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	power_n	supreme_a	7,138	5	8.8346	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58802	The Christian life part III. Wherein the great duties of justice, mercy, and mortification are fully explained and inforced. Vol. IV. By John Scott D.D. late rector of St. Giles's in the Fields.; Christian life. Vol. 4.	Scott, John, 1639-1695.; White, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver.	1696 (1696)	Wing S2056; ESTC R218661	194,267	475

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and_o do_v reign_v by_o his_o authority_n they_o have_v also_o a_o inseparable_a right_n to_o be_v obey_v in_o all_o thing_n wherein_o they_o do_v not_o interfere_v with_o the_o command_v of_o god_n for_o in_o obey_v they_o we_o obey_v god_n who_o command_v by_o their_o mouth_n and_o will_v by_o their_o law_n and_o edict_n and_o as_o he_o who_o refuse_v to_o obey_v the_o viceroy_n command_n do_v in_o so_o do_v disobey_v the_o king_n himself_o unless_o he_o command_v the_o contrary_a so_o he_o who_o disobey_v his_o sovereign_n who_o be_v god_n viceroy_n do_v in_o so_o do_v disobey_v god_n unless_o it_o be_v where_o god_n have_v countermand_v he_o so_o that_o while_o he_o command_v only_o lawful_a thing_n he_o have_v a_o undoubted_a right_n to_o be_v obey_v because_o his_o command_n be_v stamp_v with_o divine_a authority_n and_o be_v thereby_o render_v sacred_a and_o inviolable_a again_o since_o sovereign_n be_v the_o supreme_a representative_n of_o god_n power_n and_o majesty_n upon_o 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