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	great_a	power_n	1,773	5	4.5419	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94220	Plenary possession makes a lawfull power: or Subjection to powers that are in being proved to be lawfull and necessary, in a sermon / preached before the judges in Exeter March 23. 1650. By Richard Saunders, preacher of the Gospel at Kentisbeer in Devon.	Saunders, Richard, d. 1692.	1651 (1651)	Wing S756; Thomason E638_5; ESTC R203482	25,884	32

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cùm_fw-la ait_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la potestatem_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la cal._n inst_z l._n 4._o cap._n 20._o emperor_n senate_n parliament_n or_o the_o like_a be_v twofold_a either_o first_o because_o this_o be_v a_o more_o comprehensive_a word_n take_v in_o ruler_n and_o governor_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o and_o do_v denote_v any_o in_o power_n under_o what_o form_n of_o government_n soever_o whether_o monarchical_a aristocratical_a or_o democraticall_a second_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n pareus_n give_v that_o he_o may_v be_v understand_v to_o speak_v not_o of_o the_o person_n so_o much_o as_o de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la ipso_fw-la of_o the_o order_n itself_o fix_v and_o set_v up_o by_o god_n loc._n pareus_n in_o loc._n for_o if_o we_o shall_v look_v upon_o the_o person_n of_o man_n in_o authority_n and_o eminency_n we_o may_v espy_v many_o time_n fail_n and_o corruption_n and_o cause_n of_o non-submission_n whereas_o if_o we_o have_v respect_n unto_o that_o civil_a order_n 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signification_n of_o the_o word_n itself_o it_o be_v true_a that_o learned_a man_n the_o better_a to_o express_v their_o conception_n do_v take_v liberty_n sometime_o to_o put_v some_o sense_n upon_o certain_a word_n more_o than_o they_o have_v original_o in_o they_o not_o with_o a_o intent_n to_o confine_v the_o word_n to_o the_o new_a create_v or_o impose_v signification_n but_o only_o the_o better_a to_o make_v out_o to_o the_o apprehension_n of_o other_o a_o distinction_n between_o thing_n that_o differ_v so_o some_o have_v make_v use_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o distinguish_v between_o lawful_a and_o unlawful_a or_o usurp_a power_n as_o they_o do_v the_o latin_a of_o potestas_fw-la and_o potentia_fw-la which_o yet_o i_o think_v every_o man_n will_v confess_v import_v one_o and_o the_o

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