Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bishop_n	council_n	nice_a	6,219	5	10.6361	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73751	The rocke of religion. Christ, not Peter As it was deliuered in certaine sermons vpon Math. 16. ver. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, & 20. Summarily contracted out of that which was more largely handled in the parish of S. Anthonline by George Close the younger, one of the readers there.	Close, George.	1624 (1624)	STC 5433.5; ESTC S124804	70,602	246

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22._o 25_o 26_o god_n forbid_v and_o 3_o and_o 1_o pet._n 5._o 2_o 3_o peter_n lord_n over_o god_n heritage_n object_n the_o main_a pillar_n and_o foundation_n of_o their_o building_n be_v upon_o peter_n as_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o thereupon_o inconsequent_o enough_o conclude_v that_o they_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o his_o successor_n have_v the_o same_o power_n and_o holiness_n that_o peter_n have_v sol._n now_o if_o we_o deny_v the_o antecedent_n that_o peter_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n i_o fear_v it_o will_v hardly_o be_v ever_o prove_v and_o the_o consequent_a thereupon_o follow_v as_o absurd_o as_o if_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisy_n which_o sit_v in_o moses_n chair_n and_o be_v in_o a_o extravagant_a manner_n of_o election_n and_o succession_n draw_v into_o aaron_n order_n of_o of_o priesthood_n yet_o they_o neither_o have_v the_o religious_a piety_n of_o moses_n and_o aaron_n nor_o keep_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n law_n uncorrupted_a 15._o uncorrupted_a deut._n 4._o 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