Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	apostle_n	faith_n	place_n	2,213	5	4.2552	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69095	The third part of the Defence of the Reformed Catholike against Doct. Bishops Second part of the Reformation of a Catholike, as the same was first guilefully published vnder that name, conteining only a large and most malicious preface to the reader, and an answer to M. Perkins his aduertisement to Romane Catholicks, &c. Whereunto is added an aduertisement for the time concerning the said Doct. Bishops reproofe, lately published against a little piece of the answer to his epistle to the King, with an answer to some few exceptions taken against the same, by M. T. Higgons latley become a proselyte of the Church of Rome. By R. Abbot Doctor of Diuinitie.; Defence of the Reformed Catholicke of M. W. Perkins. Part 3	Abbot, Robert, 1560-1618.	1609 (1609)	STC 50.5; ESTC S100538	452,861	494

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therefore_o not_o to_o pray_v unto_o they_o further_a intercourse_n as_o yet_o there_o be_v none_o betwixt_o they_o and_o we_o because_o 63.16_o because_o esay_n 63.16_o they_o know_v we_o not_o nor_o be_v acquaint_v with_o we_o nor_o can_v we_o any_o way_n acquaint_v they_o what_o we_o say_v unto_o they_o now_o beside_o the_o saint_n triumphant_a in_o heaven_n we_o acknowledge_v none_o but_o those_o that_o be_v militant_a upon_o the_o earth_n because_o the_o holy_a ghost_n divide_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o church_n into_o 1.20_o into_o eph._n 1.10_o col._n 1.20_o those_o that_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o those_o that_o be_v in_o earth_n and_o pronounce_v they_o all_o 14.13_o all_o reu._n 14.13_o bless_a that_o be_v dead_a in_o christ_n as_o who_o rest_n from_o labour_n and_o sorrow_n and_o thereby_o be_v discharge_v from_o all_o purgatory_n pain_n but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n to_o which_o all_o good_a christian_a soul_n shall_v yield_v and_o afford_v 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purpose_n he_o misinforce_v the_o testimony_n of_o epiphanius_n whereby_o he_o will_v exempt_v aerius_n from_o the_o crime_n of_o heresy_n just_o lay_v unto_o his_o charge_n by_o s._n austin_n and_o many_o other_o but_o i_o answer_v he_o that_o though_o as_o a_o man_n i_o may_v be_v deceive_v yet_o god_n have_v give_v i_o more_o grace_n than_o that_o in_o these_o matter_n i_o will_v willing_o deceive_v myself_o in_o this_o matter_n of_o epiphanius_n i_o do_v not_o take_v myself_o in_o any_o sort_n to_o be_v deceive_v his_o conclusion_n against_o aerius_n as_o touch_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a be_v this_o seductor_n this_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 75._o ecclesia_fw-la necess●r●ò_fw-la hoc_fw-la perficit_fw-la traditione_n à_fw-la patribus_fw-la accepta_fw-la quis_fw-la autem_fw-la poterit_fw-la staturum_fw-la matris_fw-la dissoluere_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la patris_fw-la velut_fw-la solomon_n dicit_fw-la audi_fw-la fili_fw-la fermones_fw-la patris_fw-la tui_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la repudies_fw-la statuta_fw-la matris_fw-la tuus_fw-la ostendens_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la quòd_fw-la &_o in_fw-la scriptu_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la scripto_fw-la decuit_fw-la pater_fw-la mater_fw-la autem_fw-la nostra_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la habet_fw-la statuta_fw-la in_o se_fw-la posita_fw-la indissolubilia_fw-la quae_fw-la dissolui_fw-la non_fw-la p●ssunt●●_n cùm_fw-la itaque_fw-la ordi_fw-la nata_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la statuta_fw-la &_o benè_fw-la se_fw-la habeant_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la mirab●ittèr_fw-la fiant_fw-la confuta●us_fw-la est_fw-la tursus_fw-la etiam_fw-la hic_fw-la seductor_n the_o church_n necessary_o do_v this_o by_o tradition_n receive_v from_o the_o father_n and_o who_o may_v dissolve_v the_o statute_n of_o his_o mother_n or_o the_o law_n of_o his_o father_n as_o solomon_n say_v my_o son_n hear_v thy_o father_n word_n and_o refuse_v not_o thy_o mother_n statute_n hereby_o show_v that_o both_o in_o writing_n and_o without_o write_v the_o father_n have_v teach_v and_o our_o mother_n the_o church_n have_v statute_n set_v down_o in_o she_o which_o be_v inviolable_a and_o may_v not_o be_v break_v see_v then_o say_v he_o that_o there_o be_v statute_n ordain_v in_o the_o church_n and_o they_o be_v well_o and_o all_o thing_n be_v admirable_o do_v this_o seducer_n be_v confute_v now_o then_o do_v i_o say_v that_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a be_v a_o tradition_n epiphanius_n say_v the_o same_o that_o the_o church_n do_v it_o by_o tradition_n from_o the_o father_n do_v i_o say_v that_o he_o make_v it_o a_o statute_n or_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n he_o himself_o express_o call_v it_o so_o and_o final_o press_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n only_o for_o the_o confute_v of_o aerius_n he_o allege_v no_o scripture_n his_o word_n import_v that_o he_o have_v none_o to_o allege_v only_o to_o grace_v the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n he_o wre_v a_o say_n of_o solomon_n nothing_o pertinent_a thereto_o as_o if_o we_o be_v teach_v that_o god_n without_o scripture_n teach_v we_o by_o the_o church_n and_o if_o he_o mean_v any_o otherwise_o but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n very_o vain_o and_o idle_o do_v he_o here_o name_v the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n but_o m._n higgon_n will_v say_v that_o though_o epiphanius_n name_v it_o thus_o a_o tradition_n and_o a_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o he_o mean_v it_o to_o be_v such_o a_o tradition_n and_o ordinance_n as_o be_v from_o the_o apostle_n but_o let_v he_o mean_v what_o he_o will_v yet_o so_o long_o as_o he_o make_v it_o a_o tradition_n without_o scripture_n my_o word_n stand_v good_a which_o i_o use_v to_o m._n bishop_n 80._o bishop_n answer_v to_o doct._n bishop_n epistle_n sect_n 10._o pag._n 79._o 80._o epiphanius_n resolve_v we_o that_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a be_v a_o matter_n of_o tradition_n and_o a_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o free_v we_o from_o any_o trespass_n against_o any_o thing_n that_o moses_n or_o the_o prophet_n or_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n in_o the_o scripture_n have_v deliver_v unto_o us._n if_o it_o be_v no_o matter_n of_o scripture_n with_o epiphanius_n than_o i_o say_v right_o that_o he_o clear_v we_o from_o impugn_v therein_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o scripture_n albeit_o because_o it_o be_v by_o epiphanius_n his_o confession_n a_o tradition_n without_o scripture_n therefore_o we_o resolve_v undoubted_o that_o it_o come_v not_o from_o the_o apostle_n because_o whatsoever_o they_o teach_v concern_v faith_n and_o salvation_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n as_o before_o have_v be_v show_v at_o large_a yea_o and_o how_o unsound_o epiphanius_n urge_v apostolic_a tradition_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o point_n which_o he_o speak_v of_o immediate_o before_o where_o he_o say_v that_o aquam_fw-la that_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 75._o decreverunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la quarta_fw-la &_o prosabbato_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la excepta_fw-la pentecoste_n &_o the_o sex_n diebus_fw-la paschatis_fw-la praecipiunt_fw-la nihil_fw-la omninò_fw-la accipere_fw-la quàm_fw-la panem_fw-la &_o salem_fw-la &_o aquam_fw-la the_o apostle_n decree_v a_o fast_a upon_o wednesday_n and_o friday_n continual_o save_v betwixt_o easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n and_o that_o six_o day_n before_o easter_n man_n shall_v receive_v nothing_o but_o bread_n and_o salt_n and_o water_n whereas_o s._n austin_n profess_v that_o finitum_fw-la that_o aug._n epist_n 86._o quibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la non_fw-la oporteat_fw-la ieiunare_fw-la &_o quibus_fw-la oporteat_fw-la praecepto_fw-la domini_fw-la vel_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la non_fw-la invenio_fw-la de_fw-fr finitum_fw-la what_o day_n to_o fast_o or_o what_o day_n not_o to_o fast_v he_o find_v it_o not_o define_v or_o set_v down_o by_o any_o commandment_n of_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n and_o by_o tertullian_n it_o appear_v that_o the_o primitive_a church_n allege_v against_o the_o montanist_n ●etunorum_fw-la montanist_n tertul._n de_fw-fr ieiunio_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o apostolos_fw-la obsernasse_n nullum_fw-la aliud_fw-la imponentes_fw-la iugum_fw-la certorun_v &_o in_o common_a ●mnibus_fw-la obeundorum_fw-la ●etunorum_fw-la that_o the_o apostle_n impose_v no_o yoke_n of_o stand_v and_o common_a fast_n and_o of_o the_o lent-fast_a socrates_n resolve_v that_o faceret_fw-la that_o socrat._n hist._n li._n 5._o c._n 21._o quoniam_fw-la nemo_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la literarum_fw-la monumentis_fw-la proditum_fw-la potest_fw-la ostendere_fw-la perspicuum_fw-la est_fw-la apostolos_fw-la liberam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la cuiusque_fw-la menti_fw-la &_o arbitrio_fw-la permisisse_fw-la ut_fw-la cuique_fw-la nec_fw-la metu_fw-la nec_fw-la necessitate_v inductus_fw-la quod_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la faceret_fw-la because_o no_o man_n can_v show_v any_o write_a commandment_n thereof_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o apostle_n leave_v it_o free_a to_o every_o man_n will_n and_o discretion_n that_o without_o fear_n or_o necessity_n every_o man_n shall_v do_v what_o good_a be_v now_o we_o can_v wonder_v that_o he_o that_o will_v thus_o unaduised_o name_n apostolic_a tradition_n for_o the_o one_o shall_v do_v the_o same_o for_o the_o other_o also_o albeit_o if_o m._n higgon_n can_v justify_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a according_a to_o doctor_n field_n rule_v we_o will_v not_o stick_v with_o he_o to_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n but_o he_o may_v have_v see_v that_o i_o have_v put_v it_o without_o the_o compass_n of_o that_o rule_n if_o he_o have_v be_v desirous_a to_o know_v the_o truth_n and_o have_v not_o resolve_v first_o upon_o other_o occasion_n to_o fall_v away_o and_o afterward_o to_o seek_v shift_n to_o excuse_v his_o fall_n i_o show_v by_o origen_n that_o the_o church_n at_o first_o use_v no_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n that_o when_o it_o be_v 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manife_v when_o he_o say_v that_o 6._o that_o phil_n 2_o 6._o christ_n be_v in_o the_o form_n of_o god_n and_o think_v it_o no_o robbery_n to_o be_v equal_a with_o god_n yet_o abase_v himself_o and_o take_v on_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n and_o be_v make_v like_o unto_o man_n where_o when_o he_o thus_o express_v who_o it_o be_v that_o abase_v himself_o he_o that_o be_v in_o the_o form_n of_o god_n and_o whereto_o he_o abase_v himself_o to_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n he_o signify_v plain_o that_o in_o the_o form_n of_o god_n he_o as_o it_o be_v suscepit_fw-la be_v tert._n de_fw-fr trin._n authoritas_fw-la diu●m_fw-la verbi_fw-la ad_fw-la sus●piendum_fw-la h●minem_fw-la interim_n conquiescens_fw-la ne●_n se_fw-la suis_fw-la viril_n we_o exercens_fw-la deijcit_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la atque_fw-la deponit_fw-la du●a_fw-la hominem_fw-la sert_fw-la quem_fw-la suscepit_fw-la stoop_v down_o voluntary_o to_o take_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n 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it_o remain_v therefore_o as_o cyril_n conclude_v that_o est_fw-la that_o cyril_n resp_n ad_fw-la theodoret._n anathem_n 10._o quoinodo_fw-la pauper_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la cùm_fw-la esset_fw-la deus_fw-la natura_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la de●ac_fw-la patris_fw-la sactus_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la etc._n etc._n seruilemque_fw-la mensuram_fw-la subijt_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la humanam_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o patris_fw-la est_fw-la christ_n as_o god_n the_o son_n of_o the_o father_n become_v poor_a in_o be_v make_v man_n and_o undergo_n the_o condition_n of_o a_o servant_n that_o be_v of_o a_o man_n now_o then_o as_o christ_n according_a to_o his_o godhead_n become_v poor_a not_o simple_o as_o god_n but_o as_o god_n incarnate_a and_o make_v man_n so_o he_o become_v also_o subject_a and_o obedient_a a_o minister_n and_o servant_n to_o the_o father_n as_o god_n in_o man_n the_o body_n and_o manhood_n of_o christ_n be_v operetur_fw-la be_v athana_n apud_fw-la cyril_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la anat_fw-la 11._o si_fw-la videamus_fw-la eum_fw-la quasi_fw-la per_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la sut_fw-la corporis_fw-la divino_fw-la modo_fw-la operantem_fw-la vel_fw-la dicentem_fw-la cognoscamus_fw-la quòd_fw-la deus_fw-la existens_fw-la omne_fw-la operetur_fw-la the_o instrument_n as_o athanasius_n call_v it_o wherein_o and_o whereby_o god_n the_o son_n of_o god_n wrought_v whatsoever_o be_v needful_a to_o reconcile_v we_o unto_o god_n and_o thus_o do_v the_o apostle_n say_v that_o 20.28_o that_o act._n 20.28_o god_n purchase_v the_o church_n with_o his_o own_o blood_n that_o 5.19_o that_o 2._o cor._n 5.19_o god_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n to_o himself_o not_o as_o by_o communication_n of_o propriety_n to_o affirm_v of_o one_o nature_n that_o which_o simple_o belong_v to_o the_o other_o but_o to_o note_v the_o act_n of_o the_o whole_a person_n in_o the_o offering_n of_o that_o sacred_a blood_n for_o the_o redemption_n of_o 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say_v that_o christ_n be_v dead_a go_v into_o abraham_n bosom_n not_o mention_v bell_n or_o the_o sorrow_n thereof_o i_o wonder_v if_o any_o man_n will_v dare_v thereupon_o to_o say_v that_o he_o descend_v into_o hell_n so_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v video_fw-la say_v idem_fw-la de_fw-fr genes_n ad_fw-la lit_fw-fr l._n 12._o c._n 33._o illud_fw-la i_o nondum_fw-la invenisse_fw-la confitetor_fw-la inferos_fw-la appellatos_fw-la ubi_fw-la iustorum_fw-la anima_fw-la requies●●nt_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la ideo_fw-la quomodo_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la eum_fw-la abrahae_fw-la sinum_fw-la credamus_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la video_fw-la i_o do_v not_o find_v it_o any_o where_o call_v hell_n where_o the_o soul_n of_o just_a man_n do_v rest_n and_o i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o we_o may_v believe_v that_o abraham_n bosom_n be_v in_o hell_n and_o this_o he_o observe_v out_o of_o the_o story_n of_o the_o gospel_n where_o it_o be_v that_o we_o read_v of_o abraham_n bosom_n di●itis_fw-la 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