Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	covenant_n	sacrament_n	seal_v	3,518	5	10.1195	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69019	The lavvfulnes of kneeling in the act of receiving the Lords Supper VVherein (by the way) also, somewhat of the crosse in baptisme. First written for satisfaction of a friend, and now published for common benefit. By Dr. Iohn Burges, pastor of Sutton Coldfield.	Burges, John, 1561?-1635.; Burges, John, 1561?-1635. Answer rejoyned to that much applauded pamphlet of a namelesse author, bearing this title: viz. A reply to Dr. Mortons generall defence of three nocent ceremonies, &c.	1631 (1631)	STC 4114; ESTC S106928	94,058	129

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and_o compunction_n of_o heart_n 195._o treat_n of_o kneel_v pag._n 195._o and_o with_o all_o reverence_n so_o also_o before_o he_o caesarius_n arelatensis_fw-la hom_n 12._o allege_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rochester_n sheweth_z that_o during_o that_o action_n the_o people_n be_v require_v to_o abide_v in_o the_o church_n humiliato_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o compuncto_fw-la cord_n with_o humble_a body_n and_o compunction_n of_o heart_n 19_o wall_n strabo_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la cap._n 19_o this_o reverend_a carriage_n wall_n strabo_n show_v to_o belong_v to_o decency_n and_o to_o order_n require_v of_o paul_n 1._o cor._n 14._o which_o decorum_n or_o decency_n be_v requisite_a in_o singulis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la operibus_fw-la tamen_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o sanctissimi_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la &_o corporis_fw-la veneratione_n seruari_fw-la debet_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o all_o work_n of_o the_o saint_n much_o more_o ought_v it_o to_o be_v observe_v with_o all_o veneration_n of_o the_o most_o holy_a body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n &c_n &c_n and_o after_o secundum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la sanctificationem_fw-la eorum_fw-la ae_z cibis_fw-la caeteris_fw-la long_o distare_fw-la sciamus_fw-la it_o be_v according_a to_o order_n that_o we_o may_v know_v that_o the_o sactification_n of_o those_o do_v differ_v far_o from_o other_o meat_n there_o he_o treat_v of_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o communion_n fast_v and_o prove_v the_o fitness_n of_o it_o from_o the_o respect_n of_o that_o decency_n and_o order_n in_o which_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v receive_v and_o which_o require_v sober_a man_n this_o man_n be_v so_o far_o from_o the_o thought_n of_o table_n gesture_n as_o he_o take_v it_o to_o belong_v to_o order_n that_o the_o great_a distance_n betwixt_o this_o and_o common_a food_n shall_v be_v show_v in_o the_o bodily_a receive_n yea_o he_o call_v the_o very_a act_n of_o receive_v veneration_n because_o it_o be_v receive_v 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