Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	church_n	heretic_n	tradition_n	2,934	5	8.9975	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93958	Ad clerum. A sermon preached at a visitation holden at Grantham in the county and diocess of Lincolne, 8. Octob. 1641. By a late learned prelate. Now published by his own copy.	Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.	1670 (1670)	Wing S580; ESTC R228093	21,750	45

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etc._n etc._n etc._n v._o chamier_n tom._n 1._o panstrat_n lib._n 9_o cap._n 16._o jewel_n defence_n 2._o chapt_n 9_o 9_o non_fw-la malè_fw-la comparari_fw-la pharisaeos_fw-la cetholicis_fw-la serarius_fw-la apud_fw-la hall_n serm._n on_o matt._n 5._o 30._o 30._o sadoc_n discipulus_fw-la antiqui_fw-la sochaei_fw-la author_n sectae_fw-la sadducaeorum_n secundùm_fw-la rabbinos_fw-la v._o e_o l._n tisb_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schindler_n in_o lexic_n pentagl_n sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la commentum_fw-la rabbinicum_fw-la exigit_fw-la montacutius_n qui_fw-la sadducaeorum_n o_fw-la iginem_fw-la ad_fw-la dositheum_fw-la quendam_fw-la refert_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la epiphanii_n &_o aliorum_fw-la eosque_fw-la sadducaeos_fw-la dictos_fw-la confirmat_fw-la a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d justitia_fw-la ob_fw-la mores_fw-la austeros_fw-la &_o in_o judiciis_fw-la severitatem_fw-la v._o montacut_n appar_fw-la 7._o §._o 49._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n joseph_n 13._o antiqu._n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphan_n in_o ptolom_n justinian_n novel_a 146._o &_o alii_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n hom._n 51._o in_o matt._n 15._o mox_fw-la subsecuta_fw-la est_fw-la corruptela_fw-la calvin_n in_o loc_n 16_o exod._n 8._o 14._o 17_o 1_o cor._n 8._o 8._o 18._o rom._n 13._o 5._o 19_o 19_o the_o ceremony_n that_o remain_v be_v retain_v for_o discipline_n and_o order_n which_o upon_o just_a cause_n may_v be_v alter_v and_o change_v and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v equal_a with_o god_n law_n preface_n of_o cerem_fw-la cerem_fw-la the_o church_n have_v power_n to_o decree_v rite_n and_o ceremony_n but_o it_o ought_v not_o beside_o the_o scripture_n to_o enforce_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v believe_v for_o necessity_n of_o salvation_n artic._n 20._o every_o particular_a or_o national_a church_n have_v authority_n to_o ordain_v change_n and_o abolish_v ceremony_n etc._n etc._n art_n 34._o 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n orat._n 2._o contr_n judaeos_fw-la 22._o that_o the_o observation_n of_o annual_a festival_n in_o memory_n of_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n as_o christmas_n easter_n etc._n etc._n be_v antichristian_a superstitious_a and_o unlawful_a 24._o 25._o 26._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 31._o 27_o 1_o cor._n 11._o 23._o &_o 15._o 3._o quod_fw-la accepisti_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la excogitasti_fw-la vinc-lirin_a cap._n 27._o num._n 22._o 18._o 28._o 1_o joh_n 4.1_o act._n 17.11_o 1_o thess_n 5_o 21._o judas_n 16._o gal._n 1._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n hom._n 13_o in_o 2._o corinth_n 30._o jerem._n 5._o 31._o 32._o