Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	cause_n	church_n	zion_n	29	3	9.2248	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77236	Several treatises of vvorship & ceremonies, by the Reverend Mr. William Bradshaw, one of the first Fellows of Sydney Colledge in Cambridge; afterward minister of Chattam in Kent, 1601. Known by his learned treatise De justificatione. 1. A consideration of certain positions archiepiscopal. 2. A treatise of divine worship, tending to prove the ceremonies, imposed on the ministers of the Gospel in England, in present controversie, are in their use unlawful. Printed 1604. 3. A treatise of the nature and use of things indifferent. 1605. 4. English Puritanism, containing the main opinions of the ridgedest sort of those called Puritans in the realm of England. 1604. 5. Twelve general arguments, proving the ceremonies unlawful. 1605. 6. A proposition concerning kneeling in the very act of receiving, 1605. 7. A protestation of the Kings supremacy, made in the name of the afflicted ministers, and oposed to the shameful calumniations of the prelates. 1605. 8. A short treatise of the cross in baptism.	Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.	1660 (1660)	Wing B4161; Thomason E1044_5; ESTC R20875	92,680	129

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officer_n that_o without_o just_a cause_n they_o shall_v depose_v or_o deprive_v 27._o we_o hold_v that_o those_o ecclesiastical_a person_n that_o make_v claim_v to_o great_a power_n and_o authority_n than_o this_o especial_o they_o that_o make_v claim_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la of_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n to_o meddle_v with_o other_o church_n than_o that_o one_o congregation_n of_o which_o they_o be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v member_n do_v usurp_v upon_o the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n who_o alone_o have_v and_o aught_o to_o have_v as_o we_o hold_v and_o maintain_v a_o power_n over_o the_o several_a congregation_n in_o his_o dominion_n and_o who_o alone_o ought_v by_o his_o authority_n not_o only_o to_o prescribe_v common_a law_n and_o canon_n of_o uniformity_n and_o consent_n in_o religion_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n unto_o they_o all_o but_o also_o to_o punish_v the_o offence_n of_o the_o several_a congregation_n that_o they_o shall_v commit_v against_o the_o 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