Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	church_n	infant_n	visible_a	2,976	5	9.7844	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19033	The plea for infants and elder people, concerning their baptisme, or, A processe of the passages between M. Iohn Smyth and Richard Clyfton wherein, first is proved, that the baptising of infants of beleevers, is an ordinance of God, secondly, that the rebaptising of such, as have been formerly baptised in the apostate churches of Christians, is utterly unlawful, also, the reasons and objects to the contrarie, answered : divided into two principal heads, I. Of the first position, concerning the baptising of infants, II. Of the second position, concerning the rebaptising of elder people.	Clyfton, Richard, d. 1616.	1610 (1610)	STC 5450; ESTC S1572	214,939	244

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lev._n 19_o 17._o ezr._n 10._o 8._o joh._n 9_o 22._o and_o 22._o 42._o and_o 16._o 2._o lev._n 22._o 3._o num._n 9_o 13._o &_o 19_o 13._o exod._n 22._o 19_o so_o be_v these_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n under_o the_o gospel_n mat._n 18._o 15._o 16._o 17._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 3._o 4._o 5._o second_o for_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n which_o you_o say_v be_v of_o another_o nature_n then_o that_o of_o the_o new_a i_o answer_v that_o former_a church_n be_v of_o a_o heavenly_a constitution_n a_o †_o kingdom_n of_o priest_n and_o a_o “_o holy_a nation_n the_o people_n *_o saint_n as_o well_o as_o the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o this_o people_n be_v separate_a from_o all_o other_o nation_n &_o call_v out_o to_o be_v the_o lord_n “_o peculiar_a people_n be_v unite_v into_o one_o body_n by_o covenant_n between_o the_o lord_n and_o they_o and_o so_o become_v the_o people_n church_n and_o kingdom_n of_o god_n 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