Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	authority_n	book_n	canonical_a	4,448	5	10.7889	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45430	Of the power of the keyes, or, Of binding and loosing	Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.	1651 (1651)	Wing H569; ESTC R14534	153,935	168

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of_o ignatius_n only_o with_o the_o distinction_n of_o apocryphal_a and_o mean_v by_o that_o not_o supposititious_a book_n or_o book_n which_o be_v under_o suspicion_n that_o they_o be_v not_o their_o offspring_n who_o they_o call_v father_n but_o only_a book_n of_o inferior_a authority_n as_o apocryphal_a be_v oppose_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o book_n of_o divine_a scripture_n &_o legi_fw-la domini_fw-la to_o the_o law_n or_o word_n of_o god_n &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o those_o that_o be_v put_v in_o the_o canon_n and_o in_o a_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o the_o end_n of_o nicephorus_n chronography_n and_o in_o other_o inter_fw-la scripta_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la novi_fw-la apocrypha_n number_v among_o the_o apocryphal_a book_n not_o of_o ignatius_n but_o of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o appoint_v to_o be_v read_v by_o pious_a man_n though_o not_o allow_v that_o same_o authority_n and_o dignity_n in_o which_o the_o book_n of_o sacred_a scripture_n have_v be_v just_o estate_v when_o i_o say_v the_o same_o hand_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n shall_v deliver_v both_o the_o epistle_n of_o st_n peter_n for_o divine_a scripture_n and_o these_o epistle_n of_o ignatius_n for_o the_o epistle_n of_o ignatius_n though_o not_o for_o divine_a scripture_n who_o can_v say_v that_o messalin_n salmasius_n when_o he_o have_v thus_o confident_o throw_v off_o these_o epistle_n from_o be_v write_v by_o ignatius_n do_v not_o consequent_o and_o agreeable_o to_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o throw_v off_o one_o of_o st_n peter_n epistle_n also_o and_o who_o can_v think_v it_o reasonable_a that_o our_o wariness_n and_o censoriousnes_n shall_v enable_v we_o at_o 1500_o year_n distance_n to_o judge_v more_o true_o of_o a_o matter_n of_o fact_n which_o none_o but_o they_o that_o be_v near_o be_v they_o never_o so_o wary_a and_o suspicious_a can_v discern_v any_o thing_n of_o than_o they_o that_o live_v in_o those_o time_n which_o be_v near_a to_o the_o scene_n of_o action_n nay_o how_o much_o more_o rational_a be_v that_o of_o the_o same_o salmasius_n who_o in_o the_o controversy_n about_o the_o part_n of_o the_o cross_n i._n e._n when_o he_o conceive_v antiquity_n to_o be_v favourable_a to_o that_o opinion_n which_o he_o defend_v have_v make_v this_o argumentative_a against_o his_o adversary_n a_o credibile_fw-la est_fw-la gregorium_fw-la qui_fw-la vixit_fw-la tanto_fw-la tempore_fw-la postquam_fw-la crucis_fw-la supplicio_fw-la nemo_fw-la amplius_fw-la afficebatur_fw-la certiorem_fw-la esse_fw-la testem_fw-la de_fw-la habitu_fw-la crucis_fw-la totius_fw-la etc._n etc._n quam_fw-la eos_fw-la authores_fw-la qui_fw-la scripsere_fw-la cum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la passim_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la esset_fw-la communissimo_fw-la nocentum_fw-la crucifixio_fw-la be_v it_o credible_a that_o he_o that_o live_v so_o long_o after_o the_o use_n of_o that_o kind_n of_o death_n be_v leave_v off_o shall_v be_v a_o sure_a witness_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o it_o than_o those_o author_n that_o write_v when_o it_o be_v in_o use_n de_fw-fr cruse_n p._n 255._o and_o again_o if_o blondel_n may_v say_v without_o proof_n that_o the_o father_n be_v incautious_a in_o general_n and_o thence_o conclude_v that_o they_o be_v actual_o deceive_v in_o this_o particular_a why_o may_v not_o i_o as_o reasonable_o affirm_v have_v give_v my_o reason_n when_o he_o have_v not_o that_o blondel_n be_v too_o censorious_a and_o partial_a and_o willing_a to_o bring_v all_o to_o the_o cause_n he_o have_v espouse_v and_o thence_o conclude_v know_v how_o contrary_a these_o epistle_n be_v to_o his_o interest_n that_o he_o have_v actual_o express_v his_o passion_n and_o injustice_n in_o this_o causeless_a censure_n of_o these_o epistle_n i_o have_v do_v with_o this_o learned_a man_n observation_n in_o this_o matter_n and_o when_o i_o shall_v hear_v of_o any_o other_o argument_n which_o can_v seem_v of_o force_n 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controversy_n again_o as_o have_v such_o a_o immediate_a influence_n on_o the_o cause_n in_o hand_n whensoever_o i_o shall_v be_v call_v to_o it_o in_o the_o mean_a i_o shall_v content_v myself_o with_o this_o view_n of_o that_o matter_n and_o for_o the_o present_a as_o i_o can_v but_o conceive_v it_o rashness_n to_o cast_v a_o epistle_n of_o st_n peter_n upon_o a_o bare_a affirmation_n in_o a_o parenthesis_n quae_fw-la sola_fw-la planè_fw-la genuina_fw-la est_fw-la so_o will_v it_o be_v in_o a_o low_a degree_n but_o in_o like_a manner_n to_o deal_v with_o a_o most_o ancient_a apostolical-spirited_n volume_n upon_o such_o unproved_a censure_n as_o these_o and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o first_o writer_n that_o ever_o undertake_v to_o be_v thus_o severe_a against_o that_o whole_a volume_n of_o epistle_n do_v with_o as_o much_o confidence_n and_o as_o little_a pretention_n to_o argument_n cast_v off_o one_o of_o the_o book_n of_o canonical_a scripture_n this_o i_o think_v not_o amiss_o here_o to_o insert_v to_o vindicate_v the_o write_n of_o that_o ancient_a martyr_n though_o it_o may_v be_v take_v for_o a_o parergon_v in_o this_o place_n suppose_v then_o this_o writer_n to_o stand_v in_o the_o same_o repute_n in_o sect._n 5_o the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o which_o he_o do_v before_o he_o be_v observe_v to_o be_v unreconcilable_a with_o the_o design_n of_o the_o new_a reformer_n i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o make_v use_n of_o his_o testimony_n he_o command_v obedience_n to_o be_v pay_v to_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o to_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o presbyter_n as_o to_o the_o seventy_o to_o the_o deacon_n as_o to_o the_o deacon_n in_o the_o acts._n the_o passage_n be_v know_v and_o although_o in_o another_o place_n he_o make_v the_o presbyter_n parallel_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o bishop_n to_o christ_n yet_o these_o place_n be_v easy_o reconcile_v it_o be_v clear_a that_o that_o latter_a place_n consider_v the_o apostle_n at_o the_o time_n when_o christ_n be_v here_o on_o earth_n at_o which_o time_n they_o be_v indeed_o but_o a_o second_o rank_n and_o in_o that_o respect_n it_o be_v that_o origen_n say_v tr._n in_o mat._n 24._o propriè_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dominus_fw-la jesus_n est_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la apostoli_fw-la christ_n be_v proper_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o apostle_n presbyter_n but_o the_o former_a place_n consider_v that_o after_o christ_n departure_n be_v that_o which_o more_o proper_o belong_v to_o this_o matter_n this_o power_n though_o promise_v before_o be_v not_o yet_o instate_v on_o they_o till_o after_o his_o resurrection_n immediate_o before_o his_o leave_v of_o this_o world_n or_o indeed_o till_o the_o come_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n at_o which_o time_n they_o be_v leave_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n as_o christ_n have_v be_v before_o and_o the_o bishop_n their_o successor_n ever_o since_o to_o which_o purpose_n st_n cyprian_a ep._n 65._o apostolos_n i._n e._n episcopos_fw-la &_o praepositos_fw-la dominus_fw-la

that_o have_v read_v they_o all_o know_v there_o be_v nothing_o more_o contrary_a this_o i_o have_v say_v because_o this_o doctor_n make_v his_o complaint_n of_o the_o opposition_n and_o contempt_n praef._n and_o affront_v put_v upon_o he_o by_o those_o friend_n to_o who_o before_o the_o set_n out_o he_o have_v communicate_v his_o book_n object_v say_v he_o nothing_o against_o he_o but_o that_o he_o be_v beside_o his_o call_n which_o therefore_o with_o he_o i_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o unsufficient_a argument_n against_o his_o book_n if_o it_o have_v no_o other_o to_o join_v with_o it_o and_o i_o rather_o conceive_v that_o it_o be_v a_o civility_n in_o his_o friend_n which_o use_v it_o than_o a_o entire_a and_o sole_a objection_n design_v by_o they_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o take_v he_o off_o from_o a_o confidence_n that_o he_o have_v do_v well_o by_o tell_v he_o he_o be_v no_o competent_a judge_n whether_o he_o have_v or_o no_o and_o advise_v he_o that_o be_v a_o stanger_n in_o that_o 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stipend_n and_o though_o the_o money_n be_v not_o apt_a to_o inspire_v as_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o grace_n yet_o sure_a the_o mun●s_n or_o call_v to_o the_o office_n may_v go_v for_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o which_o we_o may_v hope_v for_o the_o annexion_n of_o god_n blessing_n more_o than_o to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o meddle_v in_o faculty_n or_o study_n that_o belong_v not_o to_o we_o we_o have_v any_o promise_n to_o authorise_v we_o to_o expect_v sect._n 31_o 2._o for_o the_o occasion_n of_o his_o quarrel_n against_o excommunication_n i_o shall_v give_v you_o no_o other_o account_n than_o what_o from_o himself_o i_o have_v receive_v who_o i_o suppose_v be_v able_a to_o speak_v the_o bottom_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o nothing_o else_o and_o while_o i_o do_v so_o shall_v desire_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v how_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o fabric_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n i_o mean_v the_o ancient_a structure_n as_o it_o stand_v by_o law_n and_o the_o doctrine_n thereof_o will_v never_o have_v provoke_v he_o to_o this_o enmity_n if_o he_o have_v live_v here_o under_o the_o best_a or_o perhaps_o worst_a day_n of_o our_o episcopacy_n and_o then_o as_o his_o hypocrates_n in_o his_o excellent_a tract_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v tell_v we_o of_o a_o mighty_a influence_n that_o the_o place_n the_o air_n or_o some_o such_o accidental_a circumstance_n may_v have_v upon_o the_o body_n first_o and_o through_o they_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n so_o will_v the_o reader_n find_v that_o his_o have_v change_v the_o air_n have_v be_v excellent_a effectual_a physic_n for_o he_o and_o in_o all_o probability_n may_v have_v make_v a_o shift_n to_o have_v change_v his_o opinion_n also_o the_o first_o thing_n which_o say_v he_o cast_v he_o on_o those_o consideration_n sect._n 32_o against_o excommunication_n be_v the_o unseasonablenesse_n of_o the_o time_n for_o the_o administer_a of_o such_o purge_a physic_n there_o be_v then_o say_v he_o a_o great_a paucity_n of_o protestant_a professor_n and_o the_o number_n of_o papist_n extreme_o overtop_v they_o in_o those_o part_n and_o of_o the_o protestant_n scarce_o the_o thirty_o part_n understand_v and_o approve_v the_o doctrine_n and_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v in_o his_o opinion_n a_o strange_a improper_a season_n for_o the_o set_n up_o this_o course_n of_o severe_a rugged_a discipline_n which_o will_v exclude_v from_o the_o sacrament_n so_o many_o of_o the_o few_o protestant_n that_o it_o will_v both_o unpeople_v their_o assembly_n and_o necessary_o cause_v a_o dangerous_a scissure_n in_o the_o multitude_n the_o second_o thing_n be_v his_o have_v observe_v the_o unfitnesse_n of_o the_o sect._n 33_o person_n that_o be_v employ_v and_o preside_v in_o this_o matter_n their_o minister_n and_o lay-elder_n fit_a say_v he_o neither_o for_o age_n nor_o experience_n nor_o wit_n nor_o judgement_n nor_o manner_n nor_o authority_n to_o be_v esteem_v able_a to_o sustain_v so_o great_a a_o office_n with_o dignity_n the_o three_o thing_n and_o that_o which_o advance_v he_o in_o his_o conceit_n sect._n 34_o that_o he_o have_v fall_v upon_o the_o right_a sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n produce_v and_o plead_v for_o this_o discipline_n be_v the_o consideration_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o church_n among_o the_o jew_n god_n have_v say_v deut._n 4._o that_o that_o people_n have_v law_n and_o statute_n so_o just_a and_o wise_a that_o the_o institution_n of_o no_o nation_n the_o sanction_n of_o no_o commonwealth_n no_o ordinance_n though_o never_o so_o wise_o think_v on_o can_v compare_v with_o they_o and_o therefore_o that_o that_o church_n must_v needs_o be_v best_a and_o most_o wise_o dispose_v which_o come_v near_a to_o the_o jewish_a form_n a_o consideration_n indeed_o that_o it_o seem_v be_v of_o great_a weight_n with_o he_o not_o observe_v that_o that_o comparison_n in_o deut._n be_v make_v only_o betwixt_o 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