Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	image_n	worship_n	worship_v	2,495	5	9.2639	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47551	That neither temporallitie[s] nor tythes is due to the bishops, prelates nor clergy, by a Gospel rule And that kings, princes and lords temporal, may j[ust]ly take the temporallities and tythes from them, and dispose of the ... the defence and benefit of the kingdom, and the relief of the poor. Proved by the laws and pract[i]ce of twenty Kings of Judah, England, and France as also by the testimonies of the Universities of Oxford and Prague, fifty four of ... nobles of Bohemia and Morania, two hundred and fifty years agone, and als[o] one hundred and twenty authors beside. Together with some directions how gospel ministers ought to have maintenance, according to the gospel rule, and institutions of Iesus Christ. By E. K.	Netherlands. Emancipatiekommissie.	1672 (1672)	Wing K6A; ESTC R218954	82,628	97

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of_o the_o gentile_n their_o intention_n be_v to_o sacrifice_v unto_o god_n in_o image_n and_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n who_o by_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n be_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n unto_o the_o lord_n yet_o they_o may_v not_o offer_v their_o sacrifice_n in_o every_o place_n as_o deut._n 12.13_o nor_o in_o any_o city_n or_o field_n but_o in_o the_o place_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v choose_v namely_o at_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o congregation_n as_o in_o leviticus_n 17.3_o 4_o 5._o they_o must_v neither_o sacrifice_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o god_n have_v appoint_v to_o be_v sacrifice_v nor_o in_o any_o other_o place_n but_o where_o god_n appoint_v for_o if_o they_o do_v their_o sacrifice_n be_v account_v as_o sacrifice_v unto_o devil_n leviticus_n 17._o and_o 7._o and_o in_o deut._n 32.17_o 18._o they_o sacrifice_n unto_o

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