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	christian_a	church_n	2,398	5	4.2692	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52486	Divine eloquence, or, An essay upon the tropes and figures contained in the Holy Scriptures and reduced under the proper titles & rhetorick also several texts of Scripture which fall in with the figures are briefly interpreted, especially those which seem to favour the papist or the Socinian.	Norwood, Cornelius.	1694 (1694)	Wing N1344; ESTC R30070	55,272	145

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will_v your_o heart_n be_v also_o 2_o cor._n 10._o 18._o st._n paul_n endeavour_v to_o discourage_v the_o vanity_n of_o self-commendation_n leave_v this_o sensible_a impression_n upon_o they_o as_o the_o best_a dissuasive_a from_o the_o practice_n of_o it_o for_o not_o he_o that_o commend_v himself_o be_v approve_v but_o who_o the_o lord_n commend_v prov._n 9_o 17_o 18._o steal_v water_n be_v sweet_a and_o bread_n eat_v in_o secret_a be_v pleasant_a this_o be_v the_o insinuation_n of_o the_o adulterous_a woman_n concern_v the_o high_a relish_n of_o her_o unlawful_a pleasure_n but_o then_o see_v the_o conclusion_n of_o such_o unhappy_a satisfaction_n but_o he_o know_v not_o that_o the_o dead_a be_v there_o and_o that_o her_o guest_n be_v in_o the_o depth_n of_o hell_n eccles_n 7._o 31._o lo_o only_o this_o have_v i_o find_v that_o god_n have_v make_v man_n upright_o but_o they_o have_v seek_v out_o many_o invention_n the_o only_a thing_n i_o full_o apprehend_v after_o all_o my_o 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distinction_n the_o same_o be_v my_o sister_n and_o father_n and_o mother_n matt._n 12._o 49_o 50._o aposiopesis_fw-la aposiopesis_fw-la a_o greek_a word_n and_o i_o have_v more_o manner_n than_o to_o pretend_v to_o give_v you_o the_o derivation_n of_o it_o this_o figure_n through_o some_o violent_a passion_n either_o of_o sorrow_n fear_n shame_n or_o anger_n oblige_v we_o to_o break_v off_o our_o discourse_n and_o though_o we_o seem_v to_o conceal_v some_o part_n of_o it_o yet_o through_o the_o excess_n of_o passion_n we_o do_v but_o the_o more_o sensible_o discover_v our_o resentment_n 1_o king_n 217._o and_o jezebel_n his_o wife_n say_v unto_o he_o do_v thou_o now_o govern_v the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n the_o word_n be_v speak_v with_o a_o mighty_a emphasis_n and_o signify_v much_o more_o than_o be_v there_o express_v do_v thou_o or_o be_v thou_o worthy_a of_o the_o name_n of_o a_o king_n thou_o that_o be_v so_o mean_v spirit_v as_o to_o grieve_v thyself_o upon_o this_o refusal_n 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