Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	catholic_n	church_n	communion_n	6,888	5	9.4764	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81826	Of the right of churches and of the magistrates power over them. Wherein is further made out 1. the nullity and vanity of ecclesiasticall power (of ex-communicating, deposing, and making lawes) independent from the power of magistracy. 2. The absurdity of the distinctions of power and lawes into ecclesiasticall and civil, spirituall and temporall. 3. That these distinctions have introduced the mystery of iniquity into the world, and alwayes disunited the minds and affections of Christians and brethren. 4. That those reformers who have stood for a jurisdiction distinct from that of the magistrate, have unawares strenghthened [sic] the mystery of iniquity. / By Lewis du Moulin Professour of History in the Vniversity of Oxford.	Du Moulin, Lewis, 1606-1680.	1658 (1658)	Wing D2544; Thomason E2115_1; ESTC R212665	195,819	444

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and_o protection_n the_o pope_n well_o foresee_v he_o can_v not_o depose_v a_o king_n except_o the_o power_n of_o the_o king_n be_v subordinate_a to_o that_o of_o the_o pope_n but_o zanchius_n and_o some_o other_o though_o they_o do_v not_o make_v the_o temporal_a power_n subordinate_a to_o the_o spiritual_a yet_o they_o hold_v that_o king_n and_o magistrate_n be_v no_o less_o subject_a to_o the_o censure_n of_o excommunication_n than_o the_o mean_a member_n of_o a_o church_n 3._o the_o denose_n of_o a_o king_n or_o other_o magistrate_n be_v a_o result_n 〈…〉_o flow_a from_o excommunication_n for_o if_o by_o excommunication_n a_o man_n be_v make_v a_o member_n of_o satan_n who_o address_n conversation_n &_o company_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v by_o all_o good_a man_n it_o come_v much_o to_o one_o pass_v either_o to_o depose_v he_o or_o to_o put_v he_o into_o such_o a_o condition_n in_o which_o he_o have_v but_o the_o name_n of_o a_o king_n which_o be_v do_v by_o excommunication_n and_o therefore_o emanuel_n sa_o well_o express_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o romanist_n and_o with_o it_o the_o true_a consequence_n of_o excommunication_n which_o indeed_o if_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n must_v be_v as_o he_o define_v it_o aphoris_fw-la verbo_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la a_o excommunicate_v person_n be_v suspend_v from_o his_o office_n and_o benefice_n and_o can_v judge_v accuse_v or_o witness_n §_o 27._o but_o that_o excommunication_n hold_v by_o presbyterian_n by_o which_o king_n excommunicate_v may_v still_o retain_v their_o authority_n and_o power_n as_o before_o be_v altogether_o inconsistent_a with_o reason_n can_v a_o man_n deliver_v to_o satan_n make_v law_n oblige_v for_o conscience_n sake_n can_v a_o sovereign_n put_v to_o shame_n and_o confusion_n yea_o execration_n by_o a_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n be_v trust_v by_o his_o subject_n or_o can_v a_o subject_n excommunicate_v and_o reject_v by_o such_o a_o solemn_a act_n as_o unworthy_a to_o have_v any_o communion_n with_o christian_n be_v entrust_v by_o his_o sovereign_n with_o the_o manage_n of_o the_o great_a affair_n of_o state_n by_o which_o union_n &_o communion_n be_v maintain_v among_o all_o rank_n of_o people_n 4._o excommunication_n be_v very_o agreeable_a with_o the_o headship_n of_o the_o pope_n under_o christ_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n for_o he_o do_v but_o expel_v a_o man_n out_o of_o the_o pale_a that_o bound_v his_o jurisdiction_n but_o a_o minister_n or_o a_o presbytery_n excommunicate_v either_o a_o king_n or_o any_o other_o man_n can_v say_v that_o their_o excommunication_n extend_v as_o far_o as_o the_o bound_n of_o their_o jurisdiction_n since_o they_o have_v not_o yet_o define_v how_o far_o it_o extend_v sure_o not_o so_o far_o as_o and_o no_o further_a than_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o magistrate_n under_o which_o they_o live_v for_o the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n be_v not_o limit_v by_o man_n bound_n for_o it_o be_v like_o the_o place_n of_o the_o angel_n one_o may_v say_v they_o be_v here_o but_o one_o can_v say_v that_o they_o be_v not_o there_o if_o it_o reach_v all_o over_o the_o world_n than_o a_o presbytery_n of_o scotland_n may_v as_o well_o excommunicate_a a_o man_n in_o germany_n as_o in_o scotland_n 5._o the_o papist_n argument_n namely_o bellarmin_n and_o other_o be_v very_o urge_v that_o suppose_v there_o be_v but_o one_o true_a church_n and_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o that_o church_n and_o body_n be_v the_o rom●sh_a church_n there_o can_v be_v a_o commonwealth_n within_o another_o commonwealth_n and_o a_o jurisdiction_n within_o another_o jurisdiction_n except_o one_o be_v subordinate_a to_o the_o other_o and_o one_o depend_v on_o the_o other_o therefore_o that_o either_o the_o spiritual_a power_n must_v depend_v on_o the_o temporal_a or_o the_o temporal_a on_o the_o spiritual_a for_o fear_v of_o a_o continual_a clash_n and_o conflict_n but_o our_o 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church_n will_v there_o be_v even_o 33._o for_o so_o many_o be_v overcome_v but_o shall_v all_o these_o 33._o king_n be_v subdue_v these_o 33._o church_n will_v cease_v to_o be_v independent_a on_o each_o other_o and_o in_o stead_n of_o 33._o church_n depend_v each_o on_o their_o magistrate_n one_o national_a church_n shall_v be_v mould_v of_o the_o same_o extent_n of_o power_n as_o the_o magistrate_n that_o rule_v over_o they_o chapter_n xxii_o that_o the_o great_a opposer_n of_o the_o dissent_v brethren_n namely_o salmasius_n amyraldus_n and_o other_o have_v lay_v down_o the_o same_o ground_n for_o the_o right_n and_o power_n of_o particular_a church_n and_o so_o confute_v rather_o their_o own_o fancy_n then_o invalidate_v the_o tenet_n of_o the_o brethren_n the_o question_n whether_o rome_n be_v a_o true_a church_n brief_o resolve_v that_o amesius_n and_o john_n mestrezat_n late_o minister_v of_o paris_n in_o their_o writing_n have_v hold_v the_o power_n of_o private_a church_n to_o be_v independent_a from_o any_o church-judicatory_a the_o spirit_n of_o man_n be_v now_o a_o little_a more_o calm_a and_o not_o so_o eager_a either_o at_o home_n or_o abroad_o and_o the_o quarrel_n not_o so_o fierce_a with_o the_o independent_o as_o it_o bathe_v be_v these_o 15._o year_n i_o have_v myself_o be_v a_o poor_a instrument_n to_o disabuse_v some_o of_o my_o countryman_n who_o partly_o by_o their_o misunderstanding_n pait_o by_o the_o false_a report_n and_o ill_a will_n of_o the_o common_a enemy_n to_o all_o goodness_n &_o good_a man_n be_v possess_v of_o very_o harsh_a opinion_n and_o conceit_n of_o they_o &_o pass_v a_o strange_a censure_n upon_o they_o as_o enemy_n to_o all_o order_n and_o discipline_n and_o man_n of_o dangerous_a and_o pernicious_a tenet_n to_o all_o humane_a society_n the_o very_a child_n among_o they_o do_v question_n whether_o they_o be_v shape_v like_o other_o man_n amyraldus_n make_v a_o great_a book_n of_o invective_n against_o they_o and_o turn_v they_o into_o sodomite_n frantic_v and_o enemy_n of_o all_o order_n and_o discipline_n salmasi●s_n and_o maiesius_n be_v no_o less_o bitter_a against_o they_o a_o national_a synod_n net_n at_o charenton_n where_o amyraldus_n have_v a_o stand_a but_o no_o vote_n condemn_v they_o but_o as_o this_o synod_n condemn_v they_o as_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n do_v the_o lutheran_n before_o they_o hear_v they_o so_o do_v all_o these_o author_n i_o have_v name_v fall_n upon_o they_o without_o mercy_n before_o they_o have_v any_o particular_a knowledge_n of_o they_o or_o any_o certain_a information_n of_o their_o suppose_a pernicious_a manner_n yet_o for_o all_o that_o those_o very_a man_n that_o write_v so_o much_o against_o they_o as_o they_o refute_v rather_o their_o own_o fancy_n than_o any_o thing_n those_o they_o call_v independent_o believe_v so_o they_o do_v handle_v this_o matter_n of_o the_o nature_n and_o power_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o of_o the_o magistrate_n over_o it_o 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authority_n only_o a_o liberty_n to_o admonish_v advise_v and_o counsel_n in_o the_o 8._o chapter_n he_o have_v a_o long_a passage_n whereof_o the_o drift_n be_v 1._o that_o particular_a church_n be_v no_o less_o free_a asunder_o than_o province_n and_o town_n before_o they_o join_v in_o a_o confederation_n 2._o that_o all_o aggregation_n and_o consociation_n be_v as_o free_v for_o church_n as_o for_o free_a town_n or_o city_n 3._o that_o a_o particular_a church_n for_o example_n that_o of_o saumur_n consider_v as_o not_o unite_v by_o any_o voluntary_a confederacy_n to_o other_o church_n owe_v the_o same_o duty_n of_o respect_n to_o the_o order_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n of_o leyden_n heydelberg_n and_o basil_n as_o to_o to_o those_o of_o paris_n or_o roven_n 4._o that_o the_o power_n of_o synod_n over_o church_n be_v of_o the_o same_o humane_a and_o civil_a right_n with_o the_o power_n of_o a_o judicial_a senatover_n city_n and_o town_n pag._n 144._o he_o have_v these_o word_n the_o church_n and_o the_o commonwealth_n have_v some_o thing_n that_o seem_v common_a and_o they_o may_v be_v almost_o alike_o manage_v both_o by_o ecclesiast_fw-la call_v assembly_n and_o by_o the_o pow●r_n of_o the_o magistrate_n how_o do_v this_o agree_v with_o what_o we_o have_v hear_v he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o horrible_a confusion_n for_o the_o church_n and_o state_n to_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o same_o man_n pag._n 198._o and_o 199._o he_o speak_v of_o the_o authority_n of_o synod_n in_o the_o language_n of_o our_o brethren_n it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o mere_a authority_n of_o council_n ought_v not_o to_o move_v we_o to_o receive_v a_o point_n of_o religion_n the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a motive_n and_o ground_n but_o we_o have_v he_o very_o express_o teach_v his_o scholar_n and_o auditor_n at_o saumur_n that_o the_o appellation_n of_o a_o true_a visible_a church_n do_v proper_o belong_v to_o a_o 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it_o be_v