Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	offer_v	sacrifice_n	thanksgiving_n	3,189	5	10.9292	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13775	Animaduersions vpon M. Seldens History of tithes, and his reuievv thereof before which (in lieu of the two first chapters purposely pretermitted) is premised a catalogue of seuenty two authours, before the yeere 1215. Maintaining the ius diuinum of tythes or more, to be payd to the priesthood vnder the Gospell: by Richard Tillesley Doctor in Diuinity, and archdeacon of Rochester.	Tillesley, Richard, 1582-1621.	1619 (1619)	STC 24073; ESTC S117059	181,192	288

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arbitrarie_a for_o the_o quantity_n and_o that_o to_o a_o less_o proportion_n photius_n his_o nomocanon_n tit._n 5._o and_o cod._n de_fw-fr episcopis_fw-la &_o cler._n leg_n 39_o be_v cite_v wherein_o say_v the_o author_n he_o that_o offer_v not_o at_o all_o be_v compellable_n but_o not_o he_o that_o offer_v a_o less_o quantity_n and_o compulsion_n be_v take_v from_o the_o church_n authority_n in_o the_o patriarchate_n of_o constantinople_n animad_fw-la 21_o in_o the_o authority_n of_o photius_n titulo_fw-la 6._o for_o in_o 5._o there_o be_v nothing_o there_o such_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n that_o shall_v excommunicate_v or_o detain_v the_o administration_n of_o sacrament_n from_o those_o that_o bring_v not_o their_o fruit_n aut_fw-la angarias_fw-la non_fw-la praestent_fw-la or_o do_v not_o their_o service_n or_o pay_v not_o their_o tax_n although_o consuetudine_fw-la id_fw-la invaluerit_fw-la shall_v forfeit_v ten_o pound_n beside_o deprivation_n so_o that_o rather_o he_o shall_v 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his_o book_n contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la say_v of_o abraham_n his_o tything_n to_o melchizedech_n decimas_fw-la ei_fw-la dedit_fw-la ut_fw-la dare_v solent_fw-la laici_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la he_o give_v tithe_n to_o he_o as_o layman_n use_v to_o do_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o that_o constitution_n of_o compulsion_n be_v only_o restrain_v to_o that_o patriarchate_n as_o the_o canon_n import_v animad_fw-la 22_o as_o for_o the_o quotation_n of_o the_o codex_fw-la there_o be_v no_o such_o matter_n a_o needless_a quotation_n the_o old_a aethiopian_a mass_n be_v also_o produce_v to_o show_v it_o be_v a_o special_a bounty_n to_o offer_v so_o much_o as_o the_o ten_o 95._o no_o need_n of_o the_o critike_a fortè_fw-la in_o the_o margin_n for_o so_o it_o be_v read_v bibl._n ss_z patrum_fw-la edit_fw-la 2._o tom_n 6._o pag._n 95._o where_o a_o distinct_a prayer_n be_v for_o those_o qui_fw-la obtulerunt_fw-la munera_fw-la sanctae_fw-la unicae_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la scilicet_fw-la primitiarum_fw-la decimarum_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la actionis_fw-la signum_fw-la &_o monumentum_fw-la who_o have_v offer_v the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a only_o universal_a church_n that_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o first_o fruit_n and_o tithe_n in_o sign_n and_o token_n of_o their_o thanksgiving_n animad_fw-la 23_o a_o strange_a interpretation_n to_o infer_v hence_o the_o bounty_n not_o duty_n of_o pay_v tithe_n whereas_o in_o that_o it_o be_v a_o prayer_n of_o the_o church_n nay_o call_v canon_n universalis_fw-la it_o be_v for_o a_o common_a service_n and_o so_o prove_v a_o general_a duty_n and_o payment_n and_o because_o it_o be_v but_o gratiarum_fw-la actionis_fw-la signum_fw-la &_o monumentum_fw-la it_o show_v the_o true_a end_n of_o pay_v tithe_n which_o may_v not_o be_v neglect_v namely_o our_o thanksgiving_n to_o god_n and_o therein_o a_o common_a practice_n for_o the_o common_a prayer_n for_o i_o can_v be_v persuade_v that_o in_o 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secretò_fw-la or_o palam_fw-la volens_fw-la &_o non_fw-la habens_fw-la must_v probable_o by_o cohaerence_n with_o the_o former_a have_v reference_n to_o tithe_n which_o may_v be_v more_o or_o less_o or_o nothing_o according_a to_o the_o ability_n of_o the_o person_n these_o observation_n i_o have_v add_v since_o i_o peruse_v the_o mass_n itself_o by_o all_o which_o be_v plain_a how_o the_o author_n can_v not_o have_v produce_v a_o more_o important_a authority_n against_o himself_o but_o last_o the_o 2._o council_n at_o braccara_n 67._o p._n 67._o cap._n 6._o &_o tolet_n a_o 9_o cap._n 1._o be_v allege_v to_o prove_v tithe_n so_o far_o arbitrary_a consecration_n as_o that_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o some_o place_n which_o agree_v enough_o with_o the_o right_n challenge_v in_o the_o succeed_a age_n touch_v investiture_n and_o arbitrary_a consecration_n the_o offering_n be_v so_o in_o the_o patron_n disposition_n that_o he_o may_v assign_v a_o certainty_n to_o the_o minister_n of_o his_o 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