Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	apostle_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	4,180	5	9.2107	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18441	[A treatise against the Defense of the censure, giuen upon the bookes of W.Charke and Meredith Hanmer, by an unknowne popish traytor in maintenance of the seditious challenge of Edmond Campion ... Hereunto are adjoyned two treatises, written by D.Fulke ... ]	Charke, William, d. 1617, attributed name.; Fulke, William, 1538-1589.	1586 (1586)	STC 5009; ESTC S111939	659,527	941

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coelibe_v quidam_fw-la essent_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la utuntur_fw-la calibatu_n ad_fw-la pauli_n institutum_fw-la &_o normam_fw-la ut_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la castitas_fw-la esse_fw-la queat_fw-la cvius_fw-la hîc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d mentionem_fw-la facit_fw-la isti_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la castitate_fw-la meritum_fw-la iactantiam_fw-la &_o magnificentiam_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o hominib_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o in_o eafidunt_fw-la idquod_fw-la cunfide_v pugnat_fw-la d._n paulus_n verò_fw-la exeafacilitatem_fw-la quandam_fw-la &_o seruitutem_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la effecit_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la verò_fw-la status_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la labour_v svo_fw-la vivit_fw-la arcadico_fw-la iumento_fw-la signior_n etc._n etc._n thou_o will_v object_v by_o thy_o sentence_n therefore_o shall_v no_o man_n remain_v continent_n but_o every_o one_o shall_v marry_v which_o thing_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o text_n of_o saint_n paul_n i_o answer_v i_o speak_v now_o of_o the_o spiritual_a state_n be_v compare_v to_o matrimony_n not_o of_o continency_n or_o virginity_n the_o spiritual_a state_n or_o the_o spiritualty_n be_v good_a for_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n but_o be_v most_o wicked_a and_o it_o be_v better_a that_o there_o be_v never_o man_n a_o spiritual_a man_n and_o that_o all_o be_v marry_v but_o as_o for_o virginity_n &_o truecontinency_n it_o be_v a_o other_o thing_n then_o the_o state_n of_o the_o spiritualty_n of_o which_o saint_n paul_n in_o this_o place_n speak_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o he_o speak_v of_o true_a chastity_n for_o no_o state_n in_o the_o world_n be_v more_o shameless_a and_o more_o prone_a to_o filthy_a lust_n than_o the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o spiritual_a state_n as_o this_o day_n experience_n do_v testify_v and_o if_o any_o of_o they_o be_v continent_n yet_o they_o use_v not_o their_o continency_n to_o the_o purpose_n and_o rule_v of_o saint_n paul_n so_o that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v that_o chastity_n whereof_o saint_n paul_n make_v mention_n in_o this_o place_n for_o these_o man_n of_o their_o chastity_n do_v make_v a_o desert_n a_o boast_n and_o magnificense_n before_o god_n and_o man_n and_o put_v their_o trust_n therein_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o faith_n whereas_o saint_n paul_n thereof_o have_v make_v a_o certain_a easiness_n and_o service_n unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o the_o spiritual_a state_n live_v not_o of_o their_o labour_n be_v more_o slow_a than_o a_o ass_n etc._n etc._n thus_o have_v thou_o reader_n luther_n judgement_n out_o of_o his_o own_o say_n by_o which_o thou_o may_v &_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v what_o injury_n this_o falsarie_n have_v do_v unto_o he_o in_o say_v that_o luther_n affirm_v the_o state_n of_o virginity_n or_o continency_n to_o be_v as_o stink_a dung_n promote_a to_o impiety_n when_o luther_n speak_v of_o the_o popish_a spiritualty_n who_o doctrine_n and_o manner_n be_v blasphemous_a and_o wicked_a like_o the_o old_a heretic_n call_v apostolici_fw-la and_o origeniani_n turpes_fw-la 40._o which_o boast_v of_o continency_n and_o perform_v nothing_o less_o as_o epiphanius_n and_o other_o do_v testify_v the_o second_o of_o these_o last_o 4._o that_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n do_v not_o counsel_n but_o dissuade_v virginity_n unto_o christian_n you_o point_n ask_v if_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v more_o contrary_a to_o christ_n and_o saint_n paul_n saying_n master_n charke_n answer_v you_o sufficient_o the_o counsel_n pertain_v not_o to_o all_o but_o unto_o those_o that_o have_v the_o gift_n the_o rest_n be_v dissuade_v from_o the_o attempt_n and_o for_o they_o that_o have_v the_o gift_n master_n charke_n say_v it_o be_v more_o profitable_a for_o they_o many_o way_n to_o abstain_v luther_n say_v nec_fw-la ideo_fw-la coelibatum_fw-la &_o virginitatem_fw-la reprobare_fw-la mihi_fw-la animus_n est_fw-la nec_fw-la inde_fw-la quenquam_fw-la ad_fw-la iugale_n vinculam_fw-la invitare_fw-la cuique_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la svo_fw-la divinitut_o impertito_fw-la ut_fw-la potest_fw-la feratur_fw-la neither_o be_v it_o my_o mind_n to_o rey_a continency_n and_o virginity_n nor_o to_o provoke_v any_o man_n from_o thence_o unto_o wedlock_n let_v every_o man_n bear_v himself_o according_a to_o the_o gift_n that_o he_o have_v receive_v of_o god_n as_o he_o can_v what_o will_v you_o say_v more_o that_o all_o man_n be_v here_o exhort_v unto_o virginity_n even_o those_o that_o have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o continency_n it_o seem_v you_o will_v by_o alledgeing_a the_o say_n of_o saint_n jerome_n quasi_fw-la hortantis_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o our_o lord_n as_o it_o be_v exhort_v and_o stir_v 19_o up_o his_o soldier_n to_o the_o reward_n of_o chastity_n he_o that_o can_v take_v it_o let_v he_o take_v it_o he_o that_o can_v fight_v let_v he_o fight_v conquerre_v and_o triumph_v and_o who_o do_v jerome_n mean_a by_o his_o soldier_n all_o man_n in_o different_o or_o those_o only_a who_o god_n have_v arm_v with_o the_o grace_n &_o gift_n of_o continency_n if_o you_o 〈◊〉_d say_v all_o s._n jerome_n in_o the_o word_n go_v immediate_o before_o in_o the_o same_o place_n will_v tell_v you_o another_o tale_n qui_fw-la potest_fw-la capere_fw-la capiat_fw-la ut_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la consideret_fw-la vires_fw-la svas_fw-la utrum_fw-la poffit_n virginalia_fw-la &_o pudicitiae_fw-la implere_fw-la praecepta_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la enim_fw-la castitas_fw-la blanda_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quemlibet_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la alliciens_fw-la sed_fw-la considerandae_fw-la suntvires_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la potest_fw-la capere_fw-la capiat_fw-la he_o say_v he_o that_o can_v take_v it_o let_v he_o take_v it_o that_o every_o man_n may_v consider_v his_o strength_n whether_o he_o be_v able_a to_o fulfil_v the_o precept_n of_o virginity_n and_o chastity_n for_o chastity_n in_o deed_n of_o itself_o be_v pleasant_a and_o allure_a every_o man_n unto_o it_o but_o man_n must_v consider_v their_o strength_n that_o he_o which_o be_v able_a to_o take_v it_o may_v take_v it_o you_o see_v here_o that_o christ_n exhort_v none_o but_o they_o that_o be_v able_a by_o his_o grace_n and_o that_o all_o have_v not_o strength_n to_o contain_v those_o that_o have_v the_o strength_n luther_n also_o exhort_v to_o use_v it_o they_o that_o have_v it_o not_o be_v command_v by_o the_o apostle_n to_o

marry_v the_o three_o doctrine_n touch_v the_o necessity_n of_o a_o wife_n to_o everieman_n to_o be_v as_o great_a as_o the_o necessity_n of_o eat_v drink_v point_n or_o sleepe_v which_o import_v that_o he_o may_v not_o welmisse_v she_o 24._o hour_n together_o you_o marvel_v master_n charke_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o maintain_v but_o neither_o luther_n nor_o charke_n do_v maintain_v it_o necessary_a for_o every_o man_n to_o have_v a_o wife_n but_o only_o for_o they_o that_o have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o continency_n which_o can_v avoid_v sin_n without_o marriage_n as_o the_o text_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v manifest_a where_o you_o infer_v 〈◊〉_d that_o then_o he_o may_v not_o well_o miss_v she_o 24._o hour_n together_o it_o be_v a_o fond_a conclusion_n for_o the_o like_a necessity_n of_o thing_n bind_v not_o to_o the_o like_a often_o use_v of_o the_o same_o thing_n as_o if_o i_o shall_v say_v meat_n and_o drink_n be_v as_o necessary_a for_o the_o life_n of_o man_n as_o breathe_v it_o 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to_o honesty_n also_o but_o suft_v i_o pray_v you_o etc._n etc._n and_o so_o proceed_v to_o inveigh_v against_o such_o purpose_n and_o at_o length_n come_v to_o these_o word_n cite_v by_o our_o defender_n and_o other_o that_o follow_v verum_fw-la profectò_fw-la est_fw-la eum_fw-la lenonem_fw-la esse_fw-la oportere_fw-la quimatrimonium_fw-la fugiat_fw-la &_o quî_fw-la aliter_fw-la eveniret_fw-la posteaquam_fw-la marem_fw-la &_o foeminam_fw-la commixtionis_fw-la &_o multiplicationis_fw-la causa_fw-la condidit_fw-la at_o quare_fw-la scortatio_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la statu_fw-la non_fw-la antevertitur_fw-la nam_fw-la ubi_fw-la praecipua_fw-la gratia_fw-la non_fw-la excipiat_fw-la necessum_fw-la est_fw-la naturam_fw-la feruere_fw-la &_o multiplicaeri_fw-la si_fw-mi ●d_a in_o matrimonio_fw-la non_fw-la contingat_fw-la ubi_fw-la aliâs_fw-la quàm_fw-la in_o fornication_n aut_fw-la peioribus_fw-la peccatis_fw-la accideret_fw-la it_o be_v true_a in_o deed_n that_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o bawd_n which_o fly_v matrimony_n and_o how_o can_v it_o be_v otherwise_o see_v he_o have_v create_v man_n and_o woman_n for_o copulation_n and_o multiplication_n sake_n but_o why_o be_v not_o whoredom_n prevent_v by_o the_o state_n of_o marriage_n for_o where_o special_a grace_n do_v not_o except_o a_o man_n nature_n must_v needs_o boil_v and_o be_v multiply_v if_o that_o happen_v not_o in_o marriage_n where_o shall_v it_o happen_v else_o but_o in_o fornication_n or_o worse_a sin_n yea_o the_o say_n which_o i_o cite_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o next_o point_n before_o do_v follow_v necideo_fw-la coelibatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n neither_o do_v i_o reject_v continency_n or_o virgininitie_n let_v every_o man_n use_v his_o gift_n as_o he_o have_v receive_v it_o of_o god_n all_o which_o i_o suppose_v be_v manifest_a to_o declare_v that_o luther_n count_v not_o all_o man_n bawd_n that_o live_v unmarried_a but_o those_o only_a that_o have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o continency_n and_o which_o by_o 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paulo_n petro._n s._n deiparae_fw-la virgini_fw-la ac_fw-la divis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la habemus_fw-la enim_fw-la eundem_fw-la 1._o the_o saurum_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la bonaque_fw-la omne_fw-la tam_fw-la largiter_fw-la quàm_fw-la ipsi_fw-la siquidem_fw-la &_o ipsosnon_fw-la secus_fw-la atque_fw-la nos_fw-la renasci_fw-la oportuit_fw-la quare_fw-la non_fw-la plus_fw-la habent_fw-la quàm_fw-la quilibet_fw-la reliqui_fw-la christiani_n because_o we_o be_v bear_v again_o the_o son_n and_o heir_n of_o god_n we_o be_v equal_a in_o dignity_n and_o honour_n to_o saint_n paul_n saint_n peter_n to_o the_o virgin_n mother_n of_o god_n and_o to_o all_o the_o saint_n for_o we_o have_v the_o same_o treasure_n of_o god_n and_o all_o good_a thing_n as_o large_o as_o they_o for_o that_o be_v necessary_a for_o they_o also_o no_o less_o than_o we_o to_o be_v bear_v again_o therefore_o they_o have_v no_o more_o than_o all_o other_o christian_n by_o these_o word_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o luther_n make_v 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the_o areopagite_n and_o his_o writing_n as_o he_o suppose_v not_o counterfeit_a but_o where_o lay_v the_o book_n of_o dionyse_n for_o 600._o