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	office_n	strange_a	14	3	9.8707	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11454	Ten sermons preached I. Ad clerum. 3. II. Ad magistratum. 3. III. Ad populum. 4. By Robert Saunderson Bachellor in Diuinitie, sometimes fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford.; Sermons. Selected sermons	Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.	1627 (1627)	STC 21705; ESTC S116623	297,067	482

by_o their_o power_n nor_o their_o wise_a counsellor_n by_o their_o policy_n nor_o balaam_n himself_o by_o his_o sorcery_n can_v bring_v upon_o they_o this_o damn_a counsel_n be_v follow_v but_o too_o soon_o and_o prosper_v but_o too_o well_o sin_n §._o with_o the_o success_n thereof_o both_o in_o their_o sin_n the_o daughter_n of_o moab_n come_v into_o the_o tent_n of_o israel_n and_o by_o their_o blandishment_n put_v out_o the_o eye_n and_o steal_v away_o the_o heart_n of_o god_n people_n who_o besot_v once_o with_o lust_n it_o be_v then_o no_o hard_a matter_n to_o lead_v whither_o they_o list_v and_o by_o wanton_a insinuation_n to_o draw_v they_o to_o sit_v with_o they_o in_o the_o temple_n and_o to_o accompany_v they_o at_o the_o 25.2_o the_o num._n 25.2_o feast_n and_o to_o eat_v with_o they_o of_o the_o sacrifice_n yea_o and_o to_o bow_v the_o knee_n with_o they_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o idol_n insomuch_o as_o israel_n 106.28_o israel_n psal._n 106.28_o join_v themselves_o to_o baal-peor_a and_o eat_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o that_o dead_a and_o abominable_a idol_n at_o the_o least_o for_o all_o idol_n be_v such_o if_o not_o as_o most_o have_v think_v a_o 20._o a_o quem_fw-la graecia_n priapum_fw-la dixit_fw-la hist._n scolast_n in_o num._n c._n 34._o &_o alij_fw-la secuti_fw-la hieronymum_n in_fw-la c_o 9_o osee_n &_o 1._o cont_n io._n 12._o see_v vatabl._n in_o num._n 25.3_o seldem_fw-la synt._n 1._o de_fw-fr do_v syr._n c._n 5._o lael_n biscio●_n 3._o hor._n subce_n 20._o beastly_a and_o obscene_a idol_n withal_o that_o be_v their_o sin_n and_o now_o may_v balak_n save_v his_o money_n punishment_n §._o 8._o and_o punishment_n and_o balaam_n spare_v his_o pain_n there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o hire_v or_o be_v hire_v to_o curse_v whoremonger_n and_o idolater_n these_o be_v two_o plaguy_a sin_n and_o such_o as_o will_v bring_v a_o curse_n upon_o a_o people_n without_o the_o help_n of_o a_o conjurer_n when_o that_o god_n who_o be_v a_o 5._o a_o exod._n 20_o 5._o jealous_a god_n and_o jealous_a of_o nothing_o more_o than_o his_o 42.8_o his_o esa._n 42.8_o honour_n shall_v see_v that_o people_n who_o he_o have_v make_v 7.6_o make_v deut._n 7.6_o choice_n of_o from_o among_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o be_v his_o own_o peculiar_a people_n and_o betroth_v to_o himself_o by_o a_o everlasting_a 16.8_o everlasting_a ezek._n 16.8_o covenant_n to_o 38._o to_o ibid._n 38._o break_v the_o covenant_n of_o wedlock_n with_o he_o and_o to_o strumpet_v it_o with_o the_o daughter_n and_o idol_n of_o moab_n what_o can_v be_v expect_v other_o than_o that_o his_o jealousy_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o fury_n and_o that_o his_o fierce_a wrath_n shall_v 106.29_o shall_v psal._n 106.29_o in_o upon_o they_o as_o a_o deluge_n and_o overwhelm_v they_o with_o a_o sudden_a destruction_n his_o patience_n so_o far_o tempt_v and_o with_o such_o a_o unworthy_a provocation_n can_v suffer_v no_o long_o but_o at_o his_o command_n 25.4.5_o command_n num._n 25.4.5_o moses_n strike_v the_o ruler_n and_o at_o moses_n his_o command_n the_o underruler_n must_v strike_v each_o in_o their_o several_a regiment_n those_o that_o have_v offend_v and_o he_o himself_o also_o strike_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n by_o a_o plague_n destroy_v of_o they_o in_o one_o day_n ruler_n day_n 1_o cor._n 10.8_o the_o other_o thousand_o num._n 25.9_o it_o seem_v be_v those_o that_o be_v hang_v up_o by_o moses_n and_o slay_v by_o the_o ruler_n three_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o provocation_n §._o 9_o zimri_n provocation_n if_o that_o plague_n have_v last_v many_o day_n israel_n have_v not_o last_v many_o day_n but_o the_o people_n by_o their_o plague_n make_v sensible_a of_o their_o sin_n humble_v themselves_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v the_o very_a first_o day_n of_o the_o plague_n in_o a_o solemn_a and_o 25.6_o and_o num._n 25.6_o general_a assembly_n weep_v and_o mourn_v both_o for_o sin_n and_o plague_n before_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o congregation_n and_o they_o be_v now_o in_o the_o heat_n of_o their_o holy_a sorrow_n and_o devotion_n when_o lo_o 14._o lo_o ibid._n 14._o zimri_n a_o prince_n of_o a_o chief_a house_n in_o one_o of_o their_o tribe_n in_o the_o heat_n of_o his_o pride_n and_o lust_n come_v open_o in_o the_o 6._o the_o ibid._n 6._o face_n of_o moses_n and_o all_o the_o congregation_n and_o bring_v his_o minion_n with_o he_o cosbi_n the_o daughter_n of_o one_o of_o the_o 31.8_o the_o compare_v num._n 25.15_o with_o num._n 31.8_o five_o king_n of_o midian_a into_o his_o tent_n there_o to_o commit_v filthiness_n with_o she_o execution_n §._o 10._o and_o his_o execution_n doubtless_o moses_n the_o captain_n and_o ele●zar_n the_o priest_n and_o all_o israel_n that_o see_v this_o shameless_a prank_n of_o that_o lewd_a couple_n see_v it_o with_o grief_n enough_o but_o phinehe_v enrage_v with_o a_o pious_a indignation_n to_o see_v such_o foul_a affront_n give_v to_o god_n &_o the_o magistrate_n and_o the_o congregation_n at_o such_o a_o heavy_a time_n and_o in_o such_o open_a manner_n &_o for_o that_o very_a sin_n for_o which_o they_o then_o lay_v under_o god_n hand_n think_v there_o be_v something_o more_o to_o be_v do_v than_o bare_a weep_a and_o therefore_o his_o blood_n warm_v with_o a_o holy_a zeal_n he_o 25.7.8_o he_o num._n 25.7.8_o start_v up_o forthwith_o make_v to_o the_o tent_n where_o these_o two_o great_a personage_n be_v and_o as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o act_n of_o their_o filthiness_n speed_v they_o both_o at_o once_o and_o nay●eth_v they_o to_o the_o place_n with_o his_o javeline_n and_o the_o next_o thing_n we_o hear_v be_v god_n well_o please_v with_o the_o 11._o the_o ibid._n 11._o zeal_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o the_o execution_n of_o those_o malefactor_n be_v appease_v towards_o his_o people_n and_o withdraw_v his_o hand_n and_o his_o plague_n from_o they_o and_o of_o that_o deliverance_n my_o text_n speak_v then_o stand_v up_o phinehe_n and_o execute_v judgement_n and_o so_o the_o plague_n be_v stay_v the_o person_n the_o instrument_n to_o work_v this_o deliverance_n for_o israel_n be_v phinehe_n consider_v §._o 11._o the_o person_n of_o phinebes_n consider_v he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o eleazar_n who_o be_v then_o high_a priest_n in_o immediate_a succession_n to_o his_o father_n aaron_n not_o long_o before_o decease_v and_o do_v himself_o afterward_o succeed_v in_o the_o high_a priesthood_n unto_o eleazar_n his_o father_n a_o wise_a a_o godly_a and_o a_o zealous_a man_n employ_v afterward_o by_o the_o state_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o great_a affair_n both_o of_o 31.6_o of_o num._n 31.6_o war_n and_o 22.13.31.32_o and_o jos._n 22.13.31.32_o embassy_n but_o it_o be_v this_o heroical_a act_n of_o he_o in_o do_v execution_n upon_o those_o two_o great_a audacious_a offender_n which_o get_v he_o the_o first_o and_o the_o great_a and_o the_o lastingst_a renown_n of_o which_o act_n more_o anon_o when_o we_o come_v to_o it_o in_o his_o person_n we_o will_v consider_v only_o what_o his_o calling_n and_o condition_n be_v and_o what_o congruity_n there_o may_v be_v between_o what_o he_o be_v and_o what_o he_o do_v he_o be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n and_o that_o whole_a tribe_n be_v set_v apart_o for_o the_o etc._n the_o num._n 1._o ●9_n etc._n etc._n service_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o he_o be_v of_o the_o son_n of_o aaron_n and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o family_n and_o lineage_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o priest_n office_n be_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n and_o to_o burn_v incense_n and_o to_o pray_v and_o make_v atonement_n for_o the_o people_n neither_o levite_n nor_o priest_n have_v to_o intermeddle_v with_o matter_n of_o judicature_n unless_o in_o some_o few_o cause_n and_o those_o for_o the_o most_o part_n concern_v matter_n either_o mere_o or_o mixt_o ecclesiastical_a but_o neither_o to_o give_v sentence_n nor_o to_o do_v execution_n in_o matter_n and_o cause_n mere_o civil_a as_o by_o any_o right_a or_o virtue_n of_o his_o leviticall_a or_o priestly_a office_n temporal_a §._o 12._o the_o spiritual_a power_n do_v not_o include_v the_o temporal_a the_o more_o unreasonable_a be_v the_o high_a priest_n of_o rome_n to_o challenge_v to_o himself_o any_o temporal_a or_o civil_a jurisdiction_n as_o virtual_o annex_v to_o his_o spiritual_a power_n or_o necessary_o derive_v thence_o templun_n and_o praetorium_n the_o chair_n and_o the_o throne_n the_o altar_n and_o the_o bench_n the_o sheephooj_n and_o the_o sceptre_n the_o key_n and_o the_o sword_n though_o they_o may_v sometime_o concur_v upon_o the_o same_o person_n yet_o the_o power_n remain_v perpetual_o distinct_a and_o independent_a and_o such_o as_o do_v not_o of_o necessity_n infer_v the_o one_o the_o other_o our_o saviour_n 22.26_o saviour_n luk._n 22.26_o vos_fw-fr autem_fw-la non_fw-la

hypocrite_n as_o ahab_n here_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o his_o solemn_a humiliation_n be_v here_o be_v ahab_n a_o hypocrite_n and_o yet_o humble_v before_o the_o lord_n observation_n §._o 16._o the_o open_n of_o the_o second_o observation_n but_o yet_o now_o this_o humiliation_n such_o as_o it_o be_v what_o shall_v work_v it_o in_o he_o that_o we_o find_v declare_v at_o verse_n 27._o and_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o when_o ahab_n hear_v these_o word_n etc._n etc._n there_o come_v to_o he_o a_o message_n from_o god_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o eliah_n and_o that_o be_v it_o that_o humble_v he_o alas_o what_o be_v eliah_n to_o ahab_n a_o silly_a plain_a prophet_n to_o a_o mighty_a king_n that_o he_o dare_v thus_o presume_v to_o rush_v bold_o and_o unsentfor_a into_o the_o presence_n of_o such_o a_o potent_a monarch_n who_o have_v no_o less_o power_n and_o withal_o more_o colour_n to_o take_v away_o his_o life_n than_o naboths_n and_o that_o when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o top_n of_o his_o jollity_n solace_v himself_o in_o the_o new-taken_a possession_n of_o his_o new-gotten_a vineyard_n and_o there_o to_o his_o face_n charge_v he_o plain_o with_o &_o shake_v he_o up_o roundly_o for_o and_o denounce_v god_n judgement_n powerful_o against_o his_o bloody_a abominable_a oppression_n we_o will_v think_v a_o monarch_n nuzz_v up_o in_o idolatry_n and_o accustom_v to_o blood_n and_o harden_v in_o sin_n and_o obstinacy_n shall_v not_o have_v brook_v that_o insolency_n from_o such_o a_o one_o as_o eliah_n be_v but_o have_v make_v his_o life_n a_o ransom_n for_o his_o sauciness_n and_o yet_o behold_v the_o word_n of_o this_o underling_n in_o comparison_n how_o they_o fall_v like_o thunder_n upon_o the_o great_a guilty_a offender_n and_o strike_v palsy_n into_o his_o knee_n and_o tremble_v into_o his_o joint_n and_o tumble_v he_o from_o the_o height_n of_o his_o jollity_n and_o roll_v he_o in_o sackcloth_n and_o ash_n and_o cast_v he_o into_o a_o strong_a fit_a of_o legal_a 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the_o soul_n and_o spirit_n and_o of_o the_o joint_n and_o marrow_n 23.29_o marrow_n jer._n 23.29_o be_v not_o my_o word_n like_v as_o a_o fire_n say_v the_o lord_n and_o like_o a_o hammer_n that_o break_v the_o rock_n in_o piece_n jerem._n 23._o like_o a_o soft_a fire_n to_o dissolve_v and_o melt_v the_o heart_n of_o relent_a sinner_n and_o true_a convert_v but_o like_o a_o strong_a hammer_n to_o batter_v and_o break_v in_o piece_n the_o rocky_a and_o flinty_a conscience_n of_o obstinate_a and_o harden_a offender_n example_n hereof_o if_o you_o require_v behold_v in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o king_n 15.24_o king_n 1._o sam._n 15.24_o saul_n whine_v when_o samuel_n reprove_v he_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o prophet_n the_o 3.5_o the_o jon._n 3.5_o ninevite_n droop_a when_o jonas_n threaten_v they_o in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n 24.25_o apostle_n act._n 24.25_o felix_n tremble_v when_o paul_n discourse_v before_o he_o in_o the_o martyrology_n of_o the_o church_n tyrant_n and_o bloody_a persecuter_n masker_v at_o the_o bold_a confession_n of_o the_o poor_a suffer_a christian_n in_o this_o chapter_n proud_a ahab_n mourning_n when_o eliah_n tell_v he_o his_o sin_n and_o foretell_v he_o his_o punishment_n instrument_n §._o 18._o with_o the_o cause_n thereof_o ●_o in_o the_o instrument_n effect_n which_o may_v just_o seem_v strange_a to_o we_o if_o the_o cause_n be_v not_o apparent_a one_o cause_n and_o the_o principal_a be_v in_o the_o instrument_n the_o word_n not_o from_o any_o such_o strength_n in_o itself_o for_o so_o it_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a letter_n but_o because_o of_o god_n ordinance_n in_o it_o for_o in_o his_o hand_n be_v the_o heart_n and_o the_o tongue_n and_o the_o ear_n both_o of_o king_n and_o prophet_n and_o he_o can_v easy_o when_o he_o see_v it_o good_a put_v the_o spirit_n of_o zeal_n and_o of_o power_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o poor_a prophet_n and_o as_o easy_o the_o spirit_n of_o fear_n and_o of_o terror_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o 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the_o very_a bottome-roote_n of_o the_o tall_a cedar_n in_o libanon_n 29.4.5_o libanon_n psal._n 29.4.5_o vox_fw-la domini_fw-la confringens_fw-la cedros_fw-la psal._n 29._o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v mighty_a in_o operation_n the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v a_o glorious_a voice_n the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n break_v the_o cedar_n yea_o the_o lord_n break_v the_o cedar_n of_o lebanon_n another_o cause_n be_v in_o the_o object_n object_n §._o 19_o 2._o in_o the_o object_n and_o that_o be_v the_o force_n of_o natural_a conscience_n which_o the_o most_o presumptuous_a sinner_n can_v never_o so_o stifle_v though_o he_o endeavour_v all_o he_o can_v to_o do_v it_o but_o that_o it_o will_v be_v sometime_o snub_v and_o sting_a and_o lash_v and_o vex_v he_o with_o ugly_a representation_n of_o his_o past_a sin_n and_o terrible_a suggestion_n of_o future_a vengeance_n and_o then_o of_o all_o other_o time_n be_v the_o force_n of_o it_o most_o lively_a when_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n in_o his_o word_n awaken_v it_o after_o a_o long_a dead_a sleep_n then_o it_o rise_v and_o sampson-like_a rouse_v up_o itself_o and_o bestir_v itself_o lusty_o as_o a_o giant_n refresh_v with_o wine_n and_o it_o put_v the_o disquiet_v patient_a to_o such_o unsufferable_a pain_n that_o he_o run_v up_o and_o down_o like_o a_o distract_a man_n and_o do_v he_o know_v not_o what_o and_o seek_v for_o ease_v he_o know_v not_o where_o then_o he_o will_v give_v all_o dives_fw-la his_o wealth_n for_o 16.24_o for_o luk._n 16.24_o a_o drop_n of_o water_n to_o cool_v the_o heat_n he_o feel_v and_o with_o 25.30.31_o with_o gen._n 25.30.31_o esau_n part_n with_o his_o birthright_n for_o any_o thing_n though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o little_a or_o mean_a that_o will_v give_v he_o but_o the_o least_o present_a refresh_n and_o preserve_v he_o from_o faint_v then_o sackcloth_n and_o ash_n and_o fast_v and_o weep_v and_o mourning_n and_o rent_v the_o garment_n and_o tear_v the_o hair_n and_o knock_v the_o breast_n and_o outcry_n to_o heaven_n and_o all_o those_o other_o thing_n which_o he_o can_v not_o abide_v to_o hear_v of_o in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o former_a security_n while_o his_o conscience_n lie_v fast_o asleep_a and_o at_o rest_n be_v now_o in_o all_o haste_n and_o greedy_o entertain_v and_o all_o too_o little_a if_o by_o any_o mean_n they_o can_v possible_o give_v any_o ease_n or_o assuagement_n to_o the_o present_a torment_n he_o feel_v in_o his_o soul_n other_o §._o 20._o 3._o in_o the_o fit_a application_n of_o the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o a_o three_o cause_n be_v oftentimes_o in_o the_o application_n of_o the_o instrument_n to_o the_o object_n for_o although_o god_n word_n in_o the_o general_n be_v powerful_a and_o the_o conscience_n