Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	good_a	true_a	1,044	5	4.3446	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77707	Rome's conviction: or, A discoverie of the unsoundness of the main grounds of Rome's religion, in answer to a book, called The right religion, evinced by L.B. Shewing, 1. That the Romish Church is not the true and onely Catholick Church, infallible ground and rule of faith. 2. That the main doctrines of the Romish Church are damnable errors, & therefore to be deserted by such as would be saved. By William Brownsword, M.A. and minister of the Gospel at Douglas Chappell in Lancashire.	Brownsword, William, b. 1625 or 6.	1654 (1654)	Wing B5216; Thomason E1474_2; ESTC R209513	181,322	400

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the_o cup_n be_v a_o holy_a thing_n have_v divine_a institution_n apostolical_a and_o primitive_a administration_n it_o must_v therefore_o needs_o follow_v that_o the_o take_v away_o of_o this_o can_v be_v no_o less_o than_o sacrilege_n 3._o aquin._n 22_o ae_z q._n 99_o art_n 3._o nay_o according_a to_o aquinas_n be_v the_o high_a kind_n of_o sacrilege_n but_o it_o be_v strange_a to_o see_v what_o little_a ●●gard_n divine_a institution_n or_o apostolical_a practice_n have_v with_o papal_o ●_o though_o sometime_o they_o accuse_v we_o of_o novelty_n and_o cry_v up_o themselves_o as_o the_o only_a follower_n of_o divine_a institution_n apostolical_a tradition_n and_o primitive_a practice_n we_o must_v be_v brand_v with_o heresy_n for_o discede_v from_o they_o yet_o here_o they_o be_v in_o another_o strain_n and_o because_o we_o use_v the_o cup_n according_a to_o christ_n institution_n and_o primitive_a practice_n we_o be_v