Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	beast_n	empire_n	horn_n	2,189	5	10.2680	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57095	The Revelation reveled By two apocalyptical treatises. Shewing. I. How neer the period of the time is, wherein the mysterie of God shall bee fulfilled. II. What things are already fulfilled, and what shall shortly follow thereupon, as they are foretold in the Revelation. Translated out of High-Dutch. With an introductorie preface, shewing that besides the accomplishment of the particular historical events, spoken of in the Revelation, which are com, ... there is a deeper mysterie, and matter of more necessarie and profitable knowledg, to bee reflected upon in the words of this prophesie; whereof also a summarie and a key, ... to bee thought upon by all the Godlie-wise in the three nations.	Dury, John, 1596-1680.; Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.	1651 (1651)	Wing R1190A; ESTC R220789	91,312	257

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themselves_o as_o blasius_n viegas_n in_o cap._n 17._o apoc._n sect_n 3._o remacius_n de_fw-fr vaulx_n in_o harpocrate_n divino_fw-la part_n 1._o fol._n 235._o bellarm._n lib._n 2._o pontif._n rom._n c._n 2._o &_o lib._n 3._o c._n 5._o but_o by_o the_o city_n with_o the_o street_n be_v the_o whole_a roman_a popish_a empire_n set_v forth_o as_o it_o be_v elsewhere_o compare_v unto_o a_o beast_n with_o ten_o horn_n chap._n 13._o and_o 17._o and_o unto_o the_o sea_n with_o river_n and_o fountain_n chapter_n 16._o compare_v also_o luc._n 14._o vers_fw-la 21._o 23._o the_o city_n of_o rome_n be_v call_v spiritual_o that_o be_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n or_o the_o roman_a papacy_n be_v among_o the_o hebrew_n especial_o the_o prophet_n to_o be_v call_v signify_v as_o much_o as_o to_o be_v and_o that_o in_o a_o singular_a high_a manner_n and_o way_n as_o appear_v by_o isaiah_n chapter_n 1._o vers_fw-la 26._o chapter_n 7._o vers_fw-la 14_o chapter_n 9_o vers_fw-la 6._o chapter_n 56._o vers_fw-la 7._o chapter_n 60._o vers_fw-la 14._o chap._n 26._o vers_fw-la 4._o jerem._n 3_o vers_fw-la 17._o chap._n 23._o vers_fw-la 6._o ezech._n 48._o vers_fw-la 35._o zach._n 6._o vers_fw-la 12._o chap._n 8._o vers_fw-la 3._o finkius_n can._n 49._o cent._n 11._o spiritual_o that_o be_v mystical_o in_o a_o mysterious_a sens_fw-fr and_o resemblance_n another_o sodom_n because_o of_o their_o paederastia_n and_o other_o horrible_a sodomitical_a abomination_n and_o sin_n which_o not_o only_o be_v commit_v but_o commend_v there_o as_o sleidan_n lib._n and_o balaeus_n in_o catalogo_fw-la do_v write_v concern_v joannes_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cata_n archbishop_n of_o benevent_v that_o he_o publish_v in_o print_n a_o treatise_n to_o commend_v sodomy_n so_o that_o this_o be_v full_o agreeable_a to_o that_o which_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n say_v chap._n 3._o vers_fw-la 9_o the_o show_n of_o their_o countenance_n do_v witness_n against_o they_o and_o they_o declare_v their_o sin_n as_o sodom_n they_o hide_v it_o not_o she_o be_v another_o egypt_n because_o of_o the_o great_a blindness_n and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n as_o also_o because_o of_o the_o tyranny_n and_o grievous_a bondage_n wherewith_o she_o do_v afflict_v the_o people_n of_o god_n drive_v and_o compel_v they_o to_o a_o slavish_a servitude_n of_o popery_n she_o be_v also_o a_o true_a likeness_n of_o jerusalem_n because_o she_o like_o the_o jew_n do_v despise_v god_n and_o his_o word_n kill_v the_o prophet_n nay_o refuse_v to_o hear_v and_o to_o receiv_v the_o son_n of_o god_n himself_o blaspheme_v calumniate_a persecute_v and_o crucify_a he_o in_o his_o member_n as_o by_o experience_n be_v clear_o see_v and_o their_o dead_a body_n shall_v lie_v in_o the_o street_n these_o word_n be_v speak_v as_o it_o be_v with_o some_o amazement_n abrupt_o and_o without_o the_o conclude_a word_n to_o make_v up_o the_o sens_fw-fr the_o dead_a body_n of_o the_o witness_n in_o this_o street_n but_o which_o street_n a_o city_n have_v many_o street_n and_o so_o have_v the_o papal_a state_n which_o be_v here_o call_v the_o great_a city_n have_v under_o it_o many_o street_n and_o kingdom_n in_o subjection_n those_o we_o must_v reflect_v upon_o to_o discover_v where_o such_o war_n and_o persecution_n in_o these_o year_n from_o the_o one_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o ninety_o five_o of_o our_o lord_n be_v happen_v three_o principal_a street_n or_o kingdom_n have_v the_o oriental_a antichrist_n the_o truth_n in_o his_o subjection_n he_o have_v not_o use_v any_o such_o persecution_n against_o the_o christian_n in_o his_o dominion_n seven_o be_v under_o the_o occidental_a antichrist_n in_o italy_n france_n spain_n and_o the_o british_a kingdom_n no_o such_o remarkable_a persecution_n do_v happen_v within_o this_o time_n nor_o also_o in_o poland_n the_o attempt_n which_o be_v make_v in_o prussia_n in_o the_o one_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o ninety_o five_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v of_o no_o long_a continuance_n what_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o hungary_n and_o transylvania_n in_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o two_o and_o some_o follow_v be_v quiet_v by_o the_o putshkeyish_a insurrection_n and_o can_v be_v refer_v to_o this_o the_o ten_o horn_n yet_o remain's_n germany_n or_o the_o german_a empire_n which_o in_o the_o whole_a beast_n or_o empire_n can_v be_v count_v otherwise_o but_o one_o horn_n and_o a_o kingdom_n by_o itself_o in_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o four_o monarchy_n this_o be_v the_o principal_a street_n in_o the_o great_a city_n the_o principal_a horn_n of_o the_o beast_n the_o principal_a kingdom_n in_o the_o four_o monarchy_n who_o head_n be_v represent_v by_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n this_o german_a empire_n be_v here_o call_v the_o street_n per_fw-la excellentiam_fw-la because_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a street_n in_o the_o empire_n which_o do_v appear_v hence_o 1._o by_o reason_n it_o be_v call_v the_o roman_a empire_n 2._o by_o reason_n it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o 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thes_n 2._o hence_o it_o be_v that_o joannes_n cluverius_n in_o comentario_n posthumo_fw-la in_o apol._n tom._n iii_o write_v thus_o totius_fw-la negotii_fw-la cardo_n versatur_fw-la in_o inveniendo_fw-la exordio_fw-la antichristi_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o rvinam_fw-la imperii_fw-la romani_fw-la incidere_fw-la ostendimus_fw-la 6._o the_o beast_n with_o two_o horn_n the_o antichristian_a pope_n of_o rome_n come_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n quiet_o about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o three_o hundred_o ninety_o five_o year_n revelation_n 13._o vers_fw-la 11._o when_o he_o arrogate_a unto_o himself_o the_o primacy_n and_o preeminencie_n over_o the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a state_n before_o the_o nicene_n synod_n which_o be_v hold_v in_o three_o hundred_o twenty_o five_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o preeminencie_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n over_o other_o church_n be_v not_o know_v wherefore_o aeneas_n silvius_n in_o epistola_fw-la 288._o write_v ante_fw-la nicaenum_n concilium_fw-la cuique_fw-la sibi_fw-la vivebat_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la romanam_fw-la sedem_fw-la parvus_fw-la habebatur_fw-la respectus_fw-la beside_o the_o succeed_a pope_n liberius_n i._o fellix_fw-la ii_o and_o damasus_n do_v not_o seek_v any_o such_o matter_n nay_o in_o the_o three_o hundred_o nineti_v year_n in_o the_o three_o council_n of_o carthage_n can._n 26._o this_o canon_n be_v make_v ut_fw-la primae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la non_fw-la appelletur_fw-la princeps_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la aut_fw-la summus_fw-la sacerdos_n aut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sed_fw-la tantùm_fw-la primae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la tom._n council_n p._n 544._o innocent_n the_o first_o who_o in_o the_o four_o hundred_o second_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n succeed_v anastasius_n at_o rome_n be_v the_o first_o that_o make_v a_o act_n that_o the_o heretic_n shall_v be_v compel_v to_o embrace_v the_o catholic_n faith_n and_o have_v also_o attribute_v unto_o himself_o authority_n and_o power_n not_o only_o 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ninety_o eight_o year_n sub_fw-la anastasio_n be_v conclude_v on_o cap._n 3._o placuit_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la &_o diaconos_fw-la secundùm_fw-la propria_fw-la priora_fw-la vel_fw-la prima_fw-la statuta_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la ●xoribus_fw-la continere_fw-la quod_fw-la nisi_fw-la fecerint_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la removeantur_fw-la officio_fw-la tom._n 1._o council_n p._n 517._o vid._n distinct_a 84._o cap._n 3_o 4_o 5._o 7._o in_o the_o eleven_o chapter_n we_o have_v see_v that_o the_o two_o witness_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o sixty_o year_n shall_v be_v fight_v against_o overcome_v and_o kill_v which_o as_o have_v be_v prove_v above_o be_v hitherto_o come_v to_o pass_v the_o last_o act_n be_v now_o short_o to_o be_v expect_a in_o the_o province_n of_o silesia_n whether_o now_o this_o be_v perform_v in_o this_o or_o in_o the_o next_o follow_v year_n thereupon_o their_o raise_n again_o will_v follow_v after_o 3½_n year_n 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be_v transact_v he_o be_v a_o inquisitive_a observer_n of_o the_o passage_n thereof_o and_o in_o the_o three_o he_o be_v effectual_o employ_v as_o a_o coagent_n to_o help_v to_o fulfil_v the_o mystery_n of_o god_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n and_o in_o each_o of_o these_o manifestation_n christ_n be_v represent_v to_o he_o suitable_o to_o the_o administration_n which_o be_v reveal_v in_o the_o first_o as_o a_o man_n in_o deal_v with_o man_n in_o the_o second_o as_o a_o lamb_n offer_v up_o to_o god_n in_o deal_v with_o god_n and_o in_o the_o three_o as_o a_o mighty_a angel_n in_o deal_v with_o satan_n and_o his_o angel_n and_o with_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n in_o the_o world_n second_o for_o the_o open_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o this_o vision_n i_o observe_v that_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o be_v to_o show_v when_o and_o how_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n which_o he_o bathe_v speak_v by_o the_o prophet_n shall_v be_v finish_v and_o to_o show_v this_o first_o two_o mean_n be_v 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