Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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A28513
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True peace, or, A moderate discourse to compose the unsettled consciences and greatest differences in ecclesiastical affaires written long since by the no less famous then learned Sir Francis Bacon ...
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
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1662
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Wing B339; ESTC R37050
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more_o narrow_a view_n and_o consideration_n of_o the_o accident_n and_o circumstance_n of_o these_o controversy_n wherein_o either_o part_n deserve_v blame_v and_o imputation_n i_o find_v general_o in_o cause_n of_o church-controversy_n that_o man_n do_v offend_v in_o some_o or_o all_o of_o these_o five_o point_n 1._o the_o first_o the_o giving_z of_o occasion_n unto_o controversy_n and_o also_o the_o inconsiderate_a and_o ungrounded_a take_n of_o the_o occasion_n 2._o the_o next_o be_v the_o extend_v and_o multiply_v of_o controversy_n to_o a_o more_o general_a opposition_n and_o contradiction_n than_o appear_v at_o the_o first_o propound_v of_o they_o when_o man_n judgement_n be_v least_o partial_a 3._o the_o three_o be_v the_o passionate_a and_o unbrother_o practice_n and_o proceed_n on_o both_o part_n towards_o the_o person_n each_o of_o other_o for_o their_o discredit_n and_o suppression_n 4._o the_o four_o be_v the_o course_n hold_v and_o and_o entertain_v on_o either_o side_n for_o the_o draw_v of_o the_o practizant_n to_o a_o more_o straight_a union_n within_o themselves_o which_o ever_o import_v a_o further_a destruction_n of_o the_o entire_a body_n 5._o the_o last_o be_v the_o undue_a and_o inconvenient_a propound_v publish_v and_o debate_v of_o the_o controversy_n in_o which_o point_n the_o most_o palpable_a error_n have_v be_v already_o speak_v of_o as_o that_o which_o through_o the_o strangeness_n and_o freshness_n of_o the_o abuse_n first_o offer_v itself_o to_o the_o conceit_n of_o all_o man_n now_o concern_v the_o occasion_n of_o controversy_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o imperfection_n in_o the_o conversation_n and_o government_n of_o those_o which_o have_v chief_a place_n in_o the_o church_n have_v ever_o be_v principal_a cause_n and_o motive_n of_o schism_n and_o division_n for_o while_o the_o bishop_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n continue_v full_a of_o knowledge_n and_o good_a work_n while_o they_o feed_v their_o flock_n 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mendacii_fw-la credulitas_fw-la credulity_n be_v the_o allurement_n of_o lie_n but_o if_o any_o be_v who_o have_v against_o the_o supreme_a bishop_n not_o a_o few_o thing_n but_o many_o if_o any_o have_v lose_v his_o first_o love_n if_o any_o be_v neither_o hot_a nor_o cold_a if_o any_o have_v stumble_v to_o folly_n at_o the_o threshold_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o he_o can_v sit_v well_o that_o enter_v ill_o it_o be_v time_n they_o return_v whence_o they_o be_v fall_v and_o confirm_v the_o thing_n which_o remain_v great_a be_v the_o weight_n of_o this_o fault_n et_fw-la eorum_fw-la causa_fw-la abhorrebant_fw-la homines_fw-la à _fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la domini_fw-la and_o for_o their_o cause_n do_v man_n abhor_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n but_o howsoever_o it_o be_v that_o those_o have_v seek_v to_o defame_v they_o &_o cast_v contempt_n upon_o they_o be_v not_o to_o beexcuse_v it_o be_v the_o precept_n of_o solomon_n that_o the_o ruler_n be_v not_o reproach_v no_o not_o in_o thought_n but_o that_o we_o draw_v our_o conceit_n into_o a_o modest_a interpretation_n of_o their_o do_n the_o holy_a angel_n will_v give_v no_o sentence_n of_o blasphemy_n against_o the_o common_a slanderer_n but_o say_v increpet_fw-la te_fw-la dominus_fw-la the_o lord_n rebuke_v thou_o the_o apostle_n saint_n paul_n think_v against_o he_o that_o do_v pollute_v sacred_a justice_n with_o tyrannous_a violence_n he_o do_v just_o denounce_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n in_o say_v percuciet_fw-la te_fw-la dominus_fw-la the_o lord_n shall_v strike_v thou_o yet_o in_o say_v paries_fw-la dealbate_n he_o think_v he_o have_v go_v too_o far_o and_o retract_v it_o whereupon_o a_o learned_a father_n say_v ipsum_fw-la quam_fw-la vis_fw-la inane_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o umbram_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la cogitans_fw-la expavit_fw-la the_o ancient_a counsel_n and_o synod_n as_o it_o be_v note_v by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a story_n when_o they_o deprive_v any_o bishop_n never_o record_v the_o offence_n but_o bury_v it_o in_o perpetual_a silence_n only_o cham_n purchase_v his_o father_n curse_n with_o reveal_v his_o father_n disgrace_n and_o yet_o a_o much_o great_a fault_n be_v it_o to_o ascend_v from_o the_o person_n to_o the_o call_n and_o to_o draw_v that_o in_o question_n many_o good_a father_n rigorous_o complain_v of_o the_o unworthiness_n of_o bishop_n as_o if_o it_o do_v present_o forfeit_v &_o cease_v their_o office_n one_o say_v sacerdotes_fw-la nominamur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la sumus_fw-la we_o be_v call_v priest_n and_o be_v not_o another_o say_v nisi_fw-la bonum_fw-la opus_fw-la amplectaris_fw-la episcopus_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la except_o thou_o undertake_v the_o good_a work_n thou_o can_v not_o be_v a_o bishop_n yet_o they_o mean_v nothing_o less_o than_o to_o move_v doubt_n of_o their_o call_n or_o ordination_n the_o second_o occasion_n of_o controversy_n be_v the_o nature_n &_o humour_n of_o some_o man_n the_o church_n never_o want_v a_o kind_n of_o person_n that_o love_v the_o salutation_n of_o rabbi_n not_o in_o ceremony_n or_o compliment_n but_o in_o a_o inward_a authority_n which_o they_o seek_v over_o man_n mind_n in_o draw_v they_o to_o depend_v upon_o their_o opinion_n and_o so_o seek_v knowledge_n at_o their_o lip_n these_o man_n be_v the_o true_a successor_n of_o diotrephes_n the_o lover_n of_o pre-eminence_n and_o not_o lord_n bishop_n such_o spirit_n do_v light_a upon_o another_o sort_n of_o nature_n which_o do_v adhere_v to_o these_o man_n quorum_fw-la gloria_fw-la in_o obsequio_fw-la stiff_a fellow_n and_o such_o as_o zeal_n marvellous_o for_o those_o who_o they_o have_v choose_v to_o be_v their_o master_n this_o latter_a sort_n of_o man_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v man_n of_o young_a year_n and_o superficial_a understanding_n carry_v away_o with_o partial_a respect_n of_o person_n or_o with_o the_o entice_a appearance_n of_o godly_a name_n and_o pretence_n pauci_fw-la res_fw-la ipsas_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la plures_fw-la nomina_fw-la rerum_fw-la plurima_fw-la nomina_fw-la magistrorum_fw-la few_o follow_v