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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	eternal_a	life_n	6,405	5	4.6481	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16369	A commyssion sent to the bloudy butcher byshop of London and to al couents of frers, by the high and mighty prince, lord, Sathanas the deuill of hell.		1557 (1557)	STC 3286; ESTC S119267	6,562	26

A commyssion sent to the bloudy butcher byshop of London and to al couents of Frers by the high and mighty prince lord Sathanas the deuill of Hell SAthanas king of sorow prince of darckenes and lord of Hel Abbot of apostasie of the order of ypocresie prouost of pride prouincial generall of all mischiefe Unto oure true subiectes of the order of al couentes of liars we doo sende our greting with as good welfare as we haue our selues desiring charging you vpon your allegāce that ye at al times be readie obedient vnto this our will and commaundemēt Iesu Christ that miserable person the sonne of Mari hath deceiued vs. For in time of his liuing vpon the earthe he fained in al thinges vsing himself so sottellie craftelie that we might not know surelie what he was he liued in great pouertye and wretchednesse withoute anie worldlie lordeshippes Yf anye were ryche and wise he made them wret ches beggers and starke fooles to al mens iudgement 〈◊〉 them to liue onely in charitye and 〈◊〉 to despise the world and to refuse the vanities therof So that he his simple fooles taught the priestes and clerkes that 〈◊〉 be theyr successours and Christes disciples 〈◊〉 so to liue And vnto them he left certeyn foolyshe writinges called the Pistels and Gospels wherein they shoulde alwaies know their maisters simple liuing and how to lyue thereafter them selues Thys wretched and simple Christ was not onely contēt to lyue thus peuishly himselfe but he reproued the lordes Byshops high princes priestes our chaplains of honour and al the scribes and phareses the executors of our daylye seruice because they were contrarye to hys lyuynge and teachynge and the true fulfyllers of our high commaundements they that wer altogether giuen as our eternall wyll was to couetousnes and lordshippes They had religious Abbotes holy orders perfect commaundemēts of the law with all other thinges that becommeth our seruauntes to haue Whyche thinges semed very holy and without deceit vnto the eyes of the vnlearned people Therfore this cursed Christ reproued opēly our hie Lordes and great clarkes In so much that bothe we aud they were in daunger and feare of losing the mighty kyngdome of thys worlde whiche we haue in peaceable possession And doutlesse yf we hadde not by our excellent learnyng inuented and found a short remedie we had clearly bene vndone But wee and oure faythfull Lordes Preestes Clerkes Scribes and Pharases withall oure myghtye parsons of our kingdome founde a meanes by our wisedom might and power to put him to 〈◊〉 after such a fassion and by the auctoritie of the law that no man could finde faute in his condempnacion but euerie man iudged him warthie of death sauing a 〈◊〉 foolish vagaboundes that had no dwelling place whō also he had deceiued with his false doctrine So that we thought our selfe and all ours to be out of daūger for euer But now that we knew not him to be God he hath deceiued vs and set vs in woorse case then euer we were before through the might of his Godhead For he arose from death to life the thirde daye and shewed him self to his Disciples Of this our soldiours which kept the sepulchre were witnes he dyd also teach preache the kingdome of heauen to his frendes which is contrary to our eternal lordships And after 〈◊〉 daies he ascēded vp into heauen commaunding his apostles to preache his gospel to euery creature thorow oute all the world And ten daies after he sent them his holy spirite whiche both taught them all veritie and also strengthned and boldned them so that they nether feared vs nor our mighty power though we put thē to death but went forth boldlie preached his gospell vnto al men So that they withdrewe from our mighti lordships more people thē euer their wretched maister christ did In so much that the hie wai clergie of our mightie kingdome was ouergrowen and worē cleare out of knnwledge where thorowe we our most eternall Lordshyps were almost destroyed Wherfore we perceauinge thys by our eternal wysdome and many other ieopardies that might haue fallen to our excellent parsone ordeyned a general counsel of al Dukes princes barons cōmens wyth the cursed company of our religions and lordships of hel to set a redresse in al thinges And so by our sage and wyse counsell it was deuised that euery mischiefe must be destroyed by his contrary And where as the mischiefe and destruccion of oure kyngdome came by pouerty mekenes and despising of Lordshippes whiche al priestes had learned of Christ and his disciples therefore oure highnes thoughte wyth oure wyse counsaile that oure religion and true seruice muste be recouered againe with riches of priestes by mightye power by sottell learnyng and by al worldlye honour For this our highnes hath deuised and 〈◊〉 that priestes of al de grees mighte be of a great multitude to haue 〈◊〉 without nomber to haue also all maner of rule and worldly 〈◊〉 and so great power ouer euery man that no mā might ouerface them But to rule Lordes and Kynges and all the world at their pleasure And thus to come with more diligence to our seruice and Lordships to bring this our high counsel the better to passe we moued the Emperour in Pope 〈◊〉 hys daies by our 〈◊〉 and prinye meanes to geue and 〈◊〉 Priests clarkes with al worldly lordships which was cō trary to y e doctrine of our wretched 〈◊〉 Christ. And for because we would not that it should be perceiued we deuised this to bee geuen vnder y e colour of an almes For Siluester was a litle scrupulous and if we had not diligentlie entised him vnder this colour of almes hee woulde haue forsaken it We also perswaded him to bestow it on holie Churche and so thorowe our hie wisdome we brought to passe that he tooke these worldlye Lordshippes and all his successours haue folowed hys steps and in that thinge succeded him most fastest so that now they haue gathered so plenteously that they are lordes and kinges of the arth and are become our true and faithful chaplaines of honour And thē not long after we deuised for them certaine priuilegies that they and al theirs shuld be exempte from al due obedience and from vnder the correction of anie good lawe But that al other men shuld be rather vnto them Also because we could not be serued in poore litle churches we deuysed large monastaries proude saying piping with out hart So that we made thē honour our enemy christe with their lyps and honoured vs with their harts we also haue ordained that nothing shuld be mynistred in our temples without mony wherwith they might haue welfare of bodye with delicate meates and drinkes gorgious apparel in the sight of the world great places to maintaine their lordships in because we wold not be proued cōtrarie to Christ we deuised y t no man shuld cal ani