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	time_n	5,928	5	3.4202	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26728	Hieronikēs, or, The fight, victory, and triumph of S. Paul accommodated to the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas, late L. Bishop of Duresme, in a sermon preached at his funeral, in the parish church of St. Peter at Easton-Manduit in Northampton-shire, on Michaelmas-day, 1659 : together with the life of the said Bishop / by John Barwick ...	Barwick, John, 1612-1664.	1660 (1660)	Wing B1008; ESTC R16054	101,636	192

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legenda_fw-la scripsit_fw-la scribenda_fw-la fecit_fw-la chap._n iii_o a_o short_a character_n of_o his_o person_n and_o quality_n 1._o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a how_o hard_o a_o task_n this_o three_o and_o last_o part_n of_o my_o undertake_n will_v be_v if_o i_o shall_v be_v operose_fw-la in_o it_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o none_o be_v think_v so_o fit_a to_o write_v caesar_n commentary_n as_o caesar_n himself_o but_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n may_v the_o more_o light_o be_v pass_v over_o both_o because_o he_o have_v be_v a_o burn_a and_o shine_a light_n upon_o so_o eminent_a a_o candlestick_n for_o so_o many_o year_n as_o render_v he_o very_o well_o know_v to_o most_o man_n and_o because_o i_o have_v not_o only_o his_o permission_n but_o command_v to_o write_v what_o now_o i_o do_v on_o purpose_n to_o prevent_v the_o over_o lavish_a expression_n by_o way_n of_o panegyric_n which_o he_o fear_v and_o forbid_v from_o another_o hand_n which_o will_v oblige_v i_o both_o to_o moderation_n and_o brevity_n in_o what_o i_o shall_v speak_v of_o he_o and_o last_o of_o all_o because_o i_o have_v upon_o another_o occasion_n make_v some_o essay_n towards_o this_o work_n already_o funeral_n which_o the_o reader_n will_v find_v here_o prefix_v 2._o at_o that_o time_n the_o text_n which_o confine_v my_o discourse_n lead_v i_o whole_o to_o make_v it_o appear_v how_o well_o he_o have_v study_v and_o how_o diligent_o he_o have_v practise_v the_o example_n of_o s._n paul_n and_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v superfluous_a in_o i_o now_o to_o enter_v upon_o any_o large_a discourse_n to_o show_v what_o a_o paraphrase_n his_o life_n be_v upon_o 1_o tim._n 3._o &_o tit._n 1._o vers_fw-la 6_o etc._n etc._n and_o how_o perfect_o his_o episcopal_a qualification_n answer_v those_o rule_n which_o that_o great_a apostle_n there_o prescribe_v as_o the_o standard_n or_o touchstone_n whereby_o every_o bishop_n ought_v to_o be_v try_v and_o examine_v for_o the_o great_a will_v presuppose_v the_o lesser_a a_o fortiore_fw-la and_o therefore_o he_o that_o have_v make_v the_o apostle_n life_n the_o rule_n of_o his_o own_o may_v well_o be_v presume_v to_o have_v take_v out_o those_o inferior_a lesson_n which_o be_v indispensable_o require_v in_o every_o bishop_n 3._o and_o yet_o because_o i_o must_v of_o necessity_n use_v some_o method_n in_o what_o i_o have_v to_o say_v and_o can_v have_v a_o better_a than_o what_o be_v there_o lay_v down_o by_o this_o great_a apostle_n athanas_n and_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n in_o the_o like_a case_n though_o i_o will_v not_o enlarge_v my_o discourse_n to_o a_o commentary_n upon_o the_o place_n i_o shall_v use_v the_o particular_n of_o that_o text_n especial_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o for_o the_o head_n of_o my_o discourse_n though_o not_o in_o the_o same_o method_n and_o order_n and_o when_o i_o have_v thus_o weigh_v he_o in_o the_o balance_n and_o by_o the_o shekel_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o find_v he_o full_a weight_n i_o shall_v add_v a_o word_n or_o two_o concern_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o superpondium_fw-la for_o as_o the_o former_a will_v show_v he_o want_v nothing_o that_o be_v indispensable_o require_v in_o a_o bishop_n so_o will_v the_o late_a that_o he_o have_v superad_v so_o much_o to_o it_o as_o we_o may_v listen_v he_o just_o in_o the_o rank_n of_o very_o good_a bishop_n and_o i_o shall_v make_v out_o all_o this_o as_o near_o as_o i_o can_v by_o particular_a instance_n that_o neither_o his_o enemy_n may_v complain_v that_o i_o flatter_v his_o memory_n nor_o his_o friend_n that_o i_o obtrude_v my_o own_o fancy_n and_o conjecture_n upon_o the_o world_n in_o stead_n of_o real_a truth_n 4._o for_o the_o first_o qualification_n i_o shall_v have_v no_o occasion_n to_o give_v offence_n to_o any_o because_o it_o be_v negative_o set_v down_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v blameless_a so_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v accuse_v he_o upon_o this_o first_o branch_n be_v bind_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o make_v his_o charge_n good_a against_o he_o and_o if_o we_o take_v in_o likewise_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_n that_o the_o person_n accuse_v shall_v have_v the_o accuser_n face_n to_o face_n 25.15_o and_o licenee_n to_o answer_v for_o himself_o concern_v the_o crime_n lay_v against_o he_o i_o shall_v still_o have_v the_o less_o cause_n to_o be_v solicitous_a in_o this_o business_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o his_o write_n whereof_o he_o have_v be_v accuse_v wherein_o he_o have_v not_o clear_v himself_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o impartial_a reader_n and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o new_a charge_n to_o be_v lay_v against_o he_o the_o only_a competent_a tribunal_n will_v be_v that_o of_o the_o righteous_a judge_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n at_o the_o general_a assize_n of_o the_o world_n where_o alone_o the_o party_n may_v appear_v face_n to_o face_n and_o as_o for_o his_o life_n he_o be_v in_o that_o by_o the_o tacit_n consent_n of_o his_o great_a enemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o irreprehensible_a or_o even_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1.6_o sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la if_o we_o take_v the_o word_n crime_n in_o the_o proper_a sense_n not_o for_o sin_n for_o no_o man_n 1.10_o be_v without_o that_o but_o for_o such_o scandalous_a sin_n loc._n as_o make_v a_o man_n just_o liable_a to_o accusation_n and_o infamy_n in_o which_o sense_v multi_fw-la sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la sunt_fw-la as_o st._n augustine_n p●ccato_n tell_v we_o and_o in_o that_o rank_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o we_o may_v reckon_v this_o good_a bishop_n 5._o for_o he_o have_v improve_v this_o qualification_n to_o so_o high_a a_o pitch_n as_o to_o make_v it_o also_o take_v in_o another_o and_o make_v he_o have_v a_o good_a report_n of_o they_o which_o be_v without_o 3.7_o

shall_v use_v the_o liberty_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n in_o vote_v in_o parliament_n 19_o but_o there_o be_v yet_o more_o contain_v in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o i_o have_v yet_o observe_v for_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a in_o this_o place_n render_v it_o modestia_n which_o signify_v modesty_n and_o imply_v moderation_n both_o which_o be_v very_o observable_a in_o this_o reverend_a bishop_n 20._o first_o his_o modesty_n be_v remarkable_a in_o refuse_v the_o honour_n of_o be_v a_o bishop_n till_o a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n cast_v it_o upon_o he_o 35._o and_o yet_o undertake_v the_o work_n when_o it_o do_v as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v in_o this_o particular_a he_o be_v perfect_o of_o the_o same_o temper_n with_o s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n 〈◊〉_d who_o will_v neither_o take_v a_o bishopric_n before_o it_o be_v proffer_v nor_o reject_v it_o when_o it_o be_v because_o as_o that_o father_n have_v resolve_v the_o case_n the_o one_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o rashness_n the_o other_o of_o disobedience_n and_o both_o of_o ignorance_n 21._o second_o his_o moderation_n be_v very_o great_a in_o order_n to_o matter_n both_o of_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n 43._o whereof_o there_o be_v so_o many_o clear_a instance_n give_v in_o that_o excellent_a codicill_n annex_v to_o his_o will_n and_o herewith_o print_v that_o i_o shall_v have_v very_o little_a to_o add_v here_o if_o it_o have_v not_o be_v for_o a_o question_n concern_v that_o codicil_n which_o be_v put_v to_o i_o by_o a_o reverend_a and_o learned_a person_n that_o hear_v it_o read_v both_o at_o his_o death_n and_o funeral_n ordinary_a whereunto_o i_o shall_v now_o publish_v the_o answer_n i_o then_o give_v though_o i_o suppose_v the_o question_n proceed_v chief_o from_o curiosity_n 21._o the_o question_n be_v why_o this_o reverend_a bishop_n have_v not_o in_o all_o that_o codicill_n declare_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o opinion_n concern_v the_o matter_n of_o controversy_n between_o the_o remonstrant_n and_o anti-remonstrants_a and_o though_o the_o answer_n be_v easy_a that_o i_o can_v give_v no_o account_n of_o the_o action_n much_o less_o of_o the_o omission_n of_o another_o man_n especial_o my_o superior_a yet_o i_o add_v withal_o and_o give_v he_o some_o instance_n of_o it_o that_o i_o conceive_v his_o great_a moderation_n make_v he_o unwilling_a to_o interpose_v in_o that_o controversy_n 22._o my_o instance_n be_v 1._o that_o ever_o since_o i_o have_v the_o happiness_n to_o be_v near_o he_o i_o have_v find_v he_o very_o reserve_v in_o his_o discourse_n upon_o that_o subject_n 2._o that_o though_o he_o have_v a_o very_a high_a esteem_n of_o mr._n calvin_n yet_o in_o a_o discourse_n with_o a_o very_a learned_a lay_v gentleman_n maydwell_n whereat_o i_o be_v present_a he_o much_o dislike_v mr._n calvin_n opinion_n concern_v reprobation_n and_o will_v not_o believe_v he_o be_v so_o rigid_a in_o it_o as_o it_o appear_v he_o be_v upon_o perusal_n of_o the_o place_n and_o 3._o i_o show_v he_o afterward_o the_o duplicat_fw-la of_o a_o letter_n which_o i_o find_v among_o the_o paper_n of_o this_o reverend_a bishop_n to_o the_o late_a most_o reverend_a &_o learned_a primate_n of_o ireland_n 1650._o concern_v a_o passage_n in_o corvinus_n which_o the_o late_a reverend_n and_o learned_a bishop_n of_o salisbury_n have_v object_v and_o answer_v in_o his_o book_n entitle_v dissertationes_fw-la dvae_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 201._o whereupon_o he_o say_v in_o that_o letter_n he_o must_v have_v a_o melius_fw-la inquirendum_fw-la to_o find_v out_o the_o subtlety_n how_o creatió_n hominis_fw-la damnandi_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la subordinatum_fw-la medium_n ad_fw-la damnationem_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o which_o it_o appear_v his_o moderation_n in_o that_o controversy_n be_v great_a than_o that_o of_o the_o learned_a bishop_n of_o salisbury_n though_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o british_a divine_n at_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n who_o surpass_v all_o that_o be_v there_o 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