Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	doubt_n	reason_n	use_v	20,520	5	11.2614	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08327	The guide of faith, or, A third part of the antidote against the pestiferous writings of all English sectaries and in particuler, agaynst D. Bilson, D. Fulke, D. Reynoldes, D. Whitaker, D. Field, D. Sparkes, D. White, and M. Mason, the chiefe vpholders, some of Protestancy, and some of Puritanisme : wherein the truth, and perpetuall visible succession of the Catholique Roman Church, is cleerly demonstrated / by S.N. ...	S. N. (Sylvester Norris), 1572-1630.	1621 (1621)	STC 18659; ESTC S1596	198,144	242

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in_o c._n 1._o luc._n v._n 34._o videtur_fw-la sancta_fw-la virgo_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la malignè_fw-la dei_fw-la praesentiam_fw-la restringere_fw-la quàm_fw-la priùs_fw-la zacharias_n etc._n etc._n nec_fw-la magnopere_fw-la laborandum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la purgemus_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la vitio_fw-la calu._n l._n 3._o insti_fw-la c._n 20._o §._o 24._o &_o 27._o &_o l._n de_fw-fr rat_n reforma_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctos_fw-la vocat_fw-la laruas_fw-la carnifice_n umbras_fw-la bestias_fw-la u●nome_n be_v not_o yet_o spend_v he_o traduce_v also_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n as_o rash_a and_o inconsiderate_a in_o those_o word_n which_o he_o utter_v father_n if_o it_o be_v possible_a let_v this_o cup_n pass_v from_o i_o this_o prayer_n say_v caluin_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o premeditate_v but_o the_o force_n and_o extremity_n of_o grief_n wringed_a from_o he_o this_o hasty_a speech_n to_o which_o a_o correction_n or_o recall_v be_v present_o add_v the_o same_o vehemency_n 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have_v a_o good_a memory_n etc._n etc._n

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at_o basil_n from_o thence_o they_o derive_v the_o propagation_n or_o reviuall_n of_o their_o gospel_n which_o lie_v dead_a before_o for_o many_o age_n and_o that_o which_o saint_n augustine_n 17._o aug._n l._n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccl._n cap._n 17._o condemn_v in_o the_o donatist_n of_o no_o less_o than_o blasphemy_n to_o wit_n that_o the_o good_a seed_n of_o heavenly_a truth_n which_o be_v sow_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o apostolical_a man_n in_o all_o the_o world_n and_o which_o be_v there_o to_o grow_v until_o the_o harvest_n shall_v have_v perish_v out_o of_o those_o place_n and_o be_v sow_v a_o new_a out_o of_o africa_n this_o i_o say_v which_o he_o account_v in_o they_o a_o most_o detestable_a blasphemy_n be_v reviue_v again_o by_o our_o late_a sectary_n who_o as_o wretched_o dream_n that_o the_o same_o seed_n be_v decay_v in_o their_o day_n or_o cover_v at_o least_o from_o the_o view_n of_o the_o world_n that_o it_o have_v not_o any_o public_a pastor_n to_o preserve_v it_o 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