Selected quad for the lemma: opinion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
opinion_n	bishop_n	call_v	presbyter_n	718	5	10.7016	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64335	The reason of episcopall inspection asserted in a sermon at a visitation in Cambridge by John Templer ...	Templer, John, d. 1693.	1676 (1676)	Wing T665; ESTC R18565	44,463	68

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o roll_n or_o catalogue_n of_o some_o approve_a person_n to_o succeed_v and_o execute_v their_o office_n after_o their_o decease_n this_o testimony_n as_o it_o assure_v we_o that_o the_o catalogue_n we_o treat_v of_o be_v begin_v by_o the_o apostle_n so_o likewise_o that_o bishop_n in_o clemens_n time_n who_o live_v within_o the_o interval_n under_o debate_n be_v such_o as_o be_v proper_o so_o style_v to_o wit_n person_n vest_v in_o a_o superiority_n over_o elder_n we_o never_o read_v of_o roll_n or_o catalogue_n of_o mere_a presbyter_n as_o lineal_o deduce_v from_o the_o apostle_n consider_v in_o that_o state_n in_o which_o they_o die_v 2._o l._n 3._o c._n 2._o indeed_o irenaeus_n mention_n the_o succession_n of_o presbyter_n 44._o l._n 4._o c._n 44._o but_o he_o who_o will_v give_v himself_o leisure_n to_o ponder_v the_o context_n will_v easy_o discern_v that_o he_o mean_v no_o other_o then_o bishop_n the_o promiscuous_a use_n of_o those_o word_n be_v not_o 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