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	reason_n	1,519	5	4.9993	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75749	A remonstrance, against presbitery. Exhibited by divers of the nobilitie, gentrie, ministers and inhabitants of the county palatine. of Chester with the motives of that remonstrance. Together with a short survey of the Presbyterian discipline. Shewing the inconveniences of it; and the inconsistency thereof with the constitution of this state, being in its principles destructive to the laws and liberties of the people. With a briefe review of the institution, succession, iurisdiction of the ancient and venerable order of bishops. Found to bee instituted by the Apostles, continued ever since, grounded on the lawes of God, and most agreeable to the law of the land. / By Sir Thomas Aston baronet.	Aston, Thomas, Sir, 1600-1645.	1641 (1641)	Wing A4078; Thomason E163_1; Thomason E163_2; ESTC R212696	75,691	128

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authority_n unite_v and_o annex_v to_o the_o imperial_a crown_n in_o this_o scala_fw-la regius_fw-la this_o gradation_n of_o royal_a monarchy_n we_o can_v find_v nothing_o incongruous_a to_o the_o faith_n or_o liberty_n of_o a_o true_a protestant_n but_o we_o see_v ourselves_o bind_v by_o oath_n to_o acknowledge_v and_o support_v that_o regal_a government_n our_o statute_n have_v establish_v our_o law_n approve_v history_n represent_v most_o happy_a policy_n recommend_v as_o safe_a to_o which_o all_o protestant_n church_n confess_v due_a allegiance_n all_o primitive_a time_n yield_v full_a obedience_n to_o who_o throne_n christ_n himself_o yield_v tribute_n to_o who_o power_n he_o command_v submission_n and_o reverence_n to_o who_o jurisdiction_n be_v commit_v the_o designation_n of_o bishop_n and_o judge_n who_o person_n god_n will_v have_v sacred_a who_o action_n unquestionable_a who_o succession_n he_o himself_o determine_v who_o kingdom_n he_o dispose_v and_o who_o election_n be_v the_o all-makers_n sole_a prerogative_n now_o whether_o these_o crown_n and_o sceptre_n shall_v be_v hold_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la or_o not_o i_o take_v not_o on_o i_o to_o determine_v but_o i_o may_v be_v bold_a to_o deliver_v du-moulins_n own_o word_n 560._o word_n moulins_n buckler_n of_o faith_n fol._n 560._o whosoever_o build_v the_o authority_n of_o king_n upon_o man_n institution_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n cut_v off_o three_o part_n of_o their_o authority_n and_o bereave_v they_o of_o that_o which_o assure_v their_o life_n and_o their_o crown_n more_o than_o the_o guard_n of_o their_o body_n or_o puissant_a army_n which_o put_v terror_n into_o subject_n heart_n instead_o of_o frame_v they_o to_o obedience_n then_o the_o fidelity_n of_o subject_n will_v be_v firm_a and_o sure_a when_o it_o shall_v be_v incorporate_v into_o piety_n and_o esteem_v to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o religion_n and_o of_o the_o service_n which_o man_n owe_v to_o god_n sect_n 10._o presbytery_n inconsistent_a with_o monarchy_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o state_n as_o now_o it_o stand_v there_o be_v then_o so_o much_o harmony_n though_o it_o may_v sometime_o be_v out_o of_o tune_n

there_o be_v no_o reason_n but_o the_o same_o authority_n the_o synagoge_n have_v under_o the_o law_n shall_v continue_v in_o the_o church_n under_o the_o gospel_n etc._n gospel_n beza_n praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la libr._n de_fw-fr excom_n verius_fw-la fuit_fw-la synagogae_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o under_o the_o law_n judgement_n between_o blood_n and_o blood_n between_o plea_n and_o plea_n 104._o plea_n t._n c._n l._n 2._o p._n ●7_n beza_n de_fw-fr excom_n 104._o do_v belong_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o that_o it_o be_v death_n for_o any_o man_n to_o rest_v in_o his_o determination_n to_o deduce_v this_o judicial_a power_n to_o themselves_o they_o tell_v we_o christ_n as_o a_o king_n not_o as_o a_o priest_n or_o prophet_n prescribe_v the_o form_n of_o ecclesiastical_a government_n 240._o government_n cartwr_n l._n 2_o p_o 240._o and_o that_o every_o eldership_n be_v the_o tribunal_n seat_n of_o god_n 124._o god_n bez._n de_fw-fr presbyt_fw-la 124._o that_o every_o well-ordered_a parish_n have_v a_o perfect_a eldership_n be_v of_o equal_a authority_n 419._o authority_n cartwr_n l._n 2._o p._n 419._o so_o here_o we_o see_v every_o parochial_a presbytery_n invest_v in_o christ_n throne_n claim_v judicial_a power_n immediate_o from_o christ_n whereby_o as_o be_v set_v forth_o in_o the_o geneva_n componebantur_fw-la geneva_n thes_n 83._o civiles_fw-la quoque_fw-la light_n antequam_fw-la christiani_n essent_fw-la magistratus_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolica_fw-la doctrina_fw-la componebantur_fw-la discipline_n civil_a contention_n be_v compound_v by_o the_o eldership_n before_o there_o be_v any_o christian_a magistrate_n but_o how_o have_v they_o now_o lose_v that_o judicial_a power_n no_o say_v cartwright_n 175._o cartwright_n cartwright_n l._n 1._o p._n 175._o the_o same_o authority_n which_o the_o church_n have_v before_o there_o be_v a_o christian_a magistrate_n do_v still_o continue_v and_o another_o will_v be_v glad_a to_o learn_v how_o this_o authority_n be_v translate_v from_o the_o church_n unto_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n 119._o magistrate_n discourse_v of_o discipl_n p._n 118._o 119._o for_o say_v travers_n heathen_a prince_n be_v become_v christian_n do_v receive_v no_o further_o increase_v of_o their_o authority_n than_o they_o have_v when_o they_o be_v pagan_n if_o so_o certain_o in_o their_o esteem_n all_o civil_a magistracy_n be_v but_o a_o mere_a usurpation_n upon_o the_o tribunal_n of_o christ_n the_o eldership_n sect_n 12._o presbytery_n against_o law_n but_o king_n nobles_z magistrate_n be_v all_o man_n subject_a to_o sin_n and_o infirmity_n and_o no_o reason_n the_o blind_a shall_v lead_v they_o who_o have_v the_o light_n of_o truth_n 67._o christ_n on_o his_o throne_n fol._n 67._o be_v inward_o call_v and_o gift_v as_o they_o say_v for_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n yet_o sure_o the_o law_n be_v a_o perfect_a guide_n to_o which_o all_o man_n must_v give_v absolute_a obedience_n which_o be_v enjoin_v by_o st._n paul_n submit_v yourselves_o to_o every_o ordinance_n of_o man_n 13●_n 1_o pet._n 2_o 13●_n for_o the_o lord_n sake_n this_o precept_n be_v so_o prevalent_a with_o the_o ancient_a father_n that_o they_o conform_v to_o the_o custom_n and_o rule_n of_o every_o church_n where_o they_o come_v st._n ambrose_n say_v tibi_fw-la say_v ambrose_n in_o epist_n 118._o august_n ad_fw-la januarium_fw-la cum_fw-la romam_fw-la venio_fw-la jejuno_fw-it sabbato_fw-la cum_fw-la sum_fw-la mediolano_n non_fw-la jejuno_fw-it sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la tu_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la forte_fw-fr ecclesiam_fw-la veneris_fw-la eius_fw-la morem_fw-la serva_fw-la si_fw-la cviquam_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la esse_fw-la scandalo_fw-la nec_fw-la quenquam_fw-la tibi_fw-la when_o i_o come_v to_o rome_n i_o fast_o the_o sabbath_n at_o milan_n i_o fast_v not_o so_o also_o do_v thou_o in_o what_o church_n soever_o thou_o come_v observe_v their_o custom_n if_o thou_o will_v neither_o give_v scandal_n to_o other_o nor_o have_v other_o give_v offence_n to_o thou_o and_o st._n austin_n seem_v much_o to_o be_v trouble_v at_o the_o refractoriness_n of_o such_o spirit_n as_o be_v not_o conformable_a to_o the_o government_n of_o the_o place_n they_o live_v in_o januar●●m_fw-la in_o sensienim_fw-la saepe_fw-la dolens_fw-la &_o gemens_fw-la multas_fw-la infirmorum_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la fieri_fw-la per_fw-la quorundam_fw-la fratium_fw-la contentiosam_fw-la obstinationem_fw-la &_o superstitiosam_fw-la timiditatem_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la quae_fw-la neque_fw-la scripturae_fw-la authoritate_fw-la neque_fw-la universalis_fw-la eccclesiae_fw-la traditione_n neque_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la corrigendae_fw-la utilitate_fw-la ad_fw-la certum_fw-la possunt_fw-la terminum_fw-la pervenire_fw-la tantum_fw-la quia_fw-la suhest_n qualiscunque_fw-la ratiocinatio_fw-la cogitantis_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la patria_fw-la sic_fw-la consuevit_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la thy_o vivit_fw-la ubi_fw-la peregrinationem_fw-la svam_fw-la quo_fw-la remotiorem_fw-la á_z suis_fw-la eo_fw-la doctiorem_fw-la factum_fw-la putat_fw-la tam_fw-la litigiosas_fw-la excitant_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la ut_fw-la nisi_fw-la quo●_n ipsi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la nihil_fw-la rectum_fw-la existiment_fw-la st._n august_n in_o epist_n 118._o ad_fw-la januar●●m_fw-la often_o say_v he_o do_v i_o think_v with_o sorrow_n and_o groan_n what_o vain_a perturbation_n arise_v from_o some_o weak_a brethren_n by_o their_o contentious_a obstinacy_n and_o superstitious_a fear_n in_o such_o thing_n which_o neither_o by_o authority_n of_o scripture_n nor_o universal_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n nor_o necessary_a conformity_n of_o manner_n can_v be_v reduce_v to_o any_o certain_a term_n only_o because_o they_o find_v various_a matter_n of_o argument_n or_o because_o it_o be_v so_o in_o such_o a_o country_n or_o because_o they_o be_v so_o far_o out_o of_o conceit_n with_o their_o own_o that_o they_o hold_v those_o thing_n most_o authentic_a which_o differ_v most_o from_o their_o present_a practisee_fw-mi hereupon_o raise_v so_o many_o litigious_a question_n that_o they_o esteem_v nothing_o right_o but_o their_o own_o fancy_n to_o such_o obstinate_a opinionators_n master_n calvin_n who_o discipline_n they_o will_v seem_v to_o imitate_v though_o i_o fear_v they_o will_v scarce_o follow_v his_o doctrine_n leave_v this_o principle_n i_o desire_v such_o may_v be_v admonish_v first_o not_o to_o wed_v themselves_o to_o their_o own_o folly_n second_o that_o in_o such_o frowardness_n they_o hinder_v not_o the_o build_n of_o the_o church_n three_o that_o foolish_a emulation_n transport_v they_o not_o for_o what_o cause_n have_v such_o of_o brawl_v but_o shame_n to_o yield_v to_o their_o better_n cedere_fw-la better_n calvin_n epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la anglos_n agentes_fw-la franckford●ae_fw-la illos_fw-la monitos_fw-la esse_fw-la cupio_fw-la ne_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la inscitia_fw-la nimis_fw-la placeant_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la ne_fw-la sva_fw-la pervicatia_fw-la sancti_fw-la aedificu_n cursam_fw-la retardent_fw-la tertio_fw-la ne_fw-la stulta_fw-la eos_fw-la aemulatio_fw-la abripiat_fw-la nam_fw-la quae_fw-la illis_fw-la rixandi_fw-la caus●_n nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la pudet_fw-la mel●oribus_fw-la cedere_fw-la now_o how_o far_o the_o apostle_n precept_n the_o father_n precedent_n or_o the_o advice_n of_o mr._n calvin_n prevail_v upon_o some_o of_o these_o to_o submit_v to_o man_n or_o law_n or_o with_o what_o moderation_n they_o proceed_v to_o establish_v their_o own_o new_a discipline_n be_v observable_a posito_fw-la uno_fw-la absurdo_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la mille_fw-la be_v a_o rule_n in_o school_n and_o now_o can_v they_o be_v conformable_a subordinate_a to_o law_n or_o government_n who_o lie_v their_o principle_n above_o all_o law_n they_o tell_v we_o 2._o we_o practise_v of_o prelate_n d._n 2._o the_o presbyter_n be_v the_o only_a band_n of_o peace_n that_o epist_n that_o t._n 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