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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	act_n	particular_a	whole_a	3,052	5	5.3545	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62859	An addition to the Apology for the two treatises concerning infant-baptisme, published December 15, 1645 in which the author is vindicated from 21 unjust criminations in the 92 page of the book of Mr. Robert Baille, minister of Glasgow, intituled Anabaptisme and sundry materiall points concerning the covenant, infants-interest in it, and baptisme by it, baptism by an unbaptized person, dipping, erastianism and church-government, are argued, in a letter, now enlarged, sent in September 1647, to him / by John Tombes . ..	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1652 (1652)	Wing T1794; ESTC R11324	36,211	48

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in_o the_o apostle_n time_n nor_o many_o age_n after_o they_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o way_n probable_a that_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o in_fw-la st._n peter_n shall_v have_v any_o reference_n to_o the_o laver_n of_o bapt●sm_n salmasius_n appar._n ad_fw-la librum_fw-la de_fw-la primatu_fw-la papae_fw-la pag._n 192._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la id_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o est_fw-la quo_fw-la hodie_fw-la infant_fw-la initiant_fw-la non_fw-la mersio_fw-la non_fw-la t●●ctio_fw-la non_fw-la lot●_z non_fw-la lava●rum_fw-la nec_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la graeci_fw-la vocant_fw-la and_o vox_fw-la baptismi_fw-la graece_fw-la significat_fw-la sed_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o aspersio_fw-la vel_fw-la infu●●o_fw-la aquae_fw-la the_o like_a be_v in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la colvium_n pag._n 669._o ancient_a and_o late_a writer_n do_v general_o avouch_v john_n baptist_n and_o the_o apostle_n and_o ancient_n use_v for_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n to_o have_v be_v by_o dip_v or_o 〈◊〉_d under_o water_n salmasius_n apparat._n ad_fw-la librum_fw-la de_fw-la primatu_fw-la papae_fw-la pag._n 193._o tempore_fw-la hieronymi_n omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la hunc_fw-la morem_fw-la obseru●bant_fw-la in_fw-la baptismo_fw-la ut_fw-la ter_fw-la caput_fw-la sub_fw-la aqua_fw-la mergerent_fw-la quibus_fw-la id_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la dabatur_fw-la aquinas_n 3._o part_n 〈◊〉_d 66._o art_n 7._o tutius_fw-la est_fw-la baptizare_fw-la per_fw-la modom_fw-la immer●●onis_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la habet_fw-la communior_fw-la usus_fw-la chanier_fw-ge panstrat_v cathol._n tom._n 4_o lib._n 5._o c._n 2._o sect._n 6._o caeterùm_fw-la in_fw-la usu●lementi_fw-la abinitio_fw-la immersionem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la quae_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o unde_fw-la joannes_n baptizabat_fw-la in_fw-la flumine_fw-la deinde_fw-la tamen_fw-la mutatam_fw-la in_fw-la asse●_z sionem_fw-la incertum_fw-la quando_fw-la aut_fw-la unde●f●cto_fw-la init●o_o etc._n etc._n the_o manner_n of_o dip_v plunge_a or_o immersion_n under_o water_n be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o relation_n m●●_z 3._o 16._o john_n 3._o 23._o act_n 8._o 38_o 39_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v allude_v to_o by_o paul_n rom._n 6._o 3_o 4._o by_o the_o new_a annot._n there_o by_o calvin_n in_o john_n 3._o 22_o 23._o a_o joanne_n et_fw-la christo_fw-la celebratum_fw-la baptismum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la submersione_fw-la calv._n in_o act._n 8._o 38._o to_o tum_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_fw-la aquam_fw-la mergebart_n mr._n daniel_n rog●r●in_n treatise_n of_o two_o sacrament_n part_n 1._o chap._n 5._o 2._o edit._n page_n 77._o say_v the_o greek_a tongue_n want_v not_o word_n to_o express_v any_o o●●er_fw-la act_n as_o well_o as_o dip_v if_o the_o i●stitution_n can_v bear_v it_o and_o sur_fw-fr the_o lord_n mean_v not_o that_o the_o infant_n shall_v be_v sprinkle_v only_o but_o