Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	church_n	house_n	pillar_n	3,545	5	10.4316	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17294	A censure of simonie, or a most important case of conscience concerning simonie briefly discussed not altogether perhaps vnparallell for the meridian of these times. By H. Burton rector of little Saint-Matthewes in Friday-street London.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1624 (1624)	STC 4139; ESTC S107062	105,164	152

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main_a leave_v the_o remain_v for_o glean_n ob._n but_o many_o one_o will_v say_v what_o be_v this_o to_o i_o this_o be_v a_o subject_n out_o of_o the_o common_a roadway_n of_o my_o read_n i_o be_o no_o minister_n say_v one_o i_o be_o no_o patron_n say_v another_o etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o what_o be_v simony_n to_o i_o i_o answer_v as_o i_o say_v before_o i_o know_v no_o man_n of_o what_o condition_n soever_o whether_o he_o be_v high_a or_o low_o rich_a yea_o or_o yet_o poor_a who_o this_o treatise_n do_v not_o either_o direct_o and_o immediate_o or_o else_o indirect_o and_o by_o way_n of_o necessary_a consequence_n concern_v as_o for_o all_o patron_n it_o concern_v they_o direct_o it_o concern_v all_o minister_n direct_o whither_o actual_o minister_n or_o such_o as_o devote_v their_o mind_n that_o way_n it_o concern_v all_o other_o person_n such_o as_o be_v neither_o patron_n nor_o yet_o capable_a of_o the_o ministry_n if_o any_o have_v but_o child_n and_o portion_n to_o bestow_v on_o they_o that_o he_o will_v consult_v with_o this_o little_a book_n whither_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o or_o no_o as_o the_o too_o common_a fashion_n of_o the_o world_n be_v to_o lay_v out_o his_o money_n for_o a_o benefice_n for_o his_o son_n yea_o it_o may_v concern_v all_o such_o courtier_n or_o nobleman_n steward_n or_o great_a officer_n clerk_n or_o secretary_n who_o though_o they_o be_v no_o patron_n themselves_o yet_o perhaps_o have_v some_o faculty_n to_o deal_v as_o patron_n if_o any_o read_v and_o reap_v any_o profit_n hereby_o either_o by_o prevent_v what_o may_v be_v misdo_v or_o by_o repent_v of_o what_o be_v do_v i_o have_v my_o desire_n and_o reward_n and_o for_o this_o censure_n of_o simony_n if_o it_o must_v needs_o procure_v the_o simonist_n censure_v let_v he_o turn_v the_o edge_n the_o right_a way_n upon_o himself_o not_o upon_o i_o except_o he_o have_v rather_o in_o malice_n cut_v i_o then_o in_o mercy_n cure_v himself_o farewell_n the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n of_o this_o treatise_n chap._n i._o simony_n define_v first_o general_o and_o large_o then_o more_o strict_o pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o the_o definition_n clear_v from_o certain_a objection_n and_o nice_a distinction_n pag._n 4._o chap._n iii_o other_o shift_n and_o evasion_n meet_v withal_o pag._n 6._o chap._n four_o tithe_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n prove_v to_o be_v equal_o sacred_a with_o those_o in_o the_o old_a against_o the_o simonist_n objection_n and_o consequent_o the_o definition_n of_o simony_n conclude_v according_a to_o the_o former_a by_o the_o school_n and_o canon_n pag._n 9_o chap._n v._o other_o start_a hole_n stop_v objection_n answer_v pag._n 14._o chap._n vi_o simonist_n convict_v by_o the_o universal_a voice_n of_o common_a fame_n pag._n 16._o chap._n vii_o a_o demonstration_n of_o simony_n by_o our_o positive_a law_n and_o by_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o confession_n of_o the_o simonist_n himself_o pag._n 20._o chap._n viii_o of_o six_o evasion_n of_o the_o simonist_n whereby_o he_o think_v to_o elude_v the_o oath_n pag._n 26._o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o kind_n of_o the_o simonist_n in_o general_n pag._n 29._o chap._n x._o of_o the_o sundry_a way_n and_o wile_n of_o commit_v simony_n pag._n 37._o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o high_a degree_n of_o simony_n commit_v in_o ordination_n pag._n 47._o chap._n xii_o reason_n show_v the_o unreasonableness_n of_o simony_n in_o general_a pag._n 59_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o simony_n particular_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o office_n and_o function_n of_o a_o bishop_n or_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n pag._n 66._o chap._n xiiii_o of_o the_o censure_n and_o penalty_n of_o simony_n and_o simonist_n pag._n 79._o chap._n xv._n of_o