Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bishop_n	church_n	england_n	1,563	5	6.0318	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53660	A plea for Scripture ordination, or, Ten arguments from Scripture and antiquity proving ordination by presbyters without bishops to be valid by J.O. ... ; to which is prefixt an epistle by the Reverend Mr. Daniel Williams.	Owen, James, 1654-1706.; Williams, Daniel, 1643?-1716.	1694 (1694)	Wing O708; ESTC R32194	71,514	212

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95._o c._n legimus_fw-la in_o verb._n postea_fw-la archbishop_n usher_n appeal_v to_o this_o first_o primitive_a church_n in_o matter_n of_o doctrine_n 19_o and_o why_o may_v not_o we_o appeal_v to_o it_o in_o point_n of_o discipline_n as_o well_o as_o doctrine_n see_v many_o more_o canonist_n quote_v in_o mr._n mason_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la 4._o some_o council_n also_o attest_v to_o this_o truth_n the_o council_n of_o aix_n le_fw-fr chapelle_n own_v the_o identity_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n 8._o sed_fw-la solum_fw-la propter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la summo_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la reservata_fw-la est_fw-la to_o the_o same_o purpose_n speak_v the_o council_n of_o hispalis_n or_o sevil._n council_n hispal_n 2._o can_v 7._o in_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n and_o basil_n after_o long_a debate_n it_o be_v conclude_v that_o presbyter_n shall_v have_v decisive_a suffrage_n in_o council_n as_o well_o as_o bishop_n because_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n bishop_n be_v no_o more_o than_o presbyter_n and_o it_o be_v express_o give_v they_o act_v 15._o 23._o in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 619._o all_o the_o spaniard_n with_o some_o other_o move_v that_o the_o superiority_n of_o bishop_n de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la may_v be_v define_v next_o morning_n come_v into_o the_o legate_n chamber_n three_o patriarch_n six_o arch-bishop_n and_o eleven_o bishop_n with_o a_o request_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v put_v into_o the_o canon_n that_o the_o superiority_n be_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la divino_fw-la because_o it_o savour_v of_o ambition_n and_o it_o be_v not_o seemly_a themselves_o shall_v give_v sentence_n in_o their_o own_o cause_n and_o beside_o the_o great_a part_n will_v not_o have_v it_o put_v in_o at_o length_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o spaniard_n prevail_v and_o be_v insert_v into_o the_o canon_n though_o in_o such_o ambiguous_a word_n as_o may_v not_o offend_v the_o other_o party_n the_o word_n of_o the_o canon_n be_v these_o 7._o si_fw-la quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la episcopos_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la superiores_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la potestatem_fw-la confirmandi_fw-la &_o ordinandi_fw-la vel_fw-la eam_fw-la quam_fw-la habent_fw-la illis_fw-la esse_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la communem_fw-la anathema_n sit_v this_o decision_n be_v make_v 1._o 619._o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o lutheran_n this_o reason_n be_v give_v by_o the_o arch_a bishop_n of_o granata_n in_o the_o congregation_n hold_v octob._n 13._o 1562._o and_o of_o zarah_n as_o also_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o segovia_n 2._o in_o favour_n of_o the_o pope_n for_o they_o be_v afraid_a that_o if_o the_o divine_a institution_n and_o superiority_n of_o bishop_n be_v deny_v the_o pope_n triple_a crown_n will_v soon_o fall_v off_o his_o head_n so_o the_o bishop_n of_o segovia_n if_o the_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v weaken_a that_o of_o the_o pope_n be_v weaken_a also_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n say_v the_o archbishop_n of_o granata_n be_v assure_v that_o if_o the_o bishop_n authority_n be_v diminish_v the_o obedience_n to_o the_o holy_a see_n will_v decrease_v also_o the_o very_a council_n of_o trent_n do_v not_o express_o determine_v bishop_n to_o be_v a_o superior_a order_n to_o presbyter_n and_o the_o general_a definition_n which_o they_o make_v of_o their_o superiority_n above_o presbyter_n and_o of_o their_o sole_a power_n of_o ordination_n and_o confirmation_n be_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o protestant_n and_o in_o favour_n of_o the_o pope_n which_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o a_o passage_n in_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n where_o that_o bless_a man_n of_o god_n mr._n john_n wickleff_n be_v condemn_v for_o a_o heretic_n 8_o and_o his_o bone_n order_v to_o be_v take_v up_o and_o burn_v one_o of_o the_o article_n for_o which_o he_o be_v condemn_v be_v this_o confirmatio_fw-la juvenum_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la locorum_fw-la consecratio_fw-la reservantur_fw-la papae_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la propter_fw-la cupiditatem_fw-la lucri_fw-la temporalis_fw-la &_o honoris_fw-la 5._o this_o doctrine_n have_v be_v maintain_v also_o by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n both_o popish_a and_o protestant_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o tim_n of_o popery_n we_o have_v in_o the_o canon_n of_o elfrick_n ad_fw-la wolfin_n episc_n 576._o where_o the_o bishop_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v of_o the_o same_o order_n with_o the_o presbyter_n haud_fw-la pluris_fw-la interest_n inter_fw-la missalem_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la &_o episcopum_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopus_fw-la constitutus_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la conferendas_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la visitandum_fw-la seu_fw-la inspiciendum_fw-la curandúmque_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la pertinent_a quod_fw-la nimiae_fw-la crederetur_fw-la multitudini_fw-la si_fw-la omnis_fw-la presbyter_n hoc_fw-la idem_fw-la faceret_fw-la ambo._fw-la siquidem_fw-la 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