Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	apostle_n	bishop_n	church_n	1,878	5	4.2003	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69044	A sermon necessarie for these times shewing the nature of conscience, with the corruptions thereof, and the repairs or means to inform it with right knowledge, and stirre it up to upright practise, and how to get and keep a good conscience. To which is adjoyned a necessarie, brief, and pithy treatise af [sic] the ceremonies of the Church of England. By Anthony Cade Batch. of Divinitie.	Cade, Anthony, 1564?-1641.	1639 (1639)	STC 4330; ESTC S107399	57,371	130

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be_v the_o set_a prayer_n which_o moses_n must_v pronounce_v when_o the_o ark_n be_v to_o go_v forward_o note_n all_o the_o psalm_n be_v prayer_n or_o praise_n of_o god_n in_o set_a form_n and_o word_n answer_v the_o length_n and_o number_n of_o music_n note_n and_o when_o it_o be_v to_o rest_v and_o deut._n 26.3_o the_o set_a form_n of_o word_n to_o be_v say_v at_o the_o offering_n of_o the_o first_o fruit_n and_o vers_fw-la 5._o and_o 13._o and_o psalm_n 92._o be_v make_v proper_o for_o the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o psalm_n 22._o for_o every_o morning_n and_o psalm_n 102_o for_o time_n of_o affliction_n this_o appear_v by_o the_o title_n of_o these_o psalm_n the_o like_a be_v 2._o chron._n 29.30_o and_o we_o find_v rom._n 1.7_o 1._o cor._n 1.3_o 2._o cor._n 1.2_o galat._n 1.3_o ephes_n 1.2_o saint_n paul_n use_v the_o same_o set_a form_n of_o word_n or_o prayer_n without_o variation_n and_o our_o saviour_n christ_n himself_o matth._n

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in_o such_o ornament_n into_o my_o place_n do_v present_o consider_v this_o man_n though_o of_o 14.15_o of_o act_n 14.15_o like_a infirmity_n with_o we_o yet_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n and_o by_o office_n be_v more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a man_n 13.2_o man_n rom._n 1.1_o act_n 13.2_o separate_v from_o all_o worldly_a business_n to_o a_o more_o excellent_a work_n to_o be_v god_n 5.20_o god_n 2._o cor._n 5.20_o ambassador_n send_v unto_o we_o 26.18_o we_o act_n 26.18_o to_o open_v our_o eye_n to_o turn_v we_o from_o darkness_n unto_o light_n and_o from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n unto_o god_n etc._n etc._n to_o he_o have_v our_o bless_a saviour_n commit_v the_o ministry_n of_o reconciliation_n 19_o reconciliation_n 2._o cor._n 5.18_o 19_o to_o reconcile_v we_o sinful_a creature_n to_o god_n our_o glorious_a creator_n he_o we_o ought_v to_o hear_v as_o 10.16_o as_o luk._n 10.16_o god_n himself_o and_o reverence_v he_o not_o so_o much_o for_o his_o personal_a

of_o a_o indifferent_a ceremony_n be_v all_o the_o impression_n or_o inscription_n that_o it_o have_v even_o as_o the_o element_n in_o the_o lord_n sacrament_n be_v only_o sacramental_a in_o the_o sacramental_a use_n and_o not_o before_o or_o after_o as_o the_o water_n use_v in_o baptism_n dr._n burges_n in_o a_o digression_n pag._n 475._o &_o seq_fw-la show_v great_a difference_n in_o the_o operative_a virtue_n holiness_n necessity_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n which_o papist_n place_v in_o their_o ceremony_n be_v wondrous_a many_o from_o our_o few_o and_o plain_a ordain_v only_o for_o comeliness_n order_n and_o edification_n and_o pag._n 285._o we_o be_v mere_o significative_a they_o believe_v also_o to_o be_v operative_a as_o exorcism_n cross_n sprinkle_v of_o holy-water_n oil_n chrism_n exsufflation_n ring_v of_o hallow_a bell_n and_o such_o like_a to_o drive_v away_o the_o devil_n we_o arbitrary_a they_o hold_v necessary_a we_o of_o moral_a duty_n only_o they_o signify_v and_o 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