Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	day_n	great_a	time_n	3,017	5	3.2491	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32788	Persecutio undecima, or, The churches eleventh persecution being a brief of the fanatick persecution of the Protestant clergy of the Church of England, more particularly within the city of London : begun in Parliament, Anno Dom. 1641, and printed in the year 1648.	Chestlin.	1681 (1681)	Wing C3786; ESTC R23249	54,531	40

day_n of_o queen_n 21._o elizabeth_n certain_a hypocritical_a brethren_n of_o the_o laity_n have_v clap_v the_o presbyterian_a or_o puritan_n minister_n on_o the_o back_n follow_v their_o sermon_n set_v they_o at_o the_o upper_a end_n of_o their_o table_n and_o seek_v by_o all_o mean_n to_o procure_v they_o credit_n and_o favour_n with_o the_o people_n not_o that_o they_o care_v for_o they_o or_o for_o religion_n or_o for_o christ_n himself_o but_o hope_v that_o by_o the_o violent_a course_n which_o they_o see_v these_o man_n run_v into_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o clergy_n will_v grow_v so_o odious_a that_o it_o will_v be_v in_o time_n a_o small_a matter_n to_o dispossess_v they_o of_o all_o their_o live_n whereof_o some_o portion_n may_v come_v to_o their_o share_n another_o as_o true_a i_o find_v write_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1603._o 149._o all_o wise_a man_n even_o among_o protestant_n see_v that_o no_o sect_n in_o the_o world_n can_v be_v more_o prejudicial_a and_o pernicious_a to_o another_o than_o the_o puritan_n sect_n be_v and_o will_v be_v to_o the_o protestant_n if_o they_o can_v get_v the_o upper_a hand_n yet_o these_o be_v the_o man_n who_o so_o fierce_o have_v cry_v out_o against_o persecution_n and_o against_o the_o cruelty_n of_o papist_n make_v a_o ordinance_n for_o repentance_n for_o the_o blood_n spill_v in_o the_o day_n of_o queen_n mary_n never_o remember_v the_o persecution_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o eight_o which_o how_o this_o generation_n have_v make_v their_o own_o sin_n i_o say_v not_o intitle_v their_o faction_n only_o to_o those_o martyr_n merit_n as_o their_o undoubted_a heir_n indeed_o cunning_o to_o colour_v their_o pretence_n of_o fight_v for_o the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o to_o enrage_v the_o people_n to_o a_o revenge_n on_o the_o king_n party_n who_o they_o labour_v to_o make_v the_o world_n believe_v be_v the_o guilty_a offspring_n of_o those_o popish_a persecutor_n whereas_o like_o the_o jew_n while_o they_o build_v the_o sepulcher_n of_o the_o prophet_n they_o show_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o those_o who_o persecute_v the_o prophet_n and_o be_v those_o martyr_n now_o alive_a they_o will_v be_v the_o great_a malignant_n and_o delinquent_n of_o our_o day_n fit_a to_o be_v plunder_v sequester_v banish_v imprison_v or_o slay_v by_o bloody_a vote_n because_o they_o will_v not_o obey_v the_o parliament_n in_o change_a religion_n as_o be_v plain_a in_o the_o story_n of_o mr._n john_n rogers_n and_o crime_n enough_o it_o be_v in_o these_o day_n to_o be_v constant_a to_o the_o book_n of_o common-prayer_n which_o those_o martyr_n in_o queen_n mary_n time_n seal_v with_o their_o blood_n and_o have_v ever_o since_o be_v continue_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n till_o whole_o abolish_v by_o a_o non._n ordinance_n of_o this_o parliament_n who_o cruelty_n as_o it_o have_v slay_v more_o thousand_o of_o english_a subject_n than_o queen_n mary_n condemn_v score_n so_o have_v it_o far_o less_o show_n of_o justice_n or_o legal_a proceed_n all_o be_v now_o do_v coram_fw-la non_fw-la judice_fw-la by_o upstart_a committee_n and_o new-erected_n judicatories_n never_o hear_v of_o in_o england_n before_o as_o also_o sine_fw-la lege_fw-la by_o mere_a arbitrary_a vote_n and_o fancy_n of_o malicious_a adversary_n and_o judge_n in_o their_o own_o cause_n nor_o be_v any_o in_o queen_n mary_n reign_n condemn_v but_o by_o know_a law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o legal_a trial_n with_o disputation_n and_o persuasion_n use_v to_o reclaim_v they_o from_o their_o suppose_a error_n but_o the_o favatick_a persecution_n be_v to_o hunt_v after_o matter_n of_o accusation_n not_o to_o reform_v error_n but_o to_o torment_v the_o person_n of_o man_n &_o condemnati_fw-la quoniam_fw-la accusati_fw-la be_v their_o justice_n and_o when_o the_o faction_n have_v thus_o plunder_v and_o sequester_v the_o clergy_n of_o all_o their_o estate_n for_o some_o year_n another_o fit_a of_o persecution_n be_v raise_v against_o divers_a of_o they_o from_o goldsmiths-hall_n and_o habberdashers-hall_n upon_o composition_n of_o their_o temporal_a estate_n where_o the_o clergy_n be_v ever_o most_o spiteful_o use_v by_o those_o cruel_a committee_n the_o laity_n compound_v for_o two_o year_n value_n but_o the_o clergy_n seldom_o come_v off_o without_o four_o or_o five_o year_n purchase_v of_o their_o own_o land_n and_o estate_n and_o because_o i_o intend_v not_o to_o swell_v into_o too_o big_a a_o volume_n i_o will_v give_v you_o but_o one_o instance_n of_o the_o proceed_n of_o habberdashers-hall-committee_n towards_o have_v a_o clergyman_n to_o who_o a_o ticket_n be_v send_v for_o 240_o l._n as_o the_o twenty_o part_n of_o his_o estate_n he_o come_v within_o the_o ten_o day_n limit_v in_o their_o ticket_n to_o the_o committee_n for_o mitigation_n proffer_v his_o oath_n that_o all_o his_o estate_n real_a and_o personal_a be_v not_o worth_a 200_o l._n can_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o his_o protestation_n but_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o committee_n of_o lord_n and_o commons_o for_o advance_v of_o money_n whither_o apply_v himself_o the_o doorkeeper_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o must_v not_o enter_v in_o till_o he_o be_v call_v thus_o attend_v the_o die_n in_o diem_fw-la the_o ten_o day_n be_v expire_v without_o his_o be_v call_v or_o his_o obtain_n leave_v to_o pass_v the_o first_o or_o second_o door_n which_o be_v due_o lock_v by_o their_o officer_n hereupon_o according_a to_o the_o great_a justice_n of_o committee-order_n and_o parliament-ordinance_n he_o fall_v by_o course_n into_o their_o messenger_n hand_n as_o their_o prisoner_n though_o at_o large_a for_o not_o make_v a_o end_n within_o the_o ten_o day_n after_o some_o week_n dance_v attendance_n and_o see_v a_o lawyer_n his_o petition_n be_v read_v to_o which_o be_v annex_v a_o affidavit_fw-la that_o his_o whole_a estate_n be_v not_o worth_a 100_o l._n the_o answer_n of_o the_o committee_n be_v that_o until_o he_o shall_v bring_v in_o the_o one_o moiety_n of_o his_o assessment_n viz._n 120_o l._n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o committee_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v hear_v which_o he_o not_o able_a to_o perform_v be_v send_v for_o by_o their_o pursuyvant_n and_o upon_o his_o petition_n be_v order_v to_o bring_v in_o 50_o l._n and_o then_o to_o be_v further_o hear_v after_o some_o delay_n he_o move_v again_o and_o be_v order_v to_o give_v present_a security_n to_o bring_v in_o 20_o l._n the_o next_o committeeday_n or_o else_o to_o prison_n he_o must_v go_v present_o which_o to_o prevent_v he_o be_v force_v to_o borrow_v 20_o l._n and_o according_o deposit_v it_o petition_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o his_o protestation_n but_o the_o committee_n tell_v he_o they_o must_v observe_v rule_n and_o order_v he_o to_o give_v security_n for_o the_o other_o 30_o l._n to_o be_v bring_v the_o next_o sit_v or_o else_o he_o must_v go_v to_o prison_n tell_v he_o that_o if_o he_o be_v not_o worth_a so_o much_o when_o he_o come_v to_o hear_v the_o money_n shall_v be_v return_v to_o he_o again_o whereupon_o he_o be_v again_o force_v to_o borrow_v 30_o l._n more_o which_o he_o bring_v in_o according_o but_o upon_o hear_v be_v tell_v that_o though_o the_o ordinance_n do_v admit_v all_o man_n yet_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o committee_n do_v not_o admit_v of_o malignant_n to_o their_o protestation_n and_o so_o take_v all_o the_o borrow_v 50_o l._n as_o the_o twenty_o part_n of_o his_o estate_n which_o he_o by_o affidavit_fw-la give_v in_o to_o they_o be_v not_o worth_a 100_o l._n have_v be_v long_o sequester_v and_o plunder_v of_o his_o good_n and_o by_o imprisonment_n and_o egyptian_a year_n of_o famine_n force_v to_o spend_v his_o long-provided_n store_n and_o just_o such_o a_o cheat_n do_v the_o committee_n for_o plunder_v minister_n put_v upon_o the_o afflict_a wife_n and_o child_n of_o the_o sequester_a clergy_n in_o their_o sue_n for_o the_o five_o part_n of_o their_o husband_n live_v which_o a_o ordinance_n of_o parliament_n pretend_v to_o allow_v they_o if_o their_o husband_n or_o father_n have_v two_o live_n their_o first_o trick_n be_v to_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o will_v allow_v they_o the_o five_o part_n of_o but_o one_o of_o they_o the_o next_o be_v that_o though_o the_o ordinance_n run_v general_o without_o any_o limitation_n yet_o they_o have_v secret_a instruction_n whereby_o they_o grant_v order_n for_o a_o five_o part_n with_o this_o proviso_n that_o if_o the_o sequestrator_n or_o cutpurse_n show_v not_o good_a cause_n to_o the_o contrary_n prevail_v this_o draw_v on_o much_o travel_n and_o charge_n on_o lawyer_n and_o solicitor_n and_o committee-officer_n and_o the_o parliament-minister_n upon_o hear_v pretend_v that_o the_o live_n be_v of_o value_n little_a enough_o to_o maintain_v he_o or_o any_o frivolous_a plea_n breed_v a_o demur_n and_o although_o they_o