Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	authority_n	church_n	faith_n	2,630	5	5.8125	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34970	Fanaticism fanatically imputed to the Catholick church by Doctour Stillingfleet and the imputation refuted and retorted / by S.C. a Catholick ...	Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674.; Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1672 (1672)	Wing C6898; ESTC R1090	75,544	216

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but_o as_o one_o i_o do_v not_o say_v traditum_fw-la satanae_n but_o excommunicate_v and_o separate_v from_o christ_n mystical_a body_n and_o therefore_o i_o conjure_v he_o that_o he_o will_v take_v care_n of_o his_o soul_n which_o must_v needs_o be_v in_o great_a danger_n even_o though_o in_o his_o heart_n he_o believe_v such_o excommunication_n to_o be_v bruta_fw-la fulmina_fw-la for_o in_o that_o case_n also_o he_o will_v conclude_v himself_o at_o least_o guilty_a of_o most_o damnable_a hypocrisy_n 175._o it_o will_v now_o be_v seasonable_a with_o this_o act_n of_o charity_n to_o he_o to_o take_v my_o leave_n of_o he_o and_o put_v a_o period_n to_o this_o my_o answer_n which_o true_o i_o think_v sufficient_a though_o perhaps_o he_o will_v impute_v my_o tell_v he_o so_o to_o a_o ungrounded_a confidence_n or_o presumption_n 176._o i_o have_v only_o one_o thing_n more_o to_o say_v to_o he_o which_o be_v this_o that_o i_o with_o reason_n enough_o may_v accuse_v he_o that_o in_o write_v 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that_o he_o have_v the_o gift_n of_o see_v into_o man_n heart_n for_o since_o he_o allow_v all_o sober_a enq●irers_n to_o be_v for_o themselves_o judge_n of_o the_o sense_n of_o scripture_n in_o necessary_n and_o judge_n likewise_o what_o point_n be_v necessary_a till_o he_o can_v disprove_v the_o allegation_n of_o any_o adversary_n catholic_n protestant_n or_o fanatic_a by_o demonstrate_v that_o they_o have_v either_o not_o inquire_v at_o all_o or_o inquire_v unsober_o and_o that_o none_o beside_o himself_o inquire_v sober_o it_o will_v be_v most_o unreasonable_a in_o he_o to_o condemn_v or_o but_o trouble_v any_o dissenter_n from_o he_o 178._o but_o alas_o the_o misery_n be_v none_o be_v more_o eager_a in_o usurp_v a_o magisterial_a and_o tyrannical_a power_n over_o other_o man_n conscience_n than_o such_o as_o renounce_v all_o authority_n internal_o oblige_v in_o the_o church_n because_o have_v no_o tie_n upon_o man_n conscience_n or_o security_n in_o their_o subject_n obedience_n they_o find_v external_a violence_n the_o only_a mean_a to_o support_v they_o which_o sure_o argue_v a_o horrible_a depr●vation_n in_o the_o mind_n especial_o of_o ecclesiastic_n which_o depravation_n can_v now_o only_o be_v cure_v by_o the_o wisdom_n and_o power_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n dam_fw-la pacem_fw-la domine_fw-la in_fw-la diebus_fw-la nostris_fw-la amen_n finis_fw-la the_o content_n §_o i._o the_o author_n motive_n of_o write_v this_o treatise_n d._n stillingfleet_v three_o head_n of_o accusation_n against_o the_o catholic_n church_n etc._n etc._n pag._n i._n §_o ii_o a_o vindication_n of_o the_o honour_n and_o sanctity_n of_o s._n benedict_n etc._n etc._n from_o the_o doctor_n contumelious_a imputation_n two_o §_o iii_o of_o the_o life_n and_o prayer_n of_o contemplation_n deride_v by_o the_o doctor_n 28_o §_o iu_o vision_n etc._n etc._n no_o ground_n of_o believe_a doctrine_n among_o catholic_n 71_o §_o v._o resist_v authority_n false_o impute_v to_o catholic_n religion_n 76_o §_o vi_o fanaticism_n return_v upon_o the_o doctor_n and_o his_o whole_a religion_n 88_o §_o vii_o the_o doctrine_n of_o penance_n vindicated_n from_o the_o doctor_n mistake_v 121_o §_o viii_o of_o confer_v absolution_n and_o extreme_a unction_n in_o articulo_fw-la mortis_fw-la 132_o §_o ix_o of_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a 137_o §_o x._o of_o indulgence_n 144_o §_o xi_o of_o the_o church_n liturgy_n in_o a_o tongue_n not_o general_o understand_v 148_o §_o xii_o of_o the_o church_n deny_v the_o read_n of_o the_o bible_n indifferent_o to_o all_o 152_o §_o xiii_o the_o conclusion_n with_o advice_n to_o the_o doctor_n 171_o errata_fw-la page_n 3._o line_n 6._o read_v inhuman_a p._n 4._o l._n 2._o read_v about_o ib._n l._n 4._o read_v or_o obedience_n p._n 5._o l._n 16._o read_v to_o the._n p._n 7._o l._n 15._o r._n upon_o p._n 8._o l._n 4._o read_v their_o p._n 13._o l._n 3._o r._n preacher_n p._n 17._o l._n 25._o r._n say_v p._n 47._o l._n 25._o &_o 26._o r._n several_a 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