Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	act_n	action_n	aforesaid_a	95	3	7.8764	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26144	The power, jurisdiction and priviledge of Parliament and the antiquity of the House of Commons asserted occasion'd by an information in the Kings Bench by the attorney general against the Speaker of the House of Commons : as also A discourse concerning the ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the realm of England, occasion'd by the late commission in ecclesiastical causes / by Sir Robert Atkins, Knight ...	Atkyns, Robert, Sir, 1621-1709.	1689 (1689)	Wing A4141; ESTC R16410	69,431	78

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or_o lawful_o may_v be_v reform_v redress_v correct_v etc._n etc._n in_o sir_n edw._n coke_n 12_o rep._n fol._n 49_o it_o be_v resolve_v trin._n 6._o jae_n per_fw-la totam_fw-la curiam_fw-la in_o the_o court_n of_o common-plea_n there_o be_v then_o five_o judge_n of_o that_o court_n coke_n be_v chief_a justice_n that_o the_o high_a commissioner_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o commission_n and_o that_o act_n of_o parliament_n aught_o to_o proceed_v according_a to_o ecclesiastical_a law._n second_o if_o their_o commission_n give_v they_o any_o power_n which_o be_v not_o allow_v or_o warrant_v by_o that_o act_n of_o parliament_n it_o be_v not_o legal_a which_o prove_v that_o such_o power_n can_v be_v exercise_v by_o a_o commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n mere_o without_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n see_v drake_n case_v in_o justice_n croke_n report_n of_o the_o time_n of_o king_n charles_n fol._n 220._o there_o it_o be_v also_o resolve_v that_o the_o king_n by_o his_o commissioner_n can_v alter_v the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n nor_o the_o proceed_n of_o ☞_o it_o and_o if_o the_o word_n lawful_o have_v not_o be_v in_o that_o act_n of_o 1._o eliz._n yet_o it_o must_v have_v be_v so_o intend_v and_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o common_a law_n who_o be_v proper_a judge_n expositor_n and_o interpreter_n of_o act_n of_o parliament_n will_v have_v so_o understand_v it_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o judge_n in_o the_o case_n in_o the_o same_o 12._o rep._n of_o the_o lord_n coke_n fol._n 84_o 85._o and_o little_a regard_n therefore_o be_v give_v by_o the_o judge_n to_o commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n which_o the_o arch_a bishop_n of_o canterbury_n abbot_n say_v have_v be_v make_v in_o like_a case_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n hen._n viii_o and_o ed._n vi._n in_o the_o last_o case_n ibidem_fw-la fol._n 85._o the_o chief_a justice_n coke_n say_v he_o have_v see_v the_o commission_n make_v to_o cromwell_n by_o king_n hen._n viii_o to_o be_v vicegerent_n and_o other_o commission_n to_o other_o by_o his_o appointment_n and_o he_o refer_v to_o the_o commission_n at_o large_a insert_v in_o his_o book_n of_o precedent_n see_v in_o the_o same_o 12._o rep._n of_o sir_n edw._n coke_n f._n 88_o excellent_a rule_n to_o be_v observe_v upon_o such_o extraordinary_a commission_n viz._n they_o ought_v to_o be_v solemn_o read_v for_o they_o may_v possible_o contain_v many_o thing_n against_o the_o law_n as_o the_o commission_n in_o that_o case_n mention_v do_v the_o commissioner_n may_v every_o one_o of_o they_o require_v copy_n of_o the_o commission_n the_o commissioner_n ought_v to_o sit_v in_o a_o open_a place_n and_o at_o certain_a day_n note_v also_o that_o such_o commission_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v keep_v secret_a but_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v enrol_v in_o the_o chancery_n that_o the_o subject_n may_v be_v under_o a_o know_a authority_n see_v sir_n coke_n 4._o instit._fw-la fol._n 332._o the_o middle_a of_o that_o fol._n and_o upon_o irregular_a and_o illegal_a commission_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n the_o remedy_n be_v by_o prohibition_n out_o of_o the_o court_n at_o westminster_n in_o the_o same_o 4_o instit._n fol._n 340._o the_o author_n have_v this_o note_n nota_fw-la 340._o stephen_n gardiner_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n be_v deprive_v at_o lambeth_n by_o commission_n from_o king_n edward_n the_o vi_o make_v to_o ten_o person_n proceed_v upon_o it_o ex_fw-la officio_fw-la mero_fw-la mixto_fw-la vel_fw-la promoto_fw-la omni_fw-la appellatione_fw-la remotâ_fw-la summarie_n de_fw-fr plano_fw-la absque_fw-la omni_fw-la forma_fw-la &_o figura_fw-la judicii_fw-la sola_fw-la facti_fw-la veritate_fw-la inspecta_fw-la the_o author_n pass_v no_o opinion_n upon_o it_o quaere_fw-la by_o what_o law_n this_o be_v warrant_v it_o must_v be_v rare_a and_o extraordinary_a otherwise_o sir_n edw._n coke_n will_v not_o have_v so_o special_o mention_v it_o but_o a_o facto_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_fw-la non_fw-la valet_fw-la argumentum_fw-la note_v that_o part_n of_o the_o act_n of_o 1_o eliz._n viz._n the_o 18_o paragraph_n before_o verbatim_o transcribe_v viz._n of_o the_o queen_n eliz._n and_o her_o successor_n grant_v such_o letter_n patent_n or_o commission_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n be_v repeal_v by_o the_o act_n make_v 16_o car._n 1._o cap._n 11._o see_v it_o in_o mr._n keeble_n book_n of_o statute_n at_o large_a see_v the_o last_o paragr_n or_o clause_n in_o that_o act_n of_o repeal_n of_o 16_o car._n 1._o it_o be_v enact_v that_o no_o new_a court_n shall_v be_v erect_v or_o appoint_v which_o shall_v have_v the_o like_a power_n or_o jurisdiction_n as_o the_o high_a commissioner_n have_v or_o pretend_v to_o have_v but_o that_o all_o such_o letter_n patent_n commission_n and_o grant_n and_o all_o power_n and_o authority_n thereby_o grant_v and_o all_o act_n sentence_n and_o decree_n to_o be_v make_v by_o virtue_n or_o colour_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v void_a note_v the_o late_a act_n of_o 13_o car._n 2._o cap._n 12._o in_o mr._n keeble_n book_n of_o statute_n do_v declare_v that_o the_o ordinary_a power_n of_o arch-bishop_n and_o bishop_n be_v not_o take_v away_o by_o that_o repeal_n act_n of_o 17_o car._n 1._o cap._n 11._o as_o this_o last_o act_n date_n it_o but_o by_o this_o act_n of_o 13_o car._n 2._o cap._n 12._o in_o the_o second_o paragraph_n the_o aforesaid_a repeal_n act_n of_o 17_o car._n 1._o and_o all_o the_o matter_n and_o clause_n therein_o contain_v except_v what_o concern_v the_o high_a commission_n court_n or_o the_o new_a erection_n of_o some_o such_o like_a court_n by_o commission_n be_v repeal_v see_v the_o three_o paragraph_n also_o of_o the_o act_n of_o 13._o car._n 2._o that_o the_o high_a commission_n court_n shall_v not_o be_v revive_v so_o that_o i_o conceive_v no_o such_o commission_n nor_o letter_n patent_n can_v now_o be_v grant_v but_o the_o repeal_n act_n of_o 16_o or_o 17_o car._n 1._o stand_v in_o force_n against_o it_o by_o what_o law_n or_o rule_v cromwell_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n henry_n viii_o and_o by_o what_o instruction_n he_o act_v do_v not_o appear_v the_o commission_n to_o make_v he_o vicar_n general_n which_o be_v sure_o in_o imitation_n of_o what_o have_v be_v use_v by_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o usurpation_n or_o that_o of_o vicegerent_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v new_a and_o prime_a impressionis_fw-la be_v not_o now_o to_o be_v find_v of_o which_o dr._n burnet_n in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n folii_fw-la make_v some_o probable_a conjecture_n fol._n 181._o and_o wherein_o consist_v the_o difference_n between_o those_o two_o authority_n and_o title_n and_o the_o commission_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o they_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o find_v out_o but_o the_o thing_n then_o principal_o design_v be_v to_o suppress_v the_o religious_a house_n belong_v to_o the_o regular_a clergy_n which_o be_v great_a support_v to_o the_o popish_a hierarchy_n not_o at_o all_o to_o impeach_v the_o lawful_a power_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o episcopacy_n for_o we_o find_v at_o the_o same_o time_n as_o cromwell_n commission_n be_v in_o force_n and_o have_v be_v then_o but_o new_o pass_v that_o cranmer_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n make_v his_o metropolitical_a visitation_n under_o which_o as_o i_o conceive_v most_o proper_o fall_v the_o conusance_n of_o any_o contempt_n or_o abuse_v commit_v by_o any_o of_o his_o suffragan_n bishop_n if_o not_o in_o a_o bishop_n provincial_a synod_n archiepiscopi_fw-la jurisdictioni_fw-la subsunt_fw-la immediate_a suffraganti_fw-la see_v lind._o provin_n the_o exclusion_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n hen._n viii_o make_a no_o diminution_n of_o the_o power_n or_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o clergy_n as_o to_o determine_v of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n or_o make_v canon_n constitution_n and_o other_o synodical_a act_n as_o be_v right_o observe_v by_o dr._n heylin_n in_o his_o introduction_n to_o the_o history_n of_o laud_n late_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n upon_o this_o ground_n it_o be_v that_o to_o this_o day_n they_o exercise_v all_o manner_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n in_o their_o own_o name_n and_o under_o the_o distinct_a seal_n of_o their_o office_n the_o statute_n that_o make_v some_o alteration_n in_o the_o matter_n be_v all_o repeal_v see_v dr._n heylin_n introduct_n aforesaid_a ibid._n fol._n 341._o the_o legislative_a power_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a continue_v in_o the_o convocation_n for_o make_v canon_n and_o constitution_n confirm_v by_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n discipline_n and_o the_o admonition_n still_o reside_v in_o the_o bishop_n and_o those_o under_o they_o in_o case_n of_o any_o irregularity_n in_o the_o metropolitan_a resort_v must_v doubtless_o be_v to_o the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o earth_n the_o king_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o archbishop_n abbot_n who_o shoot_v at_o