Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	church_n	minister_n	power_n	7,372	5	5.4211	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45328	An apologie for the ministry and its maintenance wherein is set forth the necessity, dignity and efficacy of a gospel-ministry against the Socinians, Swenckfieldians, Weigelians, Anabaptists, Enthusiasts, Familists, Seekers, Quakers, Levellers, Libertines and the rest of that rout ... / by Tho. Hall.	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.; Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696.	1660 (1660)	Wing H425A; ESTC R28055	88,780	120

can_v not_o but_o respect_v the_o gracious_a baptist_n marle_n 6._o 20._o the_o apostle_n paul_n be_v of_o so_o much_o worth_n to_o the_o galattan_n that_o they_o receive_v he_o as_o a_o angel_n of_o god_n even_o as_o chr●st_v ●esus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d his_o ambassador_n he_o be_v gal._n 4._o 14._o behold_v corn●lius_n the_o centurion_n fall_v down_o before_o peter_n the_o apostle_n and_o worship_v he_o act._n 10._o 25._o oh_o stupendous_a humanity_n and_o humility_n a_o roman_a captain_n a_o gentleman_n soldier_n stoop_v to_o a_o poor_a apostle_n and_o offer_v he_o honour_n not_o only_o more_o than_o can_v be_v expect_a but_o than_o dare_v be_v accept_v lo_o alexander_n the_o grand_a tenant_n of_o the_o universe_n who_o range_v soul_n know_v no_o confine_n who_o stately_a spirit_n scorn_v to_o own_o any_o monarch_n stoop_v before_o and_o do_v reverence_n unto_o jaddus_n the_o jewish_a highpriest_n josephus_n antiquit._n l._n 11._o c._n 8._o it_o be_v not_o much_o that_o aqutla_n and_o 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you_o therefore_o and_o teach_v all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o and_o s._n paul_n magnify_v his_o ministry_n by_o this_o authority_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 1._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 1._o and_o gal_n 1._o 1._o paul_n a_o apostle_n not_o of_o man_n nor_o by_o man_n but_o by_o jesus_n christ_n and_o god_n the_o father_n it_o be_v not_o man_n appointment_n but_o a_o ordinance_n of_o god_n not_o a_o humane_a fiction_n but_o a_o divine_a institution_n 2._o the_o antiquity_n of_o it_o which_o also_o commend_v the_o goodness_n of_o a_o good_a thing_n the_o ministry_n of_o the_o church_n be_v no_o new_a invention_n but_o a_o ancient_a ordination_n for_o it_o have_v be_v even_o from_o the_o beginning_n which_o the_o church_n of_o god_n have_v not_o want_v in_o any_o age_n neither_o before_o nor_o under_o nor_o since_o the_o law_n before_o the_o law_n be_v the_o patriarch_n who_o instruct_v their_o family_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o propagate_v religion_n to_o their_o posterity_n under_o the_o 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