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	rome_n	spot_v	36	3	16.1674	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05091	Politique discourses, treating of the differences and inequalities of vocations, as well publique, as priuate with the scopes or endes wherevnto they are directed. Translated out of French, by Ægremont Ratcliffe Esquire.; Discours politiques sur la voye d'enter deuëment aux estats. English	La Place, Pierre de, 1520-1572.; Radcliffe, Egremont, d. 1578.	1589 (1589)	STC 15230.5; ESTC S110593	110,171	164

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so_o infortunate_a and_o unprovided_a of_o counsel_n as_o that_o forsake_v the_o guide_n of_o nature_n they_o follow_v that_o whereunto_o they_o be_v not_o call_v vocation_n proverb_n apt_o apply_v to_o the_o interior_a vocation_n for_o the_o first_o the_o ancient_a proverb_n have_v be_v make_v which_o say_v that_o god_n be_v angry_a with_o truant_n or_o idle_a person_n and_o favourable_a to_o they_o that_o apply_v themselves_o to_o some_o honest_a exercise_n and_o for_o the_o second_o a_o other_o that_o say_v that_o a_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o enterprise_n or_o do_v aught_o in_o despite_n of_o minerva_n that_o be_v to_o say_v against_o his_o natural_a instinct_n thrive_v a_o force_a nature_n never_o thrive_v seneca_n say_v to_o this_o purpose_n that_o of_o a_o force_a nature_n or_o inclination_n man_n reap_v small_a profit_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n as_o i_o seem_v why_o jupiter_n be_v so_o importunate_o pray_v in_o the_o pythagorical_a verse_n to_o solace_v and_o ease_v man_n 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at_o large_a in_o place_n convenient_a enterprise_n it_o behove_v also_o to_o measure_v ability_n with_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o enterprise_n who_o so_o also_o purpose_v to_o enter_v into_o any_o vocation_n and_o charge_n ought_v not_o only_o to_o remember_v how_o honest_a the_o thing_n be_v that_o he_o undertake_v but_o also_o must_v there_o with_o all_o principal_o consider_v and_o measure_v his_o capacity_n and_o power_n chapter_n iii_o of_o the_o exterior_a vocation_n make_v by_o man_n mean_n and_o first_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a in_o all_o his_o degree_n as_o concern_v the_o exterior_a and_o apparent_a vocation_n make_v by_o the_o exterior_a and_o apparent_a testimony_n the_o same_o be_v also_o very_o necessary_a and_o requisite_a for_o all_o person_n call_v to_o the_o public_a vocation_n that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a vocation_n but_o especial_o to_o the_o ecclesiastirall_n in_o the_o which_o each_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v guide_v 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