Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	bishop_n	church_n	rome_n	17,242	5	7.2290	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46995	An exact collection of the works of Doctor Jackson ... such as were not published before : Christ exercising his everlasting priesthood ... or, a treatise of that knowledge of Christ which consists in the true estimate or experimental valuation of his death, resurrection, and exercise of his everlasting sacerdotal function ... : this estimate cannot rightly be made without a right understanding of the primeval state of Adam ...; Works. Selections. 1654	Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640.; Oley, Barnabas, 1602-1686.	1654 (1654)	Wing J89; ESTC R33614	442,514	358

viii_o chap._n liv._o three_o error_n disparage_v christ_n priesthood_n 1._o the_o novatian_a deny_v the_o reception_n of_o some_o sort_n of_o sinner_n 2._o a_o late_a contrary_a error_n affirm_v that_o every_o sin_n which_o some_o sort_n of_o man_n commit_v be_v pardon_v before_o it_o be_v commit_v 3._o the_o romish_a doctrine_n of_o the_o mass_n give_v scandal_n to_o the_o jew_n all_o of_o they_o respective_o derogate_a from_o the_o infinite_a value_n or_o continual_a efficacy_n of_o christ_n everlasting_a priesthood_n the_o first_o error_n in_o this_o kind_n which_o do_v grow_v into_o a_o heresy_n be_v that_o of_o novatus_n qui_fw-la negavit_fw-la lapsis_fw-la poenitenti●m_fw-la who_o will_v not_o have_v backslider_n or_o revolter_n from_o christianity_n 23._o of_o novatus_n see_v euseb_n l._n 6._o c._n 42._o &_o socrates_n lib._n 4._o ch_n 23._o to_o be_v upon_o any_o term_n or_o testification_n of_o repentance_n readmit_v into_o the_o church_n or_o make_v partaker_n of_o absolution_n this_o heresy_n as_o all_o other_o take_v its_o original_a from_o a_o plausible_a truth_n or_o practice_n of_o former_a time_n the_o truth_n be_v that_o in_o those_o time_n wherein_o man_n profess_v christianity_n be_v every_o day_n call_v unto_o the_o fiery_a trial_n this_o backslide_n or_o relapse_n unto_o idolatry_n or_o outward_a profession_n of_o idolatry_n even_o after_o baptism_n be_v so_o rife_o that_o the_o church_n will_v not_o admit_v any_o such_o as_o have_v thus_o revolt_v unto_o the_o estate_n or_o condition_n of_o penitentiaries_n nor_o give_v they_o absolution_n upon_o private_a testification_n of_o sorrow_n for_o their_o revolt_n now_o if_o novatus_n do_v only_o deny_v that_o unto_o such_o backssider_v or_o revolter_n which_o the_o church_n in_o her_o pure_a time_n will_v not_o grant_v they_o why_o be_v he_o condemn_v by_o the_o church_n in_o age_n follow_v for_o a_o heretic_n if_o his_o opinion_n be_v a_o heresy_n why_o be_v not_o the_o practice_n of_o 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