Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	church_n	scripture_n	sense_n	2,756	5	6.8104	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14251	The olde fayth of greate Brittaygne, and the newe learnynge of Inglande wherunto is added a symple instruction, concernynge the Kinges Maiesties procedinges in the co[m]munyon. Compyled by R.V.	R. V., fl. 1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 24566; ESTC S119007	13,729	40

substauÌ„ces vnder that pretence of the settiÌ„g furth of Gods word / not caring so they get substaunce what coÌ„meth of Gods word as partlye hath apeared in these our dayes both in the clergy and also in the laytye It wylbe a slauÌ„ der to oure Relygion in those dayes as it was euen in the Primatiue churche as appeareth in the seuenth boke the .xvij. chaptof Eusebius ecclesiasticall history of Paulus Samosatenus a bysshop of Antioch / of whom is said yf we speake of his pride / it was Intollerable For he shewed hym selfe more lyke a captayne then a bysshop for so much as in going by the streates he vsed a maruelouse pryde in reading the letters which were sent hym before the people / naming the answeares to hys secretataries whych accompanyed hym / hauynge so great a nombre of folke which went before hym and a great multytude followiÌ„g hym in such maner that all they which sawe hym abhorred hys pryde and for the same blamed our Relygion Oh. GOD / doth not the pryde of the bysshopes in these our dayes resemble the same Paules pryde He that lysteth to rede the forsayd chapter out / shall see muche But thankes be vnto the lorde who hath geuen the same power vnto the Kinges Maiestie in these dayes / which he gaue to Aurelyan the emperour in those dayes which was that he gaue power to the metrapolytane and other faythfull bysshopes to depose the sayde Paule and set an other in hys place whyche dyd preach the worde of God and not his owne thinkinge as Paule dyd as appeareth in the sayd chapter Truly / if this pride be not lefte both in the Laytie and also in the the Clergyie / God wyll plage the worlde / and that very shortlye for Gods worde is not mans inuencion but the very wyll and worke of God as witnesseth Peter in his second Epystle the fyrst Chapter / saying know fyrst that no prophetie in the scriptures is done of any priuate interpretation For the prophecy was neuer wrought by the wyll of man / but the holy men of God spake as they were moued of the holy gost And this trade vsed the apostles geuinge credyte to Gods worde both in theyr teaching also in theyr ministracion / as wye nesseth sainct Peter in his fyrst epystle the fourth chapter saying if any man speake let him talke as though he spake the wordes of God If any maÌ„ minister let hym do it as of the habily tie whiche God minystreth vnto him And that primatiue church stode by the scripturs as Eusebius in his iij. boke the .x. chapter witnesseth / sayinge By the which thinges sayth he it is euydent in what reuerence we vse oure scriptures the which of so long tyme and by so many ages as is past / was neuer maÌ„ that durst adde / take away or chaunge any thin ge but all men of our relygion haue thys stedfast fayth / and beleue theÌ„ to be reuelacions of God stande to this boke for to defende the same / if nede require wil willyngly lose theyr lyues He sayth not they wyll make insurrections and styrre the peple against their prince as the papists haue done these 1200 yeres / for the maintenaunce of theyr fayned tradicions auncient custumes thys is the very nature of all those which mainteyne vn wrytten Verityes But the nature of gods peple is not of this kiÌ„de but their nature is to opeÌ„ the fautes of prices of their subiectes which they set led coÌ„trary to the scriptures / gently shewe the plages set furth in the scrypture / for disobeing Gods worde rather to suffre death then to seke the displeasure or destruction of theyr prynces rather vse paules trade in theyr preachyng 1. Cor. xv saying I delyuered vnto you that whych I also receaued how the Chryst dyed for our synnes according to the scripturs that he was buryed / that he rose agayne the .iij. day Paul sayth not I delyuered vnto you our auÌ„cient fathers custumes / nor yet their say ned inueÌ„ted ceremonies which had stande so many C. yeres But he saith he delyuered that which he receaued which was how that chryst dyed for our synnes according to the scriptures therfore sayth paul Gal. 1. Though we our selues saith he or an auÌ„gell froÌ„ heaueÌ„ preach any other gospell to you theÌ„ that yt haue receaued holde hiaccursed O mercifull God what shall we say to those which maiÌ„teyne the popysh masse and ceremonies in the whiche is not declared one Tytle Howe Chryst dyed for our sinnes / according to that scripturs For truly the chatholyke fathers abhorred theÌ„ euen in the primatiue church As hereafter thou mayst perceaue And fyrst Castus bysshoppe sayth in his .v. boke He the which presumeth to follow the custume in contempnyng the veritie / eyther he is enuyous and malycious agaynst his brethern to whome the verytie is opened or els he is vnthankfull to God by whose inspiration his church is instructed Also Ciprian ad Pompeium agaynst SteueÌ„s Epystle sayth The custume which is ryseÌ„ with som ought not to let the verytie to haue lesse place to rhintent that the veritie shulde not vanquish For custum without veriteÌ„ is auncientnes of errour Wherfore in leanyng the errour let vs follow the veritie Also Austen in his .iij. boke of Baptysme the .ix. chapter And are also the wordes of Honoratus Attuca sayinge seying Chryste is the veritie / we ought rather to follow the veritie then the custume Also Felix Bysshop sayth let none set the custume before the veritie for reason veritie wyll alwayes put furth custume Also s Ciprian ad Cecilium in hys seconde Booke the thyrde Chapter / sayeth If ye doo that whiche I commaunce you / from henseforth wyll I not call you seruauntes but frendes Yea / and that Chryst ought only to be heard the father witnesseth from heauen saying This is my welbeloued sonne in whom I delyte heare him Wherfore if it be so that Christ ought only to be heard we ought not to care what thing any befor vs hath estemed to be good / but those thinges which Chryst teacheth / who was before all other Neyther must we follow maÌ„nes custume but the veritie of God For the lorde sayd by Esay the prophet They honour me without cause / and teache the commaundementes and doctryne of men And also in the Gospell why do ye transgresse the commaundementes of God to stablysh your owne tradicions Wherfore dere brethern if anye one of our predecessours through ignoraunce or symplycitie haue not obserued and kept that which the lord hath taught vs to do eyther by example or doctryne it may be reputed to symplicitie and may be forgeuen theÌ„ through the indulgence of the lorde But it may not be forgeuen vs which now are instructed of the lorde but it is expedient for vs to send letters to our companions that the lordes gospel his doctrine be kept ouer al the

had him avoy de but I thinke Syluester sent for him aÌ„d receaued that which Chryst refused / and it maye well appeare to be from thence For sence the same pope syluester receaued the possessions which was almost .iiij. c. yeres after CHRIST he his successours for the most part haue euer sence persecuted the trewe CHRYSTYANES and that ye may perceaue the setting furth of the scryptures in those dayes was not for euery man / by the reasoÌ„ it was so chargeable But it was onely a prynces worke as Chrodoryke bisshop of Cirocopolis in the fyrst booke of hys story the .xvi. chapter maketh mencion of an Epystle sent by the forsayde constantine to Eusehuis the tenour wherof is this It hath semed vs good to sygnyfye vnto the that thou prepare L. volumes of the scryptures and pryneye pally those the which thou knoweste to be necessary to the institucion doctryne and vsage which hath been accustumed to be geuen to the churches and let them be writteÌ„ in good Parchement and well trined by good worckmen hauing good knowledge in the acte of the scryptures And we also haue seÌ„t letters to our general geuernoue of the prouinces to take charge and dyligeÌ„ tly to minister al thynges necessary / to the restoring of the same volumes and it to be thy worke and dilygently to enforce thy selfe that the same volumes maye be shortly ready and appareylled as it apperteyneth And further by the aucthorytie of our letters Sealed by vs sent to the we giue the power to take and vse openly .ij. Charets or cartes to cause the sayd volumes dylygently to be conueyed to the citie of constaÌ„tinople GeÌ„tle reader / here may ye se what paynes and charges it was to thys noble Emperour to set furth the scryptures in those dayes Iohn Caryon sayth in the. 3. boke of hys chronicle that thys constantine caused the newe Testament to be carryed before him for a wytnes of hys saith I praye you wherfore dyd constantine set furth these scryptures Truly because yâ— wicked Dyoclesyan the. xxxv Emperour in the .ix. yeare of hys reygne / which was about the yeare of Chryst 288. as Cation wrytteth / dyd as appeareth in the seuently boke the second chapter of Eusebius story cause thys proclamacyon followyng / to be proclaymed which was that the churches of the christyans whiche myght be founde shuld be ouerthrowen to the fondacions the bokes and scryptures burned and that all those of that relygyon which had any dignitie or office shuld be put forth remaine ashamed and that those slaues which perseuered in the chrysten fayth myght not obtayne lybertie the occasyon herof was that the heretyke Manicheus had fowen dissention amonge the chrystians O Lorde haue we not had thy scrypturs brent in curdayes Yf we aske wynchester and London / they wyll laye yea yea and so say I to But ye may beleue me I was very heauye wheÌ„ I heard of it yea / and as heauye as they are now sory that they be printed agayne But thankes be to the lorde our kinges maiesteacute may go farther wyth hundreth pounde in printing then constantine might haue done wyth thre thousand pounde in wrytynge For the lacke of bokes caused the bysshops of Rome and his ayders to preuayle in all counsels sence the fyrst Yea and in all the xxiij scismes past / to rule all thiÌ„ges as they wolde and to make what they wolde and discalow what they wolde But in this the xxiiii scisme or deuision I trust the byssho pe of Rome and all his Papistes shall be ouerthrowen through that word of GOD which by the prynt is abouÌ„dantly spredde abrode in all Chrystendome A worke which God neuer opened to man sence the worlde began tyll the yeare of Chryst M iiii c. lii which in that yere was opened to one called Iohannes faustius in the Cytie of Magunce or menth in Germany Wherfore let vs giue god thaÌ„kes reioyce that he hath seÌ„t vs in these our dayes that science wherby al those that loue the lyght maye haue the same for alytle charges / I meane the worde of God who is the Aucthour of lyght By whose lyght the kyngs maiestye with hys honorable couÌ„sel goeth about to ouerthrowe the Popes mastres Missa the successour of the Israelytes / ne husthan Wherfor / let vs daily pray to that lorde the Aucthour of the canonicall scryptures / that he wyll pro sper the Kinges maiestie with my Lorde protectour and his honorable coÌ„sell / in the setting furth of his worde So that through hys helpe they may ouercome the ennemies of the same hys worde and of his graces royalmes and dominions Amen Finis

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