Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	pope_n	rome_n	supremacy_n	5,220	5	10.1442	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87510	A mixture of scholasticall divinity, with practicall, in severall tractates: vvherein some of the most difficult knots in divinity are untied, many darke places of Scripture cleared, sundry heresies, and errours, refuted, / by Henry Ieanes, minister of God's Word at Chedzoy in Sommerset-shire.; Mixture of scholasticall divinity, with practicall. Part 1	Jeanes, Henry, 1611-1662.	1656 (1656)	Wing J507; Thomason E872_3; Thomason E873_1; ESTC R202616	347,399	402

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tanquam_fw-la à_fw-la rege_fw-la potestas_fw-la enim_fw-la judicandi_fw-la est_fw-la pars_fw-la muneris_fw-la regin_v respectu_fw-la fidelium_fw-la provenit_fw-la à_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o est_fw-la func●io_fw-la regni_fw-la gratiae_fw-la christo_fw-la medi_fw-la tori_fw-la essentialis_fw-la sed_fw-la respect_n in●…delium_fw-la est_fw-la potestatis_fw-la tantum_fw-la ac_fw-la dominii_fw-la à_fw-la patre_fw-la concesli_fw-la spectans_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la media●ionis_fw-la aliquam_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la essentialem_fw-la ames_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 41._o num._n 20.21_o the_o last_o judgement_n be_v exercise_v by_o christ_n as_o by_o a_o king_n for_o the_o power_n of_o judge_v be_v part_n of_o the_o office_n of_o a_o king_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o faithful_a it_o come_v from_o grace_n and_o be_v a_o office_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o grace_n essential_a to_o christ_n the_o mediator_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o unbeliever_n it_o be_v a_o office_n of_o power_n 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here_o