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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04924	The copie of a letter, sent to the ladye Mary dowagire, Regent of Scotland, by Iohn Knox in the yeare. 1556. Here is also a notable sermon, made by the sayde Iohn Knox, wherin is euydentlye proued that the masse is and alwayes hath ben abhominable before God and idolatrye	Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.	1556 (1556)	STC 15066; ESTC S106838	35,093	130

after drincke of the water of lyfe drincketh there with damnation death How by whome it hath beÌ„ enuenomed if it were no more tediouse to youre grace to reade heare then it is paynfull to me to write or reherse I wold not spare the labor But for this present I haue thought it soÌ„e discharge of a parte of my duety If I of very loue admonish your g. of y â— daÌ„ger whiche I do as God one daye â—â—all declare preferring youre g. saluation and the saluatioÌ„ of the people now committed to youre care before any corporal benefyt that can â—â— dounde to my self Ye thinke peraduenture that the care of religion is not coÌ„mitted to magistrates but to the bisshoppes estate ecclesiastical as they terme it no no the negligeÌ„ce of bisshoppes shall no lesse be requyred of y e handes of magistrates because they foster and maintein them in â—yâ—anny them shall the oppression of fals iudges whiche kynges mainteyn and defend I doubte not but your grace doeth woÌ„der howe that the religioÌ„ that is vniuersalâ—â— receyued can be so damnable and so corrupted But if youre grace shall coÌ„sider that euer from the beginning the multitude hath declined from God yea cueÌ„ in the people to whome he spake by his lawe and prophetes if ye shall consider the complaynte of y e holy Ghoste complayninge that nations people princes and kynges of the earth haue raged made conspiracies and holden counsailes against the Lord and against his anointed Christe Iesus Further if ye shall consider the question whiche Christe Iesus hym selfe doeth moue in these wordes when the sonne of man shal come shall he fynde fayth in the earth And last if youre g. shall coÌ„sider the manifest contempt of God of all his holy preceptes whiche this day raygneth withoute punishment vpon the face of y e hole earth For as O seas complayneth there is â—overitie there is no mercy there is no knowledge of God in the earth but lyes periury mur ther theft and adultery ouerflow al and bloud hath touched bloud that is euery iniquitie is ioyned to an other If depely I say youre grace shall consider conteÌ„plate the vniuersal corruptioÌ„ that thys day reygneth in al estates then shal youre g. cease to wonder that many are called few are chosen And ye shall begyn to tremble to folowe the multitude to perditioÌ„ The uniuersall defection whereof sainct Paule did prophesy is easy to be â—sâ—â—ed aswell in religion as in manners The corrupcioÌ„ of lyfe is euident â— religion is not measured with the playne worde of God but by custome coÌ„sâ—etude will consent and determinations of men But shal he who hath proâ—â—nced all cogitations of mans haâ—â— to be vayn at all tyme accept the counsaylles and consentes of men for a religion pleasâ—nge acceptable before hym Let not youre grace be disceaued God can not deny hym selfe he hathe witnessed from the begynnynge that no religion pleaseth hym except that which he by hys owne worde hath commaunded established The veritie it â—elf pronunceth this sentence In vayne do they worshippe me teaching doctrines the preceptes of men And also all plantation that my heauenlye father hathe not planted shalbe routed out Before the cumming of his welbeloued sonne in the fleshe seuerallye he punished al such as durst entreprise to alter or change his ceremonies or statutes as in Saule Vzias Nadab Abihu is to be redde And wil he now after that he hath opened his hole couÌ„sail to y e world by his only soÌ„ne whoÌ„ he hath coÌ„maÌ„ded to be hearde And after y t he by hys holy spirit speakig in his apostles hath established the religion â—â— whiche he willeth hys trew worshippers to abyde to the end wil he now I say admitte mens inueÌ„tions in the matter of religion whiche before he reâ—â—ted for daÌ„nable Idolatry If man oraungels wolde affirme that he will or may do it his owne veritie shal conuict them of a lye for this sentence whiche he once pronunced shall abyde immutable to y e ende Not that which appeareth good in thine eyes shalt thou do to the Lorde thy God â–ª but what y e Lord thy God hath commaunded the that do thou adde nothing to it dyminishe nothinge from it The whiche thinge sealinge vp hys new testameÌ„t he repeteth in these wordes I wil lay none other but then vpon you but that which ye haue holde till I come And therfore yet again it repenteth me not to say that in this point whiche is chief principale youre grace must dissent from the multitude of rulers or els ye can possesse no portion with Christ Iesus in his kyngdome and glory An orator Goddes messinger also iustlye mighte requyre of you nowe by Goddes hande promoted to hye dignitie a motherly pitie vppon youre subiectes a iustice inflexible to be vsed agaist murtherers commoÌ„ oppressours a hart voyde of auarice and partialitie a mynd studiouse and carefull for maintenance of that realme common wealth aboue whiche God hath placed you and by it hath made you honorable with the rest of y e virtues whiche not onely Goddes scriptures but also wryters illuminated onely with the lighte of nature requyreth in godlye rulers But â—ayn it is to craue reformation in manners where the religion is corrupt For like as a maÌ„ can not do the office of a man except first he haue a being or a life So to worke woâ—tes pleasante in the sight of God the father caÌ„ no man do without the spirite of the Lorde Iesus whiche doeth not abyde in y e hartes of Idolatrers And therfore y e moste godly princes Iosias ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Iosaphat seâ—ing goddes faâ—â—or to rest vpon them vpon their people before all thinges began to reforme the religion For it is as the stomake within y e body whiche if it be corrupted of necessitie it infecteth y e hole masse And therfore oft I repete that which is most necessary if your grace pretend to raigne w t Christe Iesus then it behoueth you to take care ouer his trew religioÌ„ the which this daye within your realme is so deformed that no part of Christes ordinances remayn in their first strength original puritie the which I praise god is lesse difficil to me to proue then daÌ„gerous to speake And yet neither the one nor y e other I fear partly because the loue of life eternall quencheth the terrour of temporall death And partely because I wolde with sainct Paule wishe my self accursed from Christe as touching earthely pleasure for y e saluatioÌ„ of my brethern illuminatioÌ„ of your grace Which thing work very dede not bare word wryting shall witnes declare if I maye purchase the libertie of tunge but fortye daies only I am not ignoraÌ„t how daÌ„gerous a thiâ— it appeareth to y e natural maÌ„ to in nâ—â—ate any thing in matters of religioÌ„ And partli

shedde for you and for many in remission of synnes Marke that remission of synneâ— is attributed too the sheddinge of Christes bloudde And Paule saieth Christ is dead for our synnes And in an other place by one oblation or sacrifice hath he made vs persyte foreuer Consider diligently that remission of synnes is attributed some tyme to the sheddyng of Christes bloudde some tyme to hys death and some tyme too the hole sacrifice whiche he made in suffering all payn And why this whether if there be diuers manners to obteyn remission of synnes â—o but because euerâ— one of these thre necessarily foloweth other remission of synnes is commonly ascribed to any of them For where so that euer Christe is offred there is hys bloude shedde his death subsequently foloweth And so papistes if ye offre Christe in sacrifice for synne ye shedde hys bloud and thus newly kylhym Aduerte too what fyne youre owne desyre shal bring you euen to be kyllers of Iesus Christ Ye will saye ye neuer pretended such abomination I dispute not what ye entended but onelye I shewe what absurdite doeth folowe vpon your owne doctrine For necessarelye if ye do offre Christe for synne as ye confesse and youre lawe doeth teache ye cruelly shedde hys bloudde fynally do kyll hym But nowe will I releaue you of this anguish dolorouse it were daily to coÌ„mit maÌ„ slaughter often times to crucify the king of glory be not affrayed ye do it not For Iesus Christe may suffre no more shed his blod no more nor dye no more For y â— he hath dyed he so dyed for syn that once and now he lyueth and death maye not preuayle against hym And so do ye not kyl Christ for no power ye haue too doe thesame Onely ye haue deceyued the people causinge them beleue that ye offred Iesus Christe in sacrifice for syn in your masse whiche is fryuole and fals For Christe maye not bee offerred because he maye not dye I moste gentellye exhorte all desyringe too obiecte agaynste these precedentes ripely too consider the grounde thereof whiche standeth not vppon the opinion of man but vppon the infallible woorde of God And to resume euery parte of these argumentes and ley them too the hole bodye of goddes scriptures And then I doubte not but all men whose senses the princes of darcâ—enes and of this worlde hath not execated shall confesse with me that in the masse can bee no sacrifice for synne And yet too the great blasphemye of Christes death and open denyall of his passion hath it ben affirmed taughte and beleued that the masse was a sacrifice for the sinnes of the quicke and the dead Whiche opinioÌ„ is moste false vayn wicked And so I thinke the masse too be abomination and Idolatrye no man of indifferente iudgemente will denye Lette no man entend to excuse the masse with the pretext of the Lordes supper For nowe shortly wil I proue that therwith it hath no congruence but is expresse coÌ„trarye to it and hath taken the remembraunce of the some oute of mynde And further it is blasphemous to y â— death of Iesus Christ Fyrst they are contrary in institution for the Lordes supper was institute too be a perpetuall memory of those benefites whyche we haue receiued by Iesus Christ and by hys death And firste we should call to mynd in what estate we stoode in the loynes of AdaÌ„ when that we all blasphemed the maiestie of God in hys face Secondly that hys owne incoÌ„prehensible goodnes moued hym to loue vs moste wretched myserable yea moste wicked blasphemous and loue moste perfyte compelled hym to shewe mercy And mercy pronunced the senteÌ„ce whiche was that his onely sonne shoulde paye the price of oure redemption Whiche thinge beinge righteously called to memorye in the present action of the soupper coulde not but moue vs to vnfeyned thankesgeuinge vnto God y e father and to hys onely sonne Iesus who had restored vs agayne to libertie and lyfe And this is it which Paule coÌ„mandeth sayeng as ofte as ye shall eate of thys bread and dryncke af this cup ye shall declare the Lordes deathe tyll he come that is ye shal laude magnify and extolle the lyberall fyndnes of God the father and the infinite benefytes whiche ye haue receyued by Christes death But the masse is instituted as y e playn woordes thereof and their owne lawes do witnesse too be a sacrifice for the synnes of y e quicke and the dead For doinge of the whiche sacrifice God is bounde not onely to remitte oure synnes but also to geue vnto vs what euer we will aske that shal testifye diuers masses celebrated for diuers causes Some for peace some in time of warre some for rain some for fayre wether yea and alas my hart abhorreth suche abomination some for syckenesse of bestyall They will saye they seuerally take prayers for obteyning suche thinges And that is all whiche I desyre they say for the obtayning of suche vayne tryfles destinate they their hole purpose so prophane the sacrament of Chrystes bodye and bloudde if that were any sacramente whiche they abused so whiche shoulde neuer bee vsed but in memorye of Christes death Then shoulde it not be vsed to praye that the touthe ache bee taken awaye frome vs that oure Oxen shoulde not take the lowing yll oure Horse the spauen or farsye and of all manner diseases for our cattel Yea what was it wherfore ye wolde not saye masse peruersed priestes But let vs heare more The supper of the Lord is the â—yfte of Iesus Christe in whiche we should laude the infinite mercye of God The masse is a sacrifice which we offer vnto God for doinge whereof we alledge God shoulde loue and commend vs. In the supper of the Lord coÌ„fesse we oure selfs redemed from synne by the death and bloude of Iesus Christe onely In the masse craue we remissioÌ„ of synnes yea and whatsoeuer thyng we lifte by working of that same worke whiche we presently do oure selfe And here in is the masse blasphemous vnto Christe and hys passioÌ„ For in so farre as it offreth or promitteth remissioÌ„ of synnes it imputeth imperfection vppon Christe and hys sacrifice affyrminge that all sinnes were not remitted by hys deathe but that a great parte are reserued to be purged by vertue and the value of y e masse And also it is iniurius vnto Christe and not onely speakinge moste falsly of hym but also vsur pynge too itselfe that whiche is proper to hym alone For he affirmeth that he alone hath by hys owne death purged the synnes of the hole world and that no parte resteth to be clensed by any other meanes But y e masse syngeth an other song whiche is that euery day by that oblatioÌ„ offred by the priestes is synne purged and remission obteyned CoÌ„sider papistes what honor youre masse geueth vnto Christe Laste in the supper of y â— Lord we graunt our selfes eternal debtours to

God vnable any waye to make satisfactioÌ„ for his infinite benifits which we haue receiued But in the masse alledge we God too be a debtour vnto vs for oblation of that sacrifice whiche we there presently offre and dare affirme y â— we there make satisfaction by doyng thereof for the sinnes of our self and of others If these precedentes be not coÌ„trary let men iudge with indifferency They differre in vse for in the Lordes soupper the minister and the congregation sat bothe at one table no difference betwixte them in preâ—minence nor habyte as witnesseth Iesus Christe wyth hys disciples and the practyse of the apostles after hys death But in the papisticall masse y â— priestes so wil thei be styled are placed by them selfe at an aultar and I wolde aske of the authoritie thereof and what scripture coÌ„maunderh so to be done They must be cladde in a seueral habyt whereof no mention is made in the newe testament It will not exeuse them to say Paule commaÌ„deth all too be done with order decently Dare they be so bolde as to affyrme that the soupper of Iesus Christ was done withoute order and vndecently wherein were seene no suche disaguysed vestimentes Or will they sette vp too vs agayne the Leuiticall priesthode Shoulde not all be taught by the playn worde Prelates or Priestes I aske one question ye wolde bee lyke too the vestymentes of Aaron in all thinges Aharon had affixed vnto hys garmentes certeyn belles which were commaunded too rynge and to make sounde as ofte as he was cladde therewith But priestes youre belles lacke â—unges they rynge not they soaÌ„d of nothinge but of the earth â–ª Nothinge vnderstandeth the people of all your ceremonies Feare ye not the wrathe of God it was coÌ„maunded Aharon that the sound of hys belles shoulde bee hearde that he dyed not Â¶ Aduyse herewith for thys matter apperteyneth vnto you IN the supper of the Lorde all were equally participante the bread beynge broken the cup beynge distributed amongest all accordinge to hys commandemeÌ„t In the papisticall masse the congregation â—etteth nothing except the beholdinge of your duckings noddinges crossinges turninge rplistinge which all are nothing but a diabolicall prophanatioÌ„ of Christes supper Now ducke crosse and nodde â—s ye lyste they are but your own inuentioÌ„s And finally brether ye got nothinge but gased behelde while that one did eate drynke all It shall not excuse you to saye the congregation is participante spiritually O wicked antichristes sayeth not Iesus Christ Eat of this and drynke of this all do this in remembraÌ„ce of me Christ commauÌ„deth not that one should gase vpon it bowe ducke becke thereto but that we shoulde eate and dryncke therof oure selfs and not that we should behold others do thesame Oneles we wold confesse the death of Iesus Christ to apperteyn nothing to vs. For when I eate drynke at that table I openlye confesse the frute and vertue of Christs body of hys bloude and passion too apperteyn to my selfe and that I am a membre of his misticall body that God the father is appeased with me not withstandinge my first corruptioÌ„ preseÌ„t infirmitie Iudge brethren what comfort hath this taken froÌ„ vs which wil that the sight thereof shalbe sufficient I wold aske first if y â— sight of corporal meat or drynke doeth fede norish the bodye I thinke they wil say nay And I affirme y â— no more profit receiueth the soule in beholding an other eat drinke the Lordes very soupper as for their Idolatry it is alway daÌ„nable thaÌ„ y e body doeth in beholdig an other eate dryncke thou receyuinge no part therof But now briefly let this coÌ„traâ—â—tie be collected In the Lordes soupper are offerred thankes for the benefites whiche we haue receyued of God In the masse wil the papist compell God to grauÌ„t â–ª all that he asketh of hym by vertue of that sacrifice And so alledgeth that God should referre thaÌ„kes vnto him that doeth masse In the soupper of the Lorde y e actors humbly dyd confesse theÌ„ self redemed only by Christes bloud whiche once was shedde In the masse the prieste vanted hym selfe to make a sacrifice for y e synnes of the quicke the dead In the Lordes soupper all y e partakers of that table graunted and coÌ„fessed them selfs debtours vnto God vnable to referre thankes for the benefites whiche wee had receyued of hys liberalitie In y e papistical masse alledgeth the priest y e God is a debtour too hym vnto all theÌ„ for whome he maketh y e sacrifice For he doth affirme remissioÌ„ of synnes to be obteyned therby in that y e masse is blasphemous to Christes death â–ª In the Lordes supper all sat at one table no differeÌ„ce in habyt nor vestiment betwene the minister and the congregation In the papistical masse the priestes are placed bi them selfs at an aultare as they call it are clad in disaguysed garmentes In the Lordes supper fynally all did eate of one bread drincke of one cuppe But in the mischeuous masse one ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ did eate and dryncke all Consider now beloued brethreÌ„ what hath the fruytes of y e masse ben euen in her greatest puritie the masse is nothinge but the inueÌ„tion of man set vp without al authoritie of goddes worde for honoringe of God and therfore it is Idolatry Vnto it is added a vain false deceyuable and moste wicked opinioÌ„ that is that by it is obteyned remission of synnes and therfore it is abomination before God It is contrarious vnto the supper of Iesus Christ and hath taken awaye bothe the righte vse and remembraunce therof therfore it is blasphemous to Christes death Maynteyn or defend the papisticall masse who so lifte this honor and seruice vnto God did all whiche vsed the same And here I speake noâ— of the moste abominable abuses as of byeng sellinge vsed nowe of late by the mischeuous priestes but of the masse in her moste hye degre and most hoâ—est ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ â–ª yea euen of y e great Gaudeamus songe or sayde by Gregory the greate as papistes do call hym Let no man thinke that because I am in the realme of Englande that therfore so boldely I speake agaynst this abomination naye God hath taken that suspicioÌ„ froÌ„ me For the body lyenge in moste paâ—â—full bondâ—â— amongest y â— middes of cruell tyranâ—es hys mercy and goodâ—es prouided that y â— haÌ„d should wryte and beare witnes to the confession of the hart more abound antly than euer yet the tuÌ„g spoke And here I call my God to recorde that neither profitte too my self haued of any person or persons nor affection or fauour that I beare towardes anye pryuate man causeth me this dai to speake as ye haue hearde but onely the obedience which I owe vnto god in ministration shewinge of hys worde the common loue which I beare to your saluation For so odious and abominable I knowe

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