Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	know_v	read_v	write_v	3,405	5	5.0561	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94733	An apology or plea for the Two treatises, and appendix to them concerning infant-baptisme; published Decemb. 15. 1645. Against the unjust charges, complaints, and censures of Doctor Nathanael Homes, Mr Iohn Geree, Mr Stephen Marshall, Mr John Ley, and Mr William Hussey; together with a postscript by way of reply to Mr Blakes answer to Mr Tombes his letter, and Mr Edmund Calamy, and Mr Richard Vines preface to it. Wherein the principall heads of the dispute concerning infant-baptism are handled, and the insufficiency of the writings opposed to the two treatises manifested. / By Iohn Tombes, B.D.	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1646 (1646)	Wing T1801; Thomason E352_1; ESTC R201072	143,666	170

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alicubi_fw-la quanquam_fw-la libris_fw-la jam_fw-la spoliatus_fw-la locum_fw-la judicare_fw-la nequeam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la ritum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la satis_fw-la notum_fw-la ante_fw-la joannis_n baptistae_fw-la tempora_fw-la in_o admissione_n proselytorum_fw-la aut_fw-la discipulorum_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la &_o interrogatio_fw-la pharisaeorum_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la novitate_fw-la ritus_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la authoritate_fw-la baptizantis_fw-la quaerentium_fw-la joannis_n evangelii_n cap._n 1._o co●_n 25._o idem_fw-la innuere_fw-la videtur_fw-la et_fw-la forsan_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la eundem_fw-la cap._n 3._o com._n 25._o ad_fw-la usurpationem_fw-la istius_fw-la ritus_fw-la spectabat_fw-la paedobaptismum_fw-la verò_fw-la ignotum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la primaevis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la christianarum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la asserit_fw-la ludovicus_n vives_n comment_n in_o augustini_fw-la de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 27._o 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dignitatis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la observantissi●●_n joannes_n tomb_n londini_fw-la ●●dibus_fw-la recto●is_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d church_n 〈…〉_z august●●●4_n 1644._o though_o the_o answer_n be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o reference_n of_o i_o to_o the_o book_n i_o may_v meet_v with_o in_o stationer_n shop_n yet_o i_o conceive_v this_o advantage_n i_o have_v by_o it_o that_o what_o i_o find_v in_o book_n extant_a may_v be_v the_o more_o safe_o rely_v on_o and_o that_o my_o diligence_n to_o discover_v the_o truth_n will_v be_v the_o more_o apparent_a for_o which_o i_o deny_v myself_o rest_v write_n and_o without_o recompense_n from_o man_n lay_v out_o more_o than_o my_o estate_n can_v bear_v but_o m._n mar._n seem_v ready_a to_o catch_v at_o any_o thing_n that_o may_v make_v i_o suspect_v and_o so_o bring_v my_o writing_n out_o of_o credit_n &_o p._n 78._o of_o his_o defence_n thus_o he_o speak_v i_o be_o misinform_v by_o good_a friend_n who_o know_v &_o love_v you_o very_o well_o if_o 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they_o may_v give_v they_o the_o lord_n supper_n in_o which_o all_o christ_n be_v communicate_v and_o baptism_n shall_v not_o be_v 〈◊〉_d baptism_n be_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o tender_a of_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d power_n of_o his_o blo●d_n 〈◊〉_d of_o our_o communion_n or_o partake_v of_o christ_n that_o be_v seal_v in_o the_o other_o sacrament_n pag._n 64._o it_o be_v true_a adultus_fw-la must_v have_v faith_n such_o as_o it_o be_v natural_a human_a before_o he_o can_v be_v baptize_v he_o must_v be_v willing_a by_o some_o inclination_n or_o other_o it_o be_v barbarous_a to_o baptize_v a_o grow_a man_n àgainst_a his_o will_n which_o can_v not_o be_v get_v but_o by_o some_o kind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d though_o it_o may_v be_v just_a with_o man_n to_o punish_v he_o with_o death_n that_o shall_v refuse_v as_o it_o be_v with_o god_n to_o punish_v with_o eternal_a death_n such_o as_o despise_v baptism_n nor_o do_v i_o think_v the_o principal_a ground_n of_o his_o new_a conceit_n pag._n s._n will_v satisfy_v which_o be_v that_o matt._n 28._o 19_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v expound_v make_v all_o nation_n disciple_n by_o baptise_v they_o and_o teach_v whereas_o he_o himself_o sundry_a time_n read_v it_o better_o make_v disciple_n of_o all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o and_o it_o be_v vain_o allege_v that_o by_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o participiall_n expression_n any_o more_o than_o verse_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v expound_v he_o meet_v they_o by_o say_v or_o matth._n 27._o 55._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o follow_v by_o minister_a unto_o he_o and_o i_o say_v just_o examen_fw-la pag._n 127._o this_o conceit_n be_v so_o absurd_a that_o i_o presume_v none_o that_o have_v any_o wit_n will_v entertain_v it_o though_o master_n hussey_n say_v page_n 6_o i_o think_v if_o ever_o a_o man_n be_v out_o of_o his_o wit_n it_o be_v here_o but_o i_o shall_v be_v willing_a the_o assembly_n judge_n whether_o of_o we_o two_o need_n sail_n to_o anticyra_n to_o purge_v 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