Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	according_a	court_n	law_n	2,915	5	4.6268	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75812	The Christian moderator. Third part. Or, The oath of abjuration arraign'd by the common law and common sence, ancient and modern Acts of Parl. declarations of the Army, law of God and consent of reformed divines. And humbly submitted to receive judgment from this honorable representative.; Christian moderator. Part 3	Birchley, William, 1613-1669.	1653 (1653)	Wing A4248; Thomason E705_15; ESTC R207108	25,814	32

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that_o they_o will_v be_v very_o tender_a of_o the_o law_n which_o they_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o safeguard_n and_o custody_n of_o all_o public_a and_o private_a interest_n 23_o october_n 1642._o they_o further_o declare_v that_o they_o must_v own_v it_o as_o their_o duty_n to_o use_v their_o best_a endeavour_n that_o the_o mean_a of_o the_o commonwealth_n may_v enjoy_v their_o own_o birthright_n freedom_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v equal_o entitle_v thereunto_o with_o the_o great_a subject_n november_n 1642._o 694._o they_o further_o declare_v that_o slavery_n must_v be_v the_o people_n condition_n if_o the_o two_o house_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o overthrow_v the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o the_o property_n of_o every_o man_n estate_n 26._o 78._o may_n 1642._o if_o such_o thing_n may_v be_v do_v by_o law_n without_o due_a process_n the_o subject_n have_v a_o very_a poor_a defence_n and_o a_o very_a small_a if_o any_o proportion_n of_o property_n 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himself_o and_o his_o family_n but_o after_o a_o little_a range_n about_o i_o soon_o discover_v the_o fountain_n head_n in_o a_o dark_a hollow_a place_n where_o three_o or_o four_o hundred_o spring_n of_o fresh_a water_n meet_v together_o in_o one_o channel_n of_o which_o some_o have_v pass_v through_o hot_a and_o sulphurous_a vein_n quite_o change_v the_o taste_n and_o colour_n of_o the_o rest_n and_o the_o stormy_a weather_n of_o that_o season_n quick_o raise_v the_o whole_a stream_n into_o a_o fierce_a and_o violent_a current_n who_o fury_n soon_o break_v the_o common_a bank_n and_o bear_v down_o all_o before_o it_o like_o a_o deluge_n the_o truth_n of_o which_o metaphor_n be_v as_o easy_o prove_v as_o the_o sense_n of_o it_o understand_v be_v no_o more_o than_o that_o the_o introducer_n of_o this_o cruel_a oath_n be_v a_o ordinance_n hasty_o huddle_v up_o in_o the_o destroy_a time_n of_o presbytery_n and_o war_n for_o than_o it_o be_v 1643._o that_o where_o the_o people_n have_v throw_v in_o their_o ring_n and_o jewel_n there_o come_v forth_o the_o golden_a covenant_n before_o which_o all_o the_o nation_n must_v fall_v down_o and_o worship_n 1643_o then_o it_o be_v the_o presbyter-divine_n petition_v both_o house_n for_o a_o perfect_a reformation_n and_o settle_n of_o the_o kirk_n discipline_n and_o classical_a government_n then_o it_o be_v that_o penalty_n begin_v to_o be_v impose_v upon_o all_o refuser_n of_o the_o covenant_n o●din_n and_o none_o to_o bear_v office_n but_o such_o as_o have_v take_v the_o covenant_n 1643._o nay_o all_o be_v punish_v as_o spy_n that_o deny_v to_o take_v the_o covenant_n 1643._o not_o long_o after_o be_v publish_v the_o directory_n or_o new_a almanac_n to_o pray_v by_o take_v out_o of_o the_o ephemerides_n of_o scotland_n and_o calculate_v for_o the_o elevation_n of_o the_o new_a kirk_n of_o england_n by_o the_o assembly_n of_o well_o wisher_n to_o divinity_n 404._o not_o long_o after_o be_v the_o apocryphal_a elder_n bring_v in_o 802._o and_o tyrannical_a class_n erect_v 1644._o both_o the_o house_n declare_v their_o intention_n to_o settle_v religion_n in_o the_o purity_n thereof_o according_a to_o the_o covenant_n 809._o which_o sure_o be_v a_o mistake_n in_o the_o printer_n to_o say_v covenant_n instead_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n thus_o plain_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o presbyterian_a star_n or_o comet_n rather_o by_o the_o shortness_n and_o terror_n of_o their_o blaze_n reign_v in_o the_o firmament_n of_o our_o state_n at_o the_o birth_n of_o this_o unlucky_a oath_n of_o abjuration_n and_o long_o after_o the_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o task_n i_o undertake_v be_v that_o these_o sudden_a and_o sharp_a proceed_n of_o sequester_v upon_o the_o bare_a refusal_n of_o a_o oath_n without_o any_o legal_a process_n be_v occasion_v by_o the_o exigency_n of_o the_o war_n a_o assertion_n most_o full_o and_o evident_o prove_v by_o the_o first_o ordinance_n against_o delinquent_n and_o papist_n 1643_o in_o 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