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	time_n	3,239	5	3.7702	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48308	Defensive doubts, hopes, and reasons, for refusall of the oath, imposed by the sixth canon of the late synod with important considerations, both for the penning and publishing of them at this time / by John Ley ... ; hereunto is added by the same author, a letter against the erection of an altar, written above five yeares agoe, and a case of conscience, touching the receiving of the sacrament, resolved.	Ley, John, 1583-1662.	1641 (1641)	Wing L1874; ESTC R21343	93,675	154

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franciscus_n à_fw-la sancta_fw-la clara_n provincial_n of_o the_o minorite_n friar_n who_o hold_v 151._o hold_v ubi_fw-la nulli_fw-la praeesse_fw-la solent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la deesse_fw-la debent_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la hos_fw-la si_fw-la domas_fw-la quam_fw-la miserenda_fw-la quaeso_fw-la &_o horrenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la necessariò_fw-la subsequentur_fw-la nam_fw-la ubi_fw-la nulli_fw-la sunt_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la nulla_fw-la erunt_fw-la &_o sacramenta_fw-la nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la &_o baptismus_fw-la franc._n à_fw-la sancta_fw-la clara_n apolog._n episcop_n pag._n 151._o that_o where_o bishop_n do_v not_o rule_v there_o be_v no_o presbyter_n where_o no_o presbyter_n no_o sacrament_n he_o except_v according_a to_o the_o tenet_n of_o his_o church_n matrimony_n and_o baptism_n the_o former_a as_o a_o sacrament_n the_o late_a as_o a_o sacrament_n and_o more_o than_o that_o in_o the_o popish_a opinion_n as_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o he_o so_o far_o 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it_o you_o will_v not_o by_o the_o discharge_n of_o this_o canon_n upon_o we_o put_v we_o upon_o the_o poor_a refuge_n of_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o 53._o the_o clericus_fw-la victum_fw-la &_o vestimentum_fw-la sibi_fw-la artificiolo_fw-la vel_fw-la agriculturâ_fw-la praeparet_fw-la council_n carthag_n 4._o can._n 51_o 52_o 53._o council_n of_o carthage_n make_v for_o inferior_a and_o single_a clerk_n to_o labour_v in_o husbandry_n or_o manufacture_n which_o your_o 75._o your_o minister_n shall_v not_o give_v themselves_o to_o any_o servile_a labour_n can._n 75._o canon_n precise_o prohibit_v for_o our_o maintenance_n swear_v we_o dare_v not_o dig_v we_o can_v we_o be_v no_o fisherman_n nor_o tent-maker_n or_o other_o artificer_n before_o we_o enter_v upon_o this_o holy_a call_n and_o to_o beg_v we_o be_v ashamed_a and_o we_o may_v be_v also_o afraid_a since_o by_o the_o law_n 1638._o law_n the_o complete_a justice_n p._n 212._o nu_fw-la 16._o edit_n 1638._o beg_v scholar_n be_v no_o 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