Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	bishop_n	church_n	presbyter_n	3,490	5	10.5633	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13216	Redde debitum. Or, A discourse in defence of three chiefe fatherhoods grounded upon a text dilated to the latitude of the fift Commandement; and is therfore grounded thereupon, because 'twas first intended for the pulpit, and should have beene concluded in one or two sermons, but is extended since to a larger tract; and written chiefely in confutation of all disobedient and factious kinde of people, who are enemies both to the Church and state. By John Svvan.	Swan, John, d. 1671.	1640 (1640)	STC 23514; ESTC S118031	127,775	278

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3._o see_v mat._n 10._o and_o luk._n ch_z 2.8_o 10._o ver_fw-la 3._o then_o after_o they_o the_o seventie_o disciple_n christ_n liken_v the_o first_o to_o sheep_n the_o second_o to_o lamb_n thereby_o declare_v that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a dignity_n in_o the_o one_o then_o in_o the_o other_o and_o that_o the_o first-sent_a have_v not_o only_o the_o priority_n of_o time_n but_o of_o place_n and_o authority_n it_o be_v christ_n own_o act_n and_o therefore_o let_v no_o man_n presume_v not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o think_v of_o join_v together_o those_o who_o christ_n have_v put_v asunder_o and_o so_o say_v the_o ordinary_a gloss_n sicut_fw-la in_o apostolis_n forma_fw-la est_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o septuaginta_fw-la discipulis_fw-la forma_fw-la est_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la as_o it_o be_v allege_v by_o stella_n and_o aquinas_n it_o be_v also_o so_o understand_v by_o theophilact_n and_o sundry_a other_o upon_o the_o ten_o of_o luke_n viz._n that_o 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