Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	according_a	hold_v	say_a	530	4	6.2393	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04540	A Christian plea conteyning three treatises. I. The first, touching the Anabaptists, & others mainteyning some like errours with them. II. The second, touching such Christians, as now are here, commonly called Remonstrants or Arminians. III. The third, touching the Reformed Churches, with vvhom my self agree in the faith of the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ. Made by Francis Iohnson, pastour of the auncient English Church, now sojourning at Amsterdam in the Low Countreyes.	Johnson, Francis, 1562-1618.	1617 (1617)	STC 14661; ESTC S107828	395,581	331

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esquilinus_n viminalis_fw-la seven_o mountain_n as_o even_o etc._n even_o virgil._n geor._n 2._o ovid._n de_fw-fr trist_n l._n 1._o ele._n 4._o &_o l._n 3._o eleg._n 7._o propertius_n etc._n etc._n the_o heathen_a poet_n describe_v the_o situation_n thereof_o before_o ever_o there_o be_v a_o christian_a church_n there_o 6._o that_o this_o city_n have_v seven_o king_n or_o kind_n of_o government_n whereof_o five_o be_v fall_v when_o john_n write_v one_o be_v then_o and_o the_o other_o yet_o to_o come_v rev._n 17_o 9_o 10._o which_o also_o be_v verify_v in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n where_o the_o five_o several_a sort_n of_o government_n by_o king_n consul_n dictator_n decemvir_n and_o tribune_n be_v do_v &_o cease_v before_o johns_n time_n the_o sixth_o by_o emperor_n be_v then_o when_o he_o live_v and_o write_v this_o the_o other_o by_o pope_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v but_o how_o shall_v this_o be_v find_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o be_v not_o before_o johns_n time_n and_o 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the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o prelacy_n of_o that_o sea_n wheresoever_o and_o of_o whatsoever_o people_n kindred_n tongue_n or_o nation_n they_o be_v which_o application_n thereof_o i_o do_v also_o acknowledge_v as_o it_o be_v observe_v by_o and_o according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n rev._n 11_o 8._o with_o esa_n 1_o 10._o jer._n 23_o 14._o ezech._n 16_o 2_o 46._o etc._n etc._n and_o rev._n 14_o 8._o and_o 17_o and_o 18_o etc._n etc._n with_o esa_n 21_o 9_o and_o 48_o 20._o jer._n 50._o and_o 51_o 1_o 45._o etc._n etc._n ezech._n 16_o 2_o 35_o etc._n etc._n and_o 23_o chap._n zach._n 2_o 6_o 7._o but_o shall_v we_o therefore_o conclude_v that_o by_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n speak_v off_o 2_o thes_n 2_o 4._o may_v not_o be_v understand_v the_o church_n of_o god_n this_o be_v the_o point_n to_o be_v insist_v upon_o as_o also_o whether_o we_o can_v sound_o and_o by_o warrant_n of_o the_o scripture_n deny_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n though_o in_o defection_n and_o other_o church_n in_o apostasy_n to_o be_v the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o not_o to_o be_v under_o his_o covenant_n nor_o to_o have_v his_o sign_n and_o seal_n thereof_o nor_o any_o of_o his_o ordinance_n remain_v among_o they_o but_o that_o even_o the_o baptism_n there_o have_v be_v a_o idol_n a_o fiction_n a_o lie_a and_o deceitful_a sign_n a_o curse_a and_o detestable_a sacrament_n which_o have_v be_v and_o yet_o be_v a_o great_a occasion_n and_o main_n ground_n of_o anabaptistry_n beside_o that_o it_o harden_v the_o papist_n and_o other_o in_o their_o error_n much_o the_o more_o when_o the_o church_n themselves_o and_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n though_o corrupt_v yet_o still_o continue_v unto_o and_o among_o they_o be_v not_o so_o acknowledge_v by_o we_o as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v neither_o so_o only_o but_o be_v either_o utter_o deny_v and_o disannul_v or_o so_o speak_v and_o account_v off_o as_o do_v in_o deed_n necessary_o imply_v the_o denial_n and_o disannul_v thereof_o when_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n at_o jerusalem_n be_v pollute_v and_o profane_v and_o that_o so_o exceed_v sinful_o as_o god_n give_v it_o up_o with_o jerusalem_n into_o the_o enemy_n hand_n yet_o whenas_a than_o nebucadnezar_n burn_v it_o the_o lord_n take_v upon_o he_o the_o vengeance_n of_o his_o temple_n with_o great_a severity_n because_o though_o it_o be_v pollute_v yet_o it_o be_v still_o the_o lord_n temple_n which_o he_o according_o shall_v have_v regard_v jer._n 50_o 28_o and_o 51_o 11._o which_o shall_v teach_v all_o to_o take_v heed_n how_o we_o esteem_v and_o deal_v with_o the_o church_n of_o god_n though_o sinful_o pollute_v and_o profane_v if_o the_o lord_n be_v so_o careful_a of_o the_o figure_n shall_v we_o think_v he_o will_v have_v no_o regard_n of_o the_o figure_a thing_n which_o this_o man_n himself_o here_o acknowledge_v every_o particular_a church_n to_o be_v &_o therefore_o also_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o now_o he_o say_v next_o that_o to_o understand_v by_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n a_o particular_a church_n be_v not_o answerable_a to_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n in_o israel_n which_o be_v not_o for_o one_o synagogue_n but_o for_o 16._o for_o deut._n 16_o 16._o the_o whole_a nation_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o for_o 27._o for_o 1_o kin._n 8_o 41_o 42._o joh._n 12_o 20._o act._n 8_o 27._o the_o gentile_n that_o come_v to_o the_o faith_n through_o the_o world_n how_o great_o forget_v he_o himself_o and_o how_o present_o see_v that_o here_o but_o a_o line_n before_o he_o say_v the_o temple_n figure_v not_o only_o the_o catholic_a or_o universal_a church_n ephes_n 2_o 21._o but_o also_o every_o particular_a church_n by_o proportion_n 1_o cor._n 3_o 16_o 17._o and_o may_v we_o not_o