Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	father_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	2,047	5	9.1715	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28402	A treatise of the sibyls so highly celebrated, as well by the antient heathens, as the holy fathers of the church : giving an accompt of the names, and number of the sibyls, of their qualities, the form and matter of their verses : as also of the books now extant under their names, and the errours crept into Christian religion, from the impostures contained therein, particularly, concerning the state of the just, and unjust after death / written originally by David Blondel ; Englished by J.D.	Blondel, David, 1591-1655.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1661 (1661)	Wing B3220; ESTC R38842	342,398	310

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opposite_a so_o that_o i_o can_v conceive_v any_o thing_n but_o a_o over-earnestness_n of_o dispute_n shall_v force_v st._n hierome_n to_o make_v such_o ostentation_n of_o the_o sibyl_n and_o maintain_v against_o jovinian_a 26._o that_o they_o have_v for_o their_o livery_n virginity_n and_o that_o divination_n have_v be_v the_o reward_n of_o their_o virginity_n for_o it_o be_v a_o horrid_a reward_n to_o be_v make_v the_o instrument_n of_o the_o devil_n to_o publish_v his_o lie_n and_o to_o contribute_v to_o his_o deceit_n nor_o can_v i_o see_v how_o the_o great_a of_o ill_n can_v be_v rank_v among_o good_n nor_o at_o hazard_n to_o say_v something_o to_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o sibyl_n that_o any_o advantage_n can_v be_v make_v of_o this_o improbable_a shift_n that_o they_o make_v any_o other_o prediction_n than_o these_o which_o induce_v the_o pagan_n into_o error_n and_o that_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o they_o and_o their_o virginity_n they_o have_v be_v think_v worthy_a 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reins_o and_o from_o her_o bosom_n take_v his_o cruel_a spur_n grant_v a_o little_a rest_n soon_o as_o her_o fit_a and_o high_a distraction_n cease_v lucan_n description_n be_v much_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o claudian_n in_o imitation_n of_o they_o call_v the_o place_n of_o the_o cumaean_a sibyl_n the_o porch_n of_o the_o enrage_a sibyl_n but_o this_o description_n which_o natural_o express_v the_o violent_a possession_n of_o a_o evil_a spirit_n torment_v the_o person_n it_o seize_v in_o stead_n of_o raise_v a_o horror_n in_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o eight_o book_n attribute_v to_o the_o sibyl_n inflame_v he_o with_o a_o emulation_n insomuch_o that_o that_o impertinent_a person_n have_v not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o attribute_v to_o the_o god_n of_o glory_n extravagant_a sally_n like_o those_o of_o the_o devil_n and_o to_o say_v of_o himself_o what_o the_o profane_a poet_n have_v write_v of_o their_o prophetess_n 193._o corpore_fw-la tota_fw-la stupens_fw-la trahor_fw-la huc_fw-la ignara_fw-la quid_fw-la ipsa_fw-la eloquar_fw-la ipse_fw-la sed_fw-la haec_fw-la mandat_fw-la deus_fw-la omne_fw-la fari_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o 214._o sed_fw-la quid_fw-la cor_fw-la iterùm_fw-la quatitur_fw-la mihi_fw-la ménsque_fw-la flagello_fw-la icta_fw-la foràs_o vocem_fw-la prorumpere_fw-la cogitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la ut_fw-la moneam_fw-la and_o again_o 238._o ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la divino_fw-la requieta_fw-la à_fw-la carmine_fw-la mens_fw-la est_fw-la orabam_fw-la magnum_fw-la genitorem_fw-la vis_fw-la ut_fw-la abesset_fw-la sed_fw-la mihi_fw-la suggessit_fw-la vocem_fw-la sub_fw-la pectora_fw-la rursum_fw-la pérque_fw-la omnes_fw-la terras_fw-la praecepit_fw-la vaticinari_fw-la and_o that_o she_o come_v from_o babylon_n 282._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d furious_a or_o fanatic_a all_o which_o afford_v we_o a_o manifest_a argument_n that_o the_o unhappy_a impostor_n who_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o play_v the_o sibyl_n be_v besot_v with_o such_o a_o extravagant_a conceit_n that_o he_o will_v upon_o any_o term_n be_v take_v

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