Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	jew_n	old_a	testament_n	3,348	5	8.0238	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12919	A discourse wherin is debated whether it be expedient that the scripture should be in English for al men to reade that wyll Fyrst reade this booke with an indifferent eye, and then approue or condempne, as God shall moue your heart.	Standish, John, 1507?-1570.	1554 (1554)	STC 23207; ESTC S117827	41,170	164

needful_a god_n will_v have_v send_v it_o to_o the_o eunuch_n to_o saul_n and_o to_o cornelius_n in_o the_o viij_o ix_o and_o x._o of_o thacte_n but_o there_o you_o read_v that_o god_n send_v they_o teacher_n philip_n anany_n and_o peter_n and_o not_o the_o scripture_n which_o have_v be_v but_o in_o vain_a as_o appear_v by_o the_o eunuch_n sayinge_v how_o shall_v i_o understande_v scripture_n by_o read_v except_o i_o be_v teach_v whereupon_o s._n hierom_n say_v ego_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la i_o loquar_fw-la nec_fw-la sanctior_fw-la sum_fw-la hoc_fw-la eunucho_fw-la nec_fw-la studiosior_fw-la qu●cum_fw-la librum_fw-la teneret_fw-la etc._n etc._n ignorabat_fw-la tamen_fw-la eum_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la nesciens_fw-la venerabatur_fw-la o_o how_o many_o this_o day_n much_o more_o ignorant_a than_o theunuche_n will_v take_v in_o hand_n only_o with_o their_o english_a book_n to_o open_a mystery_n both_o to_o their_o own_o destruction_n and_o other_o the_o twenty-three_o probation_n our_o man_n will_v nothing_o but_o their_o english_a book_n but_o the_o holy_a man_n ireneus_fw-la which_o do_v see_v s_o johans_n disciple_n or_o as_o some_o affirm_v which_o be_v scholar_n to_o s._n johans_n disciple_n name_v policarpus_fw-la do_v testify_v that_o we_o must_v follow_v the_o order_n of_o the_o tradition_n which_o the_o forefather_n do_v leave_v unto_o they_o unto_o who_o they_o commit_v the_o cure_n of_o christ_n people_n unto_o which_o ordinance_n the_o very_a heathen_n say_v he_o come_v to_o christ_n stock_n do_v obey_v have_v their_o belefe_v write_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o not_o write_v with_o ink_n in_o velom_n or_o perchement_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v then_o to_o theym_v which_o yet_o bewail_v their_o jewish_a scripture_n pluck_v beside_o the_o post_n and_o wall_n &_o only_o desire_v their_o scripture_n with_o ink_n and_o paper_n in_o the_o book_n as_o for_o salvation_n only_o write_v in_o the_o hart_n by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n it_o shall_v seem_v they_o pass_v not_o of_o the_o xxiiij_o probation_n the_o heathen_a philosopher_n will_v not_o youth_n to_o be_v the_o meddler_n with_o moral_a philosophy_n because_o they_o be_v unapte_v thereunto_o either_o to_o be_v judge_n thereof_o or_o to_o take_v any_o profyt_n thereby_o and_o he_o mean_v not_o only_a youth_n in_o year_n but_o also_o in_o manner_n a_o child_n say_v esaie_n of_o a_o hund●eth_o year_n old_a shall_v dye_v lxv_o esay_n lxv_o what_o then_o shall_v we_o say_v shall_v we_o admit_v unto_o the_o handle_n of_o our_o heavenly_a philosophy_n who_o the_o heathen_a thought_n unmete_v &_o unworthy_a to_o handle_v their_o learning_n which_o be_v but_o profane_a will_v not_o the_o jew_n permit_v all_o age_n to_o the_o read_n of_o all_o the_o book_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o shall_v we_o christen_v man_n do_v it_o will_v we_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o jew_n yea_o worse_a they_o the_o profane_a ethnics_n and_o more_o out_o of_o order_n o_o lord_n be_v merciful_a unto_o us._n the_o xxu_o probation_n it_o be_v never_o admit_v though_o sometime_o permit_v in_o any_o place_n of_o christenedome_n scripture_n to_o continue_v in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n but_o only_o in_o time_n of_o schism_n or_o heresy_n shall_v it_o now_o then_o be_v suffer_v to_o continue_v any_o long_o in_o this_o realm_n so_o many_o mischief_n yssew_v therout_a as_o have_v do_v daily_o increase_v these_o many_o year_n and_o will_v do_v still_o more_o and_o more_o the_o xxvi_o probation_n when_o it_o be_v in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n the_o come_fw-mi sort_n play_v with_o god_n word_n as_o the_o devyll_n do_v dispute_v with_o christ_n bring_v god_n word_n but_o to_o a_o wrong_n purpose_n christ_n say_v man_n lyve_v not_o only_o by_o bread_n but_o by_o every_o word_n that_o procee_v four_o of_o god_n mouth_n the_o devil_n speak_v god_n word_n but_o it_o be_v not_o four_o of_o god_n mouth_n so_o do_v the_o old_a prophet_n of_o bethell_n speak_v god_n word_n xiii_o three_o reg._n xiii_o but_o not_o out_o of_o god_n mouth_n likewise_o do_v the_o cccc_o xxii_o three_o re._n xxii_o prophet_n which_o deceyve_v achab._n all_o sorcerer_n witch_n and_o conjurer_n use_v god_n word_n but_o not_o out_o of_o god_n mouth_n so_o have_v all_o heretic_n in_o time_n past_a and_o do_v at_o this_o day_n but_o when_o be_v it_o god_n word_n forth_o of_o god_n mouth_n how_o shall_v we_o know_v or_o prove_v that_o ever_o when_o it_o be_v speak_v according_a to_o the_o consent_n &_o faith_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n for_o very_a scripture_n do_v show_v that_o the_o true_a understand_v of_o god_n word_n and_o that_o be_v forth_o of_o god_n mouth_n speak_v be_v ever_o to_o be_v seek_v in_o the_o catholic_a church_n for_o the_o catholic_a church_n alone_o have_v ever_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o scripture_n which_o be_v for_o that_o cause_n call_v of_o s._n paul_n the_o pillar_n and_o foundation_n of_o all_o truth_n iii._n i_o timo._n iii._n wherein_o also_o for_o this_o cause_n god_n ordain_v some_o apostle_n some_o evangelist_n iiii_o ephes_n iiii_o some_o prophet_n and_o teacher_n still_o to_o continue_v lest_o we_o shall_v be_v overthrow_v with_o blast_n of_o error_n and_o therefore_o ireneus_fw-la wttness_v 3._o iren._n li._n 3._o cap._n 3._o and_o long_o after_o he_o s._n augustine_n that_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o scripture_n be_v to_o be_v have_v by_o the_o trial_n of_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o holy_a bishop_n and_o father_n since_o peter_n time_n in_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n which_o thing_n cause_v s._n augustine_n to_o say_v i_o will_v not_o believe_v the_o gospel_n if_o thautoritie_n of_o the_o church_n cause_v i_o not_o so_o to_o do_v fund_z aug._n in_o epist_n fund_z so_o that_o we_o must_v believe_v that_o have_v be_v receyve_v of_o all_o man_n at_o all_o time_n and_o in_o all_o place_n of_o christendom_n and_o we_o must_v lean_v to_o thantiquitie_n to_o the_o generality_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o scripture_n must_v ever_o be_v prove_v and_o try_v out_o hereby_o how_o be_v it_o to_o none_o of_o this_o our_o new_a man_n will_v agree_v because_o it_o whole_o make_v against_o they_o but_o they_o ever_o do_v study_n to_o bring_v all_o into_o question_n &_o to_o deny_v all_o general_a counsel_n all_o ordinance_n decree_n canon_n and_o expositor_n upon_o scripture_n and_o much_o of_o this_o disorder_n thenglish_fw-fr bible_n do_v cause_n wherefore_o i_o think_v it_o may_v not_o well_o be_v permit_v to_o continue_v the_o xxvij_o probation_n can_v it_o be_v choose_v but_o so_o long_o as_o all_o people_n have_v the_o bible_n in_o english_a at_o their_o pleasure_n there_o shall_v ever_o be_v some_o among_o they_o ready_a minister_n of_o the_o devyl_n to_o dispute_v reason_n and_o teach_v the_o residue_n to_o the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o all_o devotion_n and_o good_a order_n and_o yet_o among_o themselves_o they_o shall_v say_v the_o cause_n be_v they_o can_v not_o be_v teach_v truelye_o of_o the_o preacher_n abroad_o and_o hereby_o heresy_n shall_v be_v sow_v plentiful_o and_o god_n word_n pitifullye_o abuse_v under_o a_o colourable_a defence_n thereof_o they_o shall_v say_v o_o the_o gospel_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v keep_v from_o christian_a man_n and_o that_o be_v very_a truth_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v teach_v they_o and_o preach_v unto_o they_o but_o not_o to_o teach_v they_o self_n for_o wra_a it_n amiss_o the_o xxviij_o probation_n it_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o many_o heresy_n to_o have_v the_o scripture_n in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n how_o be_v it_o heresy_n do_v never_o spring_v forth_o of_o scripture_n but_o only_o of_o the_o perverse_a understand_v of_o scripture_n say_v hilarius_n trivitate_fw-la hilar._n lib._n ij_o de_fw-fr trivitate_fw-la and_o yet_o then_o see_v the_o rude_a ignorant_a sort_n be_v ever_o prone_a perverse_o to_o wrest_v the_o scripture_n we_o must_v think_v that_o to_o have_v scripture_n in_o english_a be_v to_o minister_v occasion_n to_o the_o common_a sort_n to_o fall_v into_o errours·_n &_o that_o it_o so_o shall_v do_v appear_v by_o that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o weigh_v nor_o bear_v the_o mystery_n nor_o to_o understand_v the_o trope_n and_o allegory_n which_o the_o great_a learned_a man_n oft_o be_v scant_o able_a well_o to_o digeste_v how_o much_o less_o the_o cobbler_n carter_n or_o coryer_n the_o xxix_o probation_n hilarius_n upon_o in_o cord_n meo_fw-la abscondi_fw-la eloquia_fw-la tua_fw-la show_v that_o the_o high_a mystery_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v publysh_v abroad_o among_o all_o people_n it_o be_v good_a say_v he_o to_o hide_v the_o king_n privetie_n and_o secret_a and_o s_o paul_n say_v he_o be_v afeard_a to_o feed_v the_o people_n with_o any_o other_o but_o with_o milk_n xiii_o math._n xiii_o christ_n in_o the_o gospel_n tell_v of_o

therefore_o god_n have_v ordain_v that_o like_o as_o in_o temporal_a governaunce_n none_o be_v make_v ruler_n but_o be_v outward_o send_v and_o appoint_v by_o man_n even_o so_o in_o the_o spiritual_a functiones_fw-la wherefore_o now_o to_o conclude_v see_v the_o only_a remedy_n to_o redress_v this_o damnable_a error_n of_o theym_n which_o teach_v secret_o and_o do●_n much_o hurt_v in_o corner_n through_o the_o english_a translation_n be_v to_o take_v it_o away_o for_o by_o other_o mean_v it_o will_v not_o be_v stop_v it_o can_v not_o be_v permit_v that_o the_o bible_n shall_v continue_v in_o english_a here_o in_o this_o i_o may_v have_v have_v just_a occasion_n to_o speak_v against_o preacher_n which_o have_v authority_n wicked_o give_v to_o preach_v and_o do_v comen_o preach_v understand_v not_o the_o latin_a tongue_n as_o it_o be_v say_v but_o be_v call_v some_o from_o one_o occupation_n and_o some_o from_o another_o and_o some_o from_o play_v the_o vice_n part_n in_o interlude_n but_o i_o will_v not_o meddle_v with_o this_o matter_n the_o xl_o probation_n 44._o hierom._n in_o ezech._n 44._o s._n hierom_n say_v alta_fw-la &_o profunda_fw-la dei_fw-la mysteria_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la monstranda_fw-la vulgo_fw-la nec_fw-la proferenda_fw-la ad_fw-la populum_fw-la ne_fw-la si_fw-la maiora_fw-la se_fw-la audierint_fw-la maiestatem_fw-la scientiae_fw-la far_o non_fw-la possint_fw-la &_o quasisolido_fw-la suffocentur_fw-la cibo_fw-la qui_fw-la adhuc_fw-la lacte_fw-la infantiae_fw-la nutriendisunt_fw-la the_o deep_a and_o profound_a mystery_n of_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v show_v to_o the_o common_a people_n nor_o to_o be_v utter_v to_o they_o lest_o they_o hear_v great_a thing_n than_o they_o can_v bear_v be_v not_o able_a to_o atteyne_v to_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o and_o be_v as_o it_o be_v choke_v with_o hard_a meat_n which_o yet_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v feed_v but_o with_o milk_n of_o infancy_n the_o xli_o probation_n it_o help_v well_o and_o be_v a_o good_a probation_n against_o the_o english_a bibles_n that_o christ_n ever_o use_v paraboles_fw-la to_o the_o rude_a unlearned_a sort_n yea_o and_o that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o gospel_n do_v testify_v that_o oft_o when_o he_o speak_v they_o understode_v he_o not_o nihil_fw-la inquit_fw-la horum_fw-la intellexerunt_fw-la but_o yet_o he_o say_v to_o his_o disciple_n and_o their_o successor_n vobis_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la nosse_fw-la mysteria_fw-la it_o belong_v to_o you_o to_o know_v the_o mystery_n yea_o and_o when_o he_o will_v teach_v theym_a high_a secret_n he_o ascend_v into_o the_o mount_n from_o the_o come_fw-mi people_n whereof_o esai_n have_v speak_v vi_fw-la esay_n vi_fw-la you_o shall_v hear_v with_o your_o ear_n and_o not_o understand_v etc._n etc._n in_o expound_v which_o place_n s._n hierom_n do_v utter_o dryve_v away_o the_o come_fw-mi people_n from_o meddle_v or_o handle_v the_o mystery_n of_o scripture_n again_o do_v not_o christ_n show_v in_o the_o gospel_n twelve_o luc._n twelve_o that_o he_o be_v a_o good_a steward_n which_o geve_v in_o measure_n to_o the_o servant_n they_o be_v meet_a in_o dew_n season_n what_o a_o wicked_a steward_n be_v he_o then_o which_o without_o all_o measure_n or_o discretion_n observe_v no_o order_n regard_v not_o man_n person_n or_o blood_n will_v set_v on_o the_o table_n before_o all_o man_n indifferent_o be_v he_o lord_n or_o lorell_n master_n or_o servant_n all_o kynde_n of_o dissh_n at_o one_o both_o gross_a and_o fine_a the_o xlij_o probation_n chrisosostom_n upon_o sacerdotio_fw-la chrisost_n lib._n iiij_o de_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la intend_v lectioni_fw-la i_o ti._n iiij_o show_v thoffice_n of_o bishop_n to_o be_v to_o study_n the_o scripture_n &_o thoffice_n of_o the_o laity_n to_o know_v the_o scripture_n by_o they_o be_v teach_a and_o preach_v sufficient_a for_o their_o salvation_n the_o xliij_o probation_n s._n augustin_n show_v certain_a place_n of_o scripture_n to_o be_v for_o pregnant_a volusiam_fw-la august_n epis●_n volusiam_fw-la wit_n and_o certain_a for_o the_o rude_a &_o dolardes_o but_o how_o then_o can_v the_o scripture_n be_v in_o thenglish_fw-fr tongue_n for_o all_o indifferent_o to_o read_v the_o xliiij_o probation_n o_o how_o many_o englyshe_a reader_n do_v take_v hurt_v of_o the_o prophet_n and_o canticle_n not_o know_v the_o mystery_n nor_o when_o it_o be_v a_o trope_n not_o know_v when_o it_o be_v to_o be_v take_v to_o the_o lettere_n and_o when_o the_o letter_n do_v kylle_v the_o xlu_o probation_n gregorius_n nazianzen_n say_v i_o be_v convenit_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la divinis_fw-la disserere_fw-la ▪_o lib._n i_o svae_fw-la theol_fw-la ▪_o qui_fw-la contemplandi_fw-la acumine_fw-la coeteris_fw-la antecellunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v meet_a for_o theym_v too_o intrete_n of_o god_n mystery_n which_o do_v exceed_v and_o pass_v other_o in_o excellency_n of_o gift_n &c_n &c_n but_o than_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o every_o one_o to_o have_v it_o in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n the_o xlvi_o probation_n s._n hierom_n say_v that_o the_o jew_n dydde_v not_o permit_v any_o to_o read_v the_o beginning_n of_o genesis_n e●echielis_n in_o proaemi●_n e●echielis_n nor_o the_o canticle_n neither_o the_o beginning_n nor_o the_o end_n of_o ezechiell_n before_o xxx_o year_n and_o the_o romayn_v suffer_v none_o to_o rede_n the_o book_n of_o sibylla_n but_o only_o the_o ten_o commissioner_n name_v decemviri_fw-la xiii_o fenestella_n lib_n i_o capi_fw-la xiii_o and_o before_o theym_v the_o two_o commissioner_n name_v duumviri_fw-la so_o much_o reverence_n they_o give_v to_o their_o book_n and_o shall_v we_o christian_n suffer_v the_o high_a mystery_n to_o be_v miserable_o tormoyl_v of_o all_o hand_n but_o you_o will_v say_v s._n hierom_n and_o chrisostom_n also_o in_o certain_a place_n seem_v to_o allow_v the_o laity_n unto_o read_v of_o scripture_n and._n s._n hierom_n do_v translate_v scripture_n unto_o the_o dalmatian_n truth_n be_v many_o thing_n for_o a_o time_n have_v be_v permit_v of_o devotion_n but_o after_o see_v the_o success_n nought_o they_o have_v be_v take_v away_o after_o the_o begin_v maid_n wife_n boy_n and_o man_n keep_v vigil_n together_o about_o martyr_n tumbe_n and_o vigilantius_n for_o reprove_v it_o be_v sharp_o taunt_v of_o s._n hierom_n yet_o afterward_o for_o inconvenience_n it_o be_v take_v away_o xxxiij_o euseb_n lib_n vi_o cap._n xxxiij_o and_o at_o the_o begin_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v give_v to_o the_o laiety_n in_o their_o hand_n to_o carry_v home_o etc._n etc._n but_o through_o witchecrafte_n and_o other_o abuse_v commit_v that_o custom_n be_v take_v away_o likewise_o the_o laiety_n receyve_v once_o under_o both_o kind_n which_o custom_n through_o offence_n and_o peril_n that_o chance_v and_o that_o may_v chance_v still_o be_v just_o prohibit_v and_o take_v away_o utterlye_o and_o likewise_o answer_n be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o all_o they_o that_o make_v these_o forsayde_a objection_n to_o have_v the_o scripture_n in_o english_a the_o xlvii_o probation_n if_o that_o which_o eusebius_n do_v testify_v in_o his_o time_n to_o be_v true_a have_v be_v now_o verify_v in_o these_o our_o day_n we_o need_v not_o then_o to_o be_v so_o fir_v of_o have_v scripture_n in_o every_o man_n hand_n xuj_o libro_fw-la eccl_n cap._n xuj_o his_o word_n be_v these_o imperiti_fw-la observant_a ne_fw-la disputare_fw-la audeant_fw-la de_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la ignorant_a et_fw-fr de_fw-fr illis_fw-la testimonium_fw-la perhibere_fw-la quae_fw-la nesciunt_fw-la the_o unlearned_a ever_o observe_v this_o that_o they_o dare_v not_o once_o dispute_v or_o reason_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o nor_o bear_v testimony_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o know_v not_o but_o alas_o now_o the_o more_o ignorant_a the_o more_o obstinate_a in_o mad_a boldness_n so_o that_o by_o no_o mean_n thenglish_fw-fr translation_n may_v be_v suffer_v the_o xlviij_o probation_n ▪_o ix_o scripturarum_fw-la intelligentiam_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la propria_fw-la praesumptione_n sed_fw-la ex_fw-la maiorum_fw-la scriptis_fw-la &_o autoritate_fw-la sequebantur_fw-la quos_fw-la et_fw-la ipsos_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolica_fw-la successione_n intelligendi_fw-la regulam_fw-la suscepisse_fw-la constabat_fw-la haec_fw-la eusebi_fw-la lib._n xi_o eccl._n cap._n ix_o the_o example_n of_o grego_n nazian_n and_o basil_n be_v to_o faithful_a christian_n a_o sufficient_a rule_n to_o follow_v which_o if_o we_o do_v we_o will_v say_v away_o with_o thenglishe_a bibles_n away_o they_o can_v not_o be_v abiden_v for_o the_o reader_n thereof_o pass_v of_o no_o exposition_n of_o the_o father_n but_o only_o stycke_v to_o their_o own_o bare_a take_n of_o scripture_n as_o they_o phancye_n it_o and_o as_o they_o please_v where_o as_o these_o ii_o holy_a doctor_n study_v scripture_n together_o not_o presumptuous_o follow_v their_o own_o imagination_n but_o follow_v the_o doctrine_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o elder_n who_o they_o know_v to_o have_v receyve_v the_o understanding_n of_o scripture_n evyn_v by_o succession_n from_o the_o apostel_n the_o xlix_o probation_n