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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	life_n	soul_n	52,626	5	5.6856	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03083	A brefe and a playne declaratyon of the dewty of maried folkes gathered out of the holy scriptures, and set forth in the almayne tonge by Hermon archbyshop of Colayne, whiche wylled all the housholdes of his flocke to haue the same in their bedchambers as a mirror or glasse dayly to loke in, wherby they might know and do their dewties eche vnto others, and lede a godly, quiet and louing life togethers, and newly translated into ye Englishe tonge by Hans Dekyn.	Wied, Hermann von.; Dekyn, Hans.	1553 (1553)	STC 13208; ESTC S112652	9,078	40

A brefe and a playne declaratyon of the dewty of maried folkes gathered out of the holy scriptures and set forth in the almayne tonge by Hermon Arcbyshop of Colayne whiche wylled all the housholdes of his flocke to haue the same in their bedchambers as a mirror or glasse dayly to lokein wherby they might know and do their dewties eche vnto others and lede a godly quiet and louing life togethers and newly translated into y e Englishe tonge by Hans Dekyn Jacob. i. ☞ Se that ye be the dores of the worde not hearers only disceyuing your selfes Colloss iij. ¶ Aboue all thinges put on loue which is the bande of perfectnes FOr asmuche as the deuyll is moste redye to make stryfe where there ought to be most loue and hath with heddy wyl fulnes concupiscence and ignoraunce so blinded the hartes of those which lyue vnder the iocke of matrimonye that as I maye iudge by their frutes there be very fewe that lede their lyues therin accordinge to the lawes of Christ Therfore my deare welbeloued Christians whyche profes the Gospell to the intent that you shulde lyue therin according to your professyon and knowledge I haue here brefely and playnlye set forthe what it is and howe you oughte to lede youre lyues therin accordynge to the rules of the holye scryptures so that youre pure and godly life may be a good example and also make suche asshamed as wolde sclander the holy Gospell and professars of the same yee and that there wunted worde whyche is marke these newe men by their liuing maye sounde to Goddes glory to the honoure of hys moste holye worde and prayse of al them in Christe whych do profes the same You shall fyrste vnderstande that wedlocke is an hye and blessed order ordeyned of God in Paradyse whyche hath euer bene had in greate honoure and reuerence wherin one man and one woman are coupled knyt together in one fleshe and body in the feare and loue of GOD by the free louynge hartye and good consente of them bothe to the intente that they two maye dwell together as one flesshe and bodye of one wyll and mind in all Godlynes moste louyngly to helpe and comfort one another to brynge forthe chyldren and to instructe them in the lawes of GOD. Also to a voyde fornicacyon and all vnclennes and so in all onestye vertue and Godlynes to spende theyr lyues in the equall partakynge of all suche thynges as God shall sende them wyth thankes geuynge And because that the wyfe is in subiectyon to hyr husbande I wyll begynne wyth hyr and shortelye declare what dewtye and obedyens she oweth vnto hym by the commaundementes of the scriptures Saynt Paul sayeth ye wyues submyt youre owne husbandes as to the Lorde for the husbande is the wyues heade as Christe is the heade of the congregacion Therefore as the congregatyon is in subiectyon vnto Christe lykewyse let wyues be in subiectyon to they re husbandes in all thinges so that the wyfe muste be obedyent vnto hyr husbande as vnto Christ hymselfe wheroute it foloweth that the sayde obedyens extendeth not vnto anye wyckednes or euyll but vnto that whyche is good oneste and comely In asmuche as God delyteth onlye in goodnes and forbyddeth euil euerye where it foloweth also that the disobediens that a wife showeth to hyr husbande dysplayseth God noles then when he is dysobeyed hymselfe For the wyfe ought to obey hyr husbande in all poyntes as the congregation to Christe whych loueth Christe onelye and aboue all thynges she is glad and willyng to suffer for Christes sake she doth all for the loue of hym Christe onelye is hyr comforte ioye and all togethers vpon Christe is hyr thought day and nyghte she longeth onelye after Christe for Christes sake yf it maye serue to hys glorye she is hartelye wel contented to dye yee she geueth ouer hyr selfe hole thereto for Christes loue knowynge assuredlye that hyr soule hyr honoure bodye lyfe and all that she hath is Christes owne Thus also muste euerye oneste wyfe submyt her selfe to playse hyr husbande wyth all hyr power and geue hyr selfe fre lye and wyllynge to loue hym and obeye hym and neuer too forsake hym tyll the houre of deathe And forther sayeth sayeth Peter Let the wyues be in subiectyon to theyr husbandes that euen they whych beleue not the worde may wythout the word be wonne by the conuersacyon of the wyues whyle they beholde youre pure conuersacyon couplyd wyth feare whose aparell shall not be outwarde wyth brodryd heare and hangynge on of golde ether in puttyng on of gorgius apparell but let the hydman of the harte be vncorrupte wyth a meke and quyet sprete whyche sprete is before God much set by for after thys maner in the olde tyme dyd the holye women whyche trusted in God tyre themselfes and were obedyente to theyr husbandes euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him hyr Lorde whose doughters ye are as lōg as ye do wel And Paul vnto Tytus speak sayth he that the elder women be in suche apparell as becommeth holynes Not beynge false accusars not geuen to muche wyne but that they teache onest thinges to make the yōg wemē sober minded to loue their husbandes to loue their chyldrē to be discrete chaste husewyfelye good obedyent vnto theyr husbādes that y e word of GOD be not euyll spoken of Here maye you learne that a wyfe oughte to be dyscrete chaste huswyfelye shamefaste good meke pacyent and sober not lyghte in countynans nor garyshe in apparall wyth dyed or curlyd heare paynted nor pasted but wyth a comelye grauytye and a sadde behauoure of a constante mynde true tonged and of fewe wordes wyth suche obedyens in all Godlynes too hyr husbande and heade as it be semes a Christian to haue vnto Christe and to the intente that the husbande in lyke cause maye learne hys dewtye let hym harken what Saynt Paul sayeth take hede that he turne not hys auctorite to tiranny Husbandes loue youre wyues sayeth he as Christe loued the congregacion and gaue him selfe for to sanctifye it now must you vnderstande that the husebande is the wyues heade as Christe is the heade of the congregacyon and Christ showeth to the congregacyon the same thynge that the heade showeth to the bodye for lyke as the heade seyth and hearyth for the whole bodye stodyeth and deui seth for to preserue it in strength and lyfe euen so dothe Christe defende teache and preserue his congregatyon For he is the eye hart wysedome and gide thereof so oughte husbandes then to loue theyr wyues be theyr heades in lyke maner to showe them lyke kyndnes and offer the same fassyon to gyde them and rule thē wyth dyscrecyon for there presaruatyon and not wyth fo rs or wylfulnes to intrete them and saynt Paul saith forther so oughte men to loue theyr wyues as theyr owne bodyes he that loueth hys wyfe loueth ueth hym selfe for