Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	law_n	sin_n	1,595	5	5.0127	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61544	A discourse concerning the illegality of the late ecclesiastical commission in answer to the vindication and defence of it : wherein the true notion of the legal supremacy is cleared, and an account is given of the nature, original, and mischief of the dispensing power.	Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1689 (1689)	Wing S5581; ESTC R24628	67,006	76

he_o be_v not_o lord_n over_o the_o community_n but_o governor_n 2._o that_o for_o he_o to_o dispense_v in_o a_o law_n make_v for_o the_o community_n without_o a_o just_a cause_n be_v not_o only_a malum_fw-la quia_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la malum_fw-la therefore_o suarez_n be_v 26._o far_o from_o think_v a_o prince_n may_v dispense_v with_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o malum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la for_o he_o make_v it_o to_o be_v so_o for_o he_o to_o dispense_v with_o a_o malum_fw-la quia_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la if_o it_o be_v prohibit_v by_o a_o law_n make_v for_o a_o public_a good_a and_o there_o be_v no_o just_a cause_n for_o it_o 3._o that_o although_o a_o prince_n sin_n in_o dispense_v with_o such_o a_o law_n yet_o his_o dispensation_n hold_v as_o to_o the_o force_n of_o the_o law_n which_o he_o suppose_v to_o depend_v on_o the_o will_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o 6._o therefore_o his_o will_n be_v alter_v 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