Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	earl_n	king_n	son_n	17,168	5	5.7477	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04619	A commentary vpon the Epistles of Saint Paul to Philemon, and to the Hebrewes together with a compendious explication of the second and third Epistles of Saint Iohn. By VVilliam Iones of East Bergholt in Suffolke, Dr. in Divinity, and sometimes one of the fellowes of the foundation of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge.	Jones, William, 1561-1636.	1635 (1635)	STC 14739.5; ESTC S112377	707,566	758

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some_o have_v affirm_v from_o hence_o that_o melchizedec_n be_v not_o a_o man_n but_o something_o great_a than_o a_o man_n origen_n as_o jerome_n testify_v of_o he_o epist._n 126._o say_v he_o be_v a_o angel_n other_o that_o he_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n other_o that_o he_o be_v the_o great_a power_n of_o god_n yea_o great_a than_o christ_n because_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o priest_n after_o his_o order_n epiphan_n l._n 2._o cont_n haereses_fw-la haeresi_fw-la 55._o aug._n de_fw-fr haeresibus_fw-la c._n 34._o the_o same_o do_v theodotus_n the_o heretic_n avouch_v and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o mediator_n of_o the_o angel_n pray_v for_o they_o as_o christ_n do_v for_o man_n tertul._n de_fw-fr praescrip_n adversus_fw-la haereticos_fw-la in_o fine_a some_o have_v take_v upon_o they_o to_o set_v down_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n name_n that_o his_o father_n name_n be_v eracla_n his_o mother_n name_n astare_v or_o asteria_n vide_fw-la epiphanium_fw-la all_o these_o be_v confute_v by_o the_o text_n 1._o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v liken_v to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o nullum_fw-la simile_n est_fw-la idem_fw-la 2._o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o because_o he_o have_v no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stock_n or_o kindred_n but_o because_o there_o be_v no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o mention_n no_o commemoration_n of_o his_o kindred_n in_o the_o scripture_n from_o whence_o arise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verse_n 6._o so_o horace_n lib._n 2._o satyr_n 5._o say_v of_o one_o that_o he_o be_v sine_fw-la gente_fw-la because_o his_o nation_n be_v not_o know_v qui_fw-la quamvis_fw-la perjurus_fw-la erat_fw-la sine_fw-la

and_o to_o god_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v go_n i._n caesari_n tributa_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la jerome_n and_o augustine_n 3._o the_o minister_n give_v we_o the_o rain_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o shall_v we_o think_v much_o to_o give_v they_o the_o hay_n of_o tithe_n faenum_fw-la decimarum_fw-la 4._o the_o pharisee_n pay_v tithe_n and_o our_o righteousness_n must_v exceed_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n aug._n in_o psalm_n 146._o est_fw-fr de_fw-fr jure_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o divino_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la solvant_fw-la laici_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la senten_n &_o de_fw-la jure_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la solvitur_fw-la sit_fw-la pars_fw-la decima_fw-la de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la cap._n 25._o pag._n 137._o decimae_fw-la etiam_fw-la quoad_fw-la determinationem_fw-la quantitatis_fw-la sententia_fw-la debentur_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la humana_fw-la lege_fw-la aut_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la 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