Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	apostle_n	bishop_n	church_n	1,754	5	4.4354	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61093	Of the law-terms, a discourse wherein the laws of the Jews, Grecians, Romans, Saxons and Normans, relating to this subject are fully explained / written by ... Sir Henry Spelman, Kt.	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.	1684 (1684)	Wing S4929; ESTC R16781	31,761	92

5._o how_o other_o festival_n and_o other_o vacation_n day_n 6._o that_o our_o term_n take_v their_o original_n from_o the_o canon-law_n 7._o the_o constitution_n of_o our_o saxon_a king_n edward_n the_o elder_a guthurn_n the_o dane_n and_o the_o synod_n of_o eanham_n under_o ethelred_n touch_v this_o matter_n 8._o the_o constitution_n of_o canutus_n more_o particular_a 9_o the_o constitution_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n more_o material_a 10._o the_o constitution_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o of_o law-day_n in_o normandy_n 11._o what_o do_v by_o william_n rufus_n stephen_n and_o henry_n the_o second_o 12._o of_o hilary-term_n according_a to_o those_o ancient_a law_n 13._o of_o easter-term_n in_o like_a manner_n 14._o of_o trinity-term_n and_o the_o long_a vacation_n follow_v 15._o of_o michaelmas-term_n 16._o of_o the_o late_a constitution_n of_o the_o term_n by_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o 51._o of_o hen._n 3._o and_o 36._o of_o edw._n 3._o 17._o how_o trinity-term_n be_v alter_v by_o the_o 32._o of_o hen._n 8._o 18._o and_o how_o michaelmas-term_n be_v abbreviate_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n 16._o carol._n 1._o chap._n i._n of_o law-day_n among_o the_o ancient_n the_o time_n allot_v to_o lawbusiness_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v that_o from_o the_o begin_n among_o all_o or_o most_o nation_n which_o be_v not_o particular_o dedicate_v as_o we_o say_v before_o to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n or_o some_o rite_n of_o religion_n therefore_o whilst_o moses_n be_v yet_o under_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o before_o the_o positive_a law_n be_v give_v he_o sacrifice_v and_o keep_v the_o holy_a festival_n with_o jethro_n his_o father-in-law_n on_o the_o one_o day_n but_o judge_v not_o the_o people_n till_o the_o day_n after_o some_o particular_a instance_n i_o know_v may_v be_v give_v to_o the_o contrary_a as_o i_o shall_v mention_v but_o this_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v at_o that_o time_n the_o general_a use_n the_o greek_n greek_n who_o as_o josephus_n in_o his_o book_n against_o appion_n witness_v have_v much_o of_o their_o ancient_a rite_n from_o the_o hebrew_n hold_v two_o of_o their_o court_n prytanaean-day_n in_o every_o month_n for_o civil_a matter_n and_o the_o three_o only_a for_o their_o sacra_fw-la aeschines_n in_o his_o oration_n against_o ctesiphon_n charge_v demosthenes_n with_o write_v a_o decree_n in_o the_o senate_n that_o the_o 4._o prytanaean_a magistrate_n may_v hold_v a_o assembly_n upon_o the_o 8._o day_n of_o the_o approach_a month_n of_o figens_fw-la elaphebolion_n when_o the_o holy_a rite_n of_o aesculapius_n be_v to_o be_v solemnize_v the_o roman_n roman_n likewise_o whether_o by_o instinct_n of_o nature_n or_o precedent_n meddle_v not_o with_o law_n cause_n during_o the_o time_n appoint_v to_o the_o worship_n of_o their_o god_n as_o appear_v by_o their_o primitive_a law_n of_o the_o 12._o table_n feriis_fw-la jurgia_fw-la amovento_fw-it and_o by_o the_o place_n before_o cite_v as_o also_o this_o of_o the_o same_o table_n post_fw-la semel_fw-la exta_fw-la deo_fw-la data_fw-la sunt_fw-la licet_fw-la omne_fw-la fari_fw-la verbáque_fw-la honoratus_fw-la libera_fw-la praetor_n habet_fw-la when_o sacrifice_n and_o holy_a rite_n be_v do_v the_o reverend_a praetor_n than_o his_o court_n begin_v to_o be_v short_a it_o be_v so_o common_a a_o thing_n in_o those_o day_n of_o old_a to_o exempt_v the_o time_n of_o exercise_n of_o religion_n from_o all_o worldly_a business_n that_o the_o barbarous_a nation_n even_o our_o angli_fw-la whilst_o they_o be_v yet_o in_o germany_n the_o suevian_o themselves_z and_o other_o of_o those_o northern_a part_n will_v in_o no-wise_a violate_v or_o interrupt_v it_o 40._o tacitus_n say_v of_o they_o that_o during_o this_o time_n non_fw-la bellum_fw-la ineunt_fw-la non_fw-la arma_fw-la sumunt_fw-la clausum_fw-la omne_fw-la ferrum_fw-la pax_fw-la &_o quies_fw-la tunc_fw-la tantùm_fw-la nota_fw-la tunc_fw-la tantùm_fw-la amata_fw-la of_o our_o german_a ancestor_n we_o shall_v speak_v more_o anon_o our_o british_a be_v little_a to_o the_o purpose_n they_o judge_v all_o controversy_n by_o their_o priest_n the_o druid_n and_o to_o that_o end_n meet_v but_o once_o a_o year_n as_o ●_o caesar_n show_v we_o by_o those_o of_o the_o gaul_n i_o will_v therefore_o seek_v the_o original_a of_o our_o term_n only_o from_o the_o roman_n as_o all_o other_o nation_n that_o have_v be_v subject_a to_o their_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a monarchy_n do_v and_o must_v chap._n ii_o of_o law-day_n among_o the_o roman_n use_v choice_a day_n the_o ancient_a roman_n whilst_o they_o be_v yet_o heathen_n do_v not_o as_o we_o at_o this_o day_n use_v certain_a continue_a portion_n of_o the_o year_n for_o a_o legal_a decision_n of_o controversy_n but_o out_o of_o a_o superstitious_a conceit_n that_o some_o day_n be_v ominous_a and_o more_o unlucky_a than_o other_o according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o egyptian_n they_o make_v one_o day_n to_o be_v fastus_fw-la or_o term-day_n and_o another_o as_o a_o egyptian_a day_n to_o be_v vacation_n or_o nefastus_n seldom_o two_o fasti_fw-la or_o law-day_n together_o yea_o they_o sometime_o divide_v one_o and_o the_o same_o day_n in_o this_o manner_n qui_fw-la modo_fw-la fastus_fw-la erat_fw-la manè_fw-la nefastus_n erat_fw-la the_o afternoon_n be_v term_n the_o m●rning_a holiday_n nor_o be_v all_o their_o fasti_fw-la apply_v to_o judicature_n but_o some_o of_o they_o to_o other_o meeting_n and_o consultation_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n so_o that_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o sort_n which_o they_o call_v fastos_fw-la propriè_fw-la fastos_fw-la intercisos_fw-la &_o fastos_fw-la comitiales_n they_o contain_v together_o 184._o day_n yet_o through_o all_o the_o month_n in_o the_o year_n there_o remain_v not_o proper_o to_o the_o praetor_n as_o judicial_a or_o triverbal_a day_n above_o 28_o whereas_o before_o the_o abbreviation_n of_o michaelmas_n term_n by_o the_o statute_n of_o 16._o car._n 1._o we_o have_v in_o our_o term_n above_o 96._o day_n in_o court_n and_o now_o have_v 86._o beside_o the_o sunday_n and_o exempt_v festival_n which_o fall_v in_o the_o term_n and_o those_o be_v about_o 28._o or_o there_o about_o 3._o sir_n thomas_n smith_n count_v it_o strange_a that_o three_o tribunal_n in_o one_o city_n in_o less_o than_o a_o three_o part_n of_o the_o year_n shall_v satisfy_v the_o wrong_n of_o so_o large_a and_o populous_a a_o nation_n as_o this_o of_o england_n but_o let_v we_o return_v where_o we_o leave_v off_o chap._n iii_o of_o law-day_n among_o the_o primitive_a christian_n and_o how_o they_o use_v all_o time_n alike_o to_o beat_v down_o the_o roman_a superstition_n touch_v the_o observation_n of_o day_n against_o which_o st._n augustine_n and_o other_o write_v vehement_o the_o christian_n at_o first_o use_v all_o day_n alike_o for_o hear_v of_o cause_n not_o spare_v as_o it_o seem_v the_o sunday_n itself_o thereby_o fall_v into_o another_o extreme_a yet_o have_v they_o some_o precedent_n for_o it_o from_o moses_n and_o the_o jew_n for_o 3._o philo_n judaeus_n in_o the_o life_n of_o moses_n report_v that_o the_o cause_n of_o he_o that_o gather_v stick_n on_o the_o sabbath-day_n be_v by_o a_o solemn_a council_n of_o the_o prince_n priest_n and_o the_o whole_a multitude_n examine_v and_o consult_v of_o on_o the_o sabbath-day_n and_o the_o talmudist_n who_o be_v best_a acquaint_v with_o the_o jewish_a custom_n as_o also_o galatinus_n the_o hebrew_n do_v report_n that_o their_o judge_n in_o the_o council_n call_v sanhedrim_n sit_v on_o the_o weekday_n from_o morning_n to_o night_n in_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n and_o on_o the_o sabbath_n and_o on_o festival_n upon_o the_o wall_n so_o the_o whole_a year_n than_o seem_v a_o continual_a term_n no_o day_n exempt_v how_o this_o stand_v with_o the_o levitical_a law_n or_o rather_o the_o moral_a i_o leave_v to_o other_o chap._n iu._n how_o sunday_n come_v to_o be_v exempt_v but_o for_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o abuse_n among_o christian_n in_o pervert_v the_o lord_n day_n to_o the_o hear_n of_o clamorous_a litigant_n it_o be_v ordain_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o redemption_n 517._o by_o the_o father_n assemble_v in_o concilio_n taraconensi_fw-la cap._n 4._o after_o that_o in_o concilio_n spalensi_fw-la cap._n 2._o and_o by_o adrian_n bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o decretal_a caus._n 15._o quaest_n 4._o that_o nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la vel_fw-la infra_fw-la positus_fw-la die_fw-la dominico_n causas_fw-la judicare_fw-la aut_fw-la ventilare_fw-la praesumat_fw-la no_o bishop_n or_o inferior_a person_n presume_v to_o judge_v or_o try_v cause_n on_o the_o lord_n day_n for_o it_o appear_v by_o epiphanius_n that_o in_o his_o time_n as_o also_o many_o hundred_o year_n after_o bishop_n and_o clergyman_n do_v hear_v and_o determine_v cause_n lest_o christian_n against_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o apostle_n shall_v go_v to_o law_n under_o heathen_n and_o infidel_n this_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n for_o exempt_n sunday_n be_v by_o theodosius_n fortify_v with_o a_o

judices_fw-la jejuni_fw-la causas_fw-la audiant_fw-la &_o discernant_fw-la and_o again_o in_o the_o cau._n capitular_o caroli_n &_o lodovici_n nè_fw-la placitum_fw-la 15._o comes_fw-la habeat_fw-la nisi_fw-la jejunus_fw-la where_o the_o word_n come_v according_a to_o the_o phrase_n of_o that_o time_n be_v use_v for_o judex_n as_o elsewhere_o we_o have_v it_o declare_v to_o the_o same_o effect_n in_o the_o capitular_a ad_fw-la legem_fw-la salicus_fw-la and_o out_o of_o these_o and_o such_o other_o 4._o constitution_n arise_v the_o rule_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n that_o quae_fw-la à_fw-la prandio_fw-la fiunt_fw-la constitutiones_fw-la inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la non_fw-la referuntur_fw-la yet_o i_o find_v that_o cause_n may_v be_v hear_v and_o judge_v in_o the_o afternoon_n for_o in_o capitular_o lib._n 2_o 33_o and_o again_o lib._n 4._o cau._n 16._o it_o be_v say_v causae_fw-la viduarum_fw-la pupillorum_fw-la &_o pauperum_fw-la audiantur_fw-la &_o definiantur_fw-la ante_fw-la meridiem_fw-la regis_fw-la verò_fw-la &_o potentiorum_fw-la post_fw-la meridiem_fw-la this_o though_o it_o may_v seem_v contradictory_n to_o the_o constitution_n aforesaid_a yet_o i_o conceive_v they_o to_o be_v thus_o reconcilable_a that_o the_o judge_n sit_v then_o but_o seldom_o continue_v their_o court_n both_o forenoon_n and_o afternoon_n from_o morning_n till_o evening_n without_o dinner_n or_o intermission_n as_o at_o this_o day_n they_o may_v and_o often_o do_v upon_o great_a cause_n though_o be_v rise_v and_o dine_a they_o may_v not_o meet_v again_o yet_o may_v they_o not_o sit_v at_o night_n or_o use_v candle_n light_n quòd_fw-la de_fw-la nocte_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la honestum_fw-la judicium_fw-la exercere_fw-la and_o from_o these_o ancient_a rite_n of_o the_o church_n and_o empire_n be_v our_o law_n derive_v which_o prohibit_v our_o jurour_n be_v judices_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la to_o have_v meat_n drink_z fire_n or_o candle_n light_n till_o they_o be_v agree_v of_o their_o verdict_n it_o may_v here_o be_v demand_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o our_o judge_n after_o dinner_n do_v take_v assize_n and_o nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o the_o guild-hall_n of_o london_n and_o in_o their_o circuit_n i_o have_v yet_o no_o other_o answer_n but_o that_o ancient_a institution_n be_v discontinue_v often_o by_o some_o custom_n grate_v in_o upon_o they_o and_o change_v often_o by_o some_o late_a constitution_n of_o which_o kind_n the_o instance_n aforesaid_a seem_v to_o be_v for_o assizes_n be_v ordain_v many_o age_n after_o by_o henry_n the_o second_o as_o appear_z by_o the_o charter_n of_o beverly_n glanvill_n and_o radulphus_fw-la niger_n and_o nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la by_o 30._o edward_n the_o first_o in_o the_o statute_n of_o westminster_n 2_o though_o i_o see_v not_o but_o in_o take_v of_o they_o the_o ancient_a course_n may_v have_v be_v continue_v if_o haste_n will_v suffer_v it_o chap._n ii_o why_o they_o sit_v not_o at_o all_o some_o day_n though_o there_o be_v many_o day_n in_o the_o term_n which_o by_o ancient_a constitution_n before_o recite_v be_v exempt_v from_o lawbusiness_n as_o those_o of_o the_o apostle_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o the_o 3._o statute_n of_o ed._n 6._o appoint_v many_o of_o they_o to_o be_v keep_v holiday_n as_o dedicate_v not_o unto_o saint_n but_o unto_o divine_a worship_n which_o we_o also_o at_o this_o day_n retain_v as_o holiday_n yet_o do_v not_o the_o high_a court_n forbear_v sit_v in_o any_o of_o they_o save_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o purification_n the_o ascension_n st._n john_n baptist_n all-saint_n and_o the_o day_n after_o though_o not_o a_o feast_n call_v all-soul_n when_o the_o other_o lose_v their_o privilege_n and_o come_v to_o be_v term-day_n i_o can_v find_v it_o suffice_v that_o custom_n have_v repeal_v they_o by_o confession_n of_o the_o canonist_n yet_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o there_o be_v no_o provision_n make_v for_o it_o in_o the_o constitution_n of_o our_o church_n under_o isleep_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n the_o three_o for_o though_o many_o ancient_a law_n and_o the_o decretal_n of_o gregory_n the_o 9th_o have_v ordain_v judicialem_fw-la strepitum_fw-la diebus_fw-la conquiescere_fw-la feriatis_fw-la yet_o in_o a_o synod_n then_o hold_v wherein_o be_v all_o the_o holiday_n appoint_v and_o particular_o recite_v no_o restraint_n of_o judicature_n or_o forensis_fw-la strepitus_fw-la be_v impose_v but_o a_o cessation_n only_a ab_fw-la universis_fw-la servilibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la utilibus_fw-la which_o though_o it_o be_v in_o the_o phrase_n god_n himself_o use_v touch_v many_o great_a feast_n viz._n 25._o omne_fw-la servile_a opus_fw-la non_fw-la facietis_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la yet_o it_o be_v not_o in_o that_o when_o he_o institute_v the_o seven_o day_n to_o be_v the_o sabbath_n 3._o non_fw-la facies_fw-la omne_fw-la opus_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la without_o servile_a thou_o shall_v do_v no_o manner_n of_o work_n therein_o now_o the_o act_n of_o judicature_n and_o of_o hear_v and_o determine_v controversy_n be_v not_o opus_fw-la servile_a but_o honoratum_fw-la &_o planè_fw-la regium_fw-la and_o so_o not_o within_o the_o prohibition_n of_o this_o our_o canon_n which_o be_v the_o latter_a seem_v to_o qualify_v the_o former_a yea_o the_o canonist_n and_o casuist_n themselves_o not_o only_o expound_v opus_fw-la servile_a of_o corporeal_a and_o mechanical_a labour_n but_o admit_v 26_o several_a case_n where_o even_o in_o that_o very_a kind_n dispensation_n lie_v against_o the_o canon_n and_o by_o much_o more_o reason_n then_o with_o this_o in_o question_n it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o this_o canon_n consequent_o give_v liberty_n to_o hold_v plea_n and_o court_n upon_o their_o festival_n in_o the_o vacation_n i_o confess_v that_o so_o it_o seem_v but_o this_o canon_n have_v no_o power_n to_o alter_v the_o bound_n and_o course_n of_o the_o term_n which_o before_o be_v settle_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o land_n so_o that_o in_o that_o point_n it_o prevail_v not_o why_o but_o there_o arise_v another_o question_n how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o court_n sit_v in_o easter-term_n upon_o the_o rogation_n day_n it_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o council_n of_o medard_n and_o by_o the_o intention_n of_o divers_a other_o constitution_n it_o seem_v that_o it_o never_o be_v so_o use_v in_o england_n or_o at_o least_o not_o for_o many_o age_n especial_o since_o gregory_n the_o nine_o insomuch_o that_o among_o the_o day_n wherein_o he_o prohibit_v forensem_fw-la strepitum_fw-la clamorous_a plead_n etc._n etc._n he_o name_v they_o not_o and_o though_o he_o do_v the_o glossographer_n say_v that_o a_o nation_n may_v by_o custom_n erect_v a_o feast_n that_o be_v not_o command_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n 10._o et_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la posset_n ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la introduci_fw-la quòd_fw-la aliqua_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la praecepto_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la de_fw-fr praecepto_fw-la sicut_fw-la de_fw-la tribus_fw-la diebus_fw-la rogationum_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o be_v short_a i_o find_v no_o such_o privilege_n for_o they_o in_o our_o court_n though_o we_o admit_v they_o other_o church_n rite_n and_o ceremony_n we_o must_v now_o show_v if_o we_o can_v why_o the_o court_n other_o sit_v upon_o so_o many_o ferial_a and_o holiday_n do_v forbear_v to_o sit_v upon_o some_o other_o which_o before_o i_o mention_v the_o purification_n ascension_n st._n john_n baptist_n all-saint_n etc._n etc._n for_o in_o the_o synod_n under_o isleep_a before_o mention_v no_o prerogative_n be_v give_v to_o they_o above_o the_o rest_n that_o fall_v in_o the_o term_n as_o namely_o st._n mark_n and_o st._n philip_n and_o jacob_n when_o they_o do_v fall_v in_o easter_n term_n st._n peter_n in_o trinity-term_n st._n luke_n before_o the_o late_a abbreviation_n by_o 16._o car._n 1._o do_v fall_v and_o st._n simon_n and_o judas_n do_v always_o fall_v in_o michaelmas-term_n it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o although_o the_o synod_n do_v prohibit_v only_o opera_fw-la servilia_n to_o be_v do_v on_o festival-day_n as_o the_o offence_n most_o in_o use_n at_o that_o time_n yet_o do_v it_o not_o give_v licence_n to_o do_v any_o act_n that_o be_v former_o prohibit_v by_o any_o law_n or_o laudable_a custom_n and_o therefore_o if_o by_o colour_n thereof_o or_o any_o former_a use_n which_o be_v like_a enough_o the_o court_n do_v sit_v on_o lesser_a festival_n yet_o they_o never_o do_v it_o on_o the_o great_a among_o which_o majoris_fw-la cautelae_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la those_o opera_fw-la servilia_n be_v there_o also_o prohibit_v to_o be_v do_v on_o easter-day_n pentecost_n and_o the_o sunday_n itself_o festival_n let_v we_o then_o see_v which_o be_v the_o great_a feast_n and_o by_o what_o merit_n they_o obtain_v their_o privilege_n that_o the_o court_n of_o justice_n sit_v not_o on_o they_o as_o for_o sunday_n we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o speak_v of_o it_o be_v canonize_v by_o god_n himself_o as_o for_o easter_n and_o whitsunday_n we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o speak_v of_o they_o