Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	day_n	lord_n	sabbath_n	2,571	5	9.5859	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17305	The law and the Gospell reconciled. Or the euangelicall fayth, and the morall law how they stand together in the state of grace A treatise shewing the perpetuall vse of the morall law vnder the Gospell to beleeuers; in answere to a letter written by an antinomian to a faithfull Christian. Also how the morality of the 4th Commandement is continued in the Lords day, proued the Christian Sabbath by diuine institution. A briefe catalogue of the antinomian doctrines. By Henry Burton.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1631 (1631)	STC 4152; ESTC S106965	54,375	114

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semqer_o all_o way_n in_o their_o due_a time_n and_o place_n five_o they_o deny_v that_o the_o lord_n day_n the_o christian_n sabbath_n have_v any_o relation_n to_o the_o four_o commandment_n of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n as_o succeed_v in_o the_o place_n of_o it_o and_o their_o reason_n be_v because_o say_v they_o the_o lord_n day_n be_v not_o by_o any_o divine_a institution_n but_o humane_a only_o and_o therefore_o not_o of_o the_o same_o force_n with_o the_o four_o commandment_n this_o assertion_n &_o reason_n be_v no_o less_o unresonable_a and_o peremptory_a than_o the_o former_a how_o the_o lord_n day_n not_o of_o divine_a institution_n but_o humane_a only_o ecclesiastical_a they_o grant_v though_o apostolical_a they_o name_v not_o but_o in_o no_o case_n divine_a that_o they_o express_o and_o stiff_o deny_v first_o therefore_o we_o will_v prove_v that_o the_o lord_n day_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n second_o that_o it_o succeed_v in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o sabbath_n and_o 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