Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	let_v	lord_n	see_v	4,698	5	3.6890	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43344	A discourse concerning meekness and quietness of spirit to which is added, A sermon on Acts 28. 22, shewing that the Christian religion is not a sect, and yet that it is every where spoken against / by Matthew Henry ...	Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714.; Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714. Sermon on Acts XXVII, 22.; Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1699 (1699)	Wing H1475_PARTIAL; Wing H1476_PARTIAL; ESTC R14901	132,581	220

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praeferenda_fw-la and_o semper_fw-la fit_a praesumptio_fw-la in_o meliorem_fw-la partem_fw-la vid._n alciat_fw-la de_fw-fr praesumpt_n reg._n 3._o quid_fw-la refert_fw-la inter_fw-la provocantem_fw-la &_o provocatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la ille_fw-la prio_fw-la in_o maleficio_fw-la deprehenditur_fw-la et_fw-la ille_fw-la posterior_n nulla_fw-la verò_fw-la in_o maleficio_fw-la ordinis_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la tertul._n do_v divin_n c._n 10._o 10._o complures_fw-la vidi_fw-la loquendo_fw-la pece●tum_fw-la incidisse_fw-la vix_fw-la quenquam_fw-la tacendo_fw-la ideoque_fw-la tacere_fw-la nosse_fw-la quam_fw-la loqui_fw-la difficilius_fw-la est_fw-la ambrde_fw-fr offic._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o locus_fw-la tuus_fw-la patientia_fw-la est_fw-la locus_fw-la tuus_fw-la sapientia_fw-la est_fw-la locus_fw-la tuus_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la sedatio_fw-la indignationis_fw-la ambr._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la c._n 21._o jam._n 1._o 20._o 20._o hence_o we_o read_v of_o the_o envy_n of_o 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the_o truth_n than_o goliath_n do_v when_o he_o desy_v all_o the_o host_n of_o israel_n ward_n the_o hebrew_n critic_n observe_v that_o in_o the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o letter_n be_v quiescent_n quad_n disideras_fw-la magnum_fw-la &_o summum_fw-la est_fw-la deoque_fw-la vicinum_fw-la non_fw-la concuti_fw-la sen._n diis_fw-la proximus_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la quem_fw-la ratio_fw-la non_fw-la ira_fw-la movet_fw-la claud._n opinion_n be_v the_o rate_n of_o thing_n from_o which_o our_o peace_n do_v flow_v i_o have_v a_o better_a fate_n than_o king_n because_o i_o think_v it_o so_o mrs._n phillip_n ne_fw-fr te_fw-fr quaesiverius_fw-la extra_fw-la 1_o sam._n 25_o ver_fw-la 31._o 2_o cor_fw-la 1._o 12._o nemo_fw-la laeditur_fw-la nisi_fw-la à_fw-la seipso_fw-la dict._n diogen_n idcirco_fw-la quis_fw-la te_fw-la laedit_fw-la ut_fw-la doleas_fw-la quia_fw-la fructus_fw-la laedentis_fw-la in_o dolore_fw-la laesi_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la fructumejus_fw-la everteris_fw-la non_fw-la dolendo_fw-la ipse_fw-la doleat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la amissione_n fructûs_fw-la svi_fw-la improbum_fw-la caedis_fw-la sustinendo_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr patientiâ_fw-la cap._n 8._o meekness_n be_v the_o great_a affront_n to_o all_o injury_n in_o the_o world_n for_o it_o return_v they_o upon_o the_o injurious_a and_o make_v they_o useless_a ineffective_a and_o innocent_a taylor_n great_a exempl_n p._n 304._o as_o heaven_n be_v take_v by_o violence_n so_o be_v earth_n by_o meekness_n trap._n in_o loc_n pract._n cat._n p._n mihi_fw-la 117_o terram_fw-la inhabitant_n quam_fw-la sibi_fw-la divinitus_fw-la concessam_fw-la esse_fw-la norunt_fw-la &_o securè_fw-la agunt_fw-la sub_fw-la dei_fw-la tutelâ_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la illis_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la donec_fw-la mundi_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la ulti●o_fw-la die_fw-la adeant_fw-la feroces_fw-la vero_fw-la omne_fw-la possidendo_fw-la nihil_fw-la possident_fw-la calv._n in_o mat._n 5._o 5._o 5._o dr_n hammond_n pract._n cat._n p._n 117._o leave_v thy_o gift_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost._n hom._n quid_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la dei_fw-la accedere_fw-la sine_fw-la pace_fw-la ad_fw-la remissionem_fw-la debitorum_fw-la cum_fw-la retentione_n quomodo_fw-la placabit_fw-la patrem_fw-la iratus_fw-la in_o fratrem_fw-la cum_fw-la omnis_fw-la ir●_n ab_fw-la i●itio_fw-la interdicta_fw-la sic_fw-la nobis_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr orat._n c._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epict._n c._n 13._o 13._o most_o cudworth_n intellect_n syst._n p._n 816._o nemo●egere_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o regi_fw-la seneca_n putomultos_fw-la potuisse_fw-la ad_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la pervenire_fw-la nisi_fw-la putassent_fw-la se_fw-la pervenisse_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr tranqu_fw-fr aliter_fw-la induuntur_fw-la milites_fw-la aliter_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ●rgoinduite_n vobis_fw-la convenientia_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la aquin._n in_o loc_n habet_fw-la ubi_fw-la se_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o privato_fw-la lare_fw-la explicet_fw-la magnus_fw-la animus_fw-la sen._n haec_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la risimus_fw-la aliquando_fw-la fiunt_fw-la non_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la christiani_n tertul._n josephus_n antiq._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o give_v this_o character_n of_o m●ses_n affectus_fw-la it●_n semper_fw-la in_o p●testate_fw-la habuit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnino_fw-la illis_fw-la career_n videretur_fw-la et_fw-la nomina_fw-la tantum_fw-la eorum_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la conspiceret_fw-la cognita_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la movebatur_fw-la c●nvici's_fw-la david_n cui_fw-la abundabat_fw-la bonorum_fw-la operum_fw-la conscientia_fw-la itaque_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la citò_fw-la injuria_fw-la movetur_fw-la facit_fw-la se_fw-la