Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	court_n	defendant_n	plaintiff_n	3,417	5	10.5128	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01085	Eirenopolis: = the citie of peace Surueyed and commended to all Christians. By Tho. Adams.	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1622 (1622)	STC 112; ESTC S115261	32,650	192

she hath subdued them Either shee turnes them out at Moore-gate as fitter for the societie of Moores and Pagans she banisheth them Or laies them vp in New-gate a place very conuenient beeing not so olde as peace built since the birth of strife These enemies pursue vs vel ferro vel foro as that Father saith Ferro when vpon euery punctilio of honor as they falsely call it Reason Religion must be thrown by and Fury gouerne The Gallant as if hee knew no Law but his owne will or as if the least aspertion vpon his honor were more weighty then if the state of Christen dome or the glory of God lay vpon it cryes Reuenge offers the stab threatens the pistoll How is that precious account forgotten which God requires of man and beast Men study to bee mad with reason they haue an Art of killing that teaches murther by the booke as cunning as Ioab was that could stabbe in the fift rib a speeding place so he treacherously slew Abner and Amasa O that men should venture their liues vpon one anothers sword as if they had no soules to be ventured vpon the sword of Gods vengeance That he should bee held base who being challenged doth not write his mind with a pen of steele in the inke of blood on the white paper of mans life Cannot the teares of our Mother preuail with vs when seeing vs quarrell she sayes as Iocasta aduised her two vnbrotherly sonnes Bella geri placuit nullos habitura triumphos Or as Rebecca said of her twinnes Why should I be depriued of you both in one day But if our Mother cannot still vs our Father will part vs they whose soules haue peace shall be sent to a prison where is no peace that seeing they loue quarrels they may haue fighting enough with infernall spirits But perhaps there bee some who make no other reckoning resoluing with him in the Orator Hodie coenabimus apud Inferos to night wee will sup together in hell As it is reported of two to haue fought vnder the gallows desperately fore-casting that if the one were there killed the other should there be hanged By the toleration of this Duel in France that kingdome lost in tenne yeres six thousand Gentlemen as themselues report Wretched men for Occiser lethaliter peccat occisus aeternaliter perit the homicide sins deadly and the slaine without vnexpectable mercy perisheth eternally How dare they lift vp those hands to God for mercy that haue beene lifted vp against their brother in cruelty Euery base vermine can kill it is true prowesse and honour to giue life and preserue it Simeon and Leui seemed to haue iust cause the Whoring of their owne Sister yet their father cals them brethren in euil for it blesseth his honor from their company his soule from their secrecy Thou sayst of thy contendent he shal haue as good as he brings yet thy self condemnest that hee brings for euill Ne vtaris inimico praeceptore let not thy enemie teach thee to due that which thy selfe detestest in him Because wee receiue iniuries without right shall wee returne them without law Sometimes this ariseth from the wine Bacchus ad arma vocat and lightly it makes men aptest to vse their armes when they cannot stand on their legges But shall this serue for a plea and get a pardon it was done in drinke no this rather deserues a double punishment as it is a double fault Commonly it proceeds from vnaduised anger as if any thing done in fury were not done in folly The cholericke man is like one that dwels in a thatched house who being rich in the morning by a sodaine fire is a beggar before night It was the decree of Theodosius by the counsell of S. Ambrose that execution after a seuere sentence should be deferred thirtie dayes that the heat being qualified the seueritie might be moderated But they obiect This is to stand by like fooles while wee suffer others to abuse vs no that is not folly which the Lord hath commended for wisdome The shot of the Cannon hurts not Wooll and such yeelding things but that which is hard stubborne and resisting the rage of our roaring sonnes is tamed by patience Turne to the brawling curre and hee will be more fierce ride on neglecting him and he will soone be quiet This is the furious Band. Foro there is another Battalia of aduersaries that turne their challenge into a Writ the field appointed is Westminster Hall or some other Court of Iustice the weapons the Law the postures of the fight are Demurres Delayes Quirks Remoouals the Victory a Verdict the Doome a Sentence and the death it selfe an Execution One sayes To beare this is against my conscience when indeed hee meanes it is against his concupiscēce If the Plaintife goe no further then the Court of his owne affections the defendant shal neuer haue audience for he is Amicus Curiae He that is first in his owne cause seemeth iust but his neighbour commeth and searcheth him hee is no competent Iudge in his own matter It will beare an action saith the Law-giuer this enflameth passion in the Law-goer O that men could see the folly of this litigiousnesse 1. That hee is not in the state of grace but a meere carnal man This is Saint Pauls argument to the Corinthians If there be contentions amongst you Are ye not carnall wheras the Fruit of the Spirit is Peace Long-suffering Gentlenesse 2. That hee doth not so much find as make himselfe enemies we may say of him as the Angel said to Hagar concerning her son Ishmael His hand is against euery man and euery mans hand against him 3. That he vexeth himselfe without need they that goe to Law for trifles are like nice people that continually lie in the hands of Chirurgians and Phisicians for pimples warts wheras as the Physician and Lawyer are for necessitie not wantonnesse Their boxes and papers are the Books Badges of their profession they trudge vp and downe more busie to cast away their money then Lawyers are to catch it their word is Currat Lex let the law haue his course but by their willes that course should neuer haue an end They plead wee haue stood before the best in Courts of highest honor alas so doth the spider euen in kings palaces So did the Deuill when the Sons of God presented themselus before him Satan was ther also 4. They consider not the root of contentions as the Apostle describes them want of Wisdome to compound controuersies Is there not one wise man among you able to iudge betweene brethren Want of loue Brother is against brother Want of Patience Why do ye not rather suffer wrong Want of Iustice Ye defraud and do wrong For want of Iustice foro conscientiae they prosecute their malice foro Iustitiae Wee may add want of Mercy they cannot