Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	beast_n	head_n	horn_n	1,469	5	10.8310	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44854	Hē apostasīa, ho antichristos, or, A scriptural discourse of the apostasie and the Antichrist, by way of comment, upon the twelve first verses of 2 Thess. 2 under which are opened many of the dark prophecies of the Old Testament, which relate to the calling of the Jews, and the glorious things to be affected at the seventh trumpet through the world : together with a discourse of slaying the witnesses, and the immediate effects thereof : written for the consolation of the Catholike Church, especially the churches of England, Scotland, and Ireland / by E.H.	Hall, Edmund, 1619 or 20-1687.	1653 (1653)	Wing H325; ESTC R11943	203,833	222

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iste_fw-la &_o anti_fw-la b●…stus_fw-la zanchius_n aper●…e_fw-la dominabitur_fw-la p●…ator_fw-la note_n spiritus_fw-la oris_fw-la non_fw-la significat_fw-la praedicationèm_fw-la verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la non_fw-la interficiet_fw-la antichristum_n imò_fw-la i●…sam_fw-la tollet_fw-la cum_fw-la eliam_fw-la &_o enoch_n occidet_fw-la nil_fw-la prodest_fw-la ratio_fw-la aut_fw-la religio_fw-la ubi_fw-la vis_fw-la imperat_fw-la spiritus_fw-la oris_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la p●…aedicatio_fw-la sed_fw-la potiùs_fw-la sententia_fw-la &_o judicium_fw-la condemnationis_fw-la zelus_n justitiae_fw-la faciet_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la amor_fw-la spiritus_fw-la enim_fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la amor_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la zelus_fw-la est_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la quem_fw-la habet_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la aquinas_n in_o locum_fw-la et_fw-la spiritu_fw-la lab●…orum_fw-la suorum_fw-la morte_fw-la affici●…t_fw-la improbum_fw-la tre●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuagint_n i_o e._n to_o a_o wonder_n &_o in_o the_o spirit_n by_o by_o the_o lip_n he_o shall_v slay_v the_o wicked_a one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conficiet_fw-la spiritu_fw-la oris_fw-la est_fw-la periphrasis_n verbi_fw-la d●…i_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la ejus_fw-la nam_fw-la verb●…m_fw-la breve_fw-la &_o consummatum_fw-la facie●…_n dominus_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la zuinglius_fw-la note_n august_n ambros._n ante_fw-la diem_fw-la judicii_fw-la ●…ccidetur_fw-la antichristus_fw-la nam_fw-la post_fw-la ●…jus_fw-la mortem_fw-la minimùm_fw-la dabuntur_fw-la hominibus_fw-la quad●…aginta_fw-la quiuque_fw-la dies_fw-la poe●…tentiae_fw-la ut_fw-la patet_fw-la dan._n 12._o 12._o cornel_n we_o d._n lapide_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la docti_fw-la multorum_fw-la opinio_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la antichristi_fw-la mortem_fw-la dominique_n adventum_fw-la spatium_fw-la aliquod_fw-la temporis_fw-la fore_fw-la medium_n qu●…_n pace_fw-la 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annotation_n on_o matth._n 24._o i●…_n may_v be_v call_v the_o come_a and_o appear_v of_o christ_n when_o he_o come_v and_o appear_v in_o his_o vicegerent_n his_o two_o anoint_a office_n magistracy_n and_o ministry_n but_o at_o the_o raise_n of_o the_o witness_n he_o eminent_o appear_v in_o these_o two_o office_n therefore_o it_o be_v call_v christ_n come_v and_o appear_v verse_n 9_o theodoretus_n hippolytus_n de_fw-fr consummatione_fw-la s●…culi_fw-la rabanus_n de_fw-fr antichristo_fw-la operatio_fw-la satanae_n &_o omnis_fw-la conatus_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la homine_fw-la situs_fw-la ●…rit_fw-la ant._n scaynus_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la &_o per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la operabitur_fw-la satanas_fw-la tirinus_n in_o antichristo_fw-la est_fw-la diabolus_fw-la ●…uggerens_n ●…icut_fw-la dicitur_fw-la de_fw-fr juda_n jo._n 13._o introivit_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la satanas_fw-la scilicet_fw-la instigando_fw-la aquinas_n ità_fw-la gorranus_n no●…e_n mr._n ant._n burges_n hot_a modo_fw-la decipiat_fw-la antichristus_fw-la primò_fw-la per_fw-la potentiam_fw-la secularem_fw-la secundò_fw-la per_fw-la virtutem_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la primum_fw-la dicit_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la virtute_fw-la scilicet_fw-la seculari_fw-la dan._n 11._o dominabitur_fw-la thesaurorum_fw-la auri_fw-la &_o argenti_fw-la aquinas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d copi●…_n militares_fw-la dicuatur_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o sermone_fw-la sacro_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la apud_fw-la autores_fw-la profanos_fw-la leigh_n potestaccipi_fw-la pro_fw-la divitiis_fw-la &_o vi_fw-la armorum_fw-la ant._n scaynus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nazian_n jamb_n 15._o 2._o 2._o signa_fw-la sunt_fw-la quaedam_fw-la mi●…a_fw-la etiam_fw-la p●…rva_fw-la prodigia_fw-la verò_fw-la magna_fw-la quae_fw-la aliquemprodig●…osum_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la ●…ocul_fw-la à_fw-la digit●…_n aquinas_n miracula_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quia_fw-la signa_fw-la sunt_fw-la praesentiae_fw-la divinae_fw-la atque_fw-la eorum_fw-la proprius_fw-la usu●…_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la confirmetur_fw-la fides_fw-la nostra_fw-la leigh_n è_fw-la camera_fw-la miracula_fw-la vocantur_fw-la signa_fw-la synecdochicè_fw-la quia_fw-la mi●…acula_fw-la signa_fw-la &_o testimonia_fw-la sunt_fw-la divinae_fw-la ad_fw-la dicendum_fw-la vocationis_fw-la &_o veritatis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d note_n annotation_n on_o the_o bible_n et_fw-la prodigiis_fw-la falsis_fw-la syr._n et_fw-la prodigiis_fw-la mendacibus_fw-la beza_n quae_fw-la causam_fw-la habent_fw-la occultam_fw-la alicui_fw-la &_o non_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quidem_fw-la mira_fw-la &_o non_fw-la miracula_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la caus●…m_fw-la occultam_fw-la habent_fw-la sunt_fw-la proprie_fw-la miracula_fw-la aqui._n miraculum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ●…it_fw-la super_fw-la omnem_fw-la naturae_fw-la vim_o quódque_fw-la omnium_fw-la naturalium_fw-la causarum_fw-la &_o creaturarum_fw-la vires_fw-la excedit_fw-la &_o transcendit_fw-la cornelius_n à_fw-la lapide_fw-la zanchius_n miraculum_fw-la mendax_fw-la dicitur_fw-la vel_fw-la quia_fw-la deficit_fw-la à_fw-la vera_fw-la ratione_fw-la sacti_fw-la vel_fw-la à_fw-la vera_fw-la ratione_fw-la miraculi_fw-la vel_fw-la à_fw-la debito_fw-la sine_fw-la miraculi_fw-la aquinas_n cyrillus_n catech_n 15._o non_fw-la su●…t_fw-la vera_fw-la miracula_fw-la vim_o naturae_fw-la super_fw-la anti●…_n sed_fw-la praestigiae_fw-la diabolicae_fw-la vel_fw-la certè_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o potentiam_fw-la naturali_fw-la patrata_fw-la tyrinus_n ex_fw-la cyrillo_n &_o theod._n utitur_fw-la antichristus_fw-la ad_fw-la fallendum_fw-la sapiene●…tiâ_fw-la verbo●…um_fw-la simulatione_fw-la virtutum_fw-la testimonio_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la operation●…_n mir●…culorum_fw-la promissione_n divitiarum_fw-la terror_fw-la persecutionum_fw-la goran_z in_o locum_fw-la verse_n 10._o mr._n leigh_n magnâ_fw-la comitace_n &_o gratiâ_fw-la se_fw-la insinuandi_fw-la captandique_fw-la hominum_fw-la gatia●…_n &_o sanctimoniâ_fw-la simulatâ_fw-la utetur_fw-la antichristu●…_n ad_fw-la illiciendum_fw-la homines_fw-la describit_fw-la jam_fw-la subditos_fw-la huius_fw-la regni_fw-la eóque●…olatur_fw-la pios_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la metuant_fw-la antichristi_fw-la potentiam_fw-la quip_n limitibus_fw-la certis_fw-la definitam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys._n dicit_fw-la charitatem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la qui●…isi_fw-la formata●…ides_fw-la per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la nibil_n est_fw-la aquinas_n hic_fw-la sensu●…_n sacilior_fw-la est_fw-la &_o planior_fw-la maglsque_fw-la connexu●…_n versui_fw-la sequenti_fw-la opponitur_fw-la enim_fw-la amor_fw-la veritatis_fw-la errori_fw-la sive_fw-la amori_fw-la &_o amp●…exui_fw-la erroris_fw-la ●…_n lapid_n ex_fw-la v●…tab_n in_o ●…_n fundamentum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la ●…ui_fw-la cetera_fw-la praepo●…untur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civet_fw-la l._n 21._o c._n 26._o ●…_n note_n verse_n 11._o u●…_n volunt_fw-la deo_fw-la ut_fw-la fruantur_fw-la mundo_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civet_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 15._o c._n 7._o object_n answ._n vide_fw-la bazil_n tom._n 1._o homil._n aug._n contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la l._n 5._o c_o 3_o deus_fw-la mi●…tet_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la diacolum_fw-la ista_fw-la facere_fw-la per●…et_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit._n l._n 20._o c._n 19_o opponit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la veritatem_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la mendacio_fw-la sed_fw-la iniquitati_fw-la antichristi_fw-la cornell_n à_fw-la lapide_fw-la ità_fw-la scholi●…_n docent_fw-la scripturas_fw-la quas_fw-la non_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la p●…iùs_fw-la imperitorum_fw-la magistri_fw-la quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ip●…_n hieron_n epist._n us●…patio_fw-la est_fw-la usu_fw-la capio●…_n interruptio_fw-la in_o j●…_n civil_a verse_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scholia_fw-la ità_fw-la beza_n aquinas_n gravius_n est_fw-la dilig●…e_fw-la ●…eccatum_fw-la quam_fw-la ●…accre_fw-la greg._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d propriè_fw-la sig●…t_fw-la a●…cui_fw-la facer●…_n injuriam_fw-la aliquem_fw-la per_fw-la vim_o opprime●…e_n alsted_n rom._n 12._o the_o shake_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n in_o the_o scripture-sense_n be_v the_o overthrow_v the_o throne_n of_o kingdom_n and_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v of_o the_o heathen_a hag._n 2._o 22._o note_n 1._o proposition_n 2._o proposition_n obseru._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuagint_n

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