Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	king_n	power_n	religion_n	3,708	5	5.7948	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86009	VVholesome severity reconciled with Christian liberty. Or, the true resolution of a present controversie concerning liberty of conscience. Here you have the question stated, the middle way betwixt popish tyrannie and schismatizing liberty approved, and also confirmed from Scripture, and the testimonies of divines, yea of whole churches: the chiefe arguments and exceptions used in The bloudy tenent, The compassionate samaritane, M.S. to A.S. &c. examined. Eight distinctions added for qualifying and clearing the whole matter. And in conclusion a parænetick to the five apologists for choosing accommodation rather then toleration. Imprimatur. Ia. Cranford. Decemb 16. 1644.	Gillespie, George, 1613-1648.	1645 (1645)	Wing G765; Thomason E24_5; ESTC R21730	38,275	48

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wholesome_a severity_n reconcile_v with_o christian_a liberty_n or_o the_o true_a resolution_n of_o a_o present_a controversy_n concerning_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n here_o you_o have_v the_o question_n state_v the_o middle_a way_n betwixt_o popish_a tyranny_n and_o schismatize_v liberty_n approve_v and_o also_o confirm_v from_o scripture_n and_o the_o testimony_n of_o divine_n yea_o of_o whole_a church_n the_o chief_a argument_n and_o exception_n use_v in_o the_o bloody_a tenent_n the_o compassionate_a samaritane_n m._n s._n to_o a._n s._n etc._n etc._n examine_v eight_o distinction_n add_v for_o qualify_v and_o clear_v the_o whole_a matter_n and_o in_o conclusion_n a_o paraenetic_n to_o the_o five_o apologist_n for_o choose_v accommodation_n rather_o than_o toleration_n imprimatur_fw-la ia._n cranford_n decemb._n 16._o 1644._o august_n contra_fw-la primam_fw-la gaudentii_fw-la epist._n c._n 5._o ab●●_z autem_fw-la ut_fw-la ista_fw-la persecutio_fw-la dicenda_fw-la sit_fw-la hominum_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la potius_fw-la pro_fw-la hominibus_fw-la liberandis_fw-la persecutio_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la qualem_fw-la facit_fw-la aegris_fw-la etiam_fw-la diligentia_fw-la medieorum_fw-la idem_fw-la contra_fw-la epist._n parmen._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 7._o prius_fw-la enim_fw-la probent_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la haereticos_fw-la vel_fw-la schismaticos_fw-la tum_fw-la demum_fw-la de_fw-la indignis_fw-la poenis_fw-la suis_fw-la lividam_fw-la emittant_fw-la vocem_fw-la etc._n etc._n nos_fw-la corporum_fw-la persecutores_fw-la vocant_fw-la se_fw-la animarum_fw-la interfectores_fw-la non_fw-la vocant_fw-la london_n print_v for_o christopher_n meredith_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o crane_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n 1645._o to_o the_o christian_a and_o courteous_a reader_n it_o can_v be_v unknown_a to_o any_o except_o such_o as_o be_v ignorant_a of_o satan_n device_n and_o altogether_o stranger_n to_o the_o history_n of_o former_a time_n 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