Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	king_n	pope_n	power_n	9,357	5	5.4045	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34096	An exhortation of the churches of Bohemia to the Church of England wherein is set forth the good of unity, order, discipline, and obedience in churches rightly now, or to be constituted : with a description premised of the order and discipline used in the churches of the Brethren of Bohemia / by J. Amos Commenius.	Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.	1661 (1661)	Wing C5507; ESTC R27266	107,538	185

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vzziah_n the_o king_n unto_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n 2_o chron._n 26.16_o i_o will_v therefore_o they_o will_v make_v haste_n to_o get_v they_o out_o of_o the_o church_n v._n 15._o i._n e._n to_o restore_v the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n which_o be_v give_v to_o the_o church_n from_o above_o but_o by_o the_o corruption_n of_o man_n and_o the_o policy_n of_o the_o devil_n now_o take_v away_o from_o it_o very_o it_o be_v high_a time_n to_o repent_v and_o repair_v the_o impair_a order_n of_o the_o church_n 3._o i_o pass_v on_o to_o discipline_n as_o the_o mean_a ligament_n and_o bond_n ordain_v from_o heaven_n to_o keep_v the_o church_n in_o unity_n and_o order_n christ_n call_v it_o salt_n mark_n 9.50_o because_o as_o salt_n resist_v putrefaction_n and_o make_v food_n savoury_a and_o wholesome_a so_o the_o discipline_n of_o manner_n heal_v corrupt_a manner_n and_o make_v we_o careful_a to_o keep_v ourselves_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o our_o 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wherewith_o shall_v it_o be_v season_v it_o be_v henceforth_o good_a for_o nothing_o but_o to_o be_v cast_v away_o to_o be_v tread_v under_o foot_n consider_v i_o pray_v which_o of_o you_o will_v have_v your_o salt_n your_o apostle_n to_o be_v without_o salt_n such_o as_o yet_o you_o do_v what_o in_o you_o lie_v to_o make_v they_o to_o be_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n o_o how_o deserve_v these_o thing_n be_v of_o our_o utmost_a consideration_n but_o grant_v the_o necessity_n of_o discipline_n in_o the_o church_n of_o what_o kind_n will_v we_o have_v it_o i_o answer_v such_o as_o christ_n institute_v and_o the_o apostle_n observe_v watchful_a strict_a and_o severe_a whole_o spiritual_a and_o for_o edification_n watchful_a to_o be_v extend_v to_o all_o that_o be_v exorbitant_a though_o yet_o according_a to_o the_o degree_n of_o the_o offence_n mat._n 18.15_o severe_a to_o be_v exercise_v without_o respect_n of_o person_n even_o they_o that_o be_v dear_a to_o we_o or_o they_o which_o 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the_o church_n preserve_v itself_o from_o scandal_n shall_v be_v small_a obscure_a and_o lame_a than_o tolerate_v scandal_n and_o enormity_n to_o advance_v herself_o to_o never_o so_o much_o largeness_n wealth_n honour_n and_o glister_a pomp_n in_o the_o world_n final_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n ought_v to_o be_v proportion_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v altogether_o spiritual_a and_o therefore_o revile_n banishment_n pecuniary_a mulct_n prison_n stock_n gibbet_n or_o capital_a punishment_n which_o be_v the_o kind_n of_o civil_a punishment_n be_v not_o the_o weapon_n of_o our_o warfare_n but_o admonition_n shame_n terror_n and_o last_o of_o all_o deliver_v up_o to_o the_o divine_a judgement_n and_o to_o satan_n the_o executioner_n thereof_o yet_o all_o these_o thing_n not_o without_o a_o holy_a design_n viz._n that_o other_o in_o the_o church_n may_v fear_v 1_o tim._n 5.20_o and_o they_o themselves_o which_v offend_v may_v be_v snatch_v with_o fear_n out_o of_o the_o flame_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n judas_n v._o 23._o it_o remain_v only_o that_o and_o how_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n be_v well_o unite_v well_o order_v and_o well_o knit_v together_o with_o the_o band_n of_o reverence_n must_v over_o and_o above_o this_o be_v all_o fill_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n this_o be_v yet_o a_o further_a matter_n and_o differ_v from_o the_o former_a for_o any_o philosophical_a college_n or_o secular_a commonwealth_n the_o lacedaemonian_a or_o some_o other_o yea_o and_o aunt_n and_o bee_n too_o and_o the_o synagogue_n of_o the_o pharisee_n may_v be_v a_o company_n well_o unite_v and_o well_o order_v and_o knit_v together_o and_o yet_o not_o be_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n the_o church_n be_v destitute_a of_o his_o spirit_n for_o if_o any_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n he_o be_v none_o of_o he_o rom._n 8.9_o what_o then_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n even_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o life_n of_o god_n quicken_a 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