Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	church_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	3,753	5	9.2711	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51652	Motives and reasons for dissevering from the Church of Rome and her doctrine wherein after the declaration of his conversion, he openeth divers absurdities practised in that Church, being not matters of report, but such things whereof he was an eye and ear witness / by Chr. Musgrave, after he had lived a Carthusian monk for twenty years.	Musgrave, Christopher, fl. 1621	1688 (1688)	Wing M3143; ESTC R28845	14,573	39

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from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n chap._n vi_o concern_v divers_a other_o point_n as_o of_o prayer_n for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n of_o purgatory_n itself_o tradition_n and_o such_o like_a many_o other_o motive_n to_o dislike_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v offer_v themselves_o unto_o the_o eye_n of_o my_o soul_n the_o which_o i_o will_v only_o brief_o set_v down_o without_o any_o long_a discourse_n lest_o i_o shall_v offend_v the_o reader_n with_o prolixity_n another_o motive_n do_v arise_v from_o the_o absurdity_n of_o that_o tenent_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o teach_v and_o command_v to_o pray_v for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n have_v no_o warrant_n of_o scripture_n for_o it_o neither_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v by_o scripture_n or_o by_o tradition_n that_o there_o be_v any_o purgatory_n at_o all_o for_o baronius_n in_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o his_o late_a write_a history_n go_v about_o to_o patronize_v prayer_n for_o the_o soul_n 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