Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	apostle_n	deacon_n	presbyter_n	3,199	5	9.7644	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65716	Three sermons preach'd at Salisbury the first, A.D. 1680, and again before the militia, at their going against the late Duke of Monmouth ... the second preach'd before the Right Reverend Father in God, Seth, Lord Bishop of Sarum, A.D. 1681 ... the third, preach'd A.D. 1683, at the election of the mayor ... / by Daniel Whitby.	Whitby, Daniel, 1638-1726.	1685 (1685)	Wing W1737; ESTC R28389	88,809	79

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d callimachus_n whence_o they_o be_v often_o style_v the_o son_n of_o jove_n not_o as_o derive_v their_o original_a but_o kingly_a honour_n from_o he_o say_v 738._o say_v in_o locum_fw-la jam_fw-la citatum_fw-la er_fw-mi in_o il._n ●_o p._n 738._o eustachius_n their_o sceptre_n and_o their_o jurisdiction_n the_o regal_a power_n say_v plutarch_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ministry_n of_o god_n god_n say_v humanitate_fw-la say_v orat._n 5._o the_o imp_n theod._n humanitate_fw-la themistius_n send_v it_o from_o heaven_n to_o the_o earth_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v regno_fw-la say_v apud_fw-la synes_n orat_fw-la de_fw-fr regno_fw-la plato_n he_o who_o exert_v it_o bear_v god_n image_n say_v trajanum_fw-la say_v apud_fw-la stob._n ser._n 46._o orat_fw-la 3._o de_fw-la regno_fw-la ad_fw-la trajanum_fw-la diotogenes_n and_o dio_n chrysostome_n do_v