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A00387 A playne and godly exposytion or declaratio[n] of the co[m]mune crede (which in the Latin tonge is called Symbolum Apostolorum) and of the. x. co[m]maundementes of goddes law, newly made and put forth by the famouse clarke, Mayster. Erasmus of Roterdame, at the requeste of the moste honorable lorde, Thomas Erle of wyltshyre: father to the moste gratious and vertuous Quene Anne wyf to our most gracyous soueraygne lorde kynge Henry the. viii. Cum priuilegio.; Catechismus. English Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Marshall, William, fl. 1535. 1534 (1534) STC 10504; ESTC S101698 157,733 357

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a mynde of īfinite vertu and power moste symple euerlastyng as whiche hathe ben afore all tymes and is nat chaunged in tyme. Of thys all myghty mynde thou knowest the whole worlde to haue ben created and created for mannes cause for god neyther hath nede of the world nor of man nor yet of any creature He is in hym selfe and of hym selfe moste perfyghte But because he is moste hyghly and perfyghtly good he wold nat be blessed hymselfe alone but hathe distributed of his beatitude and felicite vnto aungels and men to all creatures so farforthe as euery thyng is apte to receiue of the bountuosnes and liberalite of god How manye ways god hathe spoken to ma● to geue to hym knowledg of hym selfe It was his wyl and pleasure to geue man knowledge of hymselfe speakynge to him in diuerse maners or facions Fyrst of all he spake after a certayne maner to mankynd whan by his sonne which is the worde of the father he dyd create of nought thys meruailouse frame of the worlde to the entente that of the worke we sholde gesse and make con●eture of the worker For suche a worke the fyrst speakyng by creation of the worlde coulde neyther man neyther yet aūgel haue ben able to perfourme and finishe This was the fyrste degre or step to the knowledge of god Nexte after cam the lawe The seconde spekynge by the law written● the prophetes whiche dyd some what helpe the darknes and blindnes of mā●es mynd but it besydes that it was geuen to one nacion onely of the Iewes it dyd by figures and darke ridles shadowe god vnto vs preparyng the myndes of men to the lyghte of the gospell whiche by the sonne hathe shyned to vs. The philosophers abused the lyghte of nature to pryde And the lawe to the moste parte of the Iewes was an occasion of greater impiety and synne The worlde was ful of ydolatry The Iewes were puffed vp with pryde thrughe a vayne persuasion of ryghtuosnes Sy●ne did raygne at large vnponyshed in the world whils the moste parte of men dyd folowe the fyrste pare●tes of mankynde but here the mercy of god dyd shewe forthe it selfe Psal. 14 4. ☞ whiche passeth surmounteth all his workes He dyd vouchesafe to waxe more nere and more familierly knowne vnto vs by the same sōne The thyrde speakynge by his owne son in the nature of mankynd that at the leaste wyse by the reason hereof we sholde be drawne to the louynge of him agayne being prouoked therunto by so many and so maruailouse benefightes He had created vs whan we were nothynge He wolde also restore vs. Whan we were forlorne for it had ben better neuer to haue ben created thā after our cr●acion to haue perished ben vtterly forlorne After the worlde meruailously created after the lawe geuen by god after the prophetes inspired with the spirite of god he sente hys onely sonne beynge made m●n that at the leaste wyse we men sholde loue hym beynge also a man And he sente hym nat to be a reuenger or ponysher but to be a sauioure by whose death he myght call vs agayn to lyfe what could the vnmesurable charite and loue of god haue done more than this He hathe shewed hymselfe palpable after a certayne maner vnto vs he hath also geuen hymselfe to deth as farre forth as he myght to th ende that he myghte restore vs to true helthe saluation God shewed his almighty power in the creatiō of the worlde his wisdome ī the redēption of man He declared his almighty power cheffly in the creation of the worlde Nowe he hathe declared his vnmesurable mercy and his inscrutable wisdome his mercy in that he frely without ony deseruynge of our parte hath redemed vs. His wisdome in that he hath after suche forme and maner redemed vs. Therefore what excuse is there nowe lefte or what cauyllation can ony man lay forthe for hymselffe yf he do not regarde but do despise this so wonderfull goodnes of god This parte doth the Crede now teache Et in Iesum Christum filium eius v●●cū dominum nostrum id est And in Iesu Christe his onely sonne our lorde DISC. Why hath it sygnyfyed marked forth the persone of our redemer by these names MAG Ueryly for thentente to declare that the seconde persone which toke fleshe vpon hym is verye man of his mother and very god of god DIS Howe so MAG There are some which do wene that Iesus is the name of the godhed Christe a name of the humane nature and they seme to be moued and broughte to this opinion by the reason that in the Hebrue tonge Iesus is as muche to say as a sauyoure And Christꝰ as muche to say as anoynted Now no man can geue euerlastyng helthe and saluation saue onelye god And anoyntynge doth sygnyfie spirituall grace whiche chaunceth not but onely to man but in very dede bothe these wordes or names do belonge to the humayne nature Iesus For Iesus is a propre name of a singulare persone that is to witte of that man whiche alone of all mē was borne of a virgine whome saīt Iohan shewed poynted with his fynger that they sholde not receyue or embrace ony other man for the very redemer Ioan. i. ☞ Beholde sayth he the lambe of god Christe Christus is a name either of kyngdome or of prestehode For amonge the Iewes bothe prestes and kynges were anoynted with holy oyntemente and they of bothe sortes because of honoure were called Christi Nowe bothe these tytles or names are agreynge to Christe whiche is called Psal. c. ix Christe is bothe a preste and a kynge anointed not with outwarde corporall oile but with the fullnes of the diuine spirit a preste accordynge to the ordre of Melchisedech and whiche as a preste dyd offre hym selfe a very vnspotted lambe vpon the aultare of the crosse for the helthe and saluation of the worlde and whiche also as a kynge apperynge to his disciples after his resurrection sayde lyke a kynge vnto them ☞ To me is geuen all power and auctorite in heuen and in earth Mat. xxviii Neither dyd he refuse disallow the speche of the theffe knowledgynge and confessynge hym to be a kynge by these wordes Luce. xxiii ☞ Lorde remembre me whan thou shalte be commen into thy kyngdome How be it our lord was neuer anoynted with outward and bodylye oyle soo as Aaron was in the .xxix. cha of Exod or as kyng Saule was in the fyrste booke of kynges the .x. chapitoure● But this was he whome god hathe singularlye anoynted with the fullnesse of his spirite Iesus Howe be it by this worde or name of Iesu besydes that it doth betoken a singulare persone called to remēbraunce the figure of the olde testamente Iosue figured Christe For that Iesus name dyd figure and represente ●esu the redemer Deute xxxi Moyses by whome is figured and
hath alowed the bokes of the olde fathers to be redde The churche hath admytted and receyued theyr bokes not as canonycal scripture that is to say scripture of vndouted and sure auctorite not able to be disproued but they are receyued as the cōmentaries and workes of men beynge bothe learned and also good and vertuose neyther Euerye maner erroure maketh not an heretyke● doth euerye maner erroure make a man forthwith an heretyke and in the olde tyme those that dyd expoune and declare the scripture were pardoned and hold excused if they did doute of certayn thingꝭ of which it is not lawful to dout any longer after the sentence of the churche publyshed and openly pronounced or els if they dyd interpretate and expoune any thyng ī the scriptures otherwy●e than the authorite of the churche doth teache nowe For neyther were al the Grekes Heretykes which dyd professe that the holy ghoste dyd procede come forthe from the father alone nor no more peraduēture was Origen Origen neyther an heretyke therfore because that of desyre to serche out the trouth he dyd dispute whether the sonne and the holy ghoste had all one and the same diuyne essence with the father or els were creatures more excellent than all other creatures It was lawfull also more than CCC yeres after the incarnation of Christe to doute whether there were any clensynge fyer or fyer purgatorye whiche certayne men dyd iudge to be charite But it is a very poynt of an heretyke proudly and obstinatly to rebell and stryue agaynste the euydent veryte or trouth and whiche hath ben taughte with the publyke and commune authorite DIS The name of canonycall scripture howe many bokes dothe it comprehend and contayne The bokes of the canonical scripture MAG This thynge hathe sayncte Cipriane very playnly and brefly taught Fyrste the hole scripture is diuyded into two partes that is to wytte the olde testament and the newe The bokes of the old testament Genesis Exodus Leuiticus Numeri Deuteronomium Iosue Iudicum Ruth Regum iiii In the olde testament are accompted and rekened the fyue bokes of Moyses that is to wytte Genesis Exodus Leuiticus Numeri Deuteronomiū also the .ii. bokes of Iesu Naue of Iudges and of Ruth Besydes these the foure bokes of kynges whiche the Hebrues do make but onely two bokes furthermore the boke Paralipomenon Paralipome●●●● that is to saye of thynges ouerhipped or lefte out whiche of the Hebrues is called the boke of Dayes or tymes Than the .ii. fyrste bokes of Esdre which the bebrues do reckē both but for one for the thyrd the .iiii. boke of Esdre are accōpted amonge the Apocriphe scriptures Esdre ii Nexte after these are the .iiii. principal or greater Prophetes Esaias Iheremias Ezechiel and Daniel Esaie Iheremie Ezechiel Daniel To these is added one boke of the .xii. smaller Prophetes The .xii. smaller prophetes Iob psalmes ꝓuerbes Ecclesiastes Cāticum cāticorum Besides this one boke of Iob one boke of the psalmes .iii. bokes of Salomon that is to witte the boke of Prouerbes Ecclesiastes and Canticum canticorum within this nombre the Authorite of olde men dyd conclude the wolumes or bokes of the olde testamente beynge of trouthe wherof it was not lawfull to dout but now the boke also of Sapience Sapience is receyued into the vse of the churche whiche certayne men do iudge to be the boke of Philo a Iewe and another boke which is called Ecclesiasticus Ecclesiasticꝰ whiche men do thynke to be the boke of Iesu the son of Sirach there is receyued also the boke of Tobie and the boke of Iudith and the boke of Hester and the two bokes of the Machabeis Thobie Iudith Hester Machabeis There are receyued also the two Histories which are annexed to the boke of Daniel that is to wit the historie of Susanna and the history of Bel and the dragon whiche histories the Hebrues hadde not but saynte Iherome witnesseth that hymsel●e dyd trāslate them out of the edition of Theodotio But whether the churche hath receiued these bokꝭ with the same authorite with the whiche they haue receiued the other bokꝭ aforerehersed that knoweth the spirite of the churche Under the ●ytle and name of the newe testament the cheffe and principal place haue the .iiii. Gospelles of Mathue Marke Luke and Iohan and with these the Actes of the Apostles The bokes of the new testamente Mathue Marke Luke Iohan Actes Epistles Paule .xiiii. Peter ii Iames. i. I●de i. Iohan. iii. A●ocalipie The hebrues ●ake but .iii. kynde of scri●ture Canonica Nexte to these are the Epistles of the Apostles .xiiii. of sayn●e Paules Two of Peters One of Iames the Apostle One of Iude. Thre of Iohan. And last of all in ordre is the Apocalipse of saynte Iohan. The Hebrues do diuide all scipture into .iii. kyndes or sortes The canonicall scrip●ure they call that scripture which without ony controuersie or doute was wryten by the inspiration of the holy ghoste in whiche yf ony thynge be founde which semeth at the fyrste syghte folyshe vnmete and agaynste reason it is not lawfull to iudge that whiche is wryten but the mystery is religyously and deuoutly to be serched forthe and the dulnesse or slownesse of our wytte is to be founde faughte with all and not the scripture Hagiographa Another sort of scripture they do call hagiographam as wryten by holy men of holy thynges This maner scriptures they did so farre forth esteme and regarde that they were in dede reuerently red in the congregations or assemblees but not that the authoryte of them sholde constrayne or compell in matters earnest and of wayghte Apocripha Apocriphe scriptures they called suche as it was lawfull for euerye man to redde at home accordynge to his owne mynde and pleasure but in open or comen assemblees they sholde not be recyted or redde nor any man be strayned with the auctorite of them neyther is euery scripture forthwith canonicall whiche is red or songen in the churches and wolde god that it were amonge all men obserued and kept which was decreed in the counsell holden at Carthago that nothynge at all sholde be recited or redde in the churches sa●e onelye the canonicall scripture the interpretation and declaration wherof was done in the olde tyme of prestes and byshopes by worde of mouthe The decr●e made in the coūsel of Carthage concernynge what thinges shold be red in the churches DISCIPLE Now a dayes we are kept and put awaye frō the redynge of the holy scripture MAGISTER But this thynge was in the olde tyme a poynte of most greate and hyghest relygiō and holynes But the vndyscretnes and presumption of the reders caused and brought to passe that it was nedefull to shewe a staffe who so euer redeth the scriptures reuerently honourynge that thynge whiche he doth not vnderstonde or attayne the knowlege of How the holy scriptures are to