Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	assembly_n	church_n	visible_a	1,656	5	9.8153	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08327	The guide of faith, or, A third part of the antidote against the pestiferous writings of all English sectaries and in particuler, agaynst D. Bilson, D. Fulke, D. Reynoldes, D. Whitaker, D. Field, D. Sparkes, D. White, and M. Mason, the chiefe vpholders, some of Protestancy, and some of Puritanisme : wherein the truth, and perpetuall visible succession of the Catholique Roman Church, is cleerly demonstrated / by S.N. ...	S. N. (Sylvester Norris), 1572-1630.	1621 (1621)	STC 18659; ESTC S1596	198,144	242

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2._o sect_n 5._o isa_n c._n 61._o gen._n 2d_o v._o 17._o gen._n 28._o v._n 14._o matt._n 24._o v._n 23._o hiero._n in_o comm_n cap._n 24._o matt._n aug._n lib._n 9_o c._n 16._o cont_n petil._n aug._n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccl._n c._n 6._o 7._o 8._o 9_o matt._n 5._o v._n 14._o art_n 1._o v._n 8_o dan._n 2._o v._n 44._o psal_n 88_o v._n 38._o matt._n 5._o v._n 14._o aug._n in_o psal_n 47._o omnibus_fw-la terrarum_fw-la partibus_fw-la nota_fw-la aug._n l._n 3._o c._n 5._o cont_n parm._n isa_n 2._o v._o 2._o psal_n 44._o v._n 16._o any_o stranger_n sometime_o so_o latent_fw-la as_o they_o be_v no_o way_n aparent_a to_o the_o world_n we_o confess_v say_v whitaker_n a_o certain_a number_n of_o they_o who_o pious_o worship_n christ_n to_o be_v always_o on_o earth_n but_o we_o say_v that_o this_o number_n be_v not_o always_o visible_a it_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o no_o certain_a and_o true_a visible_a church_n may_v be_v know_v or_o sound_v out_o in_o the_o world_n likewise_o we_o all_o 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lipsiae_fw-la anno_fw-la 561._o see_v he_o also_o in_o repe_v conf_n aug_n offerendae_fw-la synod_n tri._n c._n de_fw-fr eccle._n &_o in_o resp_n ad_fw-la impios_fw-la art_n bava_fw-la inquis_fw-la q._n ●_o d._n humf._n jesu_n par_fw-fr 2._o rat_n ●_o pag._n ●41_n item_n pag._n 281._o field_n l._n 1_o c._n 10._o fol._n ●1_n whitak_n contro_fw-la 2._o q._n 3._o c._n 1._o con._n 2._o q._n 2._o c._n 2._o cont_n 2_o q._n 3._o cap._n 1._o perkins_n in_o his_o exposition_n of_o the_o creed_n pag._n 400._o fulk_n in_o c._n 2._o thess_n sect_n 4._o unto_o which_o all_o nation_n may_v flow_v and_o say_v come_v let_v we_o go_v up_o to_o the_o mount_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o god_n of_o jacob_n &_o he_o will_v teach_v we_o his_o way_n &_o we_o shall_v walk_v in_o his_o path_n if_o it_o be_v not_o always_o true_a which_o god_n himself_o foretell_v upon_o thy_o wall_n jerusalem_n i_o have_v appoint_v watchman_n all_o the_o day_n and_o all_o the_o night_n for_o ever_o they_o shall_v not_o hold_v their_o peace_n 3._o these_o reason_n weigh_v so_o much_o with_o melancthon_n as_o he_o bitter_o inveigh_v against_o such_o as_o impugn_v they_o say_v whereunto_o tend_v this_o monstrous_a speech_n which_o deni_v the_o visible_a church_n it_o abolish_v all_o testimony_n of_o antiquity_n it_o take_v away_o all_o judgement_n it_o cause_v a_o endless_a confusion_n and_o induce_v a_o common_a wealth_n of_o unruly_a russian_n or_o atheist_n wherein_o no_o one_o care_v for_o another_o and_o our_o english_a protestant_n doctor_n humphrey_n obscure_a or_o hide_a retirement_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o christian_a assembly_n likewise_o it_o be_v a_o most_o manifest_a conclusion_n