Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	age_n	church_n	time_n	1,732	5	3.5963	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04263	A second part of Observations, censures, and confutations of divers errours in Mr. Hobbs his Leviathan beginning at the seventeenth chapter of that book. / By William Lucy, Bishop of S. David's.; Observations, censures, and confutations of notorious errours in Mr. Hobbes his Leviathan. Part 2	Lucy, William, 1594-1677.	1673 (1673)	Wing L3454A; ESTC R220049	191,568	301

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peaceable_o not_o only_o plough_v and_o sow_v peaceable_o but_o reap_v the_o fruit_n of_o that_o pain_n they_o take_v and_o call_v it_o there_o own_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o that_o just_o can_v be_v deny_v they_o and_o if_o it_o be_v they_o be_v in_o such_o a_o state_n as_o they_o be_v without_o the_o fruit_n of_o their_o virtuous_a labour_n it_o be_v true_a in_o the_o eastern_a monarchy_n i_o read_v they_o have_v not_o inheritance_n as_o they_o have_v here_o but_o pro_fw-la termino_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la and_o then_o all_o return_n to_o that_o sea_n out_o of_o which_o they_o come_v but_o it_o be_v otherwise_o in_o our_o european_a country_n bring_v and_o the_o law_n of_o every_o nation_n be_v just_o to_o be_v observe_v but_o still_o according_a to_o that_o right_n which_o each_o person_n have_v and_o this_o propriety_n be_v so_o natural_o dear_a unto_o every_o man_n as_o there_o can_v be_v no_o wise_a law_n make_v for_o the_o public_a than_o such_o as_o private_a man_n shall_v be_v better_v by_o they_o for_o then_o every_o man_n will_v more_o industrious_o endeavour_v the_o public_a good_a when_o his_o private_a benefit_n result_v out_o of_o it_o i_o but_o say_v he_o such_o as_o exclude_v the_o right_a of_o the_o sovereign_n indeed_o i_o think_v in_o that_o he_o say_v more_o right_o than_o he_o mean_v for_o certain_o the_o sovereign_n have_v a_o right_a of_o a_o sovereign_n over_o all_o his_o kingdom_n or_o dominion_n nay_o the_o propriety_n of_o a_o sovereign_n that_o be_v his_o legal_a propriety_n over_o his_o subject_n be_v over_o their_o estate_n to_o determine_v their_o controversy_n to_o have_v dominion_n over_o their_o person_n legal_o to_o punish_v according_a to_o his_o just_a prerogative_n but_o the_o title_n of_o propriety_n in_o his_o estate_n be_v belong_v to_o the_o subject_n in_o all_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v not_o include_v in_o the_o supremes_n legal_a prerogative_n so_o that_o when_o he_o have_v grant_v law_n which_o do_v limit_v the_o 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propriety_n necessary_a for_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o royal_a office_n and_o protection_n of_o subject_n public_a necessity_n justify_v the_o invasion_n of_o propriety_n the_o partition_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n among_o the_o optimates_fw-la not_o destructive_a of_o it_o according_a to_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o own_o tenant_n the_o responsa_fw-la prudentûm_fw-la of_o high_a esteem_n among_o all_o nation_n every_o man_n have_v indeed_o a_o propriety_n that_o exclude_v the_o right_a of_o every_o other_o subject_a this_o be_v grant_v upon_o all_o side_n and_o say_v he_o he_o have_v it_o only_o from_o the_o sovereign_a power_n without_o the_o protection_n whereof_o now_o i_o be_o in_o page_n 170._o every_o other_o man_n shall_v have_v equal_a right_n to_o the_o same_o this_o be_v not_o true_o speak_v for_o the_o protection_n of_o the_o sovereign_a do_v not_o make_v or_o give_v right_a to_o any_o thing_n but_o enable_v he_o to_o use_v the_o same_o the_o law_n give_v the_o right_a &_o 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they_o etc._n etc._n sure_o many_o sovereign_n have_v defend_v and_o do_v defend_v their_o subject_n and_o yet_o have_v not_o propriety_n to_o their_o estate_n he_o who_o have_v a_o propriety_n in_o a_o estate_n may_v use_v it_o how_o he_o will_v to_o his_o own_o advantage_n or_o content_v but_o this_o supremes_n can_v do_v with_o their_o subject_n just_o there_o may_v be_v a_o case_n of_o extremity_n where_o salus_n reipublicae_fw-la must_v be_v suprema_fw-la lex_fw-la put_v the_o case_n a_o enemy_n invade_v the_o kingdom_n the_o land_n of_o some_o particular_a subject_n lie_v fit_a to_o make_v a_o fort_n of_o the_o king_n by_o force_n take_v it_o for_o the_o public_a benefit_n not_o out_o of_o propriety_n that_o it_o belong_v to_o himself_o but_o that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o who_o public_a benefit_n all_o private_a interest_n and_o propriety_n must_v submit_v but_o i_o may_v term_v the_o right_n of_o such_o accident_n to_o be_v a_o universality_n rather_o than_o a_o propriety_n the_o universal_a right_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n not_o the_o particular_a right_n of_o one_o or_o another_o that_o which_o follow_v to_o this_o purpose_n receive_v the_o same_o answer_n in_o office_n of_o judicature_n and_o the_o like_a i_o pass_v to_o a_o six_o doctrine_n which_o he_o say_v be_v plain_o and_o direct_o against_o the_o essence_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n and_o it_o be_v this_o that_o the_o sovereign_a power_n may_v be_v divide_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o division_n i_o can_v ready_o apprehend_v if_o he_o mean_v that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v divide_v into_o sundry_a person_n than_o he_o have_v overthrow_v himself_o when_o he_o constitute_v other_o government_n beside_o monarchy_n as_o aristocracy_n and_o democracy_n which_o be_v in_o divers_a person_n but_o unite_v if_o he_o mean_v which_o he_o seem_v to_o do_v by_o his_o follow_a discourse_n two_o several_a king_n in_o the_o same_o kingdom_n i_o think_v it_o can_v subsist_v because_o of_o 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nation_n happy_a the_o history_n of_o the_o grecian_n and_o roman_n vindicate_v against_o mr._n hobbs_n mr._n hobbs_n his_o precept_n in_o his_o leviathan_n much_o more_o seductive_a and_o encourage_v to_o rebellion_n than_o the_o forementioned_a history_n the_o abuse_n of_o good_a thing_n ought_v not_o to_o take_v away_o the_o use_n of_o they_o and_o as_o false_a doctrine_n so_o oftentimes_o the_o example_n of_o different_a government_n in_o a_o neighbour_a nation_n dispose_v man_n to_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o form_n already_o settle_v in_o this_o true_o i_o be_o of_o his_o mind_n for_o when_o man_n see_v a_o neighbour_n prosper_v in_o that_o kind_n of_o life_n he_o lead_v he_o be_v apt_a to_o pry_v into_o the_o way_n by_o which_o he_o so_o thrive_v and_o then_o take_v the_o same_o course_n hope_v to_o find_v it_o as_o beneficial_a to_o himself_o as_o it_o have_v prove_v to_o the_o