Selected quad for the lemma: opinion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
opinion_n	church_n	scripture_n	word_n	2,691	5	4.2969	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35247	The strange and prodigious religions, customs and manners of sundry nations containing I. their ridiculous rites and ceremonies in the worship of their several deities, II. the various changes of the Jewish religion ... , III. the rise and growth of Mahometanism ... , IV. the schisms and heresies in the Christian church being an account of ... Adamites, Muggletonians &c. all intermingled with pleasant relations of the fantastical rites both of the ancients and moderns in the celebration of their marriages and solemnizations of their funerals &c / by R.D.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1683 (1683)	Wing C7348; ESTC R29494	158,336	237

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the_o emperor_n after_o christ_n two_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n his_o heresy_n last_v one_o hundred_o forty_o eight_o year_n they_o deny_v repentance_n to_o those_o who_o fall_v after_o baptism_n they_o brag_v much_o of_o their_o sanctity_n and_o good_a work_n they_o condemn_v second_o marriage_n as_o adulterous_a and_o use_v rebaptisation_n as_o the_o donatist_n he_o be_v a_o priest_n of_o carthage_n and_o father_n of_o the_o cathari_n or_o puritan_n xlviii_o 22._o donatus_n whence_o arise_v the_o donatist_n be_v a_o numidian_a who_o because_o cicilianus_fw-la be_v prefer_v before_o he_o to_o the_o bishopric_n of_o carthage_n accuse_v he_o and_o all_o the_o bishop_n that_o ordain_v he_o to_o be_v traditores_fw-la that_o be_v such_o as_o have_v deliver_v their_o bibles_n to_o be_v burn_v by_o idolater_n under_o the_o persecution_n of_o maximinus_n though_o this_o accusation_n be_v find_v faulty_a yet_o donatus_n continue_v obstinate_a and_o separate_v himself_o and_o 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these_o who_o live_v in_o cell_n and_o cave_n and_o murder_v all_o they_o meet_v that_o be_v not_o of_o their_o religion_n xlix_o 23._o pelagius_n a_o britain_n by_o birth_n and_o a_o monk_n at_o rome_n be_v the_o ringleader_n of_o the_o pelagian_o he_o be_v afterward_o a_o presbyter_n under_o theodosius_n the_o young_a three_o hundred_o eighty_o two_o year_n after_o christ_n thence_o he_o go_v into_o england_n and_o poison_a the_o whole_a island_n with_o his_o opinion_n which_o be_v such_o as_o these_o that_o death_n be_v not_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n but_o that_o adam_n shall_v have_v dye_v though_o he_o have_v not_o sin_v that_o adam_n sin_n be_v hurtful_a only_o to_o himself_o and_o not_o to_o his_o posterity_n that_o concupiscence_n be_v no_o sin_n that_o infant_n do_v not_o draw_v original_a sin_n from_o their_o parent_n that_o infant_n may_v be_v save_v without_o baptism_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v eternal_a life_n but_o out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n that_o man_n 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