Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	death_n	law_n	life_n	2,442	5	4.7608	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48310	Memoranda : touching the oath ex officio, pretended self-accusation, and canonical purgation together with some notes about the making of some new, and alteration and explanation of some old laws, all most humbly submitted to the consideration of this Parliament / by Edw. Lake ...	Lake, Edward, Sir, 1596 or 7-1674.	1662 (1662)	Wing L188; ESTC R14261	107,287	162

distributive_a justice_n to_o have_v that_o right_o perform_v it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o all_o due_a and_o good_a mean_n may_v be_v use_v to_o attain_v that_o end_n qui_fw-la that_o finem_fw-la that_fw-mi media_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la injur_fw-fr finem_fw-la f._n de_fw-fr injur_fw-fr peccata_fw-la nocentium_fw-la expedit_fw-la esse_fw-la nota_fw-la now_o when_o crime_n cease_v to_o be_v secret_a but_o be_v by_o fame_n or_o by_o such_o way_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a so_o far_o discover_v if_o there_o be_v as_o very_o often_o there_o be_v not_o not_o other_o way_n to_o discover_v they_o that_o so_o the_o evil_a and_o the_o scandal_n may_v be_v take_v away_o but_o by_o put_v the_o party_n to_o his_o oath_n thereby_o to_o clear_v himself_o if_o further_o due_a proof_n thereof_o can_v be_v make_v or_o by_o refusal_n of_o the_o oath_n to_o be_v take_v pro_fw-la confesso_fw-la than_o it_o follow_v the_o evil_a and_o scandal_n must_v still_o remain_v and_o all_o the_o sad_a effect_n thereof_o to_o church_n and_o state_n may_v be_v expect_v to_o follow_v be_v the_o fame_n of_o a_o crime_n adultery_n or_o the_o like_a never_o so_o pregnant_a that_o town_n and_o country_n even_o the_o kingdom_n ring_n of_o it_o though_o a_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n have_v cohabit_v together_o a_o long_a time_n yet_o if_o they_o be_v not_o take_v or_o see_v in_o flagranti_fw-la crimine_fw-la or_o see_v in_o bed_n together_o which_o be_v a_o violent_a presumption_n equivalent_a to_o a_o proof_n and_o the_o party_n deny_v the_o fact_n some_o make_v it_o disputable_a whether_o or_o no_o any_o manner_n of_o punishment_n the_o fact_n be_v neither_o prove_v nor_o confess_v can_v be_v lay_v upon_o the_o party_n for_o this_o great_a scandal_n to_o the_o church_n some_o hold_n that_o by_o the_o word_n of_o this_o late_a act_n that_o a_o innocent_a party_n upon_o who_o a_o fame_n be_v unjust_o raise_v and_o the_o beginning_n of_o it_o can_v be_v find_v as_o often_o have_v happen_v yet_o though_o he_o offer_v to_o purge_v himself_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n be_v not_o to_o tender_v or_o administer_v the_o oath_n to_o he_o though_o this_o seem_v otherwise_o because_o the_o oath_n be_v forbid_v but_o only_o in_o such_o case_n whereby_o the_o person_n to_o who_o the_o same_o be_v tender_v or_o administer_v may_v be_v charge_v or_o compel_v to_o confess_v or_o accuse_v or_o to_o purge_v he_o or_o herself_o of_o any_o criminal_a matter_n or_o thing_n whereby_o he_o or_o she_o may_v be_v liable_a to_o any_o censure_n or_o punishment_n but_o in_o this_o case_n of_o voluntary_a offer_n to_o take_v the_o oath_n that_o reason_n of_o censure_n or_o punishment_n cease_v juris_fw-la reg._n juris_fw-la volenti_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a injuria_fw-la neque_fw-la dolus_fw-la such_o course_n by_o way_n of_o oath_n to_o find_v out_o the_o sin_n be_v forbid_v how_o great_a a_o encouragement_n it_o may_v prove_v to_o commit_v such_o sin_n be_v obvious_a to_o the_o easy_a judgement_n it_o be_v extreme_a to_o make_v adultery_n punishable_a by_o death_n though_o that_o extreme_a be_v to_o be_v avoid_v the_o contrary_a too_o must_v be_v shun_v if_o it_o be_v lawful_a at_o common_a law_n as_o in_o a_o wager_n at_o law_n and_o many_o other_o case_n as_o before_o touch_v to_o tender_a and_o administer_v such_o oath_n and_o in_o such_o cause_n as_o need_v it_o not_o so_o much_o as_o these_o cause_n ordinary_o do_v wherein_o before_o that_o late_a act_n it_o be_v administer_v in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n then_o why_o not_o in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n except_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o same_o course_n shall_v be_v take_v to_o forbid_v it_o also_o at_o common_a law_n which_o i_o suppose_v be_v not_o intend_v since_o jury_n man_n as_o dr._n cousin_n as_o before_o in_o that_o his_o apology_n affirm_v have_v a_o oath_n give_v they_o to_o present_v their_o own_o and_o their_o fellow_n fault_n now_o such_o in_o ecclesiastical_a proceed_n the_o inequality_n of_o the_o punishment_n as_o to_o the_o difference_n of_o sex_n indeed_o the_o permission_n of_o punishment_n as_o to_o one_o sex_n the_o man_n and_o the_o punishment_n to_o the_o weak_a sex_n the_o woman_n who_o therefore_o deserve_v more_o commiseration_n that_o inequality_n i_o say_v can_v at_o best_o but_o seem_v strange_a for_o the_o man_n will_v always_o probable_o except_o either_o by_o god_n grace_n he_o will_v glorify_v he_o by_o confess_v his_o fault_n or_o else_o as_o before_o be_v take_v in_o flagranti_fw-la crimine_fw-la or_o with_o such_o violent_a presumption_n as_o before_o escape_v punishment_n though_o never_o so_o guilty_a it_o be_v peccatum_fw-la concatenatum_fw-la there_o must_v be_v two_o to_o act_v it_o in_o that_o sin_n the_o man_n without_o the_o woman_n or_o the_o woman_n without_o the_o man_n signify_v no_o more_o than_o the_o letter_n q_o without_o a_o u._fw-mi follow_v it_o to_o make_v it_o into_o to_o a_o syllable_n as_o for_o the_o man_n his_o crime_n be_v transiens_fw-la leave_v no_o vestigia_fw-la behind_o it_o to_o discover_v he_o not_o so_o oftentimes_o in_o the_o woman_n the_o infallible_a indicium_fw-la of_o her_o fault_n her_o crimen_fw-la manens_fw-la appear_v to_o every_o eye_n though_o she_o be_v no_o more_o guilty_a thereof_o then_o the_o man_n who_o if_o she_o right_o name_n or_o accuse_v yet_o that_o work_v nothing_o against_o he_o except_o to_o keep_v the_o bastard_n child_n as_o the_o repute_a father_n thereof_o wherein_o not_o a_o few_o light_a woman_n probable_o name_v not_o the_o right_a father_n so_o her_o single_a testimony_n serve_v to_o punish_v either_o the_o right_n or_o wrong_a father_n but_o not_o to_o take_v away_o the_o scandal_n or_o evil_n cause_v by_o the_o man_n that_o offend_v our_o english_a nation_n have_v be_v account_v very_o friendly_a and_o favourable_a to_o the_o weak_a sex_n and_o very_o many_o be_v the_o privilege_n and_o honorary_n we_o give_v they_o more_o than_o in_o other_o nation_n for_o which_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o generous_a mind_n we_o be_v account_v more_o honourable_a than_o other_o insomuch_o as_o some_o have_v say_v if_o there_o be_v a_o bridge_n betwixt_o dover_n and_o calais_n all_o the_o woman_n in_o the_o continent_n will_v come_v into_o our_o island_n but_o by_o this_o we_o may_v seem_v to_o hazard_v that_o honour_n in_o simony_n usury_n and_o many_o other_o crime_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n be_v the_o fame_n circumstance_n suspicion_n and_o all_o other_o inducement_n never_o so_o strong_a yet_o this_o oath_n be_v not_o to_o be_v administer_v the_o offender_n escape_v neither_o the_o evil_a nor_o scandal_n be_v remove_v bishop_n by_o the_o statute_n 1_o eliz._n 1._o be_v to_o give_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n and_o supremacy_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la to_o other_o or_o whether_o it_o be_v ex_fw-la officio_fw-la or_o ad_fw-la instantiam_fw-la partis_fw-la the_o matter_n be_v all_o one_o it_o be_v forbid_v to_o give_v it_o to_o any_o person_n whereby_o he_o may_v be_v charge_v or_o compel_v to_o confess_v or_o accuse_v or_o to_o purge_v he_o or_o herself_o of_o any_o criminal_a matter_n or_o thing_n whereby_o he_o or_o she_o may_v be_v liable_a to_o any_o censure_n or_o punishment_n the_o refusal_n of_o this_o oath_n be_v penal_a and_o perhaps_o the_o person_n be_v so_o accuse_v to_o the_o bishop_n or_o there_o be_v a_o common_a fame_n thereof_o or_o other_o sufficient_a inducement_n to_o inquire_v thereof_o if_o the_o party_n refuse_v to_o take_v this_o oath_n thus_o tender_v to_o he_o then_o be_v he_o by_o the_o law_n liable_a to_o censure_n and_o punishment_n for_o it_o and_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v not_o think_v fit_a that_o such_o a_o person_n be_v he_o a_o recusant_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o shall_v plead_v this_o statute_n that_o this_o oath_n shall_v not_o be_v tender_v to_o they_o by_o the_o law_n all_o bishop_n and_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n when_o they_o give_v institution_n into_o benefice_n or_o give_v licence_n to_o preach_v teach_v school_n serve_v cure_n and_o in_o other_o case_n be_v to_o give_v to_o the_o party_n the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n and_o supremacy_n shall_v these_o party_n refuse_v to_o take_v these_o oath_n it_o be_v penal_a to_o they_o when_o the_o bishop_n make_v their_o chancellor_n commissary_n advocate_n register_n proctor_n or_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n their_o commissary_n official_o or_o auditores_fw-la causarum_fw-la or_o the_o archdeacon_n their_o official_o or_o any_o other_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n whatsoever_o the_o same_o oath_n be_v to_o be_v give_v they_o shall_v these_o party_n refuse_v to_o take_v these_o oath_n it_o be_v penal_a to_o they_o so_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o course_n of_o proceed_v in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n be_v take_v away_o then_o perhaps_o many_o think_v of_o so_o in_o the_o oath_n of_o calumny_n and_o of_o malice_n to_o be_v tender_v in_o the_o proceed_n in_o

10.5_o of_o the_o temporal_a judge_n in_o nehemiah_n who_o force_v a_o oath_n in_o a_o cause_n of_o usury_n neh._n 5.12_o neither_o have_v the_o pious_a and_o religious_a magistrate_n only_o right_a to_o do_v this_o but_o the_o heathen_a magistrate_n too_o and_o that_o to_o god_n people_n zedckiah_n give_v his_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n to_o nabuchadnezzar_n 2_o chron._n 36.9_o though_o force_v he_o give_v it_o and_o right_o too_o if_o we_o believe_v ezekiel_n and_o afterward_o by_o a_o sacrilegious_a boldness_n he_o attempt_v to_o break_v it_o he_o escape_v not_o unpunished_a for_o it_o ezek._n 17.13_o last_o i_o add_v that_o this_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o do_v to_o their_o own_o people_n only_o but_o also_o to_o guest_n and_o stranger_n live_v within_o thrir_fw-fr territory_n either_o for_o traffic_v or_o any_o other_o cause_n in_o which_o regard_n joseph_n now_o become_v viceroy_n of_o egypt_n impose_v a_o oath_n upon_o his_o brethren_n in_o a_o case_n of_o treason_n suspect_v though_o both_o by_o law_n and_o by_o nature_n they_o be_v canaanites_n gen._n 43.3_o therefore_o hence_o it_o now_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o impose_v a_o oath_n and_o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a also_o to_o the_o magistrate_n but_o whether_o be_v it_o lawful_a to_o do_v it_o to_o the_o party_n that_o be_v the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n the_o three_o thing_n i_o propound_v nor_o can_v that_o be_v call_v into_o question_n exod._n 22.8_o he_o to_o who_o the_o pawn_n be_v concredit_v be_v the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n num._n 5.19_o the_o woman_n suspect_v by_o the_o jealous_a husband_n to_o have_v wrong_v his_o bed_n be_v also_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n but_o to_o each_o of_o they_o be_v this_o oath_n to_o be_v give_v nor_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o they_o to_o decline_v it_o in_o a_o few_o word_n i_o will_v sum_n it_o up_o whether_o one_o deceitful_o keep_v his_o neighbour_n good_n or_o perfidious_o detein_v his_o friend_n good_n or_o restore_v not_o to_o the_o owner_n his_o find_a good_n when_o he_o require_v they_o levit._n 6.3_o or_o as_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o in_o any_o other_o crime_n for_o it_o be_v mention_v indefinite_o 1_o king_n 8.31_o in_o whatsoever_o he_o shall_v sin_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o plaintiff_n or_o agent_n to_o impose_v a_o oath_n upon_o the_o party_n that_o be_v the_o guilty_a or_o defendant_n or_o to_o lay_v a_o oath_n upon_o he_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n nor_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o the_o guilty_a or_o defendant_n party_n to_o refuse_v it_o whether_o it_o be_v impose_v by_o the_o agent_n or_o plaintiff_n or_o by_o the_o magistrate_n indeed_o i_o can_v deny_v but_o we_o be_v fall_v into_o such_o time_n that_o it_o may_v be_v expedient_a to_o impose_v the_o oath_n upon_o the_o party_n agent_n or_o plaintiff_n and_o not_o only_o upon_o the_o defendant_n for_o it_o may_v happen_v that_o they_o may_v both_o prevaricate_v that_o be_v the_o party_n agent_n or_o plaintiff_n by_o calumniate_a and_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n by_o tergiversation_n but_o if_o we_o will_v take_v the_o law_n from_o heaven_n from_o the_o holy_a writ_n to_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n it_o be_v more_o necessary_a to_o be_v give_v example_n be_v thereof_o scarce_o will_v you_o find_v in_o the_o law_n a_o oath_n lay_v upon_o the_o agent_n or_o plaintiff_n but_o very_o often_o may_v you_o find_v it_o upon_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n moses_n render_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o the_o actor_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v the_o party_n endamage_v he_o be_v inflame_v with_o anger_n he_o be_v whole_o wrap_v up_o in_o the_o leaven_n of_o anger_n and_o revenge_n strike_v through_o with_o the_o sting_n of_o malevolence_n will_v be_v rash_a with_o his_o mouth_n which_o the_o wiseman_n forbid_v to_o be_v in_o a_o oath_n eccl._n 5.1_o therefore_o the_o matter_n of_o a_o oath_n herein_o be_v altogether_o unfit_a but_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n who_o the_o law_n always_o suppose_v to_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o crime_n charge_v till_o the_o contrary_n appear_v be_v much_o fit_a in_o he_o there_o be_v less_o prejudice_n less_o of_o affection_n beside_o perhaps_o of_o fear_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o oath_n therefore_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o lay_v it_o upon_o the_o party_n guilty_a or_o defendant_n and_o fit_v too_o to_o do_v so_o now_o i_o come_v to_o the_o four_o branch_n in_o what_o cause_n this_o be_v fit_v which_o be_v more_o intricate_a and_o have_v more_o question_n in_o it_o and_o i_o shall_v not_o seek_v any_o where_o else_o for_o the_o division_n of_o these_o cause_n but_o in_o our_o law_n that_o be_v the_o law_n of_o divine_n there_o in_o the_o holy_a law_n some_o be_v call_v wrong_n or_o prevarication_n exod._n 22.9_o some_o capital_a cause_n deut._n 21.21_o whereof_o some_o of_o those_o be_v heinous_a be_v punish_v with_o loss_n of_o life_n life_n either_o by_o be_v deprive_v of_o natural_a life_n or_o civil_a that_o be_v banishment_n or_o as_o the_o holy_a writ_n speak_v root_a out_o ezra_n 7.26_o to_o which_o be_v ally_v cause_n of_o blood_n such_o as_o be_v deut._n 25.12_o lop_n off_o a_o limb_n and_o there_o in_o the_o second_o verse_n inflict_v of_o stripe_n but_o these_o other_o be_v not_o so_o great_a and_o be_v partly_o punish_v by_o pecuniary_a mulct_n partly_o by_o imprisonment_n esth_n 7.26_o be_v there_o any_o place_n for_o such_o a_o oath_n to_o be_v give_v in_o such_o crime_n as_o be_v punish_v by_o loss_n of_o life_n true_o i_o do_v not_o persuade_v to_o that_o first_o the_o practice_n in_o scripture_n contrary_n it_o for_o i_o see_v when_o achans_n life_n be_v in_o question_n joshua_n deal_v thus_o tell_v i_o my_o son_n swear_v not_o to_o i_o so_o likewise_o saul_n in_o the_o like_a case_n concern_v jonathan_n tell_v i_o jonathan_n do_v not_o swear_v to_o i_o a_o willing_a not_o express_a confession_n a_o simple_a interrogation_n not_o under_o the_o bond_n of_o a_o oath_n but_o which_o be_v the_o hinge_n of_o the_o question_n i_o see_v the_o prophet_n jeremy_n himself_o interrogated_a by_o the_o king_n himself_o i_o will_v ask_v thou_o a_o thing_n hide_v nothing_o from_o i_o the_o prophet_n covenant_n with_o he_o if_o i_o declare_v it_o unto_o thou_o will_v thou_o not_o sure_o put_v i_o to_o death_n nor_o do_v jeremy_n thus_o covenant_n without_o the_o dictate_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o if_o in_o such_o cause_v god_n have_v give_v a_o immunity_n of_o answer_v jer._n 38.14_o and_o indeed_o reason_n persuade_v the_o same_o for_o indeed_o so_o ought_v inquisition_n as_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o magistrate_n that_o the_o manifest_a loss_n of_o soul_n may_v be_v avoid_v when_o as_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o great_a liar_n that_o most_o true_a sentence_n proceed_v skin_n after_o skin_n and_o all_o that_o a_o man_n have_v will_v he_o give_v for_o his_o life_n 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