Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	believe_v	scripture_n	tradition_n	2,838	5	9.5550	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11627	The course of conformitie as it hath proceeded, is concluded, should be refused.	Scott, William, ca. 1566-1642.; Calderwood, David, 1575-1650, attributed name.; Melville, James, 1556-1614, attributed name.	1622 (1622)	STC 21874; ESTC S120840	184,517	202

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the_o king_n to_o be_v h●s_v sovereign_n and_o deni_v he_o lawful_a obedience_n can_v be_v excuse_v by_o pretend_v that_o he_o see_v not_o the_o necessity_n of_o consequence_n and_o he_o that_o admit_v the_o princely_a office_n of_o christ_n but_o will_v give_v no_o place_n to_o his_o royal_a sceptre_n neither_o in_o his_o own_o heart_n nor_o in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n but_o put_v a_o crown_n of_o thorn_n upon_o his_o head_n and_o in_o his_o hand_n a_o ●eed_n will_v be_v attain_v of_o treason_n against_o the_o king_n of_o glory_n and_o will_v be_v judge_v a_o usurper_n of_o his_o incommunicable_a dignity_n archip._n it_o be_v now_o evident_a and_o i_o can_v but_o think_v worse_o of_o such_o false_a friend_n then_o of_o avow_a adversary_n albeit_o i_o will_v profess_v that_o if_o i_o be_v minister_a the_o lord_n supper_n yet_o it_o be_v but_o my_o imagination_n except_o i_o keep_v the_o lord_n institution_n 1_o cor._n 11.20_o but_o come_v to_o the_o three_o degree_n of_o infidelity_n epaph._n pa●●us_fw-la ●●●na_fw-la domi●a_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ●●si_fw-fr que_fw-fr le●it●me_fw-fr in●xta_fw-la instiu●onem_fw-la dominica●_n obser●●tur_fw-la pa●●us_fw-la in_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o matter_n of_o faith_n neither_o ignorance_n nor_o error_n but_o obstinacy_n bring_v condemnation_n we_o be_v all_o ignorant_a of_o many_o thing_n but_o we_o must_v know_v the_o article_n of_o faith_n we_o all_o err_v in_o many_o thing_n but_o we_o must_v be_v free_a of_o error_n about_o the_o necessary_a consequent_n of_o these_o article_n and_o free_a of_o obstinacy_n in_o the_o mean_a matter_n s●_n that_o as_o it_o be_v not_o ignorance_n but_o error_n in_o the_o second_o sort_n that_o condemn_v so_o it_o be_v not_o error_n simple_o but_o obstinacy_n in_o the_o three_o sort_n and_o ignoranti●_n pra●e_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la that_o condemn_v no_o man_n believe_v express_o all_o matter_n of_o say_v no_o christian_a but_o he_o carry_v a_o mind_n prepare_v and_o ready_a to_o yield_v to_o

solvit_fw-la &_o morum_fw-la censuram_fw-la subit_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la a●_n ministerium_fw-la aliqua_fw-la etiam_fw-la modo_fw-la subitcitur_fw-la magistratui_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la contra_fw-la verbum_fw-la d●i_fw-la aut_fw-la doceat_fw-la aut_fw-la adm●n_fw-la ●ret_fw-la sa●●●ia_fw-la coercibitur_fw-la à_fw-la civili_fw-la magistrata_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la sed_fw-la à_fw-la verbo_fw-la dit_fw-fr regulas_fw-la et_fw-la rationes_fw-la pe●●_n 〈◊〉_d functionis_fw-la le●com_fw-la p._n 902._o let_v other_o man_n speak_v for_o we_o in_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o kirk_n say_v p._n martyr_n both_o the_o ministry_n itself_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v and_o the_o person_n that_o hear_v the_o function_n as_o for_o the_o person_n of_o the_o minister_n he_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o civil_a power_n for_o he_o be_v a_o liege_n he_o pay_v tribute_n or_o taxation_n as_o other_o and_o undergo_v the_o censure_n of_o manner_n but_o as_o for_o the_o ministry_n it_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n subject_n to_o the_o magistrate_n for_o if_o he_o teach_v or_o minister_v the_o sacrament_n against_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v be_v to_o be_v repress_v by_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o yet_o not_o from_o he_o but_o from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v seek_v the_o rule_n and_o reason_n of_o his_o function_n 5._o primum_fw-la quae_fw-la autoritate_fw-la ex●●plove_n ab_fw-la ductus_fw-la sanctam_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o simplicitatem_fw-la my_o serorum_fw-la christi_fw-la cujus_fw-la solius_fw-la vocem_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la &_o sequuntur_fw-la eve_n quia_fw-la solum_fw-la audiri_fw-la mandavit_fw-la pater_fw-la joan._n 10_o 27_o circumvestiundum_fw-la esse_fw-la putet_fw-la humanis_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la quas_fw-la repudiat_fw-la christus_fw-la secundum_fw-la quem_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la res_fw-la svas_fw-la ads●i_fw-la divinis_fw-la '_o judicet_fw-la oportere_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la cacum_fw-la abis_fw-la conformetur_fw-la a●utus_fw-la soret_fw-la alius_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la iis_fw-la conforman_n qua_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la accedunt_fw-la proximè_fw-la ex_fw-la confilio_fw-la cypriam_fw-la quam_fw-la have_v se_fw-la illis_fw-la adiungere_fw-la sit_fw-la honestiora_fw-la 〈◊〉_d omne_fw-la quid_fw-la simplicitate_fw-la christi_fw-la honestius_fw-la quid_fw-la honesiate_n simplicius_fw-la si_fw-mi voluntatem_fw-la este_fw-la s●ne_fw-la a●_n illud_fw-la cogitandum_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la ●ummam_fw-la nec_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la rebus_fw-la voluntatibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la obligari_fw-la tertium_fw-la quis_fw-la tandem_fw-la eventus_fw-la ex_fw-la humanis_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la consequatur_fw-la ut_fw-la diuturna_fw-la ostendit_fw-la experientia_fw-la ecclesiast_fw-la l._n 3_o c._n 5._o worthy_a fran._n junius_n lay_v before_o the_o eye_n of_o authority_n a_o threefold_a consideration_n 1_o by_o what_o authority_n or_o example_n be_v the_o magistrate_n move_v to_o think_v that_o the_o holy_a kirk_n of_o god_n and_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n who_o voice_n alone_o his_o sheep_n know_v and_o follow_v because_o the_o father_n command_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v hear_v only_o job._n 10_o 27_o shall_v be_v clothe_v about_o with_o humane_a tradition_n which_o christ_n himself_o reject_v 2_o to_o what_o end_n think_v be_v that_o his_o thing_n must_v be_v sow_v unto_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n for_o if_o it_o be_v that_o she_o may_v be_v conform_a unto_o other_o it_o be_v more_o equitable_a that_o other_o kirkes_n shall_v conform_v to_o they_o who_o come_v near_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n according_a to_o cyprian_n counsel_n not_o that_o they_o shall_v join_v themselves_o to_o other_o kirkes_n if_o it_o be_v that_o all_o thing_n may_v be_v more_o decent_a what_o can_v be_v more_o decent_a than_o the_o simplicity_n of_o christ_n what_o more_o simple_a than_o his_o decency_n if_o it_o be_v for_o fulfil_v of_o his_o own_o will_v let_v it_o be_v so_o but_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v the_o great_a necessity_n and_o that_o the_o kirk_n of_o god_n in_o thing_n divine_a be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o will_n of_o man_n 3_o what_o event_n may_v follow_v upon_o humane_a tradition_n as_o daily_a experience_n have_v show_v archip._n you_o ever_o tell_v i_o what_o he_o shall_v not_o do_v but_o i_o will_v hear_v somewhat_o positive_a of_o his_o power_n in_o thing_n ecclesiastical_a what_o he_o shall_v and_o may_v do_v in_o time_n of_o contention_n especial_o epaph._n that_o be_v not_o my_o part_n you_o know_v yet_o this_o i_o may_v say_v that_o as_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o heresy_n so_o in_o time_n of_o schism_n for_o matter_n of_o ceremony_n the_o magistrate_n call_v a_o synod_n represent_v the_o whole_a kirk_n have_v power_n definitive_a and_o the_o judgement_n of_o jurisdiction_n according_a to_o the_o word_n right_o as_o 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not_o or_o practice_v any_o thing_n of_o all_o that_o which_o the_o kirk_n conclude_v if_o he_o find_v it_o to_o be_v against_o the_o word_n as_o a_o magistrate_n he_o must_v have_v the_o judgement_n of_o his_o vocation_n to_o discern_v what_o concern_v the_o spiritual_a weal_n &_o salvation_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o according_o to_o add_v or_o suspend_v the_o sanction_n and_o as_o a_o singular_a magistrate_n have_v more_o than_o ordinary_a gift_n of_o knowledge_n and_o piety_n he_o ought_v to_o have_v such_o interest_n in_o determination_n and_o jurisdiction_n with_o the_o kirk_n as_o other_o who_o have_v more_o than_o ordinary_a gift_n archip_n what_o take_v you_o to_o be_v the_o part_n of_o the_o professor_n continet_fw-la professor_n shall_v have_v the_o judgement_n of_o discretion_n in_o verba_fw-la dei_fw-la juramus_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la verba_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nempe_fw-la quatenus_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la hanc_fw-la potestatem_fw-la accepit_fw-la per_fw-la verbum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la &_o in●ra_fw-la metas_fw-la à_fw-la verbo_fw-la illo_fw-la positas_fw-la religiose_fw-la se_fw-la continet_fw-la tilen_v 263._o quando_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la synodi_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o decisione_n peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la alterutra_fw-la vel_fw-la neutra_fw-la sit_fw-la legitima_fw-la tali_fw-la synodo_fw-la impune_fw-la omnino_fw-la contradici_fw-la potest_fw-la neque_fw-la recipiendum_fw-la est_fw-la tale_n concilium_fw-la ●nno_fw-la vero_fw-la est_fw-la nullum_fw-la irritum_fw-la nihilique_fw-la faciendum_fw-la danaeus_n 474._o synodi_fw-la decreta_fw-la etiam_fw-la p●i_fw-la magistratus_fw-la summi_fw-la edictis_fw-la sancita_fw-la &_o confirmata_fw-la ad_fw-la inittenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la quatenus_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la consentinut_n quod_fw-la nemo_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la negaverit_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la cardinalibus_fw-la &_o canonists●_n dixerit_fw-la vocem_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o utroque_fw-la testamento_fw-la resonat_fw-la causam_fw-la litis_fw-la proponere_fw-la &_o adversarum_fw-la parti●●_n jura_fw-la vox_fw-la autem_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o c●n●ni●●_n &_o synodis_fw-la resonat_fw-la litis_fw-la decisionem_fw-la continet_fw-la epaph._n god_n people_n when_o the_o matter_n come_v to_o their_o practice_n must_v have_v the_o first_o and_o further_o they_o crave_v not_o the_o judgement_n of_o discretion_n to_o try_v the_o spirit_n whether_o they_o be_v of_o god_n or_o not_o in_o case_n the_o kirk_n whether_o of_o ignorance_n or_o contention_n or_o a_o