Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	ancient_a	church_n	father_n	3,954	5	5.0522	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97086	The considerator considered: or, A brief view of certain considerations upon the Biblia polyglotta, the prolegomena and appendix thereof. Wherein, amongst other things, the certainty, integrity, and divine authority of the original texts, is defended, against the consequences of athiests, papists, antiscripturists, &c. inferred from the various readings, and novelty of the Hebrew points, by the author of the said Considerations. The Biblia polyglotta, and translations therein exhibited, with various readings, prolegomena and appendix, vindicated from his aspersions and calumnies. And the questions about the punctation of the Hebrew text, the various readings, and the ancient Hebrew character briefly handled. / By Br. Walton. D.D.	Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.	1659 (1659)	Wing W657; Thomason E1860_1; ESTC R204072	144,833	308

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fontibus_fw-la si_fw-la puri_fw-la s●nt_fw-la corrigendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la versiones_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la supponi_fw-la debet_fw-la fontes_fw-la esse_fw-la puros_fw-la donec_fw-la contrarium_fw-la liquido_fw-la probetur_fw-la secundum_fw-la regulam_fw-la jurisconsultorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la esse_fw-la bone_fw-la donec_fw-la constet_fw-la de_fw-la contrario_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ex_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la instantiis_fw-la probatur_fw-la generalis_fw-la fontium_fw-la corruptio_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o his_o locis_fw-la lapsum_fw-la esse_fw-la scribam_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la fontis_fw-la puritate_fw-la constare_fw-la potest_fw-la so_o in_o the_o 22._o sect._n primo_fw-la lectionem_fw-la librorum_fw-la originalium_fw-la in_fw-la vitio_fw-la cubare_fw-la clare_v probandum_fw-la est_fw-la tum_fw-la error_n corrigendus_fw-la sic_fw-la vera_fw-la lectione_n restituta_fw-la textus_fw-la originarius_n versionum_fw-la regula_fw-la &_o norma_fw-la fit_n 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xiii_o other_o new_a argument_n answer_v fourteen_o another_o argument_n xv._n answer_v out_o of_o his_o own_o word_n xvi_o the_o tiberian_a masorite_n deny_v and_o yet_o acknowledge_v by_o the_o adversary_n i._o this_o question_n concern_v the_o point_n be_v handle_v by_o our_o adversary_n chief_o chap._n 4._o and_o 5._o of_o the_o consideration_n though_o also_o by_o the_o by_o in_o some_o other_o place_n he_o have_v some_o passage_n about_o the_o same_o wherein_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o handle_v all_o the_o argument_n pro_fw-la &_o con_v have_v do_v that_o already_o proleg_n 3._o sect._n 38_o 39_o etc._n etc._n 56_o ●o_o which_o i_o must_v remit_v the_o reader_n i_o shall_v only_o reply_v to_o what_o he_o answer_v to_o the_o argument_n in_o the_o prolegomena_n and_o brief_o examine_v what_o he_o pretend_v to_o be_v add_v by_o himself_o de_fw-la novo_fw-la to_o prove_v this_o rabbinicall_a fancy_n first_o let_v we_o see_v how_o he_o infringe_n the_o argument_n in_o the_o 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therefore_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o suspend_v his_o judgement_n till_o he_o have_v compare_v they_o as_o they_o be_v lay_v down_o in_o the_o consideration_n and_o as_o they_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n and_o then_o to_o judge_v as_o he_o shall_v see_v cause_n i_o shall_v at_o present_a mention_n some_o argument_n which_o he_o have_v whole_o omit_v and_o then_o give_v a_o taste_n of_o his_o candid_a deal_n in_o the_o rest_n ii_o the_o first_o argument_n sect._n 58._o be_v bring_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o chief_a and_o most_o learned_a protestant_a divine_n and_o linguist_n which_o this_o age_n have_v know_v who_o word_n i_o cite_v and_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v to_o be_v find_v for_o such_o man_n i_o conceive_v be_v fit_a to_o judge_v of_o these_o matter_n now_o of_o these_o he_o take_v no_o notice_n at_o all_o but_o use_v a_o prudent_a preterition_n because_o he_o know_v their_o name_n and_o authority_n will_v

or_o to_o prove_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o that_o the_o text_n be_v corrupt_a i_o see_v not_o any_o colour_n of_o such_o a_o consequence_n nor_o do_v our_o adversary_n bring_v any_o reason_n to_o prove_v it_o it_o be_v true_a arnol._n bootius_n in_o his_o furious_a invective_n against_o capellus_n take_v hold_v of_o his_o word_n and_o will_v prove_v this_o to_o be_v false_a but_o infer_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o this_o author_n do_v as_o if_o hereby_o the_o heb._n text_n be_v endanger_v which_o if_o he_o can_v with_o any_o colour_n have_v make_v good_a i_o be_o sure_a he_o will_v not_o have_v omit_v v._o we_o come_v now_o to_o the_o last_o of_o these_o thing_n which_o tend_v to_o the_o depression_n of_o the_o esteem_n of_o the_o hebrew_n text_n which_o among_o other_o be_v reckon_v by_o our_o adversary_n in_o the_o first_o place_n pag._n 205._o viz._n that_o the_o present_a hebrew_n character_n be_v not_o that_o use_v by_o god_n himself_o and_o in_o the_o old_a church_n before_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n but_o it_o be_v the_o chaldean_a the_o other_o be_v leave_v to_o the_o samaritan_n the_o same_o be_v also_o mention_v epist_n p._n 7._o this_o question_n be_v handle_v at_o large_a proleg_n 3._o sect._n 29._o 38._o i_o may_v forbear_v to_o speak_v any_o thing_n more_o thereof_o because_o it_o make_v nothing_o at_o all_o against_o the_o hebrew_n text_n though_o we_o make_v the_o present_a character_n to_o have_v be_v the_o assyrian_a and_o that_o the_o old_a hebrew_n character_n be_v leave_v to_o the_o samaritan_n for_o see_v that_o we_o make_v esdras_n and_o his_o associate_n the_o author_n of_o this_o change_n when_o they_o restore_v and_o settle_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o it_o be_v confess_v by_o all_o that_o what_o they_o do_v be_v by_o divine_a authority_n hence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o hebrew_n text_n suffer_v nothing_o by_o this_o change_n of_o the_o character_n but_o 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daily_o dig_v up_o out_o of_o the_o ruin_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o other_o place_n stamp_v by_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n before_o the_o captivity_n beside_o reason_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o most_o if_o not_o of_o all_o the_o best_a skill_v in_o jewish_a antiquity_n and_o hebrew_n learning_n of_o late_a time_n as_o be_v show_v at_o large_a in_o the_o same_o prolegomena_n and_o appear_v by_o the_o figure_n of_o the_o coin_n themselves_o which_o be_v engrave_v and_o print_v in_o the_o apparatus_fw-la to_o the_o biblia_fw-la polyglotta_n in_o a_o tract_n of_o the_o ancient_a hebrew_n coin_v vii_o buxtorf_n confess_v sect._n 2._o that_o though_o both_o opinion_n have_v their_o patron_n yet_o the_o business_n be_v bring_v to_o that_o pass_n that_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o present_a character_n have_v get_v far_o more_o to_o assert_v it_o and_o those_o of_o chief_a note_n for_o their_o learning_n in_o this_o kind_n who_o be_v some_o of_o they_o so_o peremptory_a 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