Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	law_n	moral_a	positive_a	5,166	5	11.3209	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45330	The beauty of magistracy in an exposition of the 82 Psalm, where is set forth the necessity, utility, dignity, duty, and mortality of magistrates : here many other texts of Scripture occasionally are cleared, many quæries and cases of conscience about the magistrates power, are resolved, many anabaptistical cavils are confuted, and many seasonable observations containing many other heads of divinity, are raised : together with references to such authors as clear any point more fully / by Thomas Hall ... ; with an additional sermon on verse 6, by George Swinnock.	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.; Swinnock, George, 1627-1673. Men are gods.	1660 (1660)	Wing H427; ESTC R18061	228,882	316

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certain_a ruler_n be_v not_o for_o nothing_o call_v power_n tit._n 3._o 1._o it_o be_v in_o their_o power_n though_o not_o to_o tyrannize_v at_o their_o pleasure_n yet_o to_o execute_v the_o law_n even_o to_o the_o death_n of_o the_o offendor_n 2._o 19_o magistrate_n be_v call_v god_n not_o only_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o dignity_n but_o also_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o duty_n they_o ought_v to_o resemble_v god_n in_o their_o execution_n of_o justice_n among_o man_n god_n administer_v justice_n impartial_o and_o so_o shall_v the_o go_n the_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n do_v right_a and_o the_o judge_n that_o be_v on_o the_o earth_n shall_v do_v right_a god_n d●th_v judge_v the_o world_n in_o righteousness_n and_o minister_v judgement_n to_o the_o poor_a in_o uprightness_n psal._n 9_o 8._o and_o they_o who_o rule_v over_o man_n must_v be_v just_a rule_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n 2_o sam._n 23._o 3._o justice_n and_o judgement_n be_v the_o habitation_n of_o god_n throne_n 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god_n for_o their_o good_a rom._n 13._o 4._o and_o punish_v the_o wicked_a which_o be_v malignant_a enemy_n to_o god_n and_o they_o now_o the_o impartiality_n of_o the_o god_n as_o of_o god_n in_o execute_v justice_n appear_v in_o these_o three_o particular_n first_o in_o not_o favour_v any_o for_o their_o nearness_n magistrate_n must_v imitate_v god_n in_o this_o who_o be_v no_o respecter_n of_o person_n but_o judge_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n 1_o pet._n 1._o 17._o though_o coniah_n be_v to_o i_o say_v god_n as_o the_o signet_n on_o my_o right_a hand_n yet_o i_o will_v pluck_v he_o thence_o jer._n 22._o 24._o loc_n that_o be_v though_o he_o be_v as_o near_o and_o dear_a to_o i_o as_o a_o king_n sealing-ring_n which_o be_v most_o careful_o keep_v and_o tender_o preserve_v wear_v common_o yea_o continual_o on_o some_o finger_n yet_o i_o will_v do_v justice_n in_o pluck_v he_o off_o and_o cast_v he_o from_o i_o nay_o when_o god_n own_o son_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o his_o infinite_a love_n and_o choice_a delight_n become_v liable_a to_o the_o lash_n of_o the_o law_n as_o be_v a_o sinner_n by_o imputation_n god_n will_v not_o spare_v he_o in_o the_o least_o but_o make_v he_o bear_v the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n rom._n 8._o 32._o zaleucus_n the_o lawgiver_n have_v enact_v that_o every_o person_n guilty_a of_o adultery_n shall_v lose_v both_o his_o eye_n do_v yet_o when_o his_o own_o son_n be_v find_v guilty_a of_o that_o fault_n put_v out_o one_o of_o his_o own_o eye_n and_o one_o of_o his_o son_n but_o the_o great_a god_n be_v more_o just_a when_o his_o son_n be_v a_o surety_n for_o sinner_n he_o cause_v he_o to_o pay_v the_o utmost_a farthing_n he_o suffer_v the_o law_n to_o have_v its_o full_a stroke_n

administ_n ando_fw-la jure_fw-la exequenda_fw-la justitia_fw-la tucndo_fw-la bono_fw-mi puniendo_fw-la m●l●s_fw-la polan_n syntag_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 19_o propheta_fw-la ad_fw-la regum_fw-la insignia_fw-la vel_fw-la pomp_n as_o alludens_fw-la dicit_fw-la judicium_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la effe_n ●alturam_fw-la solii_fw-la e●us_fw-la acsi_fw-la deceret_fw-la loco_fw-la sceptri_fw-la vel_fw-la purpurae_fw-la vil_fw-mi diadematis_fw-la his_fw-la iasignibus_fw-la ornari_fw-la deum_fw-la quò_fw-la iustùs_fw-la &_o aequus_fw-la in_o indi_fw-la judex_fw-la calvin_n in_o loc_n large_a annot._n in_o exod._n 22._o 28._o etiamsi_fw-la suisset_fw-la jeconia●_fw-la mihi_fw-la charissimus_fw-la quem_fw-la s●mper_fw-la in_o ocul●s_fw-la fcrrem_fw-mi jun._n in_o loc_n prosopol●psis_fw-la dici●ur_fw-la si_fw-la q●us_fw-la paribus_fw-la imparia_fw-la vel_fw-la imparibus_fw-la paria_fw-la tribuat_fw-la coc._n plutarch_n in_o vit._n cat_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o trajan_n the_o emperor_n it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o neither_o fear_v nor_o hate_v any_o man_n but_o that_o he_o hear_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o subject_n without_o prejudicate_a impiety_n examine_v they_o without_o finist_a obliquity_n and_o judge_v they_o without_o unjust_a partiality_n privati_fw-la fur_n in_fw-la compedibus_fw-la aeta'em_n agu●t_fw-la publici_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o auro_fw-la &_o purpura_fw-la visuntur_fw-la cat._n omnis_fw-la p●t●st●●_n à_fw-la summa_fw-la p●testate_fw-la non_fw-fr de_fw-fr quolibetiverbo_fw-la dei●_n sed_fw-la de_fw-la speciali_fw-la dominandi_fw-la mandato_fw-la calv._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hes._n willet_n in_o locum_fw-la cujus_fw-la jussu_fw-la homi●es_fw-la ejus_fw-la jussu_fw-la reges_fw-la ireneus_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 24._o de_fw-fr bell●_n judaic._n lib._n 62._o every_o one_o have_v in_o he_o the_o mind_n of_o a_o king_n calv._n on_o 1_o pet._n 5._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subjectingthem_n to_o i_o septuagint_n leg_n sueton._n the_o second_o use_n by_o way_n of_o information_n information_n politic_a government_n be_v probable_o then_o institute_v when_o man_n be_v first_o create_v under_o the_o old_a covenant_n of_o work_n for_o it_o be_v a_o natural_a blessing_n and_o ground_v upon_o the_o five_o command_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n which_o commence_v upon_o man_n first_o creation_n before_o adam_n fall_n and_o the_o rather_o may_v we_o thus_o judge_v because_o it_o be_v a_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v bind_v in_o man_n estate_n of_o innocency_n beside_o christ_n himself_o who_o know_v no_o sin_n yet_o mind_v this_o duty_n of_o subjection_n luke_n 2_o ●1_n 1_o col._n 16._o 22._o m●tth_n 22._o 23._o augustine_n think_v that_o all_o civil_a subjection_n of_o one_o man_n to_o another_o come_v in_o by_o sin_n though_o not_o all_o natural_a subjection_n of_o child_n to_o pa_n ent_n de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 19_o r._n willet_n in_o rom._n 13._o magistratus_fw-la necessarius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quia_fw-la à_fw-la d●o_fw-la ordinuus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la defensionem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la polan_n syntag_n lib._n 7._o c._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d accuse_v though_o false_o luther_n to_o have_v animate_v muncer_n the_o rebel-preacher_n in_o thuringia_n calvin_n in_o rom._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la valet_fw-la quod_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alterius_fw-la faman_fw-mi laedere_fw-la maledicti_fw-la so_o d●odat_n in_o loc_n calvin_n vide_fw-la joseph_n antiq._n lib._n 20._o cop_z 3._o 5._o jun._n in_o parall_a seneca_n say_v of_o egypt_n that_o it_o be_v lo_n quax_fw-la &_o i●geniosa_fw-la in_o contumeliam_fw-la praefectorum_fw-la provincia_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la q●i_fw-la vitau●rit_fw-la culpam_fw-la non_fw-la effi●s_fw-la get_fw-fr infamiam_fw-la lu●her_o cry_v henry_n the_o eight_o mercy_n for_o his_o uncivil_a language_n such_o as_o that_o audi_fw-la domine_fw-la rex_fw-la ed●cebo_fw-la te_fw-la the_o mother_n of_o artaxerxes_n in_o plutarch_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o they_o who_o address_v themselves_o to_o prince_n shall_v use_v silken_a word_n xenoph._n helen_n lib._n 11_o magistrate_n be_v palre_n pat●iae_fw-la prohibiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la maledici_fw-la no●_n jussi_fw-la sunt_fw-la sacr●●●_n honorari_fw-la aug._n in_o exod_n ho●or_fw-la est_fw-la agnitio_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la vel_fw-la excellen●iae_fw-la illius_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la cum_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la debita_fw-la testificatione_n agni●io_fw-la simul_fw-la dicitur_fw-la &_o testificatio_fw-la quia_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o externa_fw-la observantia_fw-la sola_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o interna_fw-la consistit_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o htroque_fw-la ames_n med._n 〈…〉_z m●llem_fw-la obedire_fw-la quam_fw-la miracula_fw-la facere_fw-la luth._o zanch._n miscel._n epi._n ded_fw-we magis_fw-la obtemperandum_fw-la est_fw-la diis_fw-la apud_fw-la quos_fw-la diutius_fw-la manendum_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la homi●ibus_fw-la quibuscum_fw-la admodum_fw-la brevi_fw-la tempore_fw-la vivendum_fw-la est_fw-la 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