Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	call_v	church_n	congregation_n	1,735	5	9.2238	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90280	Of the divine originall, authority, self-evidencing light, and povver of the Scriptures. With an answer to that enquiry, how we know the Scriptures to be the Word of God. Also a vindication of the purity and integrity of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Old and New Testament; in some considerations on the prolegomena, & appendix to the late Biblia polyglotta. Whereunto are subjoyned some exercitations about the nature and perfection of the Scripture, the right of interpretation, internall Light, revelation, &c. / By Iohn Owen: D.D.	Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1659 (1659)	Wing O784; Thomason E1866_1; Thomason E1866_1*; ESTC R203092	144,024	386

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be_v it_o to_o the_o reader_n when_o morinus_n make_v his_o observation_n the_o manner_n of_o the_o man_n of_o that_o society_n in_o other_o thing_n give_v sufficient_a ground_n for_o this_o suspicion_n and_o simeon_n de_fw-fr muys_n intimate_v that_o he_o have_v deal_v before_o with_o the_o father_n as_o he_o now_o deal_v with_o the_o son_n censur_n in_o excercitat_fw-la 4._o cap._n 7._o pag._n 17_o himself_n with_o great_a and_o rare_a ingenuity_n acknowledge_v what_o he_o receive_v of_o he_o ass_n text._n heb._n ver_fw-la cap._n 5._o dicésve_fw-la i_o haec_fw-la omne_fw-la mutuatum_fw-la à_fw-la buxtorfio_n quidni_fw-la verò_fw-la mutuor_fw-la si_fw-la necesse_fw-la erit_fw-la but_o what_o be_v the_o great_a discovery_n here_o make_v that_o the_o puncta_fw-la vocalia_fw-la be_v some_o of_o they_o call_v reges_a the_o accent_n have_v now_o get_v that_o appellation_n some_o of_o they_o be_v reges_a and_o some_o ministri_fw-la so_o that_o the_o present_a state_n of_o thing_n in_o reference_n to_o vowel_n and_o accent_n be_v but_o novel_a 2_o that_o the_o grammarian_n invent_v these_o regius_fw-la puncta_fw-la as_o aben_n ezra_n say_v sect._n 15._o but_o i_o pray_v what_o cause_n of_o triumph_n or_o boast_n be_v in_o all_o this_o goodly_a discovery_n be_v it_o ever_o deny_v by_o any_o that_o the_o cast_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o vowel_n and_o accent_n with_o the_o title_n be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o grammarian_n be_v it_o not_o long_o since_o observe_v by_o many_o that_o the_o 5_o long_a vowel_n with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v call_v of_o old_a reges_a and_o that_o the_o distinction_n of_o the_o vowel_n into_o long_a and_o short_a be_v a_o invention_n of_o the_o christian_n rather_o than_o jewish_n grammarian_n the_o jew_n call_v they_o some_o absolute_o reges_fw-la some_o great_a and_o small_a some_o matres_fw-la &_o filias_fw-la but_o than_o say_v he_o the_o grammarian_n be_v the_o inventour_n of_o these_o point_n why_o so_o aben_n ezra_n refer_v this_o unto_o the_o work_n of_o the_o grammarian_n to_o know_v the_o progress_v of_o the_o holy_a tongue_n the_o generation_n of_o those_o thing_n &c_n &c_n but_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v more_o evident_a against_o his_o design_n than_o his_o own_o testimony_n it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o grammarian_n to_o know_v these_o thing_n therefore_o not_o to_o invent_v they_o do_v they_o invent_v the_o radical_a and_o servile_a letter_n sure_o they_o also_o then_o invent_v the_o tongue_n for_o it_o consist_v of_o letter_n radical_a and_o servile_a of_o point_n and_o accent_n &_o yet_o this_o be_v also_o ascribe_v to_o they_o by_o aben-ezra_n but_o it_o be_v well_o that_o morinus_n have_v at_o length_n light_v upon_o r._n jehuda_n chiug_n his_o opinion_n before_o be_v collect_v out_o of_o kimchi_n ephodius_n muscatus_fw-la and_o other_o but_o what_o say_v he_o now_o himself_o for_o aught_o appear_v by_o what_o we_o have_v quote_v by_o morinus_n he_o 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seem_v himself_o the_o folly_n of_o the_o pretence_n that_o the_o point_n be_v invent_v by_o the_o grammarian_n the_o last_o sort_n of_o man_n mention_v by_o aben_n ezra_n he_o say_v procul_fw-la omni_fw-la dubio_fw-la est_fw-la &_o luce_fw-fr meridianâ_fw-la clarius_fw-la aben_n ezram_fw-la sensisse_fw-la omnium_fw-la vocalium_fw-la punctationem_fw-la à_fw-la massorithis_n tiberiensibus_fw-la &_o grammaticis_fw-la qui_fw-la hos_fw-la secuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la originem_fw-la ducere_fw-la but_o of_o these_o massorite_n there_o be_v not_o one_o word_n in_o the_o premise_n nor_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n assign_v unto_o they_o by_o aben_n ezra_n but_o quite_o another_o employment_n of_o make_v a_o hedge_n about_o the_o law_n by_o their_o observation_n on_o all_o the_o word_n of_o it_o and_o have_v he_o dream_v of_o their_o invent_v the_o point_n he_o will_v sure_o enough_o have_v assign_v that_o work_n to_o they_o and_o for_o the_o grammarian_n his_o own_o testimony_n lie_v full_a to_o the_o contrary_a sect._n 16._o and_o these_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o argument_n insist_v on_o by_o capellus_n and_o other_o and_o by_o these_o prolegomena_n to_o prove_v the_o hebrew_n punctation_n to_o be_v a_o invention_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o tiberias_n 500_o year_n or_o more_o after_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n brevis_fw-la cantilena_fw-la sed_fw-la longum_fw-la epiphonema_fw-la as_o i_o have_v not_o here_o design_v to_o answer_v they_o at_o large_a with_o the_o various_a instance_n produce_v to_o give_v countenance_n unto_o they_o nor_o be_v it_o needful_a for_o any_o so_o to_o do_v until_o the_o answer_n already_o give_v to_o they_o be_v remove_v so_o by_o the_o specimen_fw-la give_v of_o their_o nature_n and_o kind_n the_o sober_a and_o pious_a reader_n may_v easy_o judge_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o force_n in_o they_o to_o evert_v the_o persuasion_n oppose_v by_o they_o ground_v on_o the_o catholic_a tradition_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o