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	good_a	1,584	5	3.4037	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85414	A short ansvver to A. S. alias Adam Stewart's second part of his overgrown duply to the two brethren. Together with certaine difficult questions easily answered; all which A. Stewart is desired to consider of, without replying, unlesse it be to purpose. A. Steuart [sic] in his second part of his duply to the two brethren. page 166. The civill magistrate cannot bee orthodox, and tollerate a new sect, (hee meanes independencie, and may as well say Presbytery) unles hee tollerate us to beleeve that hee is either corrupted by moneys, or some other waye, so to doe.	Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.	1644 (1644)	Wing G1201; Thomason E27_6; ESTC R8324	30,557	41

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2._o tim._n 2._o 12._o q._n 9_o if_o jesuited_a papist_n and_o other_o subtle_a heretic_n be_v suffer_v will_v they_o not_o likely_o seduce_v many_o unto_o their_o erroneous_a bypath_n an._n though_o a_o toleration_n of_o erroneous_a opinion_n may_v gain_v some_o to_o satan_n yet_o truth_n be_v therewith_o permit_v to_o be_v publish_v and_o improve_v will_v in_o all_o probability_n not_o only_o gain_v so_o many_o more_o to_o god_n but_o any_o one_o thus_o win_v to_o god_n unto_o his_o truth_n be_v worth_a thousand_o of_o those_o that_o fall_v from_o it_o or_o rather_o from_o the_o seem_a profession_n which_o they_o make_v thereof_o 1_o ioh._n 2._o 19_o q._n 10._o but_o may_v not_o the_o multiply_n of_o heresy_n stifle_v or_o expel_v the_o truth_n like_o as_o the_o abound_n of_o tare_n and_o weed_n often_o choke_v the_o wheat_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n not_o be_v permit_v an._n though_o it_o seem_v so_o to_o many_o at_o the_o first_o yet_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o tare_n math._n 13._o teach_v we_o a_o quite_o contrary_a doctrine_n and_o forbid_v heresy_n the_o tare_n to_o be_v pull_v up_o before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n the_o the_o harvest_n verse_n 30._o 39_o lest_o the_o wheat_n the_o child_n of_o the_o kingdom_n true_a professor_n verse_n 30._o 39_o be_v therewith_o root_v up_o q._n 11._o be_v it_o not_o wonderful_a extravagant_a that_o man_n and_o woman_n shall_v have_v a_o latitude_n to_o yield_v obedience_n to_o no_o manner_n of_o discipline_n or_o doctrine_n than_o what_o they_o themselves_o list_v an._n no_o unless_o you_o will_v have_v they_o oblige_v to_o yield_v unto_o whatsoever_o discipline_n and_o doctrine_n other_o list_v though_o they_o neither_o understand_v nor_o know_v it_o q._n 12._o but_o may_v it_o not_o likely_o prove_v a_o subversion_n of_o the_o civil_a state_n whilst_o such_o scrupulous_a people_n may_v upon_o all_o occasion_n pretend_v out_o of_o conscience_n to_o deny_v obedience_n to_o the_o civil_a power_n an._n no_o for_o such_o as_o be_v true_o conscionable_a in_o god_n though_o but_o suppose_a work_n and_o service_n be_v also_o more_o exact_a and_o conscientious_a in_o render_v all_o due_a obedience_n unto_o man_n unto_o the_o law_n and_o magistrate_n not_o only_o for_o fear_n but_o more_o for_o conscience_n sake_n q._n 13._o may_v not_o diversity_n of_o opinion_n cause_v dissension_n or_o breach_n of_o love_n in_o a_o country_n or_o city_n an._n no_o but_o rather_o the_o contrary_n whilst_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n countenance_v all_o alike_o and_o each_o man_n find_v his_o neighbour_n not_o only_o permit_v but_o in_o some_o manner_n assist_v he_o out_o of_o love_n in_o such_o a_o way_n to_o heaven_n as_o he_o apprehend_v to_o be_v the_o only_o true_a way_n q._n 14._o be_v it_o not_o equal_o impossible_a for_o a_o church-society_n as_o