Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	king_n	law_n	majesty_n	3,064	5	5.9700	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38744	The abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius's ecclesiastical history in two parts ... whereunto is added a catalogue of the synods and councels which were after the days of the apostles : together with a hint of what was decreed in the same / by William Caton.; Ecclesiastical history. English	Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.; Caton, William, 1636-1665.	1698 (1698)	Wing E3420; ESTC R1923	127,007	269

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isai._n 56._o 10._o ezech._n 34._o jer._n 23._o and_o the_o church_n be_v gather_v into_o a_o synod_n may_v be_v a_o church_n yet_o not_o of_o god_n but_o of_o malignity_n likewise_o they_o that_o profess_v the_o name_n of_o god_n may_v abuse_v their_o power_n against_o the_o truth_n yet_o they_o that_o do_v so_o will_v not_o say_v that_o of_o themselves_o not_o yet_o acknowledge_v themselves_o to_o be_v guilty_a may_v not_o every_o one_o then_o judge_v of_o synod_n and_o declare_v their_o opinion_n concern_v they_o x._o museulus_n say_v concern_v the_o synod_n of_o priest_n which_o the_o unexperienced_a think_v to_o be_v the_o only_a remedy_n against_o difference_n yet_o they_o be_v nothing_o else_o say_v he_o but_o fencing-schoole_n nevertheless_o the_o complain_v church_n cry_v after_o the_o synod_n then_o after_o the_o synod_n will_v they_o not_o do_v that_o etc._n etc._n xi_o gregorius_n nazianzenus_n use_v to_o say_v that_o he_o never_o have_v see_v any_o good_a end_n of_o any_o 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