Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	church_n	power_n	spiritual_a	6,456	5	6.8547	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29544	Balm from Gilead, or, The differences about the indulgence stated and impleaded in a sober and serious letter to ministers and Christians in Scotland / by an healing hand.	Bairdy, John.	1681 (1681)	Wing B475; ESTC R22267	103,282	194

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purpose_n what_o be_v it_o displease_v you_o at_o your_o brethren_n deed_n i._o be_v it_o the_o name_n of_o indulgence_n answ_n we_o hope_v you_o will_v not_o contend_v about_o name_n and_o word_n 1_o tim._n 6.4_o be_v not_o such_o litigation_n a_o boggle_n at_o shadow_n and_o will_v savour_v of_o levity_n or_o captiousness_n what_o be_v such_o a_o indulgence_n but_o a_o dispense_n with_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o law_n let_v they_o have_v access_n to_o the_o public_a peaceable_a exercise_n of_o their_o ministry_n from_o which_o the_o law_n do_v debar_v they_o and_o may_v not_o the_o magistrate_n dispense_v with_o his_o own_o law_n in_o whole_a or_o in_o part_n and_o call_v this_o very_o proper_o a_o indulgence_n but_o away_o with_o strive_v about_o word_n call_v it_o a_o permission_n toleration_n or_o licence_n or_o what_o you_o will_v so_o you_o but_o agree_v about_o the_o thing_n ii_o do_v it_o offend_v you_o that_o the_o magistrate_n intermeddle_v with_o church-affair_n answ_n 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