Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	aaron_n	altar_n	levite_n	15	3	9.5764	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51155	An enquiry into the new opinions, chiefly propagated by the Presbyterians of Scotland together with some animadversions on a late book, entitled, A defence of The vindication of the kirk : in a letter to a friend at Edinburgh / by A.M., D.D.	Monro, Alexander, d. 1715?	1696 (1696)	Wing M2439; ESTC R7	25,403	65

very_o solid_a and_o demonstrative_a to_o this_o purpose_n they_o cite_v act._n 20._o 17._o 28._o philip._n 1.1_o 1_o tim._n 3._o and_o several_a other_o place_n whether_o a_o bishop_n be_v of_o a_o high_a order_n than_o a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o now_o fall_v under_o our_o enquiry_n nor_o be_v it_o in_o itself_o very_o material_a sometime_o they_o may_v be_v consider_v of_o the_o same_o order_n with_o regard_n to_o the_o priesthood_n common_a to_o either_o by_o which_o both_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o body_n of_o the_o people_n and_o other_o subordinate_a officer_n of_o the_o church_n though_o at_o other_o time_n when_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n be_v name_v the_o bishop_n with_o regard_n to_o his_o dignity_n and_o power_n be_v always_o reckon_v above_o a_o presbyter_n here_o we_o be_v careful_o to_o observe_v that_o when_o the_o inspire_a writer_n dichotomize_v the_o clergy_n into_o two_o order_n they_o but_o follow_v the_o dialect_n and_o example_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o thus_o divide_v their_o minister_n also_o into_o priest_n and_o levite_n though_o the_o high_a order_n be_v again_o subdivide_v both_o by_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o christian_n when_o the_o priest_n be_v consider_v with_o regard_n to_o that_o subordination_n establish_v among_o themselves_o and_o without_o any_o regard_n to_o the_o body_n of_o the_o people_n this_o be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o the_o language_n of_o the_o ancient_a jew_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o idiom_n of_o the_o hellenistical_a tribe_n of_o the_o apostolical_a age_n the_o first_o confound_v the_o name_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n with_o that_o of_o a_o priest_n without_o any_o other_o distinguish_v charcteristic_a or_o discrimination_n for_o proof_n of_o this_o see_v levit._fw-la 1._o 7_o 8._o 11._o and_o the_o son_n of_o aaron_n the_o priest_n shall_v put_v fire_n upon_o the_o altar_n and_o lay_v the_o wood_n in_o order_n upon_o the_o fire_n v_o 8._o and_o the_o priest_n aaron_n 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observation_n of_o the_o mean_a among_o the_o jew_n we_o do_v not_o at_o all_o deny_v but_o that_o bishop_n may_v be_v call_v presbyter_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o just_o so_o too_o though_o they_o have_v other_o presbyter_n under_o their_o government_n and_o inspection_n for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n presbyter_n be_v another_o thing_n then_o than_o now_o if_o we_o consider_v it_o in_o its_o full_a latitude_n and_o extent_n with_o we_o it_o signify_v such_o priest_n as_o assist_v the_o bishop_n in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a administration_n and_o be_v accountable_a to_o he_o for_o their_o performance_n and_o though_o all_o presbyter_n be_v not_o bishop_n yet_o all_o bishop_n be_v presbyter_n and_o to_o infer_v a_o equality_n of_o office_n from_o the_o promiscuous_a use_n of_o name_n i_o think_v be_v neither_o good_a logic_n nor_o good_a history_n we_o do_v not_o now_o plead_v as_o some_o ignorant_a people_n may_v pretend_v that_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v bishop_n 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they_o make_v no_o other_o distinction_n among_o they_o than_o that_o of_o priest_n and_o levite_n but_o then_o again_o upon_o other_o occasion_n they_o subdivide_v the_o priest_n into_o the_o high_a and_o subordinate_a order_n 205._o when_o they_o consider_v the_o hierarchy_n in_o itself_o and_o distinguish_v every_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o priesthood_n from_o one_o another_o of_o this_o we_o have_v clear_a instance_n from_o philo_n the_o jew_n be_v it_o not_o then_o reasonable_a that_o the_o apostle_n shall_v speak_v the_o language_n of_o the_o age_n in_o which_o they_o live_v and_o that_o of_o their_o predecessor_n whether_o then_o the_o clergy_n be_v divide_v into_o their_o several_a class_n by_o a_o biparite_n or_o triparite_n division_n both_o be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n if_o they_o compare_v the_o priest_n among_o themselves_o and_o reckon_v up_o their_o distinction_n and_o subordination_n to_o one_o another_o than_o they_o be_v 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prevail_v mess_n there_o be_v a_o praeses_fw-la to_o who_o the_o protocathedria_n or_o locus_n in_o cosessu_fw-la primarius_fw-la be_v constant_o due_a and_o that_o during_o life_n and_o there_o be_v such_o mainfe_v and_o palpable_a evidence_n of_o this_o peculiar_a honour_n and_o jurisdiction_n due_a to_o the_o one_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a senate_n in_o the_o apostolical_a age_n that_o the_o learned_a stickler_n for_o parity_n can_v deny_v it_o the_o apocalyptic_a angel_n among_o who_o we_o just_o reckon_v s._n polycarp_n bishop_n of_o smyrna_n the_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n and_o titus_n and_o the_o catalogue_n of_o bishop_n succeed_v the_o apostle_n in_o several_a see_v gather_v at_o least_o towards_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o second_a century_n make_v it_o evident_a beyond_o all_o contradiction_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o let_v we_o see_v from_o any_o ancient_a record_n either_o genuine_a or_o suppositious_a that_o there_o be_v ever_o any_o thing_n of_o moment_n canonical_o 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summus_fw-la sacerdos_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dehinc_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la quâ_fw-la saluâ_fw-la salva_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la yet_o mounseur_fw-fr blondel_n run_v away_o with_o another_o testimony_n cite_v from_o his_o apologetick_n as_o if_o he_o have_v find_v there_o a_o perfect_a equality_n of_o presbyter_n because_o the_o seniores_fw-la be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o government_n than_o which_o there_o can_v be_v a_o more_o absurd_a consequence_n for_o he_o neither_o affirm_v that_o those_o seniores_fw-la be_v all_o equal_a among_o themselves_o nor_o be_v it_o certain_a whether_o by_o the_o seniores_fw-la he_o understand_v all_o presbyter_n in_o general_n or_o those_o only_o who_o be_v advance_v to_o the_o episcopal_a dignity_n for_o it_o be_v no_o part_n of_o his_o business_n in_o a_o apology_n address_v to_o the_o heathen_n to_o insist_v on_o the_o subordination_n of_o one_o 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