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	reject_v	2,895	5	9.0049	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42331	The Paschal or Lent-Fast, apostolical & perpetual at first deliver'd in a sermon preached before His Majesty in Lent and since enlarged : wherein the judgment of antiquity is laid down : with an appendix containing an answer to the late printed objections of the Presbyterians against the fast of Lent / by Peter Gunning ...	Gunning, Peter, 1614-1684.	1662 (1662)	Wing G2236; ESTC R5920	244,843	370

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dominica_n filii_fw-la prodigi_fw-la memoria_fw-la 70_o annorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o significationem_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la exilii_fw-la nostri_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la augustin_n l._n 3._o d._n doctr._fw-la christ._n and_o memory_n of_o the_o 70_o week_n dan._n 9_o 26._o in_o the_o end_n of_o which_o messiah_n the_o prince_n be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o but_o not_o for_o himself_o sexagesima_fw-la the_o eight_o sunday_n before_o easter_n day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quinquagesima_fw-la the_o seven_o sunday_n before_o easter-day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dominica_n ingress●…s_fw-la seu_fw-la introitûs_fw-la jejunii_fw-la hi●…c_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●…sse_n cl●…is_n 〈◊〉_d svi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quadragesima_fw-la the_o six_o sunday_n before_o easter-day_n memoria_fw-la jejunii_fw-la domini_fw-la ord._n rom._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hâc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d graeci_n 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feria_n 3_o in_o resurrectionis_fw-la domini_fw-la tertius_fw-la dies_fw-la festi_fw-la s._n aug._n d._n civ_o d._n l._n 22._o c._n 8._o wednesday_n feria_n 4_o a._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d candidatorum_fw-la thursday_n feria_n 5_o a._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seu_fw-la candidatorum_fw-la sunday_n after_o easter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n naz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gregor_n nazianz._n dominica_n quasimodogeniti_a dominica_n in_o albis_n octava_fw-la paschalis_n low-sunday_n low-easter-day_n or_o the_o octave_n of_o easter_n the_o 2._o sunday_n after_o easter_n wednesday_n after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o 3._o sunday_n from_o easter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o 25_o day_n of_o the_o fifty_o dies_fw-la disputationis_fw-la christi_fw-la cum_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sunday_n before_o ascension_n dominica_n rogationum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ascension-day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d holy_a thursday_n sunday_n after_o ascension_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dominica_n expectationis_fw-la dominica_n hebdomadae_fw-la expectationis_fw-la whitsunday_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d evagr._fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d festum_fw-la pentecostes_fw-la wied-sunday_n wh._n monday_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ●…tiam_fw-la graecis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wh._n tuesday_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wednesday_n friday_n etc._n etc._n jejunium_fw-la pentecostes_fw-la the_o four_o ember_n week_n of_o fast_v be_v call_v jejunia_fw-la quatuor_fw-la temporum_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o imbrem_fw-la vocat_fw-la council_n aenhamens●…_n can_v 16_o jejunium_fw-la primi_fw-la mensis_fw-la jejunium_fw-la pentecostes_fw-la jejunium_fw-la septimi_fw-la mensis_fw-la jejunium_fw-la decimi_fw-la mensis_fw-la ancient_o the_o wednesday_n and_o friday_n say_v l●…_n but_o since_o the_o wednesday_n friday_n and_o saturday_n next_o a_o cruse_n post_fw-la cineres_fw-la post_fw-la pentecos_n atque_fw-la luciae_fw-la the_o weekly_o lesser_a fasting-day_n of_o wednesday_n and_o friday_n be_v call_v stationes_n stationum_fw-la semijejunia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fasting-eve_n before_o certain_a holiday_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anteferiale_n vigiliae_fw-la finis_fw-la some_o errata_fw-la of_o the_o press_n to_o be_v thus_o amend_v pag._n 33._o lin_v 12._o pro_fw-la eusebius_n lege_fw-la philo._n p._n 48._o l._n 11._o pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d league_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 165._o l._n ult_n pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d league_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 219._o pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d league_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 226._o pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lege_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 453._o l._n 20._o deal_n 2._o &_o pro_fw-la l._n 1._o lege_fw-la c._n 1._o p._n 463._o league_n relig●…ous_a 〈◊〉_d religion_n p._n 475._o l._n 26._o lege_fw-la quidam_fw-la pro_fw-la alii_fw-la ibid._n l._n 28._o lege_fw-la plurib●…s_fw-la pro●…ibus_fw-la ●…ibus_z ita_fw-la pro_fw-la etiam_fw-la ibid._n in_o mark_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o table_n pro_fw-la fastness_n tuesday_n league_n fasten_v eve_o

oppose_v this_o will_v discern_v that_o they_o do_v full_a ill_a service_n to_o christianity_n if_o they_o consider_v what_o now_o i_o shall_v propound_v unto_o they_o for_o the_o strength_n of_o i_o and_o weakness_n of_o their_o allegation_n and_o that_o in_o brief_a be_v this_o as_o the_o asseveration_n of_o some_o one_o or_o two_o father_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o canonical_a authority_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n or_o of_o the_o 3_o d_o book_n of_o esdras_n i_o not_o need_v at_o this_o time_n to_o name_v any_o other_o which_o yet_o from_o the_o generality_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o father_n we_o know_v notwithstanding_o sufficient_o not_o to_o be_v canonical_a yea_o i_o add_v the_o positive_a rejection_n by_o some_o one_o or_o few_o father_n of_o the_o epistle_n of_o s._n james_n and_o s._n jude_n which_o yet_o we_o know_v from_o the_o generality_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o those_o ancient_a writer_n certain_o to_o be_v canonical_a be_v no_o bar_n to_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o church_n record_n to_o make_v undoubted_a evidence_n which_o book_n of_o scripture_n be_v canonical_a and_o which_o be_v not_o so_o as_o that_o he_o who_o shall_v reject_v that_o evidence_n will_v disserve_v our_o common_a christianity_n in_o a_o very_a high_a and_o dangerous_a degree_n so_o the_o allegation_n of_o some_o one_o or_o few_o father_n for_o something_o as_o tradition_n apostolical_a which_o yet_o be_v not_o yea_o the_o possible_a rejection_n by_o some_o one_o socrates_n or_o other_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n judgement_n writer_n vincentius_n lirinensis_n c._n 39_o quicquid_fw-la unus_fw-la vel_fw-la alter_fw-la patrum_fw-la quamvis_fw-la ille_fw-la sanctus_fw-la &_o doctus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la praeter_fw-la omnes_fw-la au●…_n etiam_fw-la contra_fw-la omnes_fw-la senserit_fw-la id_fw-la inter_fw-la proprias_fw-la &_o occultas_fw-la &_o privatas_fw-la opi●…iunculas_fw-la ●…_n communis_fw-la publicae_fw-la ac_fw-la generalis_fw-la sententiae_fw-la autoritate_fw-la secre●…um_fw-la fit_a whatsoever_o one_o father_n only_o or_o a_o second_o albeit_o he_o be_v both_o holy_a and_o learned_a shall_v opine_n beside_o or_o against_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v to_o be_v sever_v among_o the_o singular_a obscure_a and_o private_a opinion_n from_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o common_a public_a and_o general_a judgement_n of_o something_o from_o be_v tradition_n apostolical_a which_o yet_o be_v be_v no_o bar_n or_o hindrance_n but_o that_o we_o may_v rest_v assure_v that_o we_o have_v make_v undoubted_a evidence_n concern_v the_o tradition_n apostolical_a of_o this_o paschal_n fast_a of_o lent_n from_o such_o generality_n and_o consent_n of_o testimony_n of_o the_o father_n of_o those_o seven_o age_n next_o the_o apostle_n which_o we_o have_v produce_v furthermore_o if_o aught_o further_o need_v be_v say_v let_v we_o now_o suppose_v a_o while_n that_o no_o one_o of_o the_o testimony_n above_o by_o i_o collect_v make_v any_o mention_n at_o all_o in_o express_a term_n that_o this_o paschal_n fast_a of_o lent_n be_v a_o tradition_n apostolical_a that_o no_o one_o author_n of_o all_o those_o have_v say_v in_o any_o word_n that_o it_o be_v from_o god_n or_o christ_n or_o the_o apostle_n but_o that_o only_o they_o testify_v that_o the_o universal_a church_n have_v ever_o practise_v it_o what_o force_v such_o practice_n alone_o so_o well_o witness_v have_v in_o it_o to_o infer_v my_o conclusion_n that_o it_o be_v from_o the_o apostle_n i_o will_v now_o proceed_v brief_o to_o show_v s._n augustine_n be_v the_o man_n who_o be_v bring_v to_o say_v but_o nothing_o against_o what_o we_o say_v nor_o other_o than_o what_o we_o have_v say_v non_fw-la invenimus_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la evidenter_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la of_o this_o or_o any_o other_o certain_a day_n of_o necessary_a fast_n and_o hereupon_o as_o s._n basil_n of_o another_o matter_n speak_v l._n d._n sp._n sancto_fw-la c._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o clamour_n and_o call_v for_o demonstration_n from_o write_a testimony_n page_n testimony_n this_o be_v the_o very_a objection_n of_o socrates_n concern_v the_o fast_a of_o lent_n l._n 5._o c._n 22._o against_o both_o the_o one_o side_n who_o plead_v their_o observance_n from_o s._n john_n the_o apostle_n and_o the_o other_o who_o plead_v they_o from_o the_o apostle_n s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n which_o when_o socrates_n have_v recite_v he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o none_o of_o these_o say_v he_o can_v show_v a_o demonstration_n concern_v these_o thing_n from_o their_o writing_n or_o from_o the_o write_a word_n so_o that_o socrates_n his_o very_a objection_n and_o ground_n be_v answer_v in_o these_o follow_a page_n and_o send_v away_o with_o disgrace_n as_o nothing_o worth_a the_o unwritten_a witness_n of_o the_o father_n and_o c._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o they_o cease_v not_o up_z and_o down_o clamour_v that_o this_o be_v not_o witness_v in_o any_o write_a word_n of_o god_n yet_o the_o same_o s._n augustine_n beside_o that_o he_o profess_v to_o find_v authority_n for_o it_o ex_fw-la veteribus_fw-la libris_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la evangelio_n out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o out_o of_o the_o gospel_n though_o not_o authoritatem_fw-la evidentem_fw-la praecepti_fw-la yet_o habet_fw-la say_v he_o quadragesima_fw-la jejuniorum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la &_o in_o v._o l._n &_o ex_fw-la evangelio_n have_v he_o find_v it_o neither_o evident_o nor_o obscure_o or_o at_o all_o in_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n yet_o he_o will_v never_o have_v allow_v the_o opposer_n to_o have_v abuse_v so_o his_o word_n to_o their_o conclusion_n as_o shall_v now_o appear_v from_o his_o doctrine_n not_o in_o one_o but_o many_o of_o his_o undoubted_a work_n never_o retract_v nor_o in_o their_o allegation_n from_o he_o contradict_v this_o holy_a father_n thus_o write_v speak_v of_o a_o certain_a custom_n of_o the_o church_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la contra_fw-la donatistas_n c._n 7._o quam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la credo_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la traditione_n venientem_fw-la sicut_fw-la multa_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-fr inveniuntur_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la eorum_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o conciliis_fw-la posteriorum_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la universam_fw-la custodiuntur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o commendata_fw-la creduntur_fw-la which_o custom_n i_o believe_v to_o have_v come_v from_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o find_v in_o their_o write_n nor_o in_o the_o counsel_n of_o follow_a time_n and_o yet_o because_o they_o be_v observe_v through_o the_o church_n universal_a be_v believe_v to_o have_v be_v by_o they_o deliver_v and_o commend_v ibid._n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o illa_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la quam_fw-la etiam_fw-la tunc_fw-la homines_fw-la sursum_fw-la versus_fw-la respicientes_fw-la non_fw-la videbant_fw-la à_fw-la posterioribus_fw-la institutam_fw-la rectè_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n tradita_fw-la creditur_fw-la that_o custom_n which_o even_o then_o man_n look_v back_o upward_o do_v not_o observe_v to_o have_v be_v institute_v by_o any_o follow_a age_n be_v right_o believe_v to_o have_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o apostle_n and_o again_o c._n 23._o quod_fw-la universa_fw-la tenet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nec_fw-la conciliis_fw-la institutum_fw-la sed_fw-la semper_fw-la retentum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la autoritate_fw-la traditum_fw-la rectissimè_fw-la credimus_fw-la that_o which_o the_o universal_a church_n observe_v and_o be_v not_o institute_v by_o counsel_n but_o have_v be_v ever_o retain_v we_o most_o right_o believe_v to_o have_v be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o tradition_n from_o apostolical_a authority_n to_o this_o his_o thesis_n if_o you_o will_v subsume_v his_o hypothesis_n see_v it_o above_o p._n 62._o sicuti_fw-la quòd_fw-la domini_fw-la passio_fw-la etc._n etc._n anniversariâ_fw-la solennitate_fw-la celebratur_fw-la as_o for_o example_n say_v he_o that_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v celebrate_v in_o anniversary_n solemnity_n which_o we_o have_v show_v not_o to_o have_v be_v first_o institute_v by_o any_o general_a council_n which_o he_o there_o reckon_v up_o inter_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la scripta_fw-la sed_fw-la tradita_fw-la custodimus_fw-la quae_fw-la quidem_fw-la toto_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbe_fw-la observantur_fw-la again_o that_o he_o think_v something_n may_v be_v non_fw-la evidenter_fw-la praecepta_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n not_o evident_o command_v by_o the_o apostle_n nor_o yet_o in_o their_o writing_n at_o all_o command_v and_o yet_o command_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o right_o so_o believe_v see_v his_o word_n l._n 5._o de_fw-la baptis_n con_fw-mi donat._n c._n 23._o apostoli_fw-la nihil_fw-la quidem_fw-la exinde_fw-la praeceperunt_fw-la sed_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la illa_fw-la ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la traditione_n exordium_n sumpsisse_fw-la credenda_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la sunt_fw-la multa_fw-la quae_fw-la universa_fw-la tenet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n praecepta_fw-la benè_fw-la creduntur_fw-la