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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	blood_n	body_n	lord_n	7,994	5	4.1792	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00261	A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sente[n]ces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes.; Brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ	I. B., fl. 1547.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed author.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed author.	1547 (1547)	STC 1035; ESTC S103779	21,747	42

and his benefytes laudynge and thankynge hym magnyfyenge his holy name and then also eate of this bread and dryncke of thys wyne to a remembraunce that Chryste hath gyuen his body and shed his bloude for vs. Math xxvi And because that it is a comyn vse that a token of remembraunce hath the name of the thynge that is remenbred by it Therfore hath Chryst called the breade his bodye and the wyne his bloude not that his substaunce is in the breade and wyne but that we sholde remember hym therby Lykewyse as the ●…aster lābe was called the passyng by and yet was it not in it selfe the very pas syng by but a token or remembraunce of the passyng by Deynge now that the easter lambe hath the name of the thing that the Israelites remembred by it and wherby they myght euer lastyngly kepe in remembraunce the benefytes of god right conuenient is it that Christe hath called the breade his body and the wyne hys bloud bicause that we shoulde remēber therby his death and passion yea the only sacrifice of his body whiche he hath sufferyd to be broken and his bloud to be shed for vs. Neuerthelesse how be it that the materyall body of Chryste is not in the bread nor his bloude in the wyne yet neuerthelesse is the supper of the Lorde 〈◊〉 parttakynge but spyrytually of the body and bloud of Chryste as Paule sayth Is not the ●…uppe of thankes geuyng wherwith we gyue thākes a parte taking of the bloud of Christ And the bread that we breake is it not the 〈◊〉 takyng of the body of Chryste These wordes of Paule do witnesse clerely that the faythful eate the body of Christ spiritually vnder the breade and wyne yea lykewyse as a bryde receyueth her housbande with a rynge euen so receyue the faithfull Christe to be theyr owne and euerlastynge saluacyon But that some men wyll haue that the bodyly presence sholde be in the breade is a great mysse vnderstandynge of the godly worde yea it is an antechrystes doctryne which is contrary bothe to our fayth and to al holy scrypture For we be leue and holy scrypture beareth wytnes that Chryste after his resurrection is ascended vp into heauen and sytteth vpon the ryght hand of his almighty father Rom. viii And bideth ther as concernynge hys bodyly presence but spiritually he hath promised to abide with vs to the ende of the worlde in hys worde Mat. xxviii And seynge that now Chryste as concer nyng his bodely presence abydeth at the ryght hand of his father Hebre. x. so may not the body of Chryste be in the breade And agayne it is agaynst all truth that Chryste at one tyme hath ben in many or diuers places as touching his body Forthermore we do dayly se what dredful ydolatrye is s●…rong out of the carnall vnderstandynge of these wordes of Chryste This is my body and yet dayly spryngeth to the great and abominable slaunder of the honoure of god so that men worshype a piece of breade for theyr god yea and holde that to be theyr maker And the papystes locke hym in ●…olde and syluer not remēbrynge what Paule and Stephen wytnesse sayenge The mooste hyghest wyll not dwell in temples made wyth mannes handes Actes vii and. xvii O blynde men that are so bewytched of the whore that ye can not nor wyll not beleue the manifeste truth O blyndnesse and great presumptuousnesse of the papistes that wyll take vpon them to fetche Iesu Christe out of heauen into a piece of breade whyche is consumable as we clearelye se by experience and that it shoulde be worshypped for God whyche is euerlastynge and vnchaungeable Nowe what remedye for we can not helpe it therfore muste we do as the Lorde Iesu Christe spake vnto hys apostles of the phariseis sayinge Let them go for they are blynde and leaders of the blinde whē one blynde leadeth an oth●…r so fall they both into the dytche Mat. xv But the Lorde muste be thāked that out of his vnmeasurable grace hath ●…ned our eyes that we can se knowe wherfore we shal take the bread and the wyne in the supper namely for a memoriall and token of the sufferyng and death of Iesu Christ yea for the body and bloud of Christe but that for the by names sake and not of the material thynges behalfe as is aboue rehearsed of the Easter Lambe ☞ Forthermore the supper of the Lorde is also a ioynynge togyther of the christen cō●…regacion in loue And also the congregacion that wyl holde thys supper muste be well appoynted and ioyned togyther in brotherly loue yea they must stande in one spirite and soule Philip i. hauing a burning loue For Paule sayth we many are one breade and one bodye in as muche as we are partakers of one bread Lyke wise as y t mebres of one body are not in stri●… one agaynste an other but in a charitable vnitie seruynge one an other i. Corhi xii so maye there no stryfe nor debate be founde in the con gregacion of God i. Corhin i. so that any man shoulde onely care and take thought for hym selfe and not care nor loke vpon his brothers lacke but the one muste helpe and care for the other in al thynges necessary where he can or maye Gal. vi and no man must seke that that is his but euery one the others wealth Philip ii And lykewise as of the graynes of corne can not be baken breade but through fyre euē so can not the congregacion be a right spirituall lofe wherof Paule speaketh but through burning loue charitie And so ought y t christē congregacion to be one lofe i. Cor. x. For lykewyse as many graynes are sowen to the entēt that breade shoulde be baked of it So soweth the greate father of housholde his preciouse wheate into the acre or grounde of this world to the entent that they all shoulde become one lofe and breake the supper of the Lorde rightly after the wordes of Paule we many are all one breade and one body in as much as we are parte takers of one breade i. Cor. x. And where so euer the congregacion is not so apoynted and the breade broken in thys maner there is the bread eaten and the wyne drōken to a iudgement from the whiche God the merciful father wyll defende and kepe all diligent louers of the euerlastyng trueth tho●…owe his vnexpressable goodnesse and mercye Amen ¶ Of the very chrstian kyngdome VVE beleue also that god the heauēly father hath gyuen to his onely begotten sone Iesu Christe al powre in heauen and erth Math. xxviii yea as Paule sayth He hath set hym on his ryght hande in heauenly thynges aboue all powre rule myght and domynyon and a boue al that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in the worlde tocome Ephe. i. Aboue all this hath the heauēly father especyally instituted and ordeined Iesu Christ his onely begotten sonne to be a kyng ouer the mount of

and grace hathe gyuen vs a cleare vpryght f●…yth that he kepe and reserue vs forth in thys peryllous tyme frome all false doctrynes of the mynisters of the hellish Sathan And that we thorowe the Aungells coloure which they often tymes haue vpon them may not be per●…erted to ●…aue the trueth of god And forther●…e do wee praye vnto the lorde that he wyll so strength and fortyfye vs with his holy gooste that we do not ware wery of●…s sufferynge persecution for the ryghtuousnesset sake but that we maye be able to stande in all dreadfull sclaunder and tyrannous persecucions of the wycked Antechristes spirites yea and that we rather yf it be neade suffer thys bodely death byding in our fayth then we shoulde forsake it and dye eternally Frō the which eternal death the Lorde God preserue 〈◊〉 them that loue and seke hym wyth all theyr hert through Iesu Christe our Sauiour To whom be laude prayse honour ma●…estie and dominion for euer Amen To the reader NOthing cā be so plain so manifest or op●… but the cauillour who seketh nothing els but doubtes wil finde abosidaunce of mattier therin to make the same at the fyrste syght to appeare harde obscure and darke In like maner he the lyueynge of the faythfull beleauers in C●…histe neuer so Godly and agreable to the truth be it neuer so quiet peaceable and ciuile yet wyl the aduersaries fynde mattier ynough to deface it so that the simple people shal iudge none other but that they be heretykes they●… lyues a●…ominable theyr sayinges doynges sediciouse disquiet and sclaunderouse What man can deuyse to wryte more Godlye then Paule dyd to the Romaynes And yet were there some that sayed he woulde haue men to synne ●…o the intente that the mercye of God myght be the more aboundaunt in the forgiueynge of the same Roma iii. Who coulde leade so godly a lyfe in suche austeritie and hardenesse as Iohn the Baptiste dyd And dyd not the Iewse saye that he had a dyuell in hym To be b●…fe who conlde frequent the company of synners and misleueynge people wyth so perfyte crample of lyueynge haueynge so great force to drawe them from theyr wickednesse to folowe his example as Christe dyd And dyd not the Pharisies reporte hym to be a frende and maynteyner of euyll lyuers and open s●…ners Math. ri The same schole maister that instructed these false detractours hath also and doeth daylye instructe oure papistes in the ●…ame his documentes and playne lections The deuyll I saye leaueth not hys olde pr●…actyse but kepeth his dearelye beloued ●…n ●…re wythal Yf any man preache or wryte of the iustificacion by fayeth and doe therin declare the vnworthinesse of vs and our workes whyche can desetue nothinge towarde our iustification incōtinent they c●…e out vpon hym heretyke he sayeth men shal be saued thought they lyue neuer so vngodlye Vf he speake any thynge concernynge the abuse of the ceremonies and sacramentes what ●…rclamacions do they make howe do they reporte hym to be a sacramentarye Yf he speake anye thynge of Baptisme declaryng that neyther the holynes of the water neyther of the oyle can gyue the grace therin promised and that the was shynge in the founte auayleth not them that obserue not the profession they make there howe detestable an anabaptiste shall he be compted Of the supper of the Lorde who can wryte or speake any thynge concernyng the abuse therof but he is charged wyth the vtter deniall of the same That thou therfore christen reader mayst so wythdrawe thy credyt frō these false reporters that thou wylte but once thynke it possible that they maye belye these men whom they cal men of the newe learnyng I haue set forth thys lyttle boke wherein thou mayste se what fayth they haue that beare thys euyl reporte And that thou mayste thereby be prouoked fyrste to trye the spirites whether they be of God or not and after to credyt them euen as thou shalte fynde them worthye The prouerbe teacheth the that it is not all golde that glyttereth and we haue learned by experience that it is not all Gospell that the prieste preacheth Trye the golde therfore by the toutche stone ▪ the priestes preachinge by the worde of God Prou●… the spirites and knowe for certentie that that spirite is not of God whyche denieth that Christe is come in the fleshe And what other thynge is that then to denye that hys comynge in the fleshe is the sufficient and onelye satisfaction for oure synnes Who so euer he be therfore that denieth vs to be frelye redeamed by Christe wythout any part of our desertes the same denyeth Christe to be come in the fleshe If thou proue them therfore once to haue denyed on thys wyse that Christ came in the flesh I besech y ● euen for Christes sake to trye theyr reportes by the scripture or thou credyt them And thē as thou fyndest them so take them The Lorde open the eyes of thyne herte that thou mayst se the hydde and secretes abhominacions Amen ☞ Praye Christian reader that the worde of the Lord may haue free passage and that we may lyue a God ly lyfe there after that it may be acceptable in hys syght FINIS