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enemy_n	field_n	good_a	sow_v	1,310	5	10.0524	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17662	The institution of Christian religion, vvrytten in Latine by maister Ihon Caluin, and translated into Englysh according to the authors last edition. Seen and allowed according to the order appointed in the Quenes maiesties iniunctions; Institutio Christianae religionis. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Norton, Thomas, 1532-1584.	1561 (1561)	STC 4415; ESTC S107154	1,331,886	1,044

it is lyke vnto a corne fielde whiche beyng sowen with good graine is by the ennemies fraude scattered with tares of whiche it is not cleansed vntyll the croppe bee broughte into the barne floore Fynally let them heare that it is lyke vnto a floore wherein the wheate is so gathered together that it lyeth hydden vnder the chaffe tyll beyng clensed with fanne and sy●e it be at length laide vp in the grainer If the Lorde pronounce that the Churche shall euen to the daye of Iudgement be troubled with this euyll to be burdened with mynglyng of euyll men they doo in vayne seeke for a Churche sprynkled with no spotte But they crie out that it is an intollerable thyng that the pestilence of vices so raungeth abroade What if the saying of the Apostle dooe here also answere them Among the Corithians not onely a few had gone out of the waie but the infection hadde in a maner possessed the whole body There was not onely one kynde of synne but many neither were they light offences but certayn horrible outragious doings it was not onely corruption of maners but also of doctrine What in this case saith the holy Apostle that is to say the instrument of the Holy ghoste by whoe 's testimonie the Churche standeth and falleth Doth he require a diuision from them Doth he banishe them out of the kingdom of Christ Doeth he strike them with the extremest thunderbolt of curse He not only doeth none of all these thyngs but he both acknowledgeth and reporteth it a Churche of Christ and felowship of sainctes If there remayne a Churche among the Corinthians where contentions sectes and enuious partakynges doo broyle where quarels and brawlynges be in vre with a gredynesse of hauyng where that wicked dooyng is openly allowed whiche were abhominable amonge the very Gentiles where Paules name is vniustly rayled at whome they ought to haue honoured as their father where some scorne at the resurrection of the dead with ruine wherof the whole Gospell falleth where the gracious giftes of God serue to ambition and not to charitie wher m●ny things are vncomely and vnorderly doone and if therfore there styll remayne a Churche because the ministerie of the word and of the Sacramentes is there not refused who dare take away the name of the Churche from them that can not be charged with the tenth part of these fau●es They that with so great precisenesse deale so cruelly against the Churches of this present tyme what I pray you wold they haue don to the Galathians which were almost vtter forsakers of the Gospel among whom yet the same Apostle founde Churches They obiect also how that Paule greuousely rebuketh the Corinthians for sufferyng in their company a man that was a hainous synner and then he setteth a generall sentence wherin he pronounceth that it is vnlawfull euen to eate breade with a manne of reprochefull lyfe Here they crie oute If it be not lawfull to eate common breade howe may it be lawfull to eate with them the bread of the Lorde I confesse in dede that it is a greate dishonour if hogges and dogges haue place among the children of God it is also a muche more dishonour if the holy body of Christe be geuen foorth to them And truely if they bee well ordred Churches they will not suffer wicked men in their bosome and will not without choise admitte bothe worthy and vnwoorthy together to that holy banket But forasmuch as the Pastors doo not alway so diligently watche yea and somtyme are more tender in bearyng with men that they ought to be or are hindered so that they can not vse that seueritie that they woulde it commeth to passe that euen they that ar openlye euyll are not alway thruste out of the company of the holy ones This I graunte to bee a faulte neyther wyll I dymynysshe it sithe Paule dooeth so sharpely rebuke it in the Corinthians But although the Churche be slacke in her duetie it shall not be therfore immediately in the power of euery priuate man to take vpon him selfe the iudgemēt to seuer him I do in dede not deny that it is the doyng of a godly man to withdraw himselfe from al priuate company of euil men to entangle himself in no willing familiaritie with them But it is one thing to flee the companie of euill men and an other thyng for hatred of theim to forsake the Communion of the Churche But where as they thynke it sacrilege to be partakers of the Lordes bread with them they are therin muche more rigorous than Paule is For where he exhorteth vs to a holy and pure partakyng he requyreth not that one should examin an other or euery man the whole Churche but that they should echone proue hym selfe If it were vnlawfull to comunicate with an vnworthy man then truely Paule would byd vs to looke circumspectly whether there were any in the multitude by whoe 's vncleannesse we might be defiled Nowe when he requireth onely of euery man the proofe of themselues he sheweth that it nothyng hurteth vs if any vnwoorthie doo thruste them selues in among vs. And nothyng els is ment by this whiche he saieth afterwarde He that eateth vnworthily eateth drinketh iudgement to him selfe He doeth not say to other but to himselfe And rightfully For it ought not to stande in the choise of euery particular man who bee to be receiued and who to be reiected The knowledge hereof belongeth to the whole Church which knowledge can not be had without lawfull order as hereafter shall be saide more at large Therfore it shoulde be vnryghtuous that any priuate man should be defiled with the vnworthynesse of an other whome he neyther can nor ought to kepe backe from commyng to it But althoughe by this vndiscrete zeale of rightuousnesse this tentation doeth sometyme also entre into good men yet this we shall finde that to muche precisenesse groweth rather of pride disdainfulnesse and false opinion of holynesse than of true holynesse and true zeale therof Therfore they that are bolder than other and as it were standerd bearers to make any departyng from the Churche for the moste parte doo it vpon no other cause but in despisyng of all men to boast them selues to be better than other Therfore Augustine saieth well wisely When godly order and maner of Ecclesiasticall discipline ought principally to haue regarde vnto the vnitie of Spirite in the bonde of peace whyche the Apostle commaunded to be kept by bearyng one with an other and whiche beeyng not kepte the medicine of reuenge is proued to bee not onely superfluous but also pernicious and therfore nowe to be no medicine at all those euill children which not for hatred of other mens iniquities but for affection of their owne contentions doo gredyly labour eyther wholly to drawe or at least to diuide the weake common peoples entangled with the bosting of their name swelling with pride madde with stubburnesse