Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	faith_n	justification_n	work_n	32,098	5	6.7418	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92138	The divine right of church-government and excommunication: or a peacable dispute for the perfection of the holy scripture in point of ceremonies and church government; in which the removal of the Service-book is justifi'd, the six books of Tho: Erastus against excommunication are briefly examin'd; with a vindication of that eminent divine Theod: Beza against the aspersions of Erastus, the arguments of Mr. William Pryn, Rich: Hooker, Dr. Morton, Dr. Jackson, Dr. John Forbes, and the doctors of Aberdeen; touching will-worship, ceremonies, imagery, idolatry, things indifferent, an ambulatory government; the due and just powers of the magistrate in matters of religion, and the arguments of Mr. Pryn, in so far as they side with Erastus, are modestly discussed. To which is added, a brief tractate of scandal ... / By Samuel Rutherfurd, Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Published by authority.	Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661.	1646 (1646)	Wing R2377; Thomason E326_1; ESTC R200646	722,457	814

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55_o 56_o etc._n etc._n 98_o 99_o 100_o 4._o 5_o 155_o 156_o 157_o 12._o 32_o 51_o 52_o 53_o etc._n etc._n 7._o 25_o 26_o 64_o 65_o t●_n of_o scan._n 66_o 67_o 74_o 14._o 1_o 2_o 362_o 363_o 17._o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13_o 383_o 384_o 385_o 386_o 387_o 388_o 389_o 340_o 402_o 303_o 404_o 405_o 406_o 407_o 408_o 409_o 410_o 411_o 505_o 17._o 18_o 547_o 548_o 571_o 572_o 19_o 20._o  _fw-fr 20._o 19_o 66_o 67_o 22._o 9_o ibid._n 23._o 18_o 455_o 456_o 32._o 2_o 455_o jeshua_n ch._n ver._n page_n 1_o 2_o 507_o 22._o 15_o 16_o ibid._n judge_n ch._n ver._n page_n 18._o 17_o 567_o 1_o sam._n ch._n ver._n page_n 8._o 7_o 208_o 209_o 210_o 3._o 13_o 453_o 454_o 15._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 65_o 66._o 1_o king_n ch._n ver._n page_n 8._o 17_o 96_o 97_o 98_o 11._o 12_o 571_o 572_o 12._o 27_o 127_o 18._o 40_o 41_o 428_o 2_o king_n ch._n ver._n page_n 11._o 1●_n 18_o 572_o 1_o chron._n ch._n ver._n page_n 26_o ●_o etc._n etc._n 410_o 411_o 28._o 11_o 27_o 28_o 26._o 30_o 31_o 414_o 415_o 29._o 20_o 159_o 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appeal_v from_o the_o church_n or_o any_o ecclesiastical_a judicature_n to_o the_o civil_a judge_n for_o paul_n appeal_v from_o festus_n who_o be_v neither_o church_n nor_o church_n officer_n and_o so_o paul_n appeal_v from_o a_o inferior_a civil_a judge_n to_o a_o superior_a or_o civil_a judge_n as_o be_v clear_a act_v 28._o 6._o and_o when_o festus_n have_v tarry_v among_o they_o more_o than_o ten_o day_n he_o go_v down_o to_o caesarea_n and_o the_o religion_n next_o day_n sit_v in_o the_o judgement_n seat_n command_v paul_n to_o be_v bring_v vers_n 10._o and_o paul_n say_v i_o stand_v at_o caesar_n judgement_n seat_n where_o i_o ought_v to_o be_v judge_v he_o refuse_v v_o 9_o 10._o to_o be_v judge_v by_o festus_n at_o jerusalem_n but_o say_v v_o 11._o i_o appeal_v to_o cesar_n now_o he_o have_v reason_n to_o appeal_v from_o festus_n to_o cesar_n for_o the_o jew_n lay_v many_o grievous_a complaint_n against_o paul_n which_o they_o can_v not_o prove_v vers_fw-la 7._o and_o it_o be_v say_v vers_fw-la 8._o that_o festus_n be_v willing_a to_o do_v the_o jew_n a_o pleasure_n and_o so_o be_v manifest_o a_o partial_a judge_n and_o though_o the_o sanedrim_n at_o jerusalem_n can_v have_v judge_v in_o point_n of_o law_n that_o paul_n be_v a_o blasphemer_n and_o so_o by_o their_o law_n he_o ought_v to_o die_v for_o so_o caiphas_n and_o the_o priest_n and_o pharisee_n deal_v with_o jesus_n christ_n yet_o his_o appeal_n from_o the_o sanedrim_n 1._o corrupt_a and_o have_v manifest_o declare_v their_o bloody_a intention_n against_o paul_n 2._o from_o a_o sanedrim_n in_o its_o constitution_n false_a and_o degener_v far_o from_o what_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v by_o god_n institution_n deut._n 17._o 8_o 9_o 10._o it_o now_o usurp_a civil_a business_n which_o belong_v not_o to_o they_o paul_n may_v also_o lawful_o appeal_v from_o a_o bloody_a and_o degenerate_v church_n judicature_n act_v according_a to_o the_o bloody_a lust_n of_o man_n against_o a_o innocent_a man_n to_o a_o more_o 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he_o materialiter_fw-la the_o enemy_n make_v the_o cause_n of_o paul_n a_o church_n business_n but_o formal_o it_o be_v sedition_n 1._o it_o be_v a_o business_n for_o which_o the_o sanedrim_n seek_v paul_n life_n and_o blood_n for_o which_o they_o have_v neither_o authority_n nor_o law_n by_o divine_a institution_n therefore_o they_o seek_v the_o help_n of_o felix_n festus_n and_o the_o roman_a deputy_n so_o lysias_n write_v to_o felix_n act._n 23._o 29._o i_o perceive_v paul_n to_o be_v accuse_v of_o question_n of_o their_o law_n but_o to_o have_v nothing_o lay_v to_o his_o charge_n worthy_a of_o death_n or_o of_o bond_n now_o it_o be_v clear_v the_o roman_a deputy_n think_v not_o any_o accusation_n for_o the_o jewish_a religion_n a_o matter_n of_o death_n and_o bond_n and_o therefore_o gallio_n the_o deputy_n of_o achaia_n act_v 18._o 14._o say_v

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10._o 11._o 12._o a_o christian_a shall_v not_o condemn_v a_o jew_n no●_n one_o brother_z another_o in_o thing_n indifferent_a 1._o because_o we_o be_v brethren_n 2._o because_o it_o be_v christ_n place_n to_o judge_v and_o condemn_v 3._o because_o every_o man_n must_v give_v a_o account_n for_o himself_o ergo._fw-la law_n of_o ruler_n to_o condemn_v or_o punish_v be_v not_o to_o be_v make_v in_o such_o case_n proposit_n 7._o v._n 13._o when_o the_o use_n of_o thing_n indifferent_a be_v a_o stumble_a block_n and_o scandal_n to_o our_o brethren_n they_o be_v against_o charity_n and_o unlawful_a proposit_n 8._o v._n 14._o there_o be_v a_o prolepsis_n meat_n clean_a or_o not_o clean_o may_v be_v eat_v but_o all_o meat_n be_v clean_a and_o paul_n be_v persuade_v of_o that_o by_o jesus_n christ_n ergo_fw-la the_o apostle_n answer_v 1._o by_o deny_v the_o major_a proposition_n in_o two_o case_n and_o set_v down_o a_o distinction_n all_o thing_n be_v clean_a in_o themselves_o but_o they_o 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1._o disp_n 54._o sect._n 3_o actus_fw-la adorandi_fw-la respectu_fw-la prototypi_fw-la est_fw-la proprie_fw-la latreia_fw-la etc._n etc._n respectu_fw-la vero_fw-la imaginis_fw-la est_fw-la inferior_a veneratio_fw-la 5._o distin_n distin_n burges_n lawfulness_n of_o kneel_v cap._n 8._o p._n 14_o 15._o 15._o p._n 34_o 35._o 35._o p._n 84_o 85._o 85._o edward_n 6._o book_n of_o engl._n serve_v rubr_n 5._o 5._o joan._n gisenive_n in_o ●uo_fw-la patisi●o_fw-la disp_n 25_o n._n 40._o 40._o didocl_n in_o altari_fw-la damasc_fw-la hospinianus_n de_fw-fr originc_fw-la festorum_fw-la christian_n contra_fw-la gretser_n profeste_a corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la fol_n 94._o 7._o arca_n non_fw-la est_fw-la bab●●a_fw-la pro_fw-la d●●_n vivente_fw-la nec_fw-la propterea_fw-la adorata_fw-la so_o answer_v molinaus_n in_o his_o buckler_n of_o faith_n of_o image_n sect._n 118._o and_o fran._n whites_n way_n to_o the_o church_n cap._n 9_o pag._n 3._o 3._o weame_n 3._o volumn_n of_o the_o ceremon_n law_n cap._n 3._o pag._n 12._o the_o place_n worship_n at_o his_o footstool_n discuss_v discuss_v arias_n montanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d musculus_fw-la musculus_fw-la calvine_n comment_n in_o psal_n 99_o 5._o 5._o junius_n annotation_n ibid._n lyranus_fw-la a_o dorandam_n deum_fw-la aute_fw-la arcam_fw-la non_fw-la ipsam_fw-la arcam_fw-la tylenus_n in_o syntag_n nat_n de_fw-fr preca_fw-la disp_n 49._o the_o 2._o nu_fw-la 29._o particula_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d notat_fw-la idem_fw-la quod_fw-la versus_fw-la vatablus_n adorate_fw-la ad_fw-la scabellum_fw-la i._n e._n in_o templo_fw-la ante_fw-la arcam_fw-la arcam_fw-la gratian_n de_fw-fr conser_fw-fr do_v 1._o cap._n 68_o prayer_n may_v as_o lawful_o be_v give_v to_o the_o creature_n as_o adoration_n there_o be_v a_o prayer_n make_v to_o the_o image_n of_o the_o face_n of_o jesus_n write_v in_o linen_n salve_fw-la sancta_fw-la facies_fw-la nostri_fw-la redemptoris_fw-la salve_n vultus_fw-la domini_fw-la imago_fw-la beata_fw-la nos_fw-la deduc_fw-la ad_fw-la propria_fw-la ●_o felix_fw-la figura_fw-la ad_fw-la videndum_fw-la faciem_fw-la qua_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la pura_fw-la pura_fw-la concilium_fw-la tridentinum_n sessione_n 25._o 25._o raphael_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr torres_n in_o 22._o q._n 95_o art_n 2._o disp_n 6._o dub_v 5._o eusebius_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr praeparat_fw-la evang._n teach_v we_o that_o rudiores_fw-la tantum_fw-la ad_fw-la ligna_fw-la &_o lapides_fw-la respiciunt_fw-la sapientes_fw-la autem_fw-la gentile_n voluerunt_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o dci_o virtutes_fw-la sensibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la per_fw-la imagine_v nobis_fw-la familiariter_fw-la deferri_fw-la they_o make_v image_n book_n of_o god_n athanasius_n in_o orat_fw-la contr_n idolat_a dieunt_fw-la philosophi_fw-la statuas_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la essedcos_fw-la sed_fw-la simulacbra_fw-la deorum_fw-la ideo_fw-la baberi_fw-la ut_fw-la dys_fw-la sub_fw-la istis_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la respondeant_fw-la respondeant_fw-la suarez_n in_o 3._o tho._n q._n 25._o art_n 3._o disp_n 54._o sect._n 4._o 4._o o_o crux_fw-la ave_fw-la we_o may_v pray_v to_o image_n and_o the_o element_n in_o the_o supper_n as_o well_o as_o we_o may_v kneel_v to_o they_o they_o suarez_n de_fw-fr tripli_v virt_n &_o supr_n this_fw-mi 51._o sect._n 1._o pag._n 757._o 757._o antonius_n capellus_n adversusprimatum_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la contrav_fw-mi 2._o cap._n 30._o 30._o vasquez_n to_o 1_o part_n 3._o q_o 25._o art_n 23._o disp_n 109._o cap._n 4._o 4._o suarez_n tom_n 1._o in_o 3._o q._n 25._o art_n 3._o disp_n 54._o sect._n 5._o si_fw-mi tantum_fw-la coram_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la adoratur_fw-la deus_fw-la hoc_fw-la multum_fw-la derogat_fw-la imaginum_fw-la venerationi_fw-la nam_fw-la ●x_fw-la eo_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la sequitur_fw-la imagine_v clementa_fw-la sacramentalia_fw-la minus_fw-la coli_fw-la quam_fw-la exemplaria_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la sequitur_fw-la illas_fw-la non_fw-la coli_fw-la omnius_fw-la sed_fw-la exemplaria_fw-la tantum_fw-la tantum_fw-la vasquez_n tom_n 1._o part_n 3._o q._n 25._o disp_n 108._o cap._n 14._o nam_fw-la iconomachi_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la solam_fw-la recordationem_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la utuntur_fw-la ante_fw-la illas_fw-la genu●_n a_o non_fw-la flectunt_fw-la nec_fw-la se_fw-la prostemunt_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la ipsas_fw-la not●_n exteriore_fw-la adorarent_fw-la sed_fw-la erecti_fw-la absque_fw-la ullo_fw-la corporis_fw-la gestu_fw-la qui_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la indicet_fw-la ●oram_fw-la imagine_v exemplaris_fw-la recordantur_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la spiritu_fw-la solum_fw-la adorant_fw-la adorant_fw-la gregorius_n mag._n l._n 7._o epist_n 53._o if_o these_o be_v his_o epistle_n epistle_n vasquez_n ibid._n he_o who_o adore_v a_o saint_n say_v joan._n d●_n lugo_fw-mi de_fw-fr myster_n inincarnat_a disp_n 36._o sect_n 3._o n._n 29._o for_o friendship_n and_o grace_n which_o he_o have_v arguitiuè_a by_o consequence_n he_o worship_v god_n of_o who_o the_o man_n have_v grace_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o needful_a that_o he_o formal_o adore_v god_n and_o in_o recto_fw-la in_o so_o do_v for_o he_o may_v honour_v the_o saint_n and_o not_o formal_o honour_n god_n for_o the_o saint_n and_o god_n be_v two_o divers_a object_n answ_n this_o prove_v our_o point_n that_o when_o i_o adore_v a_o image_n intend_v to_o adore_v god_n some_o ●oule-adoration_n adher_v to_o the_o image_n and_o that_o be_v a_o taste_n of_o god_n proper_a glory_n give_v to_o a_o stock_n or_o a_o stone_n stone_n joan._n de_fw-fr lugo_fw-la de_fw-fr mist_n incar_n disp_n 36._o sect_n 3._o n._n 25_o 26_o 27._o &_o seq_n respectus_n imaginis_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la materialis_fw-la &_o inanimatus_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la ap●rimus_fw-la caput_fw-la imagini_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la actionem_fw-la nihil_fw-la velimus_fw-la imagini_fw-la dicere_fw-la aut_fw-la significare_fw-la sed_fw-la soli_fw-la exemplari_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la dirigitur_fw-la ille_fw-la actus_fw-la pro_fw-la ut_fw-la significativus_fw-la &_o prout_fw-la civilis_fw-la communicatio_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la respectu_fw-la illius_fw-la solum_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la actio_fw-la animata_fw-la de_fw-fr lugo_n ibid._n hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la esset_fw-la stultum_fw-la mendacium_fw-la quia_fw-la absoluté_fw-fr loquend●_n meliores_fw-la sumus_fw-la nos_fw-la quam_fw-la imago_fw-la sancti_fw-la petri._n and_o conform_v to_o this_o the_o seven_o pretend_v and_o bastard_n council_n call_v they_o half_a holy_a and_o half_a true_a half_o false_a worshipper_n of_o god_n antonius_n capellus_n cit_v it_o advers._fw-la prim_fw-la regis_fw-la anglia_fw-it c._n 30._o who_o will_v have_v image_n to_o stand_v only_o for_o memorial_n but_o not_o to_o be_v worship_v council_n seven_o art_n 1._o p._n 458._o qui_fw-la vero_fw-la dicunt_fw-la su●●icere_fw-la usum_fw-la imaginum_fw-la ad_fw-la memoriam_fw-la solum_fw-la non_fw-la vero_fw-la ad_fw-la salutationem_fw-la ●as_fw-la habentes_fw-la illud_fw-la quidem_fw-la recipientes_fw-la hoc_fw-la vero_fw-la re●icien●es_fw-la s●miprobi_fw-la quadantenus_fw-la &_o falso_fw-la u●ti_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la deprehenduntur_fw-la answ_n answ_n de_fw-fr lugo_n ibid._n 39_o imagine_v veer_v cedo_fw-la exterius_fw-la daudo_fw-la illi_fw-la meliorem_fw-la &_o superiorem_fw-la lo●um_fw-la honorifice_fw-la eam_fw-la tracta●do_fw-la tracta●do_fw-la orat._n 5._o d●_n imagine_v imagine_v 7._o synod_n act_n 4._o 4._o iuo_o 4._o part_n svi_fw-la decret_a c._n 38._o 38._o nicephorus_n hist_o lib._n 2._o c._n 17._o 17._o nicephorus_n hist_o li._n 2._o c._n 43._o lib._n 6._o c._n ●6_n ●6_n lib._n 7._o c._n 33._o 33._o canisius_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-fr beata_fw-la virgine_fw-la c._n 22._o divers_a fable_n touch_v image_n image_n s●p_n 14._o 14._o de_fw-fr idolo_fw-la vanit_fw-la vanit_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 7._o c._n 8._o 8._o august_n contra_fw-la adamant_n c._n 13._o 13._o gregor_n make_fw-mi epist_n ad_fw-la serenum_fw-la massilien_n sem_fw-mi lib._n 7._o ep._n 109._o 109._o voetius_fw-la in_o desper_n cause_n papat_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 6._o sect_n 2._o 2._o sympson_n 6._o century_n of_o the_o worship_v of_o image_n p._n 38._o 38._o pet._n molin●us_a buckler_n of_o faith_n of_o image_n sect._n 118._o pag._n 308._o 308._o bellarm_n de_fw-fr scrip_n in_o chron._n chron._n genebrard_n thron_n a_o 794._o p._n 308._o 308._o barronius_n an._n 726._o observe_v that_o aeneas_n silvius_n epist_n 301._o say_v ante_fw-la nicenam_fw-la synodum_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la sibi_fw-la vivebat_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la sibi_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o parrot_n respectus_fw-la ad_fw-la romanam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ●abe●atur_fw-la a_o metropolitan_a bishop_n a_o step_n to_o the_o popedom_n be_v first_o create_v here_o in_o rome_n car●bage_n constantin●ple_n antiochia_n antiochia_n pontific_n pontific_n paulus_n diaconus_fw-la lib._n 13._o 13._o bergomensis_n lib._n 10._o 10._o synod_n frankford_n frankford_n aventinus_n lib._n 4._o 4._o hincmarus_n cap._n 20._o contra_fw-la jandu●●ns●m_fw-la jandu●●ns●m_fw-la vrspergen_n in_o histor_n histor_n hincmarin_n archiepiscopus_fw-la remorum_fw-la c._n 10._o cont_n hincmarin_n ●andunensem_fw-la episcop_n episcop_n eccius_n in_o e●chirid_n e●chirid_n hospin_n d●_n orig_n imag_n p_o 197._o 197._o calvin_n justit_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 11._o sect._n 13._o 13._o josephus_n antiq_n lib._n 18._o cap._n 11._o 11._o euse●_n bistor_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o 6._o epist_n plinii_n 2_o add_v imporat_a trajan_n trajan_n euseb_n histor_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 33._o 33._o bucol●_n in_o alexand._n severo_fw-la severo_fw-la symson_n 1_o century_n cap._n 1._o 1._o justin_n martyr_n in_o dialog_n cum_fw-la trypho_n &_o apolog_n 2._o 2._o tertullian_n apo_fw-it cap._n

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