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	lord_n	sin_n	3,005	5	4.4939	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12977	A sermon preached in the cathedrall church of Worcester vpon Sunday morning, Nouemb. 27. 1636 In the time of pestilence in other places of this land, and now published in the time of the visitation of that citie, with that grevious sicknesse, and by reason of it. By Geo. Stinton,	Stinton, George, b. 1599 or 1600.	1637 (1637)	STC 23271; ESTC S113491	15,854	40

in_o the_o twenty_o three_o year_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o an._n dom._n 1349._o of_o which_o i_o may_v say_v as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o hail_n in_o egypt_n exod._n 9.24_o that_o it_o be_v very_o grievous_a such_o as_o there_o be_v none_o like_o it_o in_o all_o this_o land_n since_o it_o become_v a_o nation_n when_o as_o the_o word_n of_o our_o historian_n be_v vix_fw-la vivi_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la mortuos_fw-la sepelire_fw-la wa●singham_n tho_n wa●singham_n there_o be_v hardly_o enough_o leave_v alive_a to_o bury_v the_o dead_a and_o the_o opinion_n of_o many_o be_v quòd_fw-la vix_fw-la decima_fw-la pars_fw-la hominum_fw-la fuisset_fw-la relitcta_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la that_o scarce_o a_o ten_o one_o in_o ten_o of_o people_n be_v leave_v alive_a judge_n of_o it_o by_o what_o i_o shall_v tell_v you_o out_o of_o our_o writer_n from_o but_o two_o or_o three_o place_n and_o first_o of_o all_o our_o great_a city_n than_o not_o near_o so_o great_a as_o now_o london_n stow._n stow._n in_o which_o the_o church_n and_o churchyard_n be_v so_o fill_v that_o they_o can_v receive_v no_o more_o a_o new_a bury_a place_n there_o where_o now_o the_o great_a hospital_n be_v be_v purchase_v and_o hallow_v charterhouse_n the_o charterhouse_n and_o therein_o more_o than_o fifty_o thousand_o person_n lay_v and_o inter_v in_o the_o afore-named_n year_n in_o which_o in_o another_o city_n viz._n norwich_n in_o the_o space_n of_o six_o month_n even_o from_o january_n the_o first_o to_o the_o first_o of_o july_n the_o relation_n be_v that_o there_o die_v fifty_o sven_n thousand_o a_o hundred_o &_o four_o person_n beside_o annal._n beside_o in_o quibusdam_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la domibus_fw-la de_fw-la viginti_fw-la vix_fw-la supererant_fw-la tantum_fw-la duo_fw-la walse_v vid._n stow._n in_o annal._n religious_a person_n and_o have_v tell_v this_o of_o norwich_n let_v i_o tell_v this_o too_o of_o one_o town_n in_o norfolk_n yarmouth_n in_o which_o be_v but_o one_o 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the_o word_n of_o samson_n when_o he_o slay_v so_o many_o at_o one_o time_n judg._n 15.16_o heap_n upon_o heap_n at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v heap_n of_o carcase_n one_o lie_v upon_o another_o like_o dead_a bone_n in_o a_o charnel-house_n and_o in_o that_o valley_n whither_o ezekiel_n be_v carry_v chap._n 37.1_o thus_o belove_v you_o see_v how_o the_o pestilence_n although_o it_o walk_v in_o darkness_n yet_o it_o destroy_v in_o the_o noonday_n and_o then_o make_v thousand_o and_o ten_o thousand_o to_o fall_n ps_n 91.6.7_o it_o walk_v in_o darkness_n invisible_o we_o can_v see_v the_o come_n of_o it_o like_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n 7._o verse_n 7._o job._n 1._o it_o walk_v up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o earth_n from_o city_n to_o city_n from_o place_n to_o place_n it_o walk_v i_o say_v yea_o more_o it_o fly_v it_o be_v the_o arrow_n that_o fly_v by_o day_n as_o well_o as_o that_o walk_v in_o darkness_n ps_n 91.5_o and_o that_o fly_a roll_n which_o the_o prophet_n zacharie_n see_v chap._n 5.1_o and_o of_o which_o vers_fw-la 3._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n i_o will_v bring_v it_o forth_o and_o it_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o house_n of_o the_o thief_n and_o into_o the_o house_n of_o he_o that_o swear_v false_o by_o my_o name_n and_o it_o shall_v remain_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o house_n and_o shall_v consume_v it_o many_o have_v be_v the_o house_n and_o household_n which_o this_o sickness_n be_v once_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o have_v consume_v in_o the_o 12._o chap._n of_o exodus_fw-la v._n 30._o we_o read_v that_o in_o that_o great_a slaughter_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v in_o egypt_n there_o be_v not_o a_o house_n where_o there_o be_v not_o one_o dead_a but_o we_o have_v hear_v of_o diverse_a house_n infect_v in_o which_o have_v be_v all_o dead_a not_o one_o leave_v alive_a as_o the_o egyptian_n at_o that_o time_n say_v we_o be_v all_o dead_a 33._o verse_n 33._o so_o have_v have_v many_o in_o many_o house_n cause_n to_o say_v for_o as_o the_o lord_n threaten_v by_o his_o prophet_n amos_n thus_o chap._n 6.9_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v if_o there_o remain_v ten_o man_n in_o one_o house_n that_o they_o shall_v die_v so_o may_v i_o apply_v and_o say_v it_o have_v come_v to_o pass_v if_o there_o remain_v ten_o in_o one_o house_n that_o they_o have_v all_o die_v o_o the_o heavy_a hand_n o_o the_o cruel_a sword_n of_o god_n almighty_n and_o of_o his_o destroy_a angel_n o_o the_o deadly_a arrow_n of_o his_o quiver_n the_o poison_n whereof_o drink_v up_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n to_o speak_v with_o job_n chap._n 6.4_o well_o might_n moses_n say_v 7.9_o v._o 7.9_o ps_n 90._o we_o consume_v away_o in_o thy_o displeasure_n and_o when_o thou_o be_v angry_a all_o our_o day_n be_v go_v and_o fit_o may_v we_o say_v thou_o in_o thy_o indignation_n have_v strike_v we_o with_o grievous_a sickness_n and_o by_o and_o by_o fast_o in_o the_o psalm_n in_o the_o book_n for_o the_o fast_o we_o have_v fall_v as_o leave_v beat_v down_o with_o a_o vehement_a wind_n but_o it_o be_v now_o high_a time_n to_o strike_v upon_o another_o string_n and_o to_o come_v unto_o what_o i_o propose_v in_o the_o second_o place_n viz._n the_o cause_n of_o the_o pestilence_n in_o the_o land_n which_o i_o say_v be_v the_o plague_n of_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n etc._n etc._n the_o mariner_n in_o jonah_n in_o that_o mighty_a tempest_n desire_v to_o know_v for_o who_o cause_n that_o evil_n be_v upon_o they_o chap._n 1.7_o be_v persuade_v although_o be_v heathen_n that_o there_o be_v a_o cause_n for_o it_o extraordinary_a and_o belove_v when_o such_o a_o evil_a as_o this_o malum_fw-la poenae_fw-la a_o evil_a of_o punishment_n be_v upon_o we_o it_o be_v good_a and_o fit_a to_o search_v that_o we_o may_v know_v for_o who_o and_o what_o cause_n it_o be_v s._n paul_n 1_o ep._n 11_o 30._o tell_v the_o corinthian_n that_o among_o they_o many_o be_v weak_a and_o sickly_a and_o that_o many_o sleep_v and_o die_v but_o there_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o cause_n for_o it_o for_o this_o cause_n say_v he_o namely_o for_o their_o evil_a carriage_n and_o condition_n when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o lord_n supper_n when_o the_o son_n of_o the_o widow_n of_o zaraphath_n be_v dead_a what_o be_v her_o word_n unto_o the_o prophet_n o_o thou_o man_n of_o god_n be_v thou_o come_v to_o call_v my_o sin_n to_o remembrance_n and_o to_o slay_v my_o son_n 1._o king_n 17.18_o she_o take_v her_o sin_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o death_n of_o her_o son_n and_o i_o may_v true_o pronounce_v that_o which_o she_o speak_v of_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o death_n and_o slaughter_n of_o so_o many_o son_n of_o man_n i_o may_v use_v the_o word_n of_o solomon_n and_o most_o fit_o say_v of_o the_o harlot_n sin_n that_o she_o have_v cast_v down_o many_o wound_a yea_o many_o strong_a man_n have_v be_v slay_v by_o she_o prov._n 7.26_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o observe_n what_o you_o may_v find_v 1._o king_n 16._o concern_v that_o wicked_a king_n zimri_n who_o burn_v a_o house_n over_o he_o self_n with_o fire_n and_o die_v but_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o such_o his_o death_n it_o be_v plain_o say_v there_o that_o he_o die_v for_o his_o sin_n which_o he_o sin_v etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 18.19_o in_o the_o pot_n of_o sin_n there_o be_v death_n thou_o with_o rebuke_n do_v chasten_v man_n for_o sin_n 4.40_o 2._o king_n 4.40_o and_o make_v his_o beauty_n to_o consume_v away_o etc._n etc._n say_v david_n unto_o the_o lord_n ps_n 39.12_o and_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o sick_a in_o smite_v thou_o in_o make_v thou_o desolate_a because_o of_o thy_o sin_n say_v the_o lord_n micah_n 6.13_o as_o the_o

lord_n answer_v david_n when_o he_o inquire_v concern_v the_o three_o year_n famine_n it_o be_v for_o saul_n and_o for_o his_o bloody_a house_n 2._o sam._n 21.1_o so_o if_o any_o inquire_v concern_v this_o and_o other_o year_n sickness_n and_o mortality_n and_o what_o may_v be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o it_o it_o may_v be_v answer_v in_o like_a manner_n it_o be_v for_o sin_n and_o for_o its_o bloody_a house_n which_o bloody_a house_n be_v that_o which_o my_o text_n speak_v of_o a_o man_n own_o heart_n in_o which_o a_o man_n spiritual_a part_n lie_v and_o in_o which_o the_o plague_n of_o sin_n have_v its_o seat_n and_o residence_n of_o which_o part_n we_o may_v say_v most_o true_o what_o tertullus_n do_v of_o s._n paul_n most_o malicious_o that_o we_o have_v find_v it_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o plague_n act._n 24.5_o and_o as_o s._n peter_n do_v of_o simon_n magus_n chap._n 8.23_o that_o we_o perceive_v it_o to_o be_v in_o the_o gall_n of_o bitterness_n and_o in_o the_o bond_n of_o iniquity_n what_o bitter_a water_n issue_n from_o this_o fountain_n how_o much_o iniquity_n and_o how_o many_o plague_n be_v in_o this_o part_n the_o heart_n of_o man_n our_o saviour_n have_v tell_v we_o at_o large_a who_o word_n be_v out_o of_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n proceed_v evil_a thought_n adultery_n fornication_n murder_n theft_n covetousness_n wickedness_n deceit_n lasciviousness_n a_o evil_a eye_n blasphemy_n pride_n foolishness_n all_o which_o evil_a thing_n say_v he_o defile_v and_o infect_v a_o man_n mark_n 7.21.22.23_o this_o be_v that_o inward_a part_n of_o which_o speak_v to_o the_o pharise_n he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v full_a of_o raven_a and_o wickedness_n luk._n 11.39_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v full_a of_o evil_a and_o madness_n be_v in_o their_o heart_n 4.29_o 1._o king_n 4.29_o say_v he_o who_o have_v so_o large_a a_o heart_n eccl._n 9.3_o and_o how_o can_v it_o choose_v when_o satan_n many_o time_n fill_v it_o as_o s._n peter_n say_v to_o ananias_n act._n 5.3_o this_o be_v the_o house_n out_o of_o which_o the_o unclean_a spirit_n come_v and_o say_v he_o will_v return_v into_o again_o enter_v in_o and_o dwell_v there_o according_a to_o our_o saviour_n word_n mat._n 12._o satan_n thus_o fill_v it_o 45._o v._o 44_o 45._o and_o that_o unclean_a spirit_n dwell_v in_o this_o house_n it_o become_v like_o the_o giant_n augaeus_n his_o stable_n full_a of_o unsavoury_a matter_n and_o as_o s._n james_n say_v of_o the_o tongue_n chap_v 3.8_o a_o evil_a full_a of_o deadly_a poison_n of_o the_o deadly_a poison_n and_o venom_n of_o sin_n which_o infect_v a_o man_n yea_o undo_v he_o and_o by_o reason_n of_o which_o many_o a_o man_n may_v cry_v out_o with_o the_o prophet_n jsai_n ch_n 6.5_o &_o say_v woe_n be_v i_o for_o i_o be_o undo_v because_o i_o be_o a_o man_n of_o unclean_a lip_n and_o i_o dwell_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o people_n of_o unclean_a lip_n sin_n be_v the_o plague_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o plague_n in_o the_o land_n man_n have_v have_v this_o plague_n in_o their_o heart_n the_o plague_n of_o pride_n and_o haughtiness_n the_o plague_n of_o envy_n and_o malice_n the_o plague_n of_o covetousness_n and_o inordinate_a desire_n the_o plague_n of_o cruelty_n of_o hypocrisy_n and_o the_o like_a they_o have_v have_v it_o in_o their_o mouth_n 6.45_o luk._n 6.45_o speak_v of_o the_o abundance_n of_o the_o heart_n wish_v a_o plague_n and_o pestilence_n one_o upon_o another_o and_o now_o it_o be_v come_v home_o unto_o they_o they_o have_v it_o in_o their_o house_n i_o tell_v you_o before_o the_o word_n of_o tertullus_n the_o orator_n call_v s._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o plague_n and_o i_o remember_v the_o word_n of_o that_o pander_n sannio_n in_o the_o comedy_n say_v of_o himself_o adelph_n terent_fw-la in_o adelph_n ego_fw-la sum_fw-la pestis_fw-la i_o be_o one_o that_o be_o a_o plague_n and_o i_o may_v say_v that_o man_n have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plague_n infect_v one_o another_o with_o the_o plague_n and_o contagion_n of_o sin_n and_o now_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plague_n to_o one_o another_o in_o infect_v one_o another_o with_o the_o disease_n and_o contagion_n of_o the_o plague_n man_n have_v sit_v in_o cathedra_fw-la pestilentiae_fw-la in_o the_o chair_n of_o pestilence_n according_a to_o the_o phrase_n in_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n psal_n 1.1_o and_o now_o they_o sit_v in_fw-la domo_fw-la pestilentiae_fw-la in_o a_o pest-house_n man_n have_v keep_v ill_a company_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v now_o keep_v from_o company_n man_n have_v not_o fear_v god_n and_o therefore_o god_n have_v make_v man_n to_o fear_v man_n man_n have_v be_v sick_a of_o sin_n 2.1_o ephes_n 2.1_o and_o dead_a in_o it_o and_o therefore_o be_v so_o many_o now_o sick_a and_o dead_a of_o this_o sickness_n our_o sin_n which_o the_o prophet_n jsai_n ch_n 1.6_o call_v putrify_v sore_n have_v cause_v so_o many_o putrify_a sore_n to_o break_v out_o our_o sin_n as_o red_a as_o scarlet_a according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o same_o prophet_n 18._o verse_n 18._o in_o the_o same_o chap_a have_v make_v the_o red_a and_o scarlet_a spot_n so_o common_a our_o proud_a flesh_n have_v cause_v the_o lord_n to_o use_v this_o sickness_n as_o a_o corrosive_n to_o eat_v it_o away_o and_o to_o make_v it_o eat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o do_v a_o canker_n or_o gangrene_n to_o use_v s._n paul_n word_n in_o another_o case_n 2._o tim._n 2._o 88.5_o v._o 17._o rom._n 13.12_o psal_n 88.5_o our_o work_n of_o darkness_n have_v bring_v among_o we_o the_o pestilence_n that_o walk_v in_o darkness_n and_o which_o send_v so_o many_o to_o the_o place_n of_o darkness_n our_o sin_n have_v increase_v and_o therefore_o have_v this_o disease_n increase_v hear_v and_o think_v upon_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n unto_o israel_n jerem._n 30._o i_o have_v wound_v thou_o with_o the_o wound_n of_o a_o enemy_n with_o the_o chastisement_n of_o a_o cruel_a one_o for_o the_o multitude_n of_o thy_o iniquity_n because_o thy_o sin_n be_v increase_v v._o 15._o what_o shall_v i_o say_v as_o david_n say_v ps_n 107.34_o a_o fruitful_a land_n the_o lord_n make_v barren_a for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o they_o that_o dwell_v therein_o so_o may_v i_o say_v a_o full_a land_n a_o full_a city_n he_o make_v empty_a for_o the_o wicknednesse_n of_o they_o that_o dwell_v therein_o behold_v the_o lord_n make_v the_o earth_n empty_a and_o make_v it_o waste_v and_o turn_v it_o upside-down_a and_o scatter_v abroad_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o etc._n etc._n and_o why_o because_o they_o have_v transgress_v the_o law_n etc._n etc._n isai_n 24.1.5_o to_o be_v brief_a as_o the_o lord_n say_v concern_v jerusalem_n ezek._n 14.22_o you_o shall_v know_v that_o i_o have_v not_o do_v without_o cause_n all_o that_o i_o have_v do_v in_o it_o so_o must_v we_o know_v and_o be_v assure_v that_o what_o he_o have_v now_o do_v unto_o we_o and_o in_o this_o land_n he_o have_v not_o do_v without_o good_a cause_n with_o which_o cause_n it_o be_v time_n to_o have_v do_v and_o i_o have_v only_o as_o quintilian_n have_v tell_v of_o his_o many_o loss_n say_v thus_o proaem_n institut_fw-la l._n 6._o in_o proaem_n non_fw-la sum_fw-la ambitiosus_fw-la in_o malis_fw-la nec_fw-la augere_fw-la lacrymaruncausas_fw-la volo_fw-la uti_fw-la namque_fw-la esset_fw-la ratio_fw-la minuendi_fw-la so_o let_v i_o say_v i_o take_v no_o pleasure_n here_o in_o aggravate_v this_o cause_n or_o in_o make_v thing_n more_o or_o worse_o i_o wish_v rather_o there_o be_v cause_n for_o the_o contrary_n the_o time_n pass_v and_o i_o now_o pass_v to_o the_o three_o thing_n which_o i_o say_v i_o will_v show_v viz._n what_o course_n be_v to_o be_v take_v when_o there_o be_v in_o the_o land_n pestilence_n plague_n etc._n etc._n which_o i_o shall_v do_v as_o brief_o as_o i_o may_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o my_o last_o part_n i_o tell_v you_o of_o the_o mariner_n in_o 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