Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	great_a	time_n	4,794	5	3.3956	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61451	An apology for the ancient right and power of the bishops to sit and vote in parliaments ... with an answer to the reasons maintained by Dr. Burgesse and many others against the votes of bishops : a determination at Cambridge of the learned and reverend Dr. Davenant, B. of Salisbury, Englished : the speech in Parliament made by Dr. Williams, L. Archbishop of York, in defence of the bishops : two speeches spoken in the House of Lords by the Lord Viscount Newarke, 1641.	Stephens, Jeremiah, 1591-1665.; Davenant, John, ca. 1572-1641.; Williams, John, 1582-1650.; Newark, David Leslie, Baron, d. 1682.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5446; ESTC R18087	87,157	146

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and_o another_o civil_a in_o israel_n calvin_n upon_o jeremiah_n 19_o 1._o pag._n 152._o say_v scimus_fw-la duos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ordines_fw-la publicos_fw-la vel_fw-la duplex_fw-la regimen_fw-la ut_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la erant_fw-la praefecti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nempe_fw-la quoad_fw-la legem_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la esset_fw-la eorum_fw-la gubernatio_fw-la erant_fw-la seniores_fw-la populi_fw-la qui_fw-la prae_fw-la erant_fw-la rebus_fw-la politicis_fw-la utriusque_fw-la vero_fw-la quaedam_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la communio_fw-la calvin_n understand_v only_o the_o plain_a hebrew_n not_o the_o rabbin_n and_o talmud_n nor_o the_o jewish_a antiquity_n therefore_o in_o several_a place_n he_o be_v mistake_v as_o upon_o numb_a 11._o 17._o where_o god_n appoint_v first_o the_o 70._o elder_n to_o be_v join_v as_o assistant_n to_o moses_n he_o do_v interpret_v the_o text_n i_o will_v take_v off_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v upon_o thou_o and_o put_v

first_o among_o we_o by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o why_o shall_v there_o not_o be_v judge_n partly_o spiritual_a as_o well_o as_o temporal_a in_o all_o court_n as_o it_o be_v ancient_o among_o our_o ancestor_n the_o saxon_n or_o at_o least_o why_o shall_v not_o the_o supreme_a court_n of_o justice_n which_o be_v to_o give_v law_n to_o all_o other_o inferior_a court_n be_v well_o temper_v and_o mingle_v with_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a the_o most_o learned_a wise_a and_o choice_a that_o can_v be_v find_v in_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n why_o not_o priest_n and_o levite_n admit_v into_o the_o number_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o sanedrim_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v equal_a to_o our_o parliament_n and_o be_v first_o institute_v by_o god_n himself_o and_o i_o take_v it_o there_o can_v be_v no_o just_a exception_n but_o that_o our_o christian_a kingdom_n may_v most_o safe_o follow_v the_o general_a rule_n of_o policy_n and_o government_n which_o god_n 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