Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	church_n	city_n	parish_n	1,800	5	9.9044	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94297	Of the government of churches; a discourse pointing at the primitive form.	Thorndike, Herbert, 1598-1672.	1641 (1641)	Wing T1055; Thomason E1102_1; ESTC R203782	63,264	216

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the_o opinion_n of_o the_o world_n it_o seem_v to_o depend_v upon_o hegesippus_n in_o eusebius_n three_o 11_o 26._o where_o he_o make_v cleophas_n brother_n to_o joseph_n suppose_a father_n of_o our_o lord_n which_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v true_a that_o joseph_n and_o cleophas_n brother_n shall_v take_v to_o wife_n the_o two_o mary_fw-mi sister_n or_o cousin_n but_o otherwise_o there_o be_v so_o much_o appearance_n in_o the_o gospel_n that_o mary_n mother_n of_o james_n and_o joses_n be_v mary_n of_o cleophas_n sister_n to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o inconvenience_n to_o deny_v this_o james_n to_o be_v kin_n to_o our_o lord_n by_o her_o side_n as_o for_o other_o relation_n and_o conjecture_n of_o church-writer_n the_o variety_n whereof_o be_v endless_a and_o unreconcilable_a it_o be_v not_o reason_n to_o draw_v they_o into_o consequence_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o a_o conjecture_n which_o make_v so_o clear_a a_o agreement_n of_o this_o whole_a difference_n it_o be_v my_o desire_n to_o show_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o the_o apostle_n word_n but_o it_o be_v not_o my_o purpose_n to_o build_v upon_o uncertainty_n whosoever_o this_o james_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v we_o find_v the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n under_o his_o charge_n almost_o assoon_o as_o there_o be_v a_o church_n there_o at_o least_o if_o we_o believe_v ignatius_n epist_n ad_fw-la trall_n where_o he_o say_v s._n stephen_n be_v deacon_n to_o this_o james_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o must_v be_v betimes_o after_o our_o lord_n death_n and_o therefore_o thus_o we_o see_v who_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n succeed_v chap._n iii_o the_o apostle_n plant_v mother-churche_n in_o mother-city_n the_o government_n of_o they_o estate_v upon_o presbytery_n saint_n paul_n at_o the_o beginning_n make_v no_o bishop_n over_o those_o presbytery_n the_o reason_n himself_o have_v the_o oversight_n of_o the_o church_n of_o his_o plant_n for_o the_o time_n the_o like_a in_o the_o church_n of_o s._n peter_n charge_n let_v we_o now_o go_v abroad_o with_o the_o apostle_n and_o see_v how_o they_o follow_v this_o pattern_n in_o the_o church_n which_o they_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n tertullian_n l._n de_n prescript_n c._n 20._o speak_v thus_o of_o they_o ac_fw-la providè_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la apud_fw-la unanquamque_fw-la civitatem_fw-la condiderunt_fw-la this_o slight_a circumstance_n which_o he_o but_o point_v at_o that_o the_o apostle_n found_v church_n in_o city_n be_v very_o considerable_a in_o our_o business_n for_o it_o be_v plain_a they_o can_v not_o bestow_v their_o pain_n on_o all_o place_n reason_n require_v they_o shall_v labour_v most_o to_o plant_v the_o faith_n in_o the_o most_o populous_a and_o common_a sense_n and_o the_o least_o knowledge_n of_o time_n will_v serve_v to_o show_v that_o from_o thence_o it_o be_v propagate_v through_o the_o country_n that_o lay_v to_o those_o city_n which_o therefore_o in_o time_n become_v and_o be_v call_v the_o territory_n parish_n or_o diocese_n of_o such_o or_o such_o church_n now_o the_o form_n of_o government_n estate_v by_o s._n paul_n over_o these_o church_n be_v point_v out_o to_o we_o act_n fourteen_o 23._o where_o we_o read_v in_o the_o end_n of_o their_o first_o journey_n that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n have_v ordain_v they_o presbyter_n in_o every_o church_n return_v to_o antiochia_n but_o unto_o titus_n the_o apostle_n write_v thus_o tit._n i._n 5._o for_o this_o cause_n leave_v i_o thou_o in_o crete_n that_o thou_o may_v set_v in_o order_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v want_v and_o constitute_v elder_n in_o every_o city_n as_o i_o have_v appoint_v thou_o elder_n in_o every_o church_n in_o the_o one_o place_n and_o elder_n in_o every_o city_n in_o the_o other_o both_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n not_o mean_v one_o in_o a_o place_n but_o presbytery_n that_o be_v college_n body_n company_n of_o presbyter_n with_o common_a advice_n to_o order_v the_o church_n plant_v in_o these_o city_n such_o a_o college_n of_o presbyter_n it_o be_v that_o we_o speak_v of_o in_o the_o last_o chapter_n institute_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o pattern_n whereof_o s._n paul_n follow_v in_o the_o church_n which_o he_o convert_v out_o of_o the_o gentile_n and_o thus_o in_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n you_o shall_v see_v s._n paul_n act_v xx_o 17._o send_v for_o the_o bench_n of_o elder_n there_o to_o miletus_n thus_o in_o the_o church_n of_o philippi_n you_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o apostle_n direct_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o deacon_n there_o which_o must_v be_v to_o the_o college_n of_o presbyter_n next_o above_o the_o order_n of_o deacon_n thus_o when_o the_o apostle_n write_v to_o the_o thessalonian_o 1._o thess_n v._o 12._o and_o we_o beseech_v you_o brethren_z to_o know_v they_o which_o labour_n among_o you_o and_o be_v over_o you_o in_o the_o lord_n the_o multitude_n whereof_o he_o speak_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o like_a company_n of_o presbyter_n thus_o in_o ignatius_n his_o epistle_n you_o shall_v find_v he_o up_o and_o down_o reckon_v next_o after_o the_o bishop_n the_o presbytery_n of_o all_o the_o church_n to_o which_o he_o write_v the_o like_a in_o s._n cyprian_n epistle_n for_o the_o presbytery_n of_o rome_n and_o carthage_n to_o spare_v more_o word_n in_o all_o church-writer_n you_o shall_v find_v continual_a remembrance_n of_o these_o presbytery_n whensoever_o there_o be_v speech_n of_o mother-churche_n in_o mother-city_n and_o therefore_o those_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v when_o we_o read_v that_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n ordain_v presbyter_n in_o every_o church_n and_o titus_n in_o every_o city_n and_o such_o body_n or_o college_n of_o presbyter_n they_o be_v to_o who_o the_o apostle_n commit_v the_o church_n which_o he_o have_v plant_v but_o this_o be_v grant_v the_o question_n will_v be_v in_o the_o next_o place_n where_o be_v the_o bishop_n the_o chief_a and_o head_n of_o 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mention_v afore_o forbid_v all_o ordination_n at_o large_a but_o for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o city_n church_n or_o other_o depend_v on_o it_o it_o appear_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o ordination_n in_o the_o mother_n church_n wherein_o the_o people_n concur_v no_o otherwise_o then_o have_v be_v say_v whether_o presbyter_n or_o other_o minister_n be_v invest_v in_o their_o charge_n of_o those_o church_n before_o that_o time_n it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a can._n xv_o forbid_v minister_n to_o pass_v from_o city_n to_o city_n whether_o bishop_n presbyter_n or_o deacon_n that_o be_v to_o leave_v their_o own_o mother-church_n to_o serve_v in_o another_o mother-church_n proceed_v in_o these_o term_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o seem_v good_a to_o put_v down_o the_o fashion_n that_o be_v come_v up_o in_o some_o part_n beside_o the_o rule_n signify_v that_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o beginning_n be_v to_o ordain_v minister_n in_o mother-churche_n for_o the_o service_n of_o those_o mother-churche_n but_o in_o the_o xuj_o canon_n next_o follow_v it_o be_v further_o provide_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v constrain_v to_o return_v to_o their_o first_o charge_n in_o these_o term_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o must_v be_v constrain_v by_o all_o mean_n to_o return_v into_o their_o own_o diocese_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o canon_n signify_v the_o country_n lie_v to_o the_o city_n of_o the_o mother-church_n which_o we_o call_v the_o diocese_n this_o canon_n speak_v of_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o not_o of_o bishop_n beside_o the_o void_v of_o such_o attempt_n which_o be_v do_v in_o the_o xv_o canon_n afore_o provide_v a_o course_n to_o constrain_v they_o to_o return_v extend_v further_a than_o the_o other_o do_v to_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n in_o country_n cures_n whereas_o that_o rest_v in_o the_o mother-church_n so_o the_o 3._o canon_n of_o antiochia_n so_o the_o xv_o of_o the_o apostle_n provide_v that_o minister_n shall_v not_o leave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o diocese_n as_o be_v say_v speak_v plain_a to_o let_v we_o know_v how_o much_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o whole_a diocese_n and_o the_o person_n by_o who_o they_o be_v exercise_v be_v in_o the_o dispose_n of_o the_o mother_n church_n when_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o minister_n of_o they_o can_v not_o depart_v to_o serve_v in_o or_o under_o other_o church_n till_o they_o be_v dismiss_v their_o first_o charge_n with_o letter_n of_o licence_n from_o the_o mother-church_n which_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o dimissorias_fw-la wherein_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n be_v just_a that_o of_o the_o greekish_a colony_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o have_v their_o priest_n send_v they_o from_o the_o mother-city_n and_o reserve_v the_o first_o fruit_n which_o be_v the_o priest_n due_a for_o a_o honour_n to_o their_o founder_n as_o thucydides_n lib._n 1._o and_o his_o scholiast_n write_v allege_v this_o for_o a_o occasion_n of_o that_o war_n because_o those_o of_o corcyra_n neglect_v their_o mother-citie_n of_o corinth_n in_o that_o accustom_a right_n so_o all_o rural_a congregation_n be_v at_o first_o nothing_o but_o colony_n of_o the_o faith_n plant_v from_o mother-churche_n found_v in_o mother-city_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v but_o reason_n they_o shall_v receive_v their_o pastor_n from_o the_o head_n of_o the_o diocese_n where_o the_o charge_n of_o overseeing_a as_o well_o as_o plant_v they_o belong_v the_o right_a of_o present_v then_o yield_v by_o the_o church_n to_o the_o people_n or_o to_o the_o patron_n it_o concern_v not_o in_o her_o regard_n if_o it_o be_v to_o order_n as_o well_o as_o to_o cure_n be_v more_o than_o the_o people_n shall_v have_v in_o choose_v out_o of_o those_o which_o saul_n and_o barnabas_n may_v nominate_v but_o he_o that_o will_v have_v the_o people_n both_o name_n the_o person_n and_o choose_v out_o of_o those_o themselves_o name_v neglect_v imposition_n of_o hand_n or_o enjoin_v it_o upon_o the_o choice_n must_v first_o put_v the_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n &_o titus_n out_o of_o the_o bible_n lest_o at_o the_o first_o insight_n that_o appear_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o office_n of_o man_n of_o their_o place_n the_o account_n whereof_o lie_v upon_o their_o charge_n as_o for_o the_o constitute_n of_o bishop_n fit_v it_o be_v in_o the_o first_o place_n provision_n be_v make_v for_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o state_n as_o well_o in_o order_v the_o choyce_n as_o in_o approve_v the_o person_n choose_v that_o no_o man_n be_v establish_v prejudicial_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n but_o yet_o that_o course_n in_o which_o the_o christian_a emperor_n of_o ancient_a time_n interpose_v themselves_o to_o nominate_v the_o person_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v beside_o the_o rule_n do_v not_o destroy_v it_o in_o all_o but_o balk_v it_o for_o the_o time_n now_o if_o the_o people_n from_o the_o beginning_n have_v a_o due_a share_n of_o interest_n in_o give_v consent_n to_o those_o which_o be_v to_o be_v ordain_v their_o presbyter_n much_o more_o must_v we_o needs_o think_v that_o it_o be_v due_a and_o of_o right_a that_o the_o vote_n of_o the_o presbyter_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n shall_v go_v before_o in_o design_v the_o person_n under_o who_o and_o with_o who_o they_o be_v to_o guide_v and_o be_v guide_v in_o spiritual_a matter_n as_o for_o imposition_n of_o hand_n of_o neighbour_n bishop_n with_o who_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v preserve_v by_o the_o ordain_v it_o be_v not_o then_o the_o formality_n of_o a_o thing_n do_v but_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n rest_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o they_o that_o do_v it_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o apostle_n charge_n and_o therefore_o though_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a for_o i_o to_o judge_v how_o far_o it_o concern_v the_o church_n to_o retain_v the_o primitive_a form_n yet_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o indifferent_a person_n to_o discern_v how_o much_o be_v require_v to_o the_o retain_v of_o it_o chap._n xiii_o the_o rule_n of_o censure_a person_n ordain_v direct_v to_o timothy_n alone_o the_o office_n exercise_v according_a to_o the_o other_o part_n of_o it_o something_o will_v here_o be_v say_v in_o the_o last_o place_n of_o that_o which_o depend_v upon_o these_o two_o last_o particular_n of_o penance_n and_o ordination_n that_o be_v the_o censure_n of_o offence_n whether_o in_o doctrine_n or_o manner_n of_o person_n ordain_v because_o the_o apostle_n seem_v to_o refer_v this_o to_o timothy_n that_o be_v to_o the_o bishop_n alone_o not_o mention_v any_o concurrence_n of_o his_o presbyter_n in_o it_o for_o so_o we_o read_v 1._o tim._n v._o 19_o 20._o against_o a_o elder_a receive_v not_o a_o accusation_n