Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	church_n	papist_n	protestant_n	3,430	5	8.0447	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51160	The spirit of calumny and slander, examin'd, chastis'd, and expos'd, in a letter to a malicious libeller more particularly address'd to Mr. George Ridpath, newsmonger, near St. Martins in the Fields : containing some animadversions on his scurrilous pamphlets, published by him against the kings, Parliaments, laws, nobility and clergy of Scotland : together with a short account of Presbyterian principles and consequential practices.	Monro, Alexander, d. 1715?; S. W.	1693 (1693)	Wing M2446; ESTC R4040	71,379	106

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the_o next_o degree_n to_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n naph_n pag._n 7_o 8._o 12._o 16._o 39_o the_o great_a law_n of_o self-preservation_n in_o its_o immediate_a and_o most_o natural_a effect_n teach_v we_o and_o indispensable_o oblige_v we_o to_o resist_v king_n and_o all_o superior_a power_n when_o they_o command_v thing_n contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n nay_o when_o the_o great_a end_n of_o government_n be_v pervert_v than_o the_o bond_n thereof_o be_v dissolve_v and_o the_o people_n thus_o liberate_v therefrom_o do_v relapse_n into_o their_o primeve_n liberty_n and_o may_v upon_o the_o very_a same_o principle_n combine_v and_o associate_v for_o their_o better_a defence_n that_o they_o first_o enter_v upon_o unto_o society_n naph_n pag._n 147_o 148._o 150._o 40._o when_o the_o faithful_a of_o the_o land_n be_v destitute_a of_o the_o best_a and_o sure_a mean_n to_o overthrow_v the_o present_a government_n and_o wicked_a governor_n they_o be_v still_o oblige_v to_o