Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	great_a	lord_n	praise_v	2,118	5	9.2754	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96712	The summe of diverse sermons preached in Dublin, before the L. Deputie Fleetwood, and the Commissioners of Parliament for the affairs of Ireland. wherein the doctrine of infant-baptism is asserted, and the main objections of Mr. Tombs, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Blackwood, and others, answered / by Samuel Winter ...	Winter, Samuel, 1603-1666.	1656 (1656)	Wing W3089; ESTC R43829	127,074	209

say_v that_o he_o baptize_v they_o say_v unto_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v believe_v in_o he_o that_o shall_v come_v after_o he_o whosoever_o therefore_o shall_v destroy_v the_o foundation_n deny_v the_o trinity_n and_o deprave_v the_o form_n of_o baptism_n their_o baptism_n be_v invalid_a thus_o much_o of_o the_o definition_n we_o pass_v from_o the_o definition_n to_o the_o argument_n for_o infant-baptism_n the_o first_o argument_n be_v take_v from_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n go_v and_o disciple_v all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n 1._o by_o nation_n be_v mean_v man_n woman_n and_o child_n which_o be_v a_o great_a part_n of_o nation_n and_o must_v needs_o be_v include_v in_o the_o command_n for_o when_o david_n exhort_v all_o people_n and_o nation_n to_o praise_v the_o lord_n he_o afterward_o explain_v himself_o young_a man_n and_o maiden_n old_a man_n and_o child_n let_v they_o praise_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n psalm_n 148.11_o 12_o 13._o 2._o we_o know_v when_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v make_v disciple_n and_o circumcise_a their_o child_n also_o be_v make_v disciple_n that_o be_v such_o as_o be_v admit_v into_o christ_n school_n for_o a_o child_n be_v account_v a_o scholar_n the_o first_o day_n of_o his_o admission_n and_o such_o do_v christ_n undertake_v to_o teach_v non_fw-la quia_fw-la docti_fw-la erant_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la docti_fw-la essent_fw-la discipling_n be_v not_o of_o person_n already_o teach_v but_o that_o they_o may_v be_v teach_v 3._o in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n all_o nation_n be_v oppose_v to_o that_o restriction_n of_o it_o to_o the_o jew_n the_o commission_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v enlarge_v as_o to_o the_o gentile_n therefore_o child_n be_v include_v in_o it_o as_o they_o be_v former_o 4._o debet_fw-la 4._o quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la universali_fw-la aliquo_fw-la universalitèr_fw-la dicitur_fw-la id_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sub_fw-la isto_fw-la universali_fw-la contentis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la well_o posito_fw-la toto_fw-la generali_fw-la pars_fw-la ejus_fw-la negari_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la god_n speak_v of_o nation_n universal_o and_o give_v no_o restraint_n no_o determination_n or_o limitation_n unto_o any_o sex_n or_o age_n therefore_o all_o be_v include_v 5._o it_o be_v a_o national_a dispensation_n and_o from_o a_o national_a dispensation_n no_o entire_a species_n ever_o be_v exempt_v 6._o the_o baptize_v the_o a_o stranger_n that_o be_v circumcise_v say_v maimonides_n and_o not_o baptize_v or_o that_o be_v baptize_v and_o not_o circumcise_v be_v not_o a_o proselyte_n till_o he_o be_v both_o circumcise_v and_o baptize_v manner_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v to_o baptize_v the_o child_n of_o jew_n and_o proselyte_n ex._n 19.8_o they_o be_v all_o baptize_v or_o wash_v thus_o gen._n 35.2_o jacob_n cause_v the_o woman_n and_o child_n to_o be_v baptize_v person_n and_o in_o the_o talmud_n as_o mr._n liglnfoot_n observe_v they_o baptize_v little_a one_o by_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o consistory_n the_o hebrew_n gloss_n upon_o the_o place_n say_v if_o he_o have_v not_o a_o father_n and_o his_o mother_n bring_v the_o child_n to_o be_v proselyte_v they_o baptize_v he_o because_o there_o be_v no_o proselyte_n without_o circumcision_n and_o baptism_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o a_o jewish_a proselyte_n in_o arrianus_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o baptize_v person_n for_o baptism_n or_o wash_n among_o the_o jew_n be_v a_o know_a rite_n solemn_o use_v among_o they_o for_o the_o initiate_a of_o jew_n and_o proselyte_n into_o the_o covenant_n therefore_o the_o manner_n and_o form_n of_o baptism_n with_o the_o subject_n thereof_o be_v well_o know_v to_o the_o jew_n they_o inquire_v not_o of_o john_n concern_v those_o thing_n john_n 1.25_o but_o only_o question_v his_o commission_n this_o jewish_a custom_n christ_n turn_v into_o a_o ordinance_n that_o he_o may_v quiet_o usher_v it_o into_o the_o world_n not_o express_o mention_v the_o child_n but_o include_v they_o in_o the_o general_a the_o right_a of_o child_n to_o the_o seal_n be_v grant_v and_o not_o at_o all_o question_v by_o they_o thus_o than_o i_o argue_v nation_n disciple_v be_v to_o be_v baptize_v but_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n be_v a_o part_n of_o nation_n disciple_v therefore_o they_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v confound_v baptize_v see_v mat._n 10.42_o mar._n 9.41_o where_o these_o term_n be_v confound_v that_o they_o be_v call_v disciple_n it_o appear_v by_o act_n 15_o 10_o why_o tempt_v you_o god_n to_o put_v a_o yoke_n upon_o the_o neck_n of_o the_o disciple_n all_o they_o upon_o who_o neck_n they_o will_v have_v lay_v this_o yoke_n be_v disciple_n but_o they_o will_v have_v put_v this_o yoke_n of_o circumcision_n upon_o child_n therefore_o child_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v here_o call_v disciple_n mind_n v._o 1._o except_o you_o be_v circumcise_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o moses_n you_o can_v be_v save_v those_o word_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o moses_n include_v all_o male_n whether_o young_a or_o old_a act._n 21.21_o with_o v._o 25._o and_o 6.14_o those_o myriad_o or_o many-ten-thousands_a be_v inform_v that_o paul_n teach_v the_o jew_n among_o the_o gentile_n to_o forsake_v moses_n disciple_n see_v act._n 21.4_o 5._o find_v disciple_n they_o all_o bring_v we_o on_o our_o way_n with_o wife_n and_o child_n where_o wife_n and_o child_n be_v include_v under_o the_o notion_n of_o disciple_n say_v that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o circumcise_v their_o child_n but_o the_o elder_n tell_v he_o as_o touch_v the_o gentile_n that_o believe_v we_o have_v write_v and_o conclude_v that_o they_o observe_v no_o such_o thing_n that_o be_v that_o their_o child_n shall_v be_v circumcise_v for_o the_o relative_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v needs_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o 21_o verse_n where_o he_o mention_n the_o circumcision_n of_o child_n observe_v than_o he_o say_v we_o have_v write_v and_o conclude_v which_o word_n refer_v to_o act_n 15_o 23_o the_o apostle_n elder_n &_o brethren_n send_v greeting_n to_o the_o brethren_n which_o be_v of_o the_o gentile_n it_o appear_v that_o the_o question_n be_v conclude_v as_o concern_v the_o gentile_n and_o their_o child_n and_o not_o the_o jew_n child_n call_v there_o disciple_n the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n wave_v the_o question_n as_o concern_v the_o jew_n child_n for_o as_o yet_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v it_o act_n 6_o 14_o but_o they_o determine_v that_o the_o gentile_n shall_v not_o circumcise_v their_o child_n or_o observe_v any_o of_o those_o ceremonial_a rite_n save_v only_o that_o they_o abstain_v from_o thing_n strangle_v and_o fornication_n from_o thing_n offer_v to_o idol_n and_o from_o blood_n so_o that_o it_o be_v as_o clear_a as_o the_o sun_n that_o by_o disciple_n act_n 15_o 10_o child_n be_v mean_v 2._o child_n be_v such_o as_o do_v belong_v to_o christ_n therefore_o they_o 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