Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bishop_n	lord_n	thomas_n	4,086	5	8.4988	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41019	Virtumnus romanus, or, A discovrse penned by a Romish priest wherein he endevours to prove that it is lawfull for a papist in England to goe to the Protestant church, to receive the communion, and to take the oathes, both of allegiance and supremacie : to which are adjoyned animadversions in the in the [sic] margin by way of antidote against those places where the rankest poyson is couched / by Daniel Featley ...	Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1642 (1642)	Wing F597; ESTC R2100	140,574	186

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any_o catholic_a and_o pag._n 119._o if_o any_o have_v swear_v the_o king_n to_o be_v supreme_a head_n of_o that_o church_n he_o will_v have_v swear_v false_a as_o make_v the_o church_n a_o monster_n have_v two_o head_n or_o deprive_v the_o pope_n of_o his_o authority_n grant_v he_o by_o god_n whence_o i_o thus_o argue_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n prescribe_v by_o that_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o 35._o of_o henry_n 8._o be_v unlawful_a to_o be_v take_v by_o any_o roman_a catholic_n as_o this_o priest_n confess_v but_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n prescribe_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o first_o of_o elizabeth_n in_o force_n at_o this_o day_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o oath_n prescribe_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o 35._o of_o henry_n the_o eight_o as_o appear_z by_o compare_v both_o the_o oath_n together_o with_o a_o proviso_n in_o a_o act_n the_o five_o of_o elizabeth_n for_o expound_v this_o oath_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o we_o confess_v 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therefore_o super_fw-la tota_fw-la materia_fw-la that_o the_o take_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v a_o abrenunciation_n of_o the_o romish_a faith_n and_o consequent_o that_o we_o wrong_v no_o papist_n that_o take_v the_o oath_n if_o we_o believe_v he_o a_o forswearer_n who_o forswear_v his_o belief_n de_fw-fr memorando_fw-la irrotulat●_n irrotulat●_n the_o hel●esaus_n w●re_v condemn_v for_o heretic_n for_o hol●ing_v a_o man_n may_v deny_v his_o faith_n with_o his_o mouth_n so_o he_o keep_v it_o in_o his_o heart_n euseb._n h●st_n l._n 6._o c._n 31._o 31._o rom._n 10.10_o cic._n pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d am●r_n vultu_fw-la saepe_fw-la lad●tur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ep._n ●●_o contami●ari_fw-la se_fw-la 〈…〉_z a●am_o illam_fw-la vid●●i●_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ibid._n fe●end●m_fw-la ne_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la gentilis_fw-la sacrif●c●t_fw-la christianus_fw-la inter_fw-la sit_fw-la s●zo_n hist._n eccles_n l._n 5._o c._n 16._o prejecto_fw-la ad_fw-la pedes_fw-la au●o_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n suidas_n in_o auxent_n auxent_n marcus_n bishop_n of_o arrethusa_n theod._n hist._n l._n 3_o c._n 6._o

and_o supremacy_n matth._n 10.16_o be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n and_o oath_n simple_a as_o dove_n london_n print_v by_o i._n l._n for_o nicholas_n bourne_n at_o the_o south_n entrance_n to_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1642._o a_o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n gentle_a reader_n i_o be_o to_o write_v of_o a_o point_n of_o controversy_n wherein_o i_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v undergo_v the_o renounce_v censure_n of_o divers_a sort_n of_o people_n yea_o amaze_v some_o at_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o thing_n yet_o my_o intention_n be_v good_a as_o tend_v to_o the_o safeguard_n as_o well_o doctrine_n of_o soul_n as_o body_n of_o all_o and_o i_o myself_o be_v constrain_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o natural_a necessity_n thereto_o as_o suffer_v much_o not_o only_o by_o the_o fa●it_fw-la severity_n of_o the_o law_n for_o my_o religion_n which_o be_v the_o least_o but_o likewise_o both_o spiritual_o and_o temporal_o by_o the_o malice_n and_o treachery_n of_o some_o evil_a spirit_n instigate_a 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