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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	belong_v	custom_n	tribute_n	1,565	5	11.5084	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05142	The seconde [seventh] sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer which he preached before the Kynges Maiestie [with?]in his graces palayce at Westminster, ye xv. day of Marche [-xix daye of Apryll], M.ccccc.xlix.	Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555.	1549 (1549)	STC 15274.7; ESTC S122869	128,935	442

to rede the same for the comfort of thyne owne soule for the instruction of thi famyly the educacyon of thy childrē and edifiyng of thy neyghbour Thou that art so gorgiously apparelled and feadeth thy corruptible carkasse so dayntely thou that purchasest so fast to the vtter vndoynge of the poore consoider wherof thou camest wherunto thou shal returne Wher is thē all thy pompe where is al thy ruffe of thy gloriousnes become What wyl thou saye for thy selfe in that horryble daye of iudgment wher thou shalt stand naked before God wher the tables of thyne owne conscyence shal be opened and layed before thyne eyes to accuse the Thou which reysest the rentes so gredely as thoughe thou shouldest neuer haue inough Thy iudgemente is throw miserable māmon so captyuate blind that y u canst not tel when y u hast inough or what is inough Truly alitle is to much for him y t knoweth not how to vse much well Therfore learne first the vse of monie and riches some other honester means to attayne them that thys thyne insaciable couetousnes and vnlawful desyryng of other mens goodes maye be reduced to some reasonable measure that it do not excede the lymyttes or compasse of honesti and the bōdes of brotherly loue lest God before whom thou shalt appere one day to render a straight accōptes for the dedes done in thy flesh burden and charge the wyth thy vnmerciful hand lyng of thy Tennant but yet notwythstandyng thy brother whom wyth newe Incomes fynes inhauncyng of rentes and suche lyke vnreasonable exactyons thou pilles polles miserably oppresses Whē that terrible day shall once come a litle of Gods mercye wyll be worth a masse or a whole hepe of thy monei Ther thi wicked Māmon whom thou serueste like a slaue can purchase the no mercy There thy money so gleaned and gathered of the thine to the impouerishment of manye to make the only rych can not preuaile the nor yet redeme thy cause before that iuste seuere iudge which thē ther wil rēder to y e the selfe same measure y t y u measureste to other men What dyd we speke of preuaylynge or redeming of thy cause wtth mony Nay thē thy monei the roust of thy gold shall be a wytnes against y e shal eate thy flesh as the fyre Howe frantycke and folyshe myght al wyse men wel iudge and deme him too be which againste the daie of hys araignement when he should stād vpō the tryal of death and lyfe woulde busy hym self his folkes and his frendes to prepare and get many witnesses agaynste hym to cast him awaye by theyr euidēce witnes and to prouyde suche menne as shoulde be the onlye cause of hys deathe Euen So franctycke so folysh art thou whych doth toyle trauayle and turmoyle so ernestly and busylye aboute the gettynge of goodes and ryches before thou haste wel learned taken forth of the lesson of well vsyng the same Howbeit trulye I doute much of the wel vsyng of that which was neuer well nor truly gotten Learne therfore first to know what is inough For the wyse man sayth it is better to haue a lytle wyth the fear of the Lorde then great and insaciable ryches Sophonye sayth their golde shal not be able to delyuer thē in the day of the Lords wrath Let your conuersacion be without couetousnes be cōtent w t that ye haue alredy Godlines is a gret ryches if a man be content wyth suche as God sendes For we brought nothyng into thys world neither shal we carry anye thyng out When we haue foode and raymente let vs therwith be content Behold thy Scholemaster Paul teaches the heare a good lesson Here thou mayst learne wel inough to know what is inough But lest thou shouldest feare at any time the want or lacke of thys inoughe Here father the rest of thy lessō For god verely saith The Lorde is myne helpper I wyll not feare what man doeth to me If the reuenues and yerely Rentes of thy patrymonye and landes be not inough nor sufffcient for thi finddyng and wil not suffice thy charges then moderate thyne expences borrow of thy two next neighboures that is to say of thy backe and thi belly Learne to eat with in thy teather Pul downe thy sayle Saye downe proud hert Mayntayn no greater port then thou art able to bear out and support of thyne owne prouision Put thy hād no further then thy sleue will reache Lut thy cloth after thi measure Kepe thi house after the spending Thou must not pil and polle thy Tenante that thou mayest haue as thei sai Vnde that thy neuer inough to ruffull it out in a riotus ruffe and a prodigal disolute and licenciouse liuing We reade in the scripture geue to euery man his dutye tribute to whom tribute belongeth custome to whome Custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honoure to whome honoure partayneth But we finde not there nor elles where fynes to whom fines incomes to whom incomes Paulle was not acquainted with none of those termes Belike they were not vsed and come vp in his time or else he would haue made menciō of them Yeat not with standyng we deny not but these reasonably required vpō honest couenātes cōtractes are y e more tolleraable so vsed so maye be permitted But the couenaūtes y e cōtractes we remit to the godly wisdom of the hie magistrates who we pray god may take such order and direction in thys and al other y t the cōmō people may be releaued eased of manye importable charges and iniures whych many of them cōtrary to al equitie and ryght sustaine But wo worth this couetousnesse not without skyll called the root of all euyll If couetousnes were not we thinke many things amisse should shortelye be redressed She is a mighty Matrō a Lady of great power She hath reteyned moo seruaūtes thē any Lady hath in Englande But marke howe well in fyne she hath rewarded her seruantes and lerne to be wyse by another mās harme Acham by the commaundemente of God was stoned to death because he toke of the excōmunicate goodes Saul moued wyth couetousnes dissobeied goddes worde reseruinge the Kyng Agag and a parsell of the fatteste of the cattle lost his kyngdome therby Gehize was strycken wyth leaprosy and all hys posteritie because he toke money and raymente of Naaman The rich and vnmerciful gloton which fared well and deyntely euerie day was buried in hel and ther he taketh nowe such fare as the deuil him selfe doth Woo be to you that ioyne house to house and feelde to feeld shal ye alone inhabyte the pearth Let these terrible exāples suffyce at thys presente to teach and admonysh the inhaunser of Rentes the vnresonable exactour and gredye requirer of fienes and incomes the couetouse lease monger the douourer of townes and contries as M. Latimer tearmeth