Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	father_n	great_a	lord_n	5,746	5	3.6147	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77137	A defence and justification of ministers maintence by tythes. And of infant-baptism, humane learning, and the sword of the magistrate; which some Anabaptists falsely call four sandy pillars, and popish foundations of our ministry and churches. In which tythes are proved to be due by divine right to the ministers of the gospel. All common objections answered, and divers cases of conscience humbly proposed: with a light to clear them. / In a reply to a paper sent by some Anabaptists to Immanuel Bourne, late pastor of the church in Asheover in the county of Derby: now preacher to the congregation at Waltham in the county of Leicester. With a short answer to Anthony Peirson's great case of tythes, &c.	Bourne, Immanuel, 1590-1672.	1659 (1659)	Wing B3851; Thomason E1907_1	92,679	184

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by_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n chap._n 7._o this_o melchisedec_n be_v king_n of_o salem_n priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n who_o meet_v abraham_n return_v from_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o king_n and_o bless_a he_o to_o who_o also_o abraham_n give_v the_o ten_o of_o all_o and_o why_o the_o ten_o part_n question_n and_o not_o the_o seven_o or_o eight_o part_n or_o the_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o part_n wherefore_o do_v abraham_n give_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o to_o melchisedec_n answer_n 4._o vnde_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la re●um_fw-la juarum_fw-la decimam_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la nonam_fw-la vel_fw-la octavam_fw-la vel_fw-la aliam_fw-la quamque_fw-la partem_fw-la offerendam_fw-la esse_fw-la scire_fw-la potuisset_fw-la nisi_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la ●octus_fw-la suisset_fw-la from_o the_o begin_n man_n be_v teach_v by_o god_n to_o pay_v tithe_n as_o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_n victory_n erudii_fw-la theol._n de_fw-fr saer_n lib._n 1._o par_fw-fr 12._o cap._n 4._o i_o answer_v certain_o abraham_n do_v know_v god_n will_n what_o be_v god_n part_n either_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o the_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n teach_v he_o from_o his_o ancestor_n from_o the_o patriarch_n noah_n or_o shem_n or_o some_o other_o or_o they_o or_o their_o father_n have_v receive_v from_o adam_n and_o adam_n from_o god_n and_o therefore_o abraham_n give_v to_o melchisedec_n the_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n the_o ten_o part_n and_o neither_o more_o nor_o less_o this_o be_v acceptable_a to_o god_n and_o this_o be_v receive_v of_o melchisedec_n as_o the_o lord_n portion_n no_o doubt_n and_o not_o a_o will_v worship_v of_o abraham_n again_o not_o only_a abraham_n but_o jacob_n the_o grandchild_n of_o abraham_n and_o father_n of_o levi_n before_o levi_n be_v bear_v or_o that_o solemn_a gift_n of_o tithe_n by_o the_o lord_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n he_o follow_v the_o step_n of_o his_o grandfather_n abraham_n and_o free_o declare_v what_o be_v and_o be_v the_o lord_n part_n or_o portion_n for_o maintenance_n of_o his_o service_n and_o servant_n in_o their_o ministerial_a office_n etc._n gen._n 28.12_o 13_o 14_o etc._n etc._n this_o he_o do_v upon_o that_o vision_n or_o apparition_n of_o christ_n to_o jacob_n in_o that_o dream_n of_o the_o ladder_n who_o top_n do_v reach_v to_o heaven_n and_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n ascend_v and_o descend_v gen._n 28._o and_o jehovah_n promise_v blessing_n to_o jacob_n upon_o which_o when_o he_o awake_v he_o be_v take_v with_o a_o awful_a reverence_n of_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n and_o his_o presence_n there_o and_o make_v that_o solemn_a vow_n to_o god_n that_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v his_o god_n that_o he_o will_v worship_v god_n in_o that_o place_n and_o if_o god_n shall_v bless_v he_o etc._n etc._n and_o give_v he_o but_o bread_n to_o eat_v and_o raiment_n to_o put_v on_o of_o all_o that_o god_n shall_v give_v he_o he_o shall_v give_v the_o ten_o to_o god_n this_o certain_o be_v no_o rash_a vow_n of_o jacob_n no_o will-worship_n nothing_o but_o what_o h●_n do_v know_v to_o be_v his_o duty_n and_o that_o which_o god_n will_v accept_v therefore_o he_o vow_v not_o the_o eight_o part_n nor_o the_o twelve_o nor_o the_o twenty_o but_o the_o ten_o and_o of_o all_o that_o thou_o shall_v give_v i_o i_o will_v give_v the_o ten_o to_o thou_o thus_o you_o have_v two_o witness_n from_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n in_o the_o posterity_n of_o shem_n where_o the_o true_a religion_n be_v chief_o preserve_v and_o the_o church_n plant_v and_o these_o record_v in_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n the_o sacred_a scripture_n and_o this_o before_o the_o levitical_a law_n but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o for_o we_o find_v the_o same_o witness_v in_o the_o posterity_n of_o other_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n of_o which_o though_o many_o of_o they_o lose_v the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o the_o right_a manner_n of_o give_v all_o the_o honour_n and_o service_n to_o god_n yet_o they_o retain_v some_o part_n of_o worship_n due_a to_o god_n which_o they_o give_v to_o their_o false_a god_n when_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o true_a god_n among_o the_o rest_n that_o spark_n of_o light_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o of_o the_o positive_a law_n of_o god_n which_o they_o have_v teach_v they_o by_o their_o great_a grandfather_n noah_n or_o some_o from_o he_o to_o pay_v as_o a_o due_a the_o ten_o or_o tithe_n to_o god_n thus_o we_o read_v grammarian_n dydimus_fw-la old_a grammarian_n that_o it_o be_v a_o greek_a custom_n to_o consecrate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o tithe_n of_o their_o abundance_n to_o the_o god_n and_o pisistratus_n that_o tyrant_n of_o athens_n write_v to_o solon_n solonis_fw-la de_fw-fr lacr●●_n in_o vita_fw-la solonis_fw-la that_o all_o the_o athenian_n do_v separte_v the_o tithe_n of_o their_o fruit_n not_o to_o be_v spend_v for_o our_o use_n say_v he_o but_o for_o public_a sacrifice_n clio._n herodot_n in_o clio._n etc._n etc._n and_o king_n cyrus_n his_o soldier_n by_o the_o advice_n of_o croesus_n be_v stay_v from_o spoil_v the_o lydian_n city_n that_o the_o tithe_n may_v first_o be_v pay_v to_o jupiter_n and_o as_o among_o the_o greek_n plut●●ucul_fw-la festus_n decima_fw-la quaeque_fw-la veteres_fw-la diis_fw-la s●is_fw-la offerebant_fw-la macr●bius_n out_o of_o varro_n plut●●ucul_fw-la so_o among_o the_o latin_n the_o ancient_n do_v use_v to_o offer_v all_o their_o ●ythes_n to_o the_o god_n and_o another_o witness_v that_o the_o ancient_n be_v wont_a to_o give_v the_o ten_o to_o hercules_n and_o it_o be_v a_o common_a custom_n among_o the_o roman_n it_o be_v report_v of_o lucullus_n that_o he_o grow_v rich_a because_o he_o observe_v the_o use_n of_o pay_v tithe_n to_o hercules_n zenoph●n_n witness_n that_o other_o use_v to_o pay_v tithe_n to_o apollo_n yea_o this_o custom_n be_v not_o only_o use_v among_o the_o civil_a nation_n of_o the_o gentile_n 14.19_o plin._n hist_o lib._n 12._o cap._n 14.19_o but_o even_o among_o the_o rude_a also_o pliny_n write_v of_o the_o sabaean_n and_o aethiopian_n say_v that_o in_o the_o spice_n of_o which_o those_o country_n yield_v abundance_n the_o merchant_n may_v not_o meddle_v with_o any_o before_o the_o priest_n have_v lay_v out_o the_o ten_o to_o their_o god_n religion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a.r._n his_o view_n of_o all_o religion_n i_o have_v read_v that_o in_o the_o old_a arabian_n religion_n the_o custom_n of_o the_o nabathaean_o be_v to_o pay_v tithe_n of_o their_o frankincense_n to_o their_o god_n sabis_n and_o the_o priest_n be_v not_o to_o take_v it_o by_o weight_n but_o by_o measure_n and_o they_o be_v tie_v by_o their_o discipline_n not_o to_o gather_v cinnamon_n till_o they_o first_o sacrifice_n than_o they_o divide_v it_o with_o a_o consecrate_a spear_n and_o assign_v to_o that_o god_n they_o worship_v his_o portion_n and_o afterward_o they_o take_v their_o own_o part_n to_o themselves_o camillus_n plut_z in_o the_o life_n of_o camillus_n and_o plutarch_n relate_v of_o camillus_n that_o roman_a dictator_n and_o valiant_a soldier_n who_o by_o some_o be_v call_v the_o sword_n of_o rome_n when_o he_o go_v to_o war_n as_o captain_n general_n of_o the_o roman_a army_n against_o the_o famous_a city_n of_o the_o vejans_n which_o some_o take_v to_o be_v the_o venetian_n before_o the_o roman_a emperor_n geograph_n dr_n heylin_n geograph_n and_o divers_a hundred_o of_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n he_o vow_v that_o if_o he_o win_v the_o city_n he_o will_v offer_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o spoil_n unto_o the_o god_n but_o after_o the_o victory_n he_o do_v either_o forget_v his_o vow_n or_o be_v unwilling_a to_o trouble_v the_o city_n or_o suffer_v the_o soldier_n to_o take_v the_o spoil_n without_o reserve_v the_o tithe_n of_o all_o as_o he_o have_v vow_v but_o after_o when_o upon_o some_o occasion_n the_o roman_n think_v the_o divine_a power_n be_v offend_v though_o they_o do_v not_o know_v for_o what_o and_o that_o camillus_n be_v discharge_v of_o his_o charge_n of_o be_v general_n he_o acquaint_v the_o senator_n with_o his_o vow_n upon_o which_o they_o make_v a_o order_n that_o every_o man_n shall_v upon_o oath_n present_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o his_o gain_n in_o that_o war_n that_o so_o it_o may_v be_v give_v to_o the_o god_n but_o that_o be_v find_v difficult_a they_o agree_v that_o a_o massy_a cup_n of_o gold_n shall_v be_v make_v and_o send_v to_o the_o temple_n of_o apollo_n at_o delphos_n who_o they_o esteem_v a_o chief_a among_o the_o god_n in_o lieu_n or_o exchange_n of_o the_o tithe_n yea_o and_o the_o lady_n and_o rich_a woman_n be_v so_o zealous_a to_o promote_v this_o gift_n that_o they_o give_v their_o gold_n and_o jewel_n to_o make_v it_o more_o rich_a and_o as_o they_o