Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	church_n	faith_n	pope_n	5,063	5	6.9524	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B21152	The increase of popery in England, since the reformation made by King Henry VIII shewing the great encouragement that priests, Jesuits, and other promoter of that bloudy religion have had from persons of power and authority, the discouragements and notorious hardships, even to silencing, and banishment from cities and corporations, that have been the portion of many able and faithful Protestant ministers, that have eminently opposed it : with an essay towards what may possibly befall the Churches of Christ from the hellish contrivances and damnable plots of Romish emissaries : with a faithful extract out of the most authentick records of the most memorable things referring to the reformation, viz. Henry VIII, his reasons given in his proclamation for taking away the Popes usurped power, his protestation against the pope, his injunctions to his clergy, Bishop St[e]phen Gardener's oath or protestation, and his reasons against the Popessupremacy in England and the publick agreement of the whole clergy of England, as confirmed and ratified in the book called the Bishops book, published in the year 1534 / by .. William Dell ...	Darrell, William, 1651-1721.	1681 (1681)	Wing D923	53,277	58

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obedience_n sincere_o and_o with_o my_o very_a heart_n only_o to_o your_o royal_a majesty_n as_o to_o my_o supreme_a prince_n i_o profess_v the_o papacy_n of_o rome_n not_o to_o be_v ordain_v of_o god_n by_o holy_a scripture_n pope_n stephen_n gardener_n abrenounce_v the_o pope_n but_o constant_o do_v affirm_v and_o open_o declare_v and_o shall_v declare_v it_o to_o be_v set_v up_o only_o by_o man_n and_o shall_v cause_v diligent_o other_o man_n likewise_o to_o publish_v the_o same_o neither_o shall_v i_o enter_v any_o treaty_n with_o any_o person_n or_o person_n either_o privy_o or_o apert_o or_o shall_v consent_v thereto_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n shall_v have_v or_o exercise_v here_o any_o authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n or_o be_v to_o be_v restore_v to_o any_o jurisdiction_n hereafter_o furthermore_o that_o the_o say_a bishop_n of_o rome_n now_o be_v or_o any_o that_o shall_v succee_v he_o hereafter_o in_o the_o say_v see_v be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v pope_n nor_o 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