Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	aaron_n	law_n	preacher_n	21	3	10.2017	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92138	The divine right of church-government and excommunication: or a peacable dispute for the perfection of the holy scripture in point of ceremonies and church government; in which the removal of the Service-book is justifi'd, the six books of Tho: Erastus against excommunication are briefly examin'd; with a vindication of that eminent divine Theod: Beza against the aspersions of Erastus, the arguments of Mr. William Pryn, Rich: Hooker, Dr. Morton, Dr. Jackson, Dr. John Forbes, and the doctors of Aberdeen; touching will-worship, ceremonies, imagery, idolatry, things indifferent, an ambulatory government; the due and just powers of the magistrate in matters of religion, and the arguments of Mr. Pryn, in so far as they side with Erastus, are modestly discussed. To which is added, a brief tractate of scandal ... / By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Published by authority.	Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661.	1646 (1646)	Wing R2377; Thomason E326_1; ESTC R200646	722,457	814

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of_o god_n deut._n 18._o 18._o i_o will_v raise_v they_o up_o a_o prophet_n from_o among_o their_o brethren_n like_v unto_o thou_o deut._n 34._o 10._o and_o there_o arise_v not_o a_o prophet_n in_o israel_n since_o like_v unto_o moses_n who_o the_o lord_n know_v face_n to_o face_n heb._n 3._o 5._o moses_n very_o be_v faithful_a in_o all_o his_o house_n as_o a_o servant_n now_o those_o that_o will_v say_v moses_n his_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v all_o civil_a and_o political_a as_o a_o civil_a judge_n and_o king_n and_o that_o he_o act_v not_o in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n as_o in_o writing_n and_o deliver_v law_n and_o in_o do_v many_o thing_n yea_o in_o command_v the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o a_o prophet_n to_o aaron_n to_o his_o son_n and_o the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o levi_n to_o i_o speak_v nonsense_n erastus_n that_o judicature_n to_o the_o which_o the_o inferior_n appeal_v as_o to_o 271._o the_o supreme_a be_v politic_a ans_fw-fr it_o be_v deny_v they_o 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the_o church_n and_o not_o such_o as_o paul_n speak_v of_o 2_o tim._n 3._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o to_o who_o confession_n of_o sin_n before_o the_o church_n be_v a_o manifest_a form_n of_o godliness_n 5._o bullinger_n and_o gualther_n write_v to_o the_o prince_n elector_n to_o punish_v scandalous_a person_n but_o with_o all_o quanquam_fw-la arbitramur_fw-la illust_n principem_fw-la admonitionem_fw-la nostram_fw-la sibi_fw-la soli_fw-la reservaturum_fw-la qua_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la dissidia_fw-la manefesta_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la praevenire_fw-la voluimus_fw-la hence_o this_o tecum_fw-la sentimus_fw-la of_o bullinger_n write_v to_o erastus_n be_v 1._o his_o private_a opinion_n that_o he_o desire_v not_o to_o be_v know_v to_o the_o church_n therefore_o erastus_n wrong_v bullinger_n who_o leave_v his_o secret_a letter_n to_o be_v print_v 2._o many_o learned_a man_n in_o these_o church_n beside_o anabaptist_n and_o the_o palatinate_n catechism_n be_v against_o erastus_n 6._o he_o say_v zwinglius_fw-la be_v the_o chief_a man_n to_o have_v excommunication_n erastum_fw-la bring_v in_o inductam_fw-la cuperet_fw-la 7._o he_o desire_v beza_n not_o to_o answer_v erastus_n for_o peace_n cause_n and_o the_o same_o he_o write_v to_o erastus_n a_o learned_a and_o holy_a preacher_n to_o the_o prince_n elector_n write_v thus_o dathenus_n to_o bullinger_n queror_fw-la fr._n m._n d._n dilecte_fw-la quod_fw-la approbaris_fw-la theseis_n d._n erasti_fw-la contra_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la ecclesiasticam_fw-la scriptas_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la impiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la viam_fw-la sternunt_fw-la ad_fw-la atheismum_fw-la horror_n et_fw-fr obsecro_fw-la ut_fw-la publicè_fw-la testeris_fw-la te_fw-la novas_fw-la illas_fw-la theseis_n improbare_fw-la quod_fw-la nisi_fw-la seceris_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la videaris_fw-la dissentire_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la a_o doctâ_fw-la illa_fw-la vetustate_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la a_o zwinglio_n et_fw-fr oecolampadio_n aliisque_fw-la adeoque_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la teips●_n pugnare_fw-la bullinger_n in_o 1_o cor._n 5._o excommunicatio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la exercenda_fw-la ut_fw-la anabaptistae_fw-la volunt_fw-la a_o toto_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la coetu_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o dilectis_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la hominibus_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la est_fw-la exclusio_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la est_fw-la supplicium_fw-la temporale_fw-la disciplina_fw-la externa_fw-la ad_fw-la medendam_fw-la instituta_fw-la bullinger_n in_o mat._n 18._o esse_fw-la ethnicum_fw-la et_fw-la publicanum_fw-la significat_fw-la esse_fw-la et_fw-la haberi_fw-la inter_fw-la facinorosos_fw-la quibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la neque_fw-la officij_fw-la neque_fw-la sinceri_fw-la committas_fw-la idem_fw-la horror_n ut_fw-la salutare_fw-la hoc_fw-la pharmacum_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la e_fw-la caetu_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la pontificis_fw-la avarit●a_fw-la eliminatum_fw-la reducatur_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o mat._n 18._o finis_fw-la consilij_fw-la domini_fw-la est_fw-la in_o negotio_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la ut_fw-la corrigantur_fw-la scelerati_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la et_fw-la auferantur_fw-la scandala_fw-la bullinger_n in_o 2_o thes_n 3._o hic_fw-la habemus_fw-la abstensionem_fw-la sen_fw-la exclusionem_fw-la qua_fw-la a_o tribuum_fw-la societate_fw-la et_fw-la publicorum_fw-la pascisorum_fw-la usufructu_a excludimus_fw-la ●on●●maces_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la admonitiones_fw-la contemnentes_fw-la aliter_fw-la etiam_fw-la locus_fw-la potest_fw-la interpretari_fw-la these_o be_v contradictory_n to_o erastus_n his_o exposition_n and_o way_n which_o make_v excommunication_n nothing_o and_o put_v all_o church-discipline_n on_o the_o point_n of_o the_o magistrate_n sword_n i_o can_v say_v but_o that_o say_n do_v too_o little_o prevail_v with_o bullinger_n amicus_fw-la socrates_n amicus_fw-la plato_n sed_fw-la magis_fw-la amica_fw-la veritas_fw-la for_o erastus_n be_v his_o intimate_a and_o too_o dear_a friend_n etiam_fw-la er●ores_fw-la amicorum_fw-la et_fw-la n●●i_fw-la sunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la pergrati_fw-la bullinger_n in_o mat._n 18._o in_o illa_fw-la dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la est_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ●xterna_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la conversantium_fw-la quâ_fw-la ex_fw-la communione_fw-la abii●iuntur_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la aut_fw-la commodè_fw-la alioqui_fw-la corriguntur_fw-la coercent●●ve_fw-la qui_fw-la scandalizant_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hae_fw-la particulares_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la deligunt_fw-la sibi_fw-la quoque_fw-la veluti_fw-la senatum_fw-la collegiumve_fw-la optimorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la qui_fw-la juxta_fw-la canonem_fw-la sacrism_n disciplinam_fw-la hanc_fw-la exerceant_fw-la what_o be_v this_o but_o a_o presbytery_n ceterum_fw-la qualis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ethnicorum_fw-la et_fw-la publicanorum_fw-la reputatio_fw-la facile_fw-la est_fw-la colliger●_n ex_fw-la evangelio_n et_fw-fr paulo_n ad_fw-la ephe._n 2._o certain_o alieni_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o gratia_fw-la nihil_fw-la communionis_fw-la haebentes_fw-la cum_fw-la sort_n sanctorum_fw-la bullinger_n ser._n 5._o decad_n 10._o pag._n 384._o sicut_fw-la autem_fw-la dominus_fw-la privatim_fw-la voluit_fw-la admoneri_fw-la et_fw-la corripi_fw-la praevaricantes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la minister_n ita_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la admonition_n et_fw-la correctionis_fw-la bonum_fw-la extendit_fw-la ad_fw-la universam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ergo_fw-la h●buit_fw-la vetus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sanctum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la senatum_fw-la qui_fw-la delinquentes_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la diligenter_fw-la admonebat_fw-la corripiebat_fw-la graviter_fw-la add_v et_fw-la consortio_fw-la excludebat_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la si_fw-la nihil_fw-la emendationis_fw-la expectari_fw-la posse_fw-la videretur_fw-la 1_o cor._n 5._o decrevi_fw-la ut_fw-la be_v qui_fw-fr hot_a seelus_fw-fr patravir_fw-fr etc._n etc._n musculus_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la commun_n de_fw-fr ministris_fw-la verbi_fw-la pag._n 204._o disciplina_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la includi●_n morum_fw-la correctionem_fw-la tum_fw-la privatorum_fw-la tum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la deinde_fw-la et_fw-la judicia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la hisce_fw-la quoque_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la non_fw-la constituet_fw-la minister_n suopte_v arbitratu_fw-la sed_fw-la erit_fw-la ad_fw-la institutionem_fw-la earum_fw-la director_n et_fw-la ad●ib●bit_fw-la suffragia_fw-la et_fw-la consensum_fw-la suae_fw-la plebis_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la invitae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la imponatur_fw-la denique_fw-la curabit_fw-la ut_fw-la plebs_fw-la ipsa_fw-la viros_fw-la grave_n timentes_fw-la dei_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la testiomnij_fw-la deligat_fw-la quorum_fw-la cur_n ●_o et_fw-fr vigilantiâ_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la disciplina_fw-la administretur_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la gravioris_fw-la momenti_fw-la accidat_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ipsam_fw-la referatur_fw-la i_o grant_v it_o be_v the_o error_n of_o that_o worthy_a instrument_n of_o reformation_n that_o he_o refer_v all_o to_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n and_o so_o he_o say_v haec_fw-la omne_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la