Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	sabbath_n	sunday_n	11,265	5	11.9324	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34082	The right of tythes asserted & proved, from divine institution, primitive practice, voluntary donations, and positive laws with a just vindication of that sacred maintenance from the cavils of Thomas Elwood, in his pretended answer to the friendly conference.	Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699.	1677 (1677)	Wing C5488; ESTC R39378	85,062	252

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statute_n of_o 32_o h._n 8._o there_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o a_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n or_o freehold_a in_o tithe_n and_o in_o the_o countess_n of_o oxford_n case_n 5_o jacob._n a_o writ_n of_o dower_n be_v bring_v of_o predial_a tithe_n cook_n 2_o part_n in_o priddle_n and_o nappers_n case_n 9_o case_n see_v hughs_n abridgement_n tit_n dime_n §._o 1._o num_fw-la 9_o but_o tenure_n in_o dower_n be_v one_o kind_n of_o freehold_n as_o be_v show_v before_o it_o appear_v therefore_o that_o tithe_n may_v be_v sue_v for_o at_o law_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o other_o freehold_n may_v and_o therefore_o our_o law_n do_v esteem_v they_o no_o other_o than_o a_o freehold_a and_o it_o be_v a_o miserable_a shift_n of_o the_o baffle_a quaker_n to_o pretend_v they_o be_v only_o a_o freehold_n to_o the_o laity_n and_o not_o to_o the_o clergy_n since_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o when_o some_o of_o the_o tithe_n be_v alienate_v those_o very_a law_n which_o make_v the_o alienation_n do_v not_o give_v the_o laity_n any_o other_o estate_n in_o tithe_n than_o such_o as_o the_o clergy_n have_v before_o and_o such_o as_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o clergy_n have_v then_o to_o the_o tithe_n remain_v in_o ecclesiastical_a hand_n and_o though_o the_o clergy_n have_v a_o better_a right_o to_o tithe_n in_o foro_fw-la coeli_fw-la yet_o in_o foro_fw-la soli_fw-la they_o have_v not_o a_o less_o right_o to_o they_o than_o the_o laity_n now_o have_v by_o the_o law_n of_o this_o land_n nor_o have_v a_o layman_n who_o be_v a_o impropriator_n any_o more_o better_a or_o other_o way_n to_o recover_v his_o tithe_n than_o the_o clergy_n have_v so_o that_o either_o the_o quaker_n must_v grant_v the_o law_n make_v they_o both_o freehold_v or_o neither_o of_o they_o since_o the_o same_o law_n and_o method_n of_o prosecution_n be_v concern_v in_o the_o security_n of_o both_o these_o sort_n of_o freehold_n we_o may_v see_v therefore_o what_o rare_a effect_n ignorance_n and_o confidence_n can_v 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and_o which_o be_v the_o better_a subject_n and_o just_a person_n those_o who_o submit_v to_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o their_o country_n and_o give_v unto_o all_o their_o due_n or_o those_o who_o revile_v the_o law_n and_o detain_v man_n right_n from_o they_o but_o ne_o suitor_n ultra_fw-la crepidam_fw-la i_o must_v not_o imitate_v t._n be_v extravagance_n while_o i_o do_v reprove_v they_o nor_o dare_v i_o say_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o profession_n of_o other_o man_n but_o with_o all_o due_a submission_n to_o such_o as_o be_v better_o learn_v in_o our_o law_n than_o i_o can_v pretend_v to_o be_v to_o who_o i_o shall_v free_o confess_v my_o error_n if_o i_o have_v say_v any_o thing_n on_o this_o subject_a that_o they_o shall_v not_o approve_v for_o law_n and_o reason_n §_o 35._o the_o quaker_n p._n 334._o think_v to_o overthrow_v these_o law_n and_o statute_n by_o repeat_v his_o old_a baffle_a falsehood_n viz._n that_o they_o be_v ground_v on_o this_o false_a supposition_n that_o tithe_n be_v due_a to_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n but_o we_o have_v prove_v this_o be_v a_o true_a supposition_n and_o maintain_v by_o the_o primitive_a orthodox_n father_n so_o that_o nothing_o be_v more_o false_a than_o his_o say_n again_o here_o this_o be_v a_o doctrine_n pure_o popish_a and_o hatch_v at_o rome_n and_o since_o these_o statute_n be_v ground_v on_o a_o primitive_a and_o a_o protestant_a doctrine_n the_o statute_n be_v therefore_o good_a again_o he_o say_v pag._n 335._o a_o man_n can_v claim_v that_o by_o a_o temporal_a law_n as_o a_o temporal_a right_n which_o that_o law_n command_v to_o be_v pay_v as_o a_o divine_a right_n whereas_o all_o the_o world_n know_v two_o title_n to_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v subordinate_a to_o one_o another_o do_v strengthen_v each_o other_o as_o a_o father_n have_v a_o maintenance_n reserve_v out_o of_o the_o profit_n of_o his_o son_n estate_n mention_v in_o those_o deed_n which_o settle_v the_o say_a estate_n on_o the_o son_n though_o he_o have_v a_o right_a to_o be_v maintain_v by_o his_o son_n jure_fw-la divino_fw-la may_v claim_v a_o maintenance_n by_o virtue_n of_o these_o deed_n jure_fw-la humano_fw-la and_o the_o second_o title_n strengthen_v but_o do_v not_o destroy_v the_o first_o he_o go_v on_o to_o ask_v pag._n 336._o whether_o the_o property_n be_v vest_v in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o priest_n or_o the_o office_n i_o reply_v a_o office_n be_v capable_a of_o be_v vest_v in_o a_o property_n and_o the_o present_a person_n who_o sustain_v that_o office_n have_v this_o property_n vest_v in_o he_o during_o his_o life_n with_o remainder_n to_o his_o successor_n for_o ever_o as_o the_o elwoods_n family_n may_v be_v endow_v with_o a_o estate_n in_o tail_n the_o property_n of_o which_o belong_v to_o that_o family_n and_o be_v special_o vest_v in_o the_o present_a heir_n but_o whether_o in_o the_o man_n or_o the_o elwood_n be_v hard_o to_o tell_v again_o he_o make_v himself_o sure_a of_o that_o which_o 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