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	church_n	tradition_n	3,170	5	9.1818	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93702	Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht: containing a confutation of the three degrees of popery, viz. papacy, prelacy, and presbitery; answerable to the triple crowne of the three-headed Cerberus the Pope, with his three fold hierarchies aforesaid. With a dispelling of all other dispersed clouds of errour, which doth interpose the clear sun-shine of the Gospel in our horrizon. Wherein the chiefe arguments each of them have, for the vindication of their erronious tenents are incerted, and refuted; with a description of such whem [sic] the true Church of Christ doth consist of: as also how, and by whom, they may be gathered, and governed, according to the will, and appointment of Jesus Christ, and his apostles, in the primative purity thereof. / By Iohn Spittlehouse, assistant to the Marshall Generall of the Army, under the command of his Excellency, the Lord Generall Fairfax. Imprimated by Theod. Jennings, and entred in the Stationers Hall.	Spittlehouse, John.	1649 (1649)	Wing S5013; Thomason E586_2; ESTC R203633	304,213	396

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god_n the_o pope_n sect_n 2._o object_n be_v not_o the_o pope_n peter_n successor_n and_o be_v not_o christ_n say_v to_o speak_v these_o word_n to_o peter_n viz._n thou_o be_v peter_n and_o upon_o this_o rock_n will_v i_o build_v my_o church_n and_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o it_o and_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o whatsoever_o thou_o shall_v bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n and_o whatsoever_o thou_o shall_v loose_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v loose_v in_o heaven_n by_o all_o which_o expression_n doubtless_o he_o give_v unto_o peter_n a_o special_a privilege_n above_o all_o the_o other_o apostle_n ans_fw-fr that_o the_o pope_n be_v peter_n successor_n i_o grant_v but_o yet_o in_o successor_n wherein_o the_o pope_n be_v peter_n successor_n this_o one_o particular_a which_o be_v in_o deny_v his_o lord_n and_o master_n who_o servant_n he_o pretend_v to_o be_v and_o as_o to_o the_o urge_n 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magistrate_n then_o magistrate_n the_o duty_n of_o magistrate_n that_o they_o will_v fight_v against_o god_n by_o oppose_v his_o design_n but_o rather_o that_o they_o will_v animate_v and_o encourage_v all_o such_o as_o shall_v practice_v the_o gather_n of_o church_n by_o suppress_v christ_n and_o their_o enemy_n as_o that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o word_n may_v have_v its_o free_a progress_n in_o their_o dominion_n it_o be_v sole_o to_o that_o purpose_n that_o they_o have_v their_o own_o power_n give_v they_o which_o when_o they_o have_v accomplish_v their_o work_n be_v end_v and_o their_o power_n cease_v chap._n xi_o treat_v of_o the_o period_n of_o magistracy_n sect_n 1._o objection_n do_v you_o think_v that_o temporal_a power_n will_v have_v their_o period_n in_o this_o age_n ans_fw-fr yea_o as_o sure_a as_o the_o scripture_n be_v true_a which_o desolve_v the_o office_n of_o magistrate_n to_o be_v desolve_v do_v verify_v it_o witness_v the_o apostle_n paul_n 1_o cor._n 15._o 24._o 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