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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	unwritten_a	5,821	5	12.7929	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67551	The principall duty of Parliament-men, or, A short and compendious treatise concerning the unity and unanimity, which should be in the members of that honourable assembly / Richard Wood ...	Ward, Richard, 1601 or 2-1684.	1641 (1641)	Wing W805; ESTC R11713	54,613	68

in their Fasts used a●…l manner of delicates and strange fruits with sundry sorts of Spice in great abundance so likewise do the papists u And 2. From Elixay the heretike the pope hath learnt to celebrate divine Service in an unknown tongue for that was his heresie x And 3. From Montanus the heretike the pope learnt to prescribe his rules of Fasts for ●…e first limited times of Fasting y And 4. From the Collyridians he was inspired to worship the Virgin Mary And 5. Erom the Caj●…nes to invocate Angels And 6. From the Carp●…ratians to worship the images of Christ and S. Paul and therfore we sl●…nder the Church of Rome but with a matter of truth when we say That her religion is beticall And 9. Popery is an insolent religion teaching those Tenents which do fl●…tly and directly thwart the truth of God For 1. The Scripture teacheth us That the use of strange Tongues is unprofitable in the Church to the ignorant auditory and therfore they who teach pray or sing in the Church ought to use the vulgar Tongue understood of the people for the edification ●…xhorration consolation of all a But the papists contrary here unto teach That the worship of God ought to be used in the Latine tongue and that it is not onely unprofitable but also hurtfull for the common people to have the holy Scriptures read or sung in the Church in the Vulgar tongue b And 2. The Scripture teacheth us That that which entreth into the mouth defileth not a man c all meats being clean creatures and allowed to be eaten by the faithfull with thanksgiving d But contrary her unto the Papists teach That it is not lawfull for a Christian under pain of mortall sinne to eat of all sorts of meats on all dayes and times As in Lent the four Ember weeks Fridayes Saturdayes and the Vigils of some Saints e And 3. The Scripture teacheth us That Antichrist as God sitteth in the Temple of God attributing to himself that which is proper to God f and that the place of his sitting is the great City which hath seven hills and raigneth over the Kings of the earth g But contrary hereunto because this toucheth them to the quick the papists teach That Antichrist is to come of the race of the Jews of the Tribe of Dan and that the place of his seat shall be in Jerusalem h And therefore we may truely say That Popery is an insolent religion And Popery is a derogatory doctrine and that both in regard of God Christ the Word and Faith 1. Popery is a religion which de●…racts and derogates from God the Father for the Scripture saith That we ought to serve God alone wo is the Creator and Governour of the world i But the papists teach That we ought not serve God alone but also the Sa●…nts because they are Patrons of Kingdoms People Cities Societies and 〈◊〉 k And 2. Popery detracts and derogates much from Christ and that many wayes viz. First from his Kingly Office while they deny him to be the 〈◊〉 Head of the Church making the Virgin Mary the Q●…en of 〈◊〉 as God the F●…ther is the King and giving 〈◊〉 her the one half of that heavenly Kingdom And Secondly from his Prophetical Office here note That the Papists deny Christ out Prophet to become in the flesh and that In their Transubstantiation for Christ our Prophet was conceived of the holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary but their Christ is not begotten but created whence they say That the sacrificing Priest in the celebration of the Masse creates his Creator Again Christ our Prophet was born of the flesh of Mary and the seed of David but the Papists Christ is created of bread Again our Christ is the same to day and tomarrow and for ever But the Papists Christ was not yesterday or the day or hour before the consecration of the hoast And Thirdly From his Priestly office while they deny him to be the alone propitiatory sacrifice for sin and the only Mediator and Intercessor between God and man For they say 1. That Christ is the propitiatory satisfaction and sacrifice for sin primarily and principally but secundarily our satisfactory works in this life and purgatory after this life satisfie the justice of God for our sins diametrally contrary to S●…ripture which saith 1. That the bloud of Christ purgeth us from all our sins and th●…refore there is nothing left for Purgatory to purge And 2. That Christ {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} by himself Heb. 1. 3. purged us and neither by Purgatory nor by our own works and therefore the vulgar Latine Bible which is only with the Papists authenticall hath expunged those words And 3. That as Christ purgeth us by himself not by others from all our sins not from some so also perfectly and imperfectly l And 2. They deny Christs intercession to be sufficient while they pray unto the Saints to pray unto God for them And 3. Popery detracts much from faith for the Scripture teacheth That we are justified by faith in Christ without the works of the Law m But the Papists teach that not faith only but works also do justifie us n And 4. Popery detracts much from the Word of God The Scriptures teach That they were dictated by God himself and have sufficient authority in themselves and contain all necessary doctrine to piety and salvation o But the Papists teach That although the holy Scripture be the Word of God yet it should have no authority were it not for the approbation of the Church and that it is an imperfect and maimed doctrine which containeth not doctrine sufficient to piety and salvation but must be supplied by unwritten Traditions p I will conclude this with a testimony or two of their own A Papist wa●… driven by Tindall in disputation blasphemously to say We were better to be without the L●…w of God then the L●…w of the Pope q And Sylvester Prie●…iss Master of Pope Leos Pallac●… in his B●…ok Contra Lu●…berum thus writeth Indulgentiae ●…baritate Scrip●…urae non invotuere nobis sed auth●…ritate Rom●…inae 〈◊〉 Rom in ●…mque Pontificium que m●…jorest The pardons for sin granted by the P●…pe are not warranted un●… us by the authority of the Scripture but of the Church and Pope of Rome whose authority is greater then that of the Scripture Mark it will And a little after A 〈◊〉 Rom 〈◊〉 Romani Pont fi●…is 〈◊〉 Scriptura robur authorit●…tem trabit that is The Scripture dr●…werb all its authority efficacy and power from the authority of the Church and P●…pe of Rome And therefore oh horrible blasphemy if the Pope would not licence the Bible and grant it to be 〈◊〉 it were but ●…s a dead letter not to be regarded at all And therefore seeing Popery is so derogatory a