Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	aaron_n	abraham_n	life_n	26	3	3.4129	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61095	Tithes too hot to be touched certain treatises, wherein is shewen that tithes are due, by the law of nature, scripture, nations, therefore neither Jewish, Popish, or inconvenient / written by Sr. Henry Spelman ... ; with an alphabeticall table.	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.; Stephens, Jeremiah, 1591-1665.	1640 (1640)	Wing S4931; ESTC R19648	146,054	238

former_o due_a very_a reason_n tell_v we_o and_o the_o use_n of_o it_o in_o other_o part_n of_o scripture_n do_v confirm_v it_o for_o the_o very_a same_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n deut._n 23.21_o when_o thou_o vowe_v a_o vow_n unto_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n non_fw-la tardabis_fw-la thou_o shall_v not_o be_v slack_a to_o pay_v it_o or_o shall_v not_o keep_v it_o back_o this_o be_v not_o a_o commandment_n to_o pay_v or_o give_v a_o new_a thing_n but_o to_o pay_v that_o be_v already_o due_a the_o thing_n vow_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n it_o be_v say_v 2_o pet._n 3.9_o non_fw-la tardat_fw-la dominus_fw-la promissa_fw-la the_o lord_n be_v not_o slack_a in_o perform_v his_o promise_n that_o be_v not_o slack_a or_o hold_v that_o back_n which_o in_o his_o honour_n and_o justice_n he_o have_v tie_v himself_o to_o pay_v or_o perform_v the_o blessing_n he_o promise_v which_o by_o his_o promise_n be_v make_v a_o debt_n cap._n xxv_o that_o they_o 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his_o book_n de_fw-fr co._n virginitatis_fw-la have_v reprove_v the_o curiosity_n of_o some_o clerk_n of_o that_o time_n he_o say_v also_o habentes_fw-la victum_fw-la &_o vestitum_fw-la his_fw-la contenti_fw-la sumus_fw-la for_o as_o ambrose_n say_v upon_o esay_n 1_o tom._n 2._o in_o officio_fw-la clericatus_fw-la lucrum_fw-la non_fw-la pecuniarum_fw-la sed_fw-la acquiritur_fw-la animarum_fw-la in_o the_o function_n of_o a_o clegy-man_n the_o gain_n of_o money_n be_v not_o to_o be_v seek_v but_o the_o gain_n of_o soul_n all_o these_o be_v but_o particular_a opinion_n of_o some_o western_a father_n hear_v now_o therefore_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o eastern_a church_n assemble_v in_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n anno_fw-la 340._o cap._n 25._o episcopus_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la habeat_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ad_fw-la dispensandum_fw-la erga_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la indigent_a cum_fw-la summa_fw-la reverentia_fw-la &_o timore_fw-la dei_fw-la participet_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la quibus_fw-la indiget_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la quàm_fw-la in_o fratrum_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la suscipiuntur_fw-la necessariis_fw-la usibus_fw-la profuturis_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o nullo_n qualibet_fw-la occasione_n fraudentur_fw-la juxta_fw-la sanctum_fw-la apostolum_n sic_fw-la dicentem_fw-la habentes_fw-la victum_fw-la &_o tegumentum_fw-la his_fw-la contenti_fw-la sumus_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la contentus_fw-la istis_fw-la minime_fw-la fuerit_fw-la convertat_fw-la autem_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o suos_fw-la usus_fw-la domesticos_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la commoda_fw-la vel_fw-la agrorum_fw-la fructus_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la conscientia_fw-la diaconorumque_fw-la pertractet_fw-la sed_fw-la horum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la domesticis_fw-la suis_fw-la aut_fw-la propinquis_fw-la aut_fw-la fratribus_fw-la filiisque_fw-la committat_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la personas_fw-la occultè_fw-la caeterae_fw-la laedantur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la synodo_fw-la provinciae_fw-la poenas_fw-la iste_fw-la persolvat_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la &_o aliter_fw-la accusetur_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aut_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la sunt_fw-la quòd_fw-la