Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	glory_n	house_n	moses_n	1,269	5	9.2980	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67209	Anguis flagellatus, or, A switch for the snake being an answer to the third and last edition of The snake in the grass : wherein the author's injustice and falshood, both in quotation and story, are discover'd and obviated, and the truth doctrinally deliver'd by us, stated and maintained in opposition to his misrepresentation and perversion / by Joseph Wyeth ; to which is added a supplement, by George Whitehead.	Wyeth, Joseph, 1663-1731.; Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. Snake in the grass.	1699 (1699)	Wing W3757; ESTC R16372	333,418	578

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than_o moses_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o who_o have_v build_v the_o house_n have_v more_o honour_n than_o the_o house_n reader_n these_o and_o all_o other_o testimony_n record_v in_o holy_a writ_n testify_v to_o the_o manhood_n as_o well_o as_o the_o divinity_n of_o jesus_n christ_n we_o do_v and_o always_o do_v sincere_o own_o so_o that_o shall_v our_o book_n in_o which_o be_v treat_v direct_o on_o this_o subject_a and_o abundant_o more_o large_o and_o particular_o than_o here_o it_o can_v be_v be_v collect_v they_o will_v make_v many_o volume_n yet_o such_o have_v be_v and_o be_v the_o inveterate_a malice_n of_o our_o enemy_n that_o our_o write_n no_o more_o than_o our_o word_n must_v not_o mean_v what_o we_o so_o often_o and_o solemn_o have_v declare_v we_o do_v mean_a by_o they_o but_o what_o our_o adversary_n will_v have_v they_o to_o mean_v that_o so_o they_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o want_v proof_n for_o these_o their_o false_a and_o envious_a charge_n what_o now_o remain_v for_o 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not_o true_o flesh_n and_o blood_n as_o be_v that_o body_n of_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o the_o live_n god_n ibid._n p._n 125._o but_o they_o deny_v any_o proper_a incarnation_n of_o christ_n that_o be_v that_o he_o be_v make_v flesh_n or_o that_o he_o and_o jesus_n be_v one_o person_n it_o be_v false_a we_o own_o that_o he_o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n proper_o incarnate_a and_o be_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n ibid._n p._n 125._o yet_o they_o allow_v jesus_n to_o be_v call_v christ_n from_o the_o dwell_n of_o christ_n in_o he_o and_o if_o the_o snake_n will_v not_o allow_v so_o much_o he_o contradict_v the_o apostle_n who_o say_v of_o jesus_n christ_n with_o he_o dwell_v all_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o godhead_n bodily_a col._n 2_o 9_o ibid._n p._n 125._o but_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n they_o take_v the_o name_n christ_n to_o themselves_o and_o say_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o they_o as_o well_o as_o to_o jesus_n etc._n etc._n jesus_n christ_n when_o he_o ascend_v 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