Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	sir_n	viscount_n	william_n	21,455	5	8.2490	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03335	Mystical babylon, or Papall Rome A treatise vpon those words, Apocal. 18.2. It is fallen, it is fallen Babylon, &c. In which the wicked, and miserable condition of Rome, as shee now is in her present Babylonian estate, and as she shall be in her future ineuitable ruine, is fully discouered: and sundry controuersiall points of religion, betwixt the Protestants, and the Papists, are briefly discussed. By Theophilus Higgons, rector of the parochiall Church of Hunton, neere Maidstone in Kent.	Higgons, Theophilus, 1578?-1659.	1624 (1624)	STC 13455; ESTC S118140	129,351	289

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by_o these_o king_n so_o it_o shall_v fall_v by_o these_o king_n this_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o scripture_n apoc._n 18_o no_o man_n buy_v her_o ware_n any_o more_o of_o she_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o traffic_n of_o the_o whore_n and_o spiritual_a negotiation_n of_o her_o beast_n by_o pardon_n dispensation_n and_o other_o fornication_n as_o they_o be_v call_v shall_v cease_v upon_o her_o ruin_n make_v by_o these_o prince_n of_o the_o earth_n whereas_o then_o bellarmine_n say_v the_o pope_n shall_v still_o continue_v bishop_n of_o rome_n i_o answer_v not_o by_o any_o sovereignety_n and_o dominion_n which_o bellarmine_n perhaps_o may_v pretend_v that_o antichrist_n shall_v not_o permit_v he_o actual_o to_o exercise_v in_o that_o time_n but_o we_o affirm_v by_o demonstration_n of_o the_o scripture_n that_o the_o ten_o king_n shall_v deprive_v he_o of_o that_o power_n in_o the_o world_n which_o he_o former_o enjoy_v by_o their_o concession_n which_o shall_v then_o 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as_o pagan_n do_v ab_fw-la urbe_fw-la conditâ_fw-la when_o the_o power_n honour_n and_o glory_n of_o babylon_n and_o her_o beast_n shall_v perish_v and_o be_v extinguish_v by_o the_o concordable_a operation_n of_o these_o great_a and_o puissant_a king_n who_o therefore_o will_v continual_o suppress_v it_o that_o it_o may_v never_o increase_v and_o gather_v strength_n again_o the_o second_o branch_n concern_v papist_n i_o speak_v not_o now_o of_o ordinary_a papist_n but_o chief_a babylonian_a papist_n that_o be_v to_o say_v such_o as_o have_v a_o special_a union_n and_o conjunction_n with_o the_o pope_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o appertain_v unto_o the_o mystical_a impiety_n of_o this_o second_o beast_n wherefore_o the_o name_n of_o a_o papist_n be_v take_v either_o from_o popery_n which_o he_o do_v defend_v or_o from_o the_o pope_n to_o who_o he_o do_v adhere_v in_o the_o first_o acception_n i_o esteem_v he_o a_o papist_n that_o leave_v the_o pope_n in_o the_o principal_a and_o 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discession_n from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n upon_o the_o point_n of_o his_o unlawful_a marriage_n with_o the_o lady_n katherine_n his_o brother_n wife_n which_o by_o papal_a dispensation_n be_v contract_v against_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n especial_o as_o her_o case_n do_v stand_v be_v now_o no_o long_o a_o papist_n because_o he_o reject_v the_o pope_n in_o these_o mystery_n of_o the_o papacy_n and_o in_o all_o point_n that_o have_v dependencie_n upon_o his_o seat_n office_n and_o pretence_a authority_n in_o the_o church_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o this_o magnanimous_a prince_n just_o provoke_v but_o unjust_o handle_v by_o the_o holy_a father_n write_v unto_o charles_n the_o five_o and_o to_o all_o christian_a state_n in_o these_o very_a word_n orbis_n intelligat_fw-la varias_fw-la papistarum_fw-la fraud_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o ne_o papa_n regum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ad_fw-la extir_fw-fr pandas_fw-la crescentis_fw-la euangelij_fw-la radices_fw-la 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