frame of human Nature, and the surprizing Effects, which the whole, and the several Parts of this visible World, as they fall under our Cognizance, have upon us.
(p. 178-9)",2013-07-16 15:31:52 UTC,"""But when we consider how the human Body stands connected with the Rest of the visible Creation, and depends, as to its Motions that immediatly affect the Mind, upon the Impressions which from thence it receiveth; 'tis very obvious, that the Mind derives her Pleasures or Pains, by means of her Body, from numberless other Objects.""",2013-07-16 15:31:52 UTC,"","",,Impressions,"",Google Books,21788,7546
"Thus we see how the Mind necessarily depends, immediatly upon her own Body, and by Means thereof, upon other external Objects, for her Pleasures or Pains. Now,'tis this Dependence, which the Mind Is always conscious she has upon the Body, that engageth her in so very deep a Concern for it. For if the Mind suffer'd no Alteration in her State, from whatever Impressions might be made on it by external Objects, we have no Reason to believe, but that she would as easily part with a Limb, or any other Member whatsoever, as we now do with our Hair, and other Excrescences. But when the Mind sensibly feels, that the Body is the great Organ whereby, she receives so many of her agreeable and painful Sensations, and that these Things always happen, to her, according to the Condition the Body is in, and the Impressions it derives from external Objects, this makes her to interest her self in the State of the Body, as much as she does in her own Perceptions, and to employ as tender a Concernment about its Situation, as about the Manner of her own Existence. By which Means she always bears a mighty Liking and Good-will to the Body; which is very much encreased from considering its Usefulness, and that it serves as a very commodious Engine to carry her about in her Diversions and Amusements, and to procure other Objects which she feels as necessary to her Happiness.
(pp. 183-4)",2013-07-16 15:34:09 UTC,"""Now,'tis this Dependence, which the Mind Is always conscious she has upon the Body, that engageth her in so very deep a Concern for it. For if the Mind suffer'd no Alteration in her State, from whatever Impressions might be made on it by external Objects, we have no Reason to believe, but that she would as easily part with a Limb, or any other Member whatsoever, as we now do with our Hair, and other Excrescences.""",2013-07-16 15:34:09 UTC,"","",,Impressions,"",Google Book,21790,7546
"AEMILIUS
Besides the five Senses, the Naturalists generally speak of a Sensorium, or common Sense, which they reckon the ground of all Sensation, or a Medium, as it were, for modifying the Impressions and conveying them to the Mind. The Eye, say they, knows not that it sees, nor the Ear that it hears, till this common Sense interposes its Verdict.
This makes no addition to the number of our Senses, whether it be granted or denied; it only serves, as a new Instrument, to account in some dark manner for their Operations. And perhaps it is owing to this Medium or Canal, among other things, that having two Eyes and two Ears we do not see nor hear double.
(p. 31)",2013-08-18 04:25:48 UTC,"""Besides the five Senses, the Naturalists generally speak of a Sensorium, or common Sense, which they reckon the ground of all Sensation, or a Medium, as it were, for modifying the Impressions and conveying them to the Mind.""",2013-08-18 04:25:48 UTC,"","",,Impressions,"",ECCO-TCP,22324,7622
"LUCINUS
But this divine Love seems to be quite lost since the Sin of Adam, Faith which is previous to that Virtue being now extinguished. Before we can love we must believe, since (according to the old Maxim) there is no desire of a thing unknown. All the Faith natural Men can pretend to, is work'd up by their Reason, *the things of God appearing Foolishness to them. We may see God indeed in his Works, for the Heavens declare his Glory, and there may be an impression of his almighty Power upon our minds some other way than by our own Reasoning or making Inferences from the things that strike our Senses: but this is only what they call believing à posteriori, and we could give no Demonstration of the Existence of God to others who doubt of it, but that either they must believe it, or they must believe a Contradiction; as Dr. Clarke very well argues in his Discourses upon Mr. Boyle's Establishment; the substance of which is this.
(pp. 145-6)",2013-08-18 05:00:53 UTC,"""We may see God indeed in his Works, for the Heavens declare his Glory, and there may be an impression of his almighty Power upon our minds some other way than by our own Reasoning or making Inferences from the things that strike our Senses.""",2013-08-18 05:00:53 UTC,"","",,Impressions,"",ECCO-TCP,22347,7622
"AEMILIUS
'Tis very remarkable too, that the same Principle of Self-Love, which divides Men from one another, and produces such a variety of fanciful Distinctions, should yet in some measure unite them again, their Necessities making them subservient to one another; and, which is still more remarkable, the inferiour Ranks often serving their Superiours chearfully, and without the least disdain. Domat has very good Observations upon this Head, in his Treatise of the Law, shewing how out of Self-Love, which is the Poison of Society, God brings Remedies for its subsistence. And there seems to be the like Impression on the Minds of the generality of Mankind, very much to the honour of the divine Wisdom, that God draws Order out of Confusion.
(pp. 174-5)",2013-08-18 05:02:13 UTC,"""And there seems to be the like Impression on the Minds of the generality of Mankind, very much to the honour of the divine Wisdom, that God draws Order out of Confusion.""",2013-08-18 05:02:13 UTC,"","",,Impressions,"",ECCO-TCP,22348,7622