Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	authority_n	church_n	faith_n	5,185	5	6.2589	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47212	A sermon preached at the consecration of a chappel in the house of John Collins, Esq., of Chute in Wiltshire, performed by the Right Reverend Father in in [sic] God Seth, Lord Bishop of Sarum, on the 25th of September, 1673 by Joseph Kelsey ...	Kelsey, Joseph, d. 1710.	1674 (1674)	Wing K249; ESTC R2647	19,026	38

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ground_n nor_o tell_v of_o dark_a vision_n of_o dark_a interpretation_n yet_o tell_v i_o if_o thou_o can_v thou_o happy_a soul_n what_o unspeakable_a pleasure_n thou_o perceive_v do_v thou_o not_o see_v heaven_n open_v or_o rather_o do_v not_o those_o unspotted_a joy_n crowd_n in_o upon_o thou_o ready_a to_o overwhelm_v thou_o although_o thy_o will_n be_v infinite_a as_o be_v true_o say_v do_v it_o not_o here_o find_v satisfaction_n be_v not_o this_o the_o joy_n which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v be_v full_a of_o glory_n do_v not_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n seem_v to_o forsake_v its_o throne_n in_o the_o immense_a heaven_n and_o fill_v thy_o little_a room_n as_o once_o it_o do_v the_o temple_n thou_o now_o think_v thyself_o in_o heaven_n thou_o be_v much_o above_o this_o world_n and_o in_o this_o temper_n can_z easy_o despise_v all_o its_o most_o flatter_a temptation_n the_o temple_n be_v true_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heaven_n upon_o earth_n 7._o josephus_n antiq_fw-la lib._n 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four_o and_o twenty_o elder_n who_o have_v crown_n on_o their_o head_n must_v be_v the_o bishop_n of_o his_o province_n out_o of_o the_o throne_n proceed_v lightning_n and_o thundering_n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arrian_n in_o epict_n lib._n 3._o c._n 21._o and_o voice_n represent_v the_o discipline_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n the_o seven_o spirit_n be_v the_o deacon_n the_o number_n of_o the_o first_o election_n before_o the_o throne_n be_v a_o sea_n of_o glass_n like_v unto_o crystal_n represent_v the_o baptism_n of_o the_o church_n and_o last_o their_o set_a form_n of_o divine_a service_n they_o rest_v not_o day_n nor_o night_n cry_v holy_a holy_a holy_a lord_n god_n almighty_a which_o be_v and_o be_v and_o be_v to_o come_v but_o more_o particular_o we_o will_v consider_v those_o three_o part_n of_o which_o especial_o christian_a temple_n be_v compose_v viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o little_a spot_n of_o ground_n through_o which_o you_o go_v 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the_o severity_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n here_o stand_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lamenter_n who_o undergo_v the_o hard_a burden_n of_o penance_n these_o clad_v in_o the_o vile_a habit_n sackcloth_n and_o ash_n their_o face_n fill_v with_o horror_n and_o amazement_n do_v implore_v the_o prayer_n of_o the_o faithful_a enter_v into_o the_o church_n prostrati_fw-la in_o medium_n antè_fw-la viduas_fw-la antè_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la omnium_fw-la lachrymas_fw-la suadentes_fw-la omnium_fw-la vestigia_fw-la lambentes_fw-la omnium_fw-la genua_fw-la detinentes_fw-la here_o you_o may_v have_v see_v miserable_a spectacle_n of_o those_o sin_n and_o that_o contempt_n of_o the_o church_n which_o our_o day_n have_v make_v but_o the_o object_n of_o mirth_n and_o laughter_n you_o may_v have_v see_v the_o politic_a but_o unfortunate_a ecebolius_n roll_v himself_o in_o the_o dirt_n kiss_v the_o foot_n of_o the_o