Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	good_a	great_a	time_n	3,744	5	3.2616	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04328	An apologie for Iohn Wickliffe shewing his conformitie with the now Church of England; with answere to such slaunderous obiections, as haue beene lately vrged against him by Father Parsons, the apologists, and others. Collected chiefly out of diuerse works of his in written hand, by Gods especiall providence remaining in the publike library at Oxford, of the honorable foundation of Sr. Thomas Bodley Knight: by Thomas James keeper of the same.	James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.; Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.	1608 (1608)	STC 14445; ESTC S108215	68,345	90

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a_o grievous_a imputation_n or_o rather_o commendation_n if_o you_o consider_v the_o duty_n of_o 516._o of_o nemo_fw-la excusatur_fw-la ab_fw-la hac_fw-la paupertate_fw-la de_fw-fr ver._n scrip._n pag._n 516._o every_o good_a christian_a and_o the_o holy_a profession_n which_o he_o make_v in_o baptism_n for_o say_v wickliff_n persuade_v all_o other_o man_n to_o be_v as_o himself_o be_v that_o do_v neither_o 346._o neither_o he_o be_v most_o to_o praise_v that_o least_o set_v by_o this_o world_n and_o perfectly_a love_v heaven_n de._n ver._n scrip._n pag._n 346._o set_v nor_o settle_v his_o affection_n upon_o '_o the_o world_n which_o preach_v against_o covetousness_n because_o he_o have_v hear_v s._n paul_n call_v it_o idolatry_n against_o a_o inordinate_a and_o preposterous_a affection_n of_o the_o temporal_a thing_n of_o this_o life_n because_o the_o father_n and_o scripture_n be_v against_o it_o &_o what_o of_o all_o this_o how_o many_o sermon_n epistle_n '_o and_o postel_v of_o jesuit_n and_o friar_n be_v extant_a which_o do_v commend_v the_o same_o doctrine_n unto_o us●_n with_o exquisite_a and_o emphatical_a persuasion_n allusion_n and_o amplification_n so_o that_o hitherto_o we_o see_v there_o be_v no_o harm_n do_v that_o which_o follow_v out_o of_o stow_n the_o old_a that_o he_o adjoin_v himself_o to_o the_o beg_a friar_n be_v take_v out_o of_o walsinghan_n which_o be_v stow_n author_n and_o wickliff_n too_o great_a enemy_n to_o be_v believe_v master_n stow_n not_o to_o defraud_v he_o of_o his_o just_a praise_n be_v a_o painful_a citizen_n by_o trade_n a_o tailor_n by_o his_o industry_n a_o chronicler_n so_o well_o mind_v to_o the_o public_a good_a that_o for_o fault_n of_o better_a writer_n he_o take_v upon_o he_o at_o the_o first_o to_o record_v such_o thing_n as_o happen_v in_o that_o metropolis_n and_o chief_a city_n and_o be_v somewhat_o encourage_v in_o his_o labour_n he_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o deduce_v the_o history_n of_o the_o whole_a island_n 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of_o so_o many_o garment_n to_o cover_v his_o historical_a imperfection_n but_o to_o come_v to_o the_o point_n thus_o our_o apologist_n do_v reason_n master_n stow_n out_o of_o his_o translate_a walsinghan_n say_v that_o wickliff_n be_v of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o beg_a friar_n

be_v honour_v in_o a_o man_n profess_a enemy_n though_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o their_o rule_n i_o shall_v sure_o think_v that_o this_o be_v a_o errant_a lie_n sophistical_o and_o malicious_o enforce_v not_o arise_v natural_o out_o of_o his_o word_n for_o his_o word_n be_v plain_a admonish_a priest_n of_o their_o sacred_a function_n and_o holy_a life_n he_o write_v thus_o 138._o thus_o nisi_fw-la christia_n nus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la christo_fw-la uni_fw-la tus_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la n●n_fw-la habet_fw-la christum_fw-la saluato●em_fw-la nee_n sine_fw-la falsitate_fw-la dicit_fw-la verba_fw-la sacramentalia_fw-la licet_fw-la prosint_fw-la capacibus_fw-la oportet_fw-la enim_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la conficientem_fw-la ●sse_fw-la membrum_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la sancti_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la ipsum_fw-la christum_fw-la de_fw-fr ver._n ser._n pag._n 138._o unless_o the_o christian_a priest_n be_v unite_v unto_o christ_n by_o grace_n christ_n can_v be_v his_o saviour_n nee_n sine_fw-la fa●sit_fw-la eat_v dicit_fw-la verba_fw-la sacramentalia_fw-la nether_a can_v he_o speak_v the_o sacrament_n all_o word_n without_o lie_v licet_fw-la prosint_fw-la capacibus_fw-la though_o the_o worthy_a receiver_n be_v hereby_o nothing_o hinder_v from_o grace_n then_o which_o word_n what_o can_v be_v say_v more_o plain_a here_o be_v there_o sophistry_n wickliff_n after_o his_o usual_a manner_n note_v the_o foul_a abuse_n of_o the_o church_n &_o church_n man_n 460._o man_n accusantes_fw-la p●eudo_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la statim_fw-la censentur_fw-la host_n ecclesi●_n de_fw-fr ver_n scrip._n p._n 460._o invey_v against_o notorious_a and_o scandalous_a offender_n whether_o bishop_n or_o priest_n as_o notable_a 423._o notable_a priest_n sin●en_n much_o in_o avoutry_n lib_fw-la de_fw-fr 7._o peccat_fw-la 33._o praelati_fw-la male_a viventes_fw-la ●unt_fw-la haeresiar●h●e_fw-la vel_fw-la archi●haeretici_fw-la de_fw-fr ver_n scrip._n p._n 602._o &_o 605._o peccata_fw-la cleri_fw-la causa_fw-la ruinae_fw-la regni_fw-la ib._n 473._o uchementer_fw-la eccle_n siam_fw-la christi_fw-la destruit_fw-la me●iores_fw-la esse_fw-la laicos_fw-la quam_fw-la clericos_fw-la ib_a pag._n 423._o adulterer_n or_o fornicator_n and_o guilty_a of_o any_o such_o crime_n as_o wherehence_a offence_n and_o scandal_n may_v grow_v unto_o the_o church_n of_o god_n wish_v that_o such_o continue_v 430._o continue_v for_o rectores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la statim_fw-la iudicandi_fw-la lb._n pag._n 430._o such_o and_o have_v 413._o have_v proposito_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la form_n cator_n vel_fw-la alio_fw-la notorio_fw-la crimine_fw-la irretitus_fw-la de_fw-fr verit._n scr._n 413._o thrice_o be_v warn_v thereof_o by_o order_n &_o due_a form_n of_o law_n may_v be_v remove_v and_o better_o put_v in_o the_o place_n because_o they_o be_v 368._o be_v de_fw-fr verit._n scr._n pag._n 368._o percussores_fw-la fratrum_fw-la that_o live_v so_o in_o open_a sin_n do_v consecrate_v or_o minister_v will_v the_o people_n not_o to_o partake_v with_o their_o sin_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v clergy_n be_v ●f_o they_o do_v any_o manner_n of_o way_n seem_v to_o countenance_n or_o conceal_v the_o sault_n of_o so_o notorious_a offender_n in_o the_o clergy_n partaker_n of_o there_o punishment_n and_o in_o some_o such_o case_n it_o may_v be_v that_o god_n may_v abhor_v the_o people_n sacrifice_n for_o the_o wicked_a priest_n sake_n as_o he_o threaten_v the_o jew_n he_o will_v do_v and_o this_o be_v a_o very_a dangerous_a opinion_n be_v it_o not_o the_o 2._o objection_n 488._o parson_n in_o his_o 3._o cover_v pag._n 488._o it_o be_v against_o scripture_n for_o any_o ecclesiastical_a minister_n to_o have_v any_o temporal_a possession_n at_o all_o the_o answer_n this_o accusation_n be_v without_o all_o peraducntu●es_v false_a for_o what_o be_v the_o land_n and_o good_n of_o bishop_n cathedral_n church_n or_o otherwise_o belong_v to_o religious_a house_n which_o be_v give_v deo_fw-la 455._o deo_fw-la regum_fw-la &_o regno●um_fw-la est_fw-la rimari_fw-la radi●itus_fw-la utrum_fw-la eleemosynae_fw-la quas_fw-la contulerunt_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la secundum_fw-la formam_fw-la legis_fw-la divinae_fw-la legis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sint_fw-la expensae_fw-la de_fw-fr verit._n script_n pag._n 466._o interest_n regum_fw-la &_o aliorumrectificare_fw-la eleemosynas_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la svorum_fw-la lb._n 466._o da●_n ecclesia_fw-la talem_fw-la legem_fw-la fi●ijs_fw-la vel_fw-la nepotibus_fw-la ac_fw-la honestioribus_fw-la propinquis_fw-la eius_fw-la qui_fw-la construxit_fw-la vel_fw-la dotavit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la lb._n pag._n 455._o &_o ecclesiae_fw-la be_v they_o not_o lb._n not_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n behold_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v give_v and_o pretend_v that_o be_v i●_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v give_v be_v of_o land_n or_o good_n the_o determination_n thereof_o of_o right_n belong_v in_o this_o realm_n to_o the_o king_n law_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o spiritual_a man_n or_o temporal_a to_o the_o church_n or_o to_o other_o de_fw-fr fundamentis_fw-la legum_n angliae_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 32._o it._n the_o good_n of_o spiritual_a man_n be_v temporal_a in_o what_o manner_n soever_o they_o come_v to_o they_o &_o must_v be_v order_v after_o the_o temporal_a law_n as_o the_o good_n of_o temporale_n man_n must_v be_v lb._n temporal_a possession_n and_o yet_o be_v rightful_o hold_v according_a to_o wickliffs_n tenure_n by_o ecclesiastical_a minister_n and_o long_o may_v they_o and_o peaceable_o enjoy_v they_o for_o he_o in_o as_o ample_a manner_n as_o ever_o they_o do_v so_o long_o as_o they_o do_v see_v they_o well_o employ_v according_a unto_o the_o will_n and_o purpose_n of_o the_o donour_n willing_a nothing_o contratie_n to_o god_n word_n i_o speak_v of_o bishop_n land_n or_o land_n of_o cathedral_n church_n for_o as_o for_o the_o land_n belong_v to_o so_o 465._o so_o non_fw-la credo_fw-la quod_fw-la grandis_fw-la constructio_fw-la monasteriorum_fw-la &_o a_o dificiorum_fw-la velcumulatio_fw-la temporalium_fw-la unigeneri_fw-la alio_fw-la nobiliori_fw-la depauperato_fw-la fortify_v at_o rempublicam_fw-la sed_fw-la infirmat_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la fallor_fw-la omnis_fw-la tale_n dotationes_fw-la generis_fw-la clericorum_fw-la omnes_fw-la tale_n impe●ta●●nes_n caenobiorum-fiunt_a ex_fw-la turpi_fw-la luc●o_fw-la &_o questu_fw-la illicito_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la infectio_fw-la lb._n alias_fw-la dixi_fw-la quod_fw-la minus_fw-la malum_fw-la fore_fw-la t_o ut_fw-la ex_fw-la propriata_fw-la forent_fw-la omne_fw-la temporalia_fw-la quibus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la anglicana_n est_fw-la dotata_fw-la ut_fw-la exeis_fw-la darentur_fw-la stipendia_fw-la lai●is_fw-la l●teratis_fw-la necessary_a be_v add_v officium_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o secula●ium_fw-la dominorum_fw-la de_fw-fr verit._n scrip._n pag_n 465._o many_o chauntry_n college_n abbaye_v friaries_n priory_n monastery_n and_o other_o religious_a 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