Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	apostle_n	sin_n	transgression_n	5,988	5	10.4357	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79884	Of scandal together with a consideration of the nature of Christian liberty and things indifferent. Wherein these weighty questions are fully discussed: Whether things indifferent become necessary, when commanded by authority? Neg. Whether scandalous things, being enjoyned, may lawfully be done? Neg. Whether a restraint laid upon things indifferent, without a reasonable ground, be not an infringement of Christian liberty? Aff. Who is to be judge, whether there be a reasonable ground or no, in such cases? How far forth we are bound in conscience to obey humane laws.	Clark, Samuel, 1626-1701.; Alsop, Vincent, 1629 or 30-1703, attributed name.	1680 (1680)	Wing C4495; ESTC R231493	83,945	180

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both_o of_o time_n and_o patrimony_n to_o be_v thence_o justifiable_a 3_o to_o the_o strong_a be_v you_o hence_o advise_v to_o show_v your_o strength_n by_o stoop_v and_o condescend_v to_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o weak_a and_o comply_v with_o they_o therein_o even_o to_o the_o deny_v yourselves_o and_o lay_v a_o restraint_n upon_o yourselves_o as_o to_o those_o indifference_n wherein_o you_o have_v a_o great_a latitude_n than_o they_o this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o apostle_n hold_v forth_o as_o the_o duty_n of_o such_o rom._n 15.1_o we_o then_o that_o be_v strong_a aught_o to_o bear_v the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o weak_a and_o not_o to_o please_v ourselves_o though_o it_o may_v be_v pleasurable_a and_o delightful_a to_o the_o strong_a to_o make_v use_n of_o their_o liberty_n yet_o they_o must_v rather_o forbear_v please_v themselves_o than_o thereby_o to_o prejudice_v their_o brethren_n you_o shall_v rather_o heal_v they_o and_o strengthen_v they_o than_o wound_v they_o and_o offend_v they_o hujusmodi_fw-la hominibus_fw-la medicina_fw-la debetur_fw-la non_fw-la offensio_fw-la say_v pet._n martyr_n this_o be_v paul_n temper_n and_o resolution_n 1_o cor._n 8.13_o if_o meat_n make_v my_o brother_n to_o offend_v i_o will_v eat_v no_o flesh_n while_o the_o world_n stand_v lest_o i_o make_v my_o brother_n to_o offend_v we_o use_v to_o say_v that_o which_o be_v one_o man_n meat_n be_v another_o man_n poison_n and_o de_fw-fr gustibus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la disputandum_fw-la and_o indeed_o in_o all_o case_n almost_o even_o of_o sensible_a thing_n as_o object_n of_o smell_a hear_v see_v etc._n etc._n as_o well_o as_o taste_n there_o be_v such_o diversity_n of_o apprehension_n that_o there_o be_v no_o possibility_n of_o establish_v any_o uniformity_n in_o they_o or_o lay_v down_o and_o prescribe_v any_o general_a rule_n about_o they_o that_o all_o person_n shall_v either_o judge_v or_o practice_v alike_o as_o to_o these_o thing_n so_o that_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o man_n seem_v to_o call_v for_o and_o require_v a_o latitude_n and_o liberty_n in_o they_o and_o therefore_o there_o must_v be_v a_o mutual_a forbearance_n of_o one_o another_o in_o all_o such_o case_n and_o allowance_n of_o one_o another_o different_a sentiment_n without_o quarrel_v and_o impose_v yea_o and_o not_o so_o only_o but_o also_o a_o comply_v with_o each_o other_o humour_n and_o fancy_n remember_v still_o that_o i_o be_o speak_v of_o compliance_n in_o indifferency_n and_o so_o to_o become_v all_o thing_n to_o all_o man_n as_o paul_n do_v though_o thou_o thyself_o can_v eat_v though_o perhaps_o not_o digest_v onion_n and_o garlic_n even_o of_o egypt_n yet_o because_o there_o be_v many_o weak_a stomach_n that_o can_v away_o with_o the_o rank_a smell_n and_o savour_n thereof_o and_o the_o use_n of_o these_o thing_n render_v thy_o breath_n stink_v unto_o they_o therefore_o thou_o shall_v forbear_v though_o thou_o thyself_o can_v run_v along_o nimble_o and_o secure_o in_o a_o rugged_a way_n without_o any_o danger_n of_o stumble_v and_o fall_v yet_o it_o will_v be_v not_o so_o much_o civil_a as_o christian_a kindness_n to_o stay_v and_o take_v other_o along_o with_o thou_o that_o have_v not_o that_o agility_n and_o ability_n thou_o have_v though_o thou_o can_v sing_v a_o note_n above_o ela_n thyself_o yet_o thou_o must_v so_o compose_v thy_o voice_n as_o may_v make_v the_o best_a harmony_n with_o those_o thou_o be_v join_v in_o consort_n withal_o and_o not_o strain_v it_o to_o the_o high_a pitch_n thou_o can_v god_n by_o moses_n pronounce_v a_o curse_n against_o he_o that_o make_v the_o blind_a to_o wander_v out_o of_o the_o way_n deut._n 27.18_o though_o thou_o have_v knowledge_n 1_o cor._n 8.10_o and_o see_v thy_o way_n plain_a enough_o before_o thou_o yet_o if_o by_o thy_o example_n thou_o lead_v he_o that_o want_v knowledge_n in_o a_o way_n he_o be_v either_o

in_o talm._n sota_n c._n 1._o yea_o say_v r._n akiba_n he_o deserve_v to_o die_v for_o it_o and_z according_o water_n be_v once_o bring_v to_o he_o both_o for_o drink_v and_o wash_v and_o the_o great_a part_n of_o it_o be_v casual_o spill_v the_o remainder_n he_o use_v for_o wash_v say_v that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o die_v than_o to_o transgress_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o elder_n and_o this_o be_v a_o say_n too_o among_o they_o whosoever_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n and_o eat_v his_o ordinary_a food_n after_o a_o cleanly_a manner_n and_o speak_v in_o the_o holy_a language_n and_o say_v over_o his_o phylactery_n morning_n and_o evening_n may_v be_v confident_a that_o he_o shall_v obtain_v happiness_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v but_o lest_o any_o shall_v take_v these_o tradition_n for_o matter_n of_o counsel_n only_o or_o bare_a opinion_n which_o lay_v no_o manner_n of_o obligation_n upon_o they_o and_o because_o a_o passage_n of_o grotius_n former_o quote_v and_o animadvert_v upon_o may_v seem_v to_o look_v that_o way_n though_o what_o have_v be_v say_v already_o under_o this_o last_o head_n do_v abundant_o prove_v what_o a_o high_a opinion_n they_o have_v of_o they_o in_o point_n of_o their_o obligatoriness_n yet_o further_o as_o i_o show_v before_o that_o the_o word_n elder_a denote_v person_n of_o a_o public_a character_n and_o such_o as_o be_v in_o place_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n and_o not_o only_a person_n in_o a_o private_a capacity_n so_o i_o shall_v further_o prove_v by_o several_a argument_n that_o the_o tradition_n of_o these_o elder_n be_v not_o point_n of_o opinion_n only_o but_o matter_n of_o injunction_n and_o command_n sect._n 13._o 1_o this_o tradition_n be_v expressy_a call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o precept_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n both_o by_o maimonides_n in_o hilchos_n brachos_n c._n 6._o sect_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wash_v the_o hand_n be_v a_o precept_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n to_o which_o 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elder_n imply_v that_o they_o hold_v they_o obligatory_a and_o that_o these_o tradition_n lay_v a_o obligation_n upon_o they_o for_o why_o else_o do_v they_o tax_v the_o disciple_n for_o the_o transgression_n thereof_o if_o they_o do_v not_o take_v they_o to_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o law_n for_o transgression_n proper_o belong_v to_o a_o law_n or_o something_o that_o have_v a_o bind_a power_n in_o it_o 1_o john_n 3.4_o 4_o the_o drift_n and_o design_n of_o our_o saviour_n answer_n and_o vindication_n be_v to_o show_v that_o the_o people_n be_v not_o oblige_v thereby_o and_o that_o these_o tradition_n be_v of_o no_o force_n or_o validity_n at_o all_o which_o show_v that_o they_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o obligatory_a 5_o these_o elder_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o these_o tradition_n be_v member_n of_o the_o senate_n and_o ruler_n as_o be_v prove_v afore_o and_o consequent_o a_o tradition_n or_o decision_n of_o they_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o law_n and_o be_v of_o a_o bind_a power_n be_v the_o act_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n as_o we_o find_v it_o be_v in_o this_o particular_a case_n for_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o council_n espouse_v the_o quarrel_n of_o this_o rite_n for_o they_o excommunicate_v r._n eliezer_n because_o he_o slight_v this_o ceremony_n of_o wash_v of_o hand_n and_o then_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a they_o command_v a_o great_a stone_n to_o be_v lay_v on_o his_o coffin_n in_o token_n of_o their_o detestation_n of_o he_o or_o to_o note_v that_o his_o coffin_n be_v to_o be_v stone_v say_v the_o talmud_n in_o edajoth_n cap._n 5._o 6_o the_o hebrew_a edition_n of_o matthew_n by_o munster_n render_v tradition_n of_o the_o elder_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v by_o buxtorf_n pactum_fw-la decretum_fw-la statutum_fw-la constitutio_fw-la sententia_fw-la from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d decernere_fw-la statuere_fw-la definire_fw-la and_o thus_o we_o have_v dispatch_v the_o consideration_n of_o the_o general_n ground_n of_o their_o complaint_n viz._n a_o transgression_n of_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o elder_n by_o show_v who_o these_o elder_n be_v what_o a_o tradition_n of_o the_o elder_n be_v both_o as_o to_o the_o nature_n ground_n and_o validity_n thereof_o come_v we_o now_o to_o the_o particular_a cause_n of_o their_o quarrel_n viz._n eat_v with_o unwashen_n hand_n and_o here_o many_o thing_n offer_v themselves_o to_o our_o consideration_n as_o sect._n 14_o 1_o this_o wash_v be_v call_v by_o the_o jew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lift_v up_o the_o hand_n viz._n to_o wash_v for_o dinner_n because_o in_o wash_v they_o lift_v they_o up_o in_o a_o formal_a ceremonious_a manner_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v anon_o or_o as_o st._n mark_n express_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diligent_o 2_o the_o rabbin_n say_v it_o be_v to_o be_v use_v only_o before_o the_o eat_n of_o ordinary_a bread_n thus_o maimon_n in_o hilchos_n brachos_n c._n 6._o sect_n 1._o quicunque_fw-la comedit_fw-la panem_fw-la super_fw-la quo_fw-la convenit_fw-la recitare_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la istam_fw-la benedictus_fw-la etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la educit_fw-la panem_fw-la è_fw-la terrâ_fw-la opus_fw-la habet_fw-la lavare_fw-la manus_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la &_o fine_a etiamsi_fw-la sit_fw-la panis_fw-la communis_fw-la the_o reason_n whereof_o the_o learned_a reader_n may_v see_v in_o buxtorf_n discourse_n de_n lotione_fw-la manuum_fw-la sect_n 11._o and_o therefore_o you_o may_v observe_v that_o express_a mention_n be_v make_v of_o bread_n here_o several_a time_n matth._n 15.2_o mark_v 7.2_o 5._o and_o therefore_o they_o allow_v a_o man_n to_o eat_v fruit_n cheese_n herb_n or_o fish_n with_o unwashen_n hand_n 3_o this_o wash_n be_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o end_n of_o the_o finger_n wherewith_o they_o take_v their_o meat_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d usque_fw-la ad_fw-la juncturam_fw-la to_o the_o join_n which_o some_o understand_v of_o the_o join_n of_o the_o finger_n to_o the_o hand_n but_o most_o general_o of_o the_o join_n of_o the_o hand_n to_o the_o arm_n at_o the_o wrist_n and_o not_o of_o the_o join_n up_o at_o the_o elbow_n as_o capellus_n contend_v for_o which_o buxtorf_n produce_v many_o passage_n in_o his_o vindic._n exercit._n in_o hist_o institut_fw-la coen_n domin_n advers._fw-la animad_fw-la lud._n capelli_n sect_n 55._o sect._n 15._o 4_o for_o the_o manner_n it_o be_v perform_v either_o by_o pour_v the_o water_n upon_o the_o hand_n by_o another_o person_n or_o by_o one_o self_n if_o none_o else_o be_v at_o hand_n to_o do_v it_o or_o else_o by_o dip_v the_o hand_n in_o the_o water_n if_o it_o be_v do_v by_o pour_v the_o water_n be_v to_o be_v pour_v upon_o the_o hand_n two_o or_o three_o time_n first_o if_o the_o hand_n be_v dirty_a to_o cleanse_v they_o from_o the_o dirt_n 2_o to_o take_v away_o the_o moral_a uncleanness_n as_o they_o account_v it_o 3_o to_o cleanse_v they_o from_o that_o second_o water_n which_o take_v the_o moral_a uncleanness_n to_o itself_o and_o therefore_o must_v all_o be_v wash_v off_o several_a other_o rule_n and_o direction_n be_v give_v both_o as_o to_o the_o quality_n and_o quantity_n of_o the_o water_n as_o also_o concern_v the_o vessel_n that_o the_o water_n be_v to_o be_v put_v into_o which_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o forementioned_a author_n sect_n 24-28_a 5_o they_o be_v to_o lift_v up_o their_o hand_n whence_o it_o be_v call_v netilas_n jadajim_v as_o be_v say_v that_o the_o water_n may_v not_o run_v back_o from_o the_o hand_n to_o the_o finger_n and_o so_o defile_v they_o again_o for_o they_o hold_v that_o the_o water_n that_o be_v pour_v upon_o the_o hand_n do_v contract_v moral_a defilement_n thereby_o as_o be_v say_v 6_o they_o be_v to_o pull_v off_o ring_n plaster_n or_o any_o such_o