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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	faith_n	justify_v	righteousness_n	6,227	5	8.2608	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07026	The bee hiue of the Romishe Church a com[m]entarie vpon the sixe principall pointes of Master Gentian Heruet, a Romish Catholike his booke, which is deuided into sixe partes, as in the argument doth appeare. And an epistle made by the authour of this booke vnto Franciscus Sonnius, late Bishop of Antwerpe. Translated out of Dutch into English, by George Gylpen the elder.; Byencorf der H. roomsche Kercke. English	Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van, 1538-1598.; Stell, John, fl. 1580.; Gilpin, George, 1514?-1602.	1579 (1579)	STC 17445; ESTC S119818	327,751	730

the verie meaning of the holy Church of Rome it is plaine to be noted out of the decrees of the Councel of Trent ▪ Wherin are accursed and excommunicated all those which wil mainteine that the obedience and merits of Christ should be Formalit●r that is to say Euidently onely of themselues our iustification so that wee should be fully iustified before God and esteemed for the children of God onely through the obedience and merites of Christ. For this do they ascribe only to our own righteousnes whervnto we are moued of God whē we haue prepared made redy our selues to re●eiue the same which righteousnes is our owne workes former deseruings satisfactions and say that we haue wo●ne this only out of the merits of Christ that this our iustification by desertes as penance satisfaction other good workes which we do are by God accepted and so ●ntered in his reckoning booke for good wares and sufficient paiment with which iudgment Iodocus Tiletanus hitteth iump in this sort We denie vtterly that the righteousnes and obedience of Christ should bee the onely cause ▪ through which we are formaliter that is euidently throughly iustified But like as the first man Adam through his vnrighteousnes and disobedience was the onely cause that all wee which are come of him ▪ haue euerie one his owne sinne within himself through● which he is of himselfe and apparantly a sinner and an vnrighteous person euen so likewise it is to be vnderstood that the righteousnes and obedience of Christ is onely a meritorious cause wherthrough all those which through faith and the sacramentes of faith are borne anew in Christ doe now receiue to themselues a righteousnes of the father to wit euerie one his owne proper and inward righteousnes through which he is iustified of himselfe and hath obediently satisfied the righteousnesse of the Lawe c. Whereby is notably to be vnderstood first that Christ is not our iustification and likewise that we must forsake and giue ouer our owne iustification as Paul persuadeth to be partakers in the iustification by faith which is in Christ Iesus but contrariwise we must iustifie our owne righteousnesse as the Iewes did afore time and so seeke our saluation at our selues and in our selues as before we haue had sinne and damnation vpon and in vs Secondarily out of the same we vnderstande that wee are not borne anew onely through Christ but through belief and the Sacraments in Christ ▪ that is to say That Christ is the only cause that our workes are our full accoplishment satisfaction which are vnder this word Sacramēts cōteined vnderstod and yet of their owne might as is before said Ex opere operato can beare vs anew and iustifie vs For this by our deare mother the holy Church is the perfect and naturall description of the Sacraments That a Sacrament is properly called not onely that which is a signe or token of Gods mercie but also Forma that is the verie effect and substance of the hidde mercie so that it doeth both signifie the same and is cause of the same So that the Sacraments do not onely signifie sanctifying but also of themselues sanctifie and doe as the glosse specially setteth forth make vs righteous Ex opere operato that is Out of the merites of our workes and of our selues So that the Sacramentes conteining vnder them our deuocions and our owne workes are the only naturall and proper cause of our saluation and do make vs Formaliter righteous but Christ onely Causaliter that is for that he commeth in as a generall and farre fetched cause They are the principall they haue the rudder in hand and stirre the ship but Christ may yet help to row as a gr●met or simple mariner though this friendship bee vsed to him for his credite that he is called to be one of the Councell to haue his aduice howe is best to stirre the ship yea m●n report by him that he amongst the rest is one of the most principal occasions that the shippe keepes a good course where otherwise it might either be lost vpon some sande or broken in pieces against a rocke And therefore when any good and deuout Catholike man lies a dying wee doe not vse to breake his head much with Christ nor to trouble him greatly with faith hope which he ought to haue in the death and passion or Iesus Christ but he must specially be put in remembrance of shrift to receiue his God to be annoynted and then after to haue a waxe candle by him with a Crucifixe in his hand and so persuade him to the building of some Chappell or Monasterie and to appoint a Trentall of soule Masses and to remember Vigils annuall or yerelie prayers and such like And if Christ bee by chance spoken of that doeth commonlie happen to the intent the better to set forth and preferre the said Masses Vigils and annuals and the rest of the baggage for Christ of him self is not set by nor esteemed at all In summe Christ is onelie necessarie and fitte to serue the holie Church of Rome her purpose in this point that is to coine good monie of bad naughtie metal For if Christ had not died God would without doubte that all men shoulde haue fulfilled his Lawe fullie in all pointes hee would haue iudged all things according to his woorde and Lawe without hauing anie respect at all to our deuotions and meritorious woorkes or to Saint Frauncis or to Saint Dominikes order And besides that hee would in the ende haue punished all breakers of his lawe with eternall maledi●●ion death and damnation without hauing anie regarde at all to our merites or satisfaction But nowe seeing that Christ died the holie Church of Rome may nowe fill him a hood with hay they may boldlie cast his commaundementes in a corner and thrust in in steade of them their owne ordinances good intentes and deuotions and with spittle water ashes and dust salte and tallowe oyle and waxe fire and smoke shelles and belles leaping and running springing and daunsing satisfie and pay him hee must take all in good part Prouided that men continually make this the foote of their prayers namelie Per Christum Dominum nostrum for that is the butter that doth better all things And herewithall he is by and by satisfied and pleased Haue not the Catholikes then a good and a gentle God which is content that they pay hi● with mussell shelles But that is not to bee maruelled at seeing that when they haue plaid with him a good while he suffereth them euen to eate him vp and deale with him as the cat with the mouse Yet notwithstanding for that he should not be herewith offended as though men did mocke with him because they do make so small account of the breaking of his lawes they haue to eschew that inconuenience ●●elt his lesson to him before hand verie