Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	aaron_n	charge_v	lord_n	19	3	4.2410	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64558	Remarks on the preface to The Protestant reconciler in a letter to a friend.	S. T. (Samuel Thomas), 1627-1693.	1683 (1683)	Wing T974; ESTC R25646	26,707	64

remark_n on_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o protestant_a reconciler_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o a_o friend_n london_n print_v by_o j._n wallis_n for_o joanna_n brome_n at_o the_o gun_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1683._o sir_n have_v read_v and_o consider_v the_o preface_n to_o the_o protestant_n reconciler_n i_o now_o send_v you_o these_o remark_n upon_o it_o the_o author_n profess_v pag._n 58._o of_o that_o preface_n that_o he_o do_v from_o his_o heart_n conform_v to_o all_o that_o be_v require_v by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o yet_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o preface_n be_v employ_v in_o produce_v testimony_n against_o the_o lawfulness_n not_o only_o of_o the_o imposition_n itself_o but_o also_o of_o the_o thing_n impose_v we_o be_v tell_v p._n 25._o out_o of_o beza_n epistle_n to_o bishop_n grindal_n that_o man_n so_o oft_o do_v grievous_o sin_n as_o they_o do_v introduce_v into_o the_o church_n of_o god_n any_o ceremony_n significative_a of_o spiritual_a thing_n and_o that_o all_o symbolical_a rite_n shall_v be_v entire_o exclude_v from_o the_o christian_a church_n and_o this_o forsooth_o must_v have_v a_o hand_n set_v over_o against_o it_o in_o the_o margin_n as_o if_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v take_v for_o some_o very_a precious_a and_o valuable_a truth_n we_o be_v tell_v also_o by_o the_o same_o divine_a p._n 26._o that_o the_o right_n of_o cross_v be_v not_o to_o be_v reckon_v among_o thing_n indifferent_a but_o as_o a_o thing_n rather_o to_o be_v destroy_v than_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n of_o hezekias_n that_o they_o do_v best_a of_o all_o who_o be_v as_o diligent_a in_o the_o abolish_n the_o rite_n of_o cross_v in_o baptism_n and_o kneel_v at_o the_o sacrament_n as_o they_o will_v be_v in_o abolish_n open_a idolatry_n and_o this_o also_o be_v think_v fit_a to_o be_v print_v in_o another_o character_n and_o to_o be_v mark_v out_o with_o a_o marginal_a hand_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o maxim_n of_o infallible_a truth_n a_o great_a many_o other_o 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