Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	answer_v	argument_n	prove_v	3,101	5	5.5305	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11503	Vindiciæ sacræ. A treatise of the honor and maintenance due to ecclesiasticall persons. Done out of the Latin, of that famous diuine of Holland, H. Saravia, sometime prebend of Canterbury.; De diversis ministrorum evangelii gradibus. Part 3. English	Saravia, Adrien, 1530-1612.; Martin, James, fl. 1615-1630.	1629 (1629)	STC 21752; ESTC S112329	24,696	101

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christian_n be_v legitimate_a wherefore_o whatsoever_o good_n of_o her_o husband_n the_o adulteress_n usurp_v the_o lawful_a church_n as_o the_o true_a wife_n may_v just_o claim_v in_o the_o code_n of_o theodosius_n lib._n 16._o tit_n 44._o contra_fw-la donatistas_n it_o be_v thus_o let_v those_o possession_n where_o direful_a superstition_n have_v hither_o to_o reign_v be_v annex_v to_o the_o venerable_a catholic_a church_n and_o let_v the_o bishop_n priest_n and_o all_o the_o prelate_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o donatist_n be_v strip_v of_o all_o their_o revenue_n and_o banish_v to_o several_a land_n and_o province_n in_o the_o same_o place_n in_o the_o 4_o book_n we_o find_v a_o decree_n of_o the_o emperor_n honorius_n and_o theodosius_n against_o the_o montanist_n in_o these_o word_n if_o there_o be_v now_o any_o of_o their_o edifice_n stand_v which_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v term_v the_o den_n of_o wild_a beast_n than_o church_n let_v they_o with_o their_o revenue_n be_v 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