Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	christian_a	church_n	profess_v	3,448	5	8.0722	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53984	A third letter to A person of quality being a vindication of the former, in answer to a late pamphlet intituled A discourse of the use of images, &c.	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1687 (1687)	Wing P1105; ESTC R1303	22,843	37

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a_o word_n a_o fine_a notion_n a_o pretty_a entertainment_n but_o no_o concern_v of_o religion_n or_o conscience_n 2._o that_o respect_n which_o be_v give_v to_o thing_n sacred_a consist_v in_o a_o decent_a regard_n of_o they_o and_o in_o use_v they_o after_o a_o different_a manner_n from_o other_o thing_n but_o worship_n be_v quite_o another_o thing_n viz._n a_o profess_v our_o subjection_n to_o the_o object_n of_o our_o adoration_n upon_o the_o score_n of_o his_o dominion_n and_o power_n over_o we_o as_o our_o superior_a and_o when_o either_o the_o nature_n of_o such_o adoration_n or_o the_o circumstance_n of_o it_o argue_v it_o to_o be_v religious_a it_o be_v then_o religious_a or_o divine_a worship_n peculiar_o belong_v to_o god_n because_o it_o be_v a_o token_n of_o our_o absolute_a subjection_n to_o he_o as_o have_v supreme_a and_o absolute_a sovereignty_n over_o all_o the_o great_a man_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v have_v this_o notion_n of_o divine-worship_n and_o 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