Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	abraham_n	gentile_n	seed_n	1,786	5	8.0049	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32762	The divine institution of congregational churches, ministry and ordinances [as has bin professed by those of that persuasion] asserted and proved from the word of God / by Isaac Chauncy ...	Chauncy, Isaac, 1632-1712.	1697 (1697)	Wing C3748; ESTC R38739	70,081	155

as_o to_o the_o adult_n part_n be_v professor_n of_o their_o mystical_a relation_n to_o christ_n 5.30_o christ_n eph._n 5.30_o for_o the_o true_a believer_n can_v be_v know_v but_o by_o such_o profession_n that_o must_v come_v into_o visibility_n before_o any_o one_o can_v have_v any_o approve_a church-membership_n or_o any_o fair_a or_o plausible_a pretence_n to_o a_o right_a thereto_o 11.23_o thereto_o jam._n 2.18_o act_n 11.23_o 2._o though_o profess_v believer_n with_o their_o immediate_a infant-seed_n be_v the_o true_a and_o fit_a matter_n for_o a_o visible_a church_n 2.39_o church_n act_n 2.39_o yet_o be_v not_o their_o profession_n the_o visible_a form_n of_o a_o church_n stone_n may_v be_v good_a and_o well_o square_v for_o a_o building_n but_o do_v not_o give_v form_n to_o any_o house_n 7._o house_n 1_o king_n 6_o 7._o till_o they_o be_v visible_o conjoin_v and_o knit_v together_o to_o a_o cornerstone_n 2.21_o cornerstone_n 1_o pet._n 2.5_o eph._n 2.21_o therefore_o the_o band_n must_v be_v visible_a in_o this_o building_n of_o christ_n all_o the_o sitted_a part_n as_o live_v stone_n free_o come_v to_o christ_n the_o cornerstone_n and_o by_o common_a consent_n unite_n themselves_o to_o christ_n and_o one_o another_o to_o make_v a_o spiritual_a house_n a_o habitation_n of_o god_n by_o his_o spirit_n 22._o spirit_n eph._n 2.21_o 22._o every_o one_o of_o which_o be_v supposed_o at_o least_o unite_v to_o christ_n the_o mystical_a head_n 4.15_o head_n eph._n 4.15_o and_o so_o become_v live_a stone_n do_v now_o come_v to_o christ_n by_o a_o second_o explicit_a visible_a union_n in_o a_o political_a body_n of_o he_o 5._o he_o rom._n 12.1_o 4_o 5._o which_o can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o confederation_n whereby_o each_o one_o with_o his_o immediate_a infant-seed_n be_v give_v up_o unto_o christ_n and_o associate_v to_o the_o say_a member_n in_o one_o corporation_n or_o body_n politic_a §_o 9_o that_o explicit_a confederation_n give_v form_n to_o a_o visible_a 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covenant_v 9.13_o covenant_v 2_o cor._n 9.13_o as_o also_o in_o that_o place_n speak_v of_o give_v up_o one_o self_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o one_o another_o 8.5_o another_o 2_o cor._n 8.5_o §_o 10._o hence_o as_o it_o be_v a_o covenant_a body_n so_o a_o body_n separate_v from_o the_o world_n heathenish_a and_o antichristian_a 17._o antichristian_a 1_o cor._n 10_o 19.20_o rev._n 18.3_o 2_o cor._n 6.16_o 17._o a_o church_n can_v be_v a_o peculiar_a and_o select_a people_n without_o separate_n from_o communion_n in_o church_n ordinance_n with_o visible_a unbeliever_n and_o from_o false_a worship_n of_o all_o kind_n whatever_o 2.9_o whatever_o 2_o cor._n 6.15_o 16._o 1_o pet._n 2.9_o §_o 11._o the_o immediate_a infant-seed_n of_o the_o confederate-believer_n become_v give_v up_o unto_o god_n and_o receive_v church-membership_n in_o and_o by_o the_o parent_n covenant_n 9.8_o covenant_n 1_o cor._n 7.14_o gal._n 4.28_o rom._n 9.8_o for_o such_o be_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o first_o 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