Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	act_n	church_n	communion_n	1,604	5	9.1682	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70435	A letter of many ministers in old England requesting the judgement of their reverend brethren in New England concerning nine positions written Anno Dom. 1637 : together with their answer thereunto returned, anno 1639 : and the reply made unto the said answer and sent over unto them, anno 1640 / by Simeon Ash, and William Rathband.	Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.; Rathband, William, d. 1695.	1643 (1643)	Wing L1573A; ESTC R11945	105,990	100

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15._o 9_o gal._n ●_o 13._o phil._n 3._o 6._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 15._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 2._o pastor_n sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la sed_fw-la grex_fw-la unus_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n omnibus_fw-la unanimi_fw-la consensu_fw-la pascatur_fw-la cypr._n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etsi_fw-la pastor_n multi_fw-la sumus_fw-la unum_fw-la tamen_fw-la gregem_fw-la pascimus_fw-la cypr._n l._n 3._o epistola_fw-la 13._o cu_z sit_v a_o christo_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la in_o multa_fw-la membra_fw-la divisa_fw-la item_n episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la multorum_fw-la concordi_fw-la numero_fw-la diffusus_fw-la etc._n etc._n cypr._n l._n 4._o ep._n 7._o john_n 9_o 22_o 35._o &_o 12._o 42_o &_o 16._o 2._o a●●anasius_n may_v be_v for_o a_o example_n gen_n 17._o 7._o leu._n 16._o 12._o apo._n 1_o 11._o 13._o heb._n 16._o 10._o rob._n against_o bern._n pa._n 127._o rom._n 4._o 12._o ●8_o gen._n 12._o 3._o gal._n 26_o 7_o 3_o 15_o 16_o 17_o 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the_o rest_n idem_fw-la pag_n 202_o robin_n against_o bern._n coun._n debate_v p_o 32._o ibid._n p._n 79._o 1_o cor._n 11_o 28._o 2_o cor._n 23._o 5._o beza_n de_fw-fr presbyt_fw-la &_o excom_n pag._n 32_o robins_n against_o bern._n pag._n 252._o act_n 20_o 28_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o canon_n of_o counsel_n will_v have_v pastor_n so_o to_o care_n for_o their_o own_o flock_n that_o they_o forbid_v they_o not_o to_o care_v for_o the_o whole_a church_n especial_o in_o a_o time_n of_o common_a combustion_n the_o answer_n of_o some_o brethren_n pag_n 12._o publica_n dei_fw-la invocatio_fw-la non_fw-la minima_fw-la pars_fw-la communis_fw-la in_o unâ_fw-la fide_fw-la consensionis_fw-la beza_n contra_fw-la erastum_fw-la de_fw-la presbyt_fw-la pap_n 13._o euseb_n hist_o 5._o c._n 26._o graec._n cham●●●_n pan_v tom_n 2._o l._n 10._o c._n 8._o sect._n 16._o the_o church_n plea_n pag_n 44._o ap●l_a pag._n 117_o &_o 298._o orig._n in_o isa_n hom._n 6._o qui_fw-la voco_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la voco_fw-la ad_fw-la servitutem_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la chrysoft_a in_o 2_o cor._n hom_n 18._o vniversae_fw-la curam_fw-la gerimus_fw-la see_v cham_n panstr_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 10._o cap._n 12._o sect._n 8_o 9_o 10._o etc._n etc._n jun._n animadv_n in_o bellar._n contro_fw-la 5._o lib._n 1._o c._n 3._o not_o 3._o &_o cap._n 7_o not_o 7._o act._n 13._o 15._o rom._n 16_o 3._o 12._o phil._n 2._o 15_o 16._o &_o 4._o 2._o ●am_fw-la 5._o 19_o 20._o act._n 4._o 26._o 40_o &_o 9_o 38._o &_o 10._o 5._o &_o 11._o 19_o 21_o 1_o cor._n 14._o 23_o 24._o isaiah_n 2._o 3._o ezr._n 8._o 23._o 10._o 1._o 41._o 45._o &_o 42._o 9_o &_o 12._o 20._o revel_v 3._o 9_o what_o example_n have_v you_o but_o ground_n for_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n or_o where_o read_v you_o of_o any_o officer_n excommunicate_v by_o any_o rob._n against_o ber._n p._n 214._o we_o may_v not_o expect_v example_n of_o any_o pastor_n in_o scripture_n who_o do_v thus_o i._o d._n apol._n 9_o sect._n exam_n p._n 1●3_n see_v i._n d._n apol._n text_n exam_fw-la pa._n 288._o exod_n 1248._o exod._n 447._o col_fw-fr 2._o 11_o 12._o era_v so_o object_n against_o bern._n sicut_fw-la a_o circumcisione_n ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la argumentamur_fw-la ut_fw-la probemus_fw-la infant_n esse_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la licet_fw-la ab_fw-la agno_fw-la paschatis_fw-la ad_fw-la coenam_fw-la domini_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereto_o he_o true_o reply_v ego_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la negolicere_fw-la etc._n etc._n at_o non_fw-la temere_fw-la &_o universaliter_fw-la beza_n contra_fw-la erast_n pag._n 23._o ●ev_n 12._o 23._o &_o 22._o 7_o exo._n 22._o 30_o eph._n 215._o etiam_fw-la si_fw-la daremus_fw-la nullam_fw-la legi_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n excommunicationem_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sequeretur_fw-la ita_fw-la esse_fw-la quum_fw-la satis_fw-la constet_fw-la non_fw-la omnium_fw-la singularia_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la gesta_fw-la perscripta_fw-la fuisse_fw-la bez._n de_fw-fr presb._n p._n 7._o et_fw-fr si_fw-fr de_fw-fr melchizedeck_v &_o jobo_fw-la quae_fw-la huc_fw-la adferuntur_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la extra_fw-la controversiam_fw-la nam_fw-la foedere_fw-la cum_fw-la abra._n inito_fw-la non_fw-la excluduntur_fw-la ij_o qui_fw-la ante_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o foedere_fw-la sed_fw-la accensentur_fw-la foederi_fw-la ita_fw-la autem_fw-la se_fw-la habuit_fw-la melchizedeck_v etc._n etc._n omnino_fw-la enim_fw-la consors_fw-la promissionis_fw-la divine_a fuit_fw-la ante_fw-la foedus_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la initum_fw-la gen._n 17._o job_n vero_fw-la &_o credens_fw-fr fuit_fw-la promissionibus_fw-la foederis_fw-la &_o de_fw-la sententia_fw-la veterum_fw-la fuit_fw-la circumcisus_fw-la etiam_fw-la haereditarià_fw-la circumcisione_n a_o paterno_fw-la maternaque_fw-la sanguine_fw-la ut_fw-la elegantèr_fw-la scribit_fw-la author_n libri_fw-la de_fw-la verà_fw-la circumcisione_n qui_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la scribitur_fw-la jun._n anim_fw-la adv_fw-la in_o bellar_n contrav_fw-mi 4._o lib._n 3._o i_o 16._o not_o

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