Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	apostle_n	church_n	minister_n	2,916	5	6.7721	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79937	Clement, the blessed Paul's fellow-labourer in the Gospel, his first epistle to the Corinthians: being an effectuall suasory to peace, and brotherly condescension, after an unhappy schism and separation in that Church. From whence the understanding reader may receive satisfaction concerning the businesse of episcopacy, or presbytery, as it stood in the age of the Apostles, and some time after. The ancient'st writing the Church hath, and the onely extant to that purpose, next to the divinely-inspired Scriptures. And being made good use of, may prove a remedy against the breaches and sad divisions of these distracted churches and times.; First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians	Clement I, Pope.; Burton, William, 1609-1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing C4629; Thomason E396_24; Thomason E396_25; ESTC R201660	59,432	63

better_a than_o those_o irish_a bishop_n which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o three_o milch_n cow_n and_o in_o case_n any_o of_o they_o become_v dry_a the_o parishioner_n supply_v they_o again_o as_o their_o own_o relation_n be_v to_o adam_n of_o breme_n in_o germany_n who_o they_o take_v in_o their_o way_n from_o italy_n homeward_o i_o may_v fit_v both_o with_o that_o excellent_a character_n of_o those_o poor_a countrey-bishop_n of_o italy_n in_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n 27._o marcellinus_n lib._n 27._o a_o hethen_a historian_n quos_fw-la tenuitas_fw-la edendi_fw-la potandique_fw-la parcissimè_fw-la vilitas_fw-la etiam_fw-la indumentorum_fw-la &_o superc_n lia_fw-la humum_fw-la spectantia_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la numini_fw-la verisque_fw-la ejus_fw-la cultoribus_fw-la ut_fw-la puros_fw-la commendabant_fw-la &_o verecundos_fw-la not_o but_o that_o than_o there_o be_v swagger_a bishop_n and_o far_o unlike_o these_o for_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o competition_n and_o contention_n about_o the_o papacy_n between_o damasus_n and_o vrsicinus_n be_v so_o violent_a that_o the_o carcase_n of_o 137._o man_n slay_v in_o the_o quarrel_n be_v draw_v out_o of_o one_o sicinini_n one_o basilicâ_fw-la sicinini_n church_n and_o viventius_n the_o lieutenant_n to_o the_o emperor_n be_v force_v to_o make_v his_o retreit_n into_o the_o suburb_n till_o the_o rage_n of_o the_o people_n and_o their_o strife_n be_v end_v and_o the_o impartial_a historian_n make_v the_o reason_n and_o ground_n of_o these_o contention_n to_o be_v their_o immoderate_a wealth_n ease_n and_o honour_n after_o they_o be_v thus_o settle_v be_v then_o enrich_v with_o the_o gift_n and_o present_n of_o great_a lady_n they_o ride_v in_o coach_n through_o the_o street_n they_o be_v choice_o suit_v in_o their_o apparel_n their_o diet_n dainty_a in_o so_o much_o that_o their_o feast_n outgo_v the_o ordinary_a provision_n at_o king_n table_n and_o that_o marcellinus_n do_v they_o not_o wrong_v herein_o the_o studious_a reader_n may_v see_v by_o the_o constitution_n clericis_fw-la constitution_n l._n 20._o c._n theod_n de_fw-fr episc_n eccl._n &_o clericis_fw-la of_o valent._n valens_n and_o gratian_n direct_v to_o the_o same_o damasus_n forbid_v all_o ecclesiastical_a person_n or_o such_o as_o belong_v to_o they_o to_o visit_v widow_n house_n etc._n etc._n to_o receive_v any_o thing_n from_o such_o kind_n of_o weeman_n either_o by_o donation_n or_o legacy_n if_o they_o do_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v forfeit_v to_o the_o exchequer_n etc._n etc._n and_o damasus_n be_v fain_o though_o full_a sore_n against_o his_o will_n to_o give_v order_n for_o publish_v of_o it_o in_o all_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enough_o of_o this_o now_o the_o contention_n about_o the_o name_n or_o power_n of_o episcopacy_n be_v never_o so_o great_a but_o the_o acception_n of_o the_o word_n before_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v as_o various_a 〈◊〉_d various_a in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eustathius_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v sometime_o take_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o spy_n or_o scout_n elsewhere_o in_o homer_n i_o find_v it_o for_o a_o protector_n or_o defender_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n hector_n be_v call_v by_o his_o wife_n 〈◊〉_d wife_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopus_fw-la trojae_fw-la the_o defender_n of_o the_o trojan_n their_o wife_n and_o child_n it_o be_v a_o office_n or_o magistracy_n rather_o among_o the_o athenian_n of_o which_o suidas_n and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristophanes_n scholiast_n beside_o 13._o beside_o de_fw-fr rep._n athen_n ca._n 35._o v._n guid._n pancirol_n de_fw-fr magistr_n municipal_a c._n 13._o postel_n or_o rather_o possardus_n but_o especial_o see_v meursius_n in_o his_o attic_a antiquity_n cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o pompey_n will_v have_v he_o to_o be_v 10._o be_v ad_fw-la attic._n l._n 7._o epist_n 10._o quem_fw-la tota_fw-la campana_n &_o maritima_fw-la ora_fw-la habeat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la quem_fw-la delectus_fw-la &_o summa_fw-la negotii_fw-la referatur_fw-la by_o which_o word_n you_o see_v what_o power_n he_o have_v and_o in_o the_o pandect_v arcadius_n call_v they_o episcopos_fw-la item_n episcopos_fw-la f._n the_o muner_n &_o honour_n l._n fin_n §_o item_n qui_fw-la praesunt_fw-la pani_fw-la &_o caeteris_fw-la venalibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la civitatum_fw-la populis_fw-la ad_fw-la quotidianum_fw-la victum_fw-la usui_fw-la sunt_fw-la which_o be_v just_a as_o much_o as_o clark_n of_o the_o market_n xxxii_o xxxii_o the_o forename_a officer_n gr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v bishop_n and_o deacon_n the_o apostle_n appoint_v overseër_n and_o minister_n unto_o they_o that_o shall_v believe_v as_o well_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o corinth_n as_o elsewhere_o where_o by_o the_o way_n take_v notice_n that_o peter_n part_n and_o authority_n in_o that_o business_n be_v no_o more_o than_o any_o one_o else_n beside_o for_o clement_n speak_v general_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n and_o our_o apostle_n second_o we_o may_v gather_v from_o clement_n that_o not_o only_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o but_o 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o also_o take_v notice_n of_o for_o their_o prudence_n do_v constitute_v bishop_n and_o deacon_n but_o it_o be_v with_o the_o general_a consent_n and_o agreement_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d otherwise_o they_o be_v not_o think_v lawful_o call_v or_o choose_v to_o their_o office_n and_o so_o may_v not_o challenge_v any_o subjection_n or_o respect_n from_o the_o people_n now_o in_o define_v what_o kind_n of_o bishop_n these_o be_v which_o the_o apostle_n constitute_v and_o in_o assign_v every_o first_o bishop_n his_o particular_a place_n or_o seat_n i_o conceive_v antiquity_n do_v not_o a_o little_a mistake_n not_o to_o say_v they_o deal_v too_o peremptory_o and_o presumptuous_o therein_o that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o take_v too_o much_o upon_o i_o in_o so_o high_a and_o seem_o arrogant_a a_o censure_n i_o shall_v aswell_a for_o the_o reader_n satisfaction_n as_o for_o my_o own_o excuse_n and_o defence_n allege_v a_o very_a notable_a place_n out_o of_o eusebius_n esteem_v general_o the_o father_n and_o fountain_n of_o church_n history_n who_o direct_o acknowledge_v it_o a_o thing_n of_o great_a difficulty_n to_o set_v down_o who_o be_v leave_v by_o the_o apostle_n the_o bishop_n of_o several_a church_n confess_v all_o the_o light_n he_o have_v herein_o to_o come_v from_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o paul_n epistle_n the_o place_n be_v eccl._n hist._n lib._n iii_o cap._n iv_o whither_o the_o reader_n may_v have_v his_o recourse_n at_o pleasure_n now_o for_o we_o to_o make_v our_o boast_n of_o antiquity_n and_o to_o ground_v our_o discourse_n in_o the_o point_n we_o have_v in_o hand_n upon_o the_o testimony_n and_o tradition_n of_o the_o ancients_n when_o as_o eusebius_n himself_o one_o so_o ancient_a and_o that_o make_v such_o diligent_a search_n and_o enquiry_n into_o this_o business_n free_o confess_v that_o all_o the_o certainty_n of_o his_o knowledge_n thereabouts_o be_v from_o mere_a scripture_n be_v a_o thing_n in_o my_o conceit_n of_o extreme_a lightness_n and_o vanity_n not_o to_o add_v here_o what_o i_o former_o take_v notice_n of_o how_o great_a a_o flaw_n and_o breach_n there_o be_v in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o first_o time_n of_o the_o church_n next_o the_o act_n which_o indeed_o do_v set_v the_o invention_n of_o after_o age_n on_o work_n to_o write_v a_o supplement_n in_o place_n of_o those_o true_a record_n which_o most_o likely_o perish_v at_o what_o time_n the_o flame_n of_o persecution_n devour_v the_o christian_n themselves_o no_o more_o than_o their_o particular_a acta_fw-la and_o memorial_n for_o the_o future_a give_v they_o moreover_o in_o command_n the_o gr._n xxxiii_o xxxiii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o translate_v it_o as_o you_o see_v have_v then_o in_o my_o mind_n what_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v and_o be_v now_o in_o haste_n i_o let_v it_o pass_v so_o perhaps_o upon_o advice_n with_o some_o to_o advertise_v i_o better_o i_o shall_v alter_v it_o mr_n young_a have_v turn_v it_o ac_fw-la descriptas_fw-la deinceps_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la officiorumque_fw-la vice_n reliquerunt_fw-la read_v by_o conjecture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o copy_n dr_n usher_n eumque_fw-la ordinem_fw-la deinceps_fw-la praescripserunt_fw-la salmasius_n et_fw-la interim_n etiam_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la dederunt_fw-la dr_n hall_n and_o give_v thereupon_o a_o design_a order_n or_o listen_v of_o office_n come_v near_o mr_n yong._n dr_n turner_n of_o merton_n college_n will_v have_v it_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 137._o 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la dn._n armachan_n de_fw-fr ignat._n script_n ca._n 18._o p._n 137._o ut_fw-la continuatio_fw-la