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	jurisdiction_n	power_n	1,683	5	4.9363	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68712	His Majesties proclamation in Scotland: with an explanation of the meaning of the Oath and Covenant. By the Lord Marquesse, his Majesties high commissioner. Set forth by the Kings speciall licence; Proclamations. 1638-12-08	Scotland. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Hamilton, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1606-1649. Explanation of the meaning of the Oath and the Covenant. aut	1639 (1639)	STC 22001.5; ESTC S100073	9,413	23

Lord and his authority bring a testimoniall in writing thereupon within a moneth after their admission By the 48. act of the same parliament whereby it is declared that archbishops and bishops have authority at their visitations to designe ministers gleibes By the 54. act of the said parliament whereby archbishops and bishops are authorized to nominate and appoint at their visitations persons in every parochin for making and setting of the taxation for upholding and repairing of kirks and kirk-yards and to conveene try and censure all persons that shall be found to have applied to their own use the stones timber or any thing else pertaining to kirks demolished By the 55. act of the parliament 1573. whereby archbishops and bishops are authorized to admonish persons married in case of desertion to adhere and in case of disobedience to direct charges to the minister of the parochin to proceed to the sentence of excommunication By the 63. act of the parliament 1578. whereby bishops where no bishops are provided the Commissioner of diocesses have authority to try the rents of hospitals and call for the foundations thereof By the 69 act of the parliament 1579. whereby the jurisdiction of the kirk is declared to stand in preaching the word of Jesus Christ correction of manners and administration of the holy sacraments and yet no other authority nor office-bearer allowed and appointed by act of parliament nor is allowed by the former acts but archbishops and bishops intended to continue in their authority as is clear by these acts following First by the 71. act of the same parliament whereby persons returning from their travels are ordained within the space of twenty dayes after their return to passe to the bishop superintendent commissioner of the kirks where they arrive and reside and there offer to make and give a confession of their faith or then within fourtie daies to remove themselves forth of the realme By the 99. act of the parliament 1581. whereby the foresaids acts are ratified and approved By the 130. act of the parliament 1584. whereby it is ordained that none of his Maiesties lieges and subiects presume or take upon hand to impugne the dignity and authoritie of the three estates of this kingdome whereby the honour and authority of the kings Maiesties supreme court of parliament past all memorie of man hath been continued or to seek or procure the innovation or diminution of the power and authoritie of the same three estates or any of them in time coming under the pain of treason By the 131. act of the same parliament whereby all iudgments and iurisdictions as well in spirituall as temporall causes in practice and custome during these twenty four years by-past not approved by his highnesse and three estates in parliament are discharged and whereby it is defended That none of his highnesse subiects of whatsoever qualitie estate or function they be of spirituall or temporall presume or take upon hand to convocate conveen or assemble themselves together for holding of councels conventions or assemblies to treat consult or determinate in any matter of estate civill or ecclesiasticall except in the ordinary iudgements without his Maiesties speciall commandement or expresse licence had and obtained to that effect By the 132. act of the said parliament authorizing bishops to try and iudge ministers guilty of crimes meriting deprivation By the 133. act of the same parliament ordaining Ministers exercing any office beside their calling to be tried and adiudged culpable by their ordinaries By the 23. act of the parliament 1587. whereby all acts made by his highnesse or his most noble progenitors anent the kirk of God and religion presently professed are ratified By the 231. act of the parliament 1597. bearing That our soveraigne Lord and his highnesse estates in parliament having speciall consideration of the great priviledges and immunities granted by his highnesse predecessors to the holy kirk within this realme and to the speciall persons exercing the offices titles and dignities of the prelates within the same Which persons have ever represented one of the estates of this realm in all conventions of the saids estates and that the saids priviledges and freedomes have been from time to time renewed and conserved in the same integritie wherein they were at any time before So that his Maiestie acknowledging the same to be fallen now under his Maiesties most favourable protection therefore his Maiesty with consent of the estates declares that the kirk within this realme wherein the true religion is professed is the true and holy kirk And that such ministers as his Maiestie at any time shall please to provide to the office place title and dignitie of a bishop c. shall have vote in parliament sicklike and al 's freely as any other ecclesiasticall prelate had at any time by-gone And also declares that all bishopricks vaicking or that shall vaick shall be only disponed to actuall preachers and ministers in the kirk or such as shall take upon them to exerce the said function By the second act of the parliament 1606. whereby the ancient and fundamentall policie consisting in the maintenance of the three estates of parliament being of late greatly impaired and almost subverted especially by the indirect abolishing of the estate of bishops by the act of annexation Albeit it was never meaned by his Maiestie nor by his estates that the said estate of bishops being a necessary estate of the parliament should any wayes be suppressed yet by dismembring and abstracting from them of their livings being brought in contempt and poverty the said estate of bishops is restored and redintegrate to their ancient and accustomed honour dignities prerogatives priviledges lands teindes rents as the same was in the reformed kirk most amply and free at any time before the act of annexation rescinding and annulling all acts of parliament made in preiudice of the saids bishops in the premisses or any of them with all that hath followed or may follow thereupon to the effect they may peaceably enioy the honours dignities priviledges and prerogatives competent to them or their estate since the reformation of religion By the 6. act of the 20. parliament declaring that archbishops and bishops are redintegrate to their former authority dignity prerogative priviledges and iurisdictions lawfully pertaining and shall be known to pertain to them c. By the 1. act of the parliament 1617. ordaining archbishops and bishops to be elected by their Chapters and no other wayes and consecrate by the rites and order accustomed FINIS