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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	dead_a	prayer_n	purgatory_n	3,301	5	10.1909	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17128	An embassage from heauen Wherein our Lord Sauiour Christ Iesus giueth to understand his iust indignation against al such, as being Catholikely minded, dare yeelde their presence to the rites and publike praier, of the malignant church, by Ralphe Buckham priest ...	Buckland, Ralph, 1564-1611.	1611 (1611)	STC 4007; ESTC S115956	47,408	131

partners of their damnation How long shal the light of reason and conscience sleepe how often must ye be admonish●d that right beleeuers must not participate with Infidels that I can haue no society with Belial nor my cup vvith the cup of Deuils If light and darkenesse can loue If I joyne in any respect with Lucifer if euer any mercy loue or amity any league or consent be betweene him and me then let Catholikes adhere to Heretikes If no such thing can possibly be but that eternal enmity bee sworne betweene vs why then should children of Hierusalem come to the solemnities of Babylon they which looke to be heires of heauen make pact with hel expecters of life euerlasting marchandise for their temporal with accursed death He that runneth with the theefe fornicateth with the adulterer murthereth with the Tyrant is in no case to be excused no not although they doe it for feare more then for affection to the sinne Shal they then vvhich professe heresie with Heretikes bee found cleare Of like I had no reason to forbidde you their company 31. Schismatikes are infected with heresie and not with pure Schisme only for you are prouident and discreet firmely grounded in the Catholike faith stronge Rockes vvhome no vvaues nor tempestes can moue vveake vvreatches and so much the vveaker by how much you presume more of your selues and rely more vpon your owne indeauours then vpon my grace how feeble ye are your actions giue better testimony then your imaginations Are ye they which can liue in the fire and not be scorched in the flame and not be smothered wade vp to the lippe in the surges of the Sea and not be ouerwhelmed handle pitch and not be defiled eate and drinke conuerse contract not only bargaines but marriages disport discourse play pray liue and die vvith Heretikes and yet sound at my terrible examen neither attached with their infection nor touched with contagion I fore-warned my auncient and first people that if they vsed the conuersation of Infidels among whom they dwelt Ios 23. they should finde them stumbling blockes of scandal by giuing occasion of ruine and prickes to their eies in putting out the inward light of faith what by example what by custome and perswasion Experience proueth this true in them and the euent argueth it more true in yourselues Are not most of you infected some with one heresie some with another I haue to charge you withal besides going to Church how soeuer you thinke your selues to be some-what vertuous and Godly Rarer then a white Crow is he to be found among you who either cancelleth not fasting-daies by his owne authority or dispenseth not with meates prohibited as often as he list or doubteth not of some article of faith if not of al One improueth Confession another Purgatory this man inuocation of Saints or vse of Images that man praiers for the Dead or the office in Latin There are that suppose Antichrist shal not be one singular person but includeth a company or a succession Many doubt nothing of this yet acknowledge no vnion of the Church vnder one head visible or detract from the authority of Councels and decrees Ecclesiastical Most of you feare least the gates of hel haue preuailed against my Rocke least the spirit which I gaue her haue not fulfilled my promise neither taught her al truth but that shee may diuersly erre The stench of the damnable memory and the fume of their brimstone ascendeth from the bottomlesse lake who of Schismatikes haue at last become flat Heretikes yea Persecutours yea and of an il beginning made a vvorse ending 3● By what meanes Schismatikes grow to be Heretikes vvhence al this not because the longer ye liue the skilfuller ye waxe in Diuinity the carefuller of your soules more desirous of heauen or are oftner visited with inspirations celestial but because ye vvaxe weary of expecting my pleasure in that I come not at your appointment but let my secret and eternal prouidence haue the determinate course ye thinke I haue either forgotten my Church or cast her off supposing quite contrary to Christian doctrine that aduersity is an absolute signe of my indignation and of a reprobate religion Waxing more and more in loue vvith the world ye haue lesse sence and feeling of remorse by neuer talking with Priests nor conferring of matters touching the spirit by being loden with secret sinnes which either you wil not acknowledge or minde not to forsake or cannot be indured to reforme by restitution and satisfaction it commeth to passe partly through the nature of such negligence partly through my just permission for your vngratitude toward me that you beginne to loath the religion vvhich checketh your humour and assureth not heauen to sinne and iniquity Amidst these your sensual carnal and worldly affections heresie buszeth about your eares plausibly inuiting you to her cuppe of pleasure Thus lying open to the enimy and destitute of my grace and protection you are made a pray to the roring Lyon vvhile with conuersing among Heretikes ye become like them in life Becomming like them in conditions you quickly delight in their sutable doctrine Poyson poyson lurketh in their company as in domestical Adders and in the familiarity as in Cocatrice eies What though at the first ye be not Conquered He which loueth peril shal perish therein vvhat though their arguments be but weake and foolish Drops of raine in continuance pearce the hardest stone a smal worme in time decaieth the roote of the fairest Vine and contemptible Yui● being let alone ouer-creep●th and ouer mastereth in time the tal●st tree Flee therefore society of Heretikes asmuch as you may euen in temporal businesse because of your peril and because my counsaile is so to doe F●ee it absolute in fact of religion not for peril only but for sinne not because of my aduise only but for my commandement sake Flee Babilon flee Chore flee Sodome flee from the aduersary campe in time as ye wil at the day of my victory at the day of your death at the great day of judgement not be taken for enimies 33. The obstinacy of Schismatikes and ingratitude towardes God Perceiue ye not for al that I can say or doe the horror of your offence oh ye my traitours and rebels how long shal I cry out to a people which haue stopped their eares and alleage reason to them which say they wil not vnderstand how long shal I preach repentance to them which repel knowledge and catch hold vpon euery simple shift as vpon a staffe to sustaine their halting and trembling consciences The eare discerneth wordes and the eies coulours the mouth tastes This rude wilful people hath reason and yet discerueth not iniquity They repel al outward admonitions for fea●e they should be conuicted secret inspiration of contrition they reject as melancholly remorse of conscience they hate as a hart sore Shal I for this hold my peace and leaue to lay open their