Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	authority_n	church_n	person_n	1,479	5	5.0691	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59542	A true representation of the rise, progresse, and state of the present divisions of the Church of Scotland	Sharp, James, 1613-1679.	1657 (1657)	Wing S2969; ESTC R33874	35,787	51

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our_o brethren_n speak_v of_o purge_v yet_o they_o show_v themselves_o very_o irregular_a and_o partial_a in_o that_o work_n albeit_o we_o have_v be_v most_o tender_a of_o they_o and_o since_o the_o assembly_n at_o st._n andrews_n and_o dundie_n have_v never_o censure_v any_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o public_a difference_n yet_o when_o information_n be_v give_v in_o against_o any_o of_o they_o as_o scandalous_a and_o insufficient_a they_o decline_v all_o trial_n of_o the_o matter_n and_o sometime_o for_o that_o end_n decline_v the_o judicatories_n as_o corrupt_v but_o their_o proceed_n against_o any_o of_o our_o judgement_n where_o they_o have_v power_n be_v most_o disorderly_a for_o they_o cast_v out_o man_n at_o their_o pleasure_n and_o none_o but_o such_o as_o otherwise_o differ_v from_o they_o in_o public_a matter_n have_v nothing_o real_a or_o relevant_a against_o they_o some_o of_o they_o be_v man_n who_o when_o they_o join_v with_o they_o for_o a_o time_n be_v good_a 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