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	pope_n	scripture_n	8,393	5	6.5802	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61095	Tithes too hot to be touched certain treatises, wherein is shewen that tithes are due, by the law of nature, scripture, nations, therefore neither Jewish, Popish, or inconvenient / written by Sr. Henry Spelman ... ; with an alphabeticall table.	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.; Stephens, Jeremiah, 1591-1665.	1640 (1640)	Wing S4931; ESTC R19648	146,054	238

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suffer_v all_o thing_n ibid._n v._n 12._o and_o again_o v._o 15._o i_o have_v use_v none_o of_o all_o these_o thing_n but_o why_o do_v he_o not_o use_v they_o since_o they_o be_v due_a unto_o he_o his_o reason_n be_v that_o we_o as_o though_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o apostle_n shall_v not_o hinder_v the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n ibid._n v._n 12._o but_o why_o shall_v the_o take_n of_o that_o be_v due_a unto_o he_o hinder_v the_o gospel_n because_o the_o malicious_a backbiter_n will_v thereupon_o report_v that_o he_o rather_o preach_v it_o for_o gain_n then_o of_o zeal_n and_o so_o abase_v his_o authority_n in_o the_o gospel_n ib._n 18._o whereas_o by_o this_o course_n of_o take_v nothing_o for_o his_o pain_n he_o make_v it_o as_o he_o say_v free_a ibid._n and_o stop_v their_o mouth_n thus_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o apostle_n not_o only_o neglect_v but_o absolute_o refuse_v even_o the_o thing_n that_o they_o certain_o know_v to_o belong_v unto_o they_o 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holy_a ghost_n say_v that_o peter_n walk_v through_o all_o quarter_n act_n ●_o 32._o one_o while_n at_o lydd●_n ib._n another_o while_n as_o joppa_n ib._n 〈◊〉_d 36._o first_o at_o jerusalem_n after_o at_o antioch_n in_o syria_n gal._n 2.11_o then_o at_o babylon_n in_o egypt_n junii_fw-la egypt_n many_o affirm_v that_o he_o be_v at_o rome_n metaphrastes_n and_o some_o other_o that_o he_o be_v here_o in_o britannia_n petri_n igitur_fw-la muneris_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la complures_fw-la orientis_fw-la provincias_fw-la praedicando_fw-la evangelium_fw-la peragrasset_fw-la jam_fw-la quod_fw-la reliquum_fw-la esse_fw-la videbatur_fw-la lustraret_fw-la orbem_fw-la accidentalem_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la britannos_fw-la quod_fw-la tradunt_fw-la metaphrastes_n &_o alii_fw-la christi_fw-la sidem_fw-la annuncian_n penetraret_fw-la baron_fw-fr tom._n 1._o f._n 5_o 97._o l._n 13._o metaph._n die_v 29._o junii_fw-la 1_o pet._n 5.13_o paul_n and_o burnabas_n be_v at_o antioch_n aforesaid_a or_o send_v forth_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n first_o to_o seleucia_n in_o syria_n then_o to_o salamis_n and_o paphus_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o cyprus_n after_o from_o thence_o to_o berga_n in_o bamphilia_n so_o to_o the_o other_o antioch_n in_o pisidia_n act_v 13._o after_o to_o iconiu●●_n lystria_n derbe_n the_o part_n of_o lycaonia_n so_o again_o to_o antioch_n in_o syria_n thence_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o present_o back_o to_o the_o same_o antioch_n where_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n break_v company_n barnabas_n with_o mark_n sail_v to_o cypras_fw-la paul_n take_v silas_n travel_v through_o syria_n and_o cilit●a_n confirm_v the_o church_n then_o he_o come_v to_o the_o country_n of_o phrygia_n galatia_n mysia_n from_o whence_o be_v call_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n he_o leave_v asia_n and_o pass_v by_o samothracia_n into_o europe_n preach_v at_o philippi_n a_o city_n of_o macedonia_n further_a northward_o of_o all_o greece_n then_o back_o again_o and_o up_o and_o down_o asia_n to_o jerusalem_n again_o and_o from_o thence_o at_o length_n to_o rome_n read_v act_n 13.14_o 15_o 16._o cap._n i_o will_v not_o speak_v of_o that_o theodoritus_n and_o s●phroni●●_n the_o patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n affirm_v that_o after_o his_o first_o imprisonment_n at_o rome_n he_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o britain_n be_v our_o countryman_n for_o happy_o he_o may_v do_v that_o at_o rome_n but_o to_o come_v to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n bartholomew_n as_o i_o witness_v catalogue_n script_n eccles_n tom._n 1._o go_v to_o the_o indian_n thomas_n to_o the_o mede_n persian_n hyrcanian_n and_o bastrians_n matthew_n up_o and_o down_o aethiopia_n every_o one_o of_o they_o one_o way_n or_o other_o to_o carry_v one_o sound_n of_o the_o gospel_n through_o all_o the_o world_n psal_n 19_o i_o ask_v now_o what_o these_o man_n shall_v have_v do_v with_o their_o tithe_n where_o

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