Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	deny_v	form_n	godliness_n	5,889	5	9.5542	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80766	Hæreseo-machia: or, The mischiefe which heresies doe, and the means to prevent it. Delivered in a sermon in Pauls, before the Right Honourable, the Lord Maior, and the aldermen of the famous citie of London, February the first, M. DC. XLV. And now printed, for the satisfaction of the hearers, and others. / By James Cranford, pastour of Christopher Le Stocks, London.	Cranford, James, d. 1657.	1646 (1646)	Wing C6823; Thomason E329_1; ESTC R200684	45,138	61

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compel_v to_o the_o faith_n but_o he_o retract_v it_o and_o olymp._n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epist_n 77._o olymp._n nazianzene_n be_v sometime_o too_o indulgent_a to_o the_o apollinarian_o but_o confess_v that_o he_o be_v ignorant_o so_o not_o know_v that_o he_o have_v almost_o undo_v both_o they_o and_o the_o church_n by_o his_o unseasonable_a philosophy_n for_o as_o solomon_n a_o servant_n will_v not_o be_v correct_v with_o word_n but_o no_o more_o of_o these_o at_o this_o time_n if_o any_o man_n ask_v what_o have_v the_o magistrate_n do_v for_o the_o suppress_n of_o heresy_n i_o answer_v a_o learned_a knight_n have_v write_v a_o practice_n a_o the_o primitive_a practice_n treatise_n upon_o this_o subject_n in_o the_o five_o section_n of_o which_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v make_v use_n of_o banishment_n imprisonment_n fine_v to_o this_o purpose_n he_o make_v mention_n also_o out_o of_o severus_n of_o one_o priscillianus_n put_v to_o death_n which_o 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8._o cyril_n of_o alexandria_n who_o teach_v that_o heretic_n that_o steal_v away_o and_o make_v merchandise_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n may_v with_o as_o much_o reason_n be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o those_o under_o the_o law_n that_o be_v find_v steal_v of_o man_n and_o sell_v they_o exod._n 21._o 16._o and_o theodosius_n make_v a_o law_n that_o whosoever_o rebaptise_v any_o one_o baptize_v in_o the_o church_n shall_v die_v and_o in_o some_o case_n the_o party_n rebaptise_v also_o but_o of_o this_o more_o will_v be_v say_v if_o god_n permit_v in_o another_o way_n beside_o these_o course_n acknowledge_v by_o that_o learned_a knight_n there_o be_v also_o great_a care_n take_v for_o the_o suppress_n of_o the_o writing_n of_o heretic_n which_o be_v by_o the_o imperial_a law_n 20._o law_n sez_fw-fr l._n 1._o c._n 20._o condemn_v to_o the_o fire_n 25._o fire_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d niceph._n ecel_n hist_o l._n 8._o c._n 25._o and_o that_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n to_o be_v 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