Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	church_n	england_n	reform_a	3,931	5	9.9167	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90293	Theomachia autexousiastikē: or, A display of Arminianisme. Being a discovery of the old Pelagian idol free-will, with the new goddesse contingency, advancing themselves, into the throne of the God of heaven to the prejudice of his grace, providence, and supreme dominion over the children of men. Wherein the maine errors of the Arminians are laid open, by which they are fallen off from the received doctrine of all the reformed churches, with their opposition in divers particulars to the doctrine established in the Church of England. Discovered out of their owne writings and confessions, and confuted by the Word of God. / By Iohn Owen, Master of Arts of Queens Colledge in Oxon.	Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1643 (1643)	Wing O811; Thomason E97_14; ESTC R21402	143,909	187

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fallibilem_fw-la conjecturalem_fw-la 3._o providentiam_fw-la otiosam_fw-la constituentia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d specimen_fw-la primus_fw-la copiarum_fw-la impetus_fw-la in_o campo_n qui_fw-la de_fw-la nomine_fw-la alterius_fw-la ducis_fw-la lib._n arbit_n dicitur_fw-la seu_fw-la humanarum_fw-la actionum_fw-la ditio_fw-la utrinque_fw-la autem_fw-la á_o voluntate_fw-la humana_fw-la remota_fw-la &_o confossa_fw-la jacent_fw-la 1._o coactio_fw-la 2._o necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la interna_fw-la 3._o mera_fw-fr seu_fw-la solitaria_fw-la spontaneitas_fw-la arma_fw-la ad_fw-la legem_fw-la ad_fw-la prophetas_fw-la scrutamini_fw-la scripturas_fw-la johan._n 5._o 39_o 1._o decretum_fw-la absolutum_fw-la immutabile_fw-la 2._o praescientia_fw-la infallibilis_fw-la 3._o providentia_fw-la per_fw-la 1_o sustentationem_fw-la 2._o determinationem_fw-la 3._o gubernationem_fw-la 4._o directionem_fw-la sum_n effica●_n quibus_fw-la omnem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la 1._o essentiam_fw-la 2._o subsistentiam_fw-la 3._o motionem_fw-la 4._o determinationem_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la 5._o efficientiam_fw-la in_o agendo_fw-la realem_fw-la debere_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la 1._o lib._n arbit_n 2._o integritas_fw-la naturae_fw-la 3._o lumen_fw-la naturale_fw-la 4._o actus_fw-la elicitus_fw-la 5._o faciens_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o faedus_fw-la novum_fw-la universale_fw-la 7._o vires_fw-la credendi_fw-la per_fw-la lapsum_fw-la non_fw-la amissae_fw-la 8._o potentia_fw-la active_a obedientialis_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la morale_fw-la 9_o suasio_fw-la moralis_fw-la lingua_fw-la nostra_fw-la praevaleamus_fw-la labia_fw-la nostra_fw-la penes_fw-la nos_fw-la sunt_fw-la quis_fw-la esset_fw-la nobis_fw-la dominus_fw-la psal_n 12._o his_o tu_fw-la gradibus_fw-la romule_fw-la arpin_n ascendisti_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la dei_fw-la munus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la vivimus_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vero_fw-la quod_fw-la bene_fw-la sancteque_fw-la vivimus_fw-la fortunam_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la petendam_fw-la à_fw-la seipso_fw-la sumendam_fw-la esse_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la quia_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la virtutem_fw-la a●quirit_n nemo_fw-la de_fw-fr sapientibus_fw-la de_fw-fr ea_fw-la gratias_fw-la deo_fw-la egit_fw-la impetus_fw-la copiarum_fw-la secundus_fw-la circa_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o naturam_fw-la ubi_fw-la adversis_fw-la frontibus_fw-la &_o cominus_fw-la pugnatur_fw-la campus_n autem_fw-la hic_fw-la status_fw-la naturae_fw-la post_fw-la lapsum_fw-la vocetur_fw-la cujus_fw-la loca_fw-la praecipua_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o mappa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d delineantur_fw-la sunt_fw-la 1._o reatus_fw-la primi_fw-la peccati_fw-la 2._o corruptio_fw-la naturae_fw-la 3._o mors_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la ubi_fw-la multa_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la sepulchra_fw-la e_fw-la quibus_fw-la resurgente_fw-la christo_fw-la exierunt_fw-la pauci_fw-la 4._o impotentia_fw-la credendi_fw-la 5._o caecitas_fw-la intellectus_fw-la 6._o pravitas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la 7._o obduratio_fw-la cordis_fw-la 8._o aversio_fw-la à_fw-la bono_fw-mi incommutabili_fw-la 9_o propensio_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la commutabile_fw-la 1._o praedestinatio_fw-la gratuita_fw-la 2._o meritum_fw-la christi_fw-la 3_o operatio_fw-la spiritus_fw-la 4._o gratia_n efficax_n 5._o infusio_fw-la habituum_fw-la 6._o vocatio_fw-la secundum_fw-la immutabile_fw-la dei_fw-la propositum_fw-la 7._o evangelium_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la 8._o libre_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la non_fw-la nobis_fw-la domine_fw-la non_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la nomini_fw-la tuo_fw-la da_fw-la honorem_fw-la psal_n 114._o nam_fw-la quos_fw-la praescivit_fw-la etiam_fw-la praedestinavit_fw-la conformandos_fw-mi imagini_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la ut_fw-la be_v sit_fw-la primogenitus_fw-la inter_fw-la multos_fw-la fratres_fw-la quos_fw-la vero_fw-la praedestinavit_fw-la eos_fw-la etiam_fw-la vocavit_fw-la &_o quos_fw-la vocavit_fw-la eos_fw-la etiam_fw-la iustificavit_fw-la &_o quos_fw-la justificavit_fw-la eos_fw-la etiam_fw-la glorificavit_fw-la rom._n 8._o cui_fw-la soli_fw-la sapienti_fw-la gloria_fw-la sit_fw-la per_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la in_fw-la secula_fw-la reader_n some_o sheet_n of_o this_o treatise_n be_v print_v after_o the_o first_o draught_n of_o the_o author_n and_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o in_o his_o absence_n make_v it_o require_v thy_o courtesy_n favourable_o to_o correct_v any_o misprint_n or_o great_a oversight_n that_o may_v prejudice_v the_o sense_n thereof_o to_o take_v notice_n also_o of_o these_o follow_n errata_fw-la but_o account_v they_o as_o not_o commit_v because_o correct_v pag._n 17._o l_o 9_o read_v mutability_n p._n 25._o l._n 5_o deal_n and_o p._n 29._o l._n 23._o r._n cap._n p._n 34._o l._n 17._o for_o essence_n r._n esteem_v p._n 36._o l_o 21_o 22._o r._n his_o law_n can_v possible_o aim_v at_o nothing_o p._n 37._o l._n 20._o d._n it_o p._n 40._o l._n 5._o r._n tolerable_a l_o 6._o r._n they_o p._n 42._o l._n 1._o r._n and_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o l._n 2._o d_o yet_o l._n 8._o d_o neither_o l._n 22._o r._n that_o we_o p._n 44._o l_o 18._o or_o no._n in_o p._n 45._o l._n 24._o r._n not_o unneces_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d corrupt_v p._n 53._o l._n 15._o r._n can_v be_v deriv_o p._n 56._o l._n 25._o r._n as_o equal_v a_o as_o p._n 59_o l._n 3_o ●_o r._n lay_v down_o p._n 62._o l._n 25._o us_o first_o p._n 63._o l._n 2._o for_o event_n r_o desert_n p._n 68_o l._n 27._o of_o god_n in_o p._n 78._o l_o 36._o r._n sinner_n deserve_v p._n 116._o l._n 12._o r._n for_o grant_v p._n 119._o l._n 12._o by_o those_o p._n 120._o l._n 25._o r._n his_o will_n and_o heavenly_a instruction_n p._n 128._o l._n 1._o

agent_n p._n 130._o l._n 21._o r._n nor_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o margin_n pag._n 7._o h_o omiss_v great_a p._n 15._o c_o datrib_n lib._n 3_o p._n 24_o c_o deal_n aristot_n p_o 46._o f_o vellet_fw-la p._n 47._o m_o desiderio_fw-la p._n 65._o m_o de_fw-mi bono_fw-mi perseve_fw-mi p._n 75._o k_o dimanet_fw-la 3_o p._n 117._o c_o fest_n hom._n &_o peltium_n p._n 134._o f_o praecipienti_fw-la p._n 135._o 1._o cor._n ad_fw-la molin_n a_o display_v of_o arminianism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n i._n the_o soul_n of_o man_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o corruption_n of_o nature_n be_v not_o only_o 14._o darken_v with_o a_o mist_n of_o ignorance_n whereby_o he_o be_v disenabled_n for_o the_o comprehend_v of_o divine_a truth_n but_o be_v also_o arm_v with_o aug._n prejudice_n and_o opposition_n against_o some_o part_n thereof_o which_o be_v either_o most_o above_o or_o most_o contrary_a to_o some_o false_a principle_n which_o he_o have_v frame_v unto_o himself_o as_o a_o desire_n of_o 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