Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	blood_n	body_n	nourish_v	4,202	5	10.3646	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11614	A briefe treatise agaynst certayne errors of the Romish Church Very plainly, notably, and pleasantly confuting the same by Scriptures and auncient writers. Compiled by Gregory Scot. 1570 Perused & licenced according to the Quenes Maiesties iniunction. 1574.	Scott, Gregory, 1532 or 3-1576.	1574 (1574)	STC 21855; ESTC S116867	21,066	64

our syns dyd in his body beare The small vertue of your patcht Masse you might perceiue by this The oft repeating of the same doth proue how weake it is For if it were of such a force as could remoue our synne Once being sayd you néeded not agayne it to begynne This was the cause that sacrifice was often done before Because they could no man agayne to righteousnes restore Besides a number here vntoutcht this errour is therein Your carnall adoration which late you haue brought in Whereby you do with daunger great the Sacramentes adore The creature for Creator what errour can be more What worship due is vnto God what vnto Christ the Lord Is not by mans wyll measured but by Gods holy word Such straūge worship as you do teach was neuer knowne before In bread and wine here vpon earth Christ Iesus to adore Take eate and drinke and do ye this in memorye of me And this deuyde amongst you all thus oft we charged be But mention finde we none at all of honour to it due This doctrine had not bene forgot if that it had bene true The Apostle did deliuer all receiued of the Lord Yet of this adoration he speaketh not a word Your ydle braynes hath set aworke the people so to do You haue a spirit reueald you this with many other mo But not the spirit of God for that doth alway well agree With gods pure word that written is your errours it doth flye Our sauiour departing hence hath left a pledge behinde Of his great loue and benefites which he wrought for mankynde Euen Sacramentes of bread and wine the which our eyes do sée The vertue of his bodye and bloud to teach vs sensiblye By bread our body strengthned is and noorished to lyue Christes bodye so vnto the soule the onely lyfe doth gyue As wyne the hart it doth reioyce and cherefulnes doth bring His bloud so comforteth the soule aboue all earthly thing Therfore the bread and wyne do beare we néede not thinke it straunge The names of thynges they signifye yet substance doth not chaunge The outwarde visible Sacramentes the mouth doth taste alone But spirituall foode is geuen therby which faith must feede vpon Of Christ to be partakers here it is no let at all Thoughe in his body he remayne in place celestiall The sunne in substance is aboue yet feele we here below The heate and power therof to worke on all thinges that do grow So though Christes body be in heauen yet here if is by grace Through working of Gods holy spirit as if it were in place No carnall presence then beleue lift vp thyne hart on hye There woorship Christ on Gods right hand if daunger thou wilt flye These creatures he willed vs with thankfulnes to take In memorye of that his death he suffred for our sake With Christ his Institution wherein doth Masse agree What he comaundeth that you breake and do cleane contrarie Christ in remembrance of his death these Sacramentes hath made But for the synnes of quick and dead your Masse is dayly sayd Christes Supper both the Sacraments of bread and wyne doth geue But of the cup your wicked Masse the faithfull doth bereue Wher we these sacraments shuld take as of his onely gift You offer them to God for synne as raunsome in his sight That he was once an offring made Christes Supper teacheth playne But Masse doth daily offer him for Sacrifice agayne Christes Supper common ought to be for all to feede thereon But Masse is priuate to the Priest to eate and drinke alone And when he hath deuoured all to shew his wickednes In mocking them with emptie cup he doth the people blesse You vse the wordes lyke to a charme as if with your intent They had the power substance to chaūge where Christ it neuer ment What straunge iesture vse you therin with turning to and fro You blesse and crosse on euery syde you becke and bowe therto You mocke you mow you breath and blow with coniuring among No meruel though wōders be wrought your breath it is so strong You stand some tyme as in a traunce your fingers in your eare Which signe doth shew you haue no mynd the truth at al to heare You speake the wordes all to your selfe and that most secretely Least other should your cunning learn to make your god thereby You lift the Sacramentes aloft aboue your shauen crowne Then when the Idoll is erect the people falleth downe You hang him in a rope of hempe A signe of small good will If any daunger make you flye your god there hangeth still And so doth stand in great distresse him selfe he cannot saue As Labans gods were stolne from him such help your God may haue You kéepe him till he mould agayne wher be you taught these thinges Then do ye him for synne applye to such as mony bringes He was by Iudas sold but once when he did him betraye Iudas herein you do excell you sell him euerye daye Your masse doth darkē Christ his death and driues it out of mynde If in the same as you do teach forgiuenes we may fynde Christes testament of giuing lyfe and pardon of our synne By death it was confirmed once nothing to chaunge therein His testament you haue defaste his death you do denye For euery Masse doth it not graunt new righteousnes thereby And new forgeuenes of our synne euen for the worke once wrought What els do these new testamentes but set the first at nought But if you will haue them to stand and ratifyed to be To make them perfect Christ must com yet once agayne to dye This was the cause that numbers great your Masse so did embrace As bringing all saluation alone in euery place So beutifull it did appeare and shined all so bright The simple man bewitch did thinke it was a heauenly sight But who so throughly doth it know and looketh well thereon A damned thing most detestable will it confesse anon These few may serue but for a taste what of the rest to hold For of the errours of the Masse the third here is not told ¶ Against the praying to Saintes WHat profit of true prayer is no tong can well expresse What comfort to the heauy soule opprest with carefulnesse Thereby our God he present is when daunger is at hand Defending and eke strengthning vs temptacion to withstand His heauenly grace he graunteth soone if prayer do complayne Thereby forgeuenes of our synne and peace we do obtayne As walles the town doth compasse safe when enmyes force is bent So prayer doth the soule preserue when Sathan doth vs tempt But of all these great benefites the faithfull you bereue That in the Saintes of God do teache the people to beleue All contrary to Christian faith so leading them away From God the geuer of good giftes