Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	magistrate_n	obey_v	sake_n	2,476	5	8.1959	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67622	The reasoning apostate, or, Modern latitude-man consider'd, as he opposeth the authority of the King and Church occasioned by several late treatises / by John Warly ...	Warly, John, d. 1679.	1677 (1677)	Wing W877; ESTC R11108	25,929	127

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vestram_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la mundo_fw-la regnum_fw-la meum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la mundo_fw-la august_n in_o loc_n to_o this_o purpose_n be_v many_o deduction_n from_o place_n of_o scripture_n which_o i_o shall_v not_o large_o consider_v by_o show_v how_o distort_v by_o faction_n beyond_o the_o intent_n of_o they_o which_o i_o shall_v only_o name_v and_o brief_o discover_v the_o crookedness_n of_o the_o perverse_a interpretation_n among_o which_o none_o seem_v to_o be_v press_v more_o than_o that_o let_v every_o one_o be_v full_o persuade_v in_o his_o own_o mind_n rom._n 14.5_o in_o this_o place_n the_o design_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o to_o deliver_v up_o each_o man_n to_o his_o own_o private_a interpretation_n or_o extravagant_a fancy_n as_o to_o command_v a_o attention_n to_o that_o which_o be_v deliver_v by_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o be_v the_o great_a authority_n for_o to_o suppose_v each_o man_n to_o rely_v on_o his_o own_o 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have_v endeavour_v to_o assert_v the_o right_n of_o prince_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a but_o i_o shall_v not_o undertake_v to_o define_v particular_o in_o what_o their_o power_n consist_v or_o bind_v it_o by_o limit_n it_o be_v enough_o to_o my_o design_n if_o i_o can_v but_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o a_o factious_a multitude_n by_o break_v and_o divert_v the_o force_n of_o their_o current_n by_o show_v that_o these_o place_n of_o scripture_n conclude_v nothing_o against_o prince_n power_n to_o be_v exercise_v in_o suppress_v schism_n and_o heresy_n neither_o shall_v i_o be_v so_o dogmatical_o bold_a as_o some_o late_a smyctimnians_n who_o as_o magisterial_o as_o other_o out_o of_o a_o consistory_n declare_v their_o opinion_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n as_o if_o the_o title_n of_o our_o king_n have_v be_v distaste_v by_o they_o because_o once_o derive_v from_o rome_n proclaim_v he_o only_a churchwarden_n of_o the_o church_n neither_o shall_v i_o wild_o 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