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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	church_n	teach_v	tradition_n	3,694	5	9.0240	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08463	A sarmon, of Ihon Oecolampadius, to yong men, and maydens	Oecolampadius, Johann, 1482-1531.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587.	1548 (1548)	STC 18787; ESTC S104178	12,767	48

pompe and that with contynuall prayers Resyst the vyces whiche growe in you Good chyldren lerne to pray gladly our lordes prayer so shall you proue to good men and shall be bothe worshyp to the cōmenwealth and an ornamēt to chrstyes relygion Flee from such company whose mynde is all set to doo myscheyfe These be wycked persones which go about al they can toppres the veryte by their maneres their counsels and lyfe how be it they be not able to euerte although thei sumwhat obscure it but onli in ther owne hartes which delyte in lyes God is mercifull and very gentill therfore call apon hym in chrystes name And dyspise not the grace of god after the fasshyon of sum yong men to foolyshe and lyghte whiche yll prouyd for them selues both heare in the world to come But these flowers and life of theirs will sone vade thā shall they perceiue forthynke in their myndes what thei haue doune I beleue that catholik churche et c. There is but one faith of all that euer haue ben bothe prophetes and Apostelles And thys vniuersall churche is not conteined in one place here but in all places of the world chrystes church is dysꝑsed be you not deceiued so to think christes church only to be whych is gouerned vnder the wycked pope The lorde hath hys people in euery place The true church is that whiche hath the worde of god the olde and new testament whiche hathe here sacramētes baptyme and the lords bread Yf any thynge be taught the a gaynste the ryght doctryne of the gospell by any man how holi so euer he be be it to the accursed Yf the papystes do teach the true honor worshyp and dygnyte of chryste folow and embrace that doctryne But elles yf they teach any other thynge that is their owne dremes and traditions a voyde yt quickly leste you bee defyled with the leuen therof And be not quick ī beleuing them that say Our forefatheres the byshops with all the generall counselles gathered to gether in the holi ghost haue appoynted this though yt be dyrectly agaynste the worde of god therfore you must beleue it vnder payne of eternall damnation Let them auaunte with their baggage and phantasyes wherewith they haue infectted and deluded all the world so long Let the youth learne the worde of god exactly so shall they easely iudge of the faythe and worde of god and shall not lyghtly swarue from goddes ryght doctrine The shepe of Chryst heare and perceyue hys voyce and folowe hym whyther so euer he goyth The forgiuenes of sinnes c. Som herytyckes there haue bene whiche haue denyed forgyuenes of synnes and haue inuented I can not tell what pestylent doctryne out of ther owne heades Also let these a voyed with there errors Christ callyth synners to hym dayly A men dement of lyfe is preached to all men for them to obtaine forgiuenes of they re synnes Troble not your selues a bout aurycular confessyon To the lorde confesse your synnes euery day and hower the whyche he only forgeueth hym selfe you fathers haue respecte and regarde of your seruantes maides that they run not all the yeare long in they re fylthines with out feare of god And so doynge you shall be lightly alowed of god let thē learne sermones early out of the worde of god wher by they shall learne to know god which is the begynning of an honest lyfe forgyue you all enuye and all harered And your father in heauen shall forgiue your offences We haue remissiō of syns where In the crosse whā as christ suffered for all our synnes that is the synnes of al the world Thynke ye not there synnes to be pardoned which lyue in all wyckednes and fylthynes God forbid that we shuld saye such mene beleue in christ that haue they re hartes full of filthenes and replenyshed with all mischeffe And let no man thynke yt muche thoughe he suffer here sum kynde of crosse in thys world for the iustyce glory of god we haue a promyse of reysyng of our flesh wherof the faythfull mā nothyng doubteth but is suer in nothyng more that there is an other lyfe after thys much better and iyofull Thys is oure fayth which is taught vs from our youth and which all christen men do professe Nether do we teach any other what so euer papistes bable of vs. yf this fayth be lyuely in vs it wyll brynge forth fruytes accordyngly What doth baptisme make it clenseth vs in this maner from synnes And lyke as the water purgeth the body so doth the word of god purge the soule Let vs abhorre renoūce our fylthy and synfull lyfe yf we be christen men in dede as we professe Howbeit yet the appetite pronesse to synne remayneth in vs styll the which yf we trust in the lorde is pardoned and takē a way throughe grace Our prayer with all desier that the glory of our Lorde may go forward and that his kyngdom daily may be enlarged vnto all the endes of the earth wyl they nyll they these wicked papistes Let our supplication and prayer be to god after hys wyll pleasure which standyth euer profitable to vs warde Say O most holy father helpe our infirmytees forgyue our manifold offēces Gyue vs right faith that we may be applyaunt to all good workes which your wyll requireth Deliuer vs from euill that is from the deuill that he haue no power nor impery vpon vs. Exercise your selues much in the lordes prayer Put a waye the bokes of your wicked praiers wherof all the world is full And be not like the hypocrytes whiche haue a greate pleasure to bragge they re prayers before other men whyche also stand ī euery corner of the stretes that they may be sene of all mē but these haue theyr rewarde alredy let them loke for none of god Mat. vi It is tyme I think now to draw to a conclusyon seyng the hower is full vp I beseche and desire you fathers by our Lorde Iesus chryst that you gyue good chrstiane example in your houses to your chyldren and seruantes Proue you exammynie wel your hartes cōmyng to receiue the sacramentes If you fynd thys in your selues that ye can be cōtente to leade a chrysten lyfe here after ye may bouldly com yf not a way leste ye be gyllty of the bodi bloode of the lorde Or yf you do pourpose as you be wont to do after the feast of easter to ronne from towne to towne lyke madde men to fall agayne to your olde cōditions banketynge with your hores and with your harlots I do you to wytte you receyue yt to your damnatyon Thou that arte a father instantly call vpon thy sonne or thy seruant that he come not hither to dyshonest the borde of the lord or to receyue to him his owne iudgment as paule speaketh It is not one dayes busynes all our life time we ought to emploi thys matter We wyll not after the papystes maner our gestes come to thys christē feaste Let the papistis goe with their erores It is no lyght thyng to receyue the body and blood of our lorde here lyeth the weyght of all the matter that we shuld hereafter lede a new lyfe forsakyng our olde sīfull nature Let all things spring of a faith vnfained so al shal be well both here and in the world to come we shall bothe please men and all the Aungelles aboue for they doo greattli embrace such as theise adhore god sincereli if we wold folow thys rule of charite that we wolde loue our neighbour as our selues pray for all our enemyes thā wold god haue greate delyte in vs. Nether let vs thynke the chrysten lyfe cōsisteth in wordes only but in workes and dedes other els do we nothyng but sclaunder the name of chryst amonge infydeles The lord lyghten all our myndes with hys grace that we may do all thynges to his glory And to the edyfyenge of hys Catholike church So be yt ❧ FINIS ❧ Imprinted at London by me Humfrey Powell dwellyng aboue Holburne conduit And are to be sould by Hugh Syngleton dwellyng at the sygne of Saynt Augustine in Poules church yarde