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	church_n	interpretation_n	4,397	5	10.0901	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94173	Ten lectures on the obligation of humane conscience Read in the divinity school at Oxford, in the year, 1647. By that most learned and reverend father in God, Doctor Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln. &c. Translated by Robert Codrington, Master of Arts.	Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.; Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665.	1660 (1660)	Wing S631; ESTC R227569	227,297	402

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five_o lecture_n in_o which_o the_o question_n be_v thorough_o handle_v concern_v the_o obligation_n of_o humane_a law_n in_o general_n rom_n 13._o 5._o wherefore_o you_o must_v be_v subject_a not_o because_o of_o anger_n only_o but_o for_o conscience_n sake_n have_v begin_v the_o last_o term_n to_o treat_v of_o the_o passive_a obligation_n of_o conscience_n i_o proceed_v so_o far_o that_o have_v discover_v and_o disclaim_v those_o subterfuge_n in_o which_o a_o seduce_a generation_n of_o man_n do_v vain_o fl●●ter_v themselves_o that_o there_o be_v some_o excuse_n or_o protection_n either_o for_o the_o fruit_n of_o their_o conscience_n as_o to_o thing_n already_o do_v or_o some_o security_n for_o thing_n that_o remain_v to_o be_v do_v for_o the_o intention_n of_o a_o good_a end_n or_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o another_o man_n example_n or_o judgement_n i_o have_v proceed_v i_o say_v so_o far_o as_o to_o examine_v and_o represent_v unto_o you_o that_o proper_a and_o adequate_a rule_n of_o conscience_n to_o which_o absolute_o and_o simple_o it_o ought_v to_o conform_v itself_o where_o in_o the_o first_o place_n i_o show_v you_o that_o god_n only_o have_v a_o absolute_a and_o direct_a command_n over_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n second_o that_o the_o next_o and_o immediate_a rule_n of_o conscience_n be_v the_o light_n with_o which_o the_o mind_n at_o that_o present_n be_v endue_v or_o to_o speak_v after_o the_o schoolman_n ultimum_fw-la judicium_fw-la intellectus_fw-la practici_fw-la the_o last_o judgement_n of_o the_o practical_a understanding_n three_o that_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n be_v indeed_o the_o supreme_a and_o primary_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o not_o the_o adequate_a rule_n of_o conscience_n 4._o conscience_n 4._o four_o that_o the_o proper_a and_o adequate_a rule_n of_o conscience_n be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n which_o way_n soever_o it_o be_v reveal_v or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o again_o the_o law_n impose_v by_o god_n upon_o the_o reasonable_a creature_n moreover_o that_o more_o full_o and_o more_o distinct_o we_o may_v understand_v what_o this_o will_n of_o god_n be_v i_o make_v manifest_a unto_o you_o that_o almighty_a god_n do_v lay_v open_a his_o will_n unto_o mankind_n by_o a_o threefold_a mean_n first_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o consist_v of_o certain_a practical_a principle_n know_v by_o themselves_o which_o be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o god_n write_v in_o our_o heart_n rom._n 2._o 15._o which_o be_v with_o a_o inward_a light_n and_o of_o the_o same_o original_n as_o our_o mind_n second_o by_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n which_o be_v contain_v in_o both_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o holy_a writ_n and_o be_v a_o external_a light_n supernatural_o reveal_v and_o infuse_v into_o our_o mind_n three_o by_o a_o knowledge_n obtain_v from_o both_o the_o former_a either_o by_o our_o own_o meditation_n or_o from_o the_o instruction_n and_o institution_n of_o other_o and_o this_o as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o acquire_v light_n the_o chief_a help_n and_o introduction_n whereunto_o be_v the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o authority_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o judgement_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n ii_o i_o also_o do_v advertise_v you_o to_o make_v some_o way_n to_o this_o follow_a treatise_n that_o beside_o the_o law_n of_o god_n which_o absolute_o by_o its_o self_n and_o by_o its_o own_o peculiar_a power_n do_v oblige_v the_o conscience_n of_o all_o man_n and_o that_o in_o the_o high_a degree_n there_o be_v also_o many_o other_o which_o do_v carry_v a_o obligation_n with_o they_o but_o inferior_a to_o the_o former_a and_o do_v oblige_v the_o conscience_n not_o primary_o and_o by_o themselves_o but_o secondary_o and_o by_o consequence_n not_o absolute_o but_o relative_o not_o by_o its_o own_o power_n but_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o some_o divine_a precept_n or_o institution_n on_o which_o they_o