Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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book_n	find_v	great_a	read_v	2,892	5	5.5522	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45496	Archaioskopia, or, A view of antiquity presented in a short but sufficient account of some of the fathers, men famous in their generations who lived within, or near the first three hundred years after Christ : serving as a light to the studious, that they may peruse with better judgment and improve to greater advantage the venerable monuments of those eminent worthies / by J.H.	Hanmer, Jonathan, 1606-1687.; Howe, John, 1630-1705.; Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1677 (1677)	Wing H652; ESTC R25408	262,013	452

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presbyter_n also_o another_o unto_o palladius_n medulla_n nihil_fw-la continent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 39_o a_o epistle_n unto_o dracontius_n who_o fly_v away_o ibid._n he_o by_o divers_a argument_n persuade_v to_o return_v unto_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n whereof_o he_o be_v bishop_n elect_v and_o that_o he_o will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o those_o that_o will_v deter_v he_o from_o so_o do_v 4._o it_o be_v say_v espencaeus_fw-la a_o learned_a epistle_n 40._o a_o epistle_n unto_o marcellinus_n concern_v the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o psalm_n eccl._n which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o that_o jerom_n call_v of_o the_o title_n of_o the_o psalm_n style_v by_o sixtus_n senensis_n thus_o 4._o in_o psalterium_fw-la davidis_fw-la ad_fw-la marcellinum_n de_fw-la titulis_fw-la et_fw-la vi_fw-la psalmorum_fw-la isagogicus_fw-la libellus_fw-la of_o which_o cassiodorus_n thus_o testis_fw-la est_fw-la inquit_fw-la athanasii_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sermo_fw-la magnificus_fw-la 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bonum_fw-la cum_fw-la possint_fw-la non_fw-la operari_fw-la illud_fw-la 71._o he_o autem_fw-la qui_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la operantur_fw-la judicium_fw-la justum_fw-la recipient_a dei_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la operati_fw-la bonum_fw-la 72._o cum_fw-la possint_fw-la operari_fw-la illud_fw-la item_n quoniam_fw-la omnes_fw-la sunt_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o potentes_fw-la retinere_fw-la &_o operari_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o potentes_fw-la rursum_fw-la amittere_fw-la id_fw-la &_o non_fw-la facere_fw-la justè_fw-la etiam_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la sensatos_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la alii_fw-la quidem_fw-la laudantur_fw-la &_o dignum_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la testimonium_fw-la electionis_fw-la bonae_fw-la &_o perseverantiae_fw-la alii_fw-la verò_fw-la accusantur_fw-la &_o dignum_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la damnum_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la justum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la reprobaverint_fw-la adhuc_fw-la quoniam_fw-la liberae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la ibid._n eujus_fw-la ad_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la semper_fw-la consilium_fw-la datur_fw-la ei_fw-la continere_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la proficiscitur_fw-la ex_fw-la eâ_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la obedientiâ_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la liberum_fw-la &_o suae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la homini_fw-la servavit_fw-la dominus_fw-la contrà_fw-la dominus_fw-la pollicitus_fw-la est_fw-la mittere_fw-la se_fw-la paracletum_fw-la 19_o qui_fw-la nos_fw-la aptaret_fw-la deo_fw-la sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la de_fw-la arido_fw-la tritico_fw-la massa_fw-la una_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la humour_n neque_fw-la unus_fw-la panis_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la multi_fw-la unum_fw-la fieri_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la jesu_fw-la poteramus_fw-la sine_fw-la aquâ_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la caelum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la sicut_fw-la arida_fw-la terra_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la percipiat_fw-la humorem_fw-la non_fw-la fructificat_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o no●_n lignum_fw-la aridum_fw-la existentes_fw-la primum_fw-la nunquam_fw-la fructificaremus_fw-la vitam_fw-la sine_fw-la supernâ_fw-la voluntariâ_fw-la pluviâ_fw-la i._n e._n spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la 3._o his_o opinion_n concern_v the_o age_n of_o christ_n be_v evident_o contrary_a to_o what_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o the_o history_n of_o the_o evangelist_n for_o thus_o say_v he_o omnes_fw-la venit_fw-la per_fw-la seipsum_fw-la salvare_fw-la 39_o omnes_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la ●um_fw-la rena_fw-la

scuntur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la infant_n &_o parvulos_fw-la &_o pueros_fw-la &_o juvenes_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la ideò_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la venit_fw-la aetatem_fw-la &_o infantibus_fw-la infans_fw-la factus_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la infant_n in_o parvulis_fw-la parvulus_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la hanc_fw-la ipsam_fw-la habentes_fw-la aetatem_fw-la sim●●_n &_o exemplum_fw-la illis_fw-la pietatis_fw-la effectus_fw-la &_o justitie_n &_o subjectionis_fw-la juvenibus_fw-la juvenis_fw-la exemplu●_fw-la juvenibus_fw-la fiens_fw-la &_o sanctificans_fw-la domino_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o senior_fw-la in_o senioribus_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la perfectus_fw-la magister_fw-la i●_n omnibus_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la secundum_fw-la exposition●●_n veritatis_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la aetatem_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la exemplum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la quoque_fw-la fiens_fw-la etc._n etc._n quia_fw-la autem_fw-la triginta_fw-la annorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d primae_fw-la indolis_fw-la 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fashion_n and_o that_o gold_n and_o silver_n be_v not_o ordain_v of_o god_n for_o such_o a_o use_n 14._o of_o the_o deck_v or_o adorn_v of_o woman_n argum_fw-la a_o book_n of_o a_o much_o like_a subject_n with_o the_o forego_n only_o herein_o he_o particular_o blame_v curiosity_n about_o their_o hair_n and_o skin_n exhort_v they_o not_o to_o addict_v themselves_o unto_o painting_n and_o what_o may_v set_v off_o their_o beauty_n 15._o unto_o his_o wife_n two_o book_n wherein_o 1._o he_o advise_v she_o argum_fw-la in_o case_n he_o shall_v die_v before_o she_o not_o to_o marry_v again_o 2._o he_o exhort_v christian_a woman_n to_o abstain_v from_o marry_v with_o heathen_n set_v down_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o such_o marriage_n viz._n that_o they_o can_v so_o free_o attend_v the_o duty_n of_o christianity_n and_o commend_v those_o of_o one_o christian_a with_o another_o because_o such_o may_v have_v full_a liberty_n in_o their_o whole_a duty_n which_o he_o thus_o particular_o set_v down_o 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