Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	body_n	life_n	soul_n	2,011	5	5.0344	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68036	Anti-duello. The anatomie of duells, with the symptomes thereof A treatise wherein is learnedly handled, whether a Christian magistrate may lawfully grant a duell, for to end a difference which consisteth in fact. Also, the maner and forme of combats granted, with the seuerall orders obserued in the proceeding thereof, with the list of such duels, as haue beene performed before the Kings of England. Truly and compendiously collected and set forth by Mr. Iohn Despagne, for the good of soueraigne and subiect. Published by his Maiesties command.	Espagne, Jean d', 1591-1659.; Delamore, Andrew, attributed name.	1632 (1632)	STC 10530; ESTC S114510	24,502	78

cause_n be_v a_o doubtful_a cause_n and_o that_o the_o single_a combat_n be_v decree_v to_o dilucidate_n and_o manifest_v the_o same_o let_v we_o see_v what_o will_v be_v the_o event_n herein_o either_o the_o two_o combatant_n escape_v or_o both_o of_o they_o stay_v upon_o the_o place_n or_o only_a one_o of_o the_o twain_o if_o it_o chance_v they_o be_v separate_v upon_o equal_a advantage_n what_o proof_n will_v the_o duel_n afford_v we_o shall_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o fact_n be_v for_o ever_o unknown_a then_o to_o what_o purpose_n serve_v it_o to_o endanger_v their_o life_n when_o some_o other_o way_n of_o atonement_n may_v have_v be_v find_v out_o have_v it_o not_o be_v better_a to_o have_v take_v this_o know_a course_n then_o to_o rejoice_v in_o their_o destruction_n and_o engulph_n they_o into_o danger_n and_o if_o both_o remain_v dead_a in_o the_o field_n what_o proof_n will_v that_o make_v how_o shall_v truth_n appear_v to_o we_o when_o their_o misfortune_n be_v equal_a shall_v we_o attend_v till_o their_o ghost_n from_o beneath_o rise_v to_o accord_v matter_n after_o their_o death_n or_o if_o the_o one_o terrify_v over_o his_o adversary_n and_o have_v his_o dagger_n hold_v at_o his_o breast_n confess_v himself_o guilty_a who_o can_v assure_v we_o that_o this_o acknowledgement_n be_v wring_v from_o he_o more_o by_o the_o force_n of_o virtue_n then_o by_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n or_o if_o he_o that_o lie_v grovel_v on_o the_o ground_n welter_v in_o his_o gore_n nor_o hope_v aught_o nor_o fear_v aught_o in_o this_o world_n persevere_v in_o the_o protestation_n of_o his_o innocence_n and_o die_v make_v such_o assertion_n what_o shall_v we_o judge_v in_o this_o case_n the_o judge_n give_v their_o suffrage_n to_o the_o conqueror_n but_o i_o believe_v in_o their_o conscience_n they_o adiuge_v the_o right_n to_o the_o vanquish_a a_o die_a man_n last_o word_n be_v of_o more_o validity_n than_o many_o witness_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v presume_v that_o a_o christian_n will_v stain_v his_o life_n with_o so_o criminal_a a_o falsity_n and_o ad_fw-la to_o the_o overthrow_n of_o his_o body_n the_o perdition_n of_o his_o soul_n also_o it_o remain_v that_o we_o hold_v it_o not_o strange_a though_o god_n permit_v the_o innocent_a to_o be_v vanquish_v who_o though_o for_o aught_o beside_o he_o be_v not_o guilty_a have_v deserve_v this_o chastisement_n for_o defend_v his_o innocence_n by_o this_o unlawful_a way_n but_o this_o excuse_v not_o the_o promover_n or_o director_n of_o this_o action_n but_o more_o aggravate_v their_o fault_n 4._o section_n for_o as_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o of_o two_o contend_v the_o one_o of_o necessity_n must_v be_v innocent_a his_o life_n be_v equal_o endanger_v with_o that_o of_o the_o guilty_a equity_n and_o humanity_n direct_v we_o that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o pardon_v a_o guilty_a man_n then_o endanger_v a_o innocent_a but_o we_o see_v both_o be_v obnoxious_a to_o the_o same_o danger_n as_o a_o turkish_a sultan_n that_o cut_v up_o the_o stomach_n of_o thirteen_o of_o his_o page_n to_o know_v which_o of_o they_o have_v take_v and_o eat_v a_o certain_a melon_n and_o will_v have_v exercise_v that_o barbarous_a cruelty_n upon_o threehundr_v more_o of_o that_o band_n if_o in_o a_o good_a hour_n for_o they_o that_o fatal_a fruit_n have_v not_o be_v find_v in_o the_o stomach_n of_o the_o fourteen_o man_n some_o will_v say_v that_o they_o condemn_v they_o not_o to_o die_v but_o at_o least_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o they_o adjudge_v they_o to_o enieopard_v their_o life_n which_o if_o they_o escape_v that_o be_v no_o thanks_o to_o the_o law_n which_o bind_v they_o to_o run_v the_o hazard_n for_o that_o bloody_a law_n itself_o ordain_v that_o the_o vanquish_v if_o he_o die_v not_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o antagonist_n be_v dispatch_v by_o that_o of_o the_o executioner_n when_o one_o enjoine_v a_o man_n to_o fight_v with_o lion_n or_o bull_n upon_o condition_n to_o acquit_v he_o if_o miraculous_o or_o by_o some_o extraordinary_a relent_a or_o gentleness_n he_o free_v himself_o from_o the_o paw_n of_o those_o furious_a beast_n be_v not_o this_o nevertheless_o a_o condemn_v a_o man_n to_o the_o danger_n of_o death_n or_o when_o one_o experiment_n the_o force_n of_o a_o poison_n upon_o the_o body_n of_o a_o guilty_a man_n with_o a_o promise_n to_o grant_v he_o his_o life_n in_o case_n the_o strength_n of_o his_o complexion_n surmount_v that_o of_o the_o poison_n be_v not_o this_o a_o kind_n of_o condemnation_n in_o the_o duel_n than_o two_o man_n be_v expose_v to_o undergo_v this_o danger_n be_v not_o this_o a_o monstrous_a injustice_n for_o ordinary_o a_o man_n be_v condemn_v because_o proof_n be_v bring_v in_o against_o he_o but_o here_o quite_o contrary_a a_o man_n be_v condemn_v though_o nothing_o be_v prove_v against_o he_o one_o be_v condemn_v i_o say_v to_o hazard_v that_o which_o no_o man_n can_v restore_v again_o i_o mean_v his_o life_n if_o any_o man_n object_n that_o in_o war_n a_o soldier_n who_o stand_v suspect_v of_o some_o fault_n be_v command_v to_o be_v the_o first_o that_o shall_v scale_v a_o breach_n orto_fw-la seek_v out_o some_o dangerous_a place_n or_o to_o undergo_v some_o other_o service_n full_a of_o danger_n i_o answer_v if_o that_o man_n be_v in_o fault_n the_o ordinance_n can_v be_v tax_v of_o injustice_n that_o assign_v he_o such_o a_o expiation_n but_o if_o he_o be_v innocent_a yet_o be_v there_o no_o wrong_n do_v he_o in_o so_o much_o as_o the_o law_n of_o arm_n may_v command_v man_n of_o more_o eminent_a rank_n who_o be_v bind_v to_o sacrifice_v their_o life_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o common_a weal_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v again_o be_v mindful_a of_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o duel_n and_o those_o action_n which_o be_v atcheive_v in_o the_o war_n moreover_o a_o soldier_n or_o officer_n be_v suspect_n or_o accuse_v of_o treason_n there_o can_v no_o better_a course_n be_v take_v to_o know_v the_o truth_n then_o to_o make_v a_o trial_n by_o some_o service_n which_o may_v either_o manifest_v his_o perfidiousness_n or_o loyalty_n for_o such_o action_n disclose_v the_o inward_a intention_n of_o a_o man_n by_o a_o natural_a dependence_n and_o produce_v effect_n of_o like_a nature_n unto_o the_o fact_n which_o can_v be_v certain_o decide_v but_o in_o a_o duel_n there_o be_v no_o jot_n of_o likelihood_n that_o any_o proof_n shall_v appear_v thereby_o among_o such_o as_o profess_v themselves_o man_n for_o can_v we_o in_o any_o reason_n draw_v this_o conclusion_n that_o one_o man_n be_v a_o traitor_n because_o a_o other_o have_v kill_v he_o it_o may_v be_v too_o some_o will_v say_v that_o this_o duel_n be_v not_o by_o command_n but_o only_o upon_o sufferance_n that_o the_o two_o party_n themselves_o request_v it_o and_o they_o be_v agree_v there_o be_v no_o wrong_n offer_v they_o seeing_z it_o be_v their_o own_o will_n and_o seek_v to_o which_o i_o say_v only_o this_o that_o it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o the_o magistrate_n to_o cohibit_v and_o restrain_v the_o passion_n of_o particular_a man_n and_o not_o to_o comply_v with_o their_o desire_n of_o kill_v one_o another_o in_o ancient_a time_n in_o some_o commonweal_n there_o be_v a_o ordinance_n make_v for_o the_o disparagement_n and_o disgrace_n of_o such_o that_o kill_v themselves_o by_o their_o own_o private_a authority_n and_o the_o purport_n of_o the_o law_n be_v that_o if_o any_o one_o desire_a death_n he_o shall_v make_v his_o repair_n to_o the_o magistrate_n who_o have_v hear_v what_o he_o can_v say_v judge_v if_o his_o request_n to_o die_v be_v reasonable_a and_o it_o be_v grant_v so_o to_o be_v give_v he_o leave_v either_o to_o hang_v himself_o or_o cut_v his_o own_o throat_n otherwise_o it_o be_v a_o crime_n to_o die_v without_o leave_n but_o the_o public_a magistrate_n ought_v rather_o to_o rein_v in_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o enrage_a then_o give_v they_o a_o pastport_n to_o slay_v one_o another_o otherwise_o to_o permit_v a_o murder_n be_v to_o commit_v it_o 5._o section_n now_o as_o we_o know_v that_o the_o intention_n of_o each_o of_o the_o two_o be_v to_o kill_v his_o adversary_n in_o case_n he_o deny_v not_o his_o word_n if_o it_o chance_v that_o this_o fatal_a lot_n fall_v upon_o the_o innocent_a can_v the_o conscience_n of_o the_o judge_n find_v reason_n sufficient_a for_o their_o excuse_n shall_v not_o the_o blood_n return_v upon_o their_o face_n &_o they_o never_o be_v quit_v of_o this_o aspersion_n and_o it_o will_v not_o serve_v their_o turn_n to_o say_v they_o have_v no_o such_o intention_n for_o they_o can_v deny_v to_o have_v expose_v the_o innocent_a which_o soever_o of_o the_o two_o he_o be_v to_o a_o desperate_a condition_n to_o have_v engage_v he_o in_o a_o combat_n