Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	congregation_n	israel_n	levite_n	2,274	5	12.0256	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91186	An exact chronological history and full display of popes intollerable usurpations upon the antient just rights, liberties, of the kings, kingdoms, clergy, nobility, commons of England and Ireland	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1666 (1666)	Wing P3962A; ESTC R232177	595,052	408

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〈…〉_z petrus_n blesensis_n archdeacon_n of_o bath_n his_o observation_n ●●requens_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la aliquem_fw-la invenire_fw-la qui_fw-la primum_fw-la suae_fw-la promotionis_fw-la annum_fw-la dedicat_fw-la sanct●ati_fw-la cumque_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la novitate_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la agnus_fw-la inveteratus_fw-la aliquot_fw-la dierum_fw-la fit_a rapacissimus_fw-la lupus_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o chaste_a bishop_n priest_n deacon_n votary_n they_o prove_v after_o their_o enring_n into_o religious_a order_n abjuration_n of_o marriage_n and_o lawful_a wife_n you_o have_v hear_v before_o perchance_o to_o make_v these_o qualification_n only_a antecedent_n not_o concurrent_a with_o not_o subsequent_a to_o their_o ordination_n nor_o concomitant_a or_o dependent_a on_o they_o as_o they_o do_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n the_o second_o evasion_n be_v this_o that_o the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n be_v to_o be_v interpret_v only_o metaphoricallie_o 〈…〉_z not_o proper_o that_o be_v a_o bishop_n priest_n deacon_n aught_o to_o have_v only_o one_o wife_n that_o be_v one_o bishopric_n one_o benefice_n 〈…〉_z church_n or_o ecclesiastical_a live_n with_o cure_n of_o soul_n and_o no_o more_o not_o of_o a_o proper_a wed_a wife_n this_o be_v a_o strain_a pitiful_a elude_a of_o these_o text_n pointblanck_o against_o the_o word_n meaning_n yea_o fatal_a to_o the_o former_a popish_a evasion_n for_o 1._o the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n a●●wer_n be_v never_o take_v in_o this_o sense_n in_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n for_o the_o bishop_n priest_n parson_n rector_n of_o one_o bishopric_n parochial_a church_n synogogue_n or_o congregation_n but_o in_o a_o literal_a genuine_a sense_n therefore_o it_o must_v be_v so_o intend_v here_o 2_o all_o the_o other_o recite_v qualification_n of_o bishop_n priest_n deacon_n here_o conjoin_v with●it_n be_v take_v interpret_v only_o in_o their_o proper_a not_o in_o any_o allegorical_a analogical_a tropological_a or_o metaphorical_a sense_n therefore_o this_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o too_o 3_o the_o qualification_n here_o require_v in_o their_o wife_n in_o direct_a term_n likewise_o must_v their_o wife_n 〈…〉_z be_v grave_a not_o slanderer_n sober_a faithful_a in_o all_o thing_n chaste_a keeper_n at_o home_n etc._n etc._n be_v all_o improper_a unapplicable_a to_o a_o bishopric_n benefice_n or_o parochial_a church_n in_o any_o sense_n be_v peculiar_a only_o to_o real_a wife_n and_o woman_n therefore_o it_o can_v only_o be_v mean_v interpret_v of_o such_o 4_o these_o clause_n a_o bishop_n priest_n deacon_n must_v be_v one_o that_o rule_v well_o his_o own_o house_n have_v faithful_a child_n in_o subjection_n rule_v their_o own_o child_n and_o their_o house_n well_o be_v put_v in_o direct_a opposition_n to_o public_a church_n benefice_n the_o child_n here_o only_o intend_v be_v child_n beget_v of_o their_o proper_a wife_n body_n as_o the_o child_n of_o high-priest_n priest_n levite_n be_v under_o the_o law_n not_o child_n spiritual_o engender_v by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n as_o will_v be_v yet_o more_o evident_a by_o compare_v these_o text_n with_o 1_o tim._n 2._o 15._o notwithstanding_o she_o shall_v be_v save_v by_o child-bearing_a &_o ch_z 5._o 10_o