Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	spiritual_a	worship_n	worship_v	1,653	5	9.0507	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80635	Some treasure fetched out of rubbish: or, Three short but seasonable treatises (found in an heap of scattered papers), which Providence hath reserved for their service who desire to be instructed, from the Word of God, concerning the imposition and use of significant ceremonies in the worship of God. viz. I. A discourse upon 1 Cor. 14.40. Let all things be done decently and in order. Tending to search out the truth in this question, viz. Whether it be lawful for church-governours to command indifferent decent things in the administration of God's worship? II. An enquiry, whether the church may not, in the celebration of the Sacrament, use other rites significative than those expressed in the Scripture, or add to them of her own authority? III. Three arguments, syllogistically propounded and prosecuted against the surplice: the Cross in Baptism: and kneeling in the act of receiving the Lord's Supper.	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Nichols, Robert, Mr.	1660 (1660)	Wing C6459; Thomason E1046_2; ESTC R208022	73,042	79

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parte_fw-la diei_fw-la festi_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o church_n of_o france_n and_o the_o low-countries_n 4.23_o sect._n 17._o ad_fw-la confess_v sax._n obs_n 1._o tom._n 4._o the_o 〈◊〉_d bapt._n lib._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d cap._n 16._o sect_n 27._o annot._n maj_o in_o jo._n 4.23_o in_o their_o observation_n upon_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o church_n of_o saxony_n write_v thus_o ac_fw-la perinde_n ne_fw-la mysticos_fw-la quidem_fw-la ullos_fw-la alioqui_fw-la non_fw-la impios_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la capite_fw-la say_v cham._n speak_v of_o popish_a rite_n in_o baptism_n merito_fw-la damnamus_fw-la qui_fw-la ea_fw-la addiderunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la mysteria_fw-la affinxerint_fw-la prop●iasque_fw-la significationes_fw-la et_fw-la quidem_fw-la eorum_fw-la affectuun●_n qui_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la aquam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o judgement_n of_o bezd_v be_v well_o know_v and_o more_o than_o once_o utter_v by_o himself_o sacramentis_fw-la say_v 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13._o junius_n assent_v unto_o the_o former_a quod_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la usum_fw-la instituere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quisquam_fw-la profecto_fw-la neque_fw-la ad_fw-la significatiorem_fw-la homo_fw-la legitime_fw-la potest_fw-la adhibere_fw-la nisi_fw-la humano_fw-la et_fw-la irrogante_fw-la instituto_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o privato_fw-la quidem_fw-la quanto_fw-la minus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la publica_fw-la administratione_fw-la ipsius_fw-la danaeus_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n 7._o cont._n bell._n the_o cult_a sac._n l._n 3._o cap._n 7._o it_o be_v blasphemy_n to_o think_v that_o any_o outward_a thing_n may_v be_v make_v a_o sign_n in_o the_o church_n unless_o it_o be_v express_o ordain_v in_o the_o word_n and_o command_v by_o god_n himself_o to_o be_v use_v unto_o that_o end_n 5._o eccles_n l._n 3._o cap._n 5._o junius_n again_o profess_v his_o judgement_n in_o this_o matter_n res_fw-la autem_fw-la alius_fw-la ac_fw-la non_fw-la necessarias_fw-la 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