Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	woman_n	word_n	year_n	96	3	4.4659	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62156	Righteous judgment placed upon the heads of malicious opposers and persecuting apostates in some brief animadversions upon Francis Buggs book, entitled, De Christiana libertate, in which his great weakness and gross wickedness is detected, his foul defamations and uncivil reflections are reprehended : with a seasonable warning to him and the rest of his abettors in their mischievous work of opposition to and separation from, the Lord and his people / by a lover of peace, Robert Sandilands : together with an Ingredient by another hand.	Sandilands, Robert.; Richardson, Richard, 1623?-1689. Another ingredient against the venom in F.B.'s book.	1683 (1683)	Wing S661; ESTC R32326	57,765	142

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or_o sound_v by_o this_o heedless_a heady_a shallow_a latinist_n and_o disputer_n for_o liberty_n but_o patron_n of_o licentiousness_n conceit_v himself_o manager_n of_o the_o eastern_a association_n and_o treater_n for_o a_o cessation_n though_o eager_a urger_n of_o contention_n and_o confusion_n to_o race_n out_o order_n in_o church_n affair_n for_o now_o mark_n from_o this_o inadaequate_a insufficient_a imperfect_a and_o unsound_a subject_n or_o antecedent_n of_o his_o first_o part_n de_fw-fr christiana_n libertate_fw-la what_o a_o tower_a contradictory_n consequence_n he_o make_v i●_n his_o second_o part_n de_fw-fr christiana_n libertate_fw-la and_o on_o his_o inconsequent_a foot_n of_o iron_n and_o clay_n will_v establish_v a_o golden_a babylonish_n liberty_n paramount_n over_o church_n censure_n which_o his_o antecedent_n will_v not_o bear_v which_o allow_v church_n censure_n pag._n 138._o read_v he_o there_o at_o large_a for_o his_o consequence_n in_o his_o two_o part_n if_o any_o at_o all_o must_v needs_o be_v this_o viz._n because_o the_o magistrate_n by_o natural_a and_o moral_a power_n can_v only_o compel_v conscience_n which_o he_o cal●s_v a_o reflect_v act_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o mix_v moral_a action_n as_o to_o hear_v but_o not_o to_o such_o as_o be_v pure_o supernatural_a as_o to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n as_o be_v only_o subject_a to_o church-censure_n be_v of_o a_o spiritual_a nature_n and_o not_o subject_a to_o outward_a force_n the_o subject_a or_o argument_n in_o his_o first_o part_n which_o he_o own_v to_o be_v his_o judgement_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o second_o part_n therefore_o the_o church_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n may_v not_o exhort_v nay_o not_o disow_v any_o unsound_a principle_n or_o practice_n in_o its_o member_n tend_v to_o licentiousness_n or_o scandal_n and_o declare_v they_o have_v no_o unity_n with_o it_o nor_o with_o they_o in_o it_o lest_o they_o be_v more_o compulsive_a than_o the_o magistrate_n that_o 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i._n the_o rule_n of_o the_o new_a creature_n be_v not_o to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n in_o admonish_v they_o to_o walk_v by_o it_o and_o reprove_v and_o disow_v they_o that_o do_v not_o but_o be_v wilful_a and_o disorderly_a richard_n richardson_n how_o the_o labour_a man_n and_o crisp_n and_o bugg_n shrewd_o at_o woman_n '_o be_v labour_n tug_v not_o meet_v apart_o not_o speak_v the_o least_o afore_o man_n if_o not_o after_o a_o priest_n not_o open_v '_o their_o month_n to_o ask_v man_n nurse_n foe_n woman_n or_o to_o open_v '_o their_o purse_n shall_v rhapsodi_n one_o patch_n then_o lack_n a_o 〈…〉_o et_fw-fr s●itched_v on_o the_o back_n how_o the_o serpent_n old_a creep_v his_o old_a way_n over_o '_o the_o woman_n seek_n first_o to_o prevail_v meeting_n meet_v help_n first_o to_o assay_v that_o thereby_o man_n he_o may_v assail_v how_o the_o unlee_v vermin_n venomous_a thing_n the_o wriggle_a crooked_a crawl_a beast_n seek_v the_o woman_n be_v upright_a seed_n to_o sting_v or_o the_o heel_n thereof_o to_o hurt_v at_o least_o the_o serpent_n be_v seed_n be_v a_o cockatrice_n which_o fiery_a fly_a dragon_n grow_v himself_o a_o outcast_n when_o he_o spy_v he_o flood_n of_o venom_n at_o her_o throw_n errata_fw-la p._n 97._o for_o roger_n team_n read_v team_n rogers_n