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	rome_n	3,116	5	6.8909	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48308	Defensive doubts, hopes, and reasons, for refusall of the oath, imposed by the sixth canon of the late synod with important considerations, both for the penning and publishing of them at this time / by John Ley ... ; hereunto is added by the same author, a letter against the erection of an altar, written above five yeares agoe, and a case of conscience, touching the receiving of the sacrament, resolved.	Ley, John, 1583-1662.	1641 (1641)	Wing L1874; ESTC R21343	93,675	154

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that_o sacred_a episcopacy_n and_o even_o he_o who_o be_v a_o archbishop_n himself_o and_o high_o advance_v in_o print_n the_o episcopal_a degree_n have_v out_o of_o ignatius_n observe_v and_o thereby_o affront_v the_o papal_a usurpation_n that_o the_o twelve_o be_v all_o 13._o all_o abundè_fw-la probavi_fw-la christum_fw-la svam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la apostolis_n omnibus_fw-la aequè_fw-la commendâsse_fw-la eosque_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la necessariâ_fw-la potestare_fw-la aequè_fw-la omnes_fw-la adornâsse_fw-la confentit_fw-fr ignat._n episi_fw-la ad_fw-la philadelph_n dum_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolos_fw-la veluti_fw-la ad_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la collegium_fw-la recurri_fw-la postulat_fw-la collegium_fw-la verò_fw-la aristocraticum_fw-la nemo_fw-la ignorat_fw-la spalat_n de_fw-fr repub_fw-la eccles_n lib._n 1._o c._n 12._o pag._n 137._o the_o archbish_n that_o now_o be_v say_v the_o like_a of_o the_o aristocratical_a government_n and_o equality_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o quote_v bellarm._n de_fw-fr ro._n po._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n make_v account_n his_o word_n be_v a_o confession_n of_o the_o truth_n against_o his_o own_o side_n so_o in_o relat_n of_o his_o conference_n pag._n 168_o 200_o 202_o 380._o see_v bishop_n hall_n of_o episcopacy_n part_n 2._o pag._n 13._o equal_a as_o a_o aristocratical_a college_n no_o prince_n or_o monarch_n rule_v over_o the_o rest_n as_o the_o romanist_n pretend_v and_o assume_v in_o the_o name_n of_o st._n peter_n wherein_o saint_n 459._o saint_n jam_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la considera_fw-la quàm_fw-la petrus_n agit_fw-fr omne_fw-la ex_fw-la communi_fw-la discipulorum_fw-la sententia_fw-la nihil_fw-la authoritate_fw-la suâ_fw-la nihil_fw-la cum_fw-la imperio_fw-la chrysost_n bom_n 3._o in_o act._n apost_n cap._n 1._o tom_n 3._o col_fw-fr 459._o chrysostome_n be_v direct_o opposite_a unto_o they_o observing_z how_o saint_n peter_n in_o a_o assembly_n of_o the_o disciple_n do_v all_o by_o their_o common_a consent_n nothing_o by_o his_o own_o authority_n nothing_o in_o a_o lofty_a or_o a_o lordly_a manner_n for_o that_o authority_n which_o they_o take_v up_o as_o saint_n peter_n right_a his_o master_n and_o we_o think_v too_o much_o for_o he_o or_o any_o one_o man_n else_o foreseeing_a as_o the_o archbish_n of_o spalleto_n note_v 138._o note_v spalat_n de_fw-fr repub._n eccles_n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o p._n 138._o that_o a_o monarchy_n in_o a_o churchman_n will_v be_v apt_a to_o break_v out_o into_o a_o tyranny_n over_o the_o church_n and_o for_o the_o tenure_n of_o archiepiscopall_a authority_n we_o may_v believe_v bishop_n 110._o bishop_n bish_n jewel_n defence_n of_o his_o apolog_n part_n 2._o c._n 3._o divis_fw-la 5._o pag._n 110._o jewel_n where_o he_o say_v in_o answer_n to_o master_n harding_n that_o though_o primate_fw-la or_o archbishop_n have_v authority_n over_o the_o inferior_a bishop_n yet_o they_o have_v it_o but_o by_o agreement_n and_o custom_n neither_o by_o 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a_o apostolical_a and_o pastoral_n right_a as_o well_o as_o he_o which_o be_v not_o nor_o can_v be_v so_o in_o episcopal_a or_o archiepiscopall_a calling_n object_n if_o the_o opinion_n of_o 809._o of_o estius_fw-la comment_n in_o 1_o tim._n 5.19_o col_fw-fr 809._o estius_n be_v interpose_v viz._n that_o archiepiscopacy_n be_v found_v when_o timothy_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o ephesus_n the_o metropolis_n of_o asia_n wherein_o he_o have_v 273._o have_v bish_n hall_n reckon_v 36._o bishopric_n under_o ephes_n part_n 2._o p._n 24.43_o see_v will._n synop_n papis_fw-la controv_fw-mi 5._o in_o append_v ad_fw-la quaest_n 3._o p._n 273._o many_o bishop_n under_o his_o jurisdiction_n that_o to_o say_v nothing_o of_o what_o be_v say_v of_o the_o unbishoping_a of_o timothy_n and_o titus_n in_o a_o particular_a book_n of_o that_o title_n be_v bring_v in_o without_o proof_n will_v be_v as_o ready_o 175._o ready_o didoclau_n altar_n damascen_n pag._n 175._o deny_v by_o some_o as_o it_o be_v easy_o 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col_fw-fr 275._o archbishop_n or_o until_o the_o reign_n of_o constantine_n as_o a_o very_a learned_a 353.20_o learned_a archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o patriarchae_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la abierunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la ante_fw-la constantini_n tempora_fw-la altum_fw-la silentium_fw-la dan._n chamier_n de_fw-fr oecumen_fw-la pontiff_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 6._o tom_n 2._o pag._n 353.20_o writer_n have_v observe_v there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o archbishop_n it_o will_v not_o be_v easy_a perhaps_o for_o any_o by_o legitimate_a testimony_n to_o bring_v in_o a_o instance_n to_o disprove_v the_o observation_n in_o the_o eastern_a church_n and_o for_o the_o western_a it_o come_v late_a thither_o as_o the_o sunsetting_a come_v after_o the_o sunrising_n and_o filasacus_n a_o divine_a of_o paris_n say_v 4._o say_v filasac_n de_fw-fr sacr_n ep_v anth._n ch_n 19_o sect_n 1._o council_n matisc_n 1._o can._n 4._o it_o be_v not_o use_v in_o these_o part_n until_o the_o first_o matiscon_n council_n scil_n anno_o 587._o which_o may_v be_v to_o we_o the_o more_o probable_a because_o we_o have_v have_v experience_n in_o our_o own_o time_n of_o a_o 90._o a_o doct._n saravia_n say_v the_o assembly_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o be_v no_o synod_n but_o conventicle_n because_o he_o read_v not_o of_o any_o synod_n without_o a_o archbishop_n sarav_fw-mi de_fw-fr triplic_n ep_v q._n 3._o p._n 90._o principal_a point_n of_o now-archiepiscopall_a government_n the_o presidentship_n of_o a_o provincial_n synod_n without_o a_o archbishop_n so_o be_v it_o in_o the_o year_n 1603._o when_v the_o bishop_n of_o london_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o synod_n then_o assemble_v archbish_n 432._o archbish_n archb._n whitgifl_fw-mi in_o his_o reply_n to_o master_n cartwr_n p._n 310_o 313_o 427_o 432._o whitgift_n against_o master_n cartwright_n endeavour_v to_o maintain_v that_o the_o office_n of_o a_o archbishop_n be_v in_o use_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o by_o their_o whitgi_n their_o can._n 33._o or_o 34._o as_o some_o account_n p._n 470._o archb._n whitgi_n appointment_n in_o a_o apostolical_a canon_n and_o that_o 400._o that_o ibid._n pag._n 400._o titus_n be_v a_o archbishop_n over_o crete_n and_o 470._o and_o pag._n 470._o dionysius_n areopagita_n the_o scholar_n of_o s._n paul_n archbishop_n of_o athens_n but_o his_o proof_n as_o some_o of_o we_o upon_o examination_n have_v find_v they_o be_v too_o low_a and_o too_o flat_a for_o the_o height_n and_o compass_n of_o the_o arch_n of_o his_o asseveration_n especial_o as_o apply_v to_o the_o state_n and_o authority_n of_o archbishop_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o prelation_n particular_o oppose_v by_o master_n cartwright_n who_o conceive_v both_o the_o authority_n and_o title_n of_o a_o archbishop_n by_o scripture_n to_o belong_v peculiarly_a to_o christ_n and_o not_o find_v the_o name_n 300._o name_n the_o title_n archbishop_n be_v proper_a to_o christ_n as_o appear_v by_o saint_n peter_n where_o he_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o archshepheard_n or_o archbishop_n for_o bishop_n and_o shepheard_n be_v all_o one_o ibid._n p._n 300._o archbishop_n there_o take_v up_o the_o title_n archshepheard_n 1_o pet._n 5.4_o as_o equivalent_a to_o it_o the_o great_a antiquity_n and_o best_a authority_n that_o we_o find_v for_o that_o title_n be_v that_o which_o 146._o which_o archb._n whitgift_n reply_n to_o mast_n cartwr_n pag._n 323._o ex_fw-la mr._n fox_n martyrol_n tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 146._o archbishop_n whitgift_n cit_v out_o of_o master_n fox_n viz._n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o eleutherius_fw-la a_o 180._o there_o be_v in_o britain_n 28._o head_n priest_n which_o in_o the_o time_n of_o paganism_n they_o call_v flamen_fw-la and_o three_o archpriest_n among_o they_o which_o be_v call_v archiflamines_fw-la as_o judge_n over_o the_o rest_n these_o 28._o flamen_fw-la upon_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o britain_n be_v turn_v to_o 28._o bishop_n and_o the_o three_o archiflamines_fw-la to_o three_o archbishop_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a yet_o it_o be_v far_o below_o that_o which_o be_v allege_v for_o the_o call_n of_o archbishop_n and_o yet_o more_o ancient_a than_o honourable_a for_o the_o conformity_n to_o pagan_a pre-eminence_n nor_o will_v it_o serve_v to_o say_v as_o pope_n 201._o pope_n eugen._n 4._o epist_n ad_fw-la episcop_n cantuarien_n ait_fw-fr cardinalium_fw-la nomen_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la nascentis_fw-la eccles_n expressum_fw-la munus_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o officium_fw-la à_fw-la b._n petro_n &_o ejus_fw-la successoribus_fw-la evidenter_fw-la crat_fw-mi institutum_fw-la fran._n long._n annot_fw-mi in_o 2._o council_n rom._n pag._n 201._o eugenius_n the_o four_o say_v of_o the_o name_n cardinal_n that_o though_o it_o be_v not_o express_o mention_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n yet_o the_o office_n be_v institute_v by_o saint_n peter_n and_o his_o successor_n for_o not_o to_o insist_v upon_o the_o name_n cardinal_n of_o which_o the_o say_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v a_o unprobable_a fiction_n superiority_n among_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v reduce_v rather_o to_o a_o secular_a then_o to_o a_o sacred_a original_a for_o our_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n that_o now_o be_v say_v 176._o say_v archb._n laud_v in_o his_o relat_n of_o his_o confer_v pag._n 176._o it_o be_v insinuate_v if_o not_o order_v that_o honour_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v follow_v honour_n of_o the_o state_n as_o appeareth_z by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o 16._o of_o council_n chalce_v can._n 9_o &_o act._n 16._o chalcedon_n and_o antioch_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a therefore_o though_o as_o saint_n est_fw-la saint_n cypr._n the_o simplic_a praelat_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la cyprian_n speak_v there_o be_v one_o episcopacy_n the_o call_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o that_o yet_o among_o bishop_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o certain_a subor_n dination_n and_o subjection_n the_o empire_n therefore_o be_v cast_v into_o several_a division_n which_o they_o then_o call_v diocese_n every_o diocese_n contain_v several_a province_n every_o province_n several_a bishop_n the_o chief_a of_o a_o diocese_n in_o that_o large_a sense_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sometime_o a_o patriarch_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o province_n a_o metropolitan_a next_o the_o bishop_n in_o their_o several_a diocese_n as_o we_o now_o use_v the_o word_n among_o these_o there_o be_v effectual_a subjection_n ground_v upon_o canon_n and_o positive_a law_n in_o their_o several_a quarter_n all_o the_o difference_n there_o be_v but_o honorary_a not_o authoritative_a so_o far_o he_o where_o though_o he_o name_v the_o title_n bishop_n patriarch_n and_o metropolitan_a he_o do_v not_o mention_v the_o title_n archbishop_n and_o though_o he_o grant_v that_o 168._o that_o archb._n laud_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la pag._n 168._o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v have_v and_o have_v yet_o a_o more_o powerful_a principality_n than_o any_o other_o church_n yet_o he_o say_v she_o have_v not_o that_o power_n from_o christ_n the_o roman_a patriarch_n by_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n say_v he_o may_v perhaps_o have_v a_o primacy_n of_o order_n but_o for_o principality_n of_o power_n they_o be_v all_o equal_a as_o the_o apostle_n be_v before_o they_o and_o he_o may_v have_v say_v so_o much_o as_o well_o of_o bishop_n as_o of_o patriarch_n for_o except_o for_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n and_o positive_a law_n they_o be_v not_o subordinate_a one_o to_o another_o neither_o the_o authority_n nor_o title_n then_o of_o metropolitan_a or_o archbishop_n be_v take_v to_o be_v so_o ancient_a or_o warrantable_a by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o that_o of_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o such_o as_o be_v the_o dear_a friend_n to_o prelatical_a dignity_n yet_o as_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o a_o inequality_n betwixt_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v 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sol_fw-la 80._o ad_fw-la 90._o see_v also_o the_o form_n of_o the_o send_v of_o excomm_n in_o certain_a canon_n of_o the_o synod_n 1571._o p._n 29.30_o constitution_n and_o order_n publish_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o and_z king_n edward_z the_o six_o and_o in_o the_o last_o synod_n the_o case_n be_v much_o alter_v with_o bishop_n in_o their_o government_n for_o whereas_o former_o they_o be_v free_a to_o propound_v what_o article_n they_o think_v good_a in_o their_o visitation_n 9_o visitation_n can._n 9_o now_o to_o prevent_v just_a aggrievance_n which_o may_v be_v lay_v upon_o churchwarden_n and_o other_o sworne-man_n by_o impertinent_a inconvenient_a or_o illegal_a inquiry_n this_o last_o synod_n have_v cause_v a_o summary_n or_o collection_n of_o visitatory_n article_n out_o of_o the_o rubric_n of_o the_o service_n book_n and_o the_o canon_n and_o warrantable_a rule_n of_o the_o church_n to_o be_v make_v which_o bishop_n and_o other_o ordinary_n be_v to_o follow_v in_o 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