Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	false_a	true_a	worship_n	4,780	5	7.8086	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15400	An harmonie vpon the first booke of Samuel wherein according to the methode obserued in Hexapla vpon Genesis, and Exodus, but more compendiously abridged, these speciall things are obserued vpon euery chapter: the diuers readings compared, doubtfull questions explaned, places of Scripture reconciled, controuersies briefly touched, and morall collections applied. Wherein aboue foure hundred theologicall questions are handled, with great breuitie and much varietie, by the former author of Hexapla on Genesis.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1607 (1607)	STC 25678; ESTC S120031	271,285	362

read_v make_v it_o a_o proper_a name_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o the_o house_n of_o abinadab_n in_o gibeah_n sic_fw-la a._n p._n c._n with_o other_o but_o the_o word_n signify_v a_o hill_n as_o the_o septuag_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o also_o jun._n and_o both_o our_o english_a translation_n 2._o therefore_o the_o better_a read_n be_v in_o the_o hill_n for_o gibeah_n be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o city_n in_o benjamin_n c._n 13.2_o but_o kiriathiearim_n be_v a_o city_n in_o judah_n call_v also_o kiriathbaal_n 2._o sam._n 6.2_o therefore_o pelican_n be_v deceive_v that_o place_v kiriathiearim_n in_o benjamin_n 3._o this_o hill_n be_v the_o high_a place_n of_o the_o city_n as_o sequester_v and_o set_v apart_o by_o itself_o and_o so_o fit_a for_o this_o holy_a use_n vatab._n where_o abinadab_n dwell_v a_o levite_n and_o a_o good_a man_n to_o who_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o ark_n be_v commit_v joseph_n 4._o thus_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o eli_n his_o house_n the_o ark_n be_v translate_v from_o shilo_n where_o it_o have_v continue_v ever_o since_o joshuashs_n time_n and_o by_o god_n providence_n be_v remove_v into_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n where_o the_o lord_n have_v appoint_v to_o erect_v the_o kingdom_n of_o david_n pelican_n 2._o quest._n v_o 1._o of_o the_o sanctify_a of_o eleazar_n abinadabs_n son_n to_o keep_v the_o ark_n 1._o this_o eleazar_n be_v not_o the_o high_a priest_n for_o he_o be_v not_o recite_v in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n 1._o chron._n 6._o and_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o levite_n as_o josephus_n think_v therefore_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o he_o draw_v near_o to_o the_o ark_n but_o it_o be_v keep_v draw_v over_o with_o curtain_n and_o cover_v according_a to_o the_o law_n osiand_n 2._o he_o only_o give_v attendance_n upon_o it_o to_o keep_v other_o from_o come_v near_o to_o pollute_v or_o defile_v it_o pellic._n 3_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v nor_o yet_o afterward_o of_o the_o tabernacle_n which_o moses_n set_v up_o because_o the_o lord_n intend_v in_o stead_n thereof_o to_o have_v a_o temple_n build_v in_o zion_n borr._n 3._o quest._n v_o 2._o of_o the_o true_a account_n of_o the_o twenty_o year_n while_n the_o ark_n abode_n in_o kiriathiearim_n 1._o some_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o whole_a term_n of_o the_o remain_v of_o the_o ark_n in_o kiriathiearim_n till_o it_o be_v bring_v from_o thence_o by_o david_n ●_o sam._n 6._o of_o this_o opinion_n be_v some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n but_o this_o can_v be_v for_o the_o ark_n be_v remove_v thither_o immediate_o after_o eli_n his_o death_n now_o after_o eli_n samuel_n and_o saul_n govern_v israel_n forty_o year_n act._n 13.21_o there_o must_v be_v then_o more_o than_o twenty_o year_n between_o the_o end_n of_o eli_n his_o government_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o david_n reign_n 2._o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o these_o twenty_o year_n be_v run_v between_o the_o rejection_n and_o cast_v off_o of_o eli_n his_o house_n and_o the_o government_n of_o samuel_n so_o hierome_n in_o his_o question_n upon_o this_o book_n but_o neither_o be_v this_o like_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v so_o long_a a_o vacancy_n of_o government_n or_o a_o interregnum_fw-la between_o eli_n and_o samuel_n for_o while_n eli_n yet_o live_v all_o israel_n know_v that_o faithful_a samuel_n be_v the_o lord_n prophet_n c._n 3.20_o 3._o wherefore_o the_o most_o probable_a opinion_n be_v that_o so_o many_o year_n be_v already_o expire_v since_o the_o first_o remove_v of_o the_o ark_n to_o kiriathiearim_n unto_o the_o solemn_a time_n here_o mention_v of_o the_o conversion_n and_o return_v of_o the_o people_n to_o god_n and_o forsake_v of_o their_o filthy_a idol_n pelican_n osiand_n martyr_n 4._o quest._n v_o 2._o of_o these_o word_n the_o people_n lament_v after_o the_o lord_n 1._o some_o read_v requievir_n rest_v or_o be_v quiet_a after_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n lat._n chald._n that_o be_v seek_v to_o be_v in_o rest_n from_o the_o vexation_n of_o their_o enemy_n by_o seek_v unto_o god_n but_o here_o the_o word_n be_v mistake_v as_o though_o it_o shall_v come_v of_o nuach_n to_o rest_v whereas_o it_o be_v ijnahu_fw-mi of_o nahah_n to_o lament_v 2._o the_o people_n then_o be_v vex_v and_o oppress_v many_o way_n by_o the_o philistines_n turn_v themselves_o by_o mourning_n and_o prayer_n unto_o the_o lord._n jun._n 3._o and_o though_o samuel_n have_v before_o time_n call_v upon_o they_o for_o repentance_n yet_o now_o special_o he_o work_v upon_o their_o sorrow_n and_o grief_n for_o their_o affliction_n as_o common_o man_n when_o they_o be_v in_o affliction_n and_o heaviness_n be_v more_o ready_a to_o hear_v good_a admonition_n osiand_n 5._o quest._n v_o 4._o of_o their_o idol_n baalim_n and_o ashtaroth_n 1._o some_o think_v that_o baalim_n be_v the_o name_n of_o their_o god_n and_o ashtaroth_n be_v put_v in_o the_o feminine_a the_o name_n of_o their_o goddess_n vatab._n and_o augustine_n not_o much_o unlike_a say_v that_o baalim_n be_v their_o juppiters_n and_o ashtaroth_n their_o juno_n quest_n in_o judic._n 2._o cicero_n lib._n 3._o the_o nature_n dear_a say_v that_o astarte_n or_o astarate_v be_v one_o of_o the_o name_n of_o venus_n 3._o but_o ashtaroth_n be_v the_o peculiar_a idol_n of_o the_o zidonian_o 1._o king_n 11.5_o and_o of_o the_o philistines_n 1._o sam._n 31.10_o so_o call_v of_o the_o form_n because_o it_o be_v like_a unto_o a_o sheep_n for_o so_o signify_v the_o word_n ashterah_n and_o hereof_o this_o may_v be_v a_o argument_n because_o of_o this_o idol_n there_o be_v a_o city_n call_v ashteroth_n carnaim_n gen._n 14.5_o which_o addition_n of_o karnaim_n signify_v bicornis_fw-la two_o horn_a it_o belong_v to_o manasseh_n josh._n 13.31_o and_o out_o of_o that_o tribe_n it_o be_v give_v to_o the_o levite_n the_o gershonite_n 1._o chron._n 6.71_o jun._n and_o masius_n in_o 12._o c._n josh._n 6._o quest._n v_o 3._o god_n only_o to_o be_v serve_v 1._o samuel_n exhort_v the_o people_n to_o turn_v unto_o god_n with_o their_o whole_a heart_n and_o to_o serve_v he_o only_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o give_v part_n of_o their_o heart_n unto_o the_o true_a god_n and_o part_n unto_o their_o false_a god_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v serve_v he_o with_o all_o their_o heart_n bor._n 2._o and_o beside_o as_o he_o will_v not_o have_v any_o but_o the_o true_a god_n serve_v so_o he_o will_v have_v the_o true_a god_n worship_v after_o a_o true_a and_o right_a manner_n not_o with_o any_o superstitious_a or_o false_a religion_n osiand_n 3._o this_o show_v that_o god_n will_v admit_v no_o partner_n in_o his_o worship_n and_o as_o it_o condemn_v the_o associate_a of_o heathen_a idol_n god_n and_o goddess_n in_o the_o divine_a worship_n so_o it_o make_v against_o the_o multiplicity_n of_o popish_a saint_n for_o god_n only_o must_v be_v serve_v the_o word_n be_v ghabad_v which_o the_o septuag_n interpret_v here_o by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o take_v away_o that_o fond_a distinction_n of_o the_o romanist_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o though_o religious_a worship_n shall_v only_o be_v give_v unto_o god_n but_o religious_a service_n may_v be_v yield_v unto_o saint_n for_o out_o of_o this_o place_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o all_o religious_a service_n be_v due_a only_a unto_o god_n and_o as_o here_o samuel_n say_v saint_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d serve_v he_o only_o so_o our_o saviour_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o only_o shall_v thou_o worship_v math._n 4.10_o religious_a worship_n then_o and_o religious_a service_n be_v all_o one_o and_o only_o due_a unto_o god_n 7._o quest._n v_o 5._o of_o mizpeh_n whether_o samuel_n assemble_v israel_n 1._o there_o be_v diverse_a place_n call_v by_o this_o name_n there_o be_v a_o mizpeh_n in_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n 1._o sam._n 22.3_o a_o other_o lie_v under_o the_o hill_n hermon_n josh._n 11.3_o near_o unto_o the_o land_n of_o gilead_n which_o be_v that_o place_n where_o jakob_n and_o laban_n make_v a_o covenant_n gen._n 31.49_o there_o be_v a_o three_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n 15.38_o and_o a_o four_o in_o benjamin_n josh._n 18.28_o 2._o some_o of_o the_o rabbin_n think_v that_o this_o mizpeh_n be_v shiloh_n but_o that_o be_v not_o like_a for_o shiloh_n be_v now_o destroy_v because_o of_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o people_n and_o make_v desolate_a as_o the_o prophet_n show_v jerem._n 7.12_o 3._o this_o mizpeh_n be_v either_o that_o of_o judah_n which_o be_v not_o far_o from_o kiriathiearim_n where_o the_o ark_n now_o be_v or_o which_o be_v most_o like_a it_o be_v the_o other_o mizpeh_n of_o benjamin_n where_o they_o use_v to_o keep_v their_o assembly_n as_o

the_o posterity_n of_o phinihe_n be_v unfaithful_a in_o their_o office_n they_o of_o ithamar_n take_v occasion_n to_o usurp_v the_o priest_n place_n without_o any_o such_o assignment_n from_o god_n 2._o therefore_o the_o more_o probable_a opinion_n be_v that_o here_o reference_n be_v have_v to_o the_o first_o election_n of_o aaron_n and_o his_o seed_n to_o the_o priesthood_n exod._n 29.9_o that_o his_o whole_a seed_n shall_v have_v enjoy_v that_o privilege_n but_o now_o part_n of_o aaron_n house_n such_o as_o come_v of_o ithamar_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o eli_n his_o house_n be_v cut_v off_o 〈…〉_z 12._o quest._n v_o 30._o upon_o these_o word_n but_o now_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o here_o arise_v a_o great_a doubt_n see_v god_n promise_n be_v most_o certain_a and_o his_o decree_n immutable_a how_o the_o lord_n here_o be_v bring_v in_o say_v and_o unsay_n again_o 1._o the_o answer_n be_v that_o god_n promise_n some_o be_v absolute_a without_o any_o condition_n as_o be_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n some_o be_v propound_v unto_o we_o conditional_o especial_o the_o temporal_a promise_n make_v unto_o the_o israelite_n depend_v upon_o the_o condition_n of_o their_o obedience_n so_o be_v the_o priesthood_n promise_v to_o this_o family_n of_o eli_n mar._n so_o now_o life_n everlasting_a be_v promise_v to_o the_o faithful_a and_o believer_n 2._o but_o will_v some_o say_v do_v then_o god_n election_n depend_v upon_o our_o work_n or_o belief_n no_o in_o no_o wise_a for_o god_n as_o he_o have_v promise_v the_o reward_n so_o also_o to_o those_o who_o he_o purpose_v to_o make_v heir_n of_o his_o promise_n he_o have_v likewise_o ordain_v the_o mean_n to_o give_v they_o faith_n and_o all_o other_o grace_n to_o apprehend_v and_o lay_v hold_v of_o the_o promise_n which_o be_v deny_v unto_o those_o that_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o promise_n 3._o god_n promise_n than_o be_v only_o effectual_a to_o those_o which_o by_o a_o lively_a faith_n do_v apprehend_v they_o the_o rest_n which_o by_o their_o disobedience_n do_v fall_v off_o from_o god_n promise_n do_v not_o work_v any_o alteration_n in_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n who_o foresee_v both_o their_o disobedience_n and_o that_o his_o promise_n belong_v not_o unto_o they_o 13._o quest._n v_o 27._o what_o man_n of_o god_n it_o be_v that_o be_v send_v unto_o eli._n 1._o diverse_a opinion_n there_o be_v of_o this_o matter_n some_o think_v it_o be_v elias_n some_o a_o angel_n appear_v in_o humane_a shape_n some_o that_o it_o be_v elkanah_n or_o some_o other_o of_o phinehes_n race_n ex_fw-la vat._n 2._o but_o it_o be_v more_o probable_a that_o it_o be_v samuel_n himself_o who_o thus_o speak_v modest_o of_o himself_o so_o that_o this_o be_v set_v down_o by_o a_o anticipation_n or_o prevention_n of_o the_o story_n which_o be_v more_o full_o declare_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n sic_fw-la jun._n josephus_n the_o reason_n be_v these_o because_o it_o be_v say_v there_o be_v no_o manifest_a vision_n in_o those_o day_n c._n 3._o v._n 1._o that_o be_v no_o pprophecy_n as_o the_o chald._n and_o consequent_o no_o prophet_n 2._o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n v._n 3._o relation_n be_v make_v to_o this_o commination_n as_o be_v in_o effect_n all_o one_o and_o the_o same_o 3._o samuel_n unwillingnes_n to_o tell_v what_o he_o have_v hear_v and_o heli_n his_o patient_a hear_n of_o it_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n show_v that_o it_o have_v not_o be_v tell_v he_o before_o 14._o quest._n v_o 34._o of_o the_o sign_n which_o the_o prophet_n give_v and_o general_o of_o sign_n 1._o because_o that_o there_o be_v few_o prophet_n in_o those_o day_n there_o be_v no_o manifest_a vision_n c._n 3.1_o it_o be_v therefore_o necessary_a that_o this_o prophet_n shall_v confirm_v this_o pprophecy_n by_o a_o sign_n which_o kind_n of_o demonstration_n by_o sign_n of_o itself_o do_v not_o give_v credit_n and_o authority_n to_o the_o pprophecy_n but_o as_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n work_v by_o the_o sign_n as_o the_o instrument_n persuade_v the_o heart_n 2._o the_o sign_n be_v by_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o a_o part_n of_o the_o pprophecy_n to_o show_v the_o certainty_n of_o the_o rest_n so_o because_o whatsoever_o god_n have_v heretofore_o promise_v to_o his_o church_n be_v perform_v as_o concern_v the_o incarnation_n passion_n resurrection_n ascension_n of_o christ_n we_o thereby_o be_v assure_v that_o god_n will_v perform_v the_o rest_n as_o of_o the_o destruction_n of_o antichrist_n the_o general_a resurrection_n the_o day_n of_o judgement_n 3._o now_o because_o sign_n also_o may_v be_v wrought_v by_o the_o operation_n of_o satan_n as_o the_o egyptian_a sorcerer_n do_v and_o satan_n may_v sometime_o foretell_v thing_n these_o difference_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v between_o true_a and_o false_a prediction_n 1._o the_o sign_n which_o the_o true_a prophet_n give_v do_v always_o take_v effect_n and_o never_o fail_v satan_n sometime_o speak_v true_a but_o more_o often_o lie_v 2._o the_o prophetical_a prediction_n be_v propound_v manifest_o and_o plain_o the_o oracle_n of_o satan_n be_v doubtful_a and_o ambiguous_a 3._o the_o prophetical_a tend_v to_o a_o good_a end_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o true_a religion_n the_o diabolical_a to_o the_o advance_v of_o superstition_n and_o false_a religion_n which_o be_v the_o true_a mark_n to_o discern_v true_a prophetical_a sign_n from_o false_a deut._n 13.2_o mar._n 15._o quest._n v_o 32._o of_o the_o punishment_n threaten_v to_o fall_v upon_o eli_n and_o his_o posterity_n 1._o the_o first_o judgement_n be_v that_o the_o house_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v distress_v thou_o shall_v see_v the_o distress_n of_o the_o habitation_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o ark_n be_v take_v jun._n the_o most_o read_v thou_o shall_v see_v thy_o enemy_n in_o the_o habitation_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o that_o be_v speak_v of_o afterward_o v_o 35._o and_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o this_o great_a judgement_n of_o take_v the_o ark_n shall_v be_v omit_v see_v the_o lord_n say_v c._n 3.12_o he_o will_v bring_v upon_o eli_n his_o house_n all_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v speak_v and_o when_o i_o begin_v i_o will_v make_v a_o end_n it_o be_v like_o therefore_o that_o all_o which_o afterward_o befall_v eli_n his_o house_n be_v before_o speak_v of_o 2._o the_o second_o calamity_n be_v that_o for_o a_o long_a time_n there_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o old_a man_n leave_v in_o eli_n his_o house_n for_o he_o and_o his_o son_n die_v in_o one_o day_n they_o leave_v behind_o they_o but_o two_o young_a son_n ahitub_n and_o ichabod_n whereof_o mention_n be_v make_v c._n 14.3_o 3._o the_o three_o calamity_n be_v that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o house_n shall_v die_v when_o they_o be_v man_n which_o some_o understand_v that_o before_o they_o come_v to_o be_v thirty_o year_n old_a fit_a for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n they_o shall_v be_v take_v away_o by_o death_n osiand_n but_o rather_o here_o be_v particular_a reference_n to_o that_o lamentable_a accident_n when_o saul_n put_v to_o the_o sword_n 85._o of_o the_o priest_n which_o do_v wear_v a_o linen_n ephod_n be_v then_o man_n grow_v of_o thirty_o year_n old_a at_o the_o least_o all_o of_o they_o be_v put_v to_o the_o sword_n save_v abiathar_n who_o live_v to_o see_v great_a sorrow_n for_o beside_o the_o affliction_n of_o david_n whereof_o he_o be_v partaker_n he_o survive_v to_o see_v himself_o displace_v and_o zadok_n put_v in_o his_o place_n &_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v to_o cause_v thy_o eye_n to_o fail_v heli_n in_o his_o posterity_n grieve_v to_o see_v a_o other_o not_o of_o their_o family_n prefer_v to_o the_o priesthood_n the_o like_a phrase_n when_o one_o be_v say_v to_o see_v or_o fail_v in_o his_o posterity_n see_v 2._o sam._n 7._o v._n 16._o where_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o david_n thy_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v establish_v before_o thou_o for_o ever_o that_o be_v in_o thy_o posterity_n 4._o the_o four_o misery_n be_v the_o death_n of_o his_o two_o son_n ophni_n 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such_o a_o image_n be_v keep_v in_o the_o house_n and_o lay_v aside_o be_v of_o no_o use_n and_o further_o i_o think_v it_o can_v be_v show_v that_o teraphim_n be_v otherwise_o take_v in_o the_o scripture_n then_o in_o the_o worse_a part_n for_o a_o image_n or_o idol_n of_o superstition_n as_o c._n 15.23_o to_o transgress_v be_v as_o superstition_n and_o idol_n the_o word_n be_v teraphim_n the_o same_o name_n be_v give_v to_o the_o image_n which_o rachel_n steal_v from_o her_o father_n 2._o josephus_n take_v it_o not_o to_o have_v be_v a_o image_n but_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o goat_n which_o lie_v pant_v under_o the_o clothes_n but_o beside_o that_o this_o be_v contrary_n to_o the_o text_n so_o small_a a_o thing_n can_v not_o be_v take_v for_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n 3._o therefore_o the_o more_o probable_a opinion_n be_v that_o this_o teraphim_n be_v some_o superstitious_a relic_n which_o michal_n use_v secret_o without_o david_n privity_n as_o rachel_n keep_v she_o jaakob_n not_o 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