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	word_n	28	3	3.1305	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

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be_v slack_a to_o be_v pay_v it_o 4._o eccles_n also_o 5.3_o 4._o for_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n will_v sure_o require_v it_o of_o thou_o and_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v sin_n unto_o thou_o deut._n 23.20_o therefore_o s._n peter_n reason_v the_o matter_n with_o ananias_n tell_v he_o that_o while_o his_o land_n remain_v in_o his_o hand_n it_o appertain_v unto_o he_o and_o when_o it_o be_v sell_v the_o money_n be_v his_o own_o act._n 5.4_o he_o may_v have_v choose_v whether_o he_o will_v give_v they_o god_n or_o not_o but_o when_o his_o heart_n have_v vow_v his_o hand_n be_v tie_v to_o perform_v they_o he_o vow_v all_o and_o all_o be_v due_a not_o by_o the_o levitical_a law_n which_o now_o be_v end_v but_o by_o the_o moral_a law_n which_o last_v for_o ever_o for_o job_n be_v a_o heathen_a man_n and_o not_o a_o jew_n say_v also_o thou_o shall_v make_v thy_o prayer_n unto_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v hear_v thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v render_v he_o thy_o vow_n job_n 22.27_o if_o the_o king_n give_v a_o gift_n of_o his_o inheritance_n to_o his_o son_n his_o son_n shall_v have_v it_o if_o he_o give_v it_o to_o his_o servant_n his_o servant_n shall_v have_v it_o ezek._n 46.16_o if_o the_o king_n then_o give_v a_o gift_n to_o his_o father_n that_o be_v to_o god_n almighty_n shall_v not_o god_n have_v it_o or_o the_o servant_n to_o his_o master_n and_o maker_n shall_v not_o he_o enjoy_v it_o who_o have_v power_n to_o take_v that_o from_o god_n which_o be_v give_v unto_o he_o according_a to_o his_o word_n can_v the_o bishop_n can_v the_o clergy_n give_v this_o away_o no_o they_o be_v but_o vsufructuarii_fw-la they_o have_v but_o the_o use_n of_o it_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v god_n for_o the_o word_n of_o the_o grant_n be_v concedimus_fw-la deo_fw-la we_o give_v it_o to_o god_n not_o to_o the_o bishop_n therefore_o when_o valentinian_n the_o emperor_n require_v the_o church_n of_o milan_n of_o that_o noble_a bishop_n s._n ambrose_n o_o say_v he_o if_o any_o thing_n be_v 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confident_o affirm_v the_o doctrine_n that_o s._n paul_n so_o much_o beat_v upon_o that_o all_o legal_a ceremony_n be_v abolish_v and_o yet_o as_o many_o of_o they_o as_o speak_v of_o tithe_n do_v without_o all_o controversy_n both_o conclude_v and_o teach_v that_o still_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v pay_v and_o therefore_o plain_o not_o to_o be_v a_o ceremony_n four_o the_o tithe_n now_o use_v be_v not_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o leviticall_a law_n for_o by_o the_o leviticall_a law_n nothing_o be_v tithe_v but_o such_o thing_n as_o renew_a and_o increase_v out_o of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o our_o manner_n of_o tithing_n be_v after_o that_o of_o abraham_n 7.2_o heb._n 7.2_o who_o give_v tithe_n of_o all_o and_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n well_o to_o be_v consider_v for_o therein_o as_o abraham_n tithe_v to_o melchisedek_n not_o be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n so_o our_o tithing_n be_v now_o to_o christ_n be_v of_o melchisedek's_n order_n and_o not_o of_o the_o 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worship_n can_v not_o be_v without_o minister_n nor_o his_o minister_n without_o maintenance_n and_o therefore_o the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o minister_n be_v the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o worship_n and_o consequent_o the_o tithe_n apply_v to_o the_o one_o extend_v to_o both_o god_n himself_o do_v so_o expound_v it_o mal._n 3.8_o where_o he_o term_v the_o not-payment_n of_o tithe_n to_o be_v his_o spoil_n and_o wherein_o his_o spoil_n but_o in_o his_o worship_n and_o how_o in_o his_o worship_n but_o by_o take_v from_o he_o the_o service_n of_o his_o minister_n the_o priest_n and_o levite_n who_o be_v deprive_v thereof_o can_v neither_o perform_v his_o holy_a rite_n in_o matter_n of_o charge_n nor_o give_v their_o attendance_n for_o want_v of_o maintenance_n so_o that_o herein_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v not_o only_o guilty_a of_o that_o great_a sin_n commit_v against_o piety_n in_o hinder_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n but_o of_o the_o cry_a sin_n also_o commit_v against_o equity_n in_o withhold_v the_o wage_n of_o the_o labourer_n his_o minister_n and_o consequent_o of_o that_o monstrous_a and_o foul_a sin_n of_o ingratitude_n which_o jacob_n in_o vow_v of_o his_o tithe_n so_o careful_o avoid_v to_o come_v to_o the_o other_o point_n before_o speak_v of_o the_o dispose_n or_o employment_n of_o the_o tithe_n after_o they_o be_v pay_v that_o be_v when_o they_o be_v out_o of_o the_o power_n of_o they_o that_o pay_v they_o and_o at_o the_o order_n of_o the_o levite_n that_o receive_v they_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o therein_o be_v many_o ceremony_n as_o namely_o in_o the_o sanctify_a of_o they_o in_o the_o eat_v they_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n the_o eat_n of_o they_o by_o the_o

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the_o gentile_n as_o his_o child_n by_o faith_n then_o must_v we_o do_v as_o abraham_n do_v in_o his_o own_o and_o our_o person_n give_v tithe_n of_o all_o to_o melchisedek_n and_o his_o substitute_n melchisedek_n give_v bread_n and_o wine_n real_o and_o we_o must_v also_o as_o abraham_n do_v give_v he_o the_o tithe_n real_o and_o this_o tithe_n be_v not_o give_v to_o melchisedek_n as_o a_o leviticall_a duty_n but_o as_o a_o duty_n belong_v to_o god_n both_o before_o the_o law_n 18._o ministravitist●_n melchisedek_n abrahamo_n &_o exercitui_fw-la xenia_fw-la &_o multam_fw-la abundantiam_fw-la rerum_fw-la optimarum_fw-la simul_fw-la exhibuit_fw-la &_o super_fw-la epulas_fw-la eum_fw-la collaudare_fw-la coepit_fw-la &_o benedicere_fw-la deum_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la subdiderat_fw-la inimicos_fw-la jos_n antiquit._fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 18._o and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o melchisedek_n meet_v not_o abraham_n with_o oblation_n and_o sacrifice_n like_o a_o priest_n of_o 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