Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	england_n	law_n	statute_n	1,497	5	9.0809	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39570	The bishop busied beside the business, or, That eminent overseer, Dr. John Gauden, Bishop of Exeter, so eminently overseen as to wound his own cause well nigh to death with his own weapon in his late so super-eminently-applauded appearance for the [brace] liberty of tender consciences, legitimacy of solemn swearings, entituled, A discourse concerning publick oaths, and the lawfulness of swearing in judicial proceedings, in order to answer the scruples of the Quakers ... / by Samuel Fisher ...	Fisher, Samuel, 1605-1665.	1662 (1662)	Wing F1051; ESTC R37345	155,556	170

be_v the_o world_n and_o the_o civil_a state_n and_o several_a nation_n thereof_o which_o howbeit_o the_o bishop_n take_v nation_n for_o church_n by_o wholesale_n here_o as_o if_o the_o word_n church_n and_o nation_n be_v synonima_n yet_o qua_fw-la nation_n be_v not_o church_n to_o grow_v together_o with_o the_o wheat_n until_o the_o harvest_n or_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o with_o this_o caveat_n least_o man_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o bussling_n and_o busy_a mind_n mistake_v shall_v under_o a_o pretence_n of_o pluck_v up_o the_o tare_n root_n out_o the_o wheat_n itself_o also_o which_o what_o kingdom_n or_o people_n soever_o do_v bishop_n gaudens_fw-la counsel_n and_o caveat_n to_o the_o contrary_a notwithstanding_o who_o say_v he_o be_v not_o for_o such_o a_o ●…ame_n permission_n of_o tare_n to_o be_v among_o the_o wheat_n lest_o that_o good_a seed_n of_o religion_n which_o be_v sow_v by_o the_o public_a ministry_n by_o which_o he_o mean_v no_o other_o than_o their_o own_o and_o fence_v by_o legal_a authority_n shall_v be_v ●…hoaked_v have_v better_o busy_v itself_o whole_o about_o other_o and_o mere_a secular_a matter_n of_o wrong_n and_o wicked_a lewdness_n which_o reason_n will_v they_o shall_v be_v total_o take_v up_o with_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o civil_a power_n those_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o not_o only_o proper_o but_o indeed_o alone_o appertain_v to_o they_o to_o be_v exercise_v in_o or_o take_v cognisance_n of_o for_o if_o the_o wheat_n which_o be_v indeed_o those_o true_a worshipper_n only_o who_o worship_n the_o father_n of_o spirit_n who_o be_v a_o spirit_n and_o seek_v such_o only_a to_o worship_v he_o in_o spirit_n and_o in_o truth_n in_o reference_n unto_o who_o all_o other_o outside_n worshipper_n be_v as_o nothing_o for_o what_o be_v the_o chaff_n to_o the_o wheat_n say_v the_o lord_n and_o which_o only_o must_v go_v into_o the_o garner_n when_o all_o chaffy_a formalist_n must_v in_o this_o day_n wherein_o 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