Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	law_n	lord_n	4,135	5	3.8427	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61733	The life and gests of S. Thomas Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford, and some time before L. Chancellor of England extracted out of the authentique records of his canonization as to the maine part, anonymus, Matt. Paris, Capgrave, Harpsfeld, and others / collected by R.S., S.I.	Strange, Richard, 1611-1682.	1674 (1674)	Wing S5810; ESTC R14349	107,722	368

preseruation of her immunityes Vpon this account he vndertook a iourney to Rome which cost him his life nor could any temporall power how formidable soeuer appale him when he found justice his a bettour in this a true imitatour of his glorious Patrone S. THOMAS of Canterbury which his magnanimity synce it is to be the subject of the next Chapter I will say no more heer then onely to referr the reader to it Now as charity had made him her victime and as such a perfect holocaust of loue no wonder if louing it so entyrely he hated as hartily its opposite and Riuall detraction The horrour he bore to that vice was so signall that all the Writers of his life take notice of it and in such expressions of auersion that greater can hardly be inuented And indeed how could these bowells all made of loue doe other wise then abhorre its destructiue a compound made vpp of malice and enuy It is a murtherer of its neighbours good name a Robber of his meritt and prayse a thiefe that 's allwayes pilfering somthing a poysonous breath that seeks to blast what 's not its owne a meer lump of selfe loue repining at anothers prosperity He learnd this lesson of the great S. AVSTIN who as he was charitably hospitable so he excluded none from his table besydes the detractour as the noted distick which he putt vpp to that purpose doth testify Our B. Saint as he perfectly detested this vice in him selfe so he could not endure it in any of his domestiques nor did he omitt when he found them faulty to giue a seuere reprehension One of his Chaplans hauing bin present at a passage betwixt the Arch-Bishop Peccham and him wher in the Saint seemd to receiue hard dealing both as to words and deeds the Chaplain in time of table Complaining of it begann to inueigh against the court of Rome for its negligence in prouiding able and fitt Prelates to gouerne thyer flocks with much more then needed to that purpose His Lord was presently mou'd therat and giuing him a check wishd him to speak more reuerendly and charitably of all and chiefly of his Superiours and betters It may be expected that treating of his charity to all som thing should be sayd of it in order to God whome it regards in the first place It is this loue chiefly which is the fullfilling of the Law and Prophetts by which we loue God aboue all and our Neighbour as our selfe in and for God so that this latter part of the Law Cannot subsist without the former on which it depends As his whole life was as I may say one continued or vninterrupted act of charity towards God by which he was incessantly not onely tending towards him but alsoe vnited to him in his deuine grace as will appeare by the reuiew of his vertves soe an ample scope of matter Cannot fayle him that would dilate himselfe on this subject for what are all morall vertues but so many issues or shoots of charity theyr root yett at present we will rather suppose this vertue of vertues then goe about to prove it and leaue it to be drawen by the reader rather from his other perfections then make a formall draught of it praising it perchance as much or more by an admiring silence then extenuating expressions for what are the Commendatoryes of our words to the liuely colours of his vertues Besydes we shall haue occasion to say somthing of it when we treat of his piety and deuotion true gennuine children of this Mother XV. CHAPTER His Courage in defence of Ecclesiasticall Libertyes THe Church is the Bride of Christ espousd at the expense of his pretious blood dearer to him then his life and who euer touches her to wrong her touches the apple of his eye For her defence and propagation he settled a Hierarchy in which he gaue some Apostles some Doctours others Pastours for the work of the Ministery and edification of this his Mysticall body In this Hierarchy Ministery edification Bishops as the immediate successours of the Apostles Carry the first rank both in gouerning and feeding in feeding is regarded the wholsomnes of the fodder and pasturage in gouerning direction and protection and both these require that he be a true Sheapard not a hyreling and seek the good of his flock not himselfe If the hyreling see a wolfe Coming sayth the best of Sheapards Joan. 10. 12. he runns away because he is a hyreling while the good Sheapard exposes his life for his sheep shunning neyther paynes nor danger for theyr safety and behoof and so did our B. Saint prouing himselfe a good Sheapard indeed His loue to his espousd Church was as tender as ought to be to his owne Spouse now a Spirituall part of himselfe and the Spouse of Christ and he embracd her as such and togeather with her espousd all her Concerns whatsoeuer and this is no more then is ordinarily done euen in Corporall Marriages It was his deuoir to proue himselfe a faithfull Menager of the family he was entrusted with all and a valiant maintainer of all its possessions priuiledges Libertyes immunityes that in none of them it might suffer prejudice This he took to hart exceedingly as deeming it the prime part of his charge resolu'd to expose and oppose himselfe as a wall for the House of God and what we are to relate will shew that he fayld not in his resolution sealing it euen with the loss of his life and what greater pledg of his fidelity It had bin the deplorable misfortune of our poore Country that for many yeares successiuely and by fitts it had bin inuolu'd in an vnnaturall intestine warr which as it causd great Confusion in the ciuill state so did it no little in the Ecclesiasticall In such times of liberty abuses easily creep in an vniust inuasion being much sooner committed then redressd for when the sword giues Law it s in vayne for the Crosyer to plead Conscience or preach Restitution a language little vnderstood in in ciuill garboyles The weakest they say goe allwayes to the walls and so does the Church as least able in such occasions to defend it selfe synce it cannot nor must not repell force by force and so to redeem vexation is compelld to part with her right especially when the inuaders are powerfull This was the case of the See of Hereford when our Saint enterd vpon it it had bin vniustly outed of diuers large possessions and what made the Recouery harder the possessours had quiettly enioyd them diuers yeares euen in time of peace when the lawes had theyr Course his two predecessours knowing well the equity of theyr cause but dispayring to preuayle against such potent aduerfaryes One wheroff was the Kings sonn-in-Sonn-in-law Gilbert Earle of Glocester another Lewellin Prince of Wales and a third Roger Lord Clifford besydes the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and others Our H. Saint hauing maturely considerd all this though he found the task very hard yett relying

the greatest rigour of Pennance and pouerty then to see them seated on the highest Thrones of Monarchs When infine those two great Patriarchs S. Dominick and S. Francis peopled the world with so many quires of Angells and brought Euangelicall perfection out of vnknowne retyrements and solitudes to the Common habitation of men Our country of England though separated by nature from the rest of the world was not excluded from that vniuersall influence of deuine grace wherwith it please'd God to bless those times The blood of the glorious Martyr S. Thomas of Canterbury as the true seed of the Catholique Church was not spilt in vayne and being in this age yet fresh and warm brought forth speciall fruit both in Lay and Clergy But in all none more eminent then another S. Thomas another Chancellor of England another Prelate another Champion of Ecclesiasticall libertyes and though not slayne by the sworde yet lost his life in the cause Thus the mercy of God powr'd downe sweet showers of deuine blessings upon that Kingdome by the mirits of his H. Martyr yet his iustice layd not downe the sword of due reuenge for that bloody sacriledge nor was it yet satisfyed with the personall disasters of that vnfortunate King Henry the second who hauing found as many Absoloms as he had Sonns ready to teare the Crowne from his gray hayres and to bury him aliue who had giuen them life after he had seen two of them lead him the way to his graue followd not long after and left the other two his Curse for inheritance of which they had each one theyr share by succession The former of whome was Richard the first third Sonn of the aforesayd King who though otherwise a valiant and great Prince and therfore surnam'd Coeur de Lion yet for that curse entayld vpon him by his father and much more if there were true cause of deseruing it had his Crowne torne from his head by a violent and vntimely death And that it might not fall to a more innocent hand left no child but a brother farr worse then himselfe who that his royall purple might be of a more lasting tincture gaue it the second dye with the blood of his Nephew Arthur next heyre by birth to the Crowne of England as Sonn of Geffrey Earle or Duke of little Britannie in France which Geffrey was fourth Sonn of Henry the second King of England And though it is not certaine that Arthur was murderd by his Vncle 's owne hands as the French do tell vs yet all agree that Arthur was put in prison in Rouen by his vncle King John and neuer appeard after the manner of his death is best knowne to God alone before whose invisible eyes all things lye visible Howeuer King John fift Sonn of Henry the second and surnam'd Sans terre makes the land his owne and on this wrong builds all his right which he euer mannag'd withan equall tenour as weakly as wickedly Till at last calld to an account by a stranger for oppressing his country left the world like an Outlaw and a poore child to pay his forfeyt Who though otherwise most innocent could not altogeather plead not guilty being he claymd all his right from so great injustice In the midst of this dismall and dark cloud our morning starr first appeard in the hight of this horrid storme which threatned no less then a totall destruction of the nation it pleasd God to giue a pledg of attonement between heauen and earth to bless the world with our glorious S. THOMAS CANTILUPE as a Rayn-bow after a deluge of blood and misery whose birth not like another Benjamin purchasd his life with his Mothers death but finding his country in Agony restord life Neyther was he onely a Common benefitt and happy presage to the plublique but a speciall blessing and reward of his fathers loyalty who when the greatest part and power of the kingdome eyther out of personall offence and hatred of the deceased king would yett pursue him in his image or led by interest the common Idoll of the world thought sitt to combine with the stronger party and rather adore the preualent might and fortune of an a inuading forraigner then to support the weaknes both in yeares and forces of theyr natiue Prince Yett William lord Cantilupe father of our glorious Saint lookd vpon the present state of things with another eye and was resolu'd to lay downe his life and fortune at the feet of iustice leauing the euent to the diuine ballance whether he stood or fell being secure of victory which euer crownes them who sacrifice them selues to truth and loyalty Wherfore as a person of eminent ability and honour he giues strength to the better but lesser party and as he euer maintaynd his fayth inuiolable to the fa●her though a Prince of most odious and lawless gouerment he could neuer forgett the respect of soueraignty so he continu'd the same vnto the sonn with all the disaduantage of humane interest The Barons with theyr French Protectour were not only masters of the field both in strength and number but also many months possess'd of the head Citty of the Kingdom a thing euer held of highest consequence as being the ordinary residence and Court of Kings whosoeuer winns it seems to weare the Crowne The little king at nine yeares of age being sollemnly Crownd at Glocester was in a manner Confind to that Citty and other two Bustow and Worcester though some other particular places and Castles in seuerall parts of the kingdome stood firmly to him And chiefly Lincolne which was our Orleans where a lady not inferiour to the french sheepardess in Courage as she was farr aboue her in birth and quality defended the Castle of Lincolne the space of a whole yeare against Gilbert de Gant a prime Commander of the french forces though he had possessd himselfe of the Towne and pressd the Castle with a vigorous siege The kings honour Besydes his interest was Conceiu'd to be not a little Concern'd in the reliefe of so much fidelity especially of so rare and vnusuall example in the weaker sexe The Lord Cantilupe therfore with other Nobles of the Royall party accompany'd likewise by the legate of the see Apostolique with what power they could make marchd forth vpon this designe Being arriu'd within 8. miles of Lincolne they all Confessd and receiud the holy Eucharist with a plenary Indulgence which the Legate granted them and sollemnly declard the aduerse faction separated from the Communion of the holy Catholique Church Thus armd and encouragd from heauen they fall on with such irresistible violence that though the defendants exceeded the assaillants farr in number besydes the aduantage of theyr walls and trenches the Towne was soon ground with a totall defeat of the Enemy THOMAS Earle of Perche a person of highest nobility and Command in the Barons army allyd to both the Crownes of England and France being with many others slaine vpon