Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	church_n	old_a	testament_n	6,574	5	8.1314	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61779	De juramento seven lectures concerning the obligation of promissory oathes / read publicly in the divinity school of Oxford by Robert Sanderson ; translated into English by His Late Majesties speciall command and afterwards revised and approved under His Majesties own hand.	Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.	1655 (1655)	Wing S589; ESTC R30543	102,036	294

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where_o abraham_n require_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n from_o his_o servant_n concern_v the_o choice_n of_o a_o wife_n for_o his_o son_n command_v the_o servant_n to_o put_v his_o hand_n under_o his_o thigh_n the_o like_a jacob_n upon_o his_o death_n bed_v command_v his_o son_n gen._n 47._o when_o he_o commit_v his_o burial_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n unto_o joseph_n care_n which_o rite_n whether_o observe_v in_o token_n of_o faith_n whereby_o they_o believe_v in_o the_o bless_a seed_n which_o be_v to_o come_v from_o the_o thigh_n of_o abraham_n or_o in_o commemoration_n of_o the_o covenant_n which_o be_v make_v with_o abraham_n when_o he_o be_v circumcise_v or_o for_o any_o other_o cause_n we_o find_v not_o found_v upon_o any_o express_a command_n of_o god_n but_o to_o have_v be_v for_o aught_o we_o can_v gather_v of_o free_a institution_n by_o which_o the_o perverse_a and_o superstitious_a severity_n of_o those_o man_n who_o blame_v all_o rite_n in_o divine_a worship_n as_o 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right_a hand_n deut._n 32._o 40._o to_o this_o rite_n be_v frequent_a allusion_n in_o the_o prophetical_a book_n of_o either_o testament_n and_o here_o we_o have_v another_o occasion_n of_o wonder_n that_o this_o ceremony_n shall_v not_o only_o be_v tolerate_v in_o christian_a church_n but_o approve_v by_o those_o very_a man_n who_o be_v so_o far_o from_o approve_v the_o use_n of_o other_o rite_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n though_o they_o be_v all_o alike_o lawful_a or_o unlawful_a among_o christian_n that_o they_o will_v not_o endure_v they_o but_o cry_v out_o importunate_o to_o have_v they_o banish_v from_o all_o devout_a congregation_n as_o concern_v the_o rite_n of_o christian_n that_o i_o may_v omit_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o various_a ceremony_n use_v in_o the_o primitive_a church_n and_o according_a to_o the_o difference_n of_o time_n and_o place_n various_o observe_v there_o be_v one_o which_o derive_v unto_o we_o from_o the_o primitive_a time_n be_v yet_o in_o use_n viz._n 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