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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	order_n	ordination_n	presbyter_n	2,620	5	10.1608	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55606	A vindication of monarchy and the government long established in the Church and Kingdome of England against the pernicious assertions and tumultuous practices of the innovators during the last Parliament in the reign of Charles the I / written by Sir Robert Poyntz, Knight of the Bath.	Poyntz, Robert, Sir, 1589?-1665.	1661 (1661)	Wing P3134; ESTC R3249	140,182	162

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and_o self_n will_v say_v saint_n peter_n these_o filthy_a dreamer_n despise_v government_n and_o speak_v evil_a of_o dignity_n say_v saint_n judas_n all_o three_o apostle_n teach_v we_o allegiance_n to_o our_o sovereign_n which_o inseparable_o be_v annex_v to_o the_o love_n of_o our_o country_n both_o stand_n and_o fall_v together_o he_o who_o be_v a_o subject_a by_o birth_n as_o he_o be_v tie_v unto_o his_o allegiance_n by_o the_o divine_a so_o be_v he_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o nation_n jure_fw-la l._n 14._o f._n de_fw-fr condict_v indebiti_fw-la l_o 2_o &_o l._n 8._o f._n de_fw-fr capit_fw-la minute_n l._n 95._o s._n 4._o f._n de_fw-fr solutionib_fw-la l_o 84._o f._n the_o regul_n juris_fw-la l._n 26._o s._n 12._o f._n de_fw-fr condict_v ind●biti_fw-la l_o 12._o cod_n de_fw-fr in_o jus_o vocando_fw-la l._n d_o chanel_n and_o sir_n fdw._n cke_z postnati_n case_n l._n 8._o f_o de_fw-mi cap●●_n m●●utis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr jure_fw-la na_fw-la &_o gen_fw-la l_o 2_o f_o 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personis_fw-la deb●●tur_fw-la if_o the_o law_n have_v ordain_v so_o many_o distinct_a natural_a obligation_n and_o bond_n between_o man_n it_o be_v very_o hard_o that_o prince_n shall_v be_v exclude_v from_o have_v any_o natural_a obligation_n between_o they_o and_o their_o subject_n but_o there_o be_v a_o natural_a and_o a_o local_a allegiance_n naturalia_fw-la jura_fw-la lex_fw-la civilis_fw-la corrumpere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la naturalia_fw-la jura_fw-la sunt_fw-la immutabilia_fw-la nec_fw-la jure_fw-la gentium_fw-la tolli_fw-la possunt_fw-la nec_fw-la senatus_n authoritate_fw-la commutari_fw-la the_o supreme_a law_n of_o nature_n be_v immutable_a as_o religio_fw-la erga_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la patriae_fw-la &_o parentibus_fw-la parcamus_fw-la and_o herein_o be_v include_v our_o allegiance_n to_o our_o soveratgne_n as_o it_o be_v likewile_v in_o the_o sift_n commandment_n of_o the_o decalogue_n by_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o divine_n there_o be_v other_o law_n of_o nature_n of_o a_o inferior_a rank_n and_o degree_n not_o so_o much_o concern_v our_o natural_a duty_n as_o our_o right_n profit_n and_o liberty_n due_a unto_o we_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n originaily_a which_o may_v be_v and_o have_v be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n and_o by_o positive_a and_o municipal_a law_n and_o cusiome_n 4._o l._n 64._o f_o de_fw-mi condict_v indebitt_n grot._n de_fw-fr jur_fw-fr bell_n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o