Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	accuse_v	accuser_n	48	3	10.7144	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20031	A true, modest, and iust defence of the petition for reformation, exhibited to the Kings most excellent Maiestie Containing an answere to the confutation published under the names of some of the Vniuersitie of Oxford. Together vvith a full declaration out of the Scriptures, and practise of the primitiue Church, of the severall points of the said petition.	Sprint, John, d. 1623. Anatomy of the controversed ceremonies of the church of England.	1618 (1618)	STC 6469; ESTC S119326	135,310	312

oath_n ibid._n leg_n 9_o 2._o this_o oath_n be_v minister_v propter_fw-la inopiam_fw-la probationum_fw-la where_o other_o proof_n fail_v cod._n lib._n 4._o tit_n 1._o leg_n 3._o and_o the_o canon_n law_n say_v in_o ipso_fw-la causae_fw-la initio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la inchoandum_fw-la they_o must_v not_o begin_v in_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o suit_n with_o question_n so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o jealousy_n between_o man_n and_o wife_n where_o no_o other_o evidence_n be_v the_o woman_n be_v charge_v with_o a_o oath_n or_o execration_n numb_a 5._o 21._o but_o now_o a_o man_n convent_v be_v first_o put_v to_o his_o oath_n though_o other_o profess_v be_v at_o hand_n 3._o where_o one_o be_v press_v with_o this_o oath_n a_o party_n and_o accuser_n shall_v be_v give_v that_o he_o which_o be_v accuse_v may_v refer_v juramentum_fw-la may_v have_v liberty_n to_o return_v the_o like_a oath_n upon_o his_o accuser_n cod._n lib._n 4._o tit_n 1._o leg_n 9_o justinian_n give_v this_o reason_n non_fw-la debet_fw-la respuere_fw-la in_o persona_fw-la sva_fw-la quod_fw-la placuit_fw-la in_o persona_fw-la adversarij_fw-la he_o must_v not_o refuse_v to_o swear_v in_o his_o own_o person_n see_v he_o put_v his_o adversary_n to_o it_o ibid._n leg_n 12._o this_o course_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o honourable_a court_n of_o chancery_n that_o where_o that_o party_n be_v examine_v upon_o his_o oath_n his_o adversary_n that_o put_v in_o the_o bill_n appear_v against_o he_o this_o stand_v forth_o of_o the_o accuser_n be_v approve_v by_o our_o saviour_n woman_n where_o be_v thy_o accuser_n joh_n 8._o 10._o the_o heathen_a judge_n have_v this_o equity_n to_o say_v unto_o paul_n i_o will_v hear_v thou_o when_o thy_o accuser_n be_v come_v act._n 23._o 35._o the_o canon_n be_v most_o pregnant_a this_o way_n 1._o julij_fw-la 1._o decr_n 1._o that_o a_o accuser_n shall_v be_v produce_v in_o judgement_n non_fw-la oportet_fw-la quenquam_fw-la iudicari_fw-la aut_fw-la 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dispensatio_fw-la commissa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sibi_fw-la iurare_fw-la compellat_fw-la caus_n 22._o 5._o 23._o placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la quenquam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la iudicare_fw-la aut_fw-la condemnare_fw-la presumet_n nisi_fw-la accusatus_fw-la legitimos_fw-la accusatores_fw-la habeat_fw-la we_o think_v fit_a that_o no_o bishop_n do_v judge_n or_o condemn_v any_o of_o the_o clergy_n unless_o the_o party_n accuse_v have_v lawful_a accuser_n present_v this_o also_o be_v agreeable_a collecta_fw-la inter_fw-la decret_a ab_fw-la adrian_n collecta_fw-la to_o the_o apostle_n against_o a_o elder_a or_o a_o presbyter_n receive_v no_o accusation_n but_o under_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n 1._o tim._n 5._o 19_o but_o now_o in_o ecclesiastical_a proceed_n there_o be_v no_o respect_n have_v to_o the_o reverend_a call_n of_o preacher_n but_o they_o be_v indifferent_o put_v to_o the_o oath_n neither_o be_v there_o a_o accuser_n produce_v 5._o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n will_v have_v we_o to_o swear_v in_o judgement_n jerem._n 4._o 2._o that_o be_v not_o rash_o but_o deliberate_o and_o advise_o but_o they_o which_o be_v examine_v upon_o the_o oath_n can_v not_o swear_v in_o judgement_n because_o they_o know_v not_o the_o article_n before_o to_o consider_v of_o they_o but_o they_o that_o swear_v make_v a_o present_a and_o direct_a answer_n they_o know_v not_o to_o what_o this_o be_v also_o contrary_a to_o that_o decree_n latran_n sub_fw-la innocent_n 3._o c._n 8._o contra_fw-la quem_fw-la facienda_fw-la est_fw-la iniquisitio_fw-la etc._n etc._n exponenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la illi_fw-la capitula_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inquirendum_fw-la ut_fw-la facultatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la defendendi_fw-la seipsum_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o against_o who_o inquisition_n be_v make_v must_v have_v the_o point_n declare_v unto_o he_o whereof_o he_o be_v to_o be_v exaamine_v that_o he_o may_v have_v power_n to_o defe_v himself_o ergo_fw-la the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la be_v not_o according_a to_o judgement_n 6._o we_o must_v swear_v also_o in_o righteousness_n jerem._n 4._o 2._o but_o so_o do_v not_o they_o which_o take_v the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la because_o they_o be_v force_v to_o accuse_v and_o bretray_v their_o brethren_n which_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o charity_n and_o righteousness_n in_o which_o case_n a_o man_n shall_v be_v resolve_v to_o say_v with_o ambrose_n prius_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la animam_fw-la mihi_fw-la quam_fw-la fidem_fw-la auferat_fw-la i_o will_v soon_o loose_v my_o life_n then_o my_o faith_n 7._o it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n to_o force_v a_o man_n to_o produce_v witness_n against_o himself_o nemo_fw-la contra_fw-la se_fw-la cogitur_fw-la testes_fw-la producere_fw-la cod._n lib_n 4._o tit_n 20._o leg_n 6._o ergo_fw-la it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v force_v to_o be_v a_o witness_n against_o himself_o 8._o by_o the_o civil_a law_n a_o witness_n produce_v against_o his_o will_n must_v not_o carcerali_fw-la custodia_fw-la detineri_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v commit_v to_o prison_n nor_o detain_v above_o 15._o day_n cod._n l._n 4._o 20._o 15._o but_o they_o which_o be_v produce_v to_o testify_v against_o themselves_o be_v commit_v to_o prison_n and_o keep_v not_o only_o 15._o day_n but_o so_o many_o week_n and_o month_n till_o they_o submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o oath_n 4._o the_o scripture_n say_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n shall_v every_o word_n stand_v 2._o cor._n 13._o 2._o hereunto_o agree_v the_o civil_a law_n vox_fw-la unius_fw-la vox_fw-la nullius_fw-la the_o voice_n of_o one_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o none_o cod._n l._n 4._o tit_n 20._o l._n 8._o constan_n and_o the_o canon_n law_n vnius_fw-la testis_fw-la responsio_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la audiatur_fw-la one_o witness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v hear_v caus_n 4._o q._n 3._o c._n 2._o if_o one_o witness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v accept_v much_o less_o where_o no_o witness_n be_v shall_v any_o be_v condemn_v 10._o the_o same_o party_n shall_v not_o be_v both_o accuser_n and_o judge_n our_o saviour_n to_o who_o as_o a_o judge_n they_o present_v the_o adulterous_a woman_n will_v not_o condemn_v she_o without_o accuser_n joan._n 8._o the_o canon_n agree_v nullus_fw-la praesumat_fw-la 2._o can_n 4._o 44_o c._n 1._o 2._o accusator_fw-la simulesse_a &_o iudex_fw-la let_v none_o presume_v to_o be_v accuser_n and_o judge_n fabian_n epist_n 1._o damasc_n ep_v 3._o c._n 7._o concill_n oxoniens_fw-la sub_fw-la steph._n but_o in_o urge_v the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la the_o judge_n and_o court_n be_v accuser_n wherefore_o o_o most_o noble_a king_n 1._o see_v the_o oath_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la shall_v be_v in_o weighty_a not_o common_a in_o civil_a rather_o then_o in_o criminal_a cause_n 2._o see_v it_o shall_v be_v use_v but_o when_o other_o proof_n fail_v 3._o and_o that_o a_o accuser_n shall_v be_v produce_v 4._o and_o the_o minister_n by_o law_n be_v 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the_o public_a use_n of_o the_o key_n be_v commit_v to_o pastor_n as_o the_o private_a 5._o and_o see_v presbyter_n in_o city_n have_v deal_v with_o the_o censure_n the_o pastor_n of_o the_o country_n shall_v not_o be_v exclude_v 6._o neither_o be_v the_o frequent_v of_o synod_n any_o hindrance_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a presbytery_n 7._o 8._o 9_o nor_o any_o other_o inconvenience_n need_v to_o be_v fear_v we_o trust_v your_o majesty_n will_v follow_v the_o example_n of_o david_n to_o distribute_v the_o office_n indifferent_o among_o the_o son_n of_o aaron_n 1._o chronicl_n 24._o 4._o that_o a_o 37._o theodoret._n lib._n 5._o c._n 37._o few_o only_o have_v not_o the_o preeminence_n and_o the_o rest_n be_v despise_v theodosius_n the_o emperor_n when_o he_o be_v excommunicate_v a_o levi_fw-la homuncione_fw-la of_o a_o light_a cockbrain_n fellow_n because_o he_o grant_v not_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o request_v will_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n before_o he_o have_v be_v of_o the_o same_o party_n absolve_v as_o we_o condemn_v the_o malepartnesse_n of_o the_o priest_n no_o such_o authority_n be_v give_v to_o any_o one_o in_o the_o world_n to_o censure_v king_n so_o thus_o far_o we_o wish_v that_o good_a emperor_n to_o be_v follow_v that_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v reverence_v be_v first_o restore_v to_o the_o original_a institution_n we_o ask_v nothing_o but_o what_o your_o majesty_n have_v give_v hope_n of_o that_o discipline_n gov_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 43._o b._n bilson_n p._n 320._o perpet_n gov_fw-mi be_v preserve_v in_o purity_n according_a to_o the_o word_n and_o which_o some_o of_o the_o great_a opposite_n to_o this_o cause_n have_v grant_v we_o take_v the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n to_o be_v common_a to_o all_o that_o have_v pastoral_a charge_n of_o soul_n in_o their_o degree_n and_o so_o we_o conclude_v this_o matter_n with_o that_o sentence_n of_o hierom_n which_o we_o desire_v our_o reverend_a bishop_n to_o think_v upon_o sicut_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o presbyter_n know_v that_o by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n they_o be_v make_v subject_a to_o he_o that_o be_v set_v over_o they_o ita_fw-la episcopi_fw-la se_fw-la noverint_fw-la magis_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quam_fw-la dispensationis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la veritate_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la esse_fw-la maiores_fw-la &_o in_o common_a debere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regere_fw-la so_o let_v bishop_n know_v that_o rather_o by_o custom_n then_o any_o divine_a dispensation_n they_o be_v great_a than_o presbyter_n and_o aught_o to_o govern_v the_o church_n in_o common_a in_o 1._o c._n ad_fw-la titum_fw-la &_o citatur_fw-la distinct_a 95._o c._n 5_o and_o hierome_n again_o say_v episcopi_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la noverint_fw-la non_fw-la dominos_fw-la honorent_fw-la clericos_fw-la quasi_fw-la clericos_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la a_o clericis_fw-la quasi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la honos_fw-la deferatur_fw-la scitum_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la oratoris_fw-la bomitij_fw-la cur_n ego_fw-la te_fw-la habeam_fw-la ut_fw-la principem_fw-la cum_fw-la i_o non_fw-la habeas_fw-la ut_fw-la senatorem_fw-la if_o bisbop_n will_v be_v count_v as_o chief_a and_o principal_n they_o must_v admit_v their_o pastor_n to_o be_v as_o senator_n and_o of_o their_o council_n hierom._n ad_fw-la nepotian_n 4._o against_o extort_v of_o unreasonable_a fee_n obj._n 1_o there_o be_v severe_a law_n make_v already_o in_o that_o behalf_n p._n 24._o answ_n notwithstanding_o the_o severe_a canon_n provide_v against_o the_o extort_n of_o unreasonable_a fee_n who_o know_v not_o what_o intolerable_a exaction_n be_v use_v in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n the_o time_n be_v when_o the_o gratian._n cod._n lib._n 9_o tit_n 27._o leg._n 3_o gratian._n judge_n ought_v to_o take_v nothing_o for_o his_o sentence_n when_o nothing_o be_v to_o be_v exact_v of_o the_o innocent_a party_n colon._n p._n 13._o c._n 7._o speciem_fw-la 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neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a we_o wonder_v that_o man_n profess_v the_o gospel_n shall_v be_v thus_o besot_v and_o blind_v see_v the_o papal_a hierarchy_n have_v detest_v such_o corruption_n lateranens_fw-la par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 15._o quidam_fw-la pro_fw-la certae_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la quantitate_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la exercent_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la sic_fw-la facere_fw-la officio_fw-la svo_fw-la privetur_fw-la &_o episcopus_fw-la conferendi_fw-la hoc_fw-la officium_fw-la potestatem_fw-la amitttat_fw-la both_o the_o officer_n that_o farm_v his_o office_n shall_v be_v deprive_v and_o the_o bishop_n loose_v the_o gift_n so_o be_v it_o also_o decree_v coloniens_fw-la sub_fw-la adulph_n med_a 3._o c._n 3._o non_fw-la licet_fw-la praelatis_fw-la officia_fw-la sva_fw-la pro_fw-la pecunia_fw-la alicui_fw-la committere_fw-la that_o no_o prelate_n shall_v let_v out_o their_o office_n for_o money_n 6._o of_o the_o restraint_n of_o 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produce_v witness_n against_o himself_o 8._o neither_o shall_v witness_n be_v imprison_v 9_o and_o every_o word_n shall_v stand_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n 10._o neither_o shall_v the_o same_o be_v accusator_fw-la &_o judex_fw-la we_o hope_v your_o majesty_n see_v what_o just_a cause_n the_o petitioner_n have_v to_o move_v that_o the_o oath_n exit_fw-la officio_fw-la be_v more_o spare_o use_v which_o course_n seem_v strange_a in_o ancient_a time_n as_o ambrose_n reprove_v one_o syagrius_n bishop_n of_o verona_n for_o condemn_v a_o virgin_n without_o a_o accuser_n vbi_fw-la talis_fw-la iudicandi_fw-la formula_fw-la 64._o epist._n 64._o si_fw-la leges_fw-la publicas_fw-la interrogamus_fw-la accusatorum_fw-la exigunt_fw-la si_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la etc._n etc._n whence_o have_v you_o this_o form_n of_o proceed_v if_o we_o ask_v the_o common_a law_n they_o require_v a_o accuser_n if_o the_o church_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n every_o truth_n stand_v 9_o of_o licenses_fw-la for_o marriage_n without_o bane_n ask_v object_n licenses_fw-la for_o marriage_n be_v most_o cautelous_o grant_v and_o that_o upon_o severe_a punishment_n to_o ensue_v if_o the_o constitution_n be_v violate_v answ_n p._n 25._o answ_n the_o inconvenience_n which_o ensue_v upon_o licenses_fw-la for_o marriage_n as_o they_o be_v now_o grant_v be_v many_o 1._o by_o this_o mean_n injury_n be_v do_v unto_o the_o parent_n without_o who_o consent_n their_o child_n and_o sometime_o heir_n be_v carry_v away_o and_o marry_v without_o further_a notice_n 2._o precontract_n be_v by_o this_o mean_v delude_v when_o as_o marriage_n be_v huddle_v up_o without_o public_a warning_n that_o they_o which_o have_v interest_n may_v take_v exception_n 3._o these_o licenses_fw-la give_v way_n to_o clandestine_v and_o secret_a marriage_n which_o be_v forbid_v both_o by_o god_n law_n and_o man_n 4._o the_o church_n and_o congregation_n be_v offend_v the_o pastor_n mock_v 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seldom_o and_o that_o upon_o necessary_a and_o urgent_a occasion_n better_a caution_n and_o more_o reasonable_a fee_n that_o as_o other_o 21._o coloniens_fw-la par_fw-fr 7._o c._n 43._o august_n c._n 21._o thing_n so_o marriage_n may_v be_v do_v according_a to_o the_o apostle_n rule_v comely_a and_o in_o order_n 1._o cor._n 14_o 40._o but_o now_o by_o these_o licenses_fw-la order_n be_v break_v and_o a_o way_n make_v to_o many_o uncomely_a and_o unhonest_a proceed_n the_o defence_n of_o the_o conclusion_n 1._o censure_v the_o idle_a vaunt_n that_o the_o 2d_o answ_n p._n 2d_o petitioner_n make_v etc._n etc._n they_o have_v pass_v over_o in_o silence_n many_o learned_a tract_n answ_n we_o trust_v by_o this_o defence_n it_o do_v appear_v that_o it_o be_v no_o idle_a vaunt_n that_o the_o petitioner_n be_v able_a to_o show_v the_o particular_n give_v in_o instance_n not_o to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o scriptuer_n the_o treatise_n write_v on_o the_o contrary_a part_n the_o petitioner_n profess_v not_o to_o confute_v the_o world_n be_v too_o full_a of_o such_o book_n already_o &_o the_o common_a adversary_n rejoice_v too_o much_o in_o our_o domestical_a contention_n yet_o some_o of_o they_o where_o it_o be_v needful_a be_v answer_v some_o as_o superfluous_a be_v omit_v of_o the_o which_o we_o may_v say_v with_o ambrose_n accusationem_fw-la non_fw-la tacendo_fw-la confirmant_fw-la sed_fw-la despiciunt_fw-la 22._o in_o luc._n 22._o non_fw-la refellendo_fw-la they_o be_v best_a refute_v by_o be_v despise_v you_o will_v by_o argument_n silence_v they_o boast_v not_o too_o much_o of_o your_o strength_n let_v not_o he_o that_o put_v on_o his_o armour_n boast_n as_o he_o that_o put_v it_o off_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o who_o god_n have_v give_v affection_n to_o love_v his_o truth_n he_o will_v also_o grant_v elocution_n to_o defend_v it_o but_o though_o you_o can_v put_v man_n to_o silence_n the_o truth_n will_v not_o be_v silence_v melior_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la defenditur_fw-la &_o probatur_fw-la taceat_fw-la 49._o serm._n 49._o lingua_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la ipsa_fw-la equitas_fw-la sibi_fw-la adest_fw-la as_o ambrose_n say_v the_o goodness_n of_o the_o cause_n do_v the_o better_a appear_v when_o it_o be_v approve_v without_o defence_n the_o gracious_a effect_n under_o her_o majesty_n late_a happy_a reign_n proceed_v not_o from_o the_o discipline_n but_o from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n which_o if_o it_o have_v be_v cherish_v by_o a_o good_a foster_n sister_n will_v have_v bring_v forth_o more_o glorious_a fruit_n his_o majesty_n what_o defect_n soever_o he_o find_v in_o the_o reformation_n of_o his_o former_a kingdom_n which_o be_v not_o such_o as_o you_o insinuate_v he_o know_v wise_o to_o distinguish_v between_o the_o fault_n of_o man_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o the_o law_n say_v delictum_fw-la 76_o reg._n iuris_fw-la 76_o personae_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la in_o detrimentum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la redundare_fw-la the_o person_n fault_n shall_v not_o be_v the_o church_n prejudice_n 2._o cens_fw-la that_o god_n have_v appoint_v his_o majesty_n etc._n etc._n for_o such_o a_o purpose_n as_o they_o conceit_n what_o point_n of_o divination_n etc._n etc._n answ_n we_o doubt_v not_o but_o that_o god_n have_v appoint_v his_o majesty_n to_o the_o kingdom_n for_o such_o a_o time_n even_o to_o reform_v such_o thing_n as_o be_v out_o of_o square_a both_o in_o church_n and_o commonwealth_n that_o we_o may_v say_v of_o his_o majesty_n with_o the_o prophet_n vocaberis_fw-la instaurator_n ruinae_fw-la &_o institutor_fw-la semitarum_fw-la esay_n 58._o 12._o as_o for_o the_o petitioner_n they_o have_v neither_o popish_a nor_o puritan_n humour_n to_o be_v purge_v of_o where_o the_o sickness_n be_v we_o trust_v our_o princely_a physician_n will_v in_o time_n find_v out_o as_o augustine_n say_v qui_fw-la 14_o soliloq_fw-la 1._o 14_o medici_fw-la officio_fw-la fungitur_fw-la melius_fw-la intelligit_fw-la qui_fw-la sani_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la qui_fw-la sanantur_fw-la the_o physician_n better_o know_v who_o be_v sick_a or_o sound_n than_o they_o which_o be_v heal_v neither_o do_v we_o wish_v the_o state_n to_o be_v dissolve_v but_o the_o corruption_n to_o be_v reform_v the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n as_o we_o deny_v it_o not_o to_o be_v in_o part_n as_o they_o say_v acceptable_a to_o god_n honourable_a to_o his_o highness_n comfortable_a to_o many_o thousand_o minister_n so_o we_o desire_v that_o in_o each_o sort_n it_o may_v be_v more_o and_o say_v with_o augustine_n in_o a_o other_o case_n optandum_fw-la 16._o epist_n 16._o est_fw-la ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la supplicandum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la non_fw-la quasi_fw-la factum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la consulendum_fw-la it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v that_o so_o it_o be_v but_o can_v be_v say_v that_o so_o it_o be_v 3._o censure_n he_o that_o will_v indifferent_o consider_v etc._n etc._n shall_v have_v just_a cause_n to_o approve_v the_o justice_n commend_v the_o mildness_n etc._n etc._n answ_n we_o wish_v the_o same_o which_o our_o brethren_n write_v that_o such_o mildness_n have_v be_v use_v by_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n towards_o the_o preacher_n which_o be_v silence_v imprison_a deprive_v for_o refuse_v the_o surplice_n and_o cross_n and_o such_o other_o matter_n to_o the_o urger_n of_o they_o of_o no_o great_a importance_n god_n show_v they_o more_o mercy_n in_o that_o day_n certain_o howsoever_o their_o severity_n before_o man_n by_o authority_n may_v be_v excuse_v yet_o their_o clemency_n will_v have_v be_v more_o commend_v as_o ambrose_n 58._o epist._n 58._o well_o say_v vides_fw-la quid_fw-la authoritas_fw-la tribuat_fw-la quid_fw-la studeo_fw-la misericordia_fw-la excusationem_fw-la habes_fw-la si_fw-la feceris_fw-la laudem_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la feceris_fw-la 4._o cens_fw-la as_o for_o that_o clause_n of_o man_n tradition_n it_o be_v odious_a answ_n p._n 27._o answ_n let_v our_o brethren_n tell_v we_o in_o good_a sadness_n whether_o they_o can_v prove_v the_o surplice_n cross_n in_o baptism_n