Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	call_v	church_n	doctrine_n	3,420	5	6.3621	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66481	The judgment of the foreign reformed churches concerning the rites and offices of the Church of England shewing there is no necessity of alterations : in a letter to a member of the House of Commons.	Willes, John, 1646 or 7-1700.	1690 (1690)	Wing W2807; ESTC R8187	45,548	70

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d._n 1572._o i_o will_v never_o have_v send_v my_o son_n into_o england_n the_o only_a son_n by_o my_o wife_n zuinglia_fw-it who_o memory_n be_v dear_a to_o i_o except_o i_o have_v thorough_o persuade_v myself_o of_o our_o consent_n and_o agreement_n casaubon_n in_o his_o ephemeris_fw-la a._n d._n 1610_o nou._n one_a in_o moulin_n def._n p._n 7._o have_v this_o prayer_n thou_o o_o lord_n jesus_n preserve_v the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o give_v a_o sound_a mind_n to_o the_o nonconformist_n who_o deride_v the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o it_o the_o learned_a bochart_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o durel_n those_o who_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n because_o of_o her_o ceremony_n be_v schismatic_n find_v your_o liturgy_n very_o good_a and_o well_o order_v capellus_n in_o thes_n salm._n de_fw-fr liturgia_fw-la of_o late_o there_o arise_v in_o england_n a_o froward_a scrupulous_a and_o overnice_a not_o to_o say_v superstitious_a generation_n of_o man_n 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a_o sin_n to_o use_v it_o etc._n etc._n how_o different_a be_v their_o language_n from_o that_o of_o the_o foreign_a divine_n but_o lest_o it_o be_v object_v that_o these_o be_v only_o general_a expression_n i_o have_v mention_v and_o that_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o the_o foreign_a church_n will_v be_v glad_a to_o have_v these_o alteration_n make_v which_o have_v be_v propose_v i_o will_v next_o consider_v most_o of_o the_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v insist_v on_o to_o be_v change_v and_o see_v whether_o the_o foreign_a reform_a church_n will_v be_v better_o please_v with_o they_o as_o they_o now_o be_v or_o as_o those_o that_o delight_n in_o change_n will_v have_v they_o and_o because_o the_o calendar_n be_v the_o first_o thing_n insist_v on_o to_o be_v alter_v we_o will_v begin_v with_o that_o and_o first_o the_o read_n of_o apocryphal_a chapter_n in_o the_o church_n and_o especial_o

lutheran_n church_n the_o professor_n of_o l●yden_n in_o their_o synopsis_n pur_fw-mi theol._n p._n 616._o declare_v that_o though_o there_o be_v not_o a_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o witness_n in_o baptism_n yet_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o the_o custom_n of_o all_o the_o primitive_a church_n show_v it_o to_o be_v profit_n able_a and_o be_v probable_o deduce_v from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v 8._o 2._o upon_o which_o place_n junius_n in_o his_o comment_n be_v very_o express_v hinc_fw-la ritus_fw-la noster_fw-la adhibendi_fw-la testes_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la i._n e._n hence_o come_v our_o custom_n of_o use_v godfather_n in_o baptism_n for_o the_o use_n of_o godfather_n in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o muscovite_n see_v joh_n faber_n the_o relig_n muscov_n for_o the_o use_n of_o they_o in_o the_o ethiopian_a church_n see_v ludolfus_n and_o now_o let_v even_o our_o adversary_n be_v judge_n whether_o the_o lay_v aside_o the_o use_n of_o godfather_n or_o 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person_n that_o scruple_n kneel_v may_v have_v it_o deliver_v he_o in_o another_o posture_n in_o his_o pew_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o if_o all_o this_o be_v do_v we_o shall_v not_o satisfy_v the_o presbyterian_o who_o declare_v at_o the_o savoy_n p._n 61._o that_o kneel_v at_o the_o lord_n table_n be_v disorderly_a and_o in_o the_o directory_n p._n 34._o the_o communion_n table_n be_v order_v to_o be_v so_o place_v that_o the_o communicant_n may_v orderly_o sit_v about_o it_o now_o let_v we_o go_v to_o the_o foreign_a protestant_a church_n and_o advise_v with_o they_o in_o this_o matter_n let_v we_o go_v into_o denmark_n norway_n sweden_n germany_n and_o advise_v with_o they_o and_o all_o other_o strict_o call_v protestant_n and_o they_o all_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n kneel_v the_o confession_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o bohemian_a church_n art_n 13._o le_fw-fr the_o minister_n distribute_v the_o sacrameut_n to_o the_o communicant_n upon_o their_o knee_n and_o as_o to_o their_o practice_n it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o comenius_n ratio_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v hospinian_n speak_v for_o zurick_n and_o the_o swiss_n hist_o sacr_n l._n 5._o c._n 8._o the_o sacrament_n ought_v to_o be_v receive_v devout_o with_o bend_v knee_n at_o geneva_n and_o in_o the_o french_a church_n they_o refuse_v to_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n to_o any_o one_o that_o sit_v and_o now_o they_o be_v so_o many_o of_o they_o in_o england_n they_o all_o receive_v kneel_v which_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o apology_n for_o the_o reform_a church_n write_v by_o monsseur_n dallee_n chap._n 12._o p._n 56._o thanks_o be_v to_o god_n we_o be_v not_o so_o ill_o teach_v as_o to_o scruple_n the_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n on_o our_o knee_n our_o brethren_n of_o england_n never_o receive_v it_o otherwise_o and_o when_o we_o communicate_v with_o they_o we_o ready_o conform_v to_o their_o order_n also_o apology_n for_o protestant_n write_v by_o a_o french_a protestant_n p._n 88_o 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129._o till_o at_o last_o in_o a_o great_a synod_n at_o petricovia●i_n a._n d._n 1578._o it_o be_v agree_v that_o because_o sit_v at_o the_o lord_n table_n be_v a_o rite_n different_a from_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n in_o europe_n and_o they_o among_o we_o be_v the_o first_o author_n of_o it_o who_o rafh_o change_v every_o thing_n in_o the_o church_n fall_v away_o from_o we_o to_o arrianism_n therefore_o let_v we_o leave_v this_o custom_n to_o they_o who_o irreverent_o treat_v christ_n and_o his_o mystery_n i_o say_v let_v we_o leave_v this_o custom_n as_o neither_o agree_n to_o decency_n nor_o religion_n and_o to_o many_o honest_a person_n extreme_o scandalous_a and_o again_o in_o another_o synod_n at_o wlodislavia_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1583._o sit_v at_o the_o lord_n table_n be_v forbid_v in_o all_o the_o church_n of_o poland_n lithuania_n etc._n etc._n as_o not_o be_v use_v by_o those_o of_o the_o reform_a religion_n and_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o arrian_n and_o that_o we_o 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