Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	doctrine_n	religion_n	true_a	2,092	5	4.6676	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16624	Twelve generall arguments proving that the ceremonies imposed upon the ministers of the gospell in England, by our prelates, are unlawfull; and therefore that the ministers of the gospell, for the bare and sole omission of them in church service, for conscience sake, are most unjustlie charged of disloyaltie to his Maiestie.	Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.	1605 (1605)	STC 3531; ESTC S113554	22,354	86

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temple_n 1_o cor._n 9_o either_o they_o sin_v not_o against_o this_o commandment_n and_o by_o consequent_a against_o none_o or_o else_o there_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o wonderful_a large_a trope_n in_o the_o same_o which_o i_o think_v never_o any_o divine_a jew_n or_o christian_n protestant_n or_o papist_n ever_o deny_v before_o now_o the_o proposition_n be_v as_o evident_a if_o it_o be_v consider_v that_o in_o the_o 2_o commandment_n literal_o a_o 〈…〉_o o●_n speech_n nothing_o be_v forbid_v 〈…〉_o o●_n im●ge●●or_a worship_n 〈◊〉_d unto_o they_o and_o wors●●●_n 〈◊〉_d the●_n now_o i●_n there_o be_v a_o synecdoche_n 〈◊〉_d co●●●●ndement_n there_o must_v of_o nec●●●●●_n 〈◊〉_d not_o only_o other_o kind_n of_o false_a out●●_n a●d_v wor●●●p_v of_o idolatry_n different_a in_o form_n from_o make_v &_o bow_v down_o unto_o image_n &_o ido●●_n but_o their_o mu●t_n be_v also_o some_o common_a ca●●_n or_o ground_n u●on_v which_o make_v &_o bo●●●●_n unto_o image_n be_v ●●●●●dden_a which_o must_v 〈…〉_o argument_n and_o reason_n by_o which_o 〈…〉_o outward_a worship_n be_v 〈…〉_o image_n and_o con●e●●●●_n 〈◊〉_d at_o else_o ●t_z be_v senseless_a to_o make_v a●y_a thing_n t●at_fw-mi attempt_v a_o bowinge_n down_o unto_o ●●●ges_n t●_n 〈…〉_o ●der_a that_o name_n &_o 〈…〉_o be_v condemn_a und●●_n an●ther_o it_o be_v ●●c●●e_v that_o thing_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eat_v with_o i●_n i●_n the_o same_o cause_n for_o 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v c●●●●mned_v ●tor_n example_n i●_n un●●●_n 〈…〉_o unto_o image_n jewish_a c●●_n 〈…〉_o for_o a●_n 〈…〉_o an●●●n●e_o be_v call_v 〈…〉_o some_o 〈…〉_o f●r●●_n 〈…〉_o unto_o t●●m_o 〈…〉_o wh●ch_o mu●●_n be_v as_o it_o 〈…〉_o unto_o it_o ●n●_n they_o now_o let_v all_o the_o wit_n in_o the_o world_n lay_v their_o head_n together_o &_o they_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o devise_v any_o such_o common_a g●nu●_n that_o shall_v be_v the_o come_v cause_n why_o not_o only_a b●_n w●_n down_o t●_n ma●●s_v but_o why_o un●er_v it_o a_o other_o ●●nde_n or_o idolatry_n and_o false_a worship_n be_v condemn_v but_o this_o for_o that_o they_o be_v ●●mane_a device_n &_o invention_n and_o therefore_o under_o the_o most_o usual_a and_o general_a receive_v invention_n of_o man_n god_n condemn_v all_o other_o 〈◊〉_d use_v to_o the_o same_o end_n if_o this_o be_v not_o the_o reason_n then_o there_o be_v &_o may_v be_v infinite_a outward_a idolatry_n &_o superstition_n that_o can_v with_o any_o reason_n be_v refer_v to_o this_o commandment_n therefore_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o either_o the_fw-mi be_v no_o tr●●e_n in_o the_o commandment_n or_o that_o all_o such_o invention_n of_o man_n be_v forbid_v in_o the_o same_o a_o advertisement_n i_o have_v think_v good_a re●●er_n to_o have_v fortify_v some_o other_o point_n in_o the_o argument_n which_o to_o they_o that_o do_v not_o consider_v may_v seem_v weak_a but_o i_o forbear_v ●or_a some_o special_a reason_n i_o be_o ●nly_a to_o admonish_v thou_o of_o one_o de●e●t_n among_o uther_n t●at_n 〈…〉_o i_o viz._n the_o mistake_n of_o the_o archishops_n argument_n though_o i_o 〈◊〉_d it_o better_a t●●●_n be_v ●or_a thus_o it_o be_v and_z 〈…〉_o be_v pour●ed_v 〈…〉_o good_a be_v lawful_a and_o good_a ceremony_n the_o doctrine_n of_o these_o ceremony_n be_v sound_a and_o good_a ergo._n which_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o very_a same_o absurditye_n that_o the_o other_o and_o more_o also_o for_o 1_o the_o doctrine_n of_o they_o be_v unsound_a &_o false_a for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o they_o be_v this_o that_o they_o be_v matter_n indifferent_a of_o order_n decency_n and_o edification_n no_o part_n of_o divine_a worship_n that_o they_o be_v scismatickes_n that_o will_v not_o conform_v unto_o they_o enemy_n to_o the_o supremacy_n and_o state_n that_o it_o be_v a_o wicked_a error_n to_o hold_v they_o unlawful_a &_o superstitious_a that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v excommunicate_v that_o affirm_v they_o to_o be_v so_o etc_n all_o which_o be_v unsound_a doctrine_n concern_v they_o 2_o grant_v the_o doctrine_n sound_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o the_o ceremony_n be_v good_a for_o the_o thing_n may_v be_v wicked_a and_o yet_o the_o doctrine_n of_o it_o sound_v for_o there_o be_v a_o sound_a doctrine_n of_o all_o vice_n 3_o in_o what_o respect_n do_v he_o affirm_v the_o doctrine_n to_o be_v sound_a and_o good_a be_v it_o not_o from_o the_o use_n and_o end_n that_o be_v assign_v unto_o they_o by_o himself_o because_o they_o be_v appoint_v for_o such_o &_o such_o end_n hence_o will_v follow_v the_o very_a same_o absurdity_n that_o i_o have_v observe_v in_o the_o former_a for_o then_o any_o ridiculous_a or_o base_a ceremony_n may_v be_v institute_v so_o it_o be_v under_o pretence_n of_o a_o good_a end_n