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	rome_n	6,168	5	7.0527	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57744	The late act of the convocation at Oxford examined: or, The obit of prelatique Protestancy: occasioning the conversion of W. R. (sometimes of Exeter Colledge in Oxford) to Catholique union	Rowland, William.	1652 (1652)	Wing R2075; ESTC R219949	37,064	142

condition_n be_v require_v in_o a_o lawful_a take_n or_o impose_v oath_n you_o proceed_v the_o second_o article_n of_o the_o covenant_n first_o be_v can_v but_o affect_v we_o with_o some_o grief_n and_o amazement_n to_o see_v that_o ancient_a form_n of_o church-government_n which_o we_o hearty_o and_o as_o we_o hope_v worthy_o honour_n as_o under_o which_o our_o religion_n be_v at_o first_o so_o orderly_o without_o violence_n or_o tumult_n and_o so_o happy_o reform_v and_o have_v since_o so_o long_o flourish_v with_o truth_n and_o peace_n to_o the_o honour_n and_o happiness_n of_o our_o own_o and_o the_o envy_n and_o admiration_n of_o other_o nation_n not_o only_o 1._o endeavour_v to_o be_v extirpate_v without_o any_o reason_n offer_v to_o our_o understanding_n for_o which_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v necessary_a or_o but_o so_o much_o as_o expedient_a so_o to_o do_v but_o also_o 2._o rank_v with_o popery_n superstition_n heresy_n schism_n and_o prophanesse_n which_o we_o unfeigned_o profess_v ourselves_o to_o detest_v as_o much_o as_o any_o other_o whatsoever_o 3._o and_o that_o with_o some_o intimation_n also_o as_o if_o that_o government_n be_v some_o way_n or_o other_o so_o contrary_a to_o sound_v doctrine_n or_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n that_o whosoever_o shall_v not_o endeavour_v the_o extirpation_n thereof_o must_v of_o necessity_n partake_v in_o other_o man_n sin_n which_o we_o can_v yet_o be_v persuade_v to_o believe_v to_o your_o first_o be_v not_o england_n reform_v from_o infidelity_n to_o christianity_n without_o violence_n or_o tumult_n and_o so_o continue_v till_o henry_n the_o eight_o rapture_n both_o in_o body_n and_o mind_n do_v it_o not_o continue_v in_o admiration_n of_o all_o nation_n because_o it_o never_o admit_v any_o heresy_n be_v it_o not_o endeavour_v to_o be_v extirpate_v without_o any_o reason_n offer_v to_o our_o understanding_n &_o yet_o let_v i_o also_o tell_v you_o that_o your_o pretend_a reformation_n come_v not_o in_o nor_o continue_v without_o violence_n at_o the_o very_a first_o be_v there_o not_o violence_n offer_v in_o the_o first_o parliament_n which_o begin_v it_o in_o edw._n 6._o time_n what_o course_n be_v then_o take_v in_o the_o choice_n of_o parliament_n man_n again_o what_o violence_n in_o keep_v out_o the_o bishop_n who_o then_o be_v necessary_a member_n that_o the_o vote_n may_v be_v carry_v for_o suppression_n of_o mass_n and_o establish_v your_o common-prayer_n book_n and_o do_v it_o not_o continue_v by_o blood_n the_o only_a argument_n use_v to_o induce_v catholic_n to_o adhere_v to_o your_o new_a schismatical_a prelacy_n be_v that_o which_o begin_v and_o continue_v the_o koran_n which_o be_v the_o sword_n or_o which_o be_v more_o ignominious_a the_o gallow_n yet_o you_o live_v under_o those_o governor_n who_o promise_v not_o to_o exercise_v violence_n upon_o conscience_n which_o be_v your_o happiness_n but_o if_o they_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o your_o law_n and_o argue_v with_o you_o ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la that_o way_n out_o of_o your_o principle_n there_o will_v be_v title_n for_o cruelty_n enough_o you_o hare_n very_o close_o follow_v the_o step_n of_o your_o predecessor_n the_o donatist_n who_o bloody_a proxagation_n of_o their_o heresy_n st._n hierom_n in_o his_o treatise_n against_o they_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o book_n show_v so_o do_v orosius_n also_o and_o st._n augustine_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n which_o he_o dedicate_v to_o marcellinus_n who_o be_v murder_v by_o they_o god_n forbid_v that_o any_o phalaris_n shall_v put_v you_o to_o perillus_n his_o punishment_n record_v in_o ovid._n et_fw-la phalaris_n tauro_fw-la violenti_fw-la memb_v a_o perilli_n torruit_fw-la in_fw-la felix_fw-la imbuit_fw-la auctor_fw-la upus_fw-la what_o a_o number_n of_o penal_a law_n be_v in_o your_o time_n &_o by_o your_o promotion_n make_v against_o tender_a conscience_n and_o how_o rigid_o put_v in_o execution_n how_o many_o tyrannical_a sentence_n and_o censure_n do_v you_o pass_v in_o your_o high_a comm_n ssion_n court_n for_o mere_a peccadillo_n what_o forfeiture_n and_o mulct_n be_v impose_v on_o all_o such_o as_o refuse_v to_o be_v present_a at_o your_o adore_a service_n of_o common-prayer_n which_o be_v now_o become_v so_o nauseous_a to_o the_o generality_n of_o people_n that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v hear_v of_o in_o the_o whole_a nation_n unless_o in_o some_o occult_a or_o remote_a cranny_n and_o of_o who_o origin_n continuation_n and_o exit_fw-la you_o may_v take_v this_o as_o a_o sure_a record_n that_o it_o be_v establish_v by_o a_o parliament_n on_o the_o 29_o of_o may_n 1549._o and_o be_v abolish_v on_o the_o 26_o of_o novemb_n 1644._o by_o the_o like_a authority_n thus_o long_o do_v it_o and_o your_o religion_n continue_v without_o flourish_v either_o to_o the_o happiness_n of_o our_o own_o or_o to_o the_o envy_n or_o admiration_n of_o any_o other_o nation_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a be_v it_o not_o most_o apparent_a that_o these_o and_o such_o like_o your_o unchristian_a action_n and_o fanatique_a innovation_n be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o all_o our_o late_a trouble_n hinc_fw-la illae_fw-la lachrymae_fw-la from_o this_o source_n have_v issue_v a_o stream_n of_o blood_n and_o a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n in_o the_o late_a war_n nor_o can_v it_o seem_v strange_a that_o almighty_a god_n shall_v at_o length_n unsheathe_v his_o sword_n to_o revenge_v the_o innocent_a you_o know_v haman_n be_v hang_v on_o the_o gallow_n which_o he_o erect_v for_o mardocheus_n but_o we_o pray_v that_o you_o may_v find_v mercy_n to_o the_o second_o be_v not_o catholic_a religion_n by_o you_o call_v popery_n and_o rank_v with_o superstation_n etc._n etc._n and_o have_v it_o not_o by_o yourselves_o to_o this_o day_n be_v so_o calumniate_v among_o the_o common_a people_n that_o they_o do_v yet_o take_v it_o to_o be_v real_o so_o in_o so_o much_o that_o one_o of_o your_o learned_a prelate_n who_o name_n out_o of_o civility_n i_o spare_v for_o i_o fight_v not_o against_o person_n but_o cause_n be_v ask_v by_o a_o grave_a gentleman_n of_o your_o prelatic_a church_n why_o you_o do_v accuse_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n of_o such_o crime_n as_o superstition_n and_o idolatry_n which_o she_o have_v suppress_v in_o this_o nation_n and_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o all_o history_n witness_v your_o bishop_n answer_v ingenuous_o that_o this_o prelatic_a protestancy_n begin_v with_o lie_n and_o so_o it_o must_v continue_v hence_o this_o gentleman_n take_v his_o rise_n to_o become_v catholic_a iota_fw-la credidit_fw-la &_o domus_fw-la ejus_fw-la iota_fw-la and_o all_o his_o family_n let_v not_o any_o man_n much_o wonder_n at_o this_o private_a confession_n of_o the_o bishop_n for_o it_o be_v very_o well_o consistent_a with_o what_o other_o have_v teach_v in_o public_a mr._n gregory_n in_o his_o opuscula_fw-la page_n 145._o have_v these_o word_n we_o make_v religion_n but_o a_o politic_a engine_n which_o be_v suppose_v the_o bishop_n will_v not_o have_v have_v much_o labour_n to_o prove_v his_o thesis_n it_o be_v pretty_a to_o observe_v what_o strange_a devise_n bishop_n bancroft_n and_o other_o use_v to_o raise_v schism_n among_o catholic_n as_o be_v confess_v in_o parliament_n as_o s._n augustine_n say_v of_o julian_n by_o this_o mean_n he_o think_v to_o destroy_v the_o christian_a name_n when_o out_o of_o his_o envy_n to_o the_o church_n unity_n whence_o he_o have_v fall_v he_o permit_v sacrilegious_a dissension_n to_o be_v free_a from_o censure_n you_o see_v whence_o they_o derive_v their_o machiavelisme_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a we_o all_o stick_n to_o the_o rock_n when_o their_o sandy_a foundation_n fail_v and_o question_v less_o it_o have_v fail_v as_o soon_o as_o conceive_v if_o the_o people_n have_v not_o easy_o be_v carry_v away_o with_o any_o though_o mere_a appearance_n of_o reformation_n and_o the_o hope_n of_o gain_n by_o the_o suppression_n of_o religious_a house_n according_a to_o that_o sparta_n diu_fw-la stetit_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la rex_fw-la bene_fw-la imperabat_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la populus_fw-la bene_fw-la parebat_fw-la you_o be_v well_o read_v in_o the_o history_n of_o perkin_n warbeek_n he_o have_v so_o long_o lie_v in_o personate_n a_o king_n that_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n bacon_n say_v he_o do_v at_o last_o very_o think_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o king_n and_o real_o i_o do_v believe_v you_o have_v so_o long_o tell_v this_o untruth_n of_o catholic_n that_o many_o of_o you_o begin_v to_o believe_v that_o we_o be_v superstitious_a indeed_o your_o serious_a manner_n of_o speak_v will_v almost_o make_v we_o think_v so_o be_v not_o the_o thing_n so_o ridiculous_a that_o we_o shall_v be_v superstitious_a who_o only_o have_v destroy_v superstition_n to_o the_o astonishment_n of_o the_o world_n who_o can_v believe_v that_o d._n usher_n shall_v not_o blush_v to_o preach_v so_o impudent_a a_o untruth_n as_o that_o catholic_n hold_v fornication_n