Selected quad for the lemma: tradition_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	church_n	find_v	scripture_n	3,607	5	6.0436	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94294	A discourse of the right of the Church in a Christian state: by Herbert Thorndike.	Thorndike, Herbert, 1598-1672.	1649 (1649)	Wing T1045; Thomason E1232_1; ESTC R203741	232,634	531

the_o pharisee_fw-mi luc._n xviii_o 12._o that_o the_o munday_n and_o thursdays_n be_v then_o and_o before_o then_o observe_v by_o the_o jew_n as_o since_o they_o have_v be_v and_o as_o you_o see_v the_o like_a do_v in_o the_o feast_n of_o lot_n ordain_v in_o esther_n time_n and_o that_o of_o the_o dedication_n in_o judas_n maccabcus_fw-la he_o and_o in_o the_o same_o prophet_n zac._n xii_o 12_o 13_o 14._o you_o have_v a_o manifest_a allusion_n to_o the_o jew_n ceremony_n at_o their_o funeral_n record_v by_o maimont_n in_o the_o title_n of_o mourner_n cap._n ix_o clear_o show_v that_o they_o be_v in_o force_n in_o that_o prophet_n time_n as_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o they_o begin_v before_o the_o law_n itself_o not_o only_o by_o that_o which_o we_o read_v of_o the_o funeral_n of_o jacob_n in_o genesis_n but_o chief_o because_o it_o require_v a_o express_a law_n of_o god_n to_o derogate_v from_o it_o as_o to_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o case_n of_o aaron_n son_n levit._fw-la x._o 6._o xxi_o 1_o 10_o 11_o 12._o many_o more_o there_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n if_o these_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o evidence_n that_o which_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o it_o appear_v indeed_o by_o scripture_n that_o there_o be_v such_o law_n in_o force_n but_o that_o they_o be_v command_v by_o revelation_n from_o god_n be_v quite_o another_o thing_n though_o man_n of_o learning_n sometime_o make_v themselves_o ridiculous_a by_o mistake_v as_o if_o all_o that_o be_v record_v in_o the_o scripture_n be_v command_v by_o god_n when_o all_o that_o come_v from_o god_n be_v the_o record_n of_o they_o as_o true_a not_o the_o authority_n of_o they_o as_o divine_a the_o case_n be_v not_o much_o otherwise_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n where_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o many_o constitution_n ordinance_n or_o tradition_n as_o the_o apostle_n sometime_o call_v they_o 1_o cor._n xi_o 2._o be_v record_v which_o no_o man_n can_v say_v that_o they_o oblige_v not_o the_o church_n 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