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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bind_v	heaven_n	loose_v	6,489	5	10.6824	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12249	The defence of a certayne poore Christen man who els shuldhaue [sic] bene condemned by the Popes lawe. Written in the hye Allmaynes tonge by a right excellent and noble prynce, and tra[n]slated into Englishe by Myles Couerdale.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1545 (1545)	STC 5889; ESTC S114534	31,890	79

Christen / good and euell / wherin also the tares groweth with the wheate vntill the tyme of the haruest Neuertheles this is not an one onely church / but destributed in to many partes for it were vnpossible to haue / in one place an one onely cōgregaciō of all Christen together / seyng they dwell so farre one from another / be of so sondrie lanhages maners Therfore the Apostles as we do rede / haue in all partes ordyned as many churches / as they thought necessary acording to the nature of the countrees And gaue vnto euery church their peculiar bishoppe / to kepe the lordes flocke whom the also called prest or elder geuyng them a tytle of reputacion / either because of their age / or by reason of their excellent grauyte vertuous conuersacion To such men was cōmitted the care of Christes flock and the mynistracion of gods worde / to rule the people / and to fede the flock of Christ with all As for hye bishope / vnder Christ they knew none They had al like auctorite Euery one had the ouersight of the flock that was cōmitted vnto him But whā anye doubte arose / they vsed not to shew it vnto one alone as to the head / or to thē all which was vnpossible but vnto certeyne who whan they had called vpō the name of the lorde / knew in the holy goost / what was to be done / as we maye openly se in the Actes of the Apostles Wherfore me thinketh it a great wonder that euer the church of Rome came in such reputation / that it hath hither to bene taken of many for the head of all churches / yea for the one onely Catholike or vniuersall church cōsidering that in holy scripture it hath no testimonye that maye truly be alledged to any such purpose For we haue declared now allready / that ther is not one onely visible church which thing appeareth euidētly out of the wordes of Christ / whan he saieth tell it vnto the church Shulde he now runne frō hierusalem vnto Rome / to tell his brothers faulte Therfore be there many churches or cōgregacions / wherin the children of god in this vayle of misery are myxte amōg childrē of the deuel / which incōueniēce also they daylie cōplayne of But let vs se with what reasōs or rater cauillacions / oure aduersary goeth aboute to maynteyne this his Romshe church / his graūdsyre pope or bishoppe of Rome We reade in the gospell / that Christ asked his disciples who saye ye that I am Peter ansuered sayde thou art the sōne of the lyuinge god Whervpon Iesus sayde vnto him Blessed art thou Simon Ionas sonne / for fleshe and bloude hath not opened that vnto the / but my father which is in heauen And I saye vnto the Thou art Petrus that is / apperteyning to the stonye rocke and vpon this rocke will I buylde my church / and the gates of hell shal not preuayle agaynst it And I will geue the the keyes of the kyng ome of heauē what soeuer thou byndest vpon erthe / shal also be bounde in heauen And what soeuer thou loosest vpon erthe / shal be loosed also in heauen This promes of Christ / which we also beleue stedfastly to be fulfilled / taketh oure aduersary vpō him to wraist vnto his opynion How now saieth he dyd not Christ playnlie saye Thou art Petrus / and vpon this rock wil I buylde my church and I will geue the the keyes of the kyngdome of heauen Who I praye the / denyeth that the church is buylded vpon a strong rocke who will not graunt / that the keyes were committed vnto Peter Neuertheles we will seke the true vnderstōding of this promes Whan Peter had consessed Christ to be the sonne of the lyuinge god / the lordt sayd vnto him blessed art thou Simon the sonne of Ionas / for fleshe and bloud hath not opened that vnto the but my father which is in heauen Wherby Christ ●s the gifte of god / and commeth of the father of heauen Now foloweth the promes for the faithers sake and I saye vnto the / that thou art Petrus / here geueth he him another name / not Simon Ionas sonne / but Petrus / as one that cleueth or belongeth vnto the rocke And vpon this rocke saieth he wil I buylde my church as though he shulde saye blessed art thow / for asmuch as thorow gods reuelacion / thou cōfessest / that I am the sōne of the lyuynge god And therfore art thou Petrus / that is / thou belongest vnto the rocke And vpon this rocke whervnto thou eleuest now by thy confession / wil I buylde my church For where as the church of god was norished first in hope of the redempciō for to come / and after that the lawe came as a scoolmaster / stode much in outward ceremonies and cōmaundemētes of the lawe now that the perfecte tyme is come / I wil buylde my church vpon my selfe / as on the strong rock that whosoeuer beleueth in me / shal not perishe / but haue euerlasting life Yf he had sayde Super Petrum / it might happlie haue bene vnderstonde of Peter but seyng he saieth Super haue petram / we will search the scripture / whether this rock maye signifie anye thing els saue onely Christ himselfe It is written beholde / I laye in Sion a stombling stone / and a rocke that mē shal be offended at And whosoeuer beleueth on him / shal not be confounded which scripture Paul and Peter also declare in maner with the same wordes And in another place saieth Paul they dranke al of the spirituall rocke that folowed them / which rocke was Christ And in the Actes of the Apostles this is the stone that was refused of you buylders / and is become the head couer stone / / nether is ther saluaciō in anye other Loo / here is a true sufficient interpretacion of this rocke For as the Apostel Paul saieth no man can laye another fundacion then that is layde all ready / namely Christ Iesus This much haue I sayd touching the fundacion of the church Now will we come to the keies And I saieth the lorde wil geue the the keies of the kyngdome of heauen The storie now of the gospell declareth / that this auctorite of the keies / was not geuen onely vnto Peter / but vnto all the Apostles alyke And whan he had so spokon saieth the Euangelist brethed he vpon them / and sayde ▪ receaue ye the holy gost Whose synnes ye forgeue / to them are they forgeuen and whose synnes ye reteyne / to them are they reteyned These are other wordes / then the lorde spake afore vnto Peter alone / and yet is it all one meanyng For what this bynding els saue onely reteyning of synnes And what eles is loosyng / saue onely remytting of synnes Wherfore not onely Peter / but al disciples also yea al such as haue the holy goost / haue