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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	castle_n	city_n	country_n	14,211	5	9.6922	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06502	A commentarie or exposition vppon the twoo Epistles generall of Sainct Peter, and that of Sainct Jude. First faithfullie gathered out of the lectures and preachinges of that worthie instrumente in Goddes Churche, Doctour Martine Luther. And now out of Latine, for the singuler benefite and comfort of the godlie, familiarlie translated into Englishe by Thomas Newton; Enarrationes in epistolas Divi Petri duas et Iudae unam. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1581 (1581)	STC 16978; ESTC S108928	231,904	387

possessions by and by thei bawle and barke howle and crie against hym that the same thing so claimed is Spirituall liuelihoode Spirituall patrimonie the goods of the Church which hath and ought to haue and enioye a free immunitie so that no manne may or ought so much as once to touche them But those that sincerely preach the worde of God and charitable reprehende their loose and dissolute life denouncyng and declaryng vnto them the iudgementes of God that tarieth them suche preachers of Iustice I saie can thei not abide to heare but mocke and skorne them and not onely so but also cruelly persecute imprison banish kill and murther them But their Style and Tytle to bee called Spirituall fathers as these others in the daies of Noah were called the Sonnes of God thei holde fast with toothe and naile and needes will they rule all the roste with mere violence force and power euen as thei list themselues But in the ende notwithstandyng they shall perishe and bee destroyed whereas the true Preachers of the Woorde of God who are resembled to Noah are saued kept and preserued Thirdly as the Countrey wherein the Cities of Sodome and Gamorrhe stoode flowed moste abundantly with stoare of all thinges that the Earth yeelded so that the Inhabitants thereof liued ydlie giuyng themselues to nothing but banquetyng drunkennesse and belly cheere without lendyng any reliefe to the poore so also fareth it with the state of this pompous Clergie The beste landes the fattest soyles and fruictfullest groundes in euery Countrey haue thei gotten to their shares the best Cities the goodliest Castles the richest reuenues and clearest rentes haue thei catched into their possessiō so that thei maie lye downe and sleepe short tipple surphett and cramme as long as thei list and that of freecost and as for ease there is no kinde of people in the World so loytering and ydle so slothfull and secure as thei be or that fareth more deliciously and daintilie without takyng any maner of paines but liuing altogether by the sweate of other mēs browes And what commoditie is engendred of sloth and ydlenes specially when it is so rooted in lazinesse wee can not bee ignoraunt The Pope forbiddeth his forked Stalions to marie and if any of them keepe a breedyng whore or twaine that bryngeth foorth children the Bisshoppes then forsooth because they maie not séeme altogether to winke at such notorious crimes assesse some pecuniarie punishment vppon them and so for a little money they are not onely for this fact released but also permitted still to keepe their Concubines as afore as though this were a sufficient remedie against the sinne of fleshly luste I will not here speake any thyng of other their secrete enormious and shamelesse pranckes whiche no modest and chaft mynded man can almoste without blusshyng so muche as either heare or name To conclude wee here see how S. Peter accoumpteth the state of these Shauelinges no better nor any otherwise then theirs of Sodome and Gomorrhe For such be the dispositiōs and dealinges of al y t whole table of that viperous broode that no good groweth from them to any but catche and get all that thei can to themselues vnder a pretence and colour that what soeuer is giuen to them is giuen to God whom they haue alwaies in their mouth the easilier to beguile the Worlde And therefore as Sodome and Gomorrhe were burned to Ashes so shall they in the last daie bee consumed and brought to nothyng And deliuered iust Lot vexed with the vncleanly conuersation of the wicked WAS not this a merueilous abhomination in them that they not onely committed all kindes of fornications and Adulteries but other horrible factes and enormities also whiche are not to bee named and that openly boldly presumptuouslie and without all shame insomuch that thei forbare not the Angels that came to Lot into whiche madnesse thei ranne all hedlong together with one mynde and consent both young and olde in euery corner and quarter of the Citie Against these their disordered dealinges the godly man Lot did daily preache and reprehended them but all in vaine The more he exhorted them to amendment and repentaunce the more they hardened themselues in dissolute life and desperate demeanor so that not findyng in them any hope of recouerie he sawe he might aswell holde his peace as speake In the like desperate case are we nowadaies in whom alas there is no hope of better amendment wee so turne the deafe eare to all good exhortations and make so small accoumpt of theim that giue vs good and godly counsaile out of the infallible Booke of God For he beeyng righteous and dwellyng among them in seeyng and hearyng vexed his righteous soule frō daie to daie with their vnlawfull deedes HEre S. Peter describeth what Crosse this holie man was forced to beare preachyng vnto suche desperate and forlorne persons and bringyng vp his daughters in the Faithe of Christ and nurture of the Lorde in whiche office vocation and trade he zelously and incessantlie continuyng and liuyng there among them was saued and preserued from the destruction of the reste by the mercifull hande of Almightie God Finallie S. Peter concludeth and knitteth vp the matter that he beganne withall namely how that the wicked are kept vnto damnation and torment at the daie of Iudgement The Lorde knoweth to deliuer the godly out of tentation and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement to be punished IF God spared not the young World when it was but newe how muche more seuerely and sharpelie will he now punish it séeyng the Gospell hath been so long tyme manifested and so openly preached For there was neuer aforetyme suche light as wee haue now since the propagation of the Gospell enioyed as Christe hymself saieth Matth. xj Woe be to thee Capernaum which art lifted vp vnto heauen but thou shalt be brought downe to hell for if the greate workes which haue been done in thee had been done among them of Sodom they had remained to this daie But I saie vnto you that it shalbe easier for them of the Lande of Sodom in the daie of Iudgement then for thee But these comminations and threatninges maketh a greate sorte at this daie neuer awhitt the warier and godlier after so muche and so long preachyng and teachyng The wicked stil persist in their rebellious waies and vtterly contemne and care not for these or any the like reprehensions And chiefely them that walke after the fleshe in the luste of vncleannesse and despise the Gouernemente whiche are presumptuous and stande in their owne conceit and feare not to speake euill of them that are in dignitie Whereas the Angells whiche are greater bothe in power and might giue not railyng Iudgemente against them before the Lorde TO walke after the Fleshe in the lustes of vncleannesse is to liue like vnto Beasts accordyng to the likyng of sensuall appetite and selfwill As in the Popes Decretalles wee see how all thynges be