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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	heathen_a	let_v	publican_n	2,742	5	10.9981	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03260	A consolatorie epistle to the afflicted catholikes, set foorth by Thomas Hide Priest	Hide, Thomas, 1524-1597.	1579 (1579)	STC 13376; ESTC S118132	36,634	140

him is that defendeth vs then the power of him that persecuteh vs. This moued that couragious capitaine and glorious Martyr S. Gordius wheÌ„ he was exhorted to kepe his faithe secrete in his hearte and to denie it with his mouthe opeÌ„lie to saye corde credimus we beleue in hearte to iustice and coÌ„fesse with mouthe to saluation God is my helper I feare not what maÌ„ caÌ„ doo That noble woman and holie martyr S. Iulitta complained to the iudge of iniuries doÌ„ne vnto hir soughte for iustice at his haÌ„des His answer was that nor shee nor any suche as shee was which adored not the emperors gods which were not of the Emperours religion shoulde expecte iustice or pleade wronge Why then sayde she I haue done farewel my liuinge adewe my life Consider you nowe you afflicted catholikes that God maketh you worthye to suffer for his loue and to render your supreme obedieÌ„ce to his holye name wherin you haue to coÌ„forte your selues that God reputeth you for his freindes for to his freindes he geueth this special gifte You suffer wronges you sustaine the princes indignatioÌ„ you beare the displeasure of the magistrates for your obedieÌ„ce to gods churche This poynte you choose not and gladlye would you haue it otherwyse But yf you choose it for pieties sake your choice is iustifiable S. Basil in the like case made this answer Of the emperours freÌ„dshippe fauour and furtheraÌ„ce I do wel esteeme so loÌ„ge as it is ioyned with godlines without that I holde it pernitious It was saide to Maris a deuoute clerke be of the Emperours religioÌ„ and he wyl make thee an Arche bishope I may not so be saide he least I offende God that is my Emperour His promotion I wil not take because he is not of my religion This is our lordes lesson Let hym be vnto thee as an heathen and publican that heareth not the churche As the heathen which neuer came to the faithe perisheth so doth the heritike that hath forsaken the faithe Out of the churche no religion can serue no faithe can saue he that is founde out of the churche is a stranger froÌ„ the childreÌ„ of god Nor caÌ„ he haue God for his father that hath not the churche for his mother O you trobeled christians and you afflicted catholikes beholde here haue you manye greate and ghostlie comfortes to coÌ„sider For what seeke you when you suffer for the churche Nothinge I wene but what the selfe cause requireth to wyt that you do the wyl of our lorde which you be sure to finde in his churche For of his churche our lorde sayde Thou shalt be called a citie sought for and not forsaken In his churche you can not be deceaued of his wyl for in his churche he is alwaye resiant and therfore is his churche called Dominus ibidem Our lorde is therein Note here what tempestes and trobles the churche hath had The churche hath ben laide at and shaken from euerie parte and quarter of the worlde The Archeheretikes of eache parte men of condemned memorie gaue the first onset with violent shotte of tonges and al possible policie of penne The crooked crewe of their vngratious of springe put to theire batteries and shaked the weake walles of them that were not faste in faithe The shippe nowe tottered the shippe nowe was tossed with many contrarious windes Many were shaken in the shippe and al made wrecke that kepte not within bourde The sterrers of this teÌ„pest were fraudulente persecutors who could temper theire tale in suche wyse couer theire hypocrisie with so liuelie colours that they obtayned credite of good natures To suche men it is agreinge to racke the scriptures to corrupte the fathers and with sweete wordes to tole and baet the readers that see not the hooke of falsehood wherwith they choke them Because thes mismeaninge men haue in outwarde shewe manye poyntes common with the catholikes they intrappe incircuÌ„specte readers and infecte the simple beleauers as it were with one droppe of poyson amonge manye softe and sugered wordes And heresie hath ben alwaye accoÌ„panied with tyrannie that vseth worldlye wysedome and pestileÌ„te policie to further hir proceadinges Yet coulde neyther of thes proceede so farre hitherto as to put out the catholike name They vsed many suttle sleightes with the catholikes as Iulianus vsed when he byd his souldiers that woulde receaue their paie cast frankensence into the fire as Theodotus vsed when he offered a byshoprike to Natalius as Modestus vsed when he went aboute to perswade Basil to yelde to the time and to vse the fauoure of the Emperour But faire meanes finenesse and flatterie could not preuaile against the fast firme and wel vnderstandinge catholike foule meanes crueltie and violence lacked not contempte disgrace indignities abasement were added Aulters were rased churches destroyed priestes depriued catholikes iniured by imprisonmentes and tormentes Then were not catholikes permitted to beare office in the common weale onely because they were catholikes Now were al factions and fashions of pretended religions suffered to make their asseÌ„bles and openlie to vse their religion but onelie the catholike Now were bishopes and priestes coÌ„pelled oute of their churches spoyled of theire goodes and called before lay iudges Now were the prisoÌ„s replenished with christians that were not suffered to be releaued suche was the mercelesse tyrannie of the persecutors Certs thes were greate teÌ„pestes thes were bothe fraudulent and violent persecutioÌ„s yet dyd not thes preuaile And why Dominus ibidem Thoughe now the world like the bublinge sea boyie and breake out his force thoughe the potentates of the worlde execute theire furye against you feare you not faile you not fainte you not you I saye that sayle in the shippe which nowe is tempested with contrarious windes feare you not our lorde is with you you be safe Dominus ibidem Asee who is that lorde by whom you be gouerned in this shippe Christ the sonne of God is hopsted into the mast of the shippe that is on the crosse God the father gouerneth the hinder parte the holie ghoste sitteth in the foreparte There be xij roers in this shippe to wyt the twelue Apostles and thes driue forwarde the shippe bringinge hir through the straightes of this troblesom sea into the quiet porte Christe our lorde that prayed for his churche doth stil praie Thoughe this shippe be tossed yet can she not be drowned because Christe praieth Thoughe this shippe be shaken with the violent windes of seculer atteÌ„ptes yet is she safe from wracke because Christe gouerneth And the holie ghoste our lorde that sitteth in the fore parte of the shippe strengtheneth al such as bee windeshakeÌ„ the holie ghoste dilateth the heartes of theÌ„ that be in tribulation When Christe tolde his disciples that they should be accused conuented and reuiled for his names sake he tolde theÌ„ also that he would not leaue them comfortlesse I vvil sende you a comfortor

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