Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	child_n	servant_n	wife_n	7,379	5	6.5654	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55001	A Platform of church discipline gathered out of the Word of God, and agreed upon by the elders, and messengers of the Churches, assembled in the Synod at Cambridge in New England, to be presented to the churches and Generall Court for their consideration and acceptance in the Lord, the eighth moneth, anno 1649.	Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.	1649 (1649)	Wing P2396; ESTC W2574	37,140	44

as_o li●…le_a 〈◊〉_d as_o 1_o that_o by_o admit_v none_o into_o the_o fellowship_n of_o our_o church_n but_o saint_n by_o c●…lling_v we_o 〈◊〉_d p●…sh-churches_n of_o th●…_z b●…st_n 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v up_o one_o of_o o●…r_o cong●…gations_n which_o be_v not_o o●…ly_o to_o gather_v church_n o●…t_v of_o church_n a_o th●…ng_n 〈◊〉_d ●…f_a ●…n_n sc●…pture_n but_o also_o to_o weaken_v the_o heart_n and_o hand_n of_o the_o best_a minister_n ●…n_n th●…_z par●…shes_n by_o d●…spoyling_v they_o of_o th●…●…st_a ●…earers_n 2_o that_o we_o provide_v no_o course_n for_o the_o gain_v and_o 〈◊〉_d in_o of_o ignorant_a and_o erroneous_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o we_o 〈◊〉_d to_o receive_v into_o our_o church_n and_o so_o exclude_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 3_o that_o in_o our_o way_n we_o sow_v seed●…_n of_o division_n and_o h●…ndrance_n of_o edificat●…on_n in_o every_o f●…ly_a whilst_o admit_v into_o our_o church_n only_a voluntar●…es_n the_o husband_n w●…ll_v be_v ●…f_a on●…_n church_n the_o wife_n of_o another_o the_o parent_n of_o one_o church_n the_o child_n of_o 〈◊〉_d the_o ma●…ster_n of_o one_o ch●…rch_n the_o servant_n of_o another_o and_o so_o the_o parent_n and_o master_n be_v of_o d●…fferent_a church_n from_o their_o child●…n_n and_o servant_n t●…ey_n can_v take_v a_o j●…st_a ●…ccount_n of_o their_o profit_n by_o what_o they_o hear_v yea_o by_o this_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d parent_n and_o mater_n shall_v be_v chargeable_a to_o t●…e_v 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d other_o churc●…es_n and_o church-officer●…_n beside_o their_o own_o which_o will_v prove_v a_o charge_n and_o b●…rden_n unsuppo●…ble_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o to_o 〈◊〉_d fo●…_n 〈◊〉_d church_n out_o of_o church_n we_o can_v s●…y_v t●…_n it_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ●…st_n 〈◊〉_d church_n be_v 〈◊〉_d out_o ●…f_o the_o jew●…sh_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o church_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●…f_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d part●…y_o of_o 〈◊〉_d ga●…leans_n who_o though_o t●…y_o k●…pt_v some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d part_v of_o pu●…k_a 〈◊〉_d wi●…h_v the_o t●…ple_n yet_o 〈◊〉_d th●…_z 〈◊〉_d th●…y_a frequen●…_n th●…_z 〈◊〉_d no●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o their_o 〈◊〉_d cause_n b●…t_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o apostle_n c●…ch_o ●…ll_v ●…he_v ord●…nances_n of_o the_o gos●…_n and_o for_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d church_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d at_o antoch_n it_o appe●…reth_v 〈◊〉_d ●…ve_v ●…een_v g●…hered_v and_o 〈◊〉_d partly_o of_o the_o ●…sed_a b●…hren_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d at_o jerus●…lem_n whe●…of_o so●…_n be_v man_n of_o cyprus_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_n ●…1_n 20_o 21._o if_o it_o be_v sa●…d_v the_o fi●…st_o christ●…an_a church_n at_o jerus●…lem_n and_o that_o at_o antioch_n be_v gather_v not_o out_o of_o any_o ch●…stian_a church_n but_o out_o of_o the_o jewish_a 〈◊〉_d and_o synagogue_n which_o be_v short_o aft●…r_o to_o be_v abolish_v and_o their_o gather_n to_o ant●…och_n be_v upon_o occasion_n of_o dispersion_n in_o time_n of_o persecution_n we_o d●…sire_v it_o may_v be_v consider_v i_o that_o the_o member_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n be_v more_o strong_o and_o st●…tly_o tie_v by_o express_a holy_a covenant_n to_o keep_v fellowsh●…p_n with_o the_o jewish_a church_n t●…ll_v it_o be_v abol_n shed_v than_o any_o member_n of_o christian_a parish-church_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v tie_v to_o keep_v fellowsh●…p_n with_o their_o par●…sh-churches_n the_o episcopal_a canon●…_n which_o bind_v they_o to_o attend_v on_o th●…er_a parish_n church_n it_o be_v likely_a they_o a●…e_v now_o abolish_v with_o the_o episcopa●…y_n the_o common_a law_n ●…f_o the_o land_n be_v satisfy_v a_o as_o we_o conceive_v if_o they_o attend_v upon_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o any_o other_o church_n though_o not_o 〈◊〉_d their_o own_o parish_n but_o no_o such_o like_a covenant_n of_o god_n nor_o any_o other_o religious_a 〈◊〉_d upon_o they_o to_o attend_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o their_o own_o par●…sh_a church_n as_o do_v lie_v up●…n_n the_o jew_n to_o attend_v upon_o the_o wo●…ship_n of_o god_n in_o their_o temple_n and_o synagogue_n 2_o t●…ugh_o the_o jew●…sh_a temple_n church_n at_o jerus●…em_n be_v to_o be_v abolis●…_n vet_z that_o do_v not_o make_v the_o desertion_n of_o it_o by_o the_o member_n to_o be_v lawful_a ●…ll_a 〈◊〉_d be_v al●…o_o she●…_n future_a abolition_n be_v now_o errant_a for_o present_v dese●…o_o unless_o it_o be_v lawful_a ●…n_n some_o case_n 〈◊〉_d the_o chu●…chis_n yet_o in_o present_a sta●…ding_n to_o 〈◊〉_d to_o wit_n either_o for_o avoid_v of_o present_a pollution_n or_o for_o hope_n of_o great_a 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o f●…r_o better_o 〈◊〉_d to_o conscience_n in_o either_o future_a event_n 〈◊〉_d for●…_n of_o 〈◊〉_d to_o not_o ●…olve_v present_a relat●…on_n else_o wife_n child_n servant_n may_v desert_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pa●…ents_n ●…asters_n when_o they_o be_v mortal_o sick_a 3_o what_o the_o member_n of_o the_o jewish_a ch●…ch_n do_v 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o church_n a●…_n antioch_n in_o time_n of_o persecution_n it_o may_v w●…ll_o be_v con●…ved_v ●…e_a 〈◊〉_d of_o any_o christ_n a_o church_n may_v d●…_n the_o like_a for_o satisfaction_n of_o con●…_n pe●…ce_n of_o 〈◊〉_d be_v m●…re_a 〈◊〉_d than_o the_o pe●…ce_n of_o the_o outwa●…d_n 〈◊〉_d ●…nd_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o cons●…ence_n be_v m●…re_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o sincere_a hea●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d if_o it_o be_v s●…d_v these_o member_n of_o the_o christ_n a_o ch●…ch_n at_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o join_v to_o the_o church_n at_o antioch_n remove_v their_o 〈◊〉_d together_o with_o th●…r_o relation_n which_o ●…f_o the_o brethren_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d way_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o w●…ll_v much_o abate_v the_o grievance_n of_o their_o depart●…_n from_o their_o presbyter_n all_o churche●…_n we_o very_o can_v w●…sh_v they_o ●…o_o to_o a●…_n as_o ●…ll_o approu●…ng_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●…bitation_n ●…n_n case_n of_o ch●…ging_a church-relation●…_n 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o may_v be_v do_v wi●…hout_n too_o much_o ●…riment_n to_o their_o outward_a estate_n ●…nd_v w●…_n for_o our_o pa●…tes_n have_v do_v t●…e_o same_o but_o to_o put_v a_o necessi●…y_n of_o removal_n of_o habi●…●…n_n in_o such_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o fo●…nt_v and_o cherish_v a_o corrupt_a principle_n of_o make_v ciu●…l_a ●…ation_n if_o ●…ot_v a_o 〈◊〉_d cause_n yet_o at_o least_o a_o proper_a adjunct_n of_o church-relation_n which_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n do●…h_v no●…_n ackno●…ledg_n now_o to_o 〈◊〉_d a_o error_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o tr●…th_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v no●…_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o g●…pel_n as_o paul_n 〈◊〉_d galat._n 2._o 14._o 4_o we_o do_v not_o think_v it_o meet_v or_o safe_a for_o a_o me●…ber_n of_o a_o presbyterial_a church_n fo●…_n with_o to_o desert_v his_o relation_n to_o his_o church_n betake_v himself_o to_o the_o fellowship_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d church_n though_o he_o may_v d●…scern_v some_o def●…ct_n in_o the_o estate_n or_o government_n of_o his_o own_o for_o 1_o faithfulness_n of_o brotherly_a love_n in_o church-relation_n require_v that_o the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n sh●…ld_v first_o convince_v their_o brethren_n of_o their_o sinful_a defect_n and_o due_o wait_v for_o their_o reformation_n bef●…re_o they_o depart_v from_o they_o for_o if_o we_o must_v take_v such_o a_o course_n for_o the_o heal_n of_o a_o private_a brother_n in_o a_o way_n of_o brotherly_a love_n with_o much_o ●…eekness_n and_o patience_n how_o more_o more_o ought_v we_o so_o to_o walk_v with_o like_o tendrness_n towards_o a_o whole_a church_n again_o 2_o by_o the_o hasty_a departure_n of_o ●…ound_a member_n from_o a_o defective_a church_n refo●…mation_n be_v not_o promote_v but_o many_o time_n retard_v and_o corruption_n increase_v whereas_o ●…n_n the_o contrary_a while_o sincere_a member_n breathe_v after_o purity_n of_o reformation_n abide_v together_o they_o may_v by_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n upon_o their_o faithful_a endeavour_n preva●…le_a much_o with_o their_o elder_n and_o neighbour_n towards_o a_o reformation_n ●…t_o may_v be_v so_o 〈◊〉_d as_o that_o their_o elder_n in_o their_o own_o church_n shall_v receive_v none_o to_o the_o lord_n table_n ●…ut_o visible_a saint_n and_o in_o the_o classis_fw-la shall_v put_v forth_o no_o authoritive_a ●…ct_n but_o c●…tive_a only_o touch_v the_o member_n of_o other_o church_n nor_o touch_v their_o own_o but_o 〈◊〉_d the_o consent_n silent_a consent_n at_o least_o of_o their_o own_o church_n which_o two_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d t●…ey_n can_v ●…bteyn_fw-mi with_o any_o humble_a meek_a holy_a faithful_a endeavour_n we_o 〈◊〉_d they_o may_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n find_v liberty_n ●…f_a consc●…ce_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d relation_n with_o their_o own_o pre●…byteriall_a church_n w●…hout_v scru●…le_a 5_o ●…t_n to_o add_v a_o word_n farthe●…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o gather_n of_o c●…urches_n out_o of_o ch●…rches_n what_o ●…f_o the●…e_v we●…e_v ●…o_o express_v examp●…●…f_o such_o a_o