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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	church_n	rome_n	4,431	4	6.9371	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06658	The beginning and endynge of all popery, or popishe kyngedome	Lynne, Walter.; Joachim, of Fiore, ca. 1132-1202. Vaticinia.	1548 (1548)	STC 17115; ESTC S108949	25,410	65

confirmacion to the same And cōtinued vntil such time as thēperour did hed him After that sorte was Paule made pope and Petrus was crucified Therfore hath it another menyng then the pope allegeth And of the same wordes Tu es Petrus They haue made them a lawe contrarie to the doctrine of christe and the Apostles the lyues of faithfull byshops THe same Bonifacius the third when he hadde begged the chief byshoprike of Phoca immediately after he wrote him selfe pope Bonifacius the thirde of that name He gathered al his bishops preistes togither and kept a concile at Rome And declared there openly that from that time forward a pope beinge chosen by the priesthode the cōmon people shuld be taken of asmuch authorite as if he were created by themperour admitted Lo there may we se the first thankes or reward that the pope gaue to themperour for the priuilege graunted vnto him takyng away from him his old rightes which were had ben themperours since the first christen emperour was That thēperour shuld make no more bysshops but the pope so shuld the bysshops lykewise be more obedient to the pope thē to themperour despetch al their matter at Constantinople wtout thēperour And thus began he priuily to rule cōmād his maister themperour of whom he hadde begged the priuilege The same was not done immediatly by rigeur but the pope suffred themperour to haue styl for a time his deputie at Rome which admitted the pope NOwe was it come to suche a point that the popes power wolde breake out and take vppon hym to be aboue themperoure And therfore when after the birth of Christe .viic. .xviii. yeares Leo the third of that name beinge emperoure dyd put downe Germanum a Patriarche at Cōstantinople and in his place set Anastasium The pope of Rome sent Gregory the third vnto themperoure wrote vnto him that he shuld putte Germanum into his place againe whiche themperoure wolde not do There beganne all the mischeife at ones The pope found the meanes that all Italy fel from themperour and forsoke him whiche none other pope hath done but they paciently suffered persecution he cursed also themperour Thinking whē thempire were deuided within it selfe he wold be emperour for he had alredy gotten him a greate name amonge the princes and gouernours Reason wold also require that he were not only the cheifhead by name but also in might and power and so wolde he kepe Rome and graunt thempire to whom he wolde and listed WHen now Constantinus the fifte the sonne of Leo the thirde was emperoure and somwhat offended with the pope zacharia by reason of his father whome Gregorius suffered to dye vnder his curse in Messambria and caused all Italye to fall awaye from him He purposed to haue brought thē againe vnder his subiection zacharius the pope fearing leaste Constantinus might shorten his winges againe soughte another maner of meane then super hanc petram vpon this rocke that is to saye Howe the pope came by rome him selfe He sent for helpe vnto Pipinus thadministratour of fraunce promisinge to make him kynge of Fraunce with the fauoure and good will of the Magistrates and rulers Was not this lykewise done in despite of themperoure And thus was the romishe empire deuided one toke here and another there The pope kept Rome as his owne HEre haue you the first kinge made by the popes power and the fauour of the rulers and gouernours accordinge to the tenoure of his spirituall lawes .xi. q. i. Te quidem Pipinus the firste kyng made by pope zachariā But this pope dyed the nexte yeare after and Stephanus the seconde came in his stede The whiche hadde muche sorowe and trouble by kynge Astulphum and likewise called vnto Pipinus to assiste the churche of Rome Insomuche that the kinge Pipinus toke his parte and dyd driue kinge Astulphum awaye from rome and gaue the pope Stephane Rauēnam with dyuers other cities ANd so is the pope successiuely become a ruler aboue emperours and kynges and al christēdome vniuersallye And hath forsaken the holy scriptures the gospell the footesteppes of the auncients pouertie sorrowe care and all other kyndes of persecutions and troubles c. Howe can he then be the mooste holy vycare of christe and successor of sainte Peter we fynde writen Deare brethern be my followers as I am the folower of christ .i. cor xi yf the pope with his company do folowe Christ then is it reason that we lykewise followe him But for their deuylish and abominable rule and doctrine is ther not one iote in scripture There is neither Peter nor Paule that wyl know them muche lesse wil Chryst hym selfe knowe them Thus shal they be answered nescio uos I know you not Quia operati estis iniquitatē you haue set forth your own noughtynes in summa ebrietate sicut fortes Ephraim in all filthynes and diuers other kyndes of vngodlynes which be not to be wrytten with the myght of this world LO hitherto haue you hadde in wryting the beginninge of the pope thaugmētacion of his state and thirdly his full power and myght Nowe shall you lykewyse beholde and se the same in the olde painted figures folowynge HOw be it many olde and faithful fathers perceyued and sawe it well yet durste they not clearelye sette it forthe excepte only by fygures Trustyng alwais that thorow the mercy of god a tyme shulde come when they myght be brought to lyghte And so clearly sette forth that it were impossible more sightlye to paint them This wyll we now do for the plaisure and to the profit of suche as can not reade To proue whether they be able to knowe a lyon by his clawes ❧ The pope in his pontificall robes on euerye syde a beare castynge them money in their mouthes and the holy ghost a syde of hym IN this estate began the byshop of Rome to sette hym selfe Anno .ccc.xi. at the tyme of Constantinus Magnus the which when he had ouercome Maxentiū graunted the Christianes to buyld churches and gaue excedynge greate giftes towarde it but neither londes nor people nor yet the cure of Rome as they saye he dydde When they smelled ryches and daylye coueted more and more then was goddes worde laide aside And afterwarde ouercame they all thinges as they do yet with monney Lordes dukes emperours kinges landes and people haue made subiect vnto them They hadde well studied the wordes of Philip the king of Macedonia where as he saithe that there is no castell no towne ye no land so stronge which cannot be won yf a moyle laden with money maye entre into it And thus mony ouercommeth all thinges And so haue they sette a syde the very true rocke which is Christe the fotesteppes of Peter and finally al maner of tribulations and persecutions Their church haue they buylded vpon them selues and therefore they may not endure or cōtinue They haue sought also their helpe by