Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	church_n	true_a	visible_a	19,269	5	9.3685	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10684	An ansvvere to a Romish rime lately printed, and entituled, A proper new ballad wherein are contayned Catholike questions to the Protestant, the which ballad was put foorth without date or day, name of authour or printer, libell-like scattered and sent abroad, to withdraw the simple from the fayth of Christ, vnto the doctrine of Antichrist the pope of Rome / written by that Protestant Catholike, I.R.	Rhodes, John, fl. 1606.	1602 (1602)	STC 20959; ESTC S1295	13,979	42

should goe to preach and to baptize also What company then tooke in hand to winne and to conuert this Land With other countreyes farre and neere but Rome our Mother-Church most deere The Protestants answere OUR Bibles teach all trueth in deede which euery Christian ought to reede But Papists thereto will say nay because their deedes it dooth bewray Christ he the twelue Apostles sent But who gaue you commandement To winne and gather any where to binde by othe to vowe and sweare Newe Proselytes to Popery ' gaynst trueth our Prince Countrey The Papist proceedes SAint Paul in his Epistle sayth The Romanes had the Catholike fayth And was so farre foorth renowmed that none like it was published Throughout the world in places all to be the trueth vniuersall If yours in England had bene so then to your Churches I would goe But till you proue your faith thus cleere to yours I will no more come neere The Protestants answere WHen Rome returnes to Christ againe and be as once it did remaine I meane when Paul to them did write and when that fifteene Popes in sight Did suffer for the Gospell pure England for truth you may be sure Will ioyne and ioy with Rome againe with Italy with Fraunce and Spaine And Antichrist shall be cast downe which now doth weare y t triple crowne The Papist proceedes WE reade in Prophet Malachy there shall be offrings farre and nye A cleane oblation Sacrifice from place where now the Sun doth rise Vnto the setting of the same O what is that I pray thee name If this be not the holy Masse I le be a Protestant as I was Wherefore resolue me speedily if thou wilt haue my company The Protestants answere SAint Ierome and Tertullian or any other learned man Writing on this short Prophecy preached by Prophet Malachy Shall iudge in this for vs and you who giues best sence and meaning true We say it speakes of pure prayer not of your Masse but Christs Supper And you to make poore soules your asse doe say it 's meant of Popish Masse The Papist proceedes IN th'eighteenth Psalme there it is found that the world shall heare their sound That is to say shall vnderstand in euery Nation Realme and Land That Rome and eke the fayth of Rome is vniuersall without doome Go where you will the world throughout and Rome is famous without doubt And if this marke you doe not want then presently I will recant The Protestants answere THe Psalme for number you mistooke Eighteene for nineteene in your booke The sense thereof first literall is meant of creatures great and small And to the Romanes for the sound is meant Gods word which doth abouÌ„d And not for Popish doctrine taught of which in that age no man thought Therefore your sound glory and fame is now nought else but open shame The Church of Romes continuance The Papist proceedes THis is another marke most sure the fayth of Christ must still endure According as our Sauiour sayd when for Saint Peter once he prayd Simon thy faith shall neuer fayle the gates of hell shall not preuayle The holy Ghost your Comforter he shall remayne with you euer And my selfe your surest friend will be with you to the worlds end The Protestants answere VVE graunt the trueth must stil endure but of this one thing let 's be sure And that is whether we or you doe hold the Fayth of Christ most true Your doctrine is a doung-hill heape of mans traditions which did creepe Into the Church by some and some vntil you had spoyled Christs Kingdome Christs words to Peter you abuse therefore your sense we doe refuse The Papist proceedes SAint Paul doeth playnly write and say There shall be in the Church alway Apostles Prophets and such like that for the flocke of Christ shall seeke And by their preaching bring them home of Iewes Gentiles where they roame Our Church haue these and many moe which labour thus and bide much woe If this be false and not at Rome then will I be conuerted soone The Protestants answere SAint Paul in places three doeth showe what men into the world should goe And after those of Pastours all that should bring men froÌ„ Sathans thrall In setled Congregation still there to be taught Gods word and will But as for Munks for Priests for Fryers for Iesuites and common lyers They haue no warrant in Gods word although they reigne with fire sword 5 The Church visible The Papist proceedes THis is another marke most cleare the Church of God must still appeare And as a City on a hill so must we see it flourish still And as a candle shining bright so must Gods Church appeare in sight Our Sauiour saith If one offend and will not by rebukes amend Esteeme him as a wicked man a Heathen or a Publican The Protestants answere HOw long will Papists blinded be in that which euery eye may see The Church is called Militant and troubles it doth neuer want So that sometimes as Sunne and Moone it is eclip'st and hath her doome In mans conceit to shine no more but God againe doth her restore To shine and shew her beautie bright to teach and censure men aright 6 Of Succession The Papist proceedes ANd is not that the Church most true wherein succeeded still in viewe Of Bishops some two hundred three as thou in Histories mayest see Saint Peter first and then the rest which haue the people taught and blest Shew me this marke once amongst you and I will say your faith is true If not it is the Church of Rome that I will cleaue vnto for doome The Protestants answere FOR trueth this your succession came from false Prophets euery one From Balaams time vnto this day with high Priests and such like alway And holy Scripture doth describe the Pope with his condemned pride And though you say he doth excell yet he and you may burne in hell Iohn in the Reuelation writes of Romes desolation 7 Of their Vnity The Papist proceedes THere is another marke also by which the true Church you may know And that indeede is Vnitie set out in many a Similie By Christ our Sauiour who foretold of one Shepheard and one sheepefold One Spowse one husband her to loue one darling deare and one fayre Doue One fayth one baptisme is heere and no dissention dooth appeare The Protestants answere THe name of Church I know you seeke though euery way you be vnlike By these your markes eche filth may proue themselues to be Christs Church Doue Eche sinne is spred vniuersall it 's visible to great and small Idolaters haue Unity and hypocrites Antiquity But Trueth which euery one should bring they and you want in euery thing 8 Their Holinesse The Papist proceedes YOu Protestants doe daily read in Nicen and Apostles Creed The Church of God must holy bee which we

performe in each degree Most holy men and sacrifice sweet seruice and fine Ceremonies Seuen Sacraments we haue alwaies double and treble holy daies Virgins and Saints Martyrs and all be ours and you haue none at all The Protestants answere GOds Church we know is sanctifide by Christ his spirit who is their guide And holy dueties still they doe on Sabboth daies and other too But your vaine seruice we detest your May-game pastimes and the rest Your Popish Saints and votaries all your traytrous Martyrs great small Nothing in you but Holynesse when none commit more wickednesse 9 A speach touching heretikes Schismatikes c. The Papist proceedes and concludes with this speach OVr Sauiour warnes vs to haue care and of false prophets to beware Which in his name to vs will come not sent by him and yet they runne Strong theeues not entring in aright by Christ the dore but in the night They breake in at the windowe hie and deale that none may them espie Their comming is not to doe good but like to Wolues they thirst for blood Yet in sheepes clothing these doe goe because Gods people should not knowe But that they are his Pastors sure which Christ hath seÌ„t with doctrine pure To teach to preach to set and sowe that Christ in th' end might reap mow But when their seeds are somewhat sprung they proue but tares and darnell young Thistles and thornes so are they found choking and cumbering the ground The Papist holds on his tale These liue e'ne as they list truly their God we see is their belly Like dogges and foxes so they range sects they deuise and schismes strange Heaping vpon themselues damnation for liuing after such a fashion These notes and marks we find in you more then in any Turke or Iew Who doe deny the name of Christ and doe not make them any Priest You say that your faith did appeare to be the truth sixe hundred yeare But tell me then Sir if you can when Popery at first began Where were the seruants of the Lord durst none of them then speake a word Where were the feeders of the sheep were they all dead or fast asleepe Did none of them defend the trueth but was controld in age and youth DId now S. Peters strong faith fayle and did the gates of hell preuayle Or did the salt his sauour lose did Christ some other spouse then choose Or was truths piller ouerthrowne by which all truth was to be knowne If this were so Christs word so playne and promises must be but vaine Which was that heauen and earth should quaile before his word one iote should faile Where haue you byn so long a time and vnto whom did your light shine Where did your chiefest Pastor sit who kept your keies your helme ship Shew vs some Churches you haue built as we can shew where you haue spilt What were all damn'd eternally that were not of your company How might a man haue found you out to heare and helpe in things of doubt When Luther like a lying Fryer one whom the diuell did inspire Did breake his vowe to wed a Nun euen then your heresie begun And fauoured was in Saxony by Dukes that loued liberty And in King Edwards time agayne it gan to grow and spread amayne A thousand yeeres you write and say that Papistry did beare the sway And during all that time and space we say you durst not shew your face Who kept the holy Scriptures then from hands of vilde and wicked men Who had authority to ordaine Bishops Doctors and Priests againe For he that came in without order comes as a theefe to steale and murder He is a Wolfe and not a Priest an enemy no friend to Christ. And one thing more dooth make me muse that our Priests you did not refuse To say your seruice and to sing a Psalme of Dauid Note that thing This man a Benefice might haue if he at any time did craue Like Ieroboam so dealt yee and tooke all sorts of eche degree A worthy mingle-mangle then was made of you for lacke of men How may your Church make any Priest if she be not the Church of Christ Answere these questions if you can and I will be a Protestan But while your answere you deuise I counsell all men that are wise To hold the fayth mayntayned heere the space of fifteene hundred yeere Or of one thousand at the least froÌ„ which who turnes shal proue a beast Saint Austin our Apostle was who came from Rome here said Masse He first arriued here in Kent and so to other places went His faith came from Pope Gregory which fayth was kept successiuely By many Bishops as we read from Peters time who was their head Who learn'd his fayth of Christ I say to whom be prayse nowe and alway Amen Amend Papists amend The Protestants answere to the Papists large conclusion BY this time you are out of breath such periods may breede your death But I will set out with such pace as shall and may I hope winne grace With God with Christ and all good men that euer wrote with inke and pen The goale I trust to winne at last and when I haue it hold it fast Unto the honour of his name that gaue me power to winne the same The most of these I might reuert vpon your selues which can peruert Both word and history of times to cloke your lewd and open crimes But some thing briefly I will say for that which you cast in our way As stumbling blocks for euery one to stumble at where you make mone Consider well that you therefore are euen those men whom ye abhore You are false prophets teaching lies you weare sheepes clothing to disguise You runne and range not being sent for which you ought still to repent You are those theeues that enter in to Christ his Church and neuer lyn Till you haue stor'd your selues with good fild your selues like wolues with blood You enter not by Christ the doore but by the Pope that Romish whoore You blind meÌ„s eies with outward showes and say that you are no mans foes You fast from flesh to eat good fish with fruits and many a costly dish You pray on beades and prey on men you doe deuoure maids and women You seldome preach and that but lies the Pope and Popelings to suffice Your doctrine comes froÌ„ the Popes schoole where many a wise man proues a foole Your doctrine comes not from Gods booke but you on lyes and Legends looke On festiuals and liues of Saints which you haue made with your owne paints Gods word you count of little force and to the same haue small remorse Your people from it you disswade because that like two-edged blade It doth deuide and eke descry mans sinne and Popish trechery Your doctrine is but darnell sure vnto this graine Gods word

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