Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	church_n	parliament_n	3,629	5	6.4769	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19392	An ansvver to the two fyrst and principall treatises of a certaine factious libell, put foorth latelie, without name of author or printer, and without approbation by authoritie, vnder the title of An abstract of certeine acts of Parlement: of certaine hir Maiesties iniuctions: of certaine canons, &c. Published by authoritie.	Cosin, Richard, 1549?-1597.; Stoughton, William, fl. 1584. Abstract, of certain acts of parliament.	1584 (1584)	STC 5819.7; ESTC S121272	391,855	496

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other_o man_n abroad_o and_o among_o themselves_o at_o home_n how_o yet_o notwithstanding_o they_o do_v all_o in_o general_n importune_v we_o to_o believe_v they_o that_o there_o be_v a_o precise_a form_n order_n rule_n and_o law_n of_o this_o external_a government_n in_o the_o church_n command_v by_o christ_n which_o no_o church_n may_v swerve_v from_o or_o ever_o transform_v and_o alter_v yet_o tertullian_n as_o he_o be_v allege_v by_o other_o say_v thus_o true_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n be_v whole_o one_o and_o be_v whole_o unmoveable_a and_o not_o to_o be_v reform_v namely_o to_o believe_v in_o god_n &c_n &c_n this_o law_n of_o faith_n remain_v now_o the_o other_o matter_n of_o discipline_n and_o course_n of_o life_n do_v admit_v alteration_n and_o correction_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n always_o work_v and_o go_v forward_o unto_o the_o end_n and_o first_o as_o touch_v variety_n of_o judgement_n about_o the_o mean_n to_o establish_v this_o government_n and_o their_o presbytery_n 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another_o 61._o another_o admon_n 2._o pag._n 61._o say_v they_o be_v force_v to_o speak_v for_o it_o and_o to_o use_v it_o and_o br._n and_o br._n a_o four_o no_o less_o peremptory_a than_o traitorous_a who_o i_o hope_v they_o will_v not_o allow_v of_o say_v if_o the_o prince_n will_v not_o establish_v this_o government_n that_o her_o subject_n need_v not_o to_o tarry_v for_o she_o but_o ought_v t'innouate_v the_o government_n themselves_o diverse_a of_o the_o french_a reformer_n be_v also_o too_o violent_o affect_v that_o way_n one_o of_o they_o have_v deliver_v 28._o deliver_v fran._n jun._n pag._n 28._o that_o if_o the_o prince_n do_v hinder_v the_o build_n of_o the_o church_n 3._o church_n pag._n 3._o or_o do_v affect_v the_o seat_n of_o god_n that_o be_v in_o their_o sense_n and_o meaning_n deal_v in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n and_o hinder_v the_o presbytery_n the_o 28._o the_o pag._n 28._o people_n may_v by_o force_n of_o arm_n resist_v he_o to_o which_o end_n also_o 29._o also_o admon_n 2._o pag._n 29._o that_o seem_v to_o be_v speak_v where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o many_o a_o thousand_o in_o england_n desire_v that_o platform_n and_o that_o great_a trouble_n will_v come_v of_o it_o if_o they_o be_v still_o withstand_v in_o their_o devise_n and_o if_o none_o of_o those_o dis●ciall_a practice_n can_v be_v put_v in_o ure_n which_o some_o of_o that_o disposition_n and_o affection_n to_o those_o presbytery_n have_v devise_v by_o arm_v inferior_a officer_n and_o magistrate_n against_o their_o sovereigns_n than_o they_o will_v 59_o will_v of_o obedience_n pa._n 59_o have_v the_o ministry_n to_o excommunicate_v the_o king_n whereby_o they_o will_v false_o gather_v by_o the_o feudall_a law_n or_o of_o tenor_n as_o we_o call_v it_o 66._o it_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la magistr_n pag._n 66._o that_o the_o vassal_n be_v deliver_v from_o his_o allegiance_n and_o oath_n of_o fealty_n or_o homage_n which_o he_o have_v take_v to_o his_o sovereign_a lord_n if_o he_o be_v 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we_o shall_v lay_v to_o some_o wholesome_a remedy_n if_o the_o disease_n and_o malady_n of_o pluralite_n in_o time_n of_o ignorance_n and_o superstition_n be_v such_o that_o the_o blind_a leader_n of_o the_o blind_a 2._o 5._o p._n 2._o have_v their_o eye_n in_o their_o head_n to_o see_v the_o infection_n thereof_o to_o be_v most_o perilous_a as_o well_o to_o their_o synagogue_n as_o to_o their_o common_a weal_n how_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o plurify_v man_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o knowledge_n and_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n shall_v find_v any_o mean_n to_o escape_v the_o fire_n and_o revenge_v which_o the_o idolator_n fear_v and_o not_o only_o these_o canon_n and_o provincials_n but_o the_o statute_n law_n of_o england_n also_o make_v against_o these_o excess_n prohibit_v likewise_o the_o have_v of_o ●●_o benefice_n as_o appear_v by_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n make_v the_o 21._o year_n of_o henry_n the_o 8._o the_o tenor_n whereof_o ensue_v and_o be_v it_o enact_v that_o 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of_o what_o name_n or_o name_n quality_n or_o quality_n so_o ever_o they_o be_v shall_v be_v utterlie_o void_a and_o of_o none_o effect_n as_o touch_v any_o other_o canon_n make_v and_o in_o force_n before_o 25._o henry_n 8._o allow_v certain_a immunity_n privilege_n and_o dispensation_n to_o be_v grant_v for_o the_o possess_n of_o many_o benesice_n and_o parish_n church_n right_o understand_v be_v no_o way_n prejudicial_a unto_o these_o former_a ordinance_n for_o in_o thing_n depend_v upon_o the_o mere_a disposition_n of_o man_n though_o the_o magistrate_n have_v authority_n as_o well_o general_o to_o forbid_v and_o prohibit_v as_o also_o in_o some_o case_n beside_o the_o say_a law_n to_o licence_n and_o dispense_v yet_o concern_v the_o matter_n of_o plurality_n it_o will_v not_o be_v find_v pluralist_n i_o confess_v and_o their_o abettor_n ground_n their_o assertion_n upon_o these_o and_o such_o like_a rule_n follow_v viz._n eius_fw-la est_fw-la destruere_fw-la cvius_fw-la est_fw-la construere_fw-la eius_fw-la est_fw-la interpretari_fw-la cvius_fw-la est_fw-la condere_fw-la papa_n qut_fw-la ius_fw-la condidit_fw-la est_fw-la supra_fw-la ius_fw-la matorem_fw-la enim_fw-la retinu●t_fw-la potestatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v to_o he_o it_o belong_v to_o pull_v down_o to_o who_o it_o belong_v to_o set_v up_o and_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o law_n belong_v to_o the_o law_n maker_n the_o pope_n that_o make_v the_o law_n be_v above_o the_o law_n because_o he_o have_v retain_v a_o great_a power_n to_o himself_o than_o he_o have_v give_v to_o the_o law_n the_o pope_n have_v a_o fullness_n of_o power_n to_o dispose_v of_o benefice_n at_o his_o pleasure_n and_o therefore_o say_v they_o as_o church_n be_v at_o the_o first_o by_o law_n positive_a both_o found_v and_o distinguish_v so_o may_v they_o again_o by_o the_o same_o law_n positive_a either_o be_v clean_o take_v away_o or_o unite_v which_o unnecessary_a and_o sophistical_a consequence_n be_v simple_o to_o be_v deny_v first_o for_o those_o former_a rule_n general_o understand_v without_o limitation_n and_o distinction_n be_v either_o utterlie_o false_a or_o else_o contrary_a and_o repugnaunt_a to_o other_o principle_n of_o law_n pag._n 114_o again_o concern_v these_o or_o any_o other_o like_o general_a conclusion_n in_o law_n i_o answer_v and_o that_o by_o a_o unfallible_a maxim_n in_o law_n that_o no_o rule_n can_v be_v so_o general_o give_v in_o thing_n of_o mere_a policy_n and_o disposition_n of_o man_n only_o devise_v by_o man_n of_o which_o sort_n these_o former_a rule_n be_v that_o receive_v not_o some_o limitation_n and_o restriction_n and_o that_o therefore_o these_o principle_n whereupon_o the_o foundation_n of_o plurality_n be_v lay_v be_v weak_a and_o easy_o shake_v with_o a_o little_a blast_n of_o man_n wit_n can_v stand_v or_o have_v any_o sure_a settle_n in_o as_o much_o as_o against_o the_o same_o many_o challenge_n may_v be_v make_v and_o many_o exception_n take_v secondlic_a the_o foresay_a coherence_n follow_v not_o for_o two_o apparent_a and_o principal_a fallacy_n contain_v in_o the_o same_o as_o afterwards_o shall_v be_v manifest_v but_o first_o touch_v these_o rule_n before_o mention_v eius_fw-la est_fw-la destruere_fw-la cvius_fw-la est_fw-la construere_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o may_v break_v a_o law_n that_o may_v make_v a_o law_n the_o same_o be_v not_o always_o true_a it_o take_v no_o place_n vbt_v causa_fw-la prohibitionis_fw-la est_fw-la perpetua_fw-la where_o there_o be_v a_o perpetual_a cause_n of_o a_o prohibition_n for_o then_o the_o cause_n be_v perpetual_a the_o prohibition_n ought_v to_o be_v perpetual_a quta_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la habet_fw-la causam_fw-la prohibitionis_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la obligatio_fw-la because_o iuramentum_fw-la fi._n de_fw-fr verb._n oblige_v l_o si_fw-fr slipule_a in_fw-la id_fw-la &_o glos_fw-la extra_fw-la de_fw-fr simo_fw-la c._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la ver_fw-la iuramentum_fw-la it_o have_v a_o perpetual_a cause_n of_o prohibition_n there_o be_v no_o obligation_n as_o for_o example_n the_o reason_n and_o cause_n of_o prohibition_n against_o murder_n theft_n ravine_n blasphemic_a be_v perpetual_a and_o therefore_o the_o law_n against_o murder_n theft_n ravine_n and_o blasphemy_n aught_o to_o be_v perpetual_a and_o therefore_o man_n have_v once_o make_v law_n against_o these_o vice_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o man_n afterwards_o to_o dispense_v with_o these_o vice_n or_o by_o licence_n to_o warrant_v any_o man_n to_o steal_v to_o kill_v to_o spoil_v or_o to_o blaspheme_v for_o whosoever_o shall_v in_o this_o sort_n dispense_v with_o a_o law_n the_o same_o also_o may_v dispense_v with_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o law_n and_o so_o with_o the_o soul_n and_o life_n of_o the_o law_n and_o so_o make_v the_o law_n a_o vain_a and_o dead_a law_n ratio_fw-la legis_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la legis_fw-la pag._n 115_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o law_n be_v the_o soul_n and_o life_n of_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o as_o none_o may_v dispense_v with_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o law_n or_o take_v away_o the_o soul_n and_o life_n of_o the_o law_n so_o none_o may_v dispense_v with_o the_o law_n or_o take_v away_o the_o law_n now_o for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o all_o the_o prince_n in_o the_o earth_n to_o change_v or_o dispense_v or_o take_v away_o the_o reason_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o law_n prohibit_v many_o benefice_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o they_o to_o change_v or_o dispense_v or_o take_v away_o the_o law_n against_o plurality_n the_o reason_n where_o upon_o plurality_n be_v forbid_v be_v reason_n take_v from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o from_o the_o equi●●e_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o none_o can_v alter_v or_o take_v away_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o dispense_v with_o the_o law_n of_o god_n therefore_o none_o can_v jam._n institutio_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat_n gen_fw-la &_o ci_fw-fr §_o sed_fw-la naturalis_fw-la jam._n alter_v or_o impugn_v or_o dispense_v with_o the_o reason_n of_o either_o of_o they_o for_o as_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v immutable_a so_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n immutable_a and_o as_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v unchaungeable_a so_o be_v the_o equity_n of_o his_o law_n unchaungeable_a to_o if_o then_o natural_a reason_n be_v the_o cause_n and_o soul_n and_o life_n of_o a_o natural_a law_n and_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o his_o only_a will_v the_o rule_n of_o all_o justice_n vuchaungeablie_o none_o can_v challenge_v authority_n to_o change_v or_o dispense_v with_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o with_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o he_o must_v forthwith_a challenge_n authority_n to_o dispense_v both_o with_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o with_o the_o pleasure_n and_o will_n of_o god._n and_o therefore_o out_o of_o the_o premise_n i_o conclude_v thus_o 1_o