Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	punishment_n	sin_n	transgression_n	4,361	5	10.4522	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94081	An essay in defence of the good old cause, or A discourse concerning the rise and extent of the power of the civil magistrate in reference to spiritual affairs. With a præface concerning [brace] the name of the good old cause. An equal common-wealth. A co-ordinate synod. The holy common-wealth published lately by Mr. Richard Baxter. And a vindication of the honourable Sir Henry Vane from the false aspersions of Mr. Baxter. / By Henry Stubbe of Ch. Ch. in Oxon.	Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.; Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676. Vindication of that prudent and honourable knight, Sir Henry Vane, from the lyes and calumnies of Mr. Richard Baxter, minister of Kidderminster.	1659 (1659)	Wing S6045; Thomason E1841_1; ESTC R209626	97,955	192

this_o trial_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o the_o tetragrammaton_fw-gr or_o sacred_a name_n yet_o the_o whole_a assembly_n unanimous_o condemn_v our_o saviour_n for_o blasphemy_n against_o one_o of_o the_o sacred_a attribute_n which_o be_v manifest_o express_v in_o the_o text_n in_o the_o word_n sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o power_n citato_fw-la vid._n selden_n loco_fw-la citato_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d power_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o the_o jewish_a rabbin_n a_o thousand_o time_n reckon_v among_o the_o attribute_n of_o god_n i_o be_o further_a to_o observe_v that_o the_o jew_n do_v not_o reckon_v material_a blasphemy_n such_o as_o be_v wickedness_n of_o life_n or_o the_o profession_n of_o a_o religion_n or_o way_n inconsistent_a with_o the_o truth_n for_o to_o be_v the_o blasphemy_n that_o be_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n thus_o the_o blind_a man_n joh._n 9_o who_o avow_a christ_n to_o be_v no_o sinner_n but_o a_o prophet_n and_o of_o god_n be_v not_o implead_v or_o condemn_v as_o guilty_a of_o blasphemy_n and_o so_o to_o die_v but_o he_o be_v excommunicate_v or_o exclude_v from_o the_o converse_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o disciple_n in_o the_o acts._n ch_n 4._o &_o 5._o though_o they_o preach_v that_o jesus_n be_v the_o christ_n and_o that_o salvation_n be_v to_o be_v have_v only_o in_o his_o name_n and_o that_o god_n have_v exalt_v he_o with_o his_o right_a hand_n to_o be_v a_o prince_n and_o a_o saviour_n etc._n etc._n yet_o be_v not_o they_o charge_v with_o blasphemy_n or_o represent_v as_o guilty_a of_o death_n so_o paul_n in_o his_o declaration_n whatever_o he_o lay_v down_o it_o be_v not_o impute_v to_o he_o as_o blasphemous_a for_o then_o the_o people_n will_v have_v rend_v their_o clothes_n instead_o of_o cast_v they_o off_o and_o have_v say_v he_o be_v guilty_a of_o death_n and_o not_o away_o with_o such_o a_o fellow_n from_o the_o earth_n it_o be_v not_o fit_a that_o he_o shall_v live_v act_v 22._o v._o 22_o 23._o from_o whence_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v what_o opinion_n the_o jew_n have_v of_o the_o messiah_n that_o one_o may_v avow_v himself_o to_o be_v or_o that_o another_o be_v such_o yet_o not_o be_v guilty_a of_o blasphemy_n or_o death_n for_o such_o his_o assertion_n yet_o as_o a_o sour_a of_o sedition_n such_o may_v be_v punish_v with_o stripe_n or_o imprisonment_n act_n 4._o v._o 3._o act_n 24._o v._o 5._o for_o if_o they_o have_v teach_v open_o that_o christ_n do_v sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o power_n or_o glory_n as_o steven_n act_v 7._o v._o 55_o 56_o 57_o or_o have_v say_v he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n they_o will_v not_o have_v spare_v the_o disciple_n who_o condemn_v the_o master_n upon_o that_o score_n and_o tell_v pilate_n we_o have_v a_o law_n and_o by_o our_o law_n he_o ought_v to_o die_v because_o he_o make_v himself_o the_o son_n of_o god_n joh._n 19.7_o it_o be_v very_o considerable_a how_o by_o the_o same_o law_n whereby_o christ_n be_v condemn_v for_o blasphemy_n by_o the_o jew_n in_o assert_v his_o deity_n by_o the_o same_o law_n be_v the_o socinian_o condemn_v now_o for_o deny_v his_o deity_n we_o ought_v then_o to_o be_v very_o tender_a in_o commit_v the_o interpretative_a power_n of_o such_o law_n to_o any_o sort_n of_o man_n least_o analogical_a blasphemy_n retrench_v upon_o the_o truth_n formal_n blasphemy_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d maledictio_fw-la seu_fw-la execratio_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la reproachful_a language_n or_o curse_v of_o the_o sacred_a name_n be_v count_v blasphemy_n by_o they_o and_o as_o such_o prohibit_v viz._n when_o the_o hol●ness_n power_n verity_n 11._o quando_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la potesias_fw-la veritas_fw-la unitas_fw-la numinis_fw-la aut_fw-la convitio_fw-la ultro_fw-la ac_fw-la diserte_n prosciaditur_fw-la aut_fw-la ex_fw-la professione_n actuve_fw-fr aliquo_fw-la palam_fw-la ac_fw-la procaciter_fw-la negari_fw-la consequenter_fw-la deprehendi●ur_n selden_n de_fw-fr jur_fw-fr nature_n l._n 2._o c._n 11._o and_o unity_n of_o god_n be_v either_o revile_v wilful_o and_o express_o or_o by_o some_o action_n or_o declaration_n in_o a_o way_n of_o consequence_n open_o and_o malepert_o deny_v of_o the_o former_a sort_n be_v the_o blasphemy_n of_o rabshekah_n 2._o king_n 8.30_o isai_n 36.15_o and_o of_o shelomith_n son_n levit._n 24.13_o and_o that_o of_o which_o naboth_n be_v accuse_v 2_o king_n 21._o v._n 10.13_o the_o chaldee_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v to_o bless_v or_o curse_v according_a to_o the_o forego_n sense_n of_o the_o second_o sort_n or_o consequential_a blasphemy_n which_o be_v not_o to_o depend_v upon_o subtle_a consequence_n deduce_v from_o word_n or_o action_n innocent_o speak_v and_o perform_v and_o without_o any_o evil_a intention_n or_o through_o error_n as_o any_o man_n may_v prove_v out_o of_o mr._n selden_n de_fw-fr jur_fw-fr nature_n l._n 2._o c._n 11._o it_o be_v account_v such_o if_o any_o one_o without_o lapse_v himself_o into_o idolatry_n or_o embrace_v strange_a worship_n for_o that_o be_v comprise_v by_o the_o jew_n under_o the_o precept_n of_o idolatry_n &_o be_v also_o repute_v a_o consequential_a blasphemy_n do_v persuade_v other_o thereunto_o or_o profess_v the_o lawfulness_n &_o equity_n thereof_o himself_o and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o a_o high_a hand_n errore_fw-la exit_fw-la prot●rvia_fw-la n●n_fw-la ex_fw-la ignor●ntia_fw-la seu_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la errore_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o malepertnesse_n not_o ignorance_n or_o mistake_v in_o judgement_n or_o if_o any_o israelite_n do_v in_o such_o manner_n violate_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n or_o a_o son_n of_o noah_n live_v among_o the_o jew_n under_o a_o establish_a polity_n in_o judaea_n transgress_v the_o precept_n of_o n●ah_n not_o out_o of_o weakness_n or_o hasty_a seduction_n of_o natural_a concupiscence_n or_o error_n but_o because_o he_o peevish_o and_o malepert_o refuse_v to_o acknowledge_v his_o obligation_n to_o the_o contrary_a or_o do_v not_o reverence_v the_o authority_n power_n unity_n and_o verity_n of_o god_n so_o command_v or_o prohibit_v that_o be_v he_o deny_v it_o all_o in_o very_a deed_n willing_o wilful_o and_o with_o a_o high_a hand_n and_o despise_v it_o this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o this_o do_v that_o precept_n refer_v numb_a 15.30_o the_o soul_n that_o shall_v do_v with_o a_o high_a hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proud_o and_o insolent_o the_o chaldee_n have_v it_o with_o a_o uncovered_a head_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o he_o be_v home-born_a or_o stranger_n the_o same_o reproach_v or_o blaspheme_v jehovah_n and_o that_o soul_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o among_o his_o people_n by_o all_o this_o that_o have_v be_v allege_v as_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o jew_n together_o with_o their_o practice_n in_o our_o saviour_n time_n this_o law_n of_o blasphemy_n and_o idolatry_n be_v particular_a to_o the_o jew_n live_v under_o their_o proper_a polity_n in_o the_o land_n god_n give_v they_o and_o extend_v coercive_o no_o far_o nor_o therein_o to_o any_o consequential_a or_o figurative_a remote_a idolatry_n and_o blasphemy_n proceed_v from_o probable_a reason_n or_o weakness_n of_o judgement_n or_o the_o like_a so_o that_o for_o aught_o i_o can_v see_v since_o neither_o the_o scripture_n nor_o jewish_a doctor_n inform_v we_o what_o a_o supreme_a magistrate_n over_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n ought_v to_o do_v in_o such_o case_n and_o since_o in_o dubious_a matter_n it_o be_v best_o to_o be_v cautious_a i_o believe_v notwithstanding_o all_o this_o law_n a_o toleration_n must_v necessary_o be_v grant_v but_o to_o give_v a_o punctual_a answer_n to_o these_o law_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o they_o be_v part_n of_o the_o political_a law_n of_o moses_n and_o not_o comprise_v in_o the_o moral_a law_n i_o mean_v as_o to_o the_o punishment_n inflict_v upon_o the_o transgressor_n for_o the_o moral_a law_n off_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o many_o jew_n and_o also_o of_o theodoret_n that_o the_o first_o part_n of_o one_o text_n in_o controversy_n viz._n levi●_n 24.15_o whosoever_o curse_v his_o god_n shall_v bear_v his_o sin_n that_o by_o this_o text_n even_o idolater_n be_v prohibit_v to_o blaspheme_v their_o god_n which_o interpretation_n as_o it_o be_v high_o probable_a and_o conformable_a to_o reason_n and_o usage_n so_o it_o show_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o rule_n to_o evidence_n a_o transgression_n yet_o not_o infer_v a_o temporal_a punishment_n for_o none_o of_o they_o prove_v any_o punishment_n to_o have_v be_v inflict_v thereupon_o but_o that_o the_o offender_n shall_v hear_v his_o sin_n the_o like_a in_o stance_n may_v be_v bring_v from_o several_a law_n the_o breach_n whereof_o be_v

the_o child_n of_o israel_n for_o a_o possession_n deut._n 12.1_o these_o be_v the_o statute_n and_o the_o judgement_n which_o you_o shall_v observe_v to_o do_v in_o the_o land_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n give_v thou_o 34.13_o so_o exod._n 34.13_o they_o shall_v destroy_v all_o monument_n of_o idolatry_n in_o those_o dominion_n and_o this_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n as_o mr._n selden_n report_v they_o the_o jur_n nature_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o it_o be_v command_v we_o that_o we_o destroy_v all_o foreign_a worship_n out_o of_o our_o land_n but_o beyond_o our_o precinct_n it_o be_v not_o command_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v persecute_v and_o destroy_v it_o in_o case_n they_o make_v any_o additional_a conquest_n that_o law_n do_v not_o reach_v they_o yet_o do_v they_o by_o a_o intervenient_a right_n as_o mr._n selden_n phrase_v it_o abolish_v and_o extripate_v idolatry_n in_o such_o place_n viz._n lest_o it_o shall_v become_v a_o snare_n unto_o they_o among_o the_o jew_n there_o live_v sundry_a other_o people_n call_v under_o the_o general_a name_n of_o stranger_n which_o as_o to_o matter_n of_o common_a equity_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o law_n or_o justice_n which_o a_o israelite_n have_v such_o be_v the_o gibeonite_n and_o the_o relic_n of_o the_o canaanite_n that_o be_v undestroy_v such_o be_v those_o which_o join_v with_o they_o when_o they_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n such_o be_v the_o prosclyte_n or_o stranger_n in_o the_o gate_n who_o be_v not_o jew_n but_o be_v all_o bind_v up_o say_v the_o jew_n to_o the_o seven_o precept_n of_o noah_n in_o such_o case_n as_o a_o israelite_n may_v be_v put_v to_o death_n they_o also_o may_v suffer_v the_o like_a punishment_n so_o that_o it_o be_v death_n for_o a_o israelite_n to_o worship_n idol_n or_o tempt_v other_o thereunto_o it_o be_v in_o like_a manner_n punishable_a for_o any_o stranger_n to_o attempt_v the_o like_a but_o it_o be_v also_o death_n for_o any_o stranger_n not_o become_v absolute_o a_o proselyte_n to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n for_o to_o observe_v any_o part_n thereof_o as_o be_v his_o law_n it_o be_v also_o remarkable_a that_o the_o law_n of_o noah_n regard_v idolatry_n be_v negative_a and_o only_o tell_v they_o they_o be_v not_o to_o worship_v idol_n angel_n sun_n and_o moon_n and_o such_o god_n as_o be_v not_o the_o lord_n jehovah_n but_o as_o to_o the_o positive_a part_n we_o find_v nothing_o express_v that_o they_o be_v to_o do_v necessary_o though_o voluntary_o they_o may_v offer_v whole_a burnt-offering_n by_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o same_o temple_n with_o the_o jew_n and_o they_o may_v pay_v their_o vow_n and_o have_v a_o particular_a place_n in_o the_o temple_n to_o pray_v in_o as_o for_o a_o city_n fall_v into_o idolatry_n it_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v with_o the_o edge_n of_o the_o sword_n the_o spoil_n to_o be_v burn_v and_o all_o to_o be_v make_v a_o heap_n for_o ever_o but_o in_o reference_n to_o this_o extirpate_v idolatrous_a city_n i_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o not_o extend_v beyond_o the_o limit_n of_o israel_n if_o thou_o shall_v hear_v say_v in_o one_o of_o the_o city_n which_o jehovah_n thy_o god_n give_v thou_o to_o dwell_v there_o but_o also_o that_o it_o do_v seem_v not_o to_o have_v extend_v unto_o any_o city_n that_o shall_v cast_v off_o the_o yoke_n of_o their_o government_n and_o separate_v into_o a_o new_a reiglement_n for_o i_o do_v not_o find_v any_o war_n make_v upon_o jeroboam_n and_o the_o ten_o tribe_n for_o their_o apostasy_n and_o idolatry_n though_o they_o be_v reprove_v for_o the_o same_o nor_o do_v i_o find_v that_o the_o town_n take_v at_o any_o time_n from_o the_o ten_o tribe_n by_o the_o two_o be_v use_v according_a to_o the_o law_n in_o debate_n but_o they_o seem_v as_o the_o samaritan_n after_o they_o to_o be_v leave_v unto_o god_n for_o to_o be_v cut_v off_o and_o indeed_o as_o to_o particular_a idolatry_n to_o be_v practise_v within_o judaea_n by_o the_o stranger_n that_o none_o shall_v come_v thither_o who_o shall_v not_o profess_v a_o subjection_n to_o the_o precept_n of_o noah_n and_o so_o relinquish_v his_o religion_n or_o intermit_v ●t_a do_v hardly_o seem_v credible_a that_o it_o be_v perform_v when_o hiram_n servant_n do_v work_v with_o solomon_n servant_n or_o come_v to_o congratulate_v he_o 1_o king_n 5._o or_o when_o the_o queen_n of_o shebah_n come_v to_o jerusalem_n with_o a_o very_a great_a train_n 1_o kin._n 10._o or_o as_o often_o as_o any_o ambassador_n come_v from_o foreign_a country_n to_o the_o upright_a king_n of_o judah_n after_o the_o captivity_n and_o their_o return_n from_o thence_o will_v any_o one_o think_v that_o alexander_n the_o great_a when_o he_o and_o his_o army_n come_v to_o jerusalem_n that_o they_o become_v proselyte_n to_o the_o commandment_n of_o noah_n or_o that_o the_o roman_n do_v intermit_v their_o worship_n which_o be_v to_o be_v perform_v daily_o or_o particular_o at_o the_o march_v of_o the_o army_n all_o the_o while_o they_o be_v in_o jury_n or_o that_o all_o those_o nation_n recount_v in_o the_o act_v 2._o v._o 9_o 10_o 11._o have_v renounce_v their_o native_a religion_n yet_o be_v not_o that_o toleration_n condemn_v by_o the_o apostle_n as_o neither_o have_v it_o be_v by_o christ_n who_o be_v able_a by_o a_o grant_n of_o angelical_a legion_n to_o effect_v what_o possible_o it_o may_v be_v reply_v the_o other_o can_v not_o as_o for_o that_o other_o text_n respect_v blasphemy_n levit._n 24._o v._o 15_o 16._o any_o man_n when_o be_v shall_v curse_v his_o god_n than_o he_o shall_v bear_v his_o sin_n and_o he_o that_o b●asphemeth_v the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n shall_v sure_o be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o all_o the_o congregation_n ston_a shall_v stone_v he_o as_o well_o the_o stranger_n as_o the_o home-born_a when_o he_o blaspheme_v the_o name_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n the_o jew_n observe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o say_v in_o the_o original_a he_o that_o blaspheme_v 3._o from_o hence_o the_o jew_n become_v so_o superstitious_a as_o not_o to_o think_v it_o lawful_a to_o name_v the_o sacred_a name_n therefore_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philo_z thus_o record_v the_o law_n ei_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr vita_fw-la mosis_fw-la l._n 3._o but_o he_o that_o name_v and_o that_o not_o general_o god_n but_o the_o name_n jehovah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o further_o remark_n that_o the_o son_n of_o selomith_n do_v curse_v the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o though_o they_o confess_v that_o the_o law_n against_o blasphemy_n comprise_v both_o jew_n and_o stranger_n live_v among_o they_o for_o it_o be_v not_o conceivable_a how_o it_o extend_v any_o further_a than_o their_o particular_a polity_n so_o as_o to_o oblige_v the_o jew_n at_o alexandria_n to_o execute_v the_o law_n upon_o any_o gentile_a there_o or_o in_o the_o captiutiy_n yet_o the_o extent_n of_o the_o violation_n thereof_o be_v so_o little_a that_o the_o 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hebraeus_n a_o deo_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la lege_fw-la deficiens_fw-la aut_fw-la ducem_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la f●lsos_fw-la cultus_fw-la praeb●ns_fw-la deut_n 13._o ●_o illico_fw-la a_fw-la quovis_fw-la homine_fw-la poterat_fw-la interfici_fw-la judicium_fw-la z●l●_n id_fw-la vocabant_fw-la hebraei_n quod_fw-la a_o phinea_fw-la primo_fw-la exercitum_fw-la aiunt_fw-la num._n 25._o &_o inde_fw-la ablisse_fw-la in_o morem_fw-la sic_fw-la jud●um_fw-la quendam_fw-la graecis_fw-la se_fw-la polluentem_fw-la ritibus_fw-la occidit_fw-la mathias_n 2_o maccab._n 24._o sic_fw-la trecen●i_fw-la alii_fw-la judaei_n a_o p●pularibus_fw-la suis_fw-la occisi_fw-la reseruntur_fw-la libro_fw-la qui_fw-la vulgo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la maccabaeorum_n tertius_fw-la nec_fw-la alio_fw-la obtentu_fw-la instituta_fw-la lapidatio_fw-la in_o stephanum_n act._n 7.57_o &_o conjuratio_fw-la in_o paulum_fw-la act._n 23.13_o multaque_fw-la alia_fw-la exempla_fw-la eiusmo●i_fw-la extant_a &_o apud_fw-la philonem_fw-la &_o 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