Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	burn_a	offer_v	offering_n	2,152	5	11.4315	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11355	The baterie of the Popes Botereulx, commonly called the high altare. Compiled by W.S. in the yere of oure Lorde. 1550	Salesbury, William, 1520?-1600?	1550 (1550)	STC 21613; ESTC S104718	29,852	109

of hys tribulacyon buylded an altare vnto the Lorde and called the place the God of Bethell bycause that God had apeared vnto him there when he fled frome he face of his brother c. And farther ye shal reade how that God after that he had yeuen the ten Commaundementes by the hande of Moses commaunded also thus An altare of earth thou shalt make vnto me and theron offre thy burnt offringes and thy peace offringes thi shepe and thine oxen in al places where I shal put the in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of my name thithir wil I come vnto the and blesse the. Item Exodi xxix Seuen dayes sayth the lorde thou shalt reconcile vpon the altare sanctify it it shal be an altermost holy Exo. xxx And thou shalt make an altare to burne inceÌ„ce Of Sethim woode shalt thou make it a cubit loÌ„g a cubite bredth euen fowre square shall it be and .ii. cubites hye c. Item .iii. Reg. xviii The holy Prophet Elias vtterly to bringe to confusion the false God Baall his prophetes to set furth the glory of the liuynge God toke xii stones accordynge to the numbre of the twelue Tribes of the Sonnes of Iacob with the stones he made an altare in the name of the lord c. We could alledge .vi. huÌ„dred places out of the bible beside these that we now recited which shold styl make on oure parte if nede requyred but bicause they are so comenly knoweÌ„ of all meÌ„ we wyl at this time ouerpasse them for we trust that we haue alredy brought auctorities inough to proue the auÌ„cientie the laudabilitie coÌ„tinual acteptauÌ„ce of alters before almighti God in the old law But now to proue the confirmacioÌ„ of them bi the new law ye shal read these other textes But first marcke well how that Chryst himselfe sayd Mat. v. If thou offrest thy gift at the altare and ther remembrest that thy brother hath ought against the leaue theÌ„ thine offringe before the altare and go thy way firste and be reconciled to thy brother and then come offer thy gyft Lo ye may se here how the altare is twyse spoken of and that where the reason consysteth but of very few wordes IteÌ„ ye shal reade of this word altare in the xxiii chapt of the same Euangelist wher Christ himselfe also sayth from the bloud of the rightouse Abel vnto the bloud of zacharias the soÌ„ne of Barachias whom ye slew betwen the temple the altare IteÌ„ Lu. i. Ther appered vnto zacharias an Angel of the lord staÌ„ding on the right side of the altare of inceÌ„se IteÌ„ Act. xvii As I passed bi saith s Paule beheld the maner how ye worship your gods I fouÌ„d an alter wherin was writteÌ„ to the vnknoweÌ„ god And again the holy Apostell Paule to putte vs herein oute of all doubtes sayeth Do not you knowe howe that they which minister about holy thinges lyue of the sacrifice and they whyche wayte on the alter are partakers of the alter More ouer in the sixte chapter of the Apocalipsis ye shal reade of an altare to And wheÌ„ he had opened the fifth seale sayth Iohn I saw vnder the altare the soules of them that were killed for the worde of god and for the testimonye whiche they had c. And in the eyght chapter of the same Apocalipsis you shall reade of thre altares and so nighe togither that they fall wtin the coÌ„passe of thre lines almoste and one of them beynge a golden altare c. Item Apoca. xi Than was geuen me a reed sayth thys holy Euaungelist like vnto a rodde and an angel stode and said Ryse and measure the teÌ„ple of God and the altare theÌ„ that worshyp therin and the quyre that is within the temple c. Lo syr here ye maye playnelye reade in the verye texte of a teÌ„ple of an altare of a quyre to yet these meÌ„ of the new learning wyl nether haue temple altare nor quyre or at the leaste wayes if they muste haue a temple they by their wyl woulde haue it to be without quyre wtoute altare without images and without any maner of holy ornameÌ„tes vestimentes and deckynges Yea they wold haue it like a barne or like a mannes dwelling house hauynge neyther respecte to the fashyon of the tabernacles nor the temples of the Hebrues nether to the teÌ„ples of the church of Rome But blessed be God that lefte vs in the holye wryte suche manifeste testimonyes as wee haue nowe rehearsed whereby we maye easilye confouÌ„d all such naughty heritikes as wil presume to talk against our laudable ceremonies or any other decent things which haue bene accustomed to be had in our temples and haue continued amonge all natioÌ„s since Christ was borne many huÌ„dred yeres before as I haue already declared by soÌ„dry textes of the scripture as well of the new testameÌ„t as of the olde And beside all thys we might ratifye the same by diuerse places of our Canon lawe vnles it were now abrogated by thauctoriti of very auncieÌ„t doctors For doth not the holy doctour S. Augustine Li. xxi cap. x. De ciui dei speaking of the infideles wryght thus They vnto their gods haue builded teÌ„ples also haue set vp alters haue offred sacrifices Now bicause these felowes of the new lerning caÌ„ scaÌ„t away with the lerning of old catholike doctours we wil cite no more of their work But shal we not be as blameles as s Paule to briÌ„g in for our purpose such places of noble Poets as may be thought coÌ„uenient For as I remeÌ„bre Ouid in a certaine place of hys worckes writeth much after this sence Whan Medea was come home without the dores she stode Vsynge no mannes companye whyle she was in that mode Twey alters thaÌ„ of soddes she made and garnished with bowes And a blacke Kamme she Sacrificed to twey greate Goddases Ye may read also in the chiefeste Poete amoÌ„g the Latines as thus Firste with these thre thruÌ„mes of thre hewes I the enuiron do And rounde aboute these altares eke wyth thyne image I go But bicause meÌ„ now a daies giue no credite in a maner to poetry and not very much to the gloses of the olde fathers we wil allege no mo places of them nother trusting the al good catholike people wil be established by these sufficieÌ„t proues which are brought hitherto seyng the alters haue beÌ„ vsed had in such coÌ„digne reuerence euer since Noes floude who is it that can tell the contrarye but that Cain and Abel the sonnes of Adam offred their oblacions vpoÌ„ altares And wher al maner of nacioÌ„s thorowe out the wide worlde were they neuer so ignoraÌ„t in true knowledge ether by the instinction of the Lawe of Nature printed by Gods fyngere in their hertes ether by imitacion of Gods owne electe people the Hebrues thought it very expedyent and no lesse necessarye to buylde them altares whereupon they myght offre theire sacrifices

as of the Iewes of the learned as of the vnlearned euen in the hertes of theÌ„ that neuer heard of god which thiÌ„g causeth such as haue not the true knowlege of gods word as it were childreÌ„ bi making of babes or the like trifeling imitatioÌ„s to inueÌ„t soÌ„dry kindes of sacrificing or worshippiÌ„g him whoÌ„ they take for god All which sacrifices worshipping being inueÌ„ted bi the faÌ„tasy of the corrupt sinfull nature of man not grouÌ„ded on true faieth is no better estemed for acceptable worship before god thaÌ„ is the babe or the pupet of the childs makiÌ„g thought to be a perfite workemaÌ„ship in the iugmeÌ„t of a seuere a sage old father And therfore me thynketh it is no lesse folli for vs who professe Christes doctrine to learne of the Heathen people to whom the misterye of the euangelye is not reueiled any poynte of religion then if prudente princes learned lawiers honeste husbande men would consulte wyth infantes or chyldren of two or thre yere of age how to rule their Realmes pleade their pleadynges or to husbande their husbandrye For it is to euident as wel bi prophane as holi scripture how the Heathen nations dyd not onely swarue from the true worshipinge of god but dyd greuously displease hys diuine maiestye And thoughe God shewed him self vnto them by the worcke of the Creation of the worlde yet they haue not praysed nor thanked hym accordinglye but became vayne in their imaginatioÌ„s and their folyshe hertes were blynded Whan they counted them selues wyse they became foles and turned the glory of the incorruptible god into the image of a corruptible man and of byrdes and four foted and of creping beastes Wherfore god likewise gaue them vp vnto their hertes luste into vncleanenes which turned the truth of god into a lye and worshipped and serued the creature more theÌ„ the creator whych is blessed for euer AmeÌ„ Therfore god gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes For their women chaunged the naturall lustes into the vnnaturall lykewyse the men also left the natural vse of the womaÌ„ breÌ„t in their lusts one on another maÌ„ with man wroughte filthines receiued in theÌ„ selues the reward of their erroure as it was according And as thei regarded not to knowe God euen so God delyuered them vppe vnto a leude mynde that they shoulde do those thynges whyche were not comely beynge full of all vnrighteousnes fornicacyon wyckednes couetousnes maliciousnes full of enuye murther debate disceite euel coÌ„dicioned whisperers backbyters haters of god disdainfull proude boasters bryngers vp of euell thinges disobediente to father and mother without vnderstaÌ„ding couenauÌ„t breakers vnlouinge truce breakers vnmercifull Whiche men though they knew the righteousnes of God coÌ„sidered not how that they which committe such thynges are worthy of death not only they the do the same but also they which haue pleasure in them that do them And fathermore besyde all this mischeuous absurditie that S. Paule declared by them the wicked imaginacion of theire corrupte nature beyng not regenerate of the spirite of God did so far coÌ„trary to nature it selfe Psa cvi Leui. xx that thei kylled men yea their owne begotten chyldrene and sacrificed them not to God nor yet to the creatures of god but euen to verye deuyls And if you I meane you altare pryestes do delyght to learne the Heathens maner of sacrificynge recorde well these verses in your mynde Et capita inferno et A memoraÌ„duÌ„ for the Papistes patri transmittite lumen Geue heads to Pluto the God infernal And Saturne his father the fire iustral But how hydeouse how terrible howe deuelish a thing it is for any Christian to folowe any such mens rites or ceremonies I leaue to the iudgment of any godlye man Neyther wyll I denye but that the Heathen had altares amongest theÌ„ but onely inuented made and occupied for no better purpose than is nowe before sayd whyche is to saye to offer vp Sacrifices vnto Deuelis And as many so euer as lyste to offer vp sacrifices vnto Deuilis they maye full well grownde theyr procedyngs vpon the heatheÌ„s learnyng so builde as many altares as shall please them and mayntane the same as longe as they may But nowe to returne to the sacrifices of the Iews The Iews had diuers sacrifices or sortes of offerynges whose names in the Hebrue tonge I wyl nowe omitte for thes Englysh printars are so thryfty as to haue neuer an Hebrue letter to printe wythal But I wyll name theym as they be communely englyshed that is Peace offerynge Synne offerynge Meate offeryng Drincke offeryng Waue offerynge Heaue offerynge All whych sacrifices or offerings are comprehendyd in these two names Pacifiyng Sacrifice and Gratifiyng Sacrifice The occasion of the Pacifiynge Sacrifice ThoccatioÌ„ of the pacifiyng sacrifice was the laps or fall of our forefather Adam by whose fal all mankynde halteth hoppeth and walloweth in the dyrty Puddle of synne lyith cheyned wyth the Iron cheynes of Gods Wrath and vengeaunce taken Captyues of the Prynce of thys world and become Enimies and Rebelles agaynste the God of myght For whose presumptuouse DefiauÌ„ce and sturdy Rebellion it lay in no mans powre to make a loue-daye bytwene God and man nor paye so greate a raunsome as was iustly to be demaundyd Therfore if man wold recouer hys old fall go an vpright gate agayne aryse vp oute of the fyllthye puddle of synne be released of the vntollerable cheynes of Gods wrath and vengeaunce and be deliuered out of the captiuite of the deuel brought agayne into the amytie fauour and frendshyp of God than by al iustice it behoued him to pacify the ire and indignacion of God with as full satisfaction and with as dewe and as plentiful compensacyon as shoulde counteruayle the transgressyon and displeasure whyche was perpetrated agaynst the gloriouse maiestie of the great god But now who was able to make satisfaction for so heynouse a displeasure Was there anye man vpon earthe able to do it no not one Was there any Angel in heauen able to do it no not one nother for why should any other creature then man satisfy or make ameÌ„des for mans fault And it resteth nowe that man is vtterly lyke to remayne oute of the fauouor of god and so coÌ„sequently to continue in the miserable thralduÌ„ of the deuell But alas for sorow to se how man is deseruedly condemned by the righteouse iudgement of god which no maÌ„s coÌ„scieÌ„ce caÌ„ iustly gaynsay Oh is there than no help is ther no remedi is ther no refuge No surely there is no refuge at all vnles this onely shyft may be allowed that is to appeale from the seuere iustice of God vnto his greate mercy and to make an humble and an herty peticyon vnto hys grace to send his dere sonne into the worlde to be incarnate and to become man to pay a full rauÌ„sume vnto God for man to delyuer man out of the Deuyls captiuitie to

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