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	power_n	2,820	5	5.0653	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50348	Episcopacie not abivred in His Maiesties realme of Scotland containing many remarkable passages newly pvblished, the contents of the severall chapters follow in the next page.	Maxwell, John, 1590?-1647.	1641 (1641)	Wing M1380; ESTC R21652	85,480	138

shall_v please_v they_o within_o their_o own_o diocese_n and_o there_o all_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o diocese_n be_v bind_v to_o convene_v and_o all_o matter_n which_o concern_v the_o diocese_n be_v therein_o to_o be_v determine_v by_o the_o bishop_n so_o likewise_o albeit_o that_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o discipline_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o synodal_a or_o provincial_n assembly_n yet_o after_o by_o act_n of_o general_n assembly_n it_o be_v appoint_v that_o every_o superintendent_n and_o commissioner_n shall_v hold_v synod_n in_o their_o own_o bound_n wherein_o all_o matter_n pertain_v particular_o to_o their_o own_o diocese_n or_o province_n shall_v be_v determine_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o assembly_n at_o edinburgh_n march_n 5._o 1570._o wherein_o these_o two_o act_n be_v set_v down_o first_o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o offender_n in_o heinous_a crime_n shall_v not_o appear_v before_o the_o general_a assembly_n but_o shall_v be_v call_v before_o the_o superintendent_n and_o commissioner_n of_o province_n to_o appear_v before_o they_o in_o their_o synodal_a convention_n and_o there_o to_o receive_v their_o injunction_n conform_v to_o the_o order_n use_v before_o in_o general_n assembly_n itein_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o all_o question●_n concerning_o the_o province_n shall_v be_v propound_v first_o to_o the_o superintendent_n et_fw-fr commissioner_n to_o receive_v resolution_n in_o their_o synodal_a convention_n and_o if_o they_o be_v diffieile_v to_o be_v propound_v to_o the_o next_o general_a assembly_n by_o the_o superiatendent_n or_o commissioner_n with_o certification_n that_o no_o question_n shall_v be_v receive_v hereafter_o from_o any_o private_a minister_n so_o likewise_o in_o the_o assembly_n at_o edinburgh_n 1568._o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o no_o minister_n exhort_v or_o read_v or_o other_o person_n shall_v trouble_v the_o general_n assembly_n with_o such_o matter_n as_o superintendent_n may_v and_o aught_o to_o decide_v in_o their_o synod_n and_o if_o they_o do_v so_o their_o letter_n shall_v be_v reject_v five_o as_o no_o pastor_n ought_v to_o have_v place_n in_o national_a assembly_n except_o such_o as_o be_v authorize_v thereunto_o by_o their_o ordinary_a bishop_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n although_o our_o bishop_n in_o scotland_n since_o they_o be_v re-etablish_v do_v never_o usurp_v this_o power_n to_o themselves_o but_o leave_v the_o election_n of_o the_o commissioner_n in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o brethren_n of_o the_o presbytery_n so_o likewise_o it_o be_v ordain_v in_o the_o assembly_n at_o edinburgh_n 1568._o that_o no_o minister_n shall_v have_v voice_n in_o general_n assembly_n nor_o leave_v their_o flock_n to_o attend_v thereat_o unless_o they_o be_v choose_v by_o their_o superintendent_n as_o man_n know_v able_a to_o reason_n and_o of_o knowledge_n to_o judge_v in_o matter_n of_o weight_n the_o same_o likewise_o we_o see_v testify_v to_o have_v be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n by_o a_o letter_n write_v by_o the_o lord_n glames_z then_o chancellor_n of_o scotland_n unto_o beza_n about_o the_o year_n 1575._o when_o episcopacy_n begin_v to_o be_v quarrel_v wherein_o quaest._n 2._o he_o say_v post_fw-la reformatam_fw-la religionem_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la receptum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la under_o which_o word_n he_o comprehend_v the_o superintendent_n and_o ex_fw-la ministris_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la ac_fw-la senioribus_fw-la tot_fw-la quot_fw-la ijde●_z episcopi_fw-la jusserint_fw-la unum_fw-la in_fw-la locum_fw-la conveniant_fw-la cum_fw-la praecipuis_fw-la barronibus_fw-la ac_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la religionem_fw-la veram_fw-la profitentibus_fw-la and_o de_fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la moribus_fw-la inquisituri_fw-la six_o as_o all_o the_o presentation_n of_o benefice_n vacant_a be_v to_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n where_o the_o benefice_n lie_v so_o that_o if_o the_o person_n present_v be_v find_v qualify_v he_o may_v enjoy_v the_o same_o so_o be_v it_o appoint_v at_o the_o assembly_n hold_v at_o st._n johnstone_n june_n 1563._o that_o when_o any_o benefice_n shall_v chance_v to_o vaick_a or_o be_v now_o vacant_a that_o a_o qualify_a person_n be_v present_v to_o the_o superintendent_n of_o that_o province_n where_o the_o benefice_n lie_v and_o that_o he_o be_v find_v sufficient_a be_v admit_v minister_n to_o that_o kirk_n etc._n etc._n likewise_o in_o the_o assembly_n at_o edinburgh_n 1578._o wherein_o they_o allege_v the_o second_o book_n of_o discipline_n be_v agree_v unto_o one_o of_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o assembly_n prefer_v to_o the_o king_n and_o council_n be_v that_o all_o presentation_n to_o benefice_n may_v be_v direct_v to_o the_o commissioner_n or_o superintendent_n where_o the_o benefice_n lie_v seven_o as_o the_o ordination_n of_o minister_n appertain_v peculiar_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n so_o likewise_o the_o ordination_n which_o by_o the_o stile_n of_o scotland_n be_v call_v admission_n or_o conftirmation_n not_o only_o of_o minister_n but_o also_o of_o reader_n schoolmaster_n and_o principal_n of_o college_n do_v appertain_v to_o the_o superintendent_n in_o their_o own_o bound_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o five_o chapter_n of_o the_o book_n of_o discipline_n in_o the_o article_n of_o superintendent_n and_o in_o the_o article_n of_o school_n and_o university_n eight_o as_o bishop_n have_v at_o all_o time_n have_v power_n to_o examine_v the_o life_n doctrine_n and_o behaviour_n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o his_o own_o diocese_n and_o to_o admonish_v correct_v or_o censure_v they_o according_o so_o likewise_o in_o the_o same_o book_n of_o discipline_n cap._n 5._o the_o superintendent_n receive_v power_n and_o authority_n to_o visit_v the_o church_n of_o their_o bound_n so_o often_o as_o they_o may_v and_o therein_o not_o only_o to_o preach_v but_o also_o to_o exmine_v the_o life_n diligence_n and_o behaviour_n of_o all_o the_o minister_n as_o likewise_o the_o order_n of_o the_o kirk_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o people_n and_o to_o admonish_v where_o admonition_n need_v and_o to_o correct_v they_o by_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o kirk_n etc._n etc._n nine_o as_o bishop_n have_v power_n of_o suspension_n or_o deposition_n of_o minister_n who_o be_v either_o scandalous_a in_o their_o life_n or_o heretical_a in_o their_o doctrine_n so_o by_o the_o book_n of_o discipline_n and_o divers_a act_n of_o the_o assembly_n that_o power_n do_v appertain_v to_o superintendent_n commissioner_n or_o visitor_n as_o be_v manifest_a by_o that_o place_n of_o the_o book_n of_o disciplince_n cite_v by_o we_o in_o the_o former_a article_n and_o by_o the_o assembly_n hold_v at_o edinburgh_n april_n 1576._o wherein_o it_o be_v say_v anent_o the_o demand_n make_v by_o mr._n andrew_n hay_n parson_n of_o ranthrow_n if_o every_o commissioner_n or_o visitor_n in_o his_o own_o bound_n have_v alike_o power_n and_o 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assembly_n exercise_v their_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o ministry_n and_o people_n of_o their_o own_o diocese_n even_o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o reformation_n almost_o for_o in_o the_o assembly_n at_o edinburgh_n 1582._o alexander_n gordon_n bishop_n of_o galloway_n be_v authorize_v to_o plant_v minister_n exhorter_n and_o reader_n and_o to_o do_v such_o other_o thing_n as_o have_v be_v heretofore_o accustom_v to_o be_v do_v by_o superintendent_n or_o commissioner_n in_o the_o assembly_n at_o s._n johnstone_n junc_fw-la 1563._o the_o bishop_n of_o orknay_n and_o kai●hnes_n be_v allow_v to_o exercise_v the_o same_o jurisdiction_n and_o to_o show_v that_o they_o do_v not_o this_o by_o compulsion_n of_o superior_a authority_n but_o of_o their_o own_o voluntary_a motion_n in_o that_o assembly_n it_o be_v appoint_v that_o a_o supplication_n shall_v be_v prefer_v in_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a assembly_n to_o the_o queen_n majesty_n that_o she_o will_v be_v please_v to_o remit_v 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in_o after_o age_n in_o all_o christian_a nation_n until_o this_o last_o age_n yea_o retain_v by_o the_o first_o reformer_n of_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n and_o approve_v by_o the_o church_n therein_o for_o many_o year_n thereafter_o so_o that_o the_o authority_n of_o these_o assembly_n ought_v not_o to_o move_v judicious_a man_n judge_v without_o partial_a affection_n this_o much_o in_o general_a concerning_o those_o assembly_n whereby_o the_o estate_n of_o bishop_n be_v oppress_v in_o those_o day_n yet_o to_o remove_v all_o scruple_n we_o shall_v discuss_v particular_o all_o the_o act_n allege_v here_o out_o of_o these_o assembly_n show_v that_o they_o serve_v little_a or_o nothing_o to_o the_o present_a purpose_n first_o they_o allege_v that_o bishop_n be_v tolerate_v from_o the_o year_n 1572._o until_o this_o year_n 1575._o but_o by_o their_o leave_n they_o be_v tolerate_v from_o the_o very_a first_o year_n of_o the_o reformation_n for_o so_o many_o of_o they_o as_o do_v 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1575._o which_o notwithstanding_o do_v nothing_o make_v for_o they_o but_o against_o they_o rather_o as_o we_o shall_v make_v manifest_a by_o the_o proceed_n of_o that_o assembly_n and_o conclusion_n thereof_o according_a as_o we_o have_v faithful_o extract_v they_o out_o of_o the_o register_n of_o the_o assembly_n at_o this_o assembly_n indeed_o be_v make_v the_o first_o public_a motion_n against_o episcopacy_n although_o they_o have_v before_o lay_v private_o their_o plot_n in_o their_o own_o conventicle_n at_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o assembly_n when_o they_o be_v call_v the_o roll_n of_o their_o name_n the_o bishop_n according_a to_o the_o accustom_a order_n in_o former_a assembly_n be_v first_o call_v the_o promoter_n of_o geneva_n discipline_n set_v forward_o one_o john_n durie_n a_o man_n neither_o of_o the_o wise_a nor_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o ministry_n but_o of_o great_a boldness_n which_o happy_o he_o have_v learn_v in_o the_o cloister_n have_v be_v 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name_n of_o a_o bishop_n