Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	receive_v	scripture_n	tradition_n	2,259	5	9.4462	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03500	A sermon of obedience especially vnto authoritie ecclesiasticall, wherein the principall controuersies of our church are handled, and many of their obiections which are refractorie to the gouernment established, answered, though briefly as time and place could permit: being preached at a visitation of the right worshipfull M.D. Hinton,in Couentry. By Fran: Holyoke.	Holyoake, Francis, 1567-1653.	1613 (1613)	STC 13623; ESTC S115476	21,457	38

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so_o great_a scandal_n for_o i_o know_v by_o manifold_a experience_n the_o danger_n that_o this_o diversity_n of_o observe_v order_n bring_v some_o poor_a soul_n have_v and_o do_v stand_v amaze_v while_o they_o see_v in_o one_o parish_n one_o form_n of_o prayer_n and_o administer_a the_o sacrament_n and_o another_o in_o the_o next_o parish_n they_o think_v these_o be_v divers_a religion_n and_o doubt_n what_o they_o may_v follow_v hereupon_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o fall_n to_o popery_n some_o to_o atheism_n &_o some_o to_o other_o heresy_n &_o schism_n these_o inconvenience_n be_v wise_o foresee_v in_o the_o establish_n of_o a_o act_n in_o parliament_n for_o uniformity_n and_o if_o political_a law_n of_o heathen_a prince_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v for_o conscience_n sake_n so_o that_o they_o enjoin_v not_o disobedience_n to_o god_n much_o more_o these_o that_o be_v for_o mainetenance_n of_o concord_n order_n and_o decency_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n aug._n epist_n 166._o hoc_fw-la iubent_fw-la imperatores_fw-la quod_fw-la iubet_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la quia_fw-la cum_fw-la bonum_fw-la iubent_fw-la per_fw-la illos_fw-la non_fw-la iubet_fw-la nisi_fw-la christus_fw-la that_o which_o king_n command_n that_o christ_n command_v because_o when_o as_o they_o command_v that_o which_o be_v good_a christ_n command_v by_o they_o ob_fw-la but_o many_o of_o our_o law_n ordinance_n and_o constitution_n say_v some_o be_v unlawful_a therefore_o not_o to_o be_v observe_v ans_fw-fr bucer_n be_v write_v unto_o by_o d._n cranmer_n then_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o also_o by_o b._n hooper_n as_o appear_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr sacris_fw-la vestibus_fw-la touch_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o these_o matter_n which_o be_v now_o make_v question_n of_o by_o divers_a write_v his_o censure_n at_o large_a upon_o our_o book_n of_o common_a prayer_n liturgy_n and_o ceremony_n now_o he_o say_v that_o when_o first_o he_o come_v into_o this_o land_n he_o make_v doubt_n 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state_n and_o rash_o break_v the_o concord_n &_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n this_o be_v to_o strain_n at_o a_o gnat_n and_o swallow_v a_o camel_n s._n augustin_n write_v at_o large_a most_o divine_o on_o this_o point_n epist_n 118._o ad_fw-la januarium_fw-la those_o thing_n say_v he_o which_o we_o observe_v not_o by_o write_a authority_n but_o by_o tradition_n which_o be_v observe_v throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n we_o must_v understand_v that_o they_o be_v command_v and_o appoint_v by_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o or_o else_o be_v decree_v in_o lawful_a counsel_n who_o authority_n in_o the_o church_n be_v most_o wholesome_a and_o holy_a as_o that_o the_o passion_n resurrection_n and_o ascension_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n the_o come_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v celebrate_v &_o solemnize_v yearly_a &_o whatsoever_o such_o like_a be_v observe_v of_o the_o whole_a church_n general_o