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
A42331	The Paschal or Lent-Fast, apostolical & perpetual at first deliver'd in a sermon preached before His Majesty in Lent and since enlarged : wherein the judgment of antiquity is laid down : with an appendix containing an answer to the late printed objections of the Presbyterians against the fast of Lent / by Peter Gunning ...	Gunning, Peter, 1614-1684.	1662 (1662)	Wing G2236; ESTC R5920	244,843	370

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judge_v of_o the_o issue_n chap._n 9_o the_o judgement_n which_o the_o ancient_a father_n make_v of_o such_o as_o oppose_v the_o church_n set_v fast_n or_o feast_n and_o particular_o this_o paschal_n or_o lent-fast_a saint_n augustine_n in_o his_o book_n of_o heresy_n n._n 53._o writing_n of_o the_o aërian_o thus_o say_v aëriani_n ab_fw-la aerio_fw-la quodam_fw-la sunt_fw-la nominati_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o arrianorum_n haeresim_fw-la lapsus_fw-la propria_fw-la quoque_fw-la dogmata_fw-la addi●…isse_fw-la nonnulla_fw-la fertur_fw-la dicens_fw-la nec_fw-la statuta_fw-la solenniter_fw-la celebranda_fw-la esse_fw-la jejunia_fw-la sed_fw-la cùm_fw-la cuique_fw-la voluerit_fw-la jejunandum_fw-la ne_fw-la videatur_fw-la esse_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la dicebat_fw-la etiam_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la nullâ_fw-la differentiâ_fw-la debere_fw-la discerni_fw-la that_o be_v the_o aërian_o be_v name_v from_o one_o aërius_n who_o have_v fall_v into_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o arrian_n do_v add_v thereto_o some_o opinion_n of_o his_o own_o affirm_v that_o the_o solemn_a set_a fast_n be_v not_o to_o be_v observe_v but_o that_o every_o man_n be_v to_o fast_v when_o he_o please_v lest_o he_o shall_v seem_v to_o be_v under_o the_o law_n he_o also_o say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n to_o be_v put_v between_o a_o priest_n and_o a_o bishop_n and_o n._n 82._o of_o the_o same_o book_n he_o thus_o say_v of_o the_o jovinianist_n a_o joviniano_n quodam_fw-la monach●…_n illa_fw-la haeresis_fw-la orta_fw-la est_fw-la aetate_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la cum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la juvenes_fw-la essemus_fw-la dicebat_fw-la non_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prodesse_fw-la jejunia_fw-la vel_fw-la a_o cibis_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la abstinentiam_fw-la cito_fw-la tamen_fw-la illa_fw-la haeresis_fw-la oppressa_fw-la &_o extincta_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la d●…eptionem_fw-la aliquorum_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la potuit_fw-la pervenire_fw-la that_o be_v the_o heresy_n of_o the_o jovinianist_n in_o my_o time_n when_o i_o be_v young_a spring_v from_o one_o jovinian_a a_o monk_n who_o say_v that_o fast_v and_o abstinence_n from_o certain_a meat_n be_v not_o at_o all_o profitable_a but_o this_o heresy_n be_v soon_o extinct_a and_o proceed_v not_o so_o far_o as_o to_o deceive_v any_o priest_n johannes_n damascenus_n in_o his_o 6._o book_n of_o heresy_n write_v thus_o of_o the_o aërian_o or_o eustachian_o aëriani_n ab_fw-la aërio_fw-la pontico_fw-la fuit_fw-la autem_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la eustachii_n episcopi_fw-la arriani_n filius_fw-la ejus_fw-la eustachij_fw-la qui_fw-fr jejunium_fw-la feriâ_fw-la quartâ_fw-la &_o sexta_fw-la &_o quadraginta_fw-la diebus_fw-la seruari_fw-la &_o pascha_fw-la celebrari_fw-la prohibet_fw-la stata_n haec_fw-la damnat_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la jejunium_fw-la seruare_fw-la velit_fw-la id_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la certis_fw-la statisque_fw-la diebus_fw-la seruari_fw-la negate_fw-la oportere_fw-la sed_fw-la quando_fw-la volet_fw-la negate_fw-la enim_fw-la se_fw-la lege_fw-la teneri_fw-la negate_fw-la etiam_fw-la quicquam_fw-la inter_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la &_o episcopum_fw-la interest_n that_o be_v the_o aërian_o be_v name_v of_o aerius_n of_o