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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	child_n	israel_n	pharaoh_n	1,683	5	10.2863	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68425	An exposicion vpon the songe of the blessed virgine Mary, called Magnificat Where vnto are added the songes of Salue regina, Benedictus and Nu[n]c dimittis. Translated out of latine into Englysh by Ihon Hollybush.	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1538 (1538)	STC 16979.7; ESTC S101033	83,050	200

selues yf he shuld fyl you before ye were hōgry or exalte you before ye were brought lowe he shuld be fayne to playe the iuggler not beynge able to fulfyl his promyse so shuld his worke be nothyng saue a mockage whā the neuerthelesse doth say in the C.x. Psalme ▪ The workes of hys handes are verite and iudgement al hys cōmaundemētes are true Yf he shuld be fayne to helpe you at the intraūce of your anguysh lowlynesse ether in euery smal suppression nede than shuld hys workes be slenderer thā becōmeth hys maieste Where as it is sayd in y e same psal that the workes of the LORDE are greate sought out of al them y e haue pleasure therin Let vs now loke vpon y e contrary parte also Yf he shuld destroy and put downe the hygh rych before they became hygh rych how shuld he behaue hymselfe therin They must fyrst come so hygh so passynge in ryches that euery mā they themselues also must be persuaded yee y t it be so in dede that no mā cā destroy w tstande or roote thē out be so sure of theyr cause y e they say it y e Esaye dyd prophecy in his .xlvii. chap. of the Babilonians sayeng Heare now therfore thou wylfyl that syttest so carelesse speakest thus in thyn hart I am alone and with out me is ther none I shal neuer be wedow nor desolate agayne that is wythoute strength and ayde And yet both these thynges shall come vnto the in one daye in the the twynckelynge of an eye c. There hath God than an occasion to worke hys worke Of thys wyse dyd he suffre Pharao to heaue hymselfe aboue the chyldren of Israell and to oppres●e them as God doth testifye of hym in the .ix. chapter of Exodus sayenge I haue ●●ered the vp for thys cause euen to shew my power vpon the and that my name myght be declared in all landes Of suche ensamples is the Bible euen full which teach nothynge els saue God wor●es and workes and refuse both the workes and doctrines of men Beholde now thys stronge cōforte that is that not man but God hymselfe geueth not only somewhat but fylleth and satisfyeth And in that she addeth vvithgood thynges she signifyeth that such fyllyng shal not be hurtefull but profytable and wholesome so that it shall do good both to body soule By this is shewed moreouer that they were empty and full of all nede For as is sayde before by ryches are vnderstāde all faydyng and transitory thynges that concerne the body wherewyth the soule is also reioyced Euen so also by honger ought to be vnderstande in this place not only wāte of meate but of all transitory thynges for somtyme maye a mā forbeare al thynges saue meate so that for the moost parte all transitory go●des and occupyenges are for thesame With oute meate can noman lyue thoughe they maye lyue without clothynge house mony goodes and men therfore doth scripture here comprehende the temporall goodes for the moost necessaryest profitablest and mooste vsuallest that can leest be forborē insomuch that she calleth couetous mē and them that be so gredy vpon the vnstable ryches belly seruaūtes and Paule doth call y e belly theyr God How coulde than ony body entyce vs so earnestly and with more comforte to wyl full honger and pouerte than these vehemēt wordes of Gods mother namely that God wyl fede euery hongry soule with good thynges Whome such comfortable wordes such honoure and prayse of pouerte doth not persuade and entyce therto he is surely wythout fayth and confidence as an Heythen Agayne how can ony man blame ryches more and fraye the rych more than w t thys one clause that God letteth the rych go empty O what greate and plentifull thynges are these both the fyllynge of God and the lettyng go empty how lytle cā ony creature helpe or geue counsell therein A man is abasshed whan he heareth hys fathers defiaunce or his maysters displeasure and we hygh rych are not dismade whan God doth defy vs. And not only proclameth warre but threateneth also destruccion abiection and rootynge out Contrary wyse is it a ioye whan the father is meke and the mayster mylde so that many aduenture theyr lyfe al that they haue there vpō And we hauyng such promyse and such stronge cōsolacion cānot vse and brooke it we can not geue thankes for it nor yet reioyce therein O thou lamentable vnbelefe whiche passest the serenesse of a blocke and the hardnes of a stone that thou cāst not perceaue such great thynges Let thys now be sufficiently spokē of the syxe workes of God He remēbreth mercy and helpeth vp hys seruaunte Israell After the rehearsynge of Gods workes both in her and in other doth Mary nowe come agayne to the begynnynge and fyrste and closeth the Magnificat wyth y e greatest and chefe of all the godly workes which is y e incarnacion of the sonne of God and confesseth here frely that she is a handmaydē seruaunte of all the worlde seyng the worke is accōplyshed in her the which is profitable not only to her but vnto all Israell Yet dealeth she Israell in two and bryngeth that parte only that serueth God Nother doth ony mā serue God saue he that letteth hym be hys God and suffreth hym to worke hys worke in hym wherof we haue spoken before Although that worde Gods seruice alas for pytie is brought into so straunge vnderstandynge and vse that whoso heareth it doth thynke nothynge vpon such workes but rather vpon ryngynge vpon the stone worke and tymber of the temple vpō the censoure vpon the burnynge of the lyghtes vpon the blarynge the golde the syluer the whyte clothes the pearles the vestimentes and surplyses the chalice the pyre the organes tables the procession and stations and that moost of all is vpon the bablyng and talyng wyth God vpon beede stones Foo alas Gods seruyce is come hetherto whereof he knoweth nothynge And we also know none other saue thys We synge the Magnificat dayly and y e with great solemnite and lowd and yet kepe secrete the true vnderstādynge thereof more and more But yet doth thys text stonde styfly Yf we do not learne these workes of God and suffre them in vs than shall ther be no Gods seruice no Israell no grace no mercye nor no God though we crye out in temples and rynge tyll we brust and gaue therto all the goodes of y e worlde For God hath geuen no commaundemente concernynge that therfore doutelesse can he haue no pleasure therein The incarnacion therfore of Christe doth auayle vnto suche an Israell that serueth God Such one is hys owne and beloued people for whose sake also he is become man to delyuer them from the thraldome of the Deuell synne death and hell and to brynge them vnto ryghteousnesse and euerlastynge lyfe and blysse that is the helpyng vp that she syngeth of here