Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	bind_v	heaven_n	loose_v	3,925	5	11.0027	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85946	Touching the subject of supremacy in causes ecclesiastical. Diatriba quædam Oxoniensis cujusdam. Tending to peace and setling, by shewing how the powers civil and ecclesiastical may act in their own sphæres without incroachment on one another. July 12. 1647. Imprimatur John Downame.	Geree, John, 1601?-1649.	1647 (1647)	Wing G601; Thomason E398_14; ESTC R201689	3,929	8

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20.23_o 1_o cor._n 5.3_o 4_o 5_o 13._o 2_o thess_n 3.6_o 14._o 1_o tim._n 1.19_o 20._o 2._o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o these_o censure_n be_v formal_o to_o be_v administer_v only_o by_o church_n officer_n appoint_v thereto_o by_o jesus_n christ_n as_o the_o magistrate_n may_v not_o 20._o not_o 2_o chro._n 26.18_o 19_o 20._o preach_v administer_v the_o sacrament_n etc._n etc._n so_o may_v he_o not_o execute_v spiritual_a censure_n the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v not_o give_v to_o state_n but_o church-officer_n mat._n 16.19_o joh._n 20.23_o 3._o as_o none_o can_v excommunicate_v so_o none_o can_v absolve_v formal_o but_o the_o officer_n that_o excommunicate_v he_o only_o that_o bind_v can_v loose_v so_o that_o in_o this_o respect_n the_o supremacy_n of_o power_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n may_v be_v say_v to_o lie_v in_o the_o church-officer_n because_o none_o can_v formal_o undo_v what_o they_o have_v do_v 4._o but_o now_o we_o be_v to_o observe_v a_o true_a and_o 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