Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	apostle_n	bishop_n	peter_n	3,355	5	7.7184	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79937	Clement, the blessed Paul's fellow-labourer in the Gospel, his first epistle to the Corinthians: being an effectuall suasory to peace, and brotherly condescension, after an unhappy schism and separation in that Church. From whence the understanding reader may receive satisfaction concerning the businesse of episcopacy, or presbytery, as it stood in the age of the Apostles, and some time after. The ancient'st writing the Church hath, and the onely extant to that purpose, next to the divinely-inspired Scriptures. And being made good use of, may prove a remedy against the breaches and sad divisions of these distracted churches and times.; First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians	Clement I, Pope.; Burton, William, 1609-1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing C4629; Thomason E396_24; Thomason E396_25; ESTC R201660	59,432	63

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contention_n about_o the_o papacy_n between_o damasus_n and_o vrsicinus_n be_v so_o violent_a that_o the_o carcase_n of_o 137._o man_n slay_v in_o the_o quarrel_n be_v draw_v out_o of_o one_o sicinini_n one_o basilicâ_fw-la sicinini_n church_n and_o viventius_n the_o lieutenant_n to_o the_o emperor_n be_v force_v to_o make_v his_o retreit_n into_o the_o suburb_n till_o the_o rage_n of_o the_o people_n and_o their_o strife_n be_v end_v and_o the_o impartial_a historian_n make_v the_o reason_n and_o ground_n of_o these_o contention_n to_o be_v their_o immoderate_a wealth_n ease_n and_o honour_n after_o they_o be_v thus_o settle_v be_v then_o enrich_v with_o the_o gift_n and_o present_n of_o great_a lady_n they_o ride_v in_o coach_n through_o the_o street_n they_o be_v choice_o suit_v in_o their_o apparel_n their_o diet_n dainty_a in_o so_o much_o that_o their_o feast_n outgo_v the_o ordinary_a provision_n at_o king_n table_n and_o that_o marcellinus_n do_v they_o not_o wrong_v herein_o the_o studious_a reader_n may_v see_v by_o the_o constitution_n clericis_fw-la constitution_n l._n 20._o c._n theod_n de_fw-fr episc_n eccl._n &_o clericis_fw-la of_o valent._n valens_n and_o gratian_n direct_v to_o the_o same_o damasus_n forbid_v all_o ecclesiastical_a person_n or_o such_o as_o belong_v to_o they_o to_o visit_v widow_n house_n etc._n etc._n to_o receive_v any_o thing_n from_o such_o kind_n of_o weeman_n either_o by_o donation_n or_o legacy_n if_o they_o do_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v forfeit_v to_o the_o exchequer_n etc._n etc._n and_o damasus_n be_v fain_o though_o full_a sore_n against_o his_o will_n to_o give_v order_n for_o publish_v of_o it_o in_o all_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enough_o of_o this_o now_o the_o contention_n about_o the_o name_n or_o power_n of_o episcopacy_n be_v never_o so_o great_a but_o the_o acception_n of_o the_o word_n before_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v as_o various_a 〈◊〉_d various_a in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eustathius_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v sometime_o take_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o spy_n or_o scout_n elsewhere_o in_o homer_n i_o find_v it_o for_o a_o protector_n or_o defender_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n hector_n be_v call_v by_o his_o wife_n 〈◊〉_d wife_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopus_fw-la trojae_fw-la the_o defender_n of_o the_o trojan_n their_o wife_n and_o child_n it_o be_v a_o office_n or_o magistracy_n rather_o among_o the_o athenian_n of_o which_o suidas_n and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristophanes_n scholiast_n beside_o 13._o beside_o de_fw-fr rep._n athen_n ca._n 35._o v._n guid._n pancirol_n de_fw-fr magistr_n municipal_a c._n 13._o postel_n or_o rather_o possardus_n but_o especial_o see_v meursius_n in_o his_o attic_a antiquity_n cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o pompey_n will_v have_v he_o to_o be_v 10._o be_v ad_fw-la attic._n l._n 7._o epist_n 10._o quem_fw-la tota_fw-la campana_n &_o maritima_fw-la ora_fw-la habeat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la quem_fw-la delectus_fw-la &_o summa_fw-la negotii_fw-la referatur_fw-la by_o which_o word_n you_o see_v what_o power_n he_o have_v and_o in_o the_o pandect_v arcadius_n call_v they_o episcopos_fw-la item_n episcopos_fw-la f._n the_o muner_n &_o honour_n l._n fin_n §_o item_n qui_fw-la praesunt_fw-la pani_fw-la &_o caeteris_fw-la venalibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la civitatum_fw-la populis_fw-la ad_fw-la quotidianum_fw-la victum_fw-la usui_fw-la sunt_fw-la which_o be_v just_a as_o much_o as_o clark_n of_o the_o market_n xxxii_o xxxii_o the_o forename_a officer_n gr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v bishop_n and_o deacon_n the_o apostle_n appoint_v overseër_n and_o minister_n unto_o they_o that_o shall_v believe_v as_o well_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o corinth_n as_o elsewhere_o where_o by_o the_o way_n take_v notice_n that_o peter_n part_n and_o authority_n in_o that_o business_n be_v no_o more_o than_o any_o one_o else_n beside_o for_o clement_n speak_v general_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n and_o our_o apostle_n second_o we_o may_v gather_v from_o clement_n that_o not_o only_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o but_o 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o also_o take_v notice_n of_o for_o their_o prudence_n do_v constitute_v bishop_n and_o deacon_n but_o it_o be_v with_o the_o general_a consent_n and_o agreement_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d otherwise_o they_o be_v not_o think_v lawful_o call_v or_o choose_v to_o their_o office_n and_o so_o may_v not_o challenge_v any_o subjection_n or_o respect_n from_o the_o people_n now_o in_o define_v what_o kind_n of_o bishop_n these_o be_v which_o the_o apostle_n constitute_v and_o in_o assign_v every_o first_o bishop_n his_o particular_a place_n or_o seat_n i_o conceive_v antiquity_n do_v not_o a_o little_a mistake_n not_o to_o say_v they_o deal_v too_o peremptory_o and_o presumptuous_o therein_o that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o take_v too_o much_o upon_o i_o in_o so_o high_a and_o seem_o arrogant_a a_o censure_n i_o shall_v aswell_a for_o the_o reader_n satisfaction_n as_o for_o my_o own_o excuse_n and_o defence_n allege_v a_o very_a notable_a place_n out_o of_o eusebius_n esteem_v general_o the_o father_n and_o fountain_n of_o church_n history_n who_o direct_o acknowledge_v it_o a_o thing_n of_o great_a difficulty_n to_o set_v down_o who_o be_v leave_v by_o the_o apostle_n the_o bishop_n of_o several_a church_n confess_v all_o the_o light_n he_o have_v herein_o to_o come_v from_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o paul_n epistle_n the_o place_n be_v eccl._n hist._n lib._n iii_o cap._n iv_o whither_o the_o reader_n may_v have_v his_o recourse_n at_o pleasure_n now_o for_o we_o to_o make_v our_o boast_n of_o antiquity_n and_o to_o ground_v our_o discourse_n in_o the_o point_n we_o 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they_o moreover_o in_o command_n the_o gr._n xxxiii_o xxxiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o translate_v it_o as_o you_o see_v have_v then_o in_o my_o mind_n what_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v and_o be_v now_o in_o haste_n i_o let_v it_o pass_v so_o perhaps_o upon_o advice_n with_o some_o to_o advertise_v i_o better_o i_o shall_v alter_v it_o mr_n young_a have_v turn_v it_o ac_fw-la descriptas_fw-la deinceps_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la officiorumque_fw-la vice_n reliquerunt_fw-la read_v by_o conjecture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o copy_n dr_n usher_n eumque_fw-la ordinem_fw-la deinceps_fw-la praescripserunt_fw-la salmasius_n et_fw-la interim_n etiam_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la dederunt_fw-la dr_n hall_n and_o give_v thereupon_o a_o design_a order_n or_o listen_v of_o office_n come_v near_o mr_n yong._n dr_n turner_n of_o merton_n college_n will_v have_v it_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 137._o 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la dn._n armachan_n de_fw-fr ignat._n script_n ca._n 18._o p._n 137._o ut_fw-la continuatio_fw-la

be_v present_o after_o and_o that_o at_o antioch_n far_o enough_o out_o of_o the_o way_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o rome_n where_o he_o withstand_v he_o to_o his_o face_n and_o fright_v he_o from_o meddle_v any_o more_o with_o the_o gentile_n as_o be_v whole_o contrary_a to_o their_o compact_n and_o agreement_n gal._n 2.11_o from_o hence_o he_o withdraw_v and_o separate_v himself_o gal._n 2.12_o but_o whither_o go_v he_o to_o the_o jew_n or_o christian_n in_o rome_n at_o this_o time_n there_o be_v none_o to_o be_v find_v there_o orosius_n 6._o orosius_n oros_n lib._n 7._o c._n 6._o out_o of_o josephus_n claudii_n anno_fw-la nono_fw-la expulsos_fw-la urbe_fw-la judaeos_fw-la refert_fw-la josephus_n suetonius_n 25._o suetonius_n in_o claudio_n cap._n 25._o judaeos_fw-la impulsore_fw-la heathen_a impulsore_fw-la christ._n so_o call_v by_o the_o heathen_a chresto_fw-la assiduè_fw-la tumultuantes_fw-la româ_fw-la expulit_fw-la claudius_n have_v banish_v thence_o all_o the_o jew_n before_o peter_n can_v get_v thither_o that_o be_v the_o christian_n aswell_o 1.1_o aswell_o adi_n arrian_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o parùm_fw-la heic_fw-la intellectum_fw-la ab_fw-la interpret_v 1_o pet._n 1.1_o for_o as_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o so_o quite_o discriminate_v by_o the_o roman_n so_o that_o orosius_n need_v not_o so_o much_o to_o have_v trouble_v himself_o about_o this_o place_n of_o suetonius_n most_o certain_o he_o go_v then_o to_o the_o stranger_n scatter_v in_o asia_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o metropolis_n be_v babylon_n and_o from_o whence_o he_o write_v his_o first_o epistle_n 1_o pet._n 5.13_o the_o church_n which_o be_v at_o babylon_n elect_v together_o with_o you_o salute_v you_o that_o babylon_n here_o be_v mean_v of_o rome_n it_o be_v not_o eusebius_n out_o of_o fancifull_a papias_n or_o jerom_n out_o of_o he_o that_o can_v persuade_v we_o without_o better_a reason_n etc._n ad_fw-la an._n xlv_o §_o 17._o nec_fw-la i_o imprudenter_fw-la dicturum_fw-la existimo_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o the_o conceit_n indeed_o of_o baronius_n that_o peter_n shall_v give_v a_o false_a name_n to_o the_o place_n because_o he_o will_v not_o be_v find_v out_o where_o he_o be_v true_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o irridiculous_a though_o himself_o think_v he_o speak_v somewhat_o prudent_o therein_o we_o know_v the_o difference_n between_o epistolicall_a and_o prophetical_a expression_n and_o confess_v we_o deserve_v to_o be_v laugh_v at_o if_o we_o shall_v believe_v he_o that_o it_o be_v usual_a with_o the_o apostle_n to_o change_v man_n name_n aswell_o as_o the_o name_n of_o place_n for_o particular_a end_n and_o advantage_n as_o we_o have_v see_v the_o jesuit_n do_v with_o we_o the_o cardinal_n very_a friend_n and_o great_a champion_n for_o peter_n primacy_n at_o rome_n by_o this_o time_n it_o appear_v to_o every_o ingenuous_a understanding_n that_o will_v not_o suffer_v itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o nose_n by_o whatever_o authority_n it_o be_v which_o can_v but_o plead_v antiquity_n that_o peter_n for_o some_o xx._n year_n after_o christ_n ascension_n never_o so_o much_o as_o see_v rome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la erat_fw-la demonstrandum_fw-la let_v we_o now_o speak_v to_o the_o other_o xvii_o year_n we_o have_v see_v that_o during_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n caligula_n and_o even_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o claudius_n peter_n have_v never_o be_v at_o rome_n nero_n be_v next_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o the_o great_a 31._o great_a jos_n scalig._n ad_fw-la joan_n xviii_o come_v 31._o amender_n of_o time_n will_v say_v a_o christi_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la receptu_fw-la ad_fw-la iu_o annum_fw-la neronis_n certo_fw-la certius_fw-la est_fw-la petrum_fw-la romam_fw-la non_fw-la venisse_fw-la you_o hear_v how_o peremptory_a he_o be_v he_o tell_v we_o certainty_n itself_o be_v not_o more_o certain_a then_o that_o peter_n never_o come_v to_o rome_n 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