Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	let_v	3,168	5	4.0636	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00249	A consolatory letter to all the afflicted Catholikes in England	H. B., fl. 1588.	1588 (1588)	STC 1032; ESTC S116626	41,844	112

of felony Agaynst the terror of both these lawes I intend to geue such comfort as it shall please god by my poore pen to aforde And first I will assay to geue a cordiall agaynst the thirten monthes mulct as that which may extend it selfe more generally and is more like to be put in execution then that other lawe which draweth blood at the first encouÌ„ter the world being more earnestly set in these dayes to thirst after money theÌ„ to desire the shedding of mens blood And like as pesecution beginneth commonlye with lesser penalties before it proceed to greater so shall it not be a misse to keepe the same order in applying remedye to these afflictions The loue of worldly goods being not so naturall as the care of keeping of a mans life therfore ordinarily the lose more easlly digested Although many will say that they would rather dye speedely then liue a long time in miserie The reson of this their iudgement may be geuen for that they haue already some feeling of want in this life but of deathe they haue not yet tasted neyther doe they feele it so much being in their opinion farther from them but if death were imineÌ„t I thinke ther are very few that would not saue their liues if they could although with very hard conditions for their maner of liuing so that comonly that is found true although it were vttered by the Father Author of lyes pellem pro pelle et cuncta que habet homo dabit pro anima sua Skyne for skyne and all that a man hath he will geue for his soule that is to say for the redemption of his naturall lyfe Yet neuerthelesse ther is good hope that if we maye perswade men to endure patiently the with-drawing of goods liuings they will more boldly aduenture if it shal-be needfull the losse of liues the departing from these temporall possessions being one especiall payne that meÌ„ hauing substance doe find at the time of their death being also a greate cause why they feare to dye and therfore many times a great impedimeÌ„t to the happy atchiuing of glorious martirdom ACording to this order therfore let vs first consider this penalty of tweÌ„ty pownd by the month for what cause it is layde vpon you what incoÌ„ueniences it bringeth and what recompence you maye expect in time to come for this vrgent detriment So that waying the goodnes of your cause and ioyning therto hope of future reward you may rather reioyce in the gayne that is to come then sorow for the present losse or feare the distresse or incommoditye that may ensue And first touching the cause wherfore your purses be thus punished You suffer because you ar Catholickes or as the world termeth you recusants Let vs see therfore what you refuse to doe and vpon what ground although you haue the same declared more at large in sundry learned treatyses it shall not be amisse perhaps to call some few poynts amongst the rest to remembraunce YOu refuse to doe directly agaynst your conscience to descend quick vnto hell and to be swallowed vp a liue by your enemies for Saint Augustine sayeth when thou knowest it to be euill which thou doest and yet doest the same thou doest downe quicke vnto hell And in a nother place those are they sayeth he that are swallowed vp alyue who know a thing to be euill and doe geue consent with their tongues And great reason haue you to shun this manifest and wilfull perdition of your owne soules knowinge that as Saint Paule sayeth he that discerneth that is to saye he that iudgeth a thing to be euill although it were otherwise indifferent if he doe it is damned because not of fayth but because he doeth not according to his conscience and knowledg for all that is not of fayth all that is done agynst a man his conscience is sinne albeit the thinge were of it selfe lawfull much rather if it be vtterly vnlawfull as the going to church with heretikes is holdeÌ„ in euery discreete mans conscience and iudgement And Saint Iames sayeth to one knowinge to doe good not doing it to him it is sinne much rather if a man know a thinge to be euill do it his offence must needs be great Blessed ar you therfore in refusing to condemne your selues by doing contrary to that which you best alow ALso you refuse to dishonor god by fleeing from his banner and furnishing his enimies campe with your visible presence Where as it is written in the Prouerbs That in the multitude of his people is the kings dignity in the smale nuÌ„ber of his folke the ignominy of a Prince And ther-fore of such as shrinke awaye in time of aduersity our Sauiour complayneth in one of the psalmes in behalfe of him selfe and of his spouse the Catholike Church in lamentable manner sayinge Aboue all myne enimies I haue byn made a reproch to my neighbours and a feare to mine acquaintance excedingly they that did see me haue fled forth from me vpon which place Saint Augustine sayth that the departure of those that had seene known the Church is more greeuous altogether intollerable theÌ„ the obstinate resistinge of those that haue byn nouseled brought vp in error from their infancy And therfore it followeth after a few words in the aforesayde psalme I haue heard the disprayse of manye dwelling round about me As vndoubtedly yf you should forsake god for feare of teÌ„porall losse you should geue occasion to many to blasphem god as if he were not able to deliuer you or as if you had no trust in his power and goodnes saying Non est salus ipsis in deo eorum They haue no saluatioÌ„ in their god they haue no hope or assurance in their religion which they haue hyther to professed You shall also geue them occasion to thinke very euill of the Catholike religion by seeming to make lesse accompt of the defence professioÌ„ of the same then of a litle money yea then of all your worldlye goods and possessions They that trouble you shall reioyse yf you be moued but doe you hope still in our Lord his mercy YOu refuse likewise not only to geue this cause of reioysing to your aduersaries but also to make a shew of euill that by doing that which is euill of it selfe to induce many weakelings depending on your example as your children your seruaunts friends neyghbours others partly hauing iudgement and knowledge to follow you to church agaynst their consciences and partly being ignoraÌ„t to allow the schismaticall seruice now vsed and finally to like of heresy wherby so much as lieth in you you should be homicides and destroyers of their soules for as Saint Paule sayeth If a man se him that hath knowledge sitt at a table in the Idols temple shall not his conscience being weake be edified to eate things sacrificed to Idols vpon which place

sundry wantes distresses in wrapped on euerye side with infinite miseryes and rather to be called a death then a lyfe If then we make such accompt of this lyfe wherin we are daylye dying the state wherof is so vncertayne so mutable so ful of necessities labours paynes woes and al kinde of wretchednes How greatly should we desyre to enioye a perpetual lyfe a lyfe voyd of al peril free from al mutation wherin is no defecte no trauayle no sorow A quiet lyfe a lyfe abounding with all kinde of good and in euerye respect a most happye and blessed lyfe There is scarslye any man that desireth not to lyue although he be sure by lyuing longer to suffer manye afflictions both of minde and bodye and for the purchasing of a litle false felicitye consisting in transitorye goods honours and soueraygntye although it shal indure but a verye smale while we see that men spare for no expence they shunn no trauayle and finallye they refuse not to doe or suffer anye thing wherby they maye attayne vnto theyr desired ende Now when true felicitye and secure eternitye shal be so happily ioyned together that neyther there shal be anye feeling of present wante nor anye doubt of defect to fall herafter is not this a lyfe to be procured and to be purchased with any bodylye payne or temporal losse whatsoeuer maye be imagined greatest Dearly beloued Catholikes it is not possible to conceyue with thought muche lesse to expresse with wordes the dignytye of thys rewarde which is reserued for you yf you perseuer faythfull to the ende Eye hath not seene nor eare hath not hearde neyther hathe it ascended into the harte of man what thinges god hath prepared for them that loue hym Therfore it maye rather be coÌ„mended with silence then sufficientlye sett forthe by anye speach Yet neuerthelesse somewhat I meane to saye touching this most happye inheritance when I shal haue passed ouer the vttermost poynte of persecution which is the sheading of blood In the meane time to comforte you against the losse of your worldly goods I maye be bolde to saye hauing almightye God for my warrant that for the losse of worldlye offices which you might beare in the common wealth and nowe doe forbeare them for conscience sake you shal be all crowned Kinges in that heauenlye blessed and euerlasting kingdome For your lands whiche maye be taken from you you shal enioye euery one of you the lande of the liuing without disturbance enuye or contradiction For supplye of the wants which yon maye fall into by the spoile of your moueable goods you shal be sure neyther to suffer hunger nor thirst nor other necessitye In lieu of your howses of timber and stone which happylye you shal forgoe and most sure you are not long to continue in them besides that they may also fall to ruine by some mischance you shal haue mansyon places in heauen not built with hand which cannot decaye and you shal dwel in them for euer For the disgrace wherin you lyue being in a manner debarred from the court from the sight of your Prince you shal see the King of Kinges in his maiesty being preseÌ„t before his throne and seruing him daye and night in his Temple You shal see God you shal loue God you shal prayse God foreuer You shal haue Pallaces for prisons you shal haue gratulations of Angels for the reproche which you suffer among men In stead of earthly honour seruice you shal haue honour from God the father yea you shal haue christ him-selfe to serue and minyster vnto you the greatest prefermente that by anye harte could be desired AND Thus seeing your refusal and abstayning from the protestantes churches to be most iust reasonable The losse which you shal sustayne for so good a cause to indifferent mindes tollerable The recompence whiche you shal receaue with-out all proportion both here and in the lyfe to come incomparable I exhorte you all deare country-men and beloued brethren in Christe to follow the example of husband men who committ their seede to the ground nothing mistrusting to receyue in time the precious fruite of the earth albeit their seede be for a tyme buried and trodden vnder foote and sowsed with showers and bittten with many a cruel winter storme It is now winter with you the seede which you must caste into the ground are these worldlye goodes which you shal either leese or geue for Gods-sake Feare not the pinching colde of this hard season nor the sharpe stormes of persecution For shortlye the spring tyme of the resurrection shal come and then your plentiful fruites shal appeare and you shal haue a glad sommer of heauenlye ioye and a perpetual haruest of perfect blessednes Immytate here-in those merchauÌ„tes who are contente to haue their money transported by waye of exchange into suche places where they maye receyue it more commodiously Your countrye is heauen be contented that your goodes be transported thether although by the handes of suche as thinke to spoyle you God him-selfe wil be your assurance for receipt of the whole And wher-as men are glad to geue some-what for the exchauÌ„ge you shal haue manyfolde gayne both in respecte of quantitye and quallitye You shal haue muche for a little golde for siluer thinges spiritual and euerlasting for bodylye and corruptible thinges At the least-wise prouide for your safetye as passengers doe on the sea in outragious tempest they cast awaye theyr goods and ar contented so that themselues maye come safe to lande The violence of this present storme may perhaps be suche by Gods sufferance as that you shal hardly keepe your wealth and saue your soules withal be content to be depriued of the one wherby you maye preserue the other arriuing safe at the heauenlye porte where al your friendes and kinse-folke expecte you I mean the nine orders of Angels with al Apostles Martyrs Virgins Confessors other glorious Sayntes among whom you shal haue no lack and with whom you shal liue and reioyce euerlastinglye Set before your eyes the notable constancie and firme resolution of those three worthy yong Hebrues who being captiues in a strange lande destitute of frindes and depriued of al humane ayde and comforte would choose rather to be caste a lyue into a burning fornace then to worshipp the statue of Nabuchodonosor or to doe anye honour to his Gods Deare Catholikes your case is some-what like albeit the extremitye be not euery way so great they being in peril of death and you onlye at this present in danger to leese your goods liuelyhoods The fornace of pouertye is threatned to al those that shal refute to honour Caluins bread and Cranmers communion booke by the assistance of their bodylye presence But feare not the terryble flames of extreeme necessitye Geue no eare to the vayne sounde and pernicious Musike of worldly carnal mens perswasions who

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