Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	unwritten_a	2,327	5	12.8913	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80635	Some treasure fetched out of rubbish: or, Three short but seasonable treatises (found in an heap of scattered papers), which Providence hath reserved for their service who desire to be instructed, from the Word of God, concerning the imposition and use of significant ceremonies in the worship of God. viz. I. A discourse upon 1 Cor. 14.40. Let all things be done decently and in order. Tending to search out the truth in this question, viz. Whether it be lawful for church-governours to command indifferent decent things in the administration of God's worship? II. An enquiry, whether the church may not, in the celebration of the Sacrament, use other rites significative than those expressed in the Scripture, or add to them of her own authority? III. Three arguments, syllogistically propounded and prosecuted against the surplice: the Cross in Baptism: and kneeling in the act of receiving the Lord's Supper.	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Nichols, Robert, Mr.	1660 (1660)	Wing C6459; Thomason E1046_2; ESTC R208022	73,042	79

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24._o q._n 4._o arg._n 2._o divinum_fw-la et_fw-la integrum_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la misterium_fw-la si_fw-la quicquam_fw-la ex_fw-la te_fw-la adderes_fw-la chrys_n homl_n 7._o in_o 1_o corrinth_n bell._n de_fw-fr sacr._n l._n 1._o c._n 9.14_o &_o the_o script_n l._n 4._o c._n 5._o christus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la solus_fw-la potest_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la constituere_fw-la mald._n in_o matth._n 26.11_o zepper_n de_fw-fr sacra_fw-la lib._n 1._o the_o sacrament_n be_v ordain_v to_o move_v lead_v and_o instruct_v our_o dull_a and_o heavy_a heart_n by_o sensible_a creature_n that_o so_o our_o negligence_n in_o not_o hear_v or_o mark_v the_o word_n of_o god_n may_v be_v amend_v jewel_n treatise_n of_o the_o sacrament_n that_o the_o sacrament_n be_v express_o command_v of_o god_n in_o holy_a scripture_n and_o that_o in_o the_o institution_n of_o a_o sacrament_n there_o must_v be_v express_a mention_n of_o the_o material_a part_n thereof_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o institution_n of_o 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