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	see_v	1,737	5	3.7569	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91907	Three sermons preach'd upon extraordinary occasions. By Charles Robotham, B.D. rector, of Reisam in Norfolk	Robotham, Charles, 1625 or 6-1700.	1680 (1680)	Wing R1729E; ESTC R231140	83,223	245

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17._o 18_o 19_o josh_n 1._o 8._o ezra_n 7._o 16._o sacred_a or_o 52._o or_o aristot_n polit_fw-la 3._o c._n 10_o &_o 11._o tullius_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la 2._o plato_n de_fw-fr leg_n dion_n l._n 52._o profane_a that_o touch_v upon_o this_o subject_a but_o mention_n religion_n as_o in_o th●_n magistrate_n charge_v never_o 〈◊〉_d state_n that_o profess_a religion_n but_o do_v exercise_v a_o interest_n in_o dispose_v matter_n of_o religion_n never_o any_o instance_n to_o be_v give_v where_o man_n be_v permit_v in_o point_n of_o religion_n to_o do_v every_o one_o what_o be_v right_a in_o their_o own_o eye_n except_o in_o time_n of_o anarchy_n i._n e._n 6._o judge_n 17._o 5_o 6._o when_o there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o israel_n no_o tutor_n no_o governor_n no_o nursing-father_n to_o interpose_v and_o regulate_v thing_n in_o church_n and_o state_n but_o than_o second_o other_o there_o be_v neither_o small_a nor_o few_o who_o with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n will_v alibi_fw-la bellarm._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la laicis_fw-la c._n 17._o et_fw-la alibi_fw-la allow_v the_o prince_n defensionem_fw-la religionis_fw-la but_o not_o judicium_fw-la no_o power_n of_o judge_v but_o only_o a_o power_n or_o obligation_n rather_o of_o receive_v and_o defend_v whatsoever_o the_o church_n determine_v they_o will_v grant_v you_o that_o prince_n 18._o ibid._n c._n 18._o be_v the_o proper_a bearer_n of_o the_o secular_a sword_n but_o than_o it_o must_v be_v gladius_n sub_fw-la gladio_fw-la the_o temporal_a sword_n under_o the_o spiritual_a for_o though_o it_o rest_v in_o the_o scabbard_n of_o king_n yet_o must_v it_o not_o be_v draw●_n or_o use_v by_o they_o nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la nutum_fw-la &_o patientiam_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la so_o boniface_n the_o 8_o in_o his_o extravagant_a tit._n 8._o de_fw-la majorit_fw-la &_o obed._n c._n i._o this_o sure_a be_v not_o to_o make_v king_n nursing-fathers_n but_o vassal_n to_o th●_n church_n mere_a butcher_n as_o i●_n be_v to_o execute_v while_o thei●_n 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it_o be_v all_o the_o reason_n in_o th●_n world_n that_o king_n be_v satisfy_v man_n and_o as_o christian_n in_o t●●_n matter_n of_o the_o church_n befo●●_n they_o ratify_v they_o as_o sovereign_n for_o as_o a_o learned_a man_n say_v 385._o mr._n thorndike_n epilog_n l._n 3._o of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n c._n 32._o p._n 385._o king_n have_v a_o right_a to_o ma●●_n the_o act_n of_o the_o church_n to_o be_v come_v the_o law_n of_o the_o stat●_n by_o declare_v to_o concur_v wi●●_n the_o execution_n of_o they_o doubtless_o they_o must_v needs_o have_v right_o to_o judge_v whether_o the_o be_v indeed_o such_o act_n as_o christian_a power_n may_v and_o aught_o 〈◊〉_d concur_v in_o and_z according_o 〈◊〉_d bind_v and_o limit_v the_o exercise_n o●_n they_o but_o then_o again_o three_o the●●_n be_v yet_o a_o three_o sort_n behind_o that_o 〈◊〉_d oppose_v or_o at_o least_o much_o deba●●_n and_o diminish_v the_o power_n of_o th●_n christian_n sovereign_a that_o be_v such_o as_o will_v 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be_v always_o account_v custodes_fw-la &_o vindices_fw-la utri●sque_fw-la tabulae_fw-la the_o guardian_n of_o both_o ●ables_n since_o they_o be_v ordain_v say_v the_o apostle_n for_o the_o punishment_n 4_o rom._n 13._o 3_o 4_o of_o evil_a work_n i._n e._n of_o all_o sort_n none_o except_v since_o ●he_n law_n of_o the_o ruler_n or_o magistrate_n be_v make_v and_o set_v for_o the_o punish_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o only_o of_o what_o be_v opposite_a to_o sound_v reason_n and_o polit●_n but_o of_o what_o be_v contrary_a to_o sou●_n doctrine_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 9_o last_o since_o the_o end_n of_o their_o place_n an●_n function_n even_o of_o all_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o only_a peace_n an●_n honesty_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o due_a an●_n right_a service_n of_o god_n 1_o tim._n 2._o 2d_o i_o say_v from_o all_o these_o premis●_n we_o may_v well_o infer_v