Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	word_n	world_n	worship_n	163	3	6.6659	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44854	Hē apostasīa, ho antichristos, or, A scriptural discourse of the apostasie and the Antichrist, by way of comment, upon the twelve first verses of 2 Thess. 2 under which are opened many of the dark prophecies of the Old Testament, which relate to the calling of the Jews, and the glorious things to be affected at the seventh trumpet through the world : together with a discourse of slaying the witnesses, and the immediate effects thereof : written for the consolation of the Catholike Church, especially the churches of England, Scotland, and Ireland / by E.H.	Hall, Edmund, 1619 or 20-1687.	1653 (1653)	Wing H325; ESTC R11943	203,833	222

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this_o treatise_n he_o against_o who_o the_o antichrist_n oppose_v himself_o and_o exalt_v himself_o above_o be_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n supremacy_n in_o the_o state_n or_o the_o monarch_n and_o those_o authorize_v by_o he_o in_o the_o government_n these_o he_o oppose_v these_o be_v psal_n 82._o 1_o 6_o call_v god_n and_o in_o exod._n 4._o 16._o and_o 7._o 1._o moses_n the_o first_o monarch_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o hebrew_n be_v call_v a_o god_n see_v i_o have_v ma●…e_v thou_o a_o god_n unto_o pharaoh_n and_o unto_o aaron_n thou_o shall_v be_v a_o god_n this_o be_v speak_v of_o moses_n and_o here_o the_o title_n god_n be_v give_v to_o those_o who_o the_o antichrist_n oppose_v what_o do_v this_o tell_v we_o but_o that_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o oil_n one_o of_o the_o witness_n which_o revel_v 11._o 6._o have_v power_n like_o moses_n to_o turn_v water_n into_o blood_n i_o need_v say_v no_o more_o in_o confirmation_n of_o it_o it_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o several_a learned_a expositor_n or_o that_o be_v worship_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d erasmus_n beza_n and_o vatablus_n translate_v it_o numen_fw-la divine_a power_n other_o cultum_fw-la the_o sy●…tack_n jerome_n and_o tertullian_n read_v religio_fw-la the_o vulgar_a which_o our_o translator_n follow_v render_v it_o quod_fw-la colitur_fw-la the_o word_n come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v to_o reverence_v religious_o the_o word_n be_v a_o comprehensive_a word_n it_o be_v by_o very_o learned_a man_n conceive_v to_o come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o comprehend_v those_o thing_n in_o religion_n to_o who_o reverence_n &_o worship_n be_v due_a so_o that_o it_o not_o only_o comprehend_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_n 17._o 23._o the_o form_n of_o worship_n in_o the_o church_n which_o every_o devout_a christian_a reverence_v but_o the_o administrator_n and_o dispenser_n of_o those_o form_n which_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o christ_n 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it_o most_o proper_o exlex_fw-la ille_fw-la and_o other_o learned_a man_n acknowledge_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o read_v though_o they_o render_v it_o otherwise_o conceive_v that_o antichrist_n be_v so_o call_v lapide_fw-la antonomasticè_fw-la by_o put_v one_o name_n for_o another_o as_o lawless_a for_o impious_a we_o find_v the_o word_n to_o signify_v the_o same_o that_o peshang_v in_o isa._n 53_o 12._o signify_v for_o the_o same_o word_n in_o luke_n 22._o 37._o be_v this_o in_o the_o text_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o he_o be_v number_v among_o the_o lawless_a person_n or_o it_o may_v be_v translate_v outlawed_a person_n person_n so_o notorious_o sinful_a and_o abominable_a in_o their_o wickedness_n that_o the_o law_n have_v cast_v they_o out_o condemn_v they_o and_o sentence_v they_o such_o a_o one_o be_v antichrist_n he_o be_v so_o notorious_a a_o transgressor_n against_o all_o law_n both_o god_n and_o man_n that_o they_o both_o condemn_v he_o and_o hence_o daniel_n 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