Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	heathen_a	let_v	publican_n	2,742	5	10.9981	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20031	A true, modest, and iust defence of the petition for reformation, exhibited to the Kings most excellent Maiestie Containing an answere to the confutation published under the names of some of the Vniuersitie of Oxford. Together vvith a full declaration out of the Scriptures, and practise of the primitiue Church, of the severall points of the said petition.	Sprint, John, d. 1623. Anatomy of the controversed ceremonies of the church of England.	1618 (1618)	STC 6469; ESTC S119326	135,310	312

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valdè_fw-la grave_n &_o lethale_n feruntur_fw-la augustans_fw-la c._n 33._o as_o the_o apostle_n bide_v a_o heretic_n to_o be_v after_o once_o or_o twice_o admonition_n reject_v tit._n 3._o 10_o as_o likewise_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n award_v the_o writ_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la to_o take_v place_n only_o when_o the_o excommunication_n proceed_v upon_o contempt_n of_o some_o original_a matter_n of_o criminal_a offence_n as_o of_o heresy_n refuse_v to_o come_v to_o the_o church_n incontinency_n usury_n simony_n perjury_n idolatry_n but_o every_o absence_n upon_o the_o first_o citation_n proceed_v not_o of_o any_o such_o contempt_n wherefore_o a_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v excommunicate_a for_o the_o fee_n of_o the_o court_n or_o 27_o can_n 23._o q._n 4._o c._n 27_o such_o like_a pro_fw-la vindicte_fw-la propriae_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o be_v revenge_v for_o your_o own_o wrong_n you_o have_v give_v sentence_n of_o anathema_n which_o be_v 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not_o to_o proceed_v from_o one_o alone_a but_o by_o the_o joint_n advise_v of_o the_o presbyter_n &_o pastor_n 1._o excommunication_n shall_v be_v exercise_v by_o the_o church_n that_o be_v a_o assemble_v math_n 18._o 11._o tell_v the_o church_n etc._n etc._n if_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v the_o church_n let_v he_o be_v as_o a_o heathen_a and_o publican_n origene_n upon_o these_o word_n say_v tertio_fw-la coreptionem_fw-la mandat_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la deferendam_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o three_o place_n he_o will_v have_v the_o correction_n bring_v to_o the_o church_n in_o the_o second_o he_o will_v have_v two_o or_o three_o witness_n to_o be_v use_v so_o chrysostom_n understand_v episcopos_fw-la &_o praesidentes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la the_o bishop_n or_o pastor_n and_o precedent_n or_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n in_o mat._n 18._o but_o one_o or_o two_o make_v not_o a_o church_n for_o this_o be_v a_o preposterous_a course_n to_o proceed_v from_o one_o to_o two_o or_o three_o &_o then_o to_o go_v back_o again_o to_o one_o hierome_n write_v well_o concern_v john_n pammach_n hieron_n pammach_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n an_fw-mi tu_fw-la solus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la es_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la te_fw-la offenderit_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la excluditur_fw-la tibi_fw-la soli_fw-la licet_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la iura_fw-la calcare_fw-la tu_fw-la quicquid_fw-la feceris_fw-la norma_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la est_fw-la be_v you_o alone_o the_o church_n that_o whosoever_o offend_v you_o be_v exclude_v from_o christ_n be_v it_o lawful_a only_o for_o you_o to_o tread_v under_o foot_n the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n whatsoever_o you_o do_v be_v it_o a_o rule_n of_o doctrine_n ergo_fw-la one_o man_n not_o be_v the_o church_n can_v excommunicate_v 2._o the_o government_n of_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a state_n be_v unlike_a etc._n etc._n but_o you_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o lu._n 22._o 25._o but_o they_o rule_v alone_o as_o monarch_n the_o king_n of_o the_o gentile_n 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citatur_fw-la cause_n 2._o q._n 1._o ●_o 1●_n quibus_fw-la verbis_fw-la satis_fw-la ostendit_fw-la non_fw-la temere_fw-la aut_fw-la quommodo_fw-la libet_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o which_o word_n he_o sufficient_o show_v that_o not_o rash_o or_o howsoever_o but_o by_o judgement_n the_o evil_a be_v to_o be_v remove_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n arg._n 4._o all_o that_o have_v authority_n to_o preach_v have_v power_n to_o bind_v and_o loose_v as_o the_o apostle_n say_v we_o be_v the_o sweet_a savour_n of_o christ_n in_o they_o that_o be_v save_v and_o in_o they_o that_o perish_v 2._o cor._n 2._o 16._o our_o saviour_n give_v one_o general_a commission_n to_o his_o apostle_n and_o all_o faithful_a pastor_n their_o successor_n whosoever_o sin_n you_o remit_v they_o be_v remit_v ambrose_n say_v remittuntur_fw-la peccata_fw-la per_fw-la dei_fw-la 4._o de_fw-fr cain_n &_o abel_n l._n 2._o cap._n 4._o verbum_fw-la cujus_fw-la levites_n interpres_fw-la &_o executor_n est_fw-la 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cause_n misjudge_v for_o the_o person_n fault_n delictum_fw-la personae_fw-la 76._o reg._n juris_fw-la 37._o reg._n juris_fw-la 76._o non_fw-la debet_fw-la in_o detrimentum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la redundare_fw-la 1._o enormity_n against_o excommunication_n by_o lay_a person_n 1._o their_o first_o defence_n be_v that_o whatsoever_o the_o chancellor_n do_v on_o this_o case_n he_o do_v it_o in_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o ordinary_a answ_n 1._o it_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o the_o bishop_n himself_o the_o archdeacon_n or_o any_o other_o ordinary_a alone_o have_v any_o power_n to_o excommunicate_v we_o be_v sure_a that_o neither_o scripture_n or_o example_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n will_v bear_v they_o out_o in_o it_o our_o saviour_n rule_n be_v dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tell_v it_o to_o the_o church_n after_o the_o contempt_n whereof_o the_o party_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v as_o a_o heathen_a &_o publican_n that_o be_v to_o be_v excommunicate_a but_o never_o be_v it_o yet_o hear_v that_o one_o man_n shall_v stand_v for_o the_o church_n that_o dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o some_o man_n construction_n shall_v be_v dic_fw-la episcopo_fw-la dic_fw-la cancellario_fw-la dic_fw-la officiali_fw-la as_o the_o papist_n wrest_v this_o place_n dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la that_o be_v dic_fw-la papae_fw-la dic_fw-la pontifici_fw-la romano_n but_o of_o this_o matter_n more_o shall_v be_v say_v in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o treatise_n then_o if_o they_o have_v not_o this_o power_n in_o themselves_o they_o can_v transfer_v it_o to_o another_o as_o the_o law_n say_v nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la 79._o reg._n juris_fw-la 79._o plus_fw-la iuris_fw-la transfer_v in_fw-la alium_fw-la quam_fw-la sibi_fw-la competere_fw-la dignoscatur_fw-la no_o man_n can_v give_v more_o to_o a_o other_o than_o he_o have_v himself_o as_o the_o comparison_n be_v presumptuous_a to_o compare_v the_o bishop_n to_o the_o king_n the_o chancellor_n to_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n so_o the_o case_n be_v not_o alike_o 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non_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la 5._o decr._n greg._n lib._n 5._o tit_n 40_o c._n 5._o pastoris_fw-la excusatio_fw-la si_fw-la lupus_fw-la oves_fw-la comedit_fw-la &_o pastor_n nescit_fw-la it_o be_v no_o excuse_n of_o the_o shepherd_n if_o the_o wolf_n devour_v the_o sheep_n to_o say_v he_o know_v it_o not_o it_o be_v never_o well_o with_o the_o church_n since_o prelate_n take_v more_o upon_o they_o then_o in_o their_o own_o person_n they_o can_v discharge_v commit_v their_o spiritual_a affair_n to_o deputy_n and_o vicar_n of_o this_o abuse_n eckius_fw-la a_o man_n otherwise_o bad_a enough_o complain_v in_o the_o popish_a church_n nostrate_v praelatos_fw-la ordinem_fw-la apostolicum_fw-la invertere_fw-la etc._n etc._n our_o prelate_n invert_v the_o apostolic_a order_n who_o think_v spiritual_a thing_n too_o heavy_a for_o they_o to_o bear_v do_v use_v the_o help_n of_o suffragans_fw-la in_o their_o pontifical_n of_o official_o in_o their_o judicial_n of_o penitentiaries_n in_o 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and_o a_o divers_a profession_n to_o be_v in_o one_o office_n and_o by_o the_o same_o canon_n the_o bishop_n that_o shall_v make_v a_o lie_v man_n his_o vicar_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v contemptor_n canonum_fw-la a_o contemner_n of_o the_o canon_n but_o nothing_o be_v now_o more_o usual_a then_o for_o lay_v man_n civilian_n to_o be_v chancellor_n and_o vicar_n general_n to_o bishop_n the_o second_o defence_n the_o chancellor_n official_a commissary_n decree_v the_o party_n to_o be_v excommunicate_a a_o minister_n associate_v unto_o he_o by_o exprresse_n authority_n from_o the_o ordinary_a denounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n 22_o ans_fw-fr p._n 22_o answ_n 1._o this_o be_v but_o a_o new_a trick_n and_o frivolous_a device_n who_o know_v not_o the_o minister_n assistant_n to_o the_o chancellor_n who_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o mean_a and_o simple_a of_o the_o clergy_n be_v but_o a_o cipher_n he_o do_v nothing_o but_o by_o his_o master_n direction_n 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