Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	world_n	worldly_a	write_v	12	3	5.4422	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61095	Tithes too hot to be touched certain treatises, wherein is shewen that tithes are due, by the law of nature, scripture, nations, therefore neither Jewish, Popish, or inconvenient / written by Sr. Henry Spelman ... ; with an alphabeticall table.	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.; Stephens, Jeremiah, 1591-1665.	1640 (1640)	Wing S4931; ESTC R19648	146,054	238

they_o to_o church_n out_o of_o their_o possession_n and_o family_n where_o they_o baptize_v and_o receive_v burch_n lib._n 3._o ca._n 132._o and_o council_n cavallon_n c._n 1._o decreeth_n that_o all_o church_n with_o their_o whole_a live_n and_o tithe_n shall_v be_v whole_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o to_o be_v order_v and_o dispose_v by_o he_o burchard_n lib._n 3._o ca._n 146._o council_n moguntin_n 1._o ca._n 8._o recite_v by_o burchard_n who_o live_v about_o 6●0_n year_n since_o say_v that_o abraham_n by_o his_o action_n and_o jacob_n by_o his_o promise_n declare_v unto_o we_o that_o tithe_n be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o god_n the_o law_n have_v since_o confirm_v it_o and_o all_o the_o holy_a doctor_n be_v mindful_a of_o it_o etc._n etc._n hereof_o the_o venerable_a doctor_n saint_n augustine_n say_v tithe_n be_v require_v as_o a_o debt_n what_o if_o god_n shall_v say_v quoth_v he_o thyself_o a_o man_n art_n i_o and_o so_o forth_o as_o follow_v in_o that_o sermon_n of_o his_o that_o hereafter_o we_o exhibit_v the_o council_n proceed_v further_a show_v reason_n why_o tithe_n shall_v be_v pay_v that_o if_o the_o jew_n be_v so_o careful_a inexecute_v this_o commandment_n as_o they_o will_v not_o omit_v it_o in_o the_o least_o thing_n mint_n and_o rue_v etc._n etc._n as_o our_o saviour_n testify_v how_o much_o more_o ought_v the_o people_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o perform_v it_o that_o have_v a_o great_a number_n of_o priest_n and_o a_o more_o sincere_a manner_n of_o sacrament_n they_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v give_v unto_o god_n that_o be_v better_o please_v with_o this_o devotion_n he_o may_v give_v more_o liberal_o the_o thing_n we_o have_v need_n of_o that_o this_o kind_n of_o maintenance_n be_v fit_a for_o the_o clergy_n that_o they_o otherwise_o be_v not_o trouble_v with_o worldly_a business_n but_o may_v attend_v their_o call_n that_o the_o daily_a offering_n of_o the_o people_n and_o that_o tithe_n be_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o four_o 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bishop_n but_o must_v restore_v they_o cap._n xxi_o in_o what_o right_a tithe_n be_v due_a and_o first_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n we_o have_v say_v in_o our_o definition_n that_o they_o be_v due_a unto_o god_n now_o we_o be_v to_o show_v by_o what_o right_n and_o to_o prove_v it_o first_o therefore_o i_o divide_v tithe_n into_o two_o sort_n moral_a and_o leviticall_a moral_a be_v those_o which_o be_v due_a to_o god_n before_o the_o law_n give_v in_o the_o time_n of_o nature_n leviticall_a be_v those_o nine_o part_n assign_v by_o god_n himself_o upon_o give_v the_o law_n unto_o the_o levite_n for_o their_o maintenance_n the_o ten_o part_n be_v still_o reserve_v to_o himself_o and_o retain_v in_o his_o own_o hand_n moral_a tithe_n be_v pay_v by_o man_n unto_o god_n absque_fw-la praecepto_fw-la without_o any_o commandment_n leviticall_a tithe_n be_v pay_v by_o the_o israelite_n unto_o the_o levite_n as_o transact_v and_o set_v over_o by_o god_n unto_o they_o pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la 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cyro_n l._n 5._o alexander_n the_o great_a have_v conquer_v the_o country_n of_o sweet_a odour_n and_o frankincense_n send_v a_o whole_a ship-loading_a thereof_o to_o leonides_n in_o greece_n that_o he_o may_v burn_v it_o bountiful_o unto_o the_o go_n plin._n li._n 12._o c._n 24._o posthumius_fw-la have_v overthrow_v the_o latin_n pay_v the_o tithe_n of_o the_o spoil_n as_o before_o he_o have_v vow_v diony_n halicar_n li._n 6._o livius_n nimis_fw-la largissime_fw-la nimis_fw-la nebuchodonosor_n do_v the_o like_a too_o bountiful_o as_o josephus_n report_v it_o to_o the_o temple_n of_o belus_n ant._n l._n 10._o c._n 13._o rhodopis_n a_o thracian_a woman_n before_o the_o time_n of_o cyrus_n give_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o her_o good_n unto_o delphos_n herodot_n euterpe_n pag._n 139._o the_o crotoniati_n war_a upon_o the_o locrense_n vow_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o spoil_n to_o apollo_n but_o the_o locrian_o to_o exceed_v they_o in_o their_o vow_n vow_v the_o nine_o part_n alex._n 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abound_v thus_o with_o devotion_n so_o those_o of_o peaceable_a profession_n come_v not_o behind_o they_o for_o festus_n witness_v lib._n 4._o p._n 213._o l._n 67._o that_o they_o of_o the_o old_a world_n offer_v every_o ten_o thing_n unto_o god_n and_o varro_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr re_fw-mi rustica_fw-la advise_v every_o man_n to_o pay_v his_o tithe_n diligent_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o his_o ground_n therefore_o because_o the_o sicilian_n be_v more_o happy_a in_o corn_n than_o other_o nation_n they_o exceed_v all_o other_o in_o thankfulness_n to_o ceres_n as_o appear_v by_o diodor._n sic._n 288._o in_o pede_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o for_o that_o the_o athenian_n be_v next_o in_o that_o felicity_n they_o do_v the_o like_a and_o institute_v further_o in_o her_o honour_n initia_fw-la eleusina_n i._n the_o feast_n of_o the_o first-fruit_n which_o for_o the_o great_a antiquity_n and_o holiness_n thereof_o be_v as_o diodorus_n report_v celebrate_v of_o all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o 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