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	king_n	time_n	2,213	5	3.5907	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43681	The spirit of popery speaking out of the mouths of phanatical-Protestants, or, The last speeches of Mr. John Kid and Mr. John King, two Presbyterian ministers, who were executed for high-treason and rebellion at Edinburgh, August the 14th, 1679 with animadversions, and the history of the Archbishop of St. Andrews his murder, extracted out of the registers of the Privy-Council, &c. / by an orthodox Protestant.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Kid, John, d. 1679.; King, John, d. 1679.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1874; ESTC R6348	165,592	93

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porte_fw-fr inferorum_fw-la non_fw-la vincent_fw-la eam_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la dabo_fw-la clave_n etc._n etc._n inde_fw-la per_fw-la temporum_fw-la &_o successionum_fw-la vice_n episcoporum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la ratio_fw-la decurrit_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la super_fw-la episcopos_fw-la constituatur_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la actus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la per_fw-la eosdem_fw-la praepositos_fw-la gubernetur_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la divina_fw-la lege_fw-la fundatum_fw-la sit_fw-la miror_fw-la epist._n 68_o he_o call_v the_o ordination_n of_o a_o bishop_n sub_fw-la populi_fw-la assistentis_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la traditionem_fw-la divinam_fw-la &_o apostolicam_fw-la observationem_fw-la and_o instance_v in_o act._n 1._o 15._o and_o epist._n 65._o upon_o occasion_n of_o a_o deacon_n reproach_v rogatianus_n his_o bishop_n pro_fw-la solitâ_fw-la tuâ_fw-la humanitate_fw-la fecisti_fw-la ut_fw-la malles_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la nobis_fw-la conqueri_fw-la quum_fw-la pro_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la vigore_fw-la &_o cathedrae_fw-la autoritate_fw-la haberes_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quâ_fw-la possess_v de_fw-fr illo_fw-la statim_fw-la vindicari_fw-la meminisse_fw-la autem_fw-la diaconi_fw-la debent_fw-la quoniam_fw-la apostolos_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o propositos_fw-la dominus_fw-la elegit_fw-la diaconos_fw-la autem_fw-la post_fw-la ascensum_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o coelos_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sibi_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la ministros_fw-la and_o epist._n 42._o to_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la vel_fw-la maximè_fw-la frater_fw-la &_o laboramus_fw-la &_o laborare_fw-la debemus_fw-la ut_fw-la unitatem_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o per_fw-la apostolos_fw-la nobis_fw-la successoribus_fw-la traditam_fw-la quantum_fw-la possumus_fw-la obtinere_fw-la curemus_fw-la epist._n 69._o christi_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolos_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la 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magistrate_n have_v no_o privative_a power_n over_o ecclesiastical_a person_n or_o in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a or_o that_o passive_a obedience_n to_o a_o unjust_a sentence_n be_v as_o great_a a_o sin_n as_o active_a obedience_n to_o a_o unrighteous_a command_n etc._n etc._n church_n of_o scotland_n whereof_o i_o be_o a_o poor_a member_n that_o have_v be_v so_o wonderful_o carry_v on_o against_o so_o much_o opposition_n contemnis_fw-la athanasius_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 326._o writing_n to_o dracontius_n elect_v to_o a_o bishopric_n and_o refuse_v it_o say_v quod_fw-la si_fw-la nullam_fw-la omnino_fw-la mer●edem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la functioni_fw-la destinatam_fw-la credis_fw-la servatoremque_fw-la ●ui_fw-la eam_fw-la ita_fw-la instituit_fw-la contemnis_fw-la assumpsisse_fw-la damasus_n who_o flourish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 367._o epist._n 4._o de_fw-la chorepiscopis_fw-la nullus_fw-la ex_fw-la septuaginta_fw-la discipulis_fw-la quorum_fw-la speciem_fw-la isti_fw-la 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opinion_n of_o 6._o tom._n 6._o aerius_n reckon_v this_o for_o one_o quod_fw-la docebat_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la nullâ_fw-la differentiâ_fw-la debere_fw-la discerni_fw-la de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la dom_n serm._n 24._o dicit_fw-la ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la spernit_fw-la mespernit_fw-la si_fw-mi solis_fw-la apostolis_n dixit_fw-la qui_fw-la vos_fw-la spernit_fw-la i_o spernit_fw-la spernite_fw-la nos_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la sermo_fw-la ejus_fw-la pervenit_fw-la 10._o tom._n 10._o ad_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o vocavit_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o in_o eorum_fw-la loco_fw-la constituit_fw-la nos_fw-la videte_fw-la ne_fw-la spernatis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la perveniat_fw-la injuria_fw-la quam_fw-la nobis_fw-la feceritis_fw-la ad_fw-la crescon_n grammat_n l._n 1._o attend_v etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ad_fw-la titum_fw-la cum_fw-la explicaret_fw-la paulus_n qualis_fw-la esse_fw-la episcopus_fw-la debeat_fw-la there_o he_o assert_v titus_n to_o have_v be_v a_o bishop_n non_fw-la ergo_fw-la solos_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la circumcisione_n sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la eos_fw-la maximè_fw-la tale_n esse_fw-la ait_fw-la oportere_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o doctrinâ_fw-la sanâ_fw-la redargui_fw-la refellique_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la vaniloquos_fw-la &_o mentis_fw-la seductores_fw-la indubitatâ_fw-la praeceptione_fw-la firmavit_fw-la there_o he_o say_v that_o st._n paul_n command_v all_o bishop_n in_o titus_n to_o exhort_v and_o convince_v gainsayer_n and_o in_o the_o next_o word_n he_o say_v he_o look_v upon_o that_o precept_n as_o give_v to_o himself_o unde_fw-la hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la mihi_fw-la jussum_fw-la esse_fw-la cognosco_fw-la hoc_fw-la pro_fw-la viribus_fw-la ago_o enarrat_fw-la in_o psalm_n 44._o in_o our_o translation_n the_o 45._o 16._o v._o pro_fw-la patribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la silij_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la patribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la silij_fw-la patres_fw-la missi_fw-la sunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la pro_fw-la apostolis_n silij_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la episcopi_fw-la hodie_fw-la enim_fw-la episcopi_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la unde_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la patres_fw-la illos_fw-la appellat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la illos_fw-la genuit_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la illos_fw-la constituit_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la patrum_fw-la apostolórum_fw-la none_o ergo_fw-la te_fw-la pute_fw-la desertam_fw-la quia_fw-la no_o vides_fw-la petrum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la vides_fw-la paulum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la vides_fw-la illos_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la nata_fw-la es_fw-la de_fw-la prole_fw-la tua_fw-la tibi_fw-la crevit_fw-la paternitas_fw-la contra_fw-la literas_fw-la petil._n lib._n 2._o c._n 51._o cathedra_fw-la tibi_fw-la quid_fw-la fecit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la in_o quâ_fw-la petrus_n sedet_fw-la &_o in_o quâ_fw-la hodie_fw-la anastasius_n sedet_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la hierosolymitanae_n in_fw-la quâ_fw-la jacobus_n sedit_fw-la &_o in_o quâ_fw-la hodie_fw-la johannes_n sedet_fw-la quare_fw-la appellas_fw-la cathedram_fw-la pestilentiae_fw-la cathedram_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la institution_n chrysostome_n in_o his_o homily_n on_o ignatius_n say_v he_o be_v successor_n to_o st._n peter_n in_o the_o see_v of_o antioch_n ordain_v by_o the_o apostle_n ut_fw-la tanto_fw-la principatu_fw-la dignus_fw-la and_o in_o his_o homily_n on_o timoth._n and_o titus_n he_o express_v his_o opinion_n of_o bishop_n as_o of_o a_o apostolical_a institution_n perhaps_o it_o may_v seem_v superfluous_a to_o show_v further_o how_o effronted_o this_o antiepiscoparian_a speak_v in_o say_v he_o die_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n but_o because_o the_o presbyterian_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o represent_v hierom_n as_o a_o patron_n of_o their_o cause_n i_o will_v take_v a_o little_a more_o pain_n to_o show_v how_o 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meek_a carriage_n to_o his_o murderer_n 57_o his_o last_o word_n 16._o his_o murderer_n lay_v wait_v for_o the_o collector_n of_o the_o cess_n 16._o five_o of_o their_o accomplice_n hang_v up_o in_o chain_n at_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v murder_v 44._o present_a archbishop_n of_o st._n andrews_n 52._o his_o house_n plunder_v by_o the_o covenanter_n and_o his_o housekeeper_n beat_v 47._o scottish_a oath_n of_o allegiance_n 43._o the_o apology_n for_o the_o persecute_a minister_n etc._n etc._n 1._o 14._o 24_o 25_o 26._o the_o apologetical_a narration_n 25._o 52._o apologie_n pour_fw-fr jean_n chastel_n write_v by_o the_o jesuit_n and_o practise_v by_o the_o covenanter_n 67._o mr._n hugh_n archibald_n his_o adultery_n 34._o bishop_n of_o argyles_n child_n 47._o the_o principle_n of_o assassination_n out_o of_o the_o presbyterian_a writing_n 66_o 67_o 68_o b._n balfour_n the_o