Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	lord_n	receive_v	supper_n	1,604	5	9.1492	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57857	The good old way defended against the attempts of A.M. D.D. in his book called, An enquiry into the new opinions, (chiefly) propogated by the Presbyterians of Scotland : wherein the divine right of the government of the church by Presbyters acting in parity, is asserted, and the pretended divine right of the hierarchie is disproved, the antiquity of parity and novelty of Episcopacy as now pleaded for, are made manifest from scriptural arguments, and the testimony of the antient writers of the Christian-church, and the groundless and unreasonable confidence of some prelatick writers exposed : also, the debates about holy-days, schism, the church-government used among the first Scots Christians, and what else the enquirer chargeth us with, are clearly stated, and the truth in all these maintained against him : likewise, some animadversions on a book called The fundamental charter of Presbytery, in so far as it misrepresenteth the principles and way of our first reformers from popery, where the controversie about superintendents is fully handled, and the necessity which led our ancestors into that course for that time is discoursed / by Gilbert Rule ...	Rule, Gilbert, 1629?-1701.	1697 (1697)	Wing R2221; ESTC R22637	293,951	328

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short_a account_n of_o the_o convention_n at_o leith_n 1571._o jan._n 12._o where_o our_o author_n begin_v his_o new_a model_n of_o episcopacy_n of_o the_o assembly_n at_o saint_n andrews_n in_o march_n 6._o it_o have_v but_o little_a assembly_n 1572._o at_o perth_n a_o determination_n against_o the_o name_n of_o arch-bishop_n dean_n etc._n etc._n as_o scandalous_a also_o that_o the_o article_n at_o leith_n be_v receive_v but_o for_o a_o interim_n assembly_n march_v 1._o 1572._o bishop_n appoint_v as_o well_o as_o other_o to_o be_v at_o the_o first_o meet_v of_o every_o assembly_n under_o the_o pain_n of_o tinsel_n of_o half_a a_o year_n stipend_n assembly_n march_v 6._o 1573._o bishop_n admonish_v to_o join_v with_o the_o kirk_n in_o her_o assembly_n which_o it_o seem_v some_o of_o these_o aspire_a man_n think_v below_o they_o and_o it_o be_v enact_v that_o the_o power_n of_o bishop_n shall_v not_o exceed_v that_o of_o a_o superintendent_n and_o that_o bishop_n shall_v be_v subject_a 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