Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	apostle_n	church_n	city_n	1,383	5	6.2634	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62186	A treatise of matters beneficiary by Fra Paolo Sarpi ... ; newly translated out of Italian according to the best and most perfect copy printed at Mirandola, Anno Dom. 1676, wherein is related with the ground of the history, how the almes of the faithful were distributed in the primitive church, the particulars whereof the table sheweth.; Trattato delle materie beneficiarie. English	Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623.	1680 (1680)	Wing S701; ESTC R9432	97,268	84

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the_o gentile_n have_v possession_n but_o labour_v to_o show_v this_o falsehood_n be_v superfluous_a be_v a_o certain_a thing_n that_o these_o epistle_n be_v suppositious_a 800._o ao._n 800._o and_o be_v frame_v about_o the_o year_n 800_o by_o those_o who_o prefer_v as_o be_v still_o do_v at_o this_o present_a riches_n and_o pomp_n to_o the_o apostolical_a moderation_n institute_v and_o command_v by_o christ_n but_o the_o confusion_n which_o be_v much_o continue_v in_o the_o empire_n after_o the_o imprisonment_n of_o valerianus_n the_o law_n be_v but_o little_o observe_v chief_o in_o africa_n in_o france_n and_o in_o italy_n some_o left_a or_o give_v stable_a good_n to_o the_o church_n which_o in_o the_o year_n 302_o be_v all_o confiscate_v by_o diocletian_a and_o maximian_n though_o in_o france_n the_o emperor_n decree_n be_v not_o execute_v by_o the_o bounty_n of_o constance_n cloro_n caesar_n who_o govern_v it_o but_o these_o prince_n have_v renounce_v the_o empire_n eight_o year_n 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who_o be_v supreme_a in_o his_o state_n which_o according_a to_o seneca_n may_v be_v call_v dominion_n of_o empire_n or_o else_o according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o jurisconsult_v dominion_n of_o protection_n and_o of_o jurisdiction_n another_o each_o private_a man_n have_v which_o be_v the_o dominion_n of_o propriety_n whereof_o we_o speak_v and_o wherein_o we_o now_o make_v enquiry_n one_o can_v say_v that_o god_n have_v the_o universal_a dominion_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o that_o he_o have_v therewith_o the_o propriety_n of_o those_o good_n as_o the_o king_n have_v the_o universal_a in_o all_o the_o kingdom_n and_o nevertheless_o he_o possess_v in_o private_a and_o have_v the_o propriety_n of_o that_o portion_n which_o belong_v to_o his_o own_o house_n 86._o n._n 86._o wherefore_o one_o may_v make_v a_o addition_n to_o the_o universal_a dominion_n of_o the_o prince_n with_o the_o particular_a of_o propriety_n whereby_o it_o increase_v and_o be_v augment_v but_o god_n 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himself_o chief_a dispensator_fw-la but_o in_o no_o wise_a may_v he_o be_v call_v either_o master_n or_o possessor_n 87._o n._n 87._o which_o doctrine_n cardinal_n gaetanus_n explain_v add_v that_o the_o pope_n can_v give_v nor_o in_o any_o wise_a dispose_n of_o ecclesiastical_a good_n but_o only_o do_v with_o they_o as_o much_o as_o may_v be_v do_v be_v upon_o the_o term_n of_o dispensator_fw-la and_o gaetanus_n reason_n be_v very_o clear_a and_o efficacious_a these_o good_n be_v at_o first_o belong_v to_o a_o master_n who_o have_v transfer_v his_o dominion_n by_o donation_n or_o by_o testament_n but_o none_o of_o these_o have_v ever_o intention_n to_o give_v or_o leave_v to_o the_o pope_n therefore_o the_o dominion_n have_v not_o pass_v unto_o he_o wherefore_o the_o same_o gaetanus_n and_o adrian_n 6_o pope_n say_v that_o the_o dominion_n of_o estate_n be_v in_o the_o church_n that_o be_v in_o generality_n or_o universality_n of_o the_o faithful_a of_o the_o place_n to_o which_o 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patrimony_n of_o st._n apollinare_fw-la the_o revenue_n of_o st._n apollinare_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o because_o christ_n be_v universal_a head_n and_o protector_n of_o all_o church_n that_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o universal_a church_n and_o to_o any_o particular_a church_n be_v call_v christ_n patrimony_n christ_n good_n or_o land_n etc._n etc._n which_o signify_v so_o much_o as_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n who_o head_n christ_n be_v not_o otherwise_o that_o the_o land_n of_o the_o republic_n of_o venice_n be_v call_v st._n mark_n that_o be_v belong_v to_o that_o republic_n which_o bear_v st_n mark_v name_n and_o true_o that_o universality_n of_o the_o church_n be_v mistress_n of_o all_o that_o be_v gain_v when_o the_o clergyman_n in_o each_o diocese_n be_v in_o common_a because_o all_o donation_n and_o all_o testament_n be_v make_v thereunto_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o these_o estate_n be_v not_o neither_o can_v they_o be_v purchase_v but_o by_o he_o to_o who_o the_o law_n 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the_o donor_n or_o the_o leaver_n and_o not_o otherwise_o and_o that_o person_n be_v master_n either_o particular_a or_o general_a in_o favour_n of_o who_o the_o donation_n or_o the_o legacy_n be_v make_v wherefore_o also_o every_o rector_n of_o a_o church_n ought_v to_o see_v diligent_o after_o the_o obligation_n leave_v he_o to_o perform_v and_o if_o it_o be_v do_v otherwise_o it_o must_v be_v impute_v to_o humane_a imperfection_n no_o man_n can_v be_v persuade_v that_o through_o length_n of_o time_n 91._o n._n 91._o he_o may_v have_v a_o prescription_n because_o that_o presuppose_v a_o good_a faith_n which_o never_o be_v in_o any_o man_n every_o one_o know_v in_o his_o conscience_n that_o those_o good_n be_v not_o leave_v to_o be_v do_v with_o as_o they_o do_v but_o in_o who_o dominion_n shall_v those_o church-land_n be_v who_o institution_n be_v not_o know_v the_o natural_a and_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v that_o in_o those_o who_o private_a patron_n or_o master_n have_v total_o 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