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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	blood_n	flesh_n	meat_n	9,640	5	9.2298	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16459	A defence of the olde, and true profession of Christianitie against the new, and counterfaite secte of Iesuites, or fellowship of Iesus: Written in Latine by P. Boquine a Frenchman, borne in Borges, & Professor of Diuinitie, in the Vniuersitie of Heidelberge: Translated into Englishe by T. G. Whereby maye bee perceiued, howe falslye the Iesuites vsurpe the name of Iesus, and how farre off they are, from the thing signified thereby, and what their profession, and purpose is in truth: otherwise then they beare the worlde in hande.; Assertio veteris ac veri Christianismi adversus novum et fictum Iesuitismum seu Societatem Iesu. English	Boquin, Pierre, d. 1582.; T. G., fl. 1581.	1581 (1581)	STC 3371; ESTC S116194	81,465	194

proceeding and end thereof Who as he plateth the last end thereof in the participation or fellowship of the kingdome of Christ in heauen So he putteth the first beginning in the good pleasure and purpose of the heauenly Father from the which springeth our election before the foundations of the worlde were laide But letting passe at this time those two extreames to wit the beginning and the end I wil only entreate of the meanes and proceeding which the ●●me Author Rom. 8. Chapter doeth comprehend as it is apparant vnder the names of vocation and iustification Nowe ●ayth goeth betweene our vocation and our iustification which as i● followeth the one so 〈…〉 it needes goe before the other Therefore both this place and 〈…〉 s other doe teach vs to hold faith to be as the first step of the comming of the godly vnto Christ And especially Christ him selfe sheweth it whom ●he historie of the Gospell declareth to haue alwayes first required ●ayth of 〈…〉 he had to do with all But 〈…〉 ●se 〈…〉 be a● 〈…〉 t infinite testimonies therof I will 〈◊〉 use out a 〈◊〉 and chiefly out of the Gospell after 〈◊〉 Iohn which is verieful● thereof I ●● only alledge those place ● that séeme 〈◊〉 one most cleare and to beginne with the first Chapter there it is flatly vttered that all those that beléeue 〈◊〉 Christ are en●●●ded and honoured with this p 〈…〉 and pr●hen●●● nence that ther should be the Sonnes of God Unto whom Paule agreeth Gal. 3. verse 26 Yeare are all ●●●eth had the Sonnes of God by fayth in Christ Iesu the pledge and zeals of which adoption he straightway addeth to be the Sacrament of baptisme as wherby the faythfull doe put on Christ that is are ioyned to him yea that which is more are coupled with him as in an other place he writeth And so are made bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh For so it pleased him to describe that most straight and neare fellowship For the which cause Christ also as it is in Iohn the third chapter After that he had reasoned with Nicodemus the Pharize about the seconde or heauenly byrth hee thereunto ioyneth a ● goodly Sermon of the force and verie great effectes of fayth In the 4. and 5. chap. There are many plaine testimonies to this purpose but I passe them ouer hastening to the sixte chapter Wherein this matter is so handled so fully set foorth and so plainly opened that I maruell that there should be any yet in the church that should doubt thereof much lesse striue about it But vnto Owles or night Crowes euen the noone light is darke there will euer be some that esteeme ●●hornes better then corne according to the prouerbe Christ in this 6. chapter doeth not only manifestly shewe that the way to haue fellowship with him consisteth in fayth and teacheth the same to be most necessary but also instructeth and sch●leth fayth that is to say declareth what it ought to bee holds it ought to embrace him or after what maner it ought to apprehende him or els what way it ought to take to knowe him It is euident that there are in Christ 〈…〉 natures wherof one is fetched from our nature or as the Apostle speaketh Taken and therefore altogether like ours except sinne And euen as he him selfe hath thereby ioyned him selfe to vs so by the same must we come vnto him to the intent we may come into the fellowship of the other nature to wit the diuine which is natural vnto him Of the which thing Augustine diligently intreating in the 9. Booke 15 chap of the citie of God at length addeth this Being made partaker of our humanitie he made a readie way for vs to be partakers of his diuinitie L●k● as therefore we are ioyned to the Father by the Sonne so also we are vnited vnto the Sonne by that nature which he hath receiued of vs insomuch that i● is as it were a certaine hande or as I haue els where written a solder ●a●tening together things that otherwise are most farre asunder and ●●●e●s Nowe as whosoeuer hath fellowship with the Sonne must needes also haue fellowship with the Father otherwise the Sonne shoulde hee di●●ded from the Father So whosoeuer is receiued into the fellowship of the flesh of Christ for by this worde in this place as els where by the name of the Body he comprehendeth his humaine nature must also haue fellowship with the diuine nature vnles we will part those two natures ioyned together with a most sure band It remaineth therefore that we know how we haue fellowship with the humaine nature or flesh of Christ That doeth he him selfe plainly declare First hee signifieth the same by the name of Bread taking occasion of the myracle wrought before and mention béeing made of Manna by the Iewes at last after further reasoning hee calleth it his Flesh and saith it is true meate Moreouer to open more fully this mystery he maketh mention of his Blood fitly ioyning blood vnto flesh as we sée them ioyned in liuing men the separation whereof bringeth death whereof also by the way hee speaketh when he saide that it should be giuen for the life of the word the life I say not the death For he dyed that hee might destroy death not to bring it vnto any but to restore life whiche was lost vnto all them which should haue fellowship with his flesh And h● hath shewed by diuers wordes the way to obteine this fellowship First he hath vrged the word Shall Eate applying it to the Metaphore of Breade and to the word Flesh which he also calleth true meate For they are communicated and receiued by eating He likewise hath vsed the word Shall drinke respecting the Wine which 〈◊〉 saith to be true drinke He hath fur● ther mētioned the word Hath come which he doeth els where vse Lastly he hath added the word Beleueth by which as being proper and single he expoundeth that whiche in those former figuratuie spéeches laye hid And so he hath plainly declared that the way to come by this diuine felowship is fayth whereby onely wee eate and drinke him and come vnto him For as he is the way and the doore for vs to come to the Father so wee come vnto him by fayth wee are ioyned to him and he to vs so that hee ●●●●eth in vs and we in him that is dwelleth in our heartes as the Apostle saith to the Ephesians the 3. chapter The sumine then of all is this that Christ ioyneth vs vnto his felowship by faith and by no other mean or way Wherfore as it can not be that he which beléeueth in Christ shoulde not haue fellowship with him and through him which the Father as he must needes be lightened with his light that beholdeth the Sonne So whosoeuer beléeueth not in him it is as impossible