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
A31094	A briefe answer to A discourse, lately written by one P.B., to prove baptisme under the defection of Antichrist, to be the ordinance of Iesus Christ, and the baptizing of infants to be agreeable to the word of God wherein is declared ... that true baptisme and a false church are inconsistent, and cannot stand together : and also maintained, that the baptizing of infants hath no authority from the Scriptures / by R. Barrow.	Barrow, Robert, d. 1697.	1642 (1642)	Wing B967; ESTC R12474	18,380	26

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take_v upon_o they_o to_o countenance_v the_o same_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n wherein_o they_o commit_v a_o double_a offence_n one_o in_o seduce_v the_o people_n and_o lead_v they_o to_o disobedience_n against_o christ_n mat._n 28.19_o mar_n 16.15_o 16._o who_o they_o be_v to_o hear_v in_o all_o thing_n act_n 3._o the_o other_o in_o take_v the_o word_n of_o christ_n and_o put_v it_o as_o a_o sword_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n to_o defend_v and_o maintain_v themselves_o in_o such_o their_o disobedience_n against_o he_o among_o who_o one_o p._n b._n have_v late_o take_v part_n in_o publish_v a_o book_n to_o prove_v the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o as_o many_o time_n it_o fall_v out_o when_o man_n undertake_v to_o defend_v a_o evil_a cause_n he_o have_v so_o bewray_v the_o error_n of_o that_o doctrine_n that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o any_o who_o be_v but_o indifferent_o acquaint_v with_o the_o scripture_n there_o need_v 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