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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	abraham_n	son_n	zion_n	61	3	8.9290	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00381	A lytle treatise of the maner and forme of confession, made by the most excellent and famous clerke, M. Eras. of Roterdame; Exomologesis. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1535 (1535)	STC 10498; ESTC S109931	61,733	228

he gyueth grace Iacobi 4. There are the cursed mountaynes of Gelboe vpon whiche neyther dewe nor rayne dothe lyghte There are also moūtaynes wherwith the lorde is delyted Gene. 22. There was the mounte vpon whiche Abraham made redy and wente aboute to offre vp his onely sonne in sacrifice Exodi .19 et 20. In a mounte also was the lawe gyuen The moūte Syon is famous greatly cōmended whiche trusteth and putteth confidēce in the lorde Psal. 124. And there are mountaynes also vnto whiche the godly men do lyfte vp theyr iyes fromwhens they do loke and wayte after helpe Psal. 120. In the mountaynes also our lorde dyd often tymes make his prayers Math. 17. On a moūteyn also he was trāsfigured Actuum x. On the moūte he went or styed vp to heuen Therfore that thou mayste be made a mount● or hylle pleasaūt vnto the lorde cast downe the heyghte or toppe of thy herte and be thou made a lowe valley or dale that thou mayst receyue that benediction blessyng of the lorde Hebre. 9. and that all thystels and thornes whiche the cursed grounde bryngeth forth beinge clensed and ryd out thou mayst plentuously brynge forth moche frute of vertues Beleue me whose soeuer mynde dothe vehemētly greatly refuse grudge to submit and meken him selfe to a preeste he hath not yet sufficiently humbled and caste downe his herte before god nor he doth not yet hertely repent Considre who he is that thou hast offended Consydre also howe soore and greuous punyshement thou hast deserued Consydre agayn to what vnworthynes shame thou haste caste downe thy selfe thrugh cōmittyng of synne and howe vnhonorable foule thou hast made thy selfe in the syghte of god of all sayntes aungels whyles thou thy garmente and rynge cast away from the Luc. 15. being shaken out from the felyship and company of the chyldrē sonnes of god arte made the seruaunt of the deuyll the heyre of helle fyre and doest thynke and reken that thou oughtest to be ashamed of any thynge what soeuer it be that may from so great vnworthynes and vilenes restore the agayne in to so great felicite Art thou ashamed to seme a synner why arte thou not than by that reason aswell ashamed to seme a man And yf thou haue respecte and regarde vnto shamefastnes or honestie it is more shame and dishonestie not to be wyllyng to chaunge the bondage than it was to haue fallen in to it Finally let one shamefastenes dryue out another lykewyse as one nayle is dryuen out with another A ●rouerbe Considre and bethynke the whether of the two is more tolerable I meane on s to be ashamed here before one man orels afterward to be ashamed in the syght of god and his aungelles and of all the holy sayntes whiche haue ben from the begynnȳg of the worlde whiche shall be vntyll the worldes ende Consydre and thynke with thy selfe what a theatre multitude of lokers shal be there with what face darest thou ther beholde thy maker thy redemer and deliuerer whom thou haste despised notwithstandyng that he ●yd ꝓuoke the with so many benefites dyd make the so great and royall promyses also dyd tolerate suffre the with so great pacience and gentilnes howe shalte thou lyfte vp ●hyn ●yes to loke vpon that most blessed felyshyp and company of the heuēly citezins from whiche thou hast wy●lyngly of thyne owne mȳde withdrawen thy selfe and caste thy selfe in to a miserable wretched company Yf thou dost thinke well vpon this dishonour this rebuke this ignominie and this shame thou woldest sone despise and make lyghte of this temporall transitorie shame whiche putteth away euerlastȳg rebuke and shame Blessed are they whose synnes ar couered or hyd Psal. 31. for confession couereth hydeth synnes so that nowe neyther god doth remembre him neyther the deuyll dothe knowe hym And for asmoche as the hole man in seruynge synne hath lyfted vp hym selfe by proude disobedience agaynst god it is cōuenient and mete that he do humble meken hym selfe euin in body also And lykewyse as the body often tymes doth gyue the occasion of doing synne euen so oftē tymes eyther it dothe engendre cause or els dothe helpe and further the vertue of the mynde For this cause the gouernours rulers of holy churche in olde tyme not onely in the administration of the sacramentes and in the deuine seruice but also in the castyng forth of them that were relapsed in to any haynous and odious crime and in the receyuynge in agayne of them whiche were purged clensed by penaunce dyd vse certayne visible rites ceremonies to th entent that both the people shulde be feared awaye from doinge synne and also that they whiche yet were not soorye for their synnes shulde be prouoked vnto repentaunce and amendemēt and that they whose repentaunce was weyke shulde be the more prouoked to horrour hatred of synnes For the imbecilite and weykenes of mānes mynde nedeth many styrrynges and ꝓuocations to this that it do conceyue and gather in it selfe the fyre of diuine charite and that it do kepe it and that beinge possessed of it waxyng strōge it be transfigured trāsformed of the same In the olde tyme th●y were repreued rebuked of the byshop The sharpe penaūce enioyned to synners in olde tyme. they were seperated departed from the company and felyshyp of the christen flocke and bare heeded clothed in course sackeclothe and besprincled with ashes they stode before y● churche porche humbly besechyng and desiryng of them that passed by and that came in to the churche the suffrages helpe of their prayers there was enioyned vnto them fastynges often drynkynge of water slepyng on the bare groūd and other thīges mo very harde and paynfull in dede to the affections of man but holsome and profitable both to them whiche had regarde and mynde to the sauynge of innocency and also to them which did suffre suche thinges to the purgyng washynge awaye of theyr synnes And of this sayde custome there remayneth styll euyn yet at this day certayn tokens namely in the church of Rome The maner at Rome For certeyne mennes shoulders are made bare and naked without the churche they are beaten with a rodde other whyles euyn vntyll the bloude do folowe and that a very great nombre and multitute of people lokyng on but yet onely the penitentiarie dothe knowe what offence or cryme the penitent hath cōmytted sauyng onely that all men do iudge deme some haynous offence to haue bene cōmitted But what tyme the charite waxed colde wyckednes came in a floote the heedes prelates of the churche hauynge respecte vnto mans imbecilite weykenes dyd release the greattest ꝑte of the shame of the payne lest they myghte alienate and turne many men away from the fayth of the church yf they dyd vse their auctorite toward●