Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	appoint_v	church_n	power_n	2,488	5	5.1481	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85048	Some necessary & seasonable cases of conscience about things indifferent in matters of religion, briefly, yet faithfully stated [a]nd resolved wherein the the [sic] just bounds of imposing on one hand, and of obeying on the other, are truly fixed, / by an indifferent hand.	Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693.	1661 (1661)	Wing F2517; Thomason E2270_1; ESTC R209648	43,257	226

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ipsi_fw-la sicut_fw-la par_fw-fr est_fw-la suâ_fw-la libertate_fw-la but_o last_o admit_v that_o our_o ruler_n ought_v to_o abolish_v the_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v so_o use_v to_o superstition_n but_o do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o do_v it_o &_o enjoin_v we_o by_o their_o command_n to_o leave_v the_o superstitious_a use_n and_o to_o use_v it_o as_o we_o lawful_o may_v it_o need_v not_o enter_v into_o a_o question_n whether_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o forsake_v the_o superstition_n and_o also_o to_o obey_v authority_n in_o the_o lawful_a use_n of_o that_o thing_n without_o fear_n of_o superstition_n case_n iii_o whether_o the_o impute_v of_o significancy_n to_o thing_n impose_v render_v they_o superstitious_a resol_n true_o some_o reverend_a and_o learned_a man_n seem_v so_o affright_v at_o the_o very_a mention_n of_o sacred_a mystical_a ceremony_n significant_a symbolical_a rite_n of_o humane_a institution_n that_o i_o can_v but_o fear_n rhat_o they_o have_v apprehend_v some_o very_a great_a danger_n in_o they_o shall_v we_o once_o grant_v that_o ceremony_n of_o humane_a institution_n may_v be_v appoint_v to_o signify_v the_o favour_n of_o god_n or_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o sacrament_n or_o to_o be_v a_o mean_n of_o receive_v any_o blessing_n from_o god_n no_o doubt_n there_o be_v so_o much_o danger_n in_o it_o that_o if_o corrupt_a and_o superstitious_a man_n shall_v at_o any_o time_n rule_v the_o church_n we_o may_v quick_o have_v not_o only_o seven_o but_o seventy_o time_n seven_o if_o not_o entire_a yet_o semi-sacrament_n the_o church_n and_o service_n of_o god_n be_v thereby_o obnoxious_a to_o all_o the_o antic_a and_o conceit_a crotcher_n that_o the_o vain_a imagination_n of_o overcurious_a man_n can_v cumber_v they_o with_o until_o they_o become_v stench_n in_o the_o nostril_n of_o all_o sober_a and_o staid_a man_n and_o of_o god_n himself_o with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o if_o by_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n we_o mean_v only_o the_o circumstance_n 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service_n and_o not_o to_o be_v more_o expedient_a than_o inexpedient_a aught_o to_o be_v impose_v as_o all_o moderate_a man_n allow_v and_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n in_o hand_n nothing_o that_o have_v its_o use_n or_o significancy_n may_v be_v require_v who_o see_v not_o but_o the_o church_n be_v crucify_v between_o two_o opinion_n that_o open_o rob_v she_o of_o all_o power_n about_o thing_n indifferent_a some_o very_a wise_a and_o unsuspected_a person_n have_v free_o declare_v themselves_o not_o to_o discover_v any_o such_o danger_n in_o the_o bare_a significancy_n of_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n as_o other_o be_v affright_v with_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a say_v peter_n martyr_n to_o hooper_n to_o deprive_v the_o church_n of_o that_o liberty_n that_o she_o shall_v not_o by_o her_o action_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n aliquid_fw-la significare_fw-la signify_v something_o yea_o further_o say_v he_o the_o very_a apostle_n himself_o use_v that_o liberty_n when_o he_o teach_v ut_fw-la illis_fw-la signis_fw-la that_o with_o those_o sign_n they_o shall_v be_v admonish_v of_o their_o duty_n again_o rerum_fw-la significationes_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o signification_n of_o thing_n call_v to_o our_o mind_n quid_fw-la nos_fw-la deceat_fw-la what_o be_v expedient_a ministri_fw-la magis_fw-la memores_fw-la sint_fw-la svi_fw-la officii_fw-la vid._n aret._n in_o 1_o cor._n 10._o 10._o &_o 16._o 16._o pet._n mart._n in_o 1_o cor._n 16._o 26._o geneva_n annotation_n in_o 1_o cor._n 16._o 20._o perkins_n case_n consci_fw-la cap._n 3._o sect._n 3._o calvin_n also_o be_v nothing_o 29._o calv._n instit_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 10._o 28_o 29._o fearful_a to_o the_o iver_n his_o mind_n in_o the_o point_n there_o be_v say_v he_o rite_n which_o draw_v veneration_n to_o holy_a thing_n etc._n etc._n with_o such_o little_a help_n we_o be_v provoke_v to_o piety_n they_o be_v adapt_v to_o the_o reverence_n of_o holy_a mystery_n thereby_o the_o exercise_n be_v suit_v to_o holiness_n they_o be_v not_o without_o fruit_n thereby_o the_o faithful_a be_v admonish_v with_o what_o modesty_n and_o religion_n they_o be_v to_o worship_v god_n kneel_v say_v beza_n when_o we_o receive_v the_o sign_n have_v a_o show_n of_o godly_a and_o christian_a veneration_n case_n iu._n whether_o it_o be_v a_o sinful_a betray_v our_o christian_a liberty_n to_o obey_v the_o law_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n resol_n this_o question_n seem_v to_o engage_v god_n and_o cesar_n and_o to_o cause_v a_o quarrel_n betwixt_o duty_n and_o liberty_n which_o neither_o god_n or_o cesar_n duty_n or_o liberty_n will_v own_v or_o defend_v the_o doubt_n apparent_o result_v out_o of_o a_o too_o gross_a mistake_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o true_a gospel-liberty_n the_o internal_a part_n whereof_o though_o it_o indeed_o free_v we_o from_o inward_a bondage_n yet_o bind_v we_o the_o fast_a in_o service_n to_o god_n so_o the_o external_a part_n thereof_o do_v also_o deliver_v we_o from_o outward_a slavery_n to_o the_o lust_n of_o man_n yet_o it_o the_o more_o oblige_v we_o in_o duty_n to_o superior_n polanus_fw-la place_v external_n christian_n liberty_n which_o indeed_o be_v proper_o christian_a as_o it_o may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o gospel-liberty_n in_o two_o thing_n a_o liberty_n from_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n 2._o a_o liberty_n in_o the_o use_n of_o indifferent_a thing_n now_o though_o the_o first_o branch_n may_v not_o be_v touch_v yet_o he_o doubt_v not_o in_o the_o least_o but_o that_o the_o latter_a may_v be_v determine_v upon_o just_a occasion_n of_o the_o church_n order_n by_o lawful_a authority_n libertas_n christiana_n est_fw-la duplex_fw-la à_fw-la legibus_fw-la mosis_fw-la &_o in_o adiaphoris_n quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la ceremoniae_fw-la humanâ_fw-la autoritate_fw-la institutae_fw-la boni_fw-la ordinis_fw-la causâ_fw-la christian_n liberty_n say_v polanus_fw-la be_v twofold_a from_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o in_o thing_n 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