Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bear_v	sin_n	world_n	4,338	5	4.9247	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08472	A confession of the most auncient and true christe[n] catholike olde belefe accordyng to the ordre of the .xij. articles of our co[m]mon crede, set furthe in Englishe to the glory of almightye God, and to the confirmacion of Christes people in Christes catholike olde faith. By I.O.	Old, John, fl. 1545-1555.	1556 (1556)	STC 18798; ESTC S113446	30,820	82

blood not by the carnal companie of man but by the holy goost And that he was borne of the same virgin very man howbeit holy and pure without synne For all men elles are according to their owne nature bothe conceaued in synnes and borne the children of wrathe vnto deathe And in this behalfe I do playnly Original â—â—nne confesse original synne For inasmuche as all mankynde aswell the infauntes which haue not yet commytted actuall faultes as others of further age are originally poisoned Psal 51. with sinne and therfore subiecte vnto deathe as the wages of synne from Ro. 6. the which synne and deathe mankynde could not be in any wise delyuered and redemed but by Christ alone for that cause it was requisite that Christ which should put awaye the same poison shoulde he conceaued and borne holilie and purely without al spotte of synne to thinteÌ„t he might 1. Pâ— 1. Ephe. 5. Ro. 3. 5. offre a pure and a cleane sacrifice for all bothe olde and yong to make vs pure and free CoÌ„cerning the fourth Article I beleue and confesse that the same sonne The 4. Article of God and of Mary our Lord Iesus Christ in going about the busynesse and affaires of our saluacion did perfitly and fully declare the waye of saluacion here vpon earthe And that he to shewe vs more certainly that he is the only Lorde of life and deathe which is only hable to helpe and at whose haÌ„des al helpe must be sought cured all maner of diseases ceassed the rageing stormes of the wyndes and of the sea suppressed the power of satan troade downe all power of aduersaries forgaue synnes and raised vp the dead vnto life And after all this he gaue him self willingly and of his owne accorde vnto deathe And was shamefully and spitefully brought furthe and deliuered by the Iewes cruelly tormeÌ„ted of the gentiles and last of all giltlesly nailed vpon the crosse And here I confesse that this same our Lorde Iesus Christ very God very maÌ„ suffred not for him self but for vs and for our synnes sake most greuous paynes vndeserued stripes and bitter sorowes in his humayne nature which coulde dye he was vndoubtedly dead and buried in his soule he suffred most extremely the bitter sharpenesse of Goddes iudgemeÌ„t and the very paines of hel that he might deliuer vs ther from And I most faithfully and certainly beleue that this blessed passion and deathe of the innocent sonne of God Iustificaâ—ion is the only perfite and eternal righteousnesse and iustificacion of man before God and the true satisfaccion raunsome and payment for the synnes of all the hole worlde And therfore forasmuche as I am throughly instructed in this most certain and sure strong argumeÌ„t of this our true and vndoubted christen catholike faithe I plainly confesse that man can in no wise be iustified pourged of his synnes or fynde any shifte to satisfie or to be clensed of them either by any workes or merites of maÌ„ but only by the free grace of God that that is to saye by the most blessed passion and giltles deathe of the crucified sonne of God And that we are made partakers of the innocencie and merite of the deathe bloodshead of Christ at suche tyme as we doo constauntly and faithfully beleue that the soÌ„ne of God is our owne and that he suffred that bitter deathe for our synnes to make vs righteous and blessed For I will in no wise contemne or recken as of non effecte the most fauourable free grace of God which opened it self most expressely plainly in the passioÌ„ deathe of Iesus Christ But I thinke rather verily and surely beleue and coÌ„fesse that we should openly cast away and compt the deathe of Christ to be of noÌ„ effecte in case we should seke or thinke to be clensed saued iustified froÌ„ our synnes by any other meanes than through faithe by that only bloodshead deathe rauÌ„som of Iesus Christ in asmuche as we heare the holy Apostle S. Paule saye I despise not the grace of God for yf righteousnesse Gala 2. 3. come by the lawe than Christ dyed in vayne And also If the enheritaunce come of the lawe than it is not of promyse But God gaue vnto AbrahaÌ„ by promise so that they which haue fayth are blessed with faythful AbrahaÌ„ As many therfore as in the olde lawe from our furst father Adames tyme vnto the coÌ„ming of Christ were blessed and iustified I beleue verely saye that they were made blessed holy and iustifyed through faithe of free pardon and grace by none other but by Iesus Christ the blessed sede alone Touching the fyfthe article I beleue and confesse that Iesus Christe The. 5. article very God and very man in the selfe same bodye that was hanged on the crosse and from thence taken downe and buried rose agayne froÌ„ the dead For althoughe our synnes be perfitly purged by the Lordes deathe and a most full satisfaction made therby for the same yet hope of lyfe is restored vnto vs and faythe in him is engendred in vs by his resurrection For yf he hade not rysen agayne we coulde not haue thought that deathe had ben ouercome And so we could not haue beleued that he hade satisfyed for our synnes For deathe is the hyre of synne And death remaynyng in his force synne must also be thought to remayne Moreouer Boddes spirite and faythe wherby Christes deathe and merites are applyed vnto vs be the gyftes of Christ raysed from the deade Of Christ I saye which hathe washed vs cleane from our synnes in his owne blood and so is become the propiciacion or mercy seate for our synnes and not for our sinnes only but for the synnes of all the hole worlde and nowe hauyng dyed for our synnes and being rysen agayne for our iustificacion he reygneth and trihumpheth ouer deathe Notwithstanding his very fleshe bones that is to saye his very humayne body with his reasonable and humaine soule was not deified that is to saye not chaunged turned in to his God-head but only clarified And the clarificacion dothe not consume waste nor take awaye the propreties of a very humaine body either the substaunce or facion therof but only despecheth deliuereth the body and the state of the body froÌ„ all diseases whether they be corrupcions or infirmities that is to saye from feare dreade sorowe heauynesse from all carke and care from hate from carnall loue couetous desires from false Ioyes and griefes froÌ„ affections troubles hoÌ„gre colde heate wearynesse and from al maner of infirmities saintnes smerte and specially from mortalitie and corruptioÌ„ And on the other parte it maketh the body and the facion of the body glorious cleare immortal and vncorruptible Suche a maner of body S. Paules wonted phrase is to call a glorious a spiritual body not that it is afterwarde no more fleshe nor that it is chauÌ„ged and turned in to the spirite 1.

waye to turne theÌ„ Let them runne on their rageing race vntil they bring them selues out of breathe And on the other parte Fyre fagottes hempe galowes stockes fetters prison make vs like to the ymage of the sonne of God and the suffring of deathe for the gospelles sake is the fulfilling Col. 1. of that is behinde of the passiones of Christ in our bodies to beare witnesse against tyrannes and wicked papistes and to be an example and encourageing of the hole congregacion The deathe of suche as suffre for the gospell is so precious in the sight of God that it is the ende of al troubles and sorowes and the begynnyng and entraunce of suche ioye and treasures as no eye hathe sene no eare hath â—o 5. 1. Cor. 2. hearde nor any harte is hable to perceaue This is most certainly true which as it is easily spoken or writteÌ„ but very harde for the cowardly fleshe to beleue it or to thinke on it whan the very pynce of trouble and persecucion cometh as I knowe by myne owne fearful experience ynough and to muche euen so I beseche God to lighten our hartes and remembrauÌ„ces with his holy spirite that whan the howre and fytte of sorowe and veracion cometh we maye coÌ„stauntly willingly ioyously laye the crosse on our sholders marche forewarde lustyly to the batail that is pitched against vs folowing the same trace that our captain and saueour Iesus Christ hathe ledde vs the waye so as by many tribulations and the straite Math. 7. waye which fewe fynde we maye entre in to the kingdom of heauen and receaue the crowne of eternal glorie that neuer shall fade awaye And be not deceaued my brethren with the doublefaced doinges and toyeng trades of those politike subtil sleightye wise men and nyggardly nyppe crustes which lyke as they fauour and haue set vp the Masse with al diligence some not only for auncient custome and opinatyue deuociones sake as draffe is good ynoughe for swyne but also for pretensed obedience and nien pleasing regarden the masse which is the deuilles inueÌ„cion and the workemanship of Antichrist more than they doo the syncere worde and sacramentes of God ministred according to Christes owne institucion so doo they loue and care more for their faire Abbeyes riche wealthe of ecclesiastical possessiones than they doo either for the masse or for any other religion as by their fyne frutes if they were forced to make restritucioÌ„ it wold most euideÌ„tly appeare for al their deuout masse hearing But aboue al other abhorre blisse you froÌ„ the participacioÌ„ coÌ„pany of the Diuorced priestes kynde of daÌ„nable dryuelles the priestes which in king Edwardes tyme coupled them selues in mariage som to auoide suspicioÌ„ of popery som to hyde the shame of their filthy doinges som for men pleasyng som to do as other did som for one respect som for an other And nowe whaÌ„ the doctrine of deuils is set vp againe the popishe powers of the world fauour not that chaste coÌ„dition of lyfe these dryuelles not only exâ—sse their faithlesse heartes in breaking the inseperable knotte boÌ„de of lawful mariage forsaking casting of their wyues wherby it is euident that their intent was only to couer their fleshely hoorishe lustes with the clooke of mariage without any inwarde coÌ„science to lyue in a chaste maried lyfe but also to shewe them selues the right Nu. 21. 2. Pe. 2. successours of Balaam the sonne of Bosor and to make their blasphemy and damnacion more notorious they renouÌ„ce recant and abiure their mariage at Antichristes coÌ„maundemeÌ„t and lyke damned dogges whom the eternal burning galowes of hell grone for they are returned to their vomite of massing and other Romishe religion crucifyeng afreshe and making Hebre. 6. Matth. 12 a mocke of the sonne of God most shamelesly blaspheme the holy goost wherof they shal be forgeueÌ„ nother in this worlde nor in the worlde to come Let them take their tyme whyle it lasteth for seyng they haue forsaken to be the membres of Christ and seyng they are made the membres of the harlot of Rome and become the temples of sathan to beare hell about with them and to glorifie the deuil in their bodies and in their bodily doinges Their finall damnacion is surely at hande At that tyme they shall knowe that it had ben better for theÌ„ to haue ben made lyke vnto the ymage of Christ in suffring the losses and reproches of the worlde for a littell whyle and shortlye after to be made partakers of his glorious resurrectioÌ„ eternal blisse than for a litel beastly bely cheare that shal sone haue an ende to suffre afterwarde perpetual paines and tormeÌ„tes with their predecessour Iudas Iscarioth world wtout ende Neuertheles I wishe them repentaunce euen from the very botom of my hearte Nether doo I speake this vpon any displeature or vncharitable affeccion conceaued agaynst any maÌ„nes person or worldly quietnes but only that it greueth the very harte roote of me to see the institucion of God so horribly dishonoured the honourable state of mariage so shamefully slaundred the congregacion of Christ so greuously offended the abominacioÌ„ of Antichrist so beastly obeyed and the holy goost so desperately blasphemed Alas why doo they not considre how haynons a synne it is to geue such an occasioÌ„ of slauÌ„dre ruine to the church of God how smal a gayne it is to wynne a smal pelting ê“mocioÌ„ of worldy liuing for a shorte space to cast awaie the price of Christes precious blood in vtterly daÌ„nyng their owne soules bequeathing theÌ„selues to the deuil for euer more For if Baalams mortal blynde asse rebuked that blynde ê“phetes folye muche more shal the immortal worme of these Asses nay Iudases consciences rebuke accuse theÌ„ of their blasphemie shameful slydig from the truthe at suche tyme as being past repentauÌ„ce they shall curse the daye that they were borne in the very howre wherin they were begotten These men be of that company vnto whom the holy goost biddeth vs not to saye so muche as God spede nether to eate nor drinke with them Finally good brethren be not partakers Masse hearing goss pellers of the example and faynt carnal excuse of those that saye although they goo to the churche and be present at the Masse yet they worship none but the lyuing God in their hartes hate the Masse as muche as we do Which sayeng is muche vnlike to be true but semeth rather a vayne pretensed fantasie and preposterous wrasting of some textes of scripture wherwith the Deuil deludeth the senses soules of many tendre carpet gospellers at this present tyme of tryall to bring them past repeÌ„taunce For Christ our saueour saithe No man can serue two maisters So it foloweth that forasmuche as the body which is the one parte of a man serueth the deuil the soule which is the other parte and ioyned with the body caÌ„not possibly

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