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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	adultery_n	commit_v	fornication_n	1,452	5	12.1572	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01304	A confutation of a popishe, and sclaunderous libelle in forme of an apologie: geuen out into the courte, and spread abrode in diuerse other places of the realme. VVritten by VVilliam Fulke, Bacheler in Diuinitie, and felowe of S. Ihons Colledge in Cambridge.	Fulke, William, 1538-1589.; Feckenham, John de, 1518?-1585, attributed name.	1571 (1571)	STC 11426.2; ESTC S120640	88,715	248

that Christe onely is the heade of his vniuersall Churche wee doe it not to the honour of Christ but wée include the negation of a farre better thing that is the supremacie of the Pope Whiche by your assertion is a farre more better thyng then the supremacie of christ So when we affirme that onely the scripture must bee the rule of true Religion it maketh nothyng for Religion to worshippe God as he hath commaunded but it includeth a negation of vnwritten verities whiche are farre more better thinges then the scripture When we affirme that we must put our trust in God alone we doe no honour to God therby but we denie that men muste put their trust in creatures which by your rule is a farre more better thyng then to putte our truste in God alone When wee affirme that wée must praie to God alone it perteineth nothyng to Gods seruice but includeth the negation of praiyng vnto sainctes whiche is a farre more better thyng then to pray vnto god And when we affirme that the onely Sacrifice of Christes passion is sufficiente for our saluation we yelde no honour to God thereby but denie the Sacrifice of the Masse whiche is a farre better thyng then the Sacrifice of Christes passiō And thus if I had leasure and pleasure as you haue to number examples by tennes and by twenties I might reherse a whole hundreth of the like sorte The Papiste As for example their affirmation that it is lawfull for Priestes to take wiues is a denial of chaste and continent life of priestes whiche as the Apostle sainct Paule saieth is muche farre better The aunswere Wee so affirme marriage of Ecclesiasticall ministers as an honourable and a chaste life neither doe wée denie continēs to those that haue the gifte thereof And whereas you vouche sainct Paule to warantie I aunswere that saincte Paule in no place dooeth require virginitie of Ecclesiasticall persones and wheresoeuer he commendeth it he praiseth it no more in priestes then in laie menne I would all menne were saieth he as I am but euery one hath his proper gifte of God some of one sorte and some of an other j. Cor. vij The Papiste Their affirmation that Freers Monkes and Nonnes maie mary together is a flatte deniyng of the vowe of chastetie which by sainct Paules iudgemente is farre better The aunswere Wée denie not the obseruation of any promises or vowes whiche are lawfull for menne to make and possible for them to performe Neither doeth saincte Paule at any time commende any suche vowes or allowe them to bée kepte but geueth a generall rule that to auoide fornication lett euery manne haue his wife and euery woman her housebande j. Cor. vij And if a virgine marrie she sinneth not so that if you would vnderstande virgines in that place for vowed Nonnes you should manifestely contrary your self that coumpte it so heinous a matter for a Nonne to marrie And as for the widowes whiche as I said before made no vowes to God but promises to the churche if you would needes vnderstande theim for Nonnes Sainct Paule saieth it is better for them that are vnder three score yere old to marie and beare children then to vowe chastitie j. Timo. v. The Papiste Their affirmatiō that the diuorced man maie againe marie is a plaine deniall of reconciliacion whiche ought to bee made againe betwixt man and wife the Apostle saincte Paule geuyng counsell thereof that the womā beyng departed from her housebande shoulde remaine vnmaried to bee reconciled againe vnto her housebande The aunswere Concernyng diuorses if that whiche wee wishe might take place all controuersies should bee cutte of For we wishe that adulterers accordyng to the lawe of God should be punished with death But if the Ciuile Lawe dooeth faile in that poincte the nexte remeadie for the innocente partie is diuorcemente and after deuorcement marriage if he can not liue vnmarried For our sauiour Christ excepteth the case of fornication as well for marriage after deuorcemente as for the diuorcemente it self Math. xix And for amendemente of the partie offendant the Ecclesiasticall sworde of Excommunication muste bee drawne out whiche muste continue so longe vpon the offendour vntill his vnfeigned and hartie repentance doe sufficiently appeare to the Congregation Whiche in that case maie not refuse to receiue him againe The partie then so receiued bothe of god and the church and not beyng able to leade to a continente life is at libertie to marrie also in the Lorde For the firste marriage by the diuorcemente is as clearely dissolued as if it had neuer been And as concernyng the reconciliation sainct Paule speaketh of he meaneth not betwene them that are lawfully diuorced But betwene those that separate them selues without a sufficiente cause whiche is onely fornication Like as our sauiour Christ when he saith that who so marrieth her that is putte awaie committeth adulterie vnderstandeth of her that is vnlawfully putte awaie for any other cause beside fornication in all whiche causes the case of adulterie onely excepted she continueth still wife to hym that did putte her awaie so that he whiche marrieth her marrieth an other mannes wife and so committeth adulterie But she that is diuorsed for adulterie is no mannes wife and therefore he that marrieth her committeth none adulterie The Papiste Their affirmation that breade and wine is the whole substance of the holy Eucharistia is a plaine deniall of Christes very bodie in the same whiche is muche farre better and a thinge of a farre more greater price then breade and wine is So that by their affirmations thei doe nothing better but soner appaire and diminishe the preciousnes of euerie thing they medle with all The aunswere Wée do not so affirme bread and wine in the Sacrament that we denie the presence of the bodie and bloud of Christe to the faithe of the worthie receiuer But that grosse and carnall presence whiche you dooe faigne to bee receiued as well of wicked menne as of Godlie whiche immagination beyng of fleshe without the spirite our Sauiour Christe affirmeth to be altogether vnprofitable For if you did not separate it from the spirite it muste nedes giue life to those that receiue it As Christe hymself affirmeth whosoeuer eateth his fleshe and drinketh his blood hath life euerlastyng Ihon. vj. Againe you feigned presence is vnpossible to the nature of his humaine bodie whiche he hath in al poinctes like to ours sinne excepted Heb. ij and. iiij The Papiste And by their affirmation that onely saieth doth iustifie they doe denie all other thinges els as Baptisme penaunce Confirmation the holy Eucharistia hope charity and generally all kinde of good workes For all learnyng doeth agree of three kindes of Iustifications to be expressed in holy scripture whereof the firste iustication is Qua quis ex impio fit iustus wherby a mā is made of a wicked man and a member of the Deuill a good manne and a verie member of Christe the whiche iustification