Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	holy_a	people_n	priesthood_n	1,806	5	9.9741	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63706	Clerus Domini, or, A discourse of the divine institution, necessity, sacredness, and separation of the office ministerial together with the nature and manner of its power and operation : written by the special command of King Charles the First / by Jer. Taylor.	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.; Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. Rules and advices to the clergy of the diocesse of Down and Connor.; Rust, George, d. 1670. Funeral sermon preached at the obsequies of the Right Reverend Father in God Jeremy Lord Bishop of Down.	1672 (1672)	Wing T299; ESTC R13445	91,915	82

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o gregory_n nazianzen_n describe_v the_o honour_n and_o mysteriousness_n of_o the_o priest_n power_n they_o minister_v the_o spiritual_a and_o unbloody_a sacrifice_n they_o be_v honourable_a guardian_n of_o soul_n they_o bear_v the_o work_n of_o god_n in_o their_o hand_n and_o s._n hierom_n speak_v of_o these_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n i_o be_o ordain_v a_o preacher_n and_o a_o apostle_n quod_fw-la paulus_n ait_fw-la apostolus_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la tale_n mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la 3._o quasi_fw-la dixisset_fw-la praefectus_fw-la praetorio_fw-la augusti_fw-la caesaris_fw-la magister_fw-la exercitus_fw-la tiberii_n imperatoris_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o grandem_fw-la inter_fw-la christianos_n sibi_fw-la vindicans_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la se_fw-la christi_fw-la titulo_fw-la praenotavit_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la lecturos_fw-la nominis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la deterreret_fw-la indicans_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la crederent_fw-la debere_fw-la esse_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjectos_fw-la and_o therefore_o s._n chrysostome_n say_v it_o be_v the_o trick_n of_o heretic_n not_o to_o give_v to_o bishop_n title_n of_o their_o eminency_n and_o honour_n which_o god_n have_v vouchsafe_v they_o ut_fw-la diabolus_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la quilibet_fw-la facit_fw-la haereticus_fw-la vehementissimus_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la persecutionis_fw-la loquens_fw-la cum_fw-la pontifice_fw-la nec_fw-la eum_fw-la vocat_fw-la pontificem_fw-la nec_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la nec_fw-la religiosissimum_fw-la nec_fw-la sanctum_fw-la sed_fw-la quid_fw-la reverentia_fw-la tua_fw-la etc._n etc._n nomina_fw-la illi_fw-la adducit_fw-la communia_fw-la ejus_fw-la negans_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la diabolus_fw-la hoc_fw-la tunc_fw-la fecit_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o separate_n and_o purify_n order_n of_o man_n so_o dionysius_n call_v it_o but_o 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