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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	aaron_n	call_v	moses_n	171	4	7.2860	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16459	A defence of the olde, and true profession of Christianitie against the new, and counterfaite secte of Iesuites, or fellowship of Iesus: Written in Latine by P. Boquine a Frenchman, borne in Borges, & Professor of Diuinitie, in the Vniuersitie of Heidelberge: Translated into Englishe by T. G. Whereby maye bee perceiued, howe falslye the Iesuites vsurpe the name of Iesus, and how farre off they are, from the thing signified thereby, and what their profession, and purpose is in truth: otherwise then they beare the worlde in hande.; Assertio veteris ac veri Christianismi adversus novum et fictum Iesuitismum seu Societatem Iesu. English	Boquin, Pierre, d. 1582.; T. G., fl. 1581.	1581 (1581)	STC 3371; ESTC S116194	81,465	194

or etimologie of the name Is there in y e reason which the Angell vttereth any thinge either doubtful either darke And why may it not be well said that the successor of Moyses captaine of the people of Israell to wit that brought them into Palestine bare aswell in name as in office the paterne of this true Sauioure And what letteth it but that we may both thinke and speake the same of that highe Prieste the sonne of Iosedeck for Eusebius writeth that this name was well knowne vnto the auncient Fathers What neede many words The euerlasting decrée of the Father reuealed by the heauenly messenger to his mother Mary and to Ioseph reputed by the counsel of God his Father by whome Luke witnesseth and that by name that the same was fulfilled as likewise that of Iohn the forerunner of Christ may satisfie the godly Now that the thing ment by that name is so peculiar vnto the sonne of God that not so much as the least parte thereof can without greeuous sacriledge be turned ouer vnto any other hereaster I hope it shal most clerely be declard As for the title Christ the writinges of the Prophetes and Apostles doth with one consent witnesse that it hath bene geuen vnto him by the same authoritie For whatsoeuer hath bene by the one foreshewed and promised of the Messiah the other sheweth euery where after his comming to haue bene performed But to what purpose shoulde I rehearse these thinges beinge so wel knowne I will onely speake a fewe words which semeth to me to serue to the fuller openinge of my purpose First that the name of Iesus is the proper name of the Sonne of God manifested in the fleshe as the name Iohn is the proper name of the forerunner For in Luke it is certaine that both these names were geuen vnto them both by the commaundement of God and warninge of the Angell But the worde Christ is a title of dignitie noting his office geuen as the wordes Prophet Forerunner Baptist signifieth the office laid by God vpon Iohn which thing as not vnworthie the marking is of learned and godly Fathers often tunes noted Tertullian to passe ouer other writeth against Praxaes that the worde Christ is rather a terme of office then a name and doth signifie a thing which is accidentall vnto the name Secōdly we must vnderstand also that this title before the comming of the sonne of God in fleshe was without controuersie geuen vnto diuers other in as much as they bare the figure of him in some part of his office By the same reason Moyses Aaron Dauid the prophets were in olde time called Christs but he for an especiall cause was with this title honoured of his Father as the head fountaine and scope of all other As touching the name of Iesu some learned men doubt and hold not only the thing signified by the name to be proper altogether to this only Sonne of God by nature but also the verie name it selfe And albeit this controuersie may seme to be of no greate waight yet it serueth to encrease their wickednesse which euen sine the opening of this mistery and the most cleare reuealing of the Fathers counsaile are not affraid to take this name vnto them selues as chieke mates with the Sonne of God Thirdly it is more to be noted that the vnbelieuing Iewes did moue no question against Christ touchinge the name of Iesus yea rather they yéeld it willingly vnto him as apeareth by the storye of the Gospell namely after Iohn But as for the tytle of Christ so farre of was it that they yeelded it vnto him that they excōmunicated from theire Sinagoges all that gaue the same vnto him whereof there is a plaine decrée of theirs in the 9. Cap. after Iohn Herehence also was it that they complained vnto Pilate of the tytle fastned to the crosse of Christ and that they besoughte him that he would not entitle him Kinge of the Iewes wherein as also when they denyed that they had any Kinge besides Cesar they plainlye signified that they withdrue that title from Christ as Iohn flatly sheweth in the 19. Cap. And Luke acts 78. doth in this respect praise Appollo the Iewe well trained in the writtinges of the Prophetes that he confounded the Iewes declaringe by the scriptures that Iesus is Christ Therfore Peter and Martha in the confessions which they made by the direction of the holy Ghost did flatlye professe him to be Christ the sonne of God from the which no not sathan him selfe disagréed yf we confider the words which are in Luke cap. 4. vers 42. Therfore Iohn 1. Epistle cap. 2. ver 22. pronoūceth him to be Antechrist which denieth Iesus to be Christ All which things while I attentiuely do considee and do laye together those that at this daye challeng to themselues the tytle of Iesuites and delighte them selues with that name seeme to haue more affinitywith Iudaisme and Antichristianisme then Sathan himselfe CAP. III. That the Beleuers in Christ by the direction of the holy Ghost were named Christians euen from the beginning of the gathering together of the Church IT is apparant by their writinges that the Apostles did sette foorthe with diuers titles those that beléeued in Christ by preaching of the Gospel ioyned themselues vnto his flocke that is to saye his Church For it is thereby cleare that they called them somtimes brethren as the children of one heauēly father so intime Saints as much to saye as seuered purged and consecrated vnto God by the holy Ghost where with euen openly some were then endued also that they were called in the beginning Disciples as tramed vp in the ●●h●●● of Christe and taughte by the holy Ghost it may be perce●●●● by ●●●er● plates of has story of the actes of the Apostles And therby likewise it is well knowne that at last they were first called Christians at Antioche no doubte because they fréely professed after the example of Peter and Martha that Iesus was Christ the sonne of God Albeit it may same that the same came to passe after the Philosophers guise whome it is cleare yea by the historie of the actes of the Apostles to haue bene deuided into sundrie Sectes which tooke and kept theire names of theire Authors and the pickthanke Tertullus doth odiouslye name the profession of the Gospell the heresie of the Nazareans yet are we not to doubte but that name came from the holy Ghost the teacher and guyde of the Church For from the tune that it comminge forth out of the borders of Iewry and being spredds far and wide amongst diuers nations began to encrease it is euidently knowne that the company that professed the name of Christ were commonly called by this name aswell by an other place of the same story in the which is shewed that King Agrippa somwhat moued with the vehemencie of