Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	lord_n	see_v	5,118	5	3.3465	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06663	The castell of comforte in the whiche it is euidently proued, [that] God alone absolueth, and freli forgeueth the sinners of so many as vnfaynedly repent, and turne vnto hym Lately compyled by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1549 (1549)	STC 1712; ESTC S109188	24,993	94

The Castell of comforte in the whiche it is euidently proued y t God alone absolueth and freli forgeueth the sinnes of so many as vnfaynedly repent and turne vnto hym Lately compyled by Thomas Becon Prouer. xviii The name of the Lord is a stroÌ„g castell vnto that doeth the righteous runne and he shal be preserued Csa lv COme to the waters all ye that be thyrsty ye that haue no money come bye that ye maye haue too eate Come bye wyne mylke without money or money worthe Wherfore do ye laye out youre money for y e thing y â— fedeth not spend your labour about the thing y â— satisfieth you not But harkeÌ„ rather vnto me ye shal â—at of y â— best your soule shall haue her pleasure in pleÌ„teousnes Encline iour eares come vnto me take hede your soul shal lyue For I will make an euerlasting couenaunt w t you euen the sure mercies that were promysed to Dauid â˜ž Iohan. vii If any man be thyrstye let hym come vnto me and drynke â˜ž Psal. xxxiiii Oh taste and se howe swete the Lorde is blessed is that man that putteth hys trust in hym To the moste honorable and verteous Lady Marie duchesse of RychemoÌ„de her grace Thomas BecoÌ„ wissheth from God the father thorow our Lord Iesu Christ a faythfull perseueraunce in gods most holy worde vnto the ende IT is not without a greate cause moste godly Lady that y â— holy Apostle sainct Paule desired the Thessalonians to holde faste y â— doctrine that he had taught theÌ„ afore and not sodenli to be moued from their knowlege vnderstanding nor to be troubled neyther by spirite neyther by wordes nor yet by letter For he vndoubtedly did afore se by the reuelacion of Gods spirit that there should aryse false anoynted and false preachers whiche shoulde worke great miracles and wonders insomuch that if it were possible the very elect chosen people of God shoulde be brought into errour whiche also shoulde saye beholde here is Christe or there is Christe bringing in damnable sectes vtterly denyenge the Lord that bought them as Peter sayeth He considered the imbecillitie weakenes and chyldishe hertes of men whiche excepte they be corroborated fortefied with y â— streÌ„gth of Gods spirit are sone caried aboute with diuers and strauÌ„ge learninges embrasing no lesse gredely that that is to them selfs noysome and pestiferous than that whiche is good and profitable as we at thys present time se dayly before our eyes both in the Papistes and Anabaptistes with suche other damnable sectaries Therfore this moste excellent Apostle desired the Thessalonians yea so many of vs as professe Christ vnfaynedly to perseuer abide in the worde of trueth eueÌ„ vnto the ende that we may be saued not lightly to be moued with the subtile and crafty persuasions of them that teache weake and beggarly tradicions with humayne constitucions which gyue hede to fables and mens commaundementes that turne away the folowers of them froÌ„ the trueth whiche professe that they know God but with their dedes they deny him inasmoch as they are abhominable disobedient yea and vnmete to al good workes which loue their owne pleasurs more than God hauinge an vtter apperans of godly liuing but denyeng the power therof whiche runne froÌ„ house to house and bringe into bondage both men and women lodeÌ„ with synne which are ledde with diuers lustes euer learnynge and neuer able to come vnto the knowlege of the truth which are enemies of the crosse of Christe whiche call that is euill good and y â— is good euill ce In fewe whiche are rauenynge wolfes not sparyng the flocke Dothe the world wante these enemies of Gods glory Haue not we also nede to take hede vnto the aforesayde wholsome admonicion of the holye Apostle saincte Paule Doeth not the worlde at this daye norishe such vngodly monstures What age hath bene withoute them syns the beginning of the worlde What nede I to speke of that great whore of BabiloÌ„ the mother of fornicacions and abhominacions of the earthe whiche hath made dronken w t the wyne of the wrathe of her whoredom all the nacions of y â— earth yea the very kinges and rulers of the earth haue playde the aduouterers with her The fornicacioÌ„ of that most filthy stinking strompet is so openly knowen made manifest vnto vs both by godly bokes and learned sermons that it nedeth not here to be rehersed And woulde God that as the name of this Babilonical strompet is exiled out of mennes mouthes and rased out of bokes among vs so in lyke maner her whoredome I meane the popysh and deuelish decrees which fighte with y â— manifest worde of God mighte ones be vtterly exiled banyshed and for euer dryuen away from the bondes of Christendome that all thinges in the Christen publique weale both in this and in other foren Realmes mighte be instituted ordered and appoynted accordinge to the veritie of Christes moste blessed Gospell But besides this monstrous beaste are there rysen not a few which are playne Antichristes daily labour to obscure the glory of God No maruel seyng that in the Apostles time blessed Iohn coÌ„fesseth that there were many Antichristes and false Prophetes What nede I to speake of them which teache that Christ by his moste precious death deliuered vs onely from original synne Which teache that man is iustified by his owne workes and not by the fayth alone that he hath in Christes moste blessed death which teache that by obseruinge mens tradicions euerlasting life is gotâ—eÌ„ Which teach that external ceremonies iustifie and put awaye synne Whiche teache that maÌ„ is able of his owne strengthe to fulfill the lawe and to satisfie the iustice of God which teache that our prayers can not be hearde without the intercession of other Which teache that all honour pertayneth not too God alone whiche teache that the bloude of oure sauioure Iesu Christ is not a sufficient Purgatorye for all oure synnes except we be broyled boyled and perboyled in y â— Popes fornace Whiche teache that the Lorde Christe gaue not hym selfe so plenteously a swete smelling sacrifice to God the father for vs that with the one oblacion of hys moste blessed body he hath made theÌ„ perfect for euermore that are sanctified Which teache that God alone forgeueth not synne but synnefull man also Are not these very Antichristes enemies of y e crosse of Christ defacers of Gods glory fals annoynted fals preachers rauening wolfs cloudes without water trees without frute raging waues of y â— sea foming out their owne shame waÌ„dring starres to whome is reserued y â— myste of darkenes for euer meÌ„ pleasers hauing men in greate reuerence for auauntage sake curssed chyldren whiche haue forsaken the right waye are gone astray these are they doubtles of whome

spake these wordes loosen hym and let hym go rather to his Disciples than to all the other indifferently I thynke rather that he spake them to y â— women as mooste comonly occupied aboute suche thinges But to whom he spake the text maketh no mencioÌ„ therfore caÌ„ they proue nothyng As touchyng the losoninge of y â— Asse who seeth not their folishnes the occasion why christ sente the disciples for the Asse was not to geue theym power to losen men from their sinnes at their pleasure but to fulfil y e prophecy of zachary whiche so loÌ„ge before prophecied y â— Christ shoulde come rydynge mekely vpon an Asse contrarye to the expectacion of the ambicious vayne glorious Iewes What is this to the purpose Where as Christ by this example teacheth humilite the papistes gather pryde Christe submitteth hym self euen with the mooste lowest and they exalt theÌ„ selfs with the mooste hyghest yea aboue all that is called God or that is worshypped and syt in the temple of God and shewe them selfes as God Tell me good Reader are not these swete Allegorymakers I woulde they woulde ones cease to moralyse for they haue lyed too longe Some of them also alledge this sayinge of Christe Whatsoeuer thou shalt bynde on the earth shalbe also bouÌ„de in heaueÌ„ And whatsoeuer thou shalt loosen on earthe shall be loosoned in heauen Here they esteme them selfes more thaÌ„ Goddes By this texte they thynke they maye do whatsoeuer pleaseth theym saue or condemne bynde or loose holde vp or cast doune buylde or subuerte briÌ„g to heauen or caste doune to hel but if the good men woulde take the paynes to looke what goeth before theyr coÌ„be should sone be plucked doune they wold not make somuch of their paynted shethe Christ sayeth a littel before I will geue y â— the keyes of y â— kyngdom of heaueÌ„ He sayeth not I geue y â— Christ in this place onely promised y â— keyes to the congregacion and performed his promise after his resurreccion as we maye se in y â— Gospel of Ihon. Hereof maye y â— papistes rightwell perceyue y â— this texte wherof hytherto they haue so greatly gloried and out of the whiche they haue sucked so greate aduauntage maketh littel vnto the aduauncemeÌ„t of theyr fayned power Their laste and moste stroÌ„g bulwarke where y â— keyes were geuen to the true ministers is this text Whosoeuer synnes ye forgeue they are forgeuen vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retayne they are retayned Here they triumphe perswade themselfes that they haue gotteÌ„ the victory though they neuer fight stroke But if they will be fauorable to God and worke no iniurie to the other scriptures afore rehersed they shall haue no cause to lifte vp their bristles Christe speaketh here after the manner of our speache whiche diligently must be noted vnles we wil depriue God of his glorie Whan we se a man restored to his healthe whiche longe before hathe ben vexed of some greuous disease is made whole thorowe the diligence of some Phisicion we vse to saye Doctor Turner made this maÌ„ whole or doctor Byll or some other whiche is expert in that kynde of science and yet is it not the doctor that made hym whole but rather y e emplastures and medecines y â— he ministred vnto hym yea rather god if we wil speake truly which gaue such vertue to hys creatures to worke health vnto the sicke So doeth the scripture speake Somtyme it attributeth our health to the ministers of the worde as in thys aforesayde place somtyme and moste comoÌ„ly to God hym self as we tofore haue abundantly hearde somtyme to the worde of God as it is written Nowe are ye clene for the wordes sake which I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you IteÌ„ Neyther herbe nor emplasture hathe healed theÌ„ but thy worde o Lord y â— healeth al thinges Hereto pertaineth y e saying of y e Psalmographe he sent his worde healed theÌ„ deliuered theÌ„ froÌ„ their destruccions and yet doeth God onely make vs whole forgeue vs our sinnes as he himself witnesseth by the Prophet saying thy destruccioÌ„ o Israel cometh of thy self only of me cometh thy helpe saluacion What caÌ„ be more plainly spoke Who is able once to hiske against these thinges Who wil once opeÌ„ his mouth to barcke agaist this doctrine NomaÌ„ I suppose except he be altogether drouned in papisme This therfore is the true meaning of thaforesayd text WhaÌ„ soeuer y â— ministers of y â— Lordes worde declare vnto me y â— swete promises of God y â— father made to me in Christes bloud I beleue theÌ„ thaÌ„ are my sinnes forgeuen me at y â— very instauÌ„t but if I do not beleue theÌ„ than are my synnes retayned y â— is to saye not forgeueÌ„ And forasmuch as I eyther repeÌ„t beleue or els coÌ„tinew still in myne olde daÌ„nable state at the preaching of y â— Lordes ministers therfore y â— scripture attributeth my deliuerauÌ„s from synne or otherwyse to theÌ„ whan notwithstandynge God alone remitteth my synne if I repent and beleue If I do not the vncircumcision of my hert that is my incredulitie and vnfaithfulnes is the occasion that my sinnes are retained and not forgeuen For thys sayinge alwaye muste nedes avyde true thy destruccioÌ„ o Israel cometh of thy selfe onely of me cometh thy helpe and saluacion So y t the priestes I meane the ministers of Gods worde are counted to forgeue synne whan they preache to the truly repentauÌ„te remission of synnes thorowe Christe and to retayne synne whan they declare too the vnfaythfull damnacion and that the wrath of God abydeth vpoÌ„ them so long as they remayne still in their incredulitie and vnfaythfulnes as it is writteÌ„ He that beleueth not on y â— sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrathe of God abydeth vpon hym Thus se we that those teâ—teâ— of the holy scripture which the papistes alledge for y â— maintenaunce of their fayned vsurped power in remitting synne maketh nothing for their purpose if they be truly alledged vnderstande accordinge to the vayne of the holy scriptures The scriptures of God maye not be rent and torne neyther harked nor wrested to serue the priuate affectes of menne but euery text must be so weyed poÌ„dered alledged and vnderstoÌ„d that it may agre with the other textes of the holy Bible that al the glory of our saluacion may be ascribed to God alone which is both the beginner finisher of all our health to hym therefore be all honour and prayse for euer Amen NOw wil I make hast to the laste parte of this treatyse which requireth y â— I should expresse my mynde concernyng the keyes which Christe before hys passion promised too hys churche and after his resurreccion performed hys promyse and shew by the sacred scriptures that the gyfte of the keyes is no vayne and idle gyfte but a necessarie ioyfull and confortable treasure

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