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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	bring_v	good_a	tiding_n	2,863	5	11.4428	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11244	The pitifull estate of the time present A Christian consideration of the miseries of this time, with an exhortation to amendement of life: compiled by one zealous in the lawe of God, and set forth by publike autority, being perused and allowed by the same.	I. S., fl. 1564.; Stubbes, John, 1543-1591, attributed name.	1564 (1564)	STC 21504; ESTC S112130	22,439	64

of God no man ought to seperate or put asūder yet notwithstanding that Leuitic 17. Math. 19. Marke 10. how did they I say abuse and shamefullye seperate diuers and sūdry of the ministerie then matched in matrimony Papistes breakers of wedlock dealing as cruelly wyth them therefore as if they had committed some notorious offence disallowing in the ministery then that to be necessary which Christe in his time for his Apostels did see to be conuenient and necessary And Paul witnessing the same sayth 2. Corin. 7. It is better to marrye than to burne but he sayth not It is better to take a whore than to marrye as a greate many of their beastly broode of lecherous Massepriestes did who as they woulde not marry so liued they not Casté but Cauté played the whoremongers and some Palam defiled theyr neighboures wiues committed dayly incest and were euen fellowe companions to the Sodomites whose beastlinesse these Mitered men oft wincked at and woulde not see the wyckednesse of their God Bels belly gods but looked thorow the fyngers at them as some of thē to wel know to their shame though they say nay and lye as their generatiō hath always bene accustomed who neuer will do other But though for their wicked whoredome they haue in thys world escaped the punishment due for the same Hebru 13. yet shall God shut them out of hys Kingdome into euerlasting fier vnlesse they repent which God graunt they may But now to proceede theeues also I sayde they were Papistes are theues Iohn 10. ‡ and so S. Iohn calleth them that come not but to steale destroy of which number they are so shewed themselues to be when they not only did breake into Gods orchard stealing from vs the fruit of life but also lopped and destroyed the flourishing braūches that plenteouslye yelded forth the fruite therof Ieremy 12. ‡ Treading downe the Vineyard and pleasant portion of the Lorde of malitious purpose to leaue it waste and to make it a wyldernesse stealing away the heauenly treasure of Gods Sanctuary and wyth consciences moste filthily defiled filling and replenishing the Lords house with robbery falshed and therfore agayne I say theeues and also enimies to God that loue him not ‡ For how can they 2 Iohn 4. loue God whome they haue not seene when thei loued not their brethrē with whome they were dayly conuersaunt For it is not so long agoe to bee yet forgotten how vnmercifully they dealte wyth the seely faythfull flocke of Iesu Christ who by the diuine inspiration and good gyft of the holy Ghost setting forth the glory of God plentifully preseruing the holsome and dilectable doctrine of Iesu Christ wherwith almighty god had richly replenished them and wherwyth they dayly taught and trayned vs to know the wil of our heauenly father They did I say forbid to teach the truthe and would not suffer them to preach Christe vnto the people but notwithstanding the expresse cōmaundement of God almighty who straytly charged them ‡ that they shoulde not touche his annoynted Psalm 105. nor do his Prophets any harme yet did they rigorously recompence them turmoyling and tossing them frō post to piller mocked them buffeted them with roddes beat them imprisoned them hungersterned them 1. Iohn 3. ‡ and euen as Cain to hys brother Abell so did these Tiraunts most cruelly murder their innocēt brethren Papists at murderers and with fier consumed to ashes the flesh of Iesus Christ in his mēbers ‡ whose beautifull feete brought vs tydings of good things Roma 10. euen the peace of the Gospell of Christ our Sauiour And why did they thus to them ‡ bycause their workes were good and their owne euill 1. Iohn 3. they being of the offpring of those that killed the Lord Iesus and the Prophetes and nowe likewise thirsted for the bloud of these innocent martirs and therefore murderers from the beginning 1. Regū 15. ‡ But now I cal to remembrance how Samuell the zealous Prophete of the Lord calling for King Agag the enimy of God and murderer of his people to whome after he had sayde these words as thy sword hath made womē childelesse so shal thy mother be childelesse did then in the zeale of God he we King Agag in peeces Oh cruel murderer and sheader of innocent bloud The rewarde of a murderer worthily rewarded But if Agag being a King was not spared how well haue these then deserued to haue the same curresye being continuall committers of shameful things mercilesse oppressors cruell persecutours of Fatherlesse and Wyddowes shedders of innocente bloud vnsatiable murderers wylfully working the mercylesse motions of theire hatefull heartes thorowe whose terrible tyrannye many mothers were lefte child clesse and many children fatherlesse and motherlesse that were of the familye of the faythfull in Iesu Christ of which most terrible tragedye though the whole worlde can witnesse yet remaine those murderers vnrecompenced with Agags iust rewarde But last of all that I sayde they were rebellious Papists a● rebellious let their stubborne and disobedient behauiour towardes their Prince be witnesse in that they so arrogantlye contend with their Soueraigne despising and resisting the worde of GOD which by the Princes moste Gracious proceedings to the vnspeakeable comforte of all hir graces true faythfull and louing Subiectes is thanked be God therefore moste entierly and truely set forth and taught which they vtterlye detest and followe the imaginations of their owne heartes and still continue in their euil Loe these be of them that had so blinded the worlde wyth their counterfait holinesse that they were counted and thought to be without spot and yet moste grieuous transgressours and full of all iniquitye and poyson refusing to doe that whych by Goddes law they are commaunded and regarding rather the vsurping monstrous Pope that Romish beast and Antichrist than fearing God and respecting theire due obedience to their Soueraigne moste gratious Prince and liege Ladye who as Salomon sayth Prouer. 16. ought to be feared as a Lion and whose displeasure is a messanger of death who therefore although they feare not I saye for the loue that saythfull Subiectes beare to their Prince of duety 1. Peter 2. yet I thynke they shoulde feare loue and humbly obeye hir for the loue and feare of him ★ that shall call the heauens from aboue and the earth Roman 13. Psalm 50. that he may iudge hys people ★ against which day of vengeaunce when shall bee opened the ryghteous iudgement of GOD 2. Thessal 1. Rom. 2.13 such stubburn-hearted contencious rebelles that followe iniquitye disobeye and resiste the truthe and the higher powers which is the ordinaunce of GOD and that eythers cannot or wyll not repent doe but heape vnto themselues the wrath of God who will reward them with trouble and anguish of soule to euerlasting damnation Esay 46. A charitable exhortation to