Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	love_n	3,006	5	5.2017	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90767	A plea for moderation.		1642 (1642)	Wing P2512A; Thomason E143_7; ESTC R22468	9,127	16

sub Deo And in another place Si autem aliquid ab eo petatur cum breve non currat contra ipsum locus erit supplicationi quod factum suum corrigat emendet quod quidem si non fecerit satis sufficit ei ad poenam quod Dominum expectet ultorem nemo quidem de factis suis praesumat disputare multò fortiùs contra factum suum venire thus far Bracton It is not for nought that the Apostle doth so inseparably knit these two together feare God and honour the King as if hee should have said there is none can give that honour to the King as hee ought except hee be one that truly feareth God and none can truly feare God as hee ought if hee give not the honour due to his Prince And if Saint Paul could check himselfe with a scriptum est Thou shalt not speak evil of the Ruler of thy people what can be thought of those that would infringe his legall Prerogative which is as undoubtedly his as our estates are ours and by as firme a Law untill hee shall please to give way to the altering of it by his owne free and willing assent and consent first had and obtained which must not bee drawne from him by the least constraint or forcible perswasion whatsoever That of the Proverbs is a sure rule Feare God and the King and meddle not with them that are given to change And I pray tell me what is the cause why such mistakes and heart-burnings arise in the world but onely the great want of charity in a number Love covers a multitude of sinnes saith the Scripture Ex consequenti what doe you then call that which rips them up and layes them open Indeed love gaines a multitude of good good to others to themselves who use it and where can wee better manifest it then to those whom God hath placed in eminency above us Would it not grieve us much if our children should prove Chams unto us If therefore there bee truly that relation as wee are bound to beleeve it certainly their wounds must needes pierce through our sides and their contempt must needs bee our reproach I am not ignorant that this is a very hard lesson to take out but to come to my Medium it must bee done for to speake the truth while wee want this Theologicall vertue Love wee are very apt to doe injury to them wee love not and it argues a great partiality to our selves What saith Saint Paul to repeate him a little Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels c. Though I had the gifts of Prophesie c. and knew all secrets yea had all faith c. Though I feed the poore nay though I give my bodie to bee burned and have not love all is nothing And yet God he knowes what an innumerable company of pretenders are there to all these but it is without Love The Apostle goeth on to tell the nature and condition of Love and do but view what characters hee puts upon it Love suffereth long is bountifull envieth not boasteth not it selfe is not puffed up disdaineth not seeketh not her owne things is not provoked to anger thinketh not evill rejoiceth not in iniquity but in truth suffereth all things beleeveth all things hopeth all things endureth all things never falleth away Here is a chaine consisting of fifteene linkes all of them most expressive and emphaticall What a hard taske have the men of our age to imitate all these what a brave Medium were here to fall upon Let me once for all speake boldly and it will easily be found to bee true upon due search and sad examination that there is not one the least tumult or distraction in a Nation not the least discontent in a family by which as by Hercules feete may be measured the proportion of the whole body but it ariseth from the want of due observation of all these I might expatiate my selfe in these particulars but my care is as much as I can to save time and trouble to the Reader I professe not my self a Divine it is not my way therefore I leave peculiar applications to the ingenious Now by the rule of Contraries I might illustrate unto you what is opposite and repugnant to Love but diverse mens practice now a dayes will in this point instruct you better then I. There is much to bee said but I shut up all in Love and I wish from my very soule all mistakes and misbeleefes might end there which will never be while they so be for unlesse they vanish no roome for Love That 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is extreamly mistaken abroad for it is often made but the baite whilest the hooke layes hold on private interests And truely as my hearty prayers shall be ever bent for a most prosperous event of proceedings in these instant great Assemblies So it shall still be one prayer of my Petition that there may be Love at the end of every thing and I am confident such a Petition as this needeth neither clubs nor swords to force its admission FINIS