Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	ceremony_n	church_n	rite_n	2,015	5	9.5563	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69044	A sermon necessarie for these times shewing the nature of conscience, with the corruptions thereof, and the repairs or means to inform it with right knowledge, and stirre it up to upright practise, and how to get and keep a good conscience. To which is adjoyned a necessarie, brief, and pithy treatise af [sic] the ceremonies of the Church of England. By Anthony Cade Batch. of Divinitie.	Cade, Anthony, 1564?-1641.	1639 (1639)	STC 4330; ESTC S107399	57,371	130

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devil_n and_o to_o work_v supernatural_a effect_n these_o we_o condemn_v for_o none_o can_v ordain_v such_o operative_a ceremony_n but_o god_n only_o that_o can_v give_v the_o supernatural_a effect_n for_o sacrament_n have_v a_o double_a signification_n 5._o bish_n mort._n ibid._n sect_n 5._o one_o ad_fw-la modum_fw-la signi_fw-la another_o ad_fw-la modum_fw-la sigilli_fw-la and_o therefore_o be_v both_o significant_a and_o signant_fw-la by_o conjoin_v whereof_o they_o be_v operative_a and_o exhibitive_a by_o god_n ordinance_n and_o promise_n perform_v also_o that_o which_o they_o signify_v and_o seal_v as_o bellarmine_n also_o teach_v libro_fw-la 1._o de_fw-la sacram_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la cap._n 11._o §_o 4._o &_o 5._o definit_a and_o therefore_o no_o man_n or_o angel_n can_v institute_v a_o sacrament_n but_o god_n only_o as_o bellarmine_n confess_v de_fw-fr matrimonio_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o §_o posteriore_fw-la modo_fw-la agree_v herein_o with_o melancthon_n calvin_n 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in_o such_o ornament_n into_o my_o place_n do_v present_o consider_v this_o man_n though_o of_o 14.15_o of_o act_n 14.15_o like_a infirmity_n with_o we_o yet_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n and_o by_o office_n be_v more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a man_n 13.2_o man_n rom._n 1.1_o act_n 13.2_o separate_v from_o all_o worldly_a business_n to_o a_o more_o excellent_a work_n to_o be_v god_n 5.20_o god_n 2._o cor._n 5.20_o ambassador_n send_v unto_o we_o 26.18_o we_o act_n 26.18_o to_o open_v our_o eye_n to_o turn_v we_o from_o darkness_n unto_o light_n and_o from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n unto_o god_n etc._n etc._n to_o he_o have_v our_o bless_a saviour_n commit_v the_o ministry_n of_o reconciliation_n 19_o reconciliation_n 2._o cor._n 5.18_o 19_o to_o reconcile_v we_o sinful_a creature_n to_o god_n our_o glorious_a creator_n he_o we_o ought_v to_o hear_v as_o 10.16_o as_o luk._n 10.16_o god_n himself_o and_o reverence_v he_o not_o so_o much_o for_o his_o personal_a

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