Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	parliament_n	sovereign_a	5,223	5	9.3738	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91190	A full reply to certaine briefe observations and anti-queries on Master Prynnes twelve questions about church-government: vvherein the frivolousnesse, falsenesse, and grosse mistakes of this anonymous answerer (ashamed of his name) and his weak grounds for independency, and separation, are modestly discovered, refelled. / By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1644 (1644)	Wing P3966; Thomason E257_7; ESTC R210038	32,460	24

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pretence_n of_o a_o contradiction_n till_o you_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v it_o better_o than_o yet_o you_o have_v do_v have_v play_v the_o logician_n and_o contradictor_n part_v so_o well_o he_o next_o betake_v himself_o to_o his_o anti-query_n to_o prove_v a_o set_a church-model_n which_o be_v three_o 1._o if_o no_o preseript_z form_n of_o church-government_n in_o the_o word_n why_o not_o episcopacy_n especial_o regulate_v and_o moderate_v as_o well_o as_o presbytery_n i_o answer_v if_o you_o mean_v it_o of_o lordly_a episcopacy_n there_o be_v abundant_a pregnant_a text_n against_o it_o to_o prove_v it_o opposite_a to_o god_n word_n if_o of_o moderate_v or_o regulate_v episcopacy_n the_o same_o with_o presbytery_n if_o the_o parliament_n by_o the_o synod_n advice_n unanimous_o establish_v it_o as_o most_o consonant_a to_o the_o scripture_n and_o most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o civil_a government_n i_o shall_v ready_o submit_v unto_o it_o without_o opposition_n and_o why_o not_o you_o 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