Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	blood_n	body_n	jesus_n	12,126	5	6.1739	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91293	Suspention suspended. Or, The divines of Syon-Colledge late claim of the power of suspending scandalous persons, from the Lords Supper (without sequestring them from any other publicke ordinance, or the society of Christians) and that by the very will and appointment of Jesus Christ (not by vertue of any ordinance of Parliament) from whom they receive both their office and authority; briefly examined, discussed, refuted by the Word of God, and arguments deduced from it; and the contrary objections cleerly answered. Wherein, a bare suspention of persons from the Lords Supper onely, without a seclusion of them from other ordinances, is proved to be no censure or discipline appointed by Jesus Christ in his Word: ... That the Lords Supper is frequently, not rarely to be administred as well to unregenerate Christians to convert them, as to regenerate to confirme them: ... / By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esq.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1646 (1646)	Wing P4097; Thomason E510_12; ESTC R203299	51,434	45

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and_o void_a of_o save_a faith_n the_o eat_n of_o this_o heavenly_a banquet_n can_v not_o be_v prescribe_v unto_o such_o as_o a_o bare_a seal_n or_o confirm_v ordinance_n of_o save_a grace_n already_o receive_v much_o less_o as_o a_o mean_n of_o their_o condemnation_n or_o aggravation_n of_o their_o sin_n but_o only_o as_o a_o instrument_n of_o their_o inward_a conversion_n and_o regeneration_n to_o beget_v save_v faith_n and_o spiritual_a life_n within_o their_o soul_n and_o unite_v they_o unto_o christ_n hence_o the_o 356._o the_o bochellus_n de_fw-mi crete_z eccles_n gal._n l_o 3_o tit._n 1._o c_o 2._o p_o 356._o synod_n of_o lingon_n an._n 1404._o define_v thus_o sacramentum_fw-la sanctae_fw-la e●charistiae_n est_fw-la excellentissimum_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la gratia_n confertur_fw-la &_o sanctificat_fw-la seu_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la causat_fw-la sicut_fw-la alia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la quia_fw-la continet_fw-la in_o se_fw-la actorem_fw-la totius_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o sanctificationis_fw-la dominuin_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la hence_o the_o synod_n of_o 153._o of_o bochellus_n de_fw-fr eret_fw-la eccles_n gal._n l_o 2._o tit._n 1._o c_o 34_o p_o 152_o 153._o sennes_n an._n 1521._o refute_v such_o who_o deny_v the_o power_n of_o confer_v grace_n to_o the_o sacrament_n not_o only_o prove_v baptismi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la sva_fw-la virtute_fw-la confer_v gratiam_fw-la still_v it_o lavacrum_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la quo_fw-la denuo_fw-la nastimur_fw-la but_o likewise_o resolve_v thus_o of_o the_o lord_n supper_n quis_fw-la autem_fw-la vivific_a they_o neget_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la quod_fw-la tam_fw-la apertis_fw-la scripturae_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la comprobatur_fw-la calix_n enim_fw-la benedictionis_fw-la cvi_fw-la benedicimus_fw-la nun_n communio_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la &_o panis_fw-la quem_fw-la frangimus_fw-la nun_n participatio_fw-la corporis_fw-la domini_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n quibus_fw-la luce_fw-fr clarius_fw-la constet_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacrosanctam_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la non_fw-la solnm_fw-la gratiam_fw-la confer_v etc._n etc._n which_o thus_o interpret_v and_o second_v by_o the_o synod_n of_o 148_o of_o bochellus_n ibid._n c._n 32._o p._n 148_o paris_n anno_fw-la 1557._o may_v pass_v for_o orthodox_n truth_n sacramentum_fw-la juxta_fw-la nominis_fw-la etymologiam_fw-la id_fw-la significat_fw-la quo_fw-la quid_fw-la sacratur_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la itaque_fw-la ex_fw-la more_fw-it catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sacrae_fw-la rei_fw-la signum_fw-la externum_fw-la &_o sensibile_fw-la efficaci_fw-la significatione_n insinuans_fw-la internam_fw-la &_o invisibilem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la aut_fw-la effectum_fw-la gratuitum_fw-la ex_fw-la divina_fw-la institutione_n ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la mortalium_fw-la destinatum_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la duabus_fw-la potissimum_fw-la de_fw-la causis_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la esse_fw-la instituta_fw-la videntur_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sint_fw-la invisibilis_fw-la sanctificationis_fw-la insignia_fw-la &_o externa_fw-la signa_fw-la christiani_n ini_fw-la illius_fw-la quae_fw-la magnae_fw-la congregationis_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sigilla_fw-la ne_fw-la domini_fw-la familia_fw-la aliarum_fw-la gentium_fw-la admixtione_fw-la fiat_fw-la incerta_fw-la altera_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la ipsa_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la significent_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la sanctificent_a &_o conferant_fw-la invisibilem_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la non_fw-la propria_fw-la aliqua_fw-la rerum_fw-la externorum_fw-la vi_fw-la aut_fw-la merito_fw-la ministri_fw-la sed_fw-la domini_fw-la secretius_fw-la operantis_fw-la quod_fw-la instituit_fw-la itaque_fw-la etsi_fw-la decet_fw-la bonum_fw-la esse_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la ministrum_fw-la tamen_fw-la malus_fw-la etiam_fw-la potest_fw-la utiliter_fw-la dispensare_fw-la quum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la justificationis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la intellegimus_fw-la non_fw-la principalem_fw-la sed_fw-la instrumentalem_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la qua_fw-la res_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la solet_fw-la quamvis_fw-la sine_fw-la ea_fw-la fieni_fw-la possit_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la virtus_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la alligata_fw-la est_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la in_o morborum_fw-la animi_fw-la remedium_fw-la &_o curationem_fw-la instituta_fw-la quorum_fw-la haec_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sacros_fw-la sanctosque_fw-la faciant_fw-la qui_fw-la ea_fw-la digne_fw-fr suscipitunt_fw-la quando_fw-la non_fw-la signa_fw-la quidem_fw-la solum_fw-la sunt_fw-la gratiae_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsus_fw-la causa_fw-la his_o non_fw-la modo_fw-la signando_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o efficiendo_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la christus_fw-la nobis_fw-la confer_v voluit_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la igitur_fw-la non_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la signa_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la infusam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la contegant_fw-la &_o occultent_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la efficiant_fw-la &_o reipsa_fw-la prestant_n &_o cujus_fw-la notae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o signa_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la divinae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la signum_fw-la &_o ●igura_fw-la acinstrumentalis_fw-la causa_fw-la efficiens_fw-la instrumentaliter_fw-la quod_fw-la sensibiliter_fw-la figurat_fw-la henc●_n 142._o henc●_n bochellus_n ibid._n c._n 5._o p._n 142._o the_o council_n of_o bordeaux_n anno_fw-la 1582._o define_v the_o like_a in_o these_o term_n cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nihil_fw-la habet_fw-la preciosius_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la aeternam_fw-la salutem_fw-la cons●quendam_fw-la magis_fw-la necessarium_fw-la quàm_fw-la â_fw-la christo_fw-la instituta_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quibus_fw-la omnis_fw-la justitia_fw-la vel_fw-la incipiatur_fw-la vel_fw-la caepta_fw-la augeatur_fw-la vel_fw-la amissa_fw-la reparatur_fw-la ac_fw-la domini_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la seu_fw-la vasa_fw-la quaedam_fw-la divina_fw-la continent_n eamque_fw-la ritè_fw-la suscipientibus_fw-la conferunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la abunde_fw-la communicetur_fw-la pastor_n omni_n study_v &_o diligentia_fw-la commissum_fw-la sibi_fw-la christianum_fw-la populum_fw-la exhortare_fw-la debent_fw-la ad_fw-la frequentem_fw-la augustissimi_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la usum_fw-la and_o concilium_fw-la 14●_n concilium_fw-la bochellus_n ibid._n c_o ●_o p._n 14●_n bitur_fw-la anno_fw-la 1584._o conclude_v thus_o cum_fw-la per_fw-la primum_fw-la parentem_fw-la violata_fw-la est_fw-la originalis_fw-la justitia_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la creatus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la &_o peccato_fw-la svo_fw-la omnes_fw-la p●st●r●s_fw-la infecit_fw-la etc._n etc._n providus_fw-la deus_fw-la singull_n morbis_fw-la singula_fw-la adhibuit_fw-la remedia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quibus_fw-la peccata_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la ●ominis_fw-la vita_fw-la reg●●ur_fw-la ●ides_fw-la

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