Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	apostle_n	love_v	son_n	2,692	5	5.4689	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19240	An exortacion to charite very needefull at this tyme for eche man and woman to inbrace, compyled by Wyllyam Conway.	Conway, William, fl. 1550.	1551 (1551)	STC 5654; ESTC S113404	9,028	28

haddest knowen my meanyng for in deede I sayde that I loued the but I tolde the not howe nor after what fashyon so that I say yf loue be lefte alone she may choose whether she wyll loue well or loue yl but yf charitie be once named it can none otherwyse be vnderstanded but of good loue without which a mans fayth is nothyng worth as wytnesseth with me the blessed apostle saynte Paule wrytyng vnto the Corinthyans Epist i. Chapi xiii On this wyse Yf I haue all fayth so that I may remoue moūtaines and haue therwith no charitie I am nothyng that is to say my fayth is nothynge ye heere nowe this lyttell peece of saynte paules Epistle telleth you what your fayth is without charitie wherefore styll I desyre you contynually to call for charitie and to vse charitie as nedefull it is nowe to preache charite as it was in the premityue church to preache fayth syth faythe is no faythe without charitie But a lacke who shall preache charitie oure preestes Nowe in good fayth it greueth me somtyme to here charitie so scante amonge them some of thē be not so charitable as I wold wyshe them for one preacheth agaynst an other one despyseth an others promocyon one an others learning one an others belefe so that a man can not well tell howe to auoyde the venemus enuye of this worlde but yet I wolde aduyse eche preste to loue other consyderynge that all the Epystles saynte Paule wrote almoste he hath in them a treatynge for vnitie Saynte Iames in his Epistle wylleth that yf we fall at varyaunce we shulde reconcyle our selues one vnto an other and open our sinnes before god he wylleth vs alwaye to loue one an other he specyally there putteth ryche men in remembraunce of theyr dutye towarde theyr poore neyghboures Saynte Peter also gyueth greate comfort for one to loue an other declaryng to eche man his dutye towarde maiestrates for where disobedience is there is no charitie Saynt Iohn in his epistles feruently doth declare what charitie is fyrste exortynge all men to kepe gods commaundementes declaryng that yf they do otherwyse charitie and feruent loue to god is excluded he sheweth the loue that god bare towarde vs whē he sent downe his onely begotten sonne to suffre death for our synnes and he concludeth of charitie sayenge that who so hath charitie hath god and who so loueth not his brother hath no charitie in hym Our sauyour Christ sayth also to his Apostles Iohn Chap. xiii Diligite inuicem that is to saye Loue ye together and then afterwarde he tellethe them how they shuld loue together saieng Sicut dilexi uos That is euen as I haue loued you Nowe howe Christ loued vs to eche man it is knowen parte therof might herein be expressed but for tediousnes it is omytted wherefore let vs all vse charitie and especially I say ▪ to you that be prestes shewe charitie one vnto an other remembryng that Christ our mayster sayth vnto you Math. v. Let your lyght shyne so before men that they maye se your good workes and gloryfye your father whiche is in heauen Nowe syth you shulde be a lyght to the worlde for gods sake let charitie be vsed amonge you that other men may the rather through your good ensamples learne to lyue charytably then shall eche man louyngely lyue in this worlde then shall sedcyyon ceasse and charitie floryshe then brotherly loue shal be amonge vs. And without this as I haue alredye tolde you your fayth is nothyng worthe yf you lyste not to beleue me looke what saynt Paule sayth in his fyrst epystle and xiii Chapiter to the Corinthyans reade forth that charitie and then shall you sone se what fruites charitie bryngeth forth Agayne I say that fayth and charitie so charyshe one an other that the one in no wyse can be without the company of the other Wherefore styll I crye after one sorte and maner for Goddes sake let eche man endeuour hym selfe to attayne charitie and then vse it and loue God as I knowe no good Christen man dothe otherwyse aboue al thinges and thy neighbour as thy selfe Mary there be some that shewe smale loue towardes hym for they feare not to blaspheme him to sweare and stare by hym as though he were more vyler then anye creature that lyuethe his woundes his soule his harte his bloude his sydes his nayles so that frome the crowne of the heade to the sole of the foote they leaue not one member of Christe vnrecyted ye and for a moste common othe they take his hole precious body and make it theyr sweryng stocke ye and this is done in the moste excesse of fylthynes that they vse for when they are moste dronke then swere they most when they are moste angry then they swere and teere Christ in peeces But O wycked people O blasphemers of God O tormenters of Chryste O ye worse then beastes what shall I call you what shall I saye vnto you ye fearelesse people ye shamelesse people haue you no regarde of nature haue you no respecte to Christ Knowe you not what you are what you were and what you shall come to O thou earth and ashes wylte thou blaspheme hym so rygruslye whiche came downe from his maiestye to delyuer the whome the Deuyll fast hadde bounde in the chaynes of syn Thou arte muche lyke vnto the Adder or Serpent of whome Ysope telleth a prety fable a husbande man founde this Adder in the colde snowe and of his gentylnes broughte her home and layde her by a fyer where she was wel recouered and rendred to her former state agayne But nowe marke the gentylnes of this Adder when the good husband man came to her and touched her to se howe she fared for his kyndenes she caught holde aboute his boddy and stonge hym sore wherewith the good man beyng vexed and not without greate cause toke his Axe in his hande and cut her in peces Euen so our mayster and sauyour Iesus Chryst perceyuyng vs vyle and poysoned wretches lyeng and quiuering in the cold snowe of synne to our euerlastynge comforte he discended from his hyghe trone noryshinge vs with the hot fyer of feruent loue in preachyng and workynge for our behoofe and washynge vs in the swete bathe of his most precyous bloud through the warmthe and swetenes whereof we were brought agayne into the fauoure of God for which kynde acte and vnspeakable benefyte we tormente hym a freshe we do our dylygent to vexe hym we blaspheme hym we sette his moste precyous body in the fore fronte of al our marchaūdyse we are most redy to do those thynges whiche moste ernestly he dothe forbydde Beware beware beware be tyme beware lest by your importunable vexyng of God throughe your venemus and blasphemus othes and abhomynable lyuyng without eyther vertue shame or feare he sodaynely with his axe or swerde the sharpnes wher of can not be expressed cut and souder you from the lyuely members of