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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	justification_n	justify_v	work_n	14,028	5	6.3769	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11528	A trewe mirrour or glase wherin we maye beholde the wofull state of thys our realme of Englande set forth in a dialogue or communicacion betwene Eusebius and Theophilus.	Saunders, Laurence, d. 1555, attributed author.	1556 (1556)	STC 21777; ESTC S100967	20,497	40

doe you speake as you thinke or els Iest ye with me to see what I wil say T. Nay I speake it with my heart as truly as God lyueth E. Then haue I heard fouell lyes among them that would be accounted honest and wel learned But seing we haue entred so farre in the matter I praye you certyfye me of the truth in this point whether it be so or no that I be not deceaued therin for the satisfying of my conscyence and for quieting the same for as for me although I be not of the new learning yet am I not so addicted to the olde but that I would be glad to here and reason the matter to th ende I promyse you I mought helpe to bring loue amonges our selues T. A godly purpose I assure you but what are those lyes then ye heard of late I praye you let vs heare them E. Nay soft I sayd not precysely they were lyes but if that be trew which you say then are they lies in dede but say on I pray you what was that true tale then E. Syr thys it was tolde me that you of this new learnyng dyd boast your selues much of fayth and that onely fayth dyd iustifie but good workes ye cared not for neyther regarded at all neyther prayer nor fastyng nor almes dede wil ye allow goddes seruice ye despyse and the ministers therof with a thousande lyke I cannot wel remember all nowe T I durst lay a wager before hande that thys also was a Priestes tale E. Now surelye it was so in dede what a Goddes name howe are you so wel acquaynted with Priestes tales T. Yes I know them wel and theyr master also but brother Eusebius thys is no straunge thynge for there is no sermō almost in these daies but these tales bee in the pulpet as thicke as hoppes and many lies more to the which whē I heare it maketh my hearte mourne to see their spyte that they haue no other way to worke their anger vpō vs but with opē lies in an opē audience and yet the shame would redounde to themselues if there were any shame in them For the moste parte of men doe knowe most certenly that they doe lye If they were of god as they pretende or if they meant the preseruacion of a commō wealth and safegarde of their countrye they woulde vse another waye of perswasion they woulde haue charitie before theyr eyes they would consider the nature of euery man by themselues and doe as they woulde bee done vnto and I praye you who can suffer hymselfe to be complained of to a whole countrye and to heare false wytnesse broughte agaynste hym and by thys meanes broughte to loue no no this is not to wynne theyr brethren but euer to prouoke myscheffe and to set men by the eares God be merciful vnto vs the pulpet was ordained to speake trueth to preache peace and to bryng vnitie among the brethren And nowe they haue made it a place to sprede lyes to sowe discorde and to sette mens hartes on fyer with enuy and malice I am righte wel assured that if men would deny it that the stones of the strete would witnes that the preachers in Kyng Edwardes tyme cried out vpon the sinnes of men and thretned the most extreme damnation if they repented not and turned not to the Lord in amēdement of lyffe and shewed them also a forehand what would come of oure wicked liuing which thinges are come to passe and therfore dyd continually exhort them to repentaunce with the niniuites and to call vpon the name of the lyuing god in fastyng and sackecloth mourning and weping for the day of gods wrath was at hand as we haue right wel felte and are like to feale more yet This was not one mans preaching alone but al for the most part and thys I say If men wil deny the stones of the strete wil witnes the same And yet al thys not wythstandyng come they into the pulpets and saye these newe felowes woulde haue no good workes neyther fastyng nor prayer but al libertie libertie faith fayth and nothing els Oh God what Christen hearte dooeth not euen breake with sorow to se such slaunderers maintained in a pulpet But god is a righteous lord and for that we would not be warned in tyme being so much called vpō he hath iustly placed vs with pacience therfore we must beare the crosse til it please him to take it of agayne there is no remedy for if we once opē our mouthes to reasō the matter with thē in this case we must say the crow is whyte or els we goe to the fyer wtout redempcion thys is a miserable case E. Ye make me astonyed Theophilus For howe may it be that they should vse the matter so cruellye if there were not some great cause T. I wil tell you Eusebius I haue heard the preachers in Kyng Edwardes time a mūber of thē And haue red their workes and if euer I found one sentence that I can remember that did discourage ani mā not rather spurre forth euery mā to the doing of those good workes aboue rehersed let god forsake me show me no more his fauour grace For although we do attrybute our iustificacion to onely fayth and that by faith only we be iustified we meane not a dead faith wtoute workes but a liuing fayth euen the same fayth sainct Paul speaketh of to the Galathians Gala. 5. which by loue is mightie in operacyon as the tree therefore is knowen to be liuing by hys budding bearing of frute so is the iustifiyng fayth knowen by charitie out of which charitie sprīgeth these good workes aboue said which are the very frutes therof But your Catholyke fathers showe but litell or no charitye and therfore it should seme they haue but lytell or no fayth Eusebius your reason is somewhat pithye but yet I suppose there is somewhat els that moueth thys great contrauersy T. In dede it is trewe there is another thyng that moueth the matter and that is the deuil the authour maintayner of contencion and mischefe in submittyng our selues where vnto we lose innocency loue mekenes al other vertues and in stede therof we fynd pryde stoutenes hatred and such like as for coueteousnes it ouer floweth the whole world Eusebius But wil ye geue me leue brother Theophilus to say one thyng vnto you although I know you to be such a man for youre honesty as I would desier to leade my life wtal for your faithful trew heart is knowen to thē wyth whō you haue to doe that which thing chefely I haue respect vnto and I doe beleue that god hath engrafted his grace in the mans hart which dealeth iustly with men liueth quietly amōg his familiars specially when it is wel knowen that he wisheth al thinges to be wel But yet ye shal not be offended with me for that I wil say there were of your sort which are called