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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	knight_n	14,065	5	7.8141	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14133	An exposycyon vpon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Mathewe which thre chapters are the keye and the dore of the scrypture, and the restoring agayne of Moses lawe corrupt by ye scrybes and pharyses. And the exposycyon is the restorynge agayne of Chrystes lawe corrupte by the Papystes. Item before the boke, thou hast a prologe very necessary, conteynynge the whole sum of the couenaunt made betwene God and vs, vpon whiche we be baptysed to kepe it. And after thou haste a table that ledeth the by the notes in the margentes, vnto al that is intreated of in the booke.; Exposicion uppon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Mathew.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1536 (1536)	STC 24441.3; ESTC S104299	120,671	258

of the entent and purpose that they were ordeyned for And with theyr obedience they haue drawen them selues from vnder the obedience of all princes and temporall lawes with theyr pouerty they haue robbed all nacions kyngedomes and so with theyr wylful pouerty haue enryched them selues haue made the comens poore with theyr chastite they haue fylled all the worlde full of whores and sodomites thynking to please God more hylye with kepynge of an whore then an honest chast wyfe If they say it is nat truthe then all the worlde knoweth they lye for if a prest mary an honest wyfe they punyshe hym immediatly and saye he is an haynouse heretyke as though matrimonye were abhominable But if he kepe a whore thē is he a good chast chylde of theyr holy father the pope whose ensample they folowe an I warrant hym synge masse on y e next day after as wel as he dyd before without ether persecucion or excommunicacion suche are the lawes of theyr vnchaste I wolde say theyr owne chast father ☜ ☞ If thou professe obediēce why ronnest thou from father mother master and ruler whiche God byddeth the to obeye to be a fryer yf thou obeye why obeyest thou nat the kynge and his lawe by whome God defendeth the bothe the in lyfe and goodes and al thy great possessions ❧ ❧ ❧ ❧ If thou professe pouertye what doest thou with the landes of gentylmen squyer● knyghtes barōs erles dukes what shulde a lordes brother be a beggers seruaunt or what shulde a begger ryde with thre or foure score horses waytynge on hym Is it mete that a man of noble byrth the right heyre of the landes whiche thou possessest sholde be thyne horse keper thou beynge a begger If ye professe chastite why desyer ye aboue al other men the company of women what do ye with whores openly in many contreyes and with secret dispensacions to kepe concubines why corrupte ye so much other mennes wyues and why be there so many Sodomites amonge you ☜ ❀ ☞ Your charite is mercylesse to the rest of the worlde to whome ye may gyue nought agayne and onely lyberall to your selues as is the charite of theues xxx or fourtye of you to gether in one denne amonge whiche yet are nat many that loue thre of his neyboures hertelye Your fastynge maketh you as full and as fatte as your hydes can holde besye that ye haue a dispensacion of your holy father for your fastynge ☜ ❀ ☞ Your prayer is but patterynge without all affeccyon Your syngynge is but ro●ynge to stretche out our mawes as do your other gestures and rysynge at mydnyght to make the meate synge to the botome of the stomacke y t ye may haue perfecte dygestion be redy to deuoure a freshe agaynst the nexte refeccion Ye shal know them by theyr frutes First thornes beare no grages nor bryers fygges Also if thou se goodly blossomes in them thynkest there to haue fygges grapes or any frute for the sustenaunce or confort of man go to them in tyme of nede and thou shalt fynde nought at all Thou shalte fynde for southe I haue no goodes nor any thyng proper or that is myne owne It is the couentes I were a thefe yf I gaue it my father what so euer nede he had It is saynt Edmondes patrimony Saynt Albons patrimonye Saynt Edwardes patrymonye the goodes of holy churche It may nat be mynysshed nor occupyed vpon lay and prophane vses The kyng of the realme for al that he defendeth them aboue all other yet getteth he nought what nede soeuer he haue saue thē only whan he must spende on theyr causes all that they gyue withal that he can get besyde of his pore comēs If the kyng wyl attempte to take ought from thē by y e auctorite of his office for the defence of the realme Or yf any man wyll entre at them otherwyse then they lust them selues by what lawe or ryght it be they turne to thornes and bryers and waxe at once rougher then a hedgehogge wyll sprynkle them with the holy water of theyr maledictions as thycke as hayle and brethe out the lyghtenynge of excommunicacion vpon them and so consume them to pouldre ☜ ☞ More ouer a corrupt tree can beare no good frute That is wher they haue frute that semeth to be good go to and proue it and thou shalt fynde it rotten or the carnell eaten out and that it is but as a holowe nutte For fayth in Christ that we and al our workes done within the compase of the lawe of God be accepted to God for his sake is the kernell the swetnes and the pleasaunt bewty of al our workes in the syght of God As it is wrytten Iohan vi This is the worke of god that ye beleue ī him whome he hath sent This faythe is a worke whiche God nat only worketh in vs but also hath therin pleasure and delectacyon and in all other for that faythes sake Fayth is the lyfe of man as it is wrytten Iustus ex fide viuit out of whiche lyfe the pleasantnesse of all his workes sprynge As for an ensample thou arte a shoumaker whiche is a worke within the lawes of God and sayest in thyne harte Lo God here I make a shue as truely as I wolde for my selfe to do my neyboure seruice and to get my lyuynge in truthe with the laboure of myne handes as thou commaundest and thanke the that thou hast geuen me this crafte and makest it luckye that I gette my lyuynge therwith and am surelye persuaded that bothe I and my worke please the O father for thy sonne Iesus sake Lo nowe this faythe hath made this symple worke pleasaunt in the syght of God ☜ ☞ Another ensample thou takest a wyfe and sayest O father thou nat only permyttest this but also commaundest all that burne and haue their myndes vnquyeted to mary for feare of fornicacion so forthe And father I promise the to loue this woman truelye and to care for her and gouerne her after thy lawes to be true to her to stande by her in all aduersites and to take in worthe as well the euell as the good and to brynge vp the frute that thou shalte geue me of her in thy feare and teache it to knowe the. ❧ ❧ ❧ ❧ Moreouer as concernyg the acte of Matrimony as whā thou wylt eate thou blessed god and receauest thy dayly fode of his hande accordynge to the fourthe peticion of thy pater noster and knowlegest that it is hys gyfte and thankest hym beleuyng his word that he hath created it for the to receaue it with thankes by the which worde prayer of thākes thy meate and drynke is sanctifyed 1. Timot. iiii Euen so thou sayest Father this I do nat only at thy permission which is ynough to please the with all but also at thy commaundement and haue bounde my selfe here vnto