Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	abel_n	blood_n	cry_v	2,397	5	9.4770	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00261	A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sente[n]ces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes.; Brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ	I. B., fl. 1547.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed author.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed author.	1547 (1547)	STC 1035; ESTC S103779	21,747	42

Al that is borne of god ouercometh the world And thys is the victorye that ouercometh the worlde euen our fayth Who is it that ouercometh the worlde but he that beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God Out of these wordes of Iohn maye all ryght christians wel vnderstande that the victorye standeth in an vpryghte fayeth and not in anye carnall and outward●… weapon And we do holde it wyth the Apostle Iohn and are also content wyth Paule so that we wyl holde wyth them all straunge doctrine whyche myght be contrary to the Gospell of Iesu Christe for vtterly accursed Gala. i. ¶ Of Matrymonye OF matrymonye we do hold now in the newe testament not after the wyl of Moyses nor after the ensampel of the patriat ches but as god instytuted it in paradyse and as it was restituted agayne of Chryste and brought agayn to the fyrst institucion namely that Matrimony is a ioynynge togyther of 〈◊〉 persons that is to say a man and a woman af ter the wordes of the lord They two shall be one fleshe Genes ii And for this cause hath Paule commaunded the byshopes deacons euery one of thē to be a housband of one wyfe Out of the whiche texte muste nedes folowe that no chrysten man may haue more then one wife or els had Paule robbed the byshoppes and deacons of theyr comon chrystian lybertye yea he had tangled them in a snare which is vnpossyble i. Cor. vi so is it not to be foūde in any apostels wrytynge that any Chrysten man in or after the apostels tymes hath bene Polygamus that is to saye hath had manye wyues What y t the apostles haue not taught nor vsed in theyr congregacyon that shal not wee teache nor vse as an necessarye thinge ●…o mans saluacyon For els muste it folowe that the apostels had not knowen nor taught all the trueh which is against the words and promise of Iesu Christ which promised to his apostels sayeng when the conforter the holy ghoste shal come he shall teache you all the trueth Ihon. xiiii And Paul toke god to witnesse y t present day that he was pure from the bloud of al mē for he had kept nothing backe but had shewed them all the coūsell of god Acti xx Nowe is it well knowen that Paule taughte not that a Chrysten man shoulde haue many wyues and therfore it is not the counsell or wyll of God but muche more is the counsel and wyl of god that a christian shall haue but one wyfe Seynge that all the newe Testament alway spea keth of one man and one wyfe as appeareth by these chapirers Mathewe xix Marke x. 〈◊〉 Timothe iii. Titu i. i. Corhinth vii Ephe. v. And therfore can not we approue the Iewes Poligamians the whyche some haue begonne But we holde vs after the ensample of Adam and Eue and also in thys matter it is restitusted agayne by Christe Mathew xix Marke x. we are also wel cōtented with Paule which doth saye that for auoydyng fornicacion euerye man shall haue his owne wyfe and euerye woman her owne husbande Also that Matrimony is a soy●…ynge togyther of man and woman after the worde of the Lorde These two shall be one fleshe Genesis ii Mathewe xix Marke x. Ephesians v. ☞ Thys is the confession of oure fayth in the which we hope that nothyng shal be foūde but the pure trueth of the Gospell yf so be that it be not iudged after mannes good thynkynge but onelye after the rule of thy Godlye worde And notwythstandynge bycause that we wyll gyue no plase vnto the sclaunderers that of a presumptuouse hygh mynded spirite myghte sclaunder or rayse vpon vs we are alwayes readye and offer our selues that yf any christen man beyng learned in the scripture can reproue vs wyth Goddes worde in anye thynge that shoulde fayle vs of the trueth to hym we shall and wyll alwayes gladly as disciples vnto ther●… maiste●… gyue place and gladly wyth all toy sulnesse of the spirite recey●…e al christen doctrine of hym Seynge that Peter a prince of the Apostles muste suffer that he was rebulted of Paule reasone it is that we shoulde suffer to be rebuked yf we throughe mannes ignoraunce were fallen in erroure we that are poore seruaūtes of the Lorde skantly haue receyued one pounde where as Peter had receyued fyue the whyche our vnderstandyng is no more to be lykened to the high apostles wisdome then a gnat by a camell And we know also that Solomon sayth Be not wyse in thyne owne conceyte And agayne He that refuseth to be refourmed despiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth hym selfe to correction is wyse And for thys cause wyl we alwayes be diligent to heare and with all m●…kenes submitte our selues vnto him that coulde teach vs any doctrine more agreable to the holy scripture But yf any man wyll condempne our fayth without the iudgement of scripture iudge it after the prouerbe as the blinde iuggeth the colour that muste wyl we suffer for gods sake Also yf any mā wil be our Pharao and treade vs downe bicause y t we be Ilsraelites or fayne would be in this wyl we aso cō fort vs w t the holy scripture hoping y t our hea uēly father shall haue mercy ouer vs through Iesu Christ strēgth vs so w t his holy goste y t we shal not care for the dreadful sclaūder ouer our fayth And we perceyuing y t blyndnes of the comō people the great tyrāny of certē princes so y t the comō people are so blinded in their memory y t they cā not iudge the light frō darkenes nor the right frō vnrightuousnes or lyes frō the truth yea they crie ouer Iesu that be shalbe crucified and Bara●…as shalbe let go And also dyuers prynces are so full of tyrāny that they do persecute the chrysten and wythout any mercy put them to the moste greuous and cruell death not remembryng that the innocent bloude of the ryghtuouse Abell cryeth for vengeaunce agaynste the murderer Cain vnto God in heauen Neuerthelesse the scripture must be ful●…illed namely that all they that wyll lyue godly in Chryste Iesu muste suffer p●…rsecucyon And chryst sayth to his apostels Haue they persecuted me they shall also persecute you And therfore saith Iohn in his epistle Be●…old what loue the father hath shewed on vs that we should be called his chylderne Therfore the world doth not knowe you bycause it knoweth not hym With those and more other scriptures maye wee comforte our selues and especyallye wyth the wordes of Chryste sayeng Blessed are they that suffer persecucyon for ryghtuousnes sake for theyrs is the kyngdom of heauen Blessed are ye whē men r●…uyle you and persecute you and falsely say all maner euill sayenges agaynste you for my names sake Reioyse and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen And we praye god our heauenlye father thorow oure lorde Iesu Chryste ▪ the which out of his vnmeasurable mercye