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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44086	Animadversions on two pamphlets lately publish'd by Mr. Collier the one call'd, A defence of the absolution given to Sir William Parkins at the place of execution, April 3d, the other, A vindication thereof, occasion'd by a paper entituled, A declaration of the sense of the achbishops [sic] and bishops, &c. : shewing the nature of the late absolution, both as to church and state : in a letter to a friend.	Hody, Humphrey, 1659-1707.	1696 (1696)	Wing H2338; ESTC R13887	12,754	28

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he_o himself_o have_v write_v to_o they_o and_o give_v they_o a_o commission_n to_o do_v it_o without_o he_o i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o of_o these_o matter_n but_o only_o take_v notice_n how_o brisk_o and_o triumphant_o mr._n c._n lay_v about_o he_o sometime_o in_o the_o open_a air_n without_o any_o adversary_n to_o oppose_v he_o you_o will_v think_v the_o bishop_n according_a to_o his_o representation_n if_o you_o have_v not_o read_v their_o declaration_n be_v to_o be_v very_o easy_o refute_v and_o guilty_a of_o strange_a mistake_n but_o when_o you_o compare_v the_o declaration_n and_o the_o answer_v together_o you_o will_v have_v occasion_n to_o wonder_v who_o it_o be_v mr._n c._n be_v please_v to_o write_v against_o the_o bishop_n never_o deny_v that_o the_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n be_v oftentimes_o use_v by_o the_o ancient_n in_o absolution_n but_o they_o understand_v i_o presume_v that_o it_o be_v not_o make_v use_n of_o in_o such_o a_o absolution_n as_o mr._n c._n be_v 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