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	ordination_n	presbyter_n	9,874	5	10.5221	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56218	The time-serving Proteus, and ambidexter divine, uncased to the vvorld containing two letters of M. John Dury (the great champion for the new ingagement, faithfully extracted out of the originalls under his own hand) : the first, to Joseph Hall, late Bishop of Exeter : the second, to William Lawd, late Archbishop of Canterbury : wherein he expresseth the reasons which moved him, not onely to scruple and dislike, but in some sort to renounce his ecclesiasticall orders and ministeriall function, formerly conferred on him in the reformed churches beyond the seas, because not given by a diœcesan bishop ...	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Dury, John, 1596-1680.	1650 (1650)	Wing P4106; Wing D2892; ESTC R19645	6,280	8

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