Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	peace_n	spirit_n	unity_n	1,812	5	8.9331	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30189	An answer to two treatises of Mr. Iohn Can, the leader of the English Brownists in Amsterdam the former called, A necessitie of separation from the Church of England, proved by the Nonconformists principles : the other, A stay against straying : wherein in opposition to M. Iohn Robinson, he undertakes to prove the unlawfulnesse of hearing the ministers of the Church of England ... / by the late learned, laborious and faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, John Ball.	Ball, John, 1585-1640.; Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.	1642 (1642)	Wing B558; ESTC R3127	281,779	264

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svo_fw-la officio_fw-la non_fw-la contentum_fw-la sed_fw-la cupicus_fw-la prae_fw-la ripere_fw-la alienum_fw-la conturbat_fw-la corporis_fw-la ordinem_fw-la totum_fw-la etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la singulorum_fw-la ornamenta_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la alijs_fw-la congrua_fw-la sed_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la requirit_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o abijcit_fw-la aliena_fw-la gratian._n do_v 89_o cap._n 1._o they_o that_o hold_v the_o office_n of_o bishop_n to_o be_v of_o god_n do_v hold_v that_o the_o church_n cease_v not_o to_o be_v a_o church_n in_o which_o this_o degree_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v that_o never_o have_v the_o ordination_n of_o a_o presbyter_n can_v neither_o consecrate_v and_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n nor_o ordain_v a_o presbyter_n himself_o be_v none_o nor_o do_v any_o act_n peculiar_o appertain_v to_o presbyter_n ordination_n therefore_o be_v reserve_v to_o the_o bishop_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o superiority_n in_o degree_n of_o ministry_n above_o 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the_o unity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o spirit_n etc._n johan._n major_n l._n 2._o hist_o the_o gest_n scotor_n cap._n 2._o scribit_fw-la scotos_fw-gr per_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o monachos_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la eruditos_fw-la esse_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n dom._n 429._o adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la scotitae_fw-la plusquam_fw-la 230_o annos_fw-la floruerit_fw-la absque_fw-la regimine_fw-la episcopali_fw-la nam_fw-la religionem_fw-la christianam_fw-la suscepit_fw-la scotiae_fw-la an._n dom._n 203._o ficu●_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la historic●_n omnes_fw-la ames_n bel_n enerv_v tom_n 2._o de_fw-fr eccles_n forb_n iren._n lib_n 2._o cap._n 11_o prop._n 10._o bilson_n perpetual_a church_n government_n epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n i_o have_v always_o have_v before_o my_o eye_n the_o most_o of_o they_o be_v brethren_n for_o the_o truth_n sake_n &c_n &c_n a._n w._n answer_v to_o late_o popish_a article_n page_n 73._o jun_n animadv_o in_o bel_n count_v 5_o l._n 1._o cap._n 3._o the_o right_a and_o power_n of_o give_v ordination_n to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n belong_v primary_o &_o whole_o to_o christ_n who_o communicate_v the_o same_o with_o his_o bride_n the_o church_n both_o the_o bridegroom_n for_o his_o part_n and_o the_o bride_n for_o her_o part_n have_v deliver_v this_o power_n of_o ordination_n to_o the_o presbytery_n jure_fw-la divino_fw-la afterward_o the_o presbytery_n confer_v jure_fw-la humano_fw-la this_o power_n upon_o they_o who_o be_v special_o call_v bishop_n etc._n etc._n aerius_n be_v call_v a_o heretic_n in_o the_o time_n of_o epiphanius_n not_o for_o his_o opinion_n but_o for_o his_o separation_n which_o he_o make_v together_o with_o it_o for_o so_o the_o father_n of_o the_o first_o constantinopolitan_a council_n can._n 6._o which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o canon_n be_v 169._o haereticos_fw-la autem_fw-la dicimus_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la olim_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la abdicati_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la postea_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la anathemati_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praeter_fw-la hos_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la se_fw-la sanam_fw-la quidem_fw-la fidem_fw-la profiteri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subassumunt_fw-la segregaverunt_fw-la autem_fw-la sese_fw-la &_o