Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	aaron_n	altar_n	priest_n	35	3	6.6869	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09313	The letters patents of the presbyterie vvith the plea and fruits of the prelacie. Manifested out of the scriptures, fathers, ecclesiasticall histories, Papists, and sundrie other authors. By Iames Peregrin.	[Peregin, James].; Partridge, James, attributed name. aut	1632 (1632)	STC 19622B.5; ESTC S103890	43,655	62

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the_o apostle_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n mention_n be_v oft_o make_v of_o these_o presbyter_n or_o elder_n 15.2.4.6_o act._n 15.2.4.6_o paul_n barnabas_n and_o other_o be_v send_v to_o jerusalem_n unto_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n when_o they_o come_v thither_o 22._o vers_fw-la 22._o they_o be_v receive_v of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n and_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n come_v together_o 16.4_o act._n 16.4_o to_o consider_v of_o this_o matter_n then_o it_o please_v the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n with_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o write_v letter_n the_o apostle_n etc._n chap._n 10.17.18_o etc._n etc._n and_o elder_n and_o brethren_n send_v greeting_n they_o deliver_v they_o the_o decree_n that_o be_v ordain_v of_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n from_o miletus_n he_o send_v to_o ephesus_n &_o call_v the_o elder_n of_o the_o church_n and_o say_v unto_o they_o you_o know_v from_o the_o first_o day_n that_o i_o come_v into_o asia_n etc._n etc._n 28._o vers_fw-la 28._o take_v heed_n therefore_o unto_o yourselves_o and_o to_o all_o the_o flock_n over_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n to_o feed_v the_o church_n of_o god_n the_o new_a translation_n read_v it_o overseer_n but_o the_o word_n be_v episcopus_fw-la bishop_n the_o same_o that_o be_v use_v 1._o tim._n 3._o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v blameless_a etc._n etc._n indeed_o both_o there_o and_o here_o it_o may_v be_v translate_v a_o bishop_n or_o a_o overseer_n for_o in_o the_o original_n as_o a_o presbyter_n be_v a_o elder_a so_o a_o bishop_n be_v a_o overseer_n but_o mark_v he_o say_v to_o the_o presbyter_n take_v heed_n to_o all_o the_o flock_n over_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n to_o feed_v etc._n etc._n whence_o it_o be_v infallible_o plain_a 1._o that_o the_o presbiterall_a government_n be_v the_o express_a ordinance_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 16._o joh._n 16._o who_o change_v not_o and_o of_o who_o christ_n say_v he_o 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peremptory_a take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o &_o to_o all_o the_o flock_n over_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n there_o be_v diverse_a elder_n of_o the_o church_n of_o phesus_fw-la &_o the_o place_n that_o border_v near_o it_o as_o of_o that_o of_o philippi_n or_o jerusalem_n act_n 21.18_o to_o they_o all_o paul_n say_v the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o bishop_n to_o feed_v the_o church_n so_o phil._n 1._o to_o all_o the_o saint_n which_o be_v at_o philippi_n with_o the_o bishop_n &_o deacon_n that_o be_v with_o the_o elder_n presbyter_n 1.1_o phil._n 1.1_o and_o deacons_n for_o you_o see_v the_o presbyter_n be_v bishop_n or_o otherwise_o you_o must_v grant_v that_o there_o be_v more_o bishop_n than_o one_o in_o 〈◊〉_d city_n therefore_o theodore_n well_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o presbyter_n which_o bellarmine_n observe_v can_v not_o deny_v 1.5.6.7_o bellar._n de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la l_o 4_o c._n 14._o tit._n 1.5.6.7_o but_o that_o here_o also_o 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and_o therefore_o out_o of_o all_o doubt_n 3._o 1._o tim._n 3._o when_o paul_n say_v if_o any_o man_n desire_v the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n he_o desire_v a_o good_a work_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v the_o office_n of_o a_o presbyter_n or_o elder_n who_o be_v a_o bishop_n &_o that_o so_o he_o add_v these_o thing_n write_v i_o unto_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v know_v how_o thou_o a_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n ought_v to_o behave_v thyself_o otherwise_o he_o will_v not_o have_v pass_v as_o he_o do_v from_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o deacon_n but_o rather_o first_o from_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o presbyter_n or_o pastor_n that_o be_v if_o it_o have_v not_o be_v one_o and_o the_o fame_n office_n sometime_o set_v forth_o under_o the_o name_n of_o a_o elder_a or_o presbyter_n 1.5.6.7_o tit._n 1.5.6.7_o &_o sometime_o of_o a_o bishop_n as_o in_o that_o to_o titus_n before_o allege_v which_o show_v we_o that_o when_o it_o be_v 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