Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	church_n	elder_n	ordain_v	2,629	5	8.8340	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76447	The penitent death of a vvoefull sinner. Or, the penitent death of John Atherton executed at Dublin the 5. of December. 1640. With some annotations upon severall passages in it. As also the sermon, with some further enlargements, preached at his buriall. / By Nicholas Barnard Deane of Ardagh in Ireland.	Bernard, Nicholas, d. 1661.; Atherton, John, 1598-1640.	1641 (1641)	Wing B2014; Wing B2017; Thomason E176_3; Thomason E176_4; ESTC R2358	42,210	46

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cum_fw-la tale_n christo_fw-la elegerit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la hier._n de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la cl●ricor_n ad_fw-la nepot_n bishop_n shall_v delight_v to_o hear_v such_o of_o his_o own_o election_n to_o perform_v their_o office_n yet_o he_o acknowledge_v it_o to_o have_v ibid._n have_v pessimae_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la tacere_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la &_o praesentibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la non_fw-la loqui_fw-la ibid._n be_v the_o custom_n then_o also_o but_o to_o return_v to_o s._n augustine_n when_o he_o be_v make_v a_o bishop_n do_v he_o then_o give_v it_o over_o no_o then_o it_o be_v say_v augustin_n say_v atqueve_fw-mi episcopatu_fw-la suscepto_fw-la multo_fw-la instantius_fw-la ac_fw-la ferventius_fw-la majore_fw-la authoritate_fw-la non_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o unâ_fw-la tantum_fw-la region_fw-la sed_fw-la ubicunqueve_fw-la rogatus_fw-la venisset_fw-la verbum_fw-la salutis_fw-la aeternae_fw-la alacriter_fw-la &_o suavitér_n pullulante_fw-la atque_fw-la crescente_fw-la domini_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la praedicabat_fw-la paratus_n semper_fw-la reddere_fw-la possentibus_fw-la rationem_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la etc._n etc._n possidon_n de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la augustin_n he_o preach_v much_o more_o than_o he_o do_v before_o wheresoever_o he_o come_v whensoever_o ask_v the_o like_a of_o s._n ambrose_n by_o who_o ibid._n who_o in_o quâ_fw-la urbe_fw-la viz_o mediolan_n tum_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la administrabat_fw-la eximius_fw-la ambrose_n verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la praedicator_n frequentissimus_fw-la cujus_fw-la disputationibus_fw-la augustinus_n adstans_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la sensim_fw-la &_o paulatim_fw-la conversus_fw-la fuit_fw-la ibid._n frequent_a preach_a s._n austin_n himself_o be_v convert_v the_o 1._o the_o episcopi_fw-la proprium_fw-la munus_fw-la esse_fw-la docere_fw-la populum_fw-la effugere_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la officium_fw-la docendi_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la refugientibus_fw-la imposuit_fw-la necessitudo_fw-la ambros_n officior_fw-la lib._n 1._o introduction_n into_o who_o first_o sermon_n after_o his_o election_n be_v the_o affirm_v this_o to_o be_v his_o proper_a and_o necessary_a function_n s._n chrysostome_n call_v preach_v omnium_fw-la bonorum_fw-la summa_fw-la and_o according_a to_o his_o own_o practice_n will_v have_v a_o bishop_n preach_v every_o day_n 6._o day_n episcopum_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la in_o singulos_fw-la dies_fw-la sementem_fw-la facere_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la saltem_fw-la assuetudine_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la sermonem_fw-la auditorum_fw-la animi_fw-la retinere_fw-la possunt_fw-la chrysost_n de_fw-mi sacerd_v lib._n 6._o with_o who_o you_o have_v often_o cras_fw-la &_o heri_fw-la as_o if_o he_o be_v rather_o a_o daily_a preacher_n than_o a_o weekly_a s._n hieromes_n speech_n a_o bishop_n shall_v be_v for_o the_o church_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o leu●t_n of_o episcopus_fw-la imitetur_fw-la mosen_n imitetur_fw-la &_o aaron_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la dicitur_fw-la de_fw-la ijs_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la discedunt_fw-la à_fw-la tabernaculo_fw-la domini_fw-la duo_o sunt_fw-la pontificis_fw-la opera_fw-la aut_fw-la â_fw-la deo_fw-la discat_fw-la legendo_fw-la aut_fw-la populum_fw-la dei_fw-la docet_fw-la praedicando_fw-la hier._n in_o leu●t_n moses_n and_o aaron_n for_o the_o tabernacle_n they_o depart_v not_o from_o it_o always_o either_o preach_v or_o study_v for_o it_o either_o with_o 18.21_o with_o matth._n 4._o ver_fw-la 18.21_o peter_n and_o andrew_n fish_v or_o with_o james_n and_o john_n