Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	aaron_n	abolish_v	old_a	37	3	5.0807	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11925	A sermon declaringe hovv vue [sic] are iustified by faith	E. T.	1549 (1549)	STC 22238; ESTC S104732	35,885	122

Christe agayne is contrary to fayeth and good workes For they glorifye the merittes of Christes passion when the offeringe of him agayne is greate derogacion to the same They do as a man that lyghteth a candle in a bright sunnye Daye saynge all thoughe the sunne giueth a light cleare inoughe it of selfe yet it is necessarye and profitable that more lyght be put thereto But a man maye answere sayeing why do you mocke your selfe You haue the bryghte daye in derision as if the sunne were not sufficiente wyth out your lyght So although the merites of Christes passion are sufficient to forgyue synne as the soÌ„ne is to make a light daye yet the popishe massmoÌ„gers wyll offer him vp againe The sacrifice of the Masse for remission of synnes thoughe there be none such is like a candel lighted in a bright sunny daye and so slander the true sacrifice to be vnperfect But as we se by the brightnes of the daye so by the knowledge of Christes merites we perceyue the goodnes of God towardes vs and fayeth is profitable to vs as a gifte of God and throughe faith we do good workes wyllinglie as obediente childerne but no other good workes â–ª then suche as are coÌ„maunded by God We haue nowe declared the sacrifice of the Masse to be agaynst godes commaundement the wordes of God and hys glorie And nowe we wyl proue these argumentes and assertions to be dreames of scriptur preposterously vnderstaÌ„ded playne lyes which not onely cannot proue and affirme the Masse to be a sacrifice but also whollye make againste it It is therfore euidently perceyued that thys popishe Masse is an horrible abominacion before God That they ought to dispute proue and affirme by Christes ordinaunces wyth sure demonstracions and plaine textes of scripture that the Masse is a sacrifice But there is not one worde or example that maketh for them as I haue before declared They woulde wrast and turne thys sayinge Do thys in my remembraunce to mayntayne there lyes as who say God would these wordes shoulde signifie to offre or do sacrifice When they muste be this vnderstanded what so euer you haue seene hearde or done do it in remembraunce of me but they cannot fynde in all the supper That Christe dyd offre vp sacrifice They obiecte that euerie byshop chosen of men and appointed for men touchinge these thinges that belonge to god doeth offer gyftes and sacrifices firste for hymselfe and then for the people Thys assercion is of no vertue or strength for here Saynte Paule speaketh of the priestes of the olde lawe whiche were a figure onely of Christ as ye may easly perceiue by these wordes folowing the same texte saying No man muste take vppon hym the dignitye of priesthode cxcepte he be called of God as Aaron and thei which were of the lymage of Aaron But what is become of these priestes Al thei wer deposed and abolished by Christes death and Christe become a priest in their sted not of the order of Aaron but of Melchisedeche a man therefore maye knowe that thys place of Paule maketh nothynge for their Maskinge sacrifice And if they wyll haue it to agree both to the priestes of the olde lawe and newe Testamente they most proue whether they be priestes or no. As the name of prieste maketh not a prieste but his dedes like as a begger named prince heringe princes to be rulers of people and countreis If he claime a people and countrie which he maye rule and gouerne shal he therfore ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ a people and countrie to rule â–ª So the popishe priestes that are priestes in name onlye hearinge that the priestes of the olde lawe did offer sacrifice for synnes after godes coÌ„maundemeÌ„te if they cleime the same authorite shal thei therefore haue it But thys is a harde sayinge to saye there are no priestes nowe in the newe law Let no man be offeÌ„ded ther wyth for vndoubtedlye there be no priestes nowe appointed of God to offer for synnes but euerie christiaÌ„ man is ordeined of Christe to be a prieste to praye to gyue thankes and prayse to god and to offre vp them selues in sacrifice Saynte Peter sayeth you are a choseÌ„ generacion a royall priesthode and a holly people meaninge therbye al christen people as by al christian men The holy gost teacheth the priestes of the newe testamente that is to saye al christen people are of muche more honoure and dignitye then weare the priestes of the olde lawe but none of these priestes can offre for synnes Yet they obiecte how can the churche continewe if we shall haue no priestes to teach correcte rebuke and exhort the people We answere that God wyll euer raise vp some in the congregacion to do these thinges And Christ hath ordeined in al congregacions a shepherde and preachers but no massmongers whiche haue brought in to the churche manye errous by theyr vaine ceremonies and maskynge Also where Saynt Paule sayeth if we synne wyllinglye after we knowe the trueth there is no sacrifice lefte to purchese vs remission of sinnes these papistes gather of this saing that ther is no sacrifice to helpe them that synne wylfullye but that there is a sacrifice yet remayninge for the fayethful which is their masse They faulsely vnderstande the texte For S. Paule sayeth a litle before the there is nomore sacrifice remayning for them whose synnes are forgyuen al readye and therefore one place expoundeth another and plainly declareth the there is lefte no more sacrifice for them that sinne of set purpose or for the that haue obtayned remission of sinnes alredie for Christ offered him selfe for the syn of those the beleue in him wil not offer him selfe againe for theÌ„ the beleue not but wilfully remayne in their sinnes They obiecte that we haue an aultar whereof it is not leaful for theÌ„ to eate which minister in the tabrenacle meaninge by thys aulter a heape of stones ioyned together whiche they call an aulter but Christe hym selfe is oure aulter wher on we laye oure prayers whiche are oure spirituall sacrifices for no prayeres are accepted of God the father but by Christ For he sayth if you aske my father any thynge in my name he wyll gyue it you And saynt Paulle expoundeth his owne sainge Let vs offer sayth he at al times by him a sacrifice of prayse whiche is the frutes of our lippes confessing his name We lye therfore when we call the masse our Lords aulter for Christ is our onely aulter and S Paule in all his Epistle to the Hebrues doth knoweledge none other sacrifice for sinnes but Christ once offred on the crosse The papistes haue no place of the newe testament to make wyth theÌ„ and therefore they seke helpe of the olde testamente And firste of the boke of Genesis they saye Melchisedech Was the Genes xiiii fygure of Christe for he was the prieste of the hygheste And as Dauid sayeth Christe is an eternall prieste after the order of Melchisedech And

shal be worthei the greater praise We aunswer that it is nomatter thoughe these ceremonies were omited and left whyche were excogitate and found out by mans reason and a true christeÌ„ man wil not be offended ther with as lightyng of candeles singing ringing of belles deckinge of aulters gyltynge of Images veluet and enbrodered ornamentes reliques of sayntes Organs pricksonge descant and such other which do not edifie the congregacion that they maye encrease in godlines fayeth and charitie for as Saynt Paul Act. xv sayeth bodely exercise is litel profitable but rather when these externe thinges are highlie estemed and defeÌ„ded with touth and naile as we haue sene by experience these percepts of god faith humilitie charite and preachinge of the worde are lytle regarded when these true good things that please God are taught vs of the scripture do wonderfully worcke in vs godlines Iustice If thys multitude of ceremoneis had pleased God and ben thought profitable to bring men to godlines and vertuouse liuinge No doubte but Christe woulde haue taugth the The apostles woulde haue obserued and kept them and S Paul woulde haue greately magnified and praysed theÌ„ and if god would that his noble workes shoulde haue ben had in reuereÌ„ce setfurth and extolled wyth sumptuouse ceremonies he woulde haue thaught our fathers of the priuate church to vse them after a most gorgiouse facion as they dyd in Ierusalem when Solomons temple was dedicated i. ReguÌ„ viii where many fatte Oxen were slayne and muche monye spente also when Aaron the high prieste was consecrated and wheÌ„ the arke of couenaunte was made if god woulde that we shoulde do so thys multitude of ceremonies had ben laufully instituted in the primatiue church but christ wuld that we shoulde be occupied with weightier maters lesse regarde ths externe pompe then heauenlye and celestiall for cerimonies are nothynge but figurs to shadowe and hyde the trueth frome the vnlearned A man therfore caÌ„ vse no better order in the administracion of oure Lordes supper then that whiche Christe him self vsed but we are not pleased wyth Christe when we are not pleased wyth the order and waye that he taketh NaamaÌ„ when he dispiced that playne waye to washe hymselfe in IordaÌ„ remayned alwayes a leper and wheÌ„ he did washe himselfe i. Cor. iii. as the prophete commauÌ„ded hym he was healped Verely meÌ„nes wysdome in maters of god is folishnes we caÌ„not set furth and minister the Lordes supper more purely then when we folowe ther in Christe his disciples for that whiche men put to of there owne brayne without authoritie of scriture is merlie faulce albe it they ascribe the same to the holly goost What fole hardines is this to ad ioyne their dremes to the spirit of God doeth it of necessitie folowe that wheÌ„ two or three Bishoppes are assembled together that the holly gooste doeth decre and make lawes by them we must examine and trye there constitucions and decres whethere they agree with Christes doctrine and do extolle teache and establishe fayeth and charitie or no for in so do ynge a man maye easlye perceyue that the hollie gost is not the authour of such dirtie tradicions and lowsie lawes but rather that it is blasphemie to thynke that the office of the hollye gooste is to institute and ordayne suche supersticious and vnprofitable cerimonies They that knowe the nature of the holye gost by the word of God are assured that he commauÌ„ded not such trifles and superfluouse thinges to be done as haue ben constituted and decreed in mani general couÌ„sailes for he doth not renewe the shadows of the vnperfite olde law nor laith on christeÌ„ mens shoulders the yoke that nother the apostles nor fathers of the old testamente coulde beare for noman Math. iâ— â–ª doeth put newe wyne into olde botteles nothere soweth apiece of newe cloth into an old garmeÌ„t but our aduersaris most blasphemously affirme that although they constitute and ordayne manye ceremonies contrarie to the libertie of the Gospell and repugnaunte to Christes ordinaunces yet they are made and ordeined by the holly goste Now we haue declared the true doctrine of Christe touchinge the administracion of the sacramente of oure Lordes supper we wyl also consider the popishe Masse wyth it Let vs fyrst shewe and declare the abuse boeth in the functioÌ„ and office of the minister and of the receyuer for thys is the chiefe erroure of the papisties not because they do not obserue tyme place but forasmuche they regarde not the libertie of a christen man whoÌ„ Christe set at libertye wyth sheddynge of hys owne bloude And laie snares for mens coÌ„sience with preceptes in externe thinges as in ornameÌ„ts oyleing a supersticiouse auriculare confessioÌ„ and in other like thinges innumerable for both the ministers and receiuers of the sacrameÌ„t thynke it a capital offeÌ„ce if they omite leaue any of these beggerly tradicions of meÌ„ behind and vndon defending them vnder pretence of good order when ther can be nothyng more confuce and oute of order then to make the Lordes supper subiecte to mens coÌ„stitutions and preceptes in extrene thinges from whiche Christ oure master made it free They Iudge it a muche more heinouse offeÌ„ce to omyte anye of the vayne tradicions of man vndon then if a man should be a fornicator a dicer a dronckeard a blasphemer of god or in any other such vices an abominable sinnercondeminge of heresie all such as neglecte these ceremonies and vn godly constitutcions of theirs and Christes ordinaunce beynge nothynge wourth or wythout there cererimonies inuented of theyr owne brayne it muste therefore be a detestable abominacion to trouble christeÌ„ mens libertie after thys sorte for if it myght coÌ„tinew styll free men myghte let ornameÌ„tes passe and suche other externe thynges for the holy goste doeth not teache them whiche set thinges out of order after thys sorte The true honoure and seruice of God is subiecte nothere to tyme place nor persone charitie in edefiynge thy neyghboure in these thynges oughte to rule all congregacions For al christeÌ„ congregacions vse not one kynde and order in they re cerimonies Themperoure Charles firste of the name dyd laboure to bryng al churches to agree in one kynde and order of ceremonies but he coulde neuer bring it to passe for it was against god and therefore it coulde neuer be brought to effect If we should be compelled to obserue and kepe suche preceptes of men being profitable nother to fayth nor charitie meÌ„ may Iudge that we haue not yet eateÌ„ the easter lambe that is to saye That greater burdens are leyde on oure neckes theÌ„ euer was on the Iues which thing is abominacioÌ„ before God and that they haue done so to vs the deuersitie of ornamentes and many other folishe cerremonies whiche they haue borowed of the Iues do manifestly declare and testifie as it shall appeare hereafter Also they coÌ„temne they re neighbours which beliue in Christ and desire to be

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