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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	day_n	lord_n	neighbour_n	3,034	5	10.2969	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12479	A misticall deuise of the spirituall and godly loue betwene Christ the spouse, and the church or congregation Firste made by the wise Prince Salomon, and now newly set forth in verse by Iud Smith. Wherunto is annexed certeine other briefe stories. And also a treatise of prodigalitie, most fit and necessarie to be read [and] marked of all estates. 1575.; Bible. O.T. English. Paraphrases.	Smith, Jude.; Wharton, John, schoolmaster.; Carr, John, citezein of London. Ruinous fal of prodigalitie. aut	1575 (1575)	STC 22805; ESTC S119808	7,574	40

and plaine it shal be tolde That they be vaine the very worke of men vpon the moulde They cannot set a gouernour to raine within the lande They cannot geue no sentenes when a matter should be scande They are not able to compare sure with the sillie crowe that slyes betwene the heauē earth as euery man doth knowe For when a fyer do chaunce to come where all these Gods they bene The priests do flye but thei thēselues do burne as balkes within T is better sure to be a doore to kepe eche thing in safetie Then to be counted such a God that vayne is vylde and naughtie The Sunne the Moone al the stars obedient do appeare And when that lightning glistreth forth then all things seemeth cleare The wind doth blowe in euery coast he seemeth not to spare And so the clowds about the worlde go when they bidden are These heathenish Gods may not cōpare with any one of these Because in be wtie in strength they passe them all degrees wherefore men should not thinke nor Iudge that they be Gods at all Because they neither see nor saye nor harken to your call No tokens can they surely showe by any meanes in heauen For those that be their worshippers that is thimruly heathen The beastes deuoyde of reason quite in sence are surely better For vnderneth the roofe they wende to kepe them selnes from wether I like them to a frayboggarde where Cocumbers do growe which cānot kepe such be their gods Experience this doth showe And as a white thorne which doth grow in orchards heare theare which euery Byrde doth sit vpon and forceth not to feare And as a carkas that is dead being cast into the darke Euen so be they both dead dum this euery man may marke And as the Skarlet which vpon them they do vse to lay Doth not endure but in the ende doth seeme to vade a waye Euen so do they them selues also whereby do vnderstande They shall consume and it wil be confusion of the lande Blessed be the godly man which doth not God depraue Of honour through those Images which still the heathen haue For farre he shal be from reproofe the Holy ghost doth saye To whome with God Christ his sonne be honour euery day ¶ The ende of the Prophesie of Baruch Finis Iud Smyth Babes beware of Images The commaundements of God our Creator geuen by Moyses Exod. xx Lift vp your hearts open your eyes you people obstinate and yll To heare Gods voice you exercise And seeke his precepts to fulfill I am saith he thy God and Lorde Which frō Bondage did set thee free Therefore see that thou do accorde to serue no Gods but onely mee Similitude none make thou shall Of any thing in heauen on hye Nor in the earth theron to call For suche sinne sharpely plage will I. The name of God take not in vayne Abuse it not after thy will For if thou do I tell thee plaine In his wrathe soone he will thee spil In sixe dayes God his worke did end and the seuenth day did sanctifie So thou and thine that day pretend To serue thy Lord and God only To thy Parents due honor geue as Gods precepts do thee comaunde That the long dayes good maist liue where God hath plaste thee in that land With murther be not thou infect All filthie fornication feare With theft see thou be not detect False witnes against no man beare Thy neyghbours house do not desire his wife man maid seeke not to haue His Oxe his Asse do not require of his seeke him not to depryue Our sinnes heareby we do descrye wherefore forgeuenes Lord we pray strength our faith by grace heauēly That we may serue the lord alwaye Deut. 6. These woordes which I comaund thee this day shal be in thine hearte thou shalt teache them thy chyldren and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thyne house c. Deut. 12. No man shall do that whiche seemeth good vnto him selfe but onelye that whiche God comaundeth and put nothing to it nor take any thinge from it Apo. 2. Deut. 27. Cursed are they whiche abydeth not in all that is written in the booke of the lawe and do not the same Psalm 19. The lawe of the Lorde is a perfect lawe it quickeneth the soule The Testimonie of the Lorde is true and geeueth wisedome euen vnto Babes The statutes of the Lorde are ryght and reioyceth the heart The commaundements of the Lorde are pure and geeueth lyght vnto the eyes Esai 40. The worde of the Lorde endureth for euer The commaundements of Sathan put in practise dayly by the Pope ATtende my people and listen well heare what precepts I you geue For they are such as doth excell The which of force you must beleue I am your earthly God alone You neede none other but onely mee Beleue this and other seeke none For this is my will and decree Set vp Idols abundantly This is my will let this be done If them to ador any denye Myne yre he shall feele right soone My name highly you shal esteeme And honor if ye do loue mee And if Gods name you do blasphem By me absolued you shal bee Of workedaies holy daies I made that thou thine frō work may cease Obserue them as before is sayde come heare my chapleins Masse Father mother do refuse and seeke the spirituall occupacion This is the first precept I vse To teach among my shorlings natiō If in whoredom or theft thou fall Or in any other greuous foyle I will absolue thee of them all If I may haue parte of the spoyle If any manset his delyght His neighbours wife goods to get For monye I wil him acquite And free from sinne I will him sett Haue not my lawes a goodly grace No man of them afentd may be and al those which follow their trace Shall haue their saluation with me ¶ This is also that which God speaketh by his holy Prophet Zacharias 11. I will raise vp a sheparde in the lande which shall not seeke after the thinges that be lost nor care for suche as go astraye He shall not heale the wounded He shall not norishe the thing that is whole But he shal eat the fleshe of such as be fatt and teare their clawes in peeces O Idle sheperde that leaueth the flocke the Sworde shall come vpon his arme and vpon his right eye his arme shal be cleane dryed vp and hys ryght eye shal be sore blynded ¶ The warnyng whiche S. Paule geueth to the Thessalonians how they should learne to know Antychrist 2. Thes 2. Let no man deceaue you by anye meanes for the Lorde commeth not except there come a departing firste and that that sinfull man be opened the sonne of perdicion whiche is an aduersarie and exalteth him selfe aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped So that he shall sit as God and shewe him selfe as God. Finis Imprinted at London by Henry Kirckham and are to be solde at his Shoppe at the little northe doore of Paules at the signe of the black Boie 1575.