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	reason_n	scripture_n	9,222	5	6.2628	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95982	A treatise of the institution, right administration, and receiving of the sacrament of the Lords-Supper. Delivered in XX. sermons at St Laurence-Jury, London. / By the late reverend and learned minister of the Gospel Mr Richard Vines sometime master of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge.	Vines, Richard, 1600?-1656.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.; Burgess, Anthony, d. 1664.	1656 (1656)	Wing V572; Thomason E894_2; ESTC R203900	224,149	399

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old_a service_n under_o the_o legal_a shadow_n be_v except_v we_o have_v a_o altar_n or_o rather_o a_o sacrifice_n jesus_n christ_n our_o sin-offering_n whereof_o they_o have_v no_o right_a to_o eat_v heb._n 13._o 10._o that_o be_v no_o right_a of_o communion_n with_o we_o or_o christ_n the_o place_n be_v difficult_a but_o easy_o clear_v by_o levit._n 6._o 30._o for_o as_o the_o priest_n that_o serve_v at_o the_o altar_n have_v no_o right_a to_o eat_v of_o the_o flesh_n of_o the_o sin-offering_n who_o blood_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n but_o burn_v it_o must_v be_v without_o the_o camp_n so_o the_o jew_n that_o hold_v to_o the_o legal_a service_n have_v no_o right_n of_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n who_o blood_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o holy_a place_n of_o heaven_n virtual_o and_o his_o body_n suffer_v without_o the_o gate_n of_o earthly_a jerusalem_n thereby_o signify_v

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