Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	bishop_n	council_n	patriarch_n	2,195	5	10.2271	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19311	Mnemosynum or Memoriall to the afflicted Catholickes in Irelande Comprehended in 2. boockes. in the one ther is a consolation for the sorovvfull, in the other a resolution for the doubtfull. composed by Iohn Copinger priest, bacheler of diuinitie, vvith an epistle of S. Cyprian vvritten vnto the Thibaritans, faythfullie translated by the said authour.	Copinger, John, b. 1571 or 2.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage. Epistle unto the Thibaritans. aut	1606 (1606)	STC 5725; ESTC S118020	76,240	344

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itself_o one_o have_v more_o merit_n than_o another_o and_o so_o more_o pre-eminence_n we_o see_v one_o more_o rude_a &_o lumpish_a they_o another_o which_o shall_v be_v direct_v by_o one_o that_o have_v his_o iugement_n more_o ripe_a his_o understanding_n more_o prompt_a and_o his_o experience_n more_o perfect_a &_o so_o plato_n say_v thatwoeman_n be_v the_o servant_n of_o man_n vep_n plato_n li●_n 3_o the_o vep_n because_o ordinary_o they_o be_v not_o so_o capable_a of_o government_n or_o sowell_v able_a to_o manage_v weighty_a affair_n chrie_v therefore_o be_v a_o provident_a spouse_n for_o his_o church_n to_o the_o end_n that_o order_n may_v du_o be_v observe_v therein_o have_v commit_v our_o charge_n to_o one_o by_o who_o orderwe_n shall_v be_v direct_v by_o who_o watch_n we_o shall_v be_v defend_v from_o the_o wolf_n and_o by_o who_o holy_a doctrinewee_a shall_v be_v feed_v but_o the_o heretic_n as_o s._n gregory_n say_v to_o take_v away_o this_o order_n from_o god_n church_n bark_v against_o the_o chief_n pastor_n that_o it_o may_v fall_v out_o as_o it_o do_v among_o the_o israelit_n when_o they_o have_v no_o king_n every_o one_o do_v what_o like_v he_o best_o and_o therefore_o as_o s._n aug._n say_v 41._o aug_n li_n contra_fw-la collaiorem_fw-la c●_n 41