Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	efficient_a	end_n	final_a	2,172	5	9.9792	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52421	A discourse concerning the pretended religious assembling in private conventicles wherein the unlawfullness and unreasonableness of it is fully evinced by several arguments / by John Norris ...	Norris, John, 1657-1711.	1685 (1685)	Wing N1251; ESTC R17164	128,825	319

ordinance_n of_o christ_n in_o unity_n and_o uniformity_n as_o far_o as_o be_v possible_a which_o our_o liturgy_n set_v up_o by_o prescribe_v the_o manner_n of_o it_o whereas_o otherwise_o all_o will_v be_v leave_v to_o the_o chance_n of_o man_n will_n which_o say_v doctor_n hammond_n 23._o can_v no_o more_o be_v think_v like_a to_o concur_v in_o one_o form_n than_o democritus_n atom_n to_o have_v meet_v together_o into_o a_o world_n of_o beautiful_a creature_n without_o any_o kind_n of_o providence_n to_o dispose_v they_o for_o the_o scripture_n call_v for_o unity_n and_o uniformity_n as_o well_o as_o purity_n and_o verity_n and_o sure_o it_o be_v not_o impossible_a to_o obtain_v this_o so_o much_o desire_v unity_n and_o uniformity_n because_o that_o god_n have_v promise_v that_o his_o child_n shall_v serve_v he_o with_o one_o heart_n and_o with_o one_o way_n and_o with_o one_o shoulder_n and_o that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o gospel_n there_o shall_v be_v one_o lord_n and_o his_o name_n one_o and_o christ_n have_v pray_v that_o we_o may_v be_v all_o one_o as_o the_o father_n be_v in_o he_o and_o he_o in_o the_o father_n and_o he_o add_v a_o most_o prevalent_a reason_n that_o the_o world_n may_v believe_v that_o thou_o have_v send_v i_o nothing_o hinder_v the_o propagation_n of_o the_o gospel_n so_o much_o as_o the_o division_n and_o separation_n of_o gospel-professours_a if_o it_o be_v god_n promise_n and_o christ_n prayer_n it_o be_v certain_o a_o thing_n possible_a to_o be_v obtain_v and_o a_o duty_n incumbent_n upon_o all_o good_a christian_n to_o labour_v after_o second_o as_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n have_v authority_n over_o the_o person_n of_o minister_n so_o it_o be_v as_o true_a that_o he_o have_v power_n to_o act_v for_o the_o regulation_n of_o all_o their_o ecclesiastical_a meeting_n and_o assembly_n though_o not_o to_o act_v in_o sacris_fw-la yet_o circa_fw-la sacra_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la docendum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la sacerdotale_fw-la yet_o ad_fw-la jubendum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la regale_n as_o 24._o constantine_n the_o emperor_n tell_v the_o bishop_n who_o he_o invite_v to_o a_o banquet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o be_v bishop_n within_o the_o church_n and_o i_o be_o ordain_v by_o god_n grace_n a_o bishop_n without_o the_o church_n that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n sai_z sir_n henry_n spelman_n 22._o be_v persona_fw-la mixta_fw-la endow_v as_o well_o with_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n as_o with_o temporal_a be_v not_o only_o a_o solid_a position_n of_o the_o common_a law_n of_o this_o land_n but_o confirm_v unto_o we_o by_o the_o continual_a practice_n of_o our_o ancient_a king_n ever_o since_o and_o before_o the_o conquest_n even_o in_o hot_a time_n of_o popish_a fervency_n for_o this_o cause_n at_o their_o coronation_n they_o be_v not_o only_o crown_v with_o the_o diadem_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o gird_v with_o the_o sword_n of_o justice_n to_o signisie_v their_o temporal_a authority_n but_o be_v anoint_v also_o with_o 5._o the_o oil_n of_o priesthood_n and_o clothe_v stola_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la and_o veste_fw-la dalmatica_fw-la to_o demonstrate_v this_o their_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n whereby_o the_o king_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o law_n the_o supremus_fw-la ordinarius_fw-la and_o in_o regard_n thereof_o among_o other_o ecclesiastical_a right_n and_o prerogative_n belong_v to_o he_o be_v to_o have_v all_o the_o tithe_n through_o the_o kingdom_n in_o the_o place_n that_o be_v not_o of_o any_o parish_n for_o some_o such_o there_o be_v and_o namely_o divers_a forest_n magistrate_n we_o grant_v can_v neither_o preach_v the_o word_n nor_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n any_o more_o than_o vzziah_n can_v burn_v incense_n or_o offer_v sacrifice_n to_o god_n yet_o they_o be_v nurse_v father_n of_o the_o church_n not_o to_o give_v the_o milk_n of_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n but_o of_o disclipline_n and_o government_n during_o the_o old_a testament_n time_n the_o king_n power_n extend_v 31._o to_o the_o institute_v and_o command_v of_o such_o religious_a meeting_n as_o do_v no_o where_o appear_v to_o be_v either_o institute_v or_o command_v of_o god_n or_o his_o servant_n moses_n v_o g._n the_o solemnity_n of_o the_o passover_n which_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n but_o seven_o day_n by_o a_o special_a command_n of_o 30._o king_n hezekiah_n with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n be_v command_v to_o be_v keep_v other_o seven_o day_n the_o feast_n of_o purim_n in_o commemoration_n of_o the_o deliverance_n of_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n under_o ahasuerus_n the_o persian_a king_n be_v institute_v by_o 9_o hester_n and_o mordecai_n moses_n only_o command_v one_o day_n of_o fast_v to_o be_v yearly_o observe_v viz._n in_o the_o seven_o month_n but_o the_o king_n and_o magistrate_n of_o the_o people_n institute_v other_o yearly_a solemn_a fast_n so_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o latter_a prophet_n there_o be_v four_o yearly_a fast_n observe_v viz._n beside_o that_o yearly_a in_o the_o seven_o month_n three_o other_o 19_o in_o the_o four_o five_o and_o ten_o month_n now_o if_o they_o may_v by_o their_o authority_n institute_v and_o enlarge_v why_o not_o then_o as_o well_o abridge_v and_o restrain_v provide_v the_o public_a assemble_v together_o of_o god_n people_n according_a to_o divine_a appointment_n be_v no-way_n prejudice_v or_o infringe_v if_o the_o magistrate_n may_v appoint_v than_o he_o may_v forbid_v too_o law_n reason_n and_o sense_n teach_v that_o appoint_v and_o forbid_v belong_v to_o one_o power_n three_o neither_o can_v there_o be_v any_o ground_n of_o quarrel_n make_v against_o the_o justness_n of_o these_o law_n forbid_v conventicle_n for_o as_o it_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o 12._o a_o worthy_a divine_a before_o i_o that_o law_n be_v undoubted_o just_a in_o which_o there_o be_v a_o concurrence_n of_o the_o justice_n of_o these_o four_o cause_n of_o law_n wherein_o the_o whole_a of_o a_o law_n do_v consist_v viz._n the_o justice_n of_o the_o final_a efficient_a formal_a and_o material_a cause_n of_o law_n 1._o the_o final_a cause_n of_o end_n of_o a_o just_a law_n be_v that_o it_o tend_v to_o the_o common_a and_o public_a good_a and_o of_o this_o the_o lawgiver_n be_v to_o be_v judge_n and_o not_o the_o subject_n and_o most_o unreasonable_a it_o be_v that_o what_o the_o lawgiver_n shall_v adjudge_v to_o be_v for_o the_o public_a good_a shall_v be_v make_v to_o yield_v to_o private_a and_o particular_a man_n interest_n 2._o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o a_o just_a law_n be_v the_o lawful_a power_n of_o the_o person_n or_o person_n in_o authority_n that_o make_v the_o law_n otherwise_o law_n be_v only_o so_o in_o name_n and_o not_o indeed_o and_o as_o aquinas_n 96._o violentiae_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la leges_fw-la they_o be_v rather_o act_n of_o violence_n than_o law_n and_o it_o be_v a_o sure_a rule_n in_o logic_n causa_fw-la aequivoca_fw-la non_fw-la infert_fw-la effectum_fw-la a_o sentence_n pass_v by_o one_o that_o be_v no_o judge_n bind_v not_o the_o party_n 3._o the_o right_a form_n of_o a_o law_n be_v that_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n of_o rectitude_n for_o humane_a action_n according_a to_o the_o guidance_n of_o distributive_a justice_n give_v to_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o demerit_n 4._o the_o matter_n of_o a_o law_n must_v be_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o universal_a justice_n at_o leait_n indifferent_a a_o law_n wherein_o these_o 4_o thing_n concur_v must_v needs_o be_v good_a and_o obligatory_a to_o all_o person_n that_o be_v concern_v in_o it_o now_o in_o which_o of_o these_o the_o aforesaid_a law_n against_o conventicle_n be_v faulty_a i_o know_v not_o perhaps_o some_o will_v say_v in_o the_o latter_a the_o matter_n of_o it_o be_v not_o good_a to_o lay_v a_o restraint_n on_o religious_a assembly_n and_o meeting_n it_o be_v so_o indeed_o 1._o if_o religious_a assembly_n and_o meeting_n be_v forbid_v but_o i_o think_v it_o will_v appear_v in_o the_o sequel_n that_o these_o in_o question_n be_v not_o such_o whatsoever_o some_o conceive_v they_o to_o be_v it_o be_v so_o 2._o if_o all_o religious_a meeting_n or_o assembly_n be_v forbid_v but_o bless_a be_v god_n it_o be_v otherwise_o we_o have_v still_o 39_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o public_a ancient_a lawful_a and_o orderly_a assembly_n allow_v command_v and_o encourage_v by_o authority_n in_o all_o place_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o only_o such_o meeting_n by_o the_o law_n forbid_v as_o be_v private_a new_a and_o disorderly_a and_o tend_v to_o faction_n and_o schism_n and_o such_o other_o evil_n as_o be_v not_o without_o tremble_v to_o be_v mention_v last_o i_o answer_v 3._o with_o that_o learned_a casuist_n dr._n 15._o sanderson_n that_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_o requisite_a that_o whatsoever_o be_v establish_v

by_o law_n shall_v be_v bonum_fw-la positive_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o act_n of_o virtue_n but_o it_o be_v sufficient_a if_o it_o be_v bonum_fw-la negative_a that_o be_v nothing_o sinful_a or_o moral_o evil_a as_o all_o vice_n be_v otherwise_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o room_n for_o law_n about_o middle_a and_o indifferent_a thing_n and_o suppose_v a_o law_n shall_v be_v defective_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o efficient_a final_a or_o formal_a cause_n yet_o if_o the_o matter_n of_o it_o be_v such_o as_o may_v be_v do_v without_o sin_n ●t_a bind_v the_o subject_a to_o obedience_n and_o that_o the_o forbearance_n of_o such_o illegal_a meeting_n as_o be_v in_o question_n may_v be_v do_v without_o sin_n and_o that_o those_o dissent_v brethren_n who_o have_v be_v eject_v for_o their_o noncompliance_n in_o uniformity_n to_o the_o present_a legal_a establishment_n be_v under_o a_o legal_a restraint_n as_o to_o the_o use_n of_o their_o ministerial_a function_n may_v without_o sin_n forbear_v the_o irregular_a use_n of_o their_o gift_n and_o labour_n in_o the_o say_v private_a meeting_n to_o the_o undermine_a and_o confront_v of_o the_o law_n the_o increase_n of_o sedition_n schism_n and_o divers_a other_o horrid_a evil_n i_o think_v be_v out_o of_o question_n learned_a beza_n think_v so_o or_o else_o he_o have_v never_o return_v such_o a_o answer_n as_o he_o do_v to_o that_o case_n of_o conscience_n which_o be_v propose_v to_o he_o by_o certain_a english_a minister_n who_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o q._n eliz._n be_v silence_v for_o nonconformity_n the_o case_n propose_v be_v whether_o they_o may_v or_o ought_v not_o to_o preach_v notwithstanding_o their_o be_v prohibit_v by_o man_n law_n his_o answer_n verbatim_o be_v 97._o tertium_fw-la illud_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la regiam_fw-la majestatem_fw-la &_o episcoporum_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ministerio_fw-la svo_fw-la fungantur_fw-la magis_fw-la etiam_fw-la exhorrescimus_fw-la propter_fw-la eas_fw-la causas_fw-la quae_fw-la tacentibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la nobis_fw-la satis_fw-la intelligi_fw-la possunt_fw-la he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o think_v it_o lawful_a that_o he_o tremble_v at_o the_o thought_n of_o such_o a_o thing_n that_o they_o shall_v exercise_v their_o ministry_n contrary_a to_o the_o queen_n law_n and_o the_o will_n of_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o same_o have_v be_v the_o judgement_n of_o antiquity_n in_o the_o like_a case_n the_o ancient_a and_o orthodox_n father_n of_o the_o church_n be_v meet_v together_o in_o council_n at_o antioch_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o aurelianus_n the_o emperor_n and_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n according_a to_o eusebius_n 269._o decree_v 4._o non_n licere_fw-la episcopo_fw-la vel_fw-la clerico_n si_fw-la exauthorizatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ministrare_fw-la that_o if_o any_o bishop_n be_v condemn_v by_o a_o council_n or_o any_o presbyter_n or_o deacon_n by_o his_o bishop_n shall_v presume_v to_o preach_v or_o meddle_v with_o any_o thing_n of_o or_o belong_v to_o the_o sacred_a office_n of_o the_o ministry_n there_o shall_v never_o be_v any_o hope_n for_o he_o ever_o to_o be_v restore_v again_o by_o any_o other_o council_n or_o synod_n and_o all_o that_o communicate_v with_o he_o shall_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n as_o may_v be_v see_v more_o at_o large_a in_o that_o canon_n of_o the_o like_a judgement_n be_v the_o divine_n of_o the_o presbyterian-way_n touch_v those_o learned_a godly_a and_o orthodox_n minister_n who_o suffer_v ejection_n out_o of_o their_o live_n and_o deprivation_n of_o all_o they_o have_v in_o the_o late_a time_n of_o trouble_n by_o a_o pretend_a authority_n of_o parliament_n for_o their_o adherence_n to_o his_o late_a majesty_n of_o ever_o bless_a memory_n when_o the_o earl_n of_o northumberland_n discourse_v with_o mr_n calamy_n about_o the_o supply_n of_o above_o fifty_o church_n in_o london_n void_a of_o minister_n tell_v he_o that_o they_o must_v restore_v some_o of_o the_o sequester_a clergy_n of_o london_n and_o admit_v they_o to_o preach_v again_o for_o unless_o they_o do_v so_o the_o parliament_n can_v not_o find_v man_n of_o ability_n to_o preach_v in_o london_n mr_n calamy_n reply_v god_n forbid_v as_o it_o be_v record_v and_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n in_o a_o book_n call_v persecutio_fw-la undecima_fw-la print_v in_o the_o year_n 1648._o page_n 42._o and_o if_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o restauration_n of_o those_o worthy_n to_o their_o office_n how_o unjust_o soever_o they_o be_v suspend_v from_o it_o be_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o that_o person_n reject_v with_o indignation_n as_o a_o thing_n offensive_a and_o either_o forbid_v or_o wish_v to_o be_v forbid_v of_o god_n how_o much_o more_o execrable_a and_o abominable_a a_o thing_n will_v he_o have_v think_v it_o to_o be_v if_o they_o shall_v have_v take_v upon_o they_o as_o some_o now_o do_v under_o a_o lawful_a power_n to_o preach_v again_o without_o any_o readmission_n by_o that_o power_n that_o silence_v they_o yea_o in_o opposition_n and_o defiance_n of_o it_o and_o because_o no_o testimony_n be_v so_o fit_a to_o convince_v any_o party_n as_o that_o which_o proceed_v from_o their_o own_o mouth_n let_v therefore_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o etc._n nonconformist_a otherwise_o a_o person_n in_o learning_n sobriety_n and_o solidity_n inferior_a to_o few_o of_o his_o generation_n be_v hear_v and_o weigh_v in_o this_o case_n he_o write_v in_o defence_n of_o our_o church_n assembly_n against_o those_o who_o be_v silence_v for_o nonconformity_n as_o he_o be_v yet_o not_o as_o he_o do_v separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o public_a congregation_n and_o not_o endure_v to_o have_v their_o mouth_n stop_v or_o to_o sit_v down_o in_o silence_n think_v themselves_o bound_n according_a to_o the_o example_n of_o the_o apostle_n act._n 4._o 19_o and_o 5._o 29._o to_o exercise_v their_o ministry_n though_o not_o in_o public_a yet_o in_o private_a meeting_n notwithstanding_o any_o legal_a prohibition_n to_o the_o contrary_n first_o he_o distinguish_v betwixt_o the_o call_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o that_o of_o the_o minister_n now_o the_o former_a as_o they_o have_v their_o ministry_n immediate_o from_o god_n so_o have_v they_o the_o designation_n of_o that_o ministry_n to_o their_o person_n immediate_o from_o god_n also_o and_o therefore_o the_o exercise_n of_o it_o be_v not_o restrainable_a or_o to_o be_v forbear_v at_o the_o commandment_n of_o man_n the_o latter_a though_o their_o ministry_n be_v from_o god_n also_o yet_o have_v their_o call_v to_o that_o ministry_n or_o the_o designation_n of_o that_o office_n to_o such_o and_o such_o particular_a person_n from_o man_n in_o god_n ordinary_a way_n and_o can_v exercise_v that_o function_n but_o by_o virtue_n of_o that_o call_v which_o they_o have_v from_o man_n and_o therefore_o say_v he_o in_o common_a sense_n they_o ought_v to_o obey_v man_n forbid_v they_o the_o exercise_n of_o a_o call_v which_o they_o do_v exercise_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o call_v from_o man_n otherwise_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o power_n so_o to_o depose_v a_o man_n from_o his_o ministry_n but_o that_o notwithstanding_o any_o command_n from_o the_o church_n or_o state_n he_o be_v still_o to_o continue_v in_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o give_v that_o example_n which_o the_o apostle_n do_v which_o be_v not_o only_o absurd_a but_o a_o conceit_n tend_v plain_o to_o manifest_a sedition_n and_o schism_n afterward_o he_o have_v these_o word_n neither_o be_v some_o of_o the_o apostle_n only_o forbid_v so_o as_o that_o other_o shall_v be_v suffer_v to_o preach_v the_o same_o gospel_n in_o their_o place_n but_o the_o utter_a abolition_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n be_v manifest_o intend_v in_o silence_v they_o but_o over_o church_n whereof_o we_o be_v minister_n be_v no_o private_a and_o secret_a assembly_n such_o as_o hide_v themselves_o from_o the_o face_n of_o a_o persecute_v magistrate_n but_o be_v public_a profess_v their_o worship_n and_o do_v their_o religion_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o magistrate_n and_o state_n yea_o and_o by_o his_o countenance_n authority_n and_o protection_n and_o we_o be_v set_v over_o those_o church_n not_o only_o by_o a_o call_n of_o our_o people_n but_o also_o by_o authority_n from_o the_o magistrate_n who_o have_v a_o arm_a power_n to_o hinder_v such_o public_a action_n who_o be_v also_o willing_a to_o permit_v and_o maintain_v other_o true_a minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o those_o place_n where_o he_o forbid_v some_o and_o thereupon_o the_o say_a author_n make_v this_o threefold_a conclusion_n 1._o if_o after_o our_o public_a call_v to_o minister_v in_o such_o a_o know_a and_o public_a church_n not_o by_o the_o church_n only_o but_o by_o the_o magistrate_n also_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v have_v matter_n against_o we_o just_a or_o unjust_a as_o to_o our_o obedience_n it_o matter_n not_o and_o shall_v