Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	evil_a	good_a	indifferent_a	2,973	5	9.5052	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02456	A learned sermon handling the question of ceremonies, controuerted in our church: by Roger Hacket Doctor in Diuinitie	Hacket, Roger, 1559-1621.	1605 (1605)	STC 12588; ESTC S119068	22,518	70

not_o i_o answer_v as_o austin_n who_o be_v demand_v why_o paul_n circumcise_a timothy_n but_o do_v not_o circumcise_v titus_n although_o thereunto_o he_o be_v require_v 27._o that_o he_o may_v show_v those_o sacrament_n neither_o as_o necessary_a ought_v to_o be_v desire_v neither_o yet_o as_o sacrilegious_a ought_v to_o be_v damn_v so_o i_o to_o they_o which_o ask_v the_o reason_n why_o some_o church_n receive_v this_o ceremony_n other_o do_v not_o sure_o that_o the_o faithful_a of_o god_n may_v know_v that_o this_o ceremony_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v require_v as_o absolute_o necessary_a nor_o yet_o to_o be_v damn_v as_o sacrilegious_a and_o naught_o yet_o thou_o insiste_v and_o alleadg_a as_o a_o reason_n of_o thy_o refusal_n that_o many_o good_a man_n will_v not_o wear_v the_o surples_n or_o minister_v baptism_n with_o a_o cross_n my_o love_n towards_o they_o persuade_v i_o that_o many_o of_o they_o be_v good_a and_o that_o they_o do_v appertain_v unto_o the_o lord_n yet_o i_o pray_v thou_o answer_v be_v they_o all_o bad_a that_o have_v conform_v themselves_o and_o use_v these_o ceremony_n thy_o christian_a charity_n will_v not_o harbour_v such_o thought_n nay_o i_o be_o persuade_v that_o if_o god_n shall_v send_v among_o we_o a_o fiery_a trial_n that_o as_o this_o kingdom_n do_v afford_v in_o the_o day_n of_o queen_n marie_n cranmer_n and_o ridley_n hooper_n &_o latimer_n bishop_n then_o vary_v even_o in_o these_o ceremony_n to_o give_v their_o body_n to_o be_v burn_v for_o god_n truth_n so_o this_o church_n will_v afford_v many_o whereof_o some_o yield_v to_o conformity_n &_o some_o do_v not_o which_o with_o joint_a consent_n will_v witness_v the_o truth_n that_o have_v be_v and_o be_v now_o preach_v among_o you_o with_o the_o lose_v of_o the_o livelihood_n and_o their_o life_n wherefore_o look_v not_o always_o so_o much_o on_o that_o which_o good_a man_n do_v but_o consider_v rather_o whether_o they_o be_v in_o that_o good_a they_o do_v neither_o let_v this_o seem_v strange_a unto_o thou_o that_o god_n suffer_v his_o servant_n to_o fall_v in_o judgement_n and_o although_o they_o will_v not_o to_o see_v his_o truth_n call_v to_o mind_n the_o error_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n and_o why_o do_v god_n this_o even_o that_o all_o flesh_n as_o chrysostome_n observe_v may_v give_v glory_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o not_o ascribe_v to_o the_o worth_a of_o man_n the_o bless_a work_n of_o man_n salvation_n wherefore_o since_o the_o use_n of_o the_o surples_n be_v mere_o indifferent_a which_o the_o magistrate_n may_v command_v to_o be_v continue_v in_o the_o church_n since_o it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n but_o ancient_a which_o a_o long_a time_n have_v be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n and_o approve_v of_o the_o father_n as_o serve_v unto_o deconci●●_n and_o ●●der_n since_o it_o do_v not_o contrary_a any_o principle_n of_o faith_n or_o any_o way_n impugn_v the_o honesty_n of_o manner_n although_o it_o be_v superstitious_o abuse_v and_o of_o some_o reform_a church_n therefore_o not_o admit_v and_o of_o some_o good_a man_n therefore_o refuse_v let_v it_o in_o all_o obedience_n &_o love_n be_v use_v of_o we_o &_o for_o it_o let_v we_o not_o break_v the_o peace_n of_o our_o jerusalem_n or_o trouble_v the_o church_n in_o which_o we_o live_v yet_o thou_o say_v thou_o can_v not_o for_o thy_o conscience_n what_o of_o the_o thing_n thou_o can_v not_o that_o be_v learn_v be_v so_o gross_o deceive_v it_o be_v in_o his_o nature_n mere_o indifferent_a neither_o good_a not_o evil_a for_o if_o it_o have_v be_v absolute_o evil_a the_o holy_a father_n &_o martyr_n will_v not_o have_v use_v it_o or_o approve_v it_o as_o lawful_a in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n why_o then_o do_v thou_o refuse_v it_o thou_o say_v for_o thy_o conscience_n what_o thy_o conscience_n that_o have_v so_o much_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n thy_o conscience_n that_o have_v teach_v the_o magistrate_n command_v in_o thing_n indifferent_a be_v to_o be_v obey_v no_o man_n know_v thy_o conscience_n but_o thyself_o gloze_n not_o with_o god_n nor_o with_o thy_o own_o soul_n but_o if_o thy_o conscience_n do_v mis-give_a thou_o ask_v of_o she_o her_o reason_n weigh_v they_o with_o thyself_o in_o the_o balance_n of_o god_n word_n thou_o know_v she_o may_v err_v and_o be_v deceive_v it_o be_v no_o shame_n well_o to_o unspeake_v that_o thou_o have_v ill_o speak_v or_o to_o retract_v with_o praise_n that_o thou_o have_v fond_o justify_v follow_v wise_a and_o well_o mind_v austin_n seek_v to_o guide_v thy_o zeal_n with_o knowledge_n and_o in_o the_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n confer_v with_o thy_o discreet_a and_o learned_a brother_n and_o above_o all_o in_o the_o humbleness_n of_o thy_o well_o mean_v heart_n pray_v unto_o god_n that_o he_o will_v open_v thy_o eye_n and_o teach_v thou_o his_o truth_n it_o may_v be_v he_o will_v show_v to_o thy_o misinform_a conscience_n that_o he_o do_v to_o peter_n 10.15_o that_o which_o i_o have_v sanctify_v call_v not_o thou_o unclean_a but_o if_o the_o lord_n shall_v withhold_v this_o grace_n from_o thou_o and_o thou_o 14.5_o can_v not_o in_o this_o be_v resolve_v in_o thy_o mind_n i_o may_v not_o persuade_v thou_o to_o sin_n against_o thy_o conscience_n but_o as_o paul_n of_o meat_n that_o be_v sacrifice_v to_o idol_n so_o i_o of_o these_o although_o in_o their_o nature_n they_o be_v clean_o yet_o 14.14_o to_o thou_o that_o judge_v those_o thing_n to_o be_v unclean_a they_o be_v unclean_a and_o yet_o then_o remember_v who_o thou_o be_v and_o in_o all_o meekness_n possess_v thy_o soul_n and_o show_v to_o we_o that_o be_v contrary_a mind_v that_o although_o thou_o can_v not_o wear_v this_o white_a linen_n garment_n nor_o brook_v the_o cross_n require_v in_o baptism_n that_o yet_o for_o the_o peace_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o thou_o do_v seek_v thou_o be_v content_a to_o take_v up_o christ_n cross_n and_o follow_v he_o and_o yet_o when_o thou_o hear_v that_o they_o 5.10_o be_v bless_v that_o suffer_v persecution_n remember_v it_o be_v add_v as_o 50._o austin_n observe_v for_o righteousness_n sake_n it_o be_v not_o the_o punishment_n but_o the_o cause_n that_o make_v a_o martyr_n but_o it_o may_v be_v as_o some_o pretend_v they_o refrain_v from_o this_o not_o for_o conscience_n of_o the_o thing_n for_o they_o hold_v it_o indifferent_a nor_o for_o their_o conscience_n for_o of_o it_o in_o their_o mind_n they_o be_v well_o persuade_v but_o for_o conscience_n of_o their_o weak_a brethren_n which_o with_o the_o use_n of_o the_o surplice_n be_v offend_v unto_o who_o wake_v soul_n thus_o i_o answer_v that_o 14.15_o although_o christian_a liberty_n shall_v yield_v to_o love_v that_o 6.12.10.13_o that_o which_o be_v lawful_a to_o they_o be_v not_o always_o expedient_a nay_o 14.21_o that_o they_o may_v not_o eat_v flesh_n not_o wear_v a_o surplice_n to_o offend_v their_o brother_n yet_o when_o the_o magistrate_n command_v they_o in_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n then_o be_v their_o liberty_n restrain_v &_o that_o which_o if_o they_o be_v free_a they_o will_v not_o do_v nor_o indeed_o shall_v with_o the_o offence_n of_o their_o brothen_fw-ge ●●●…e_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v lest_o they_o shall_v be_v despiser_n of_o he_o who_o god_n have_v set_v over_o they_o for_o as_o thy_o liberty_n must_v veil_v to_o love_n so_o must_v thy_o love_n and_o liberty_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n which_o require_v of_o thou_o 13.5_o to_o obey_v the_o magistrate_n command_v in_o thing_n indifferent_a not_o only_o for_o fear_n but_o for_o conscience_n sake_n at_o the_o which_o thy_o discreet_a carriage_n if_o thy_o weak_a brother_n shall_v be_v offen_v it_o be_v a_o offence_n take_v not_o give_v better_a it_o be_v by_o thy_o word_n 〈◊〉_d ensample_n to_o lead_v he_o to_o the_o truth_n then_o by_o thy_o nice_a mammer_v to_o confirm_v he_o in_o a_o untruth_n as_o 5.19_o peter_n better_o to_o obey_v god_n then_o man_n so_o i_o better_o to_o obey_v thy_o magistrate_n lawful_o command_v than_o thy_o brother_n fond_o swerve_v the_o canon_n of_o our_o church_n thus_o decree_a then_o the_o fancy_n of_o some_o fewe●…_n otherwise_o speak_v whe●●●●…_n to_o conclude_v find_v neither_o for_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o thing_n thy_o conscience_n nor_o the_o conscience_n of_o thy_o weak_a brother_n thou_o must_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o magistrate_n in_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n as_o david_n in_o this_o 〈◊〉_d so_o i_o 〈◊〉_d you_o o●●●…_n and_o seek_v for_o the_o peace_n of_o jerusalem_n let_v they_o prosper_v that_o love_n she_o now_o to_o you_o my_o fellow_n labourer_n which_o have_v yield_v your_o obedience_n to_o these_o outward_a ceremony_n &_o have_v conform_v yourselves_o unto_o the_o time_n seek_v for_o the_o peace_n of_o jerusalem_n rejoice_v not_o at_o