Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	bishop_n	church_n	deacon_n	1,417	5	10.6336	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28223	Prosecution no persecution, or, The difference between suffering for disobedience and faction, and suffering for righteousness and Christ's sake truly discussed and stated in a sermon upon Phil. I. 29, preached at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk on the 22th of March, 1681, being the time of the general assizes there held / by Nath. Bisbie ...	Bisbie, Nathaniel, 1635-1695.	1682 (1682)	Wing B2983; ESTC R18612	20,745	38

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favour_v nor_o countenance_v he_o at_o all_o have_v no_o respect_n nor_o regard_n either_o to_o the_o man_n or_o to_o his_o poverty_n and_o thus_o i_o conceive_v of_o conscience_n for_o though_o whilst_o modest_a peaceable_a and_o orderly_o it_o be_v to_o be_v respect_v and_o tender_v yet_o if_o it_o grow_v wild_a and_o furious_a if_o once_o it_o be_v criminal_a and_o contentious_a so_o that_o the_o judge_n must_v take_v cognizance_n of_o it_o it_o must_v not_o then_o be_v honour_v advance_v or_o pity_v no_o kindness_n show_v when_o it_o grow_v itself_o unkind_a second_o not_o with_o the_o outcry_n and_o clamour_n that_o persecution_n make_v for_o let_v but_o the_o offend_a party_n guild_v over_o his_o action_n with_o the_o specious_a name_n of_o religion_n and_o call_v the_o good_a old_a cause_n of_o rebel_a the_o cause_n of_o god_n make_v thereby_o the_o minister_n of_o justice_n the_o spiller_n of_o innocent_a blood_n and_o god_n avenger_n the_o saint_n persecutor_n though_o never_o so_o false_o yet_o it_o dull_v the_o sharpness_n of_o the_o axe_n rust_v the_o most_o glitter_a sword_n and_o make_v the_o most_o active_a patriot_n to_o lay_v they_o by_o leave_v the_o offender_n to_o themselves_o least_o in_o truth_n he_o shall_v be_v what_o the_o cry_n will_v make_v he_o not_o only_o a_o butcherer_n of_o his_o brethren_n but_o a_o murderer_n of_o the_o saint_n a_o imputation_n so_o keen_a and_o make_v so_o deep_a a_o impression_n upon_o the_o weak_a fancy_n of_o the_o more_o easy_a magistrate_n that_o general_o a_o omne_fw-la bene_fw-la and_o a_o universal_a impunity_n be_v grant_v by_o they_o to_o all_o manner_n of_o disorder_n though_o never_o so_o fatal_a and_o destructive_a to_o church_n and_o state_n rather_o than_o they_o will_v bear_v the_o odium_n and_o gild_n of_o so_o bloody_a a_o charge_n but_o the_o apostle_n most_o strict_o command_v the_o christian_n pet._n 1._o 4_o 15._o not_o to_o suffer_v as_o evil-doer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la in_o publicas_fw-la leges_fw-la delinquunt_fw-la as_o those_o who_o transgress_v the_o public_a law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o as_o those_o that_o will_v play_v the_o bishop_n in_o another_o man_n diocese_n the_o preacher_n in_o another_o man_n cure_n and_o thereby_o become_v seditious_a and_o questionless_a if_o ill_o they_o do_v notwithstanding_o they_o be_v christian_n nay_o notwithstanding_o they_o pass_v for_o saint_n as_o do_v it_o they_o must_v whenever_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o her_o wholesome_a sanction_n be_v violate_v they_o may_v nay_o they_o must_v suffer_v neither_o need_v the_o hand_n that_o smite_v they_o fear_v a_o wither_v for_o it_o if_o these_o and_o such_o pretence_n as_o these_o must_v give_v a_o indulgence_n or_o toleration_n to_o man_n to_o act_n as_o they_o please_v for_o my_o part_n i_o can_v see_v but_o that_o the_o wild_a arab_n as_o well_o as_o the_o furious_a zealot_n the_o turkish_a janisary_n as_o well_o as_o the_o christian_a incendiary_n the_o circassian_n thief_n as_o well_o as_o the_o english_a creeper_n into_o house_n may_v claim_v a_o liberty_n but_o it_o be_v time_n to_o have_v do_v have_v sufficient_o anger_v the_o man_n of_o faction_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v conclude_v with_o the_o word_n which_o a_o famous_a chancellor_n of_o this_o nation_n cause_v to_o be_v engrave_v on_o his_o tombstone_n for_o a_o epitaph_n here_o be_v a_o minister_n and_z there_o lie_v a_o officer_n of_o the_o realm_n who_o live_v and_o dye_v in_o peace_n with_o all_o man_n only_a furibus_fw-la homicidis_fw-la schismaticisque_fw-la infestus_fw-la finis_fw-la