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	day_n	sunday_n	1,626	5	11.2192	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40122	The arraignment of popery being a short collection, taken out of the chronicles, and other books, of the state of the church in the primitive times : also, the state of the Papists, and how long it was before the universal pope and mass was set up, and the time of bringing in all their rudiments and traditions, beads and images, purgatory, tythes and inquisitions : also, a relation of their cruelties they acted after the Pope got up, being worse then the heathen and Turk, New Rome having proved like Old : also, what the people of England worshipped before they were Christians : with several other things, which may be profitable for people to read over, where all that fear God may see, read, try, and give judgment by the spirit of truth : to which is added, The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church / by G.F. and E.H.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Hookes, Ellis, d. 1681.	1667 (1667)	Wing F1750A; ESTC R15884	93,976	138

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he_o ref●●_n it_o as_o a_o thing_n not_o fit_a for_o a_o priest_n function_n sabel_n euseb_n chron_n and_o you_o may_v see_v there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o this_o bishop_n and_o pope_n when_o they_o get_v up_o and_o do_v you_o think_v that_o a_o protestant_a bishop_n priest_n will_v refuse_v to_o take_v a_o golden_a sceptre_n if_o it_o be_v offer_v he_o the_o same_o bishop_n also_o ordain_v in_o the_o year_n follow_v that_o ●●ry_v priest_n shall_v be_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n according_a to_o th●●_n postle_n doctrine_n this_o be_v before_o the_o pope_n law_n be_v make_v ag●●●_n marry_v the_o council_n of_o ancyra_n nice_n tyrus_n gangra_n in_o which_o condemn_v the_o heresy_n of_o eustatius_n speak_v against_o marri●●_n and_o eat_v of_o flesh_n etc._n etc._n eliberis_n carthage_n where_o the_o bishop_n rome_n be_v stout_o withstand_v antioch_n and_o sardica_n be_v all_o su●●ed_v at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o emperor_n not_o of_o the_o pope_n 〈◊〉_d 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erasmus_n testify_v that_o for_o above_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o c●●●●_n the_o bishop_n do_v not_o seek_v the_o help_n of_o the_o emperor_n against_o 〈◊〉_d heretic_n and_o when_o they_o do_v seek_v it_o against_o the_o insufferable_a wickedness_n of_o the_o donatist_n it_o do_v not_o please_v the_o good_a people_n that_o they_o shall_v then_o seek_v the_o help_n of_o the_o civil_a power_n for_o they_o then_o judge_v that_o it_o become_v not_o the_o bishop_n to_o use_v any_o other_o weapon_n or_o to_o have_v any_o other_o help_v then_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n the_o word_n of_o god_n although_o the_o evil_a be_v incurable_a yet_o will_v they_o have_v exclude_v it_o by_o excommunication_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o great_a judgement_n or_o punishment_n that_o then_o the_o church_n have_v the_o history_n also_o show_v how_o that_o some_o of_o the_o clergy_n have_v say_v that_o the_o prince_n ought_v to_o kiss_v the_o son_n and_o to_o use_v their_o power_n for_o 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