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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	law_n	tyrant_n	3,396	5	9.9720	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05045	The ryght and trew vndersta[n]dynge of the Supper of the Lord and the vse therof faythfully gathered out of ye holy Scriptures worthely to be embrased of all Christen people. Perused [and] alowed by dyuerse godly lerned men to the comfort of al ye trewe congregation of Christ.	Lancaster, Thomas, d. 1583.	1550 (1550)	STC 15188; ESTC S108242	28,145	88

whiche hath had ther wyfes in comen The syxte the Ebionytes that denyed the Godhed of Chryst The seuenth the corinthiās whiche lerned suche abhomynable thynges agaynst whiche .ii. last sectes saynt Iohan did wryte his gospell and hys Epystles Nowe seing this inestemable benefite of goddes word is so bounteously geuen vnto vs. Let vs youre pore subiectes all together consent with one minde to conserue mayntayne this most precyous Iewell that we lose it not hereafter thorough oure owne neglygences Let vs not hinder your Maiesties procedīges in that ye go aboute to repayre and buyld agayne the Temple of oure Lord God but rather further it that you may haue a prosperous successe brynge youre laboure to a fortunate ende In cōsideracion wherof all though I am no fyt persō to be a worckeman in this behalfe yet verely I desyre with all my harte that this buildīg may go forward And I wyshe to the labourres that are vnder youre Maiestie all prosperous fortunate thynges that they maye bring theyr worke to perfectnes And although I can not greatly furder there godly labours yet wyl I not hynder thē but helpe thē to the vttremost of my power in al thinges Let thē bring Ceder tres Syluer Golde Perle and precious stones to the byldynge And garnyshynge of this Temple I wyll againe with the poore wedowe in the Gospell of Luke Luce. xii brynge into the treasure house two Mytes that is for my part gather the stones fetch the tember and make the morter or do suche small thinges as my lyttel strenghes shal be able to beare and suffer And to th entent that your maiestie maye haue an experiēce of my good wyl toward the bylding of the temple Behold at this tyme I geue vnto your maiesty this my boke that I wold so gladly wer put in print yf it were lysenced wherein is declared the ryght institucion and vse of the supper of oure Lorde And lykewyse desclosynge the abbomynable Idolatrye and false vsyng of it And to the intente that bothe the persecuter and sclanderer of goddes worde maie know vpō what groūd that the ryght congregacyon of Iesus Chryst the dearely beloued bryde that holye Chrysten churche the lyttyl flocke to the whiche it pleased the father to gyue that kyngdome and to th entent that your grace may know which of all these for rehersed sectes is founde vpryght in the learninge of Iesus Chryst For I saye vnto you in Chryst Iesu Lyke as there was one Adam and Eua one Noe and one Arke one Isaac and one Rebecca one house of Israell one Ierusalem one Tēple So is ther one Chryste and one congregacion whych congregacion hath one Gospel one fayth one Baptyme one Supper one vpryght waye walkyng to euerylastyng lyfe acording to the declaracion of goddes worde And al they that hath not these thinges afore rehersed Namely Gospel fayth Baptime Supper waye and waylkynge he is no member in the congregation of god ii Iohn .i. here profiteth nother name nor fame we must be founde inwardly and outwardelye in the lernyng of Iesu Christ or we haue no god Yt cold not helpe Israell that they ware Abrams childeryn had not the dedes of Abrā Iohn̄ viii therfore examyne thys supper ye shal finde it the right supper of Iesu christ that euerlastyng word Iacob .i. Math. xvi Exo. i. xix that word of truthe the worde of grace the saffemakinge worde that worde that is vnpossible to be ouercom Yea the gates of hel shal not preuayle agaynst it it is the two edged sworde that cōmyth out of the mouth of the lord it is the sworde of the sprite and with it shal he smite the hethen Therfore our hope and trust is in your Maiestie for the buyldynge agayne of thys temple that is in decaye that ye wyll not be lyke vnto these mortherars of sayntes that hath byn in tyme passed which hath not streuen agaynste fleshe and bloude but agaynst hym whose eyes is a flame of fyre and in ryghtwysnes doth he iudge and make battel whiche is Crowned with manye Crownes hys name no man knoweth but he hym selfe and hys vesture is depte in bloude and hys name is called the worde of God Apo. xix Psalm ii which ruleth the Hethen wyth arode of Iron and tredeth the wyne fat of fersenes and wrathe of almyghty God and hath on hys vesture and on hys thyghe a name wrytten kynge of all kynges and Lorde of al Lordes Therfore I desyre your grace that ye examyne wyth the Lordes worde this my pore boke And by the helpe of god your grace shal fynd nothīg sought for but the prayse of Iesu Chryst the which he him selfe hath brought out of Heuē lerned with his blessed mouth and seled with his precyous bloud Therefore my desyre is to almyghty god the preseruacyō of your mayestie and that he wyll preserue in you that newe and cleane harte and kepe open the eyes of youre vnderstandyng that ye may auoyde the vngodly counselles of the shauen naciō that hathe brought this churche in suche rewyne that your grace hath muche to doo to repayre it agayne I nede not to resite ther factes nor ther names to your grace ye knowe them wel enough they haue prycked at the kynges preuaye chāber The lord be blessed that hath sent vs such a godlye kynge gracious gouerner to delyuer vs frō them that morther Iesus christ in his mēbers out of the power of death tyrantes handes I wyll not saye that they are preuaye traytours but thys is trwe they are preuey Idolaters besydes thys rewmour renneth into al landes that they haue caused the kynges maiestie the dede is of whose soule the lorde haue mercy to make suche lawes that no mā myght haue nor rade the Gospell but men of sertayne degres and that poore men shulde be occupyed wyth fables what cā be more blasphemy agaīst god and his anoynted Iesus then to depryue his members of his godly worde whiche lawes blessed be god is by your maiestie abolished These Antichrystes haue alwayes defended ther cause with the sword But Chryst Iesus wyth mekenes and wyth hys holy worde O bludy wrathe and wryched tyranny which goeth aboue the wrathe of al vnreasonable creatures For the fearse Lyon the ragyng Bere and the gry pīg wolfe is euer one of thē at peace in there generacion But these blud thrusty Dogges neuer faciate whiche shulde be made lyke vnto the Image of God which is borne with out tethe nayles horne with feble tender flesh without wyt speche or myght whiche can neyther go nor stande which alonely must lyue by the helpe of the pore mother in a token that he is a creatur of peace he is so ful of males so ful of blud that no mā can think nor write O how wide ar the popysh desiples deuided from our maisters learning example thē which hathe sought nothīg in this life