Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	blood_n	goat_n	purge_v	1,058	5	9.3986	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01148	The conuersion of a most noble lady of Fraunce In Iune last past, 1608. Madame Gratiana, wife to the high and mightie lord; Claudius, Lord of Tremoille; Duke of Thouars; peere of Fraunce, and Prince of Talmonde. A most Christian epistle, written by her, to the ladyes of Fraunce, to resolue them in the cause of her conuersion from popery, to the the profession of Gods Gospell: and aduising them to imitate her religious example. Truely translated out of French.	Tremoille, Charlotte Brabantina, Duchess of, 1580-1631.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1608 (1608)	STC 11262; ESTC S102563	29,611	56

according to the verie words vsed by the Priest may be caried by the hands of his holy Angell into the high Altar before Iesus Christ As if Iesus Christ himselfe had forsaken Heauen stood in neede to be caried thither againe and by the hands of an Angell O honorable Ladies what a blasphemie is this against him that hath all power subiected vnder his feete and sitteth for euer at the right hand of God his Father Also in the Priests Memento for the dead he prayeth for them that alreadie are sleeping in the very height of peace that God would giue them a place of peace refreshing But to what purpose is this when the parties are possessed of such a peacefull place alreadie why should they mooue any such place afterward in vaine There are many other things louing Madames the collection whereof would be very tedious vnto you and which you may see very learnedly confuted ech point by point in the Booke which I shewed you at our last meeting called the Anatomie of the Masse printed for your more easie vnderstanding in our owne language more then thirtie yeares since and neuer all this while answered by the contrarie side But come we now to the especiall point concerning the confidente and peruerse opinion wherein I my selfe haue sinned too often and which you hold as no meane Article of faith That the Masse is a worke meritorious to cancell all our sinnes Ex epere operato as themselues vse to say Which is as much to say as that by the vertue of that worke the labour is performed without making mention of his faith and repentaunce for whom the Masse is sayd and is therein assisted Heereby you may perceiue good Ladies that the efficacie of the death of Iesus Christ whereof by true faith we are all made pertakers is now attributed to a work done by man yea may as wel be applied to the dead as the liuing By which means the Sacraments shall but profit them only which communicated in true saith and repentaunce But then this cannot be spoken thus of them that are deceased and departed out of this world because they haue no more communion with the liuing whereby to participate of their Sacraments As for the Sacrifice of Iesus Christ that is saith the Apostle through faith in his bloud which makes vs partakers of the propitiation thereby obtained Now the dead can haue neither faith nor repentaunce but are gone as they placed before the end of their faith either for the saluation of their soules or to be punished in hell for their incredulitie Iouerslip a great many blasphemies which deserue ech one to be seuerally spoken of For you haue tolde me that some things you giue credit to and others you doe not especially any thing which you conceite to be damnable But you being heerein gouerned only by your Priests opinions you hang your selues on their sleeues and are neuer the neerer when you shall come to make your account And your excuse concerning those prayers which they sing or say in their Masse that they are in Latine and you vnderstand them not but beleeue them to be good and holy Trust me worthy Ladies it is idle and friuolous for you ought to vnderstand them and may if you will thereby to examine and trie the spirits whether they be of God or no. You haue them published in printed bookes and so haue had for many yeares together And the Scriptures themselues remaine for your further instruction which though they forbid you the reading of them yet be you rulde by him that saith Search the Scriptures it is they that doe beare true witnes of me But leauing all other there is one most signall and apparant and such a blasphemie whereof I knowe you are almost daily partakers being present at Masse For both common opinion and intention as well of the Priest himselfe as the persons there in place doe run in this current That it is an absolute sacrifice which is there performed by him wherein all remission of sins is to be sought for and all prosperitie as well of the bodie as of the soule For they auouch it to be the selfe same sacrifice of Iesus Christ which they but renew againe to receiue a further fruite thereby and so they reiterate the same as often as they doe either sing or say Masse euen according as it was done vnder the Lawe But what saith the blessed Apostle to this The law hauing the shadow of good things to come not the very image of the things can neuer with those sacrifices which they offer yeere by yeere continually sanctifie the commers thereunto And it is imposisible that the bloud of Bulles and Goates should take away sinnes For would they not then haue ceased to haue bin offered because that the offerers once purged should haue had no more conscience of sins This is then the reason wherfore euery Priest appeareth daily sacrificing oft times offereth one manner of thing which can neuer take away sinnes But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sinne sitteth for euer at the right hand of God And wherefore one sacrifice only Because saith he in the verse following that by that alone sacrifice he hath consecrated for euer them that be sanctified There is nothing deare Ladies more cleare and euident then these words of the holy Apostle to manifest openly That the sacrifice of Iesus Christ whereby we were once for all redeemed and sanctified cannot neither ought to be reiterated or renewed Therefore in Poperie when they doe enterprise to reiterate or renew or continue the same for they make vse of all these seueral tearmes is it any thing else but a meere renouncing of that only sacrifice remaining fresh in full strength and vigour which Christ once offred vpon his Crosse to sanctifie all beleeuers And the fruite heereof is daily presented to vs in the preaching of the Gospell and we reeeiue the same by a true sanctified faith in him only For to this end was the sacred ministerie of Gods word instituted by God himselfe in his Church and not for any nouell order of sacrifices as your soules heauie enemies doe make you to beleeue I knowe honorable Ladies and haue had such particular interest in some of you during the time of our often conuersing in this manner together that in hart you are far off from these grosse prophanations and haue assured me in soule you doe much greeue thereat Let me then perswade you not to come in such places where the Sonne of God is so highly iniuried be not led by their outward appearaunce of deuotion which serues but to beguile and abuse the simple Euen as is vsed in our ceremonie of meeting and manner of courtship in the streetes or else where a good looke is giuen or an affable conge allowed when falshood and trechery lurketh oftentimes in the hart Make