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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	time_n	year_n	3,367	5	4.7277	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14946	A spyrytuall and moost precyouse pearle Teachyng all men to loue and imbrace the crosse, as a mooste swete and necessary thyng, vnto the sowle, and what comfort is to be taken thereof, and also where and howe, both consolacyon and ayde in all maner of afflyccyons is to be soughte, and agayne, how all men should behaue them selues therein, accordynge to the word of God. Sett forth by the moste honorable lorde, the duke hys grace of Somerset, as appeareth by hys epystle set before the same.; Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English.	Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552, attributed name.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1550 (1550)	STC 25255; ESTC S105089	87,629	226

vnder the shadow and back of the crosse and pourg●…th reformyth comforteth and strengh●…yth them ●…rkyth all these forsayd commodyteys in them Now lyke as the holy scrypture attributyth a certen rewarde vnto oure good worckes whych worckes not wythstandyng it is not we that worcke them but the Lord only whych vsyth vs as an instrument of hys Philip. 〈◊〉 ij Corin. iij. Euen so is the crosse an instrumente of God wherby he subduyth our fleshe kepyth vs in the schole of correccyon and forcyth vs as it were by vyolence from euyll to goodnes Nowe wheresoeuer the holy ghost wyll take hys restynge place for the muste parte he sendyth before hys puruyors forronner whych are sorowe and affliccyou trouble aduersyte that they maye vere comber humble meken and vtterly ouerthrow and bryng downe the hart of man whereby the holy ghoste may fynd the more place and so work all goodnes therein And therefore whatsoeuer is hether to spoken specyally of the spirituall commodyteys of the crosse and aduersyte it is so remaynyth all true so that it be vnderstād of the faythful godly which are induyd wyth the spirite of God to whom all thynges turne to their comfort and saluacyon And now on the contrary partfo●… the better vnderstandyng of y e matter I will declare shewe what the crosse worketh in the vnfaythfull and vngodly whyche lack the spyryte of god The vnfaythfull do ascribe their prosperyte and felicyte to their own wysdom workyng pollycy not to god And their mysfortune and aduersite they ascrybe to blynd fortune As though fortune had a certē powr to work of her self without the workyng of god Take Sermachery●… the lord ruler of y e Assyrians for an example whiche by the sufferance of god brought y e whole world in maner in 〈◊〉 Whych thynge he ascrybed to his own power polycye not to god For he dyd both hate blaspheme the very true god of Israell But shortelye after dyd God sende an aungell which slew in one night an C. iiij score fyue of his men And here woulde he not confesse that it was god that dyd it But parauenture he thought that it was 〈◊〉 ne mischance or some other thinge y t was the occasyon For if he had knowledgy●… this punishmente to haue comme bene sent of god he would not afterward haue worshipped done his deuocyon in the ydolatres temple of the false god ydoll Mesrach i●… ●…e xix as he dyd In lyke maner whan any mysfortune hapnyth to the vngodly they put all the f●…t only in the next mydle or meane y t they fantasy them selues or els verye wyckedly they ascrybe it vnto all those that are not of their fayth and sect As for example Whan as it raynyd not for the space of iij. yeares vi monethes in the tyme of Achab the kyng of Israell iij. reg xviij The king 〈◊〉 the cause vnto the godly Prophete ●…elpas Lykewyse in our tyme whan any tēpest hurteth the co●…n wyne other fruytes of the earth many there are that crye This may we thancke this newe lernyng this new fangle fayth c. As though they thē selues were so holy that god durst not or ought not to punish them It can be none but the poore shepe y t disturbyth the wafer that the wolff can not drynck y e po●…re ●…hepe comyth not nerer to the ryuer but only to the very drynck but at the verye brynck of the ryuer thereof there drinketh Yea euen they also whyche haue some tast of the gospel can not wel beare aduersite pacientlye nor confesse them selues gyltye but woulde fayne shy●…the faute from them selues would lay it either vpon the rulers or the preachers or els vpō some other thyng And although theyr synnes be an excedyng heape that God would fayne dry ue them to repentaunce by ponyshyng chastisyng of thē yet can not they consyder the heuy burthē of their synne nor spye the cleare daye of the ryghtuousnes of God whych can suf fer no synne vnponyshed And therefore for as muche as they will not take thys small lyght ponyshment thanckfullye but woulde goo free haue no maner of plage at all if they myght chose for that cause doth God send vnto thē afterward plages paynfull ponyshmentes by heapys so that it happenyth vnto them as it dyd vnto the asse whose s●…yn beynge put ouer a dromm or a taber as he wyshed desyeryd was beatyn strykē more than euer it was before as Esope sayth in his fables And for as much as thorow incre dulyte lack of fayth whiche is the mother of all blasphemyes abhominaciō they wyll not consyder nor call toremēberance who it is y t hath layd hys hande vpon thē Or els knowing y t it is y t hand of god yet wil not take it in good worth nor amende no otherwyse but as sowr ale in somer by this meanys they become lyke vnto desperate chyldren which wyll neyther turne and amende with threatenynge nor yet with beatinge And therfore the scripture testyfieth very well Prouerb xvij that one sharpe worde of reproche doth more good to him that hath vnderstanding than an hūdreth strypes to a fole As for exāple The longer the sharper y t God ponished Pharao the more obstinatelye dyd he swarue declyne frō him The wicked and vngodly do not on lye take no maner of occasyon to reforme and amende theyr lyues by theyr crosse sorowe but also they spew oute all maner of impacientnes bytternes and spytefull poison agaynst the rightuousnes of god sayinge theyr crosse is greater then theyr transgressyon and that they haue wronge are ponyshed to sore as for an example of this we haue one of the theues hāging vpon the crosse with Christe which blasphemed Christe very spytefully sayinge yf thou beist Christe helpe bothe thy selfe and vs. By the whiche wordes he declareth that he iudgeth him self euen as wor thy of helpe as Christ the sonne of God euen as thoughe God must forget all hys ryghtuousnes help by by euerre blasphemous wretche and loke thorowe the fyngers vpon the wicked world Which is one of the greatest blasphempes vnto God that can be When they haue tumbled waltered in their miserie For God wil not help them because they haue no trust nor confydence in him And haue sought helpe hy creatures both in heauen earthe and founde none then beginneth their crosse aduersyte to open their eyes so wyde that they must nedes spye and acknowlege y t wrath and hande of God ouer them And then doth thys outwarde crosse sorowe euen kyndle in them an inwarde tremblynge doutfulnes oute of the whiche spryngeth the hyghest desperacyon in so muche that they crye oute to the deuyll to helpe them yf God will not For althoughe they be broughte to the knoweledge of their