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	jurisdiction_n	1,454	5	9.1354	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34480	Jura cleri, or, An apology for the rights of the long-despised clergy proving out of antient and modern records that the conferring of revenues, honours, titles, priviledges, and jurisdiction upon ecclesiasticks is consistent with Scripture, agreeable to the purest primitive times, and justified by the vsance and practce of all nations / by Philo-Basileus Philo-Clerus.	Philo-Basileus Philo-Clerus.	1661 (1661)	Wing C612; ESTC R23895	70,115	98

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but_o let_v their_o brethren_n decide_v matter_n but_o who_o these_o be_v be_v a_o great_a quaere_fw-la the_o 4._o v._n seem_v to_o put_v it_o upon_o those_o that_o be_v least_o esteem_v which_o can_v be_v the_o preacher_n but_o theophylact_v carry_v the_o sense_n thus_o that_o it_o be_v a_o answer_n to_o a_o tacit_n objection_n that_o some_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o say_v there_o be_v not_o a_o wise_a man_n in_o the_o church_n that_o can_v judge_n well_o admit_v according_a to_o that_o opinion_n there_o be_v not_o one_o prudent_a person_n find_v yet_o rather_o appoint_v those_o that_o be_v never_o so_o contemptible_a and_o little_o esteem_v in_o the_o church_n your_o judge_n then_o go_v to_o the_o heathen_a tribunal_n but_o ambrose_n on_o the_o place_n be_v more_o express_a that_o minister_n be_v appoint_v judge_n and_o if_o the_o vote_n and_o practice_n of_o antiquity_n which_o be_v common_o none_o of_o the_o worst_a expositor_n may_v be_v take_v matter_n will_v be_v yet_o more_o 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to_o be_v very_o ancient_a and_o in_o the_o 2_o ep._n of_o marcellinus_n quaecunque_fw-la contentiones_fw-la inter_fw-la christianos_n ortae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la deferantur_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la determinentur_fw-la we_o have_v indeed_o but_o few_o genuine_a piece_n remain_v of_o those_o poor_a persecute_a time_n wherein_o the_o distress_a believer_n be_v glad_a to_o make_v hard_a shift_n and_o fearful_a to_o do_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v create_v jealousy_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o those_o cruel_a tyrant_n whereas_o open_o to_o profess_v the_o decline_a of_o their_o tribunal_n have_v be_v crime_n enough_o yet_o st._n hierom_n a_o curious_a searcher_n into_o old_a record_n say_v priest_n from_o the_o beginning_n be_v appoint_v judge_n of_o cause_n l._n the_o 7_o ordin_n eccles_n and_o when_o they_o can_v use_v freedom_n than_o we_o have_v they_o speak_v aloud_o for_o st._n ambrose_n plead_v the_o apostolical_a commission_n ep._n 24._o 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stoop_v to_o christ_n for_o i_o can_v imagine_v that_o so_o great_a a_o novelty_n will_v have_v