Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	bishop_n	church_n	presbyter_n	4,517	5	10.4419	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17985	Tithes examined and proued to bee due to the clergie by a diuine right VVhereby the contentious and prophane atheists, as also the dissembling hypocrites of this age, may learne to honour the ministers and not to defraude them, and to rob the Church. The contents heereof is set downe in the page next following. Written by George Carleton Batchelour in Diuinitie.	Carleton, George, 1559-1628.	1606 (1606)	STC 4644; ESTC S107556	55,614	94

doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n before_o he_o so_o immediate_o succeed_v the_o apostle_n for_o between_o the_o death_n of_o john_n the_o apostle_n and_o origen_n be_v but_o 84._o year_n so_o that_o which_o origen_n here_o deliver_v of_o tithe_n be_v never_o cross_v in_o the_o church_n follow_v till_o antichrist_n oppress_v all_o now_o this_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o very_a great_a presumption_n for_o the_o truth_n if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o that_o a_o sentence_n shall_v be_v keep_v in_o the_o best_a time_n of_o the_o church_n so_o long_o uncontrolled_a and_o never_o alter_v till_o the_o mist_n of_o superstition_n come_v in_o which_o change_v all_o thing_n but_o let_v we_o consider_v the_o rest_n which_o follow_v next_o after_o origen_n follow_v cyprian_n who_o reprove_v 66._o geminius_n faustinus_n who_o geminus_n victor_n have_v make_v overseer_n of_o his_o will_n this_o he_o sharp_o rebuke_v as_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n say_v that_o minister_n or_o as_o he_o term_v they_o by_o a_o 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dwell_v within_o the_o circuit_n of_o that_o parish_n ought_v to_o be_v baptize_v and_o it_o be_v distinguish_v by_o this_o name_n from_o chapel_n for_o albeit_o diverse_a chapel_n be_v found_v within_o the_o same_o circuit_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o ancient_a order_n that_o baptism_n may_v not_o be_v celebrate_v in_o those_o chapel_n but_o only_o in_o the_o chief_a church_n in_o that_o circuit_n this_o be_v confirm_v out_o of_o a_o council_n of_o toledo_n plures_fw-la baptismales_fw-la plures_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o una_fw-la terminatione_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la sed_fw-la una_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la cum_fw-la capellis_fw-la suis._n the_o counsel_n call_v cabilonense_n about_o the_o year_n 650._o have_v thus_o ecclesiae_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la constitutae_fw-la eccle._n nec_fw-la decimis_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la possessione_n priventur_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la novis_fw-la oratorijs_fw-la tribuantur_fw-la and_o in_o case_n a_o man_n shall_v build_v a_o church_n or_o 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beneficijs_fw-la svas_fw-la habent_fw-la basilicas_fw-la contempta_fw-la 1._o episcopi_fw-la dispositione_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ubi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la &_o praedicationem_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la christi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la decimas_fw-la svas_fw-la daunt_v sed_fw-la proprijs_fw-la basilicis_fw-la vel_fw-la alijs_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la sue_v tribuunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la legi_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la canonibus_fw-la constat_fw-la esse_fw-la contrarium_fw-la the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n can._n 16._o witness_v that_o the_o country_n parish_n church_n be_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o several_a bishop_n and_o if_o a_o question_n rise_v to_o which_o bishop_n the_o parish_n belong_v 30._o year_n prescription_n be_v require_v to_o prove_v the_o right_n if_o any_o city_n shall_v be_v afterward_o renew_a by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n than_o the_o ordination_n of_o parish_n shall_v follow_v the_o 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distinguish_v these_o term_n lex_fw-la mandata_fw-la iustificationes_fw-la praecepta_fw-la testimonia_fw-la but_o forasmuch_o as_o serve_v our_o purpose_n he_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o write_v haec_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la decimarum_fw-la as_o it_o be_v write_v of_o thing_n ceremonial_a haec_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la paeschae_fw-la lex_fw-la azymorum_fw-la lex_fw-la circumcisionis_fw-la where_o origen_n note_v that_o this_o be_v a_o mark_n of_o a_o ceremony_n for_o of_o such_o it_o be_v never_o write_v say_v he_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la mandatum_fw-la paschae_fw-la but_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la paschae_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o which_o he_o prove_v that_o tithe_n be_v no_o ceremony_n and_o he_o lay_v down_o this_o position_n christus_fw-la nos_fw-la redemit_fw-la de_fw-la maledicto_fw-la legis_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la maledicto_fw-la mandati_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la maledicto_fw-la testimonij_fw-la aut_fw-la iudiciorum_fw-la which_o sentence_n will_v be_v favourable_o expound_v as_o take_v usaledictum_fw-la for_o the_o obligation_n which_o do_v bring_v the_o curse_n with_o it_o but_o i_o seek_v out_o only_o the_o judgement_n of_o origen_n for_o the_o point_n in_o question_n upon_o these_o reason_n he_o say_v plain_o hanc_fw-la ego_fw-la legem_fw-la speak_v of_o the_o law_n whereby_o ibid._n tithe_n be_v pay_v obseruari_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la literam_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la nonnulla_fw-la necessarium_fw-la puto_fw-la and_o again_o non_fw-la videtur_fw-la huinsmodi_fw-la anima_fw-la habere_fw-la memoriam_fw-la dei_fw-la nec_fw-la cogiture_n nec_fw-la credere_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la dederit_fw-la fructus_fw-la quos_fw-la caepit_fw-la quos_fw-la i●a_fw-la recondit_fw-la quasi_fw-la alienes_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la â_fw-la deo_fw-la sibi_fw-la date_n crederet_fw-la sciret_fw-la utique_fw-la munerando_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la honorare_fw-la deum_fw-la de_fw-la datis_fw-la &_o muneribus_fw-la suis_fw-la far_o he_o expound_v that_o say_n mat._n 23._o these_o thing_n you_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v and_o not_o to_o have_v leave_v the_o other_o undo_v to_o be_v a_o precept_n no_o less_o for_o the_o use_n of_o christion_n than_o jew_n out_o of_o which_o testimony_n we_o see_v plain_o what_o origen_n who_o hierom_n account_v the_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o father_n esteem_v of_o tithe_n of_o diverse_a thing_n so_o express_o affirm_v by_o he_o we_o may_v especial_o observe_v two_o first_o that_o origen_n who_o by_o hieroms_n account_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 188._o have_v receive_v from_o his_o elder_n no_o other_o knowledge_n of_o this_o question_n than_o this_o that_o tithe_n be_v due_a among_o christian_n secundum_fw-la literam_fw-la aswell_o as_o among_o jew_n second_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o as_o soon_o as_o we_o first_o hear_v any_o thing_n speak_v of_o this_o question_n in_o the_o church_n we_o find_v that_o tithe_n be_v not_o account_v ceremonial_a or_o judicial_a but_o moral_a and_o perpetual_a precept_n for_o the_o church_n now_o as_o origen_n receive_v and_o report_v the_o