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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	godliness_n	jesus_n	temperance_n	1,486	5	11.3009	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09183	The piththy [sic] and moost notable sayinges of al scripture, gathered by Thomas Paynell: after the manner of common places, very necessary for al those that delite in the consolacions of the scriptures	Paynell, Thomas.	1550 (1550)	STC 19494.3; ESTC S122454	195,516	370

ye haue honeste conuersation among the gentiles that they which backbite you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitation Submit your selues vnto almaner ordinaūce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kyng as vnto the chiefe heade other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punishment of euell doers but for the laude of thē that do wel Seruauntes obeye youre maysters with all feare not onelye yf they be good and courteous but also though they be fromward For it is thanke worthy yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe suffering wrongfully For what praise is it yf when ye be sufferd for your fautes ye take it paciently but yf when ye do welye suffre wrong and take it pacientlye then is there thankes with God Christe suffred for vs leuing vs an example that we should folow his steppes whiche dyd not synne neither was there gyle foūd in his mouth whiche when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he was buffeted he threatened not but cōmitted the cause to him that iudgeth righteously whiche his own selfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shoulde be beliuered frō sinne and shoulde liue in righteousnes The .iii. Chapter WEmens apparell shal not be outward with broyded heare and hangyng on of golde eyther in putting on of gorgious apparell but lette the hid in ā of the heart be vncorrupt with a meke and quiet sprite which sprite is before god a thing muche set by It is better yf the wyl of god ve so that ye suffre for wel doyng then for cuell doyng The .iiii. Chapter HE whiche suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sinne the he hence forward should liue asmuch tyme as remaynethe in the fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyl of god To this purpose was the ghospell preached vnto the dead that they shoulde be condemned of men in the fieshe but shoulde lyue before god in the sprite Aboue al thinges haue feruent loue amonge you for loue couereth the multitude of synnes The .v. Chapter SE that ye fede Christes flock which is amōg you taking the ouersighte of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willinglye not for to desyre filthy lucre but of a good mynd not as though ye were Lordes ouer the parishes but that ye be an ensample to the flocke and whē the chief shepehearde shall appere ye shall receiue an incorruptible croune of glory God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Be sober watche for your aduersary the deuil as a roatyng lyon walketh aboote sekyng whome he maye deuoure Whome resiste sted faste in the sayth remembring that ye do but fulfyll the same afllictions which are appoynted to your brethrē that are in the worlde ¶ The second Epistel of S. Peter the fyrst Chapter IN your fayth minister vertue and in veriue knowlege and in knowledge temperaunce and in temperaunce pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly kindenes in brotherlye kindenes loue For yf these thinges be among you and are plenteous they will make you that ye neither shal be ydle nor vnfruitefull in the knowlege of our Lorde Iesus Christ But he that lacketh these thinges is blynde and gropeth for the waye with his hande and had forgottē that he ws purged from his olde synnes The .ii. Chapter THere were false prophetes amonge the people euē as there shal be false teachers amōg you whiche priuely shall brynge in damnable sectes euen denying the Lorde that hath boughte them and bring vpon themselues swift damnacion and many shall solowe theyr damnable wayes by which the waye of truethe shal be euyll spoken of and through couetousnes shal they with fained wordes make marchaundise of you whose iudgement is not farre of and theyr damnation flepeth not The Lord knoweth howe to deliuer the godly out of the temptation and howe to rescrue the the vniusle vnto the daye of iudgement For to be punished namely thē that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vnclennes and despise the rulers Presumpteous are they and stubburne and feare not to speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Of whome soeuer a man is ouer come vnto the same is he in bondage It hadde bene better for them not to haue knowen the waye of right wisenes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holy commaun dement geuen vnto them The .iii. Chapter ONe daye is with the Lorde as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The Lord is not slacke to fulfyl his promes as some men count slackenes but is pacient to vs warde and wolde haue noman lost but wolde receyue all men to repentaunce The daye of the Lorde wyl come as a these in the night in the whiche daye the heauens shal perishe with terrible noyse and the elementes shall melte with heate and the earth with the workes that are therein shall burne And suppose ye that the long suffringe of the Lorde is saluation euen as oure dearelye beloued brother Paule accordyng to the wysedome geuen vnto hym wrote to you yea almoste in euerye Epistle speaking of suche thinges among which are many thynges harde to be vnderstonde whiche they that are vnlearned vnstable peruerte as they do other scriptures vnto theyr owne destruction The .i. Epistel of S. Iohn the Apostle the .i. Chapter YF we saye that we haue no synne we deceiue our selues and truth is not in vs. Yf we knowledge oure synnes he is faithful and iust to for geue vs oure synnes and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The .ii. Chapter IF any manne sinne yet we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that oblayneth grace for oure synnes not for your sinnes onelye but also for the sinnes of al the world He that sayth I know hym and kepeth not his commaundemetes is a lyar and the veritie is not in him He that sayeth he by deth in hym oughte to walke euen as he walked He that sayth how that he is in the lyghte and yet hateth his brother is in darkenes euen vntill this time He that loueth his brother abydeth in the light there is none occasiō of euelin him He that hateth his brother is in darckenes and walketh in darkenes and cannot tel wyther he goeth because that darcknes hathe blynded his eyes Se that ye loue not the world nether the thinges that are in the worlde Yf any manne loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe the luste of the eyes and the pryde of goodes is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde vanisheth awaye and the luste therof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of god abideth euer The .iii.

perdition whiche is an aduersarye and is exalted aboue all that is called god or that is worshypped so that he shall sytte as god in the temple of god and shewe him selfe as god The .iii. Chapter We require of you brethren in the name of our lord Ielus Christ that ye witt draw your selues from euery drother that walketh inordinat elye not after the institutiō whiche ye receaued of vs. When we were with you this we watned you of that yf there were any whiche wold not worke that the same shulde not eate Yf an● men obey not your sayinges sende vs worde of hym by a letter and haue no companye with him that he maye be a shamed and count him not as an enemy but warne him as a brother The .i. Epistel of S. Paule to Timothe the .i. Chapter THe ende of the commaundementes is loue that commeth of a pure herte and of a good conscience and of fayth vnfayned This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be receyued the Christ Iesus came into the worlo to saue synners The .ii. Chapter IExhort the therfore the aboue al thinges prayers supplicacions intercessions geuing of thankes be had for al men for kynges and for all the are in auctoritie that we may liue a quiet a peas able lyfe in all godlines and honestie For that is good and accepted in the sight of God out Sauioure whiche will haue all men saued and to come to the knoweledge of the truthe I wyl that wemen araye themselues in comely apparell with shame fastenes and discrete behaue our not with brodred heare other gold or pearles or costely araye but suche as becommeth wemen that profeste the worshippinge of god thorow good workes Let the woman learne in silence with al sublection I suffer not a women to teache neither to haue auctoritie ouer the man but for to be in silence For Adam was fyrst formed and then Eue. Also Adam was not deceaued but the womaune was decepued and was in transgression The .iii. Chapter Yf a man couet the office of a bishop he desyreth a good worke Ye and a byshop must be faureles the husbande of one wyfe sober discrete honestly appareled harberous apt to teache not dronken no fyghter not geuen to filthye lucre but gentle abhorting fighting abhorring couetousnee one that ruleth his owne house honeslty hauyng chyldren vnder obedience withall honestie For yf a man cannot tule his owne house how shall he care for the congregacion of god He maye not be a yōg scoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgemente of the euell speaker He must also be well reported of among them whiche are without forthe lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the euel speaker Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe suche as rule theyr chyldren well and theyr owne housholdes The .iiii. Chapter THe sprite speaketh euidently that in the later times lome shal departe from the fayth and shal geue hede vnto sprites of erroure and deuelyshe doctrine of them whiche speake false thorow ypocrilie haue theyr consciences marked with an hote yron forbydding to mary commaunding to abstame from meates which god hathe created to be receyued with geuing thākes of them which beleue and knowe the truth For all the creatures of god are good nothing to be refused if it be receaued with thankes geuing for it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer Exercise thy selfe vnto godlynes For bodely exercise profiteth lytell but godlynes is good vnto all thynges as a thyng whiche hathe promises of the life that is now and of the lyfe to come The .v. Chapter SHe that is a very widow and frendlesse putteth her trust in god and continueth in supplication and prayer night and daye But she that lyueth in pleasure is dead euen yet alyue The yonger widdowes refuse for when they haue beggunne to ware wanton to the dishonour of Christ then will they mary hauing damnacion because they haue broken theyr fyrst sayth And also they learne to go ftom house to house ydle yea not ydle onely but also trifling and busy bodyes speaking thinges whiche are not comely The elders that rule well are worthy of doble honoure moste specially they which labour in the worde and inteachyng Againste an elder receaue none accusation but vnder two or three witnesses Them that synne rebuke openlye that other maye feare Obserue these thinges without haslye iudgement and do nothing parcially Laye handes sodenly on no man The .vi. Chapter IF any man be not content with the holsome wordes of our lord Iesu Christ and with the doctrine of godlynes he is puft vp and knoweth nothing but wasleth his braynes about questions and strife of wordes where of spring enuy stryfe raylinges euyl surmising and vaine disputations of men with corrupt mindes and destitute of the truth which thinke that lucre is godlynes from suche separate thy selfe When we haue foode and rayment let vs ther with be content They wyl be riche faule into temptacion and snares and into many folishe and noysome lustes whiche drounde men into perdicion and destruction For couetousnes is the roote of all euill ▪ which while some lusteth after they erred from the faith tangled thē selues with many sorowes Charge thē that are riche in this world that they be not exceding wyse that they trust not in the vncertayne riches but in the liuing god whiche geueth vs aboūdantly al thinges to emoye thē that they do good and be riche in good workes redy to geue distribute laying vp in store for thē selues a good foundation agaynste the tyme to come that they maye obtayne eternall lyfe ¶ The .ii. Epistle to Timothe the first Chapter GOD hath not geuen vs the spirite of feare but of power and of loue and of sobernesse of mynde Be not ashamed to testifie our Lorde neyther be a shamed of me whiche am bounde for his sake but suffre thou aduersitie also with the gospell through the power of god whiche saued vs and called vs with an holy callyng not accordynge to oure dedes but accordynge to his owne purpose and grace which grace was geuen through Christ Iesu before the worlde was but is now declared openly by the appering of our sauiour Iesu Christ whyche hathe put awaye death and hath brought lyfe and immortalitie vnto lyghte throughe the gospell The .ii. Chapter NO man that warreth entangleth himselfe with worldly busines and that because he wolde please hym that hath chosen him to be Souldier and though a man stryue for a mastry yet is he not crouned except he striue laufully It is a true saying yf we be dead with hym we also shall lyue with him Yf we be pacient we shall also raygn with him Yf we deny hym he also shal deny vs. Yf we beleue not yet abydeth he faythful He cannot denye himselfe Stryue not aboute wordes whiche is to no profyte but to peruert the hertes The Lorde knoweth