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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	great_a	sin_n	sin_v	3,244	5	9.7690	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07436	A plaine subuersyon or turnyng vp syde down of all the argumentes, that the Popecatholykes can make for the maintenaunce of auricular confession with a moste wholsome doctryne touchyng the due obedience, that we owe vnto ciuill magistrates, made dialogue wyse betwene the prentyse and the priest by Gracyous Menewe.	Menewe, Gracious.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567, attributed name.	1555 (1555)	STC 17822; ESTC S109991	27,582	98

were afore they came to you I doe here lette passe how y t ye make it a matter of such necessite that by your own doctryne no mā can wythout it obteyne saluacyon yea sōe now a dayes are not ashamed to make it equall w t baptisme the supper which ar sactamentes instituted and ordeyned of Chryst himselfe Besids al this is it not made a snare to snarle mē w tal For the first questiō almost that y e priest vseth to aske them y t now at this present come to shrift is whether they beleue not that y e body of Chryst is in the sacramēt of the aultare fleshe bloode and bones as he was borne of y e virgin Mary if they once saye nay not only they shal not haue absolucion but also they shall straighte waies be complained of accused to y e bishop so put in ieopardye to lose both body goods What honesty goodnes ye be wont to teach fayre maidēs mēs wiues when ye haue thē behynde a cloth vnder benedicite I wil not here now at this present rehearce leste I should offend honest and shamfast eares But although I am ashamed to tel it the thynge is so vilainous so filthy yet are ye not ashamed to doe it As for that ye alleadge that youre confessyō kepeth youth vnder awe and that seruauntes wer neuer in awe sēs it was takē away y e same is plaīe false for it is rather a meane and away to make thē to stande in no awe at al of their parentes nor of their masters and mistres seyng they be perswaded that whatsoeuer they doe if they be once shryuen of it vnto the Priest it shalbe cleane forgeuen vnto thē so that if they stande in any awe it shall be of sir Iohn not of thē that they should stande in awe of But if puttyng asyde such beggerlye inuencyons of men ye woulde diligentlye oute of Gods boke teache youth their duetye towards their elders towardes their parentes towardes their masters and mystres not once or twyse in y e yeare but euery fourthnighte puttynge before their eyes the fierse vengeaunce of god that hangeth ouer y e heades of all disobedient children and of al vntrue dealig seruaūts and that there is no way to purchase the fauoure blessynge of God except they will repente takyng holde through fayth vpon our sauiour Iesu Chryst walk vp ryghtly in their vocatyon beeyng sure that god seeth both their doinges and also the verye secrete thoughtes of theyr heartes then would they in dede stande in that true awe that God wyl haue thē to stande in fearing him not w t mens doctrynes preceptes but wyth the true feare that he commaundeth in his worde Pryeste By S. Mary I wil speake to my lord byshop that ye may come into the pulpit and make a sermon to the people I pray you master doctour of the newe learnyng tel me what the same confessyon is that God hath commaunded Prētyse I canne well inoughe abyde your mockes master person saye on me what ye wyl In the meane whiles I wil not let to tel y e truth First and formest there is a confession that God wil haue too bee done vnto hym wherein we doe daylye and hourely confesse oure synnes vnto hym accusynge and condemnyng our selues before hi as vnrighteous and myserable synners that oure synnes maye through his mercye whyche we faythfully craue for be forgeuen vnto vs. And of thys confessyon doeth Dauid speake when he sayth I wyll knowledge my synne vnto the mine vnrighteousnes haue I not hid I sayed I wyl confes my synnes vnto the lord and so y t forgaueste me y e wickednes of my synne And in the .51 psalme these be his wordes haue mercy vpon me O God after thy great goodnes accordynge to the multitude of thy mercyes doe awaye myne offences I knowledge my faulte and my synne is alway before me Daniel in the 9. chap. of his prophecy maketh thys confessyon vnto god O Lord y u great and fearful God we haue sinned we haue offended we haue been disobedient gone backe yea we haue departed frō al thy precepts iudgementes And Iohn y e Euāgeliste wryteth thus if we knowledge our synnes God is faythfull and iust to forgeue vs our synnes to clense vs frō all vnryghteousnes Thys confession sayth Saint Augustine writīg ad Iulianū comitē whych is done vnto God is required by Gods law wherof sayth he Sainct Iohn speaketh sayīg if we knowledge our sines c. for wythoute it synne cannot be forgeuen And of thys doeth spryng the cōfession and acknowledging of the greate and vnspeakable mercy of God For excepte we doe truely from the botome of our hearts recognise and acknowledge our miserye wyckednes we shal neuer truly confesse set forth prayse and extoll enhaūce magnifie the great mercy of god and vnspeakable goodnes of our sauiour Iesu Chryst oure Lorde declared to vs warde And herof it doth come that they that haue a true feling of their own misery of their sinnefull corrupted nature hauing on the other side before their eyes y e exceading great bounteousnes of their heauenlye father are alwayes ready to confesse openly their synnes in the great congregacyon As whē Dauid was rebuked of Nathan he then beyng prycked in his conscyence dyd say Peccaui domino I haue synned vnto thee lord As if he should saye I dooe not excuse my self nor I refuse not to be coūted of al men a synner or to haue that to be published abroade among men whych I woulde had to bē hydden affore And for thys cause god dyd in tymes passed ordeyne emong the Israelites that the people should openly in y e tēple confesse theyr synnes For god did foresee this to be a very necessary meane wherby they should be broughte into the true knoweledge of themselues And it is also most conuenient that by acknowledging our misery we should sett forth the goodnes and mercye of God emong vs and publyshe it openly before al y e world O how Godly was this dōe in king Edwards tyme whensoeuer the people of god gathered themselues together to offer their spirituall sacrifices and to make their common prayers vnto him S. Augustyne de vera et falsa penitentia cap. 11. maketh mencyon of an opē or publike confession whyche he defineth after thys maner Opē or publike confession is wherby in tymes passed they that were dead in open synnes declared thēselues to be dead publishing openly theyr death shewyng opēly y e fruites of repētaūce y e the people myght bewayle him y t was lost Thys was in dede the wont and custom of the old aūcient church when any man had cōmytted any notorious cryme or fault that he should be excōmunicated and put out of the cōgregacion til he had earnestly repented in toke therof cōfessed his synne