Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	let_v	lord_n	2,934	5	3.6705	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05417	Two sermons one preached at Paules Crosse December 20. By Roger Lea Master of Arts, of Iesus-Colledge in Cambridge: and preacher at S. Leonards Shorditch, in Middlesex, by London. Another preached in Paules-Church, Decemb. 26, being S. Steuens day, by Iohn Squire, Master of Arts, of the same Colledge: and preacher of the same parish	Ley, Roger, b. 1593 or 4.; Squire, John, ca. 1588-1653. Sermon preached in Pauls church upon Saint Stevens fay. 1618. aut	1619 (1619)	STC 15569; ESTC S103084	38,824	74

thy_o poor_a brother_n thou_o see_v that_o these_o jew_n in_o the_o text_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d doctor_n of_o the_o law_n these_o great_a persecuter_n be_v great_a lawyer_n and_o may_v not_o great_a lawyer_n be_v great_a persecuter_n let_v not_o the_o law_n outstrip_v thy_o conscience_n lest_o all_o thy_o action_n prove_v unconscionable_a and_o lawless_a also_o and_o the_o prosecution_n of_o thy_o cause_n the_o persecution_n of_o thy_o brother_n how_o many_o tragic_a tone_n have_v groan_v out_o the_o comic_a phrase_n summum_fw-la ius_fw-la est_fw-la summa_fw-la iniuria_fw-la that_o the_o extremity_n of_o law_n be_v a_o lawless_a extremity_n let_v i_o tell_v thy_o conscience_n if_o thy_o conscience_n tell_v thou_o that_o thou_o be_v the_o plaintiff_n through_o rake_v covetousness_n the_o defendant_n through_o proud_a obstinatenesse_n or_o the_o counsellor_n pleader_n or_o judge_n for_o thy_o fee_n only_o desire_v to_o feel_v the_o cause_n for_o thy_o own_o benefit_n and_o not_o to_o see_v the_o equity_n thereof_o though_o it_o be_v for_o thy_o own_o prejudice_n then_o do_v i_o say_v legem_fw-la habitis_fw-la you_o have_v a_o law_n and_o according_a to_o that_o law_n you_o shall_v die_v your_o own_o law_n shall_v stand_v up_o against_o you_o before_o the_o great_a judge_n till_o then_o remember_v but_o this_o it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o persecuter_n to_o pretend_v law_n for_o their_o persecution_n but_o whatsoever_o the_o nature_n of_o they_o be_v doct_v 2_o the_o reward_n of_o persecuter_n be_v most_o just_a and_o righteous_a oftentimes_o persecutor_n be_v punish_v in_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o they_o inflict_v upon_o other_o these_o jew_n do_v cast_v this_o saint_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o the_o city_n and_o they_o themselves_o be_v after_o cast_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o roman_n be_v they_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o city_n they_o become_v palabundi_fw-la coeli_fw-la &_o soli_fw-la profugi_fw-la say_v cyprian_n the_o outcast_n of_o all_o the_o out-coast_n of_o the_o earth_n god_n just_a judgement_n denounce_v 2._o thess_n 1.6_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o recompense_v tribulation_n to_o they_o that_o trouble_v you_o it_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d revenge_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o talio_n like_v for_o like_a as_o we_o use_v to_o speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o theodoret_n elegant_o whereby_o thou_o have_v offend_v thereby_o thou_o be_v offend_v of_o these_o very_a jew_n it_o be_v observe_v in_o another_o case_n that_o after_o they_o have_v stone_v steven_n they_o become_v yet_o more_o stony_a heart_a lapides_fw-la judae_fw-la a_o rebellis_fw-la in_o stephanum_n limphata_fw-la rapis_fw-la quae_fw-la crimine_fw-la duro_fw-la saxea_fw-la semper_fw-la eris_fw-la say_v royard_n out_o of_o aratus_n when_o the_o shower_n of_o stone_n be_v pour_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o these_o persecuter_n on_o the_o body_n of_o this_o martyr_n one_o stone_n do_v 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year_n of_o man_n after_o the_o flood_n be_v strange_o alter_v ever_o from_o 950._o to_o 110._o in_o some_o succeed_a age_n sin_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o this_o tyrant_n that_o rule_v enjoy_v their_o kingdom_n but_o a_o while_n as_o history_n can_v testify_v for_o because_o their_o vice_n and_o cruelty_n be_v most_o untollerable_a they_o be_v soon_o end_v and_o ungodly_a man_n they_o live_v not_o out_o half_a their_o day_n the_o lord_n have_v say_v it_o and_o god_n perform_v it_o when_o they_o be_v a_o impediment_n to_o his_o work_n &_o when_o their_o iniquity_n can_v be_v endure_v although_o it_o be_v not_o always_o so_o for_o he_o work_v diverse_o as_o he_o sind_v occasion_n sometime_o he_o smite_v sometime_o he_o suffer_v his_o providence_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o any_o limit_n but_o sin_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o work_v a_o man_n to_o his_o end_n and_o still_o play_v the_o part_n of_o a_o destroyer_n if_o this_o be_v so_o let_v we_o be_v careful_a to_o avoid_v 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