Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	law_n	parliament_n	repeal_v	2,928	5	12.0628	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08552	The Christian conflict a treatise, shewing the difficulties and duties of this conflict, with the armour, and speciall graces to be exercised by Christian souldiers. Particularly applied to magistrates, ministers, husbands, wives, parents, children, masters, servants. The case of vsury and depopulation, and the errours of antinomists occasionally also discussed. Preached in the lecture of Kettering in the county of Northampton, and with some enlargement published by Ioseph Bentham, rector of the Church of Broughton in the same county.	Bentham, Joseph, 1594?-1671.	1635 (1635)	STC 1887; ESTC S113626	266,437	390

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shall_v be_v thrust_v out_o of_o the_o clergy_n in_o the_o sixth_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o council_n aurelian_a council_n clergy_n man_n shall_v not_o at_o all_o lend_v to_o usury_n that_o a_o clergy_n man_n shall_v not_o lend_v his_o money_n to_o usury_n either_o in_o his_o own_o name_n or_o in_o another_o man_n nor_o that_o he_o shall_v expect_v any_o more_o than_o be_v give_v and_o if_o any_o do_v presume_v to_o do_v otherwise_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v degrade_v in_o the_o nine_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n it_o be_v decree_v council_n cubilones_n council_n that_o not_o only_a clergy_n man_n shall_v abstain_v from_o filthy_a gain_n and_o usury_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v instruct_v the_o people_n commit_v to_o they_o to_o abstain_v from_o the_o same_o that_o a_o clergy_n man_n from_o moguntin_n moguntin_n a_o deacon_n and_o upward_o shall_v not_o lend_v money_n to_o usury_n that_o aquisgranens_fw-la aquisgranens_fw-la neither_o lay_v 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admit_v to_o the_o communion_n that_o none_o shall_v receive_v alm_n of_o they_o and_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o have_v any_o christian_a burial_n the_o canon_n of_o our_o church_n agree_v upon_o in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1603._o enjoin_v churchwarden_n and_o sidesman_n to_o present_a adultery_n whoredom_n juce_v drunkenness_n swear_v ribaldry_n usury_n or_o any_o other_o wickedness_n of_o life_n that_o they_o may_v be_v punish_v with_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o law_n and_o not_o admit_v to_o the_o communion_n until_o they_o be_v reform_v for_o law_n 3._o i_o be_o not_o verse_v in_o foreign_a law_n nor_o in_o the_o civil_a or_o canon_n law_n and_o therefore_o i_o can_v allege_v they_o of_o my_o own_o read_n or_o upon_o my_o own_o knowledge_n for_o these_o therefore_o i_o depend_v upon_o and_o direct_v you_o unto_o the_o rhetorical_a and_o religious_a discourse_n of_o the_o right_a revered_a bishop_n jewel_n against_o usury_n on_o 1_o thess_n 4._o 6._o where_o he_o say_v 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