Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	dead_a	pray_v	purgatory_n	2,466	5	10.6300	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51652	Motives and reasons for dissevering from the Church of Rome and her doctrine wherein after the declaration of his conversion, he openeth divers absurdities practised in that Church, being not matters of report, but such things whereof he was an eye and ear witness / by Chr. Musgrave, after he had lived a Carthusian monk for twenty years.	Musgrave, Christopher, fl. 1621	1688 (1688)	Wing M3143; ESTC R28845	14,573	39

confession_n do_v first_o begin_v to_o creep_v in_o put_v it_o down_o in_o his_o church_n and_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n do_v the_o like_a in_o they_o as_o be_v not_o only_o a_o novelty_n but_o also_o in_o their_o judgement_n so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o sovereign_a medicine_n for_o sin_n 28._o as_o some_o man_n hold_v it_o that_o it_o be_v find_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o nurse_n of_o sin_n church_n be_v convert_v into_o stew_n confession_n play_v the_o pander_n unto_o the_o priest_n and_o his_o penitent_n there_o to_o parley_v and_o consult_v i_o mean_v under_o confession_n how_o to_o effect_v and_o practice_v their_o carnal_a affection_n and_o design_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o chief_a thing_n that_o move_v bishop_n nectarius_n to_o thrust_v it_o out_o of_o constan●inople_n to_o prevent_v such_o wickedness_n as_o by_o a_o woeful_a experience_n of_o a_o gentlewoman_n that_o be_v ravish_v he_o ●und_v to_o be_v practise_v and_o i_o can_v speak_v upon_o my_o own_o knowledge_n thus_o much_o that_o i_o have_v not_o note_v any_o thing_n that_o have_v open_v a_o wide_a gate_n or_o way_n unto_o sin_n than_o auricular_a confession_n my_o reason_n be_v this_o first_o that_o many_o care_v not_o what_o they_o do_v or_o say_v think_v it_o sufficient_a be_v they_o never_o so_o great_a swearer_n slanderer_n or_o blasphemer_n or_o whatsoever_o actual_a sin_n they_o commit_v to_o go_v once_o a_o year_n to_o confession_n and_o moreover_o most_o villainy_n and_o conspiracy_n which_o be_v either_o intend_v or_o practise_v against_o either_o prince_n or_o country_n some_o whereof_o i_o can_v specify_v in_o particular_a if_o so_o it_o may_v be_v well_o take_v be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n open_v and_o consult_v upon_o in_o confession_n for_o man_n not_o dare_v to_o open_v such_o thing_n out_o of_o confession_n and_o be_v desirous_a to_o have_v advice_n and_o direction_n in_o they_o propound_v such_o business_n in_o confession_n and_o then_o under_o pretence_n of_o confess_v their_o sin_n they_o malicious_o consult_v how_o to_o effect_v and_o practice_v their_o sinful_a purpose_n and_o beside_o that_o experience_n which_o i_o myself_o have_v have_v of_o these_o thing_n in_o that_o time_n that_o i_o hear_v confession_n but_o only_o among_o a_o handful_n of_o prime_a religious_a man_n so_o repute_v among_o who_o in_o their_o daily_a confession_n i_o find_v continual_a plot_v and_o practise_v of_o inferior_n against_o their_o superior_n and_o such_o as_o be_v in_o any_o office_n and_o of_o superior_n against_o their_o inferior_n how_o to_o quit_v and_o rid_v themselves_o of_o such_o religious_a man_n as_o they_o find_v to_o be_v zealous_a biel_n in_o his_o canon_n lect_n 77._o say_v of_o his_o time_n that_o it_o be_v a_o usual_a thing_n for_o man_n and_o woman_n to_o turn_v their_o confession_n into_o babble_n and_o curiosity_n mingle_v profane_a talk_n concern_v vile_a thing_n now_o beside_o these_o absurdity_n and_o notwithstanding_o that_o there_o be_v no_o warrant_n of_o scripture_n for_o it_o neither_o be_v any_o use_n of_o it_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n there_o be_v divers_a and_o those_o very_a learned_a that_o hold_v it_o not_o necessary_a at_o all_o 1603._o and_o among_o other_o michael_z bonon_n in_o his_o exposition_n upon_o the_o 29_o the_o psalm_n say_v that_o see_v justification_n be_v the_o infusion_n of_o grace_n whereupon_o sin_n be_v remit_v it_o follow_v that_o confession_n be_v not_o necessary_a either_o for_o the_o obtain_n of_o pardon_n for_o our_o sin_n or_o for_o our_o justification_n for_o according_a to_o the_o true_a order_n of_o thing_n confession_n in_o time_n follow_v contrition_n and_o therefore_o see_v contrition_n itself_o be_v not_o without_o justification_n the_o say_a justification_n may_v be_v have_v without_o confession_n of_o this_o mind_n be_v cajetan_a tom._n 3._o q._n 8._o art_n 4._o saying_n that_o a_o man_n true_o contrite_a and_o sorrowful_a for_o his_o sin_n stand_v clean_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n and_o be_v a_o form_a member_n of_o the_o church_n militant_a and_o peter_n lombard_n in_o his_o four_o book_n distinct._n 18._o and_o divers_a other_o with_o he_o hold_v that_o the_o priest_n have_v no_o power_n to_o forgive_v sin_n or_o to_o work_v any_o spiritual_a effect_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o key_n which_o be_v the_o tenent_n of_o our_o church_n of_o england_n which_o not_o disallow_v confession_n upon_o just_a occasion_n notwithstanding_o hold_v that_o the_o priest_n can_v give_v the_o penitent_a any_o spiritual_a grace_n neither_o absolve_v he_o otherwise_o then_o declare_v the_o penitent_a upon_o his_o true_a contrition_n to_o be_v absolve_v through_o the_o mercy_n and_o merit_n of_o jesus_n christ._n this_o consideration_n of_o the_o little_a necessity_n man_n have_v of_o auricular_a confession_n and_o likewise_o of_o the_o great_a abuse_n and_o absurdity_n commit_v under_o confession_n be_v a_o great_a motive_n to_o withdraw_v my_o affection_n from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n chap._n vi_o concern_v divers_a other_o point_n as_o of_o prayer_n for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n of_o purgatory_n itself_o tradition_n and_o such_o like_a many_o other_o motive_n to_o dislike_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v offer_v themselves_o unto_o the_o eye_n of_o my_o soul_n the_o which_o i_o will_v only_o brief_o set_v down_o without_o any_o long_a discourse_n lest_o i_o shall_v offend_v the_o reader_n with_o prolixity_n another_o motive_n do_v arise_v from_o the_o absurdity_n of_o that_o tenent_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o teach_v and_o command_v to_o pray_v for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n have_v no_o warrant_n of_o scripture_n for_o it_o neither_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v by_o scripture_n or_o by_o tradition_n that_o there_o be_v any_o purgatory_n at_o all_o for_o baronius_n in_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o his_o late_a write_a history_n go_v about_o to_o patronize_v prayer_n for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n out_o of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o maccabee_n chap._n 12._o vers_fw-la 43._o which_o be_v apocrypha_fw-la he_o infer_v to_o prove_v purgatory_n say_v that_o since_o the_o church_n have_v admit_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a there_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v a_o purgatory_n otherwise_o it_o be_v to_o no_o end_n to_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a but_o to_o warrant_v this_o doctrine_n either_o of_o purgatory_n or_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a he_o have_v only_o this_o to_o say_v annal._n pie_n creditur_fw-la traditum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o charitable_a belief_n that_o the_o church_n have_v this_o doctrine_n by_o tradition_n from_o the_o apostle_n and_o after_o that_o i_o begin_v to_o reflect_v upon_o tradition_n especial_o find_v in_o the_o four_o session_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o trent_n chap._n 1._o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v equalise_v tradition_n with_o holy_a scripture_n and_o that_o baronius_n in_o his_o late_a write_a history_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o prefer_v it_o before_o scripture_n say_v 53._o videas_fw-la quanti_fw-la ponderis_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la traditio_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la scripta_fw-la omne_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la acceperint_fw-la consider_v say_v he_o of_o what_o force_n and_o authority_n tradition_n be_v see_v that_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v authorize_v by_o it_o and_o it_o follow_v traditio_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la in_fw-la eoque_fw-la istas_fw-la excellunt_fw-la quod_fw-la illae_fw-la nisi_fw-la traditione_n firmentur_fw-la non_fw-la subsistant_fw-la hae_fw-la vero_fw-la etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la scriptis_fw-la svam_fw-la obtineant_fw-la firmitatem_fw-la that_o be_v the_o ground_n or_o foundation_n of_o scripture_n be_v tradition_n and_o herein_o do_v excel_v it_o because_o scripture_n can_v stand_v without_o tradition_n but_o tradition_n can_v stand_v without_o scripture_n look_v upon_o the_o opinion_n of_o ancient_a father_n touch_v this_o point_n i_o find_v that_o basil_n the_o great_a a_o ancient_a greek_a author_n write_v to_o this_o effect_n 95._o it_o be_v necessary_a and_o consonant_a to_o reason_n that_o every_o man_n learn_v that_o which_o be_v needful_a out_o of_o scripture_n both_o for_o the_o fullness_n of_o godliness_n and_o lest_o they_o be_v enure_v to_o humane_a tradition_n where_o out_o of_o this_o one_o man_n opinion_n a_o man_n may_v sufficient_o gather_v that_o tradition_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n be_v of_o small_a reputation_n but_o rather_o suspect_v as_o a_o invention_n to_o subvert_v true_a religion_n for_o when_o as_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n begin_v to_o vary_v from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n and_o to_o bring_v in_o these_o point_n of_o purgatory_n prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a auricular_a confession_n pardon_n plenary_a indulgence_n pray_v to_o saint_n hallow_v of_o bead_n medal_n cross_n agnus_n this_o and_o such_o like_a foolery_n which_o be_v mere_a humane_a subtle_a invention_n arise_v from_o the_o avarice_n and_o

motive_n and_o reason_n for_o dissevering_a from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o her_o doctrine_n by_o chr._n musgrave_n after_o he_o have_v live_v a_o carthusian_n monk_n for_o twenty_o year_n wherein_o after_o the_o declaration_n of_o his_o conversion_n he_o open_v divers_a absurdity_n practise_v in_o that_o church_n be_v not_o matter_n of_o report_n but_o such_o thing_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o eye_n and_o ear_n witness_v london_n print_v for_o john_n harefinch_n in_o mountague-court_n in_o little-britain_n 1688._o license_v march_v 28_o the_o 1687._o to_o the_o most_o reverend_n father_n in_o god_n his_o grace_n the_o lord_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n primate_n and_o metropolitan_a of_o all_o england_n most_o reverend_a and_o gracious_a father_n in_o god_n notwithstanding_o that_o in_o a_o public_a audience_n i_o have_v renounce_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o her_o doctrine_n and_o declare_v myself_o most_o willing_a to_o embrace_v all_o and_o every_o article_n of_o the_o 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carthusian_n chap._n iu._n contain_v the_o dislike_n take_v from_o the_o point_n of_o transubstantiation_n chap._n v._o concern_v abuse_n commit_v in_o auricular_a confession_n chap._n vi_o concern_v divers_a other_o point_n as_o of_o prayer_n for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n of_o purgatory_n itself_o tradition_n and_o such_o like_a motive_n and_o reason_n for_o dissevering_a from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o her_o doctrine_n chap._n i._o contain_v the_o manner_n of_o his_o conversion_n we_o read_v in_o the_o nine_o of_o saint_n john_n gospel_n that_o when_o christ_n by_o his_o omnipotency_n have_v open_v the_o eye_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v bear_v blind_a not_o only_o his_o neighbour_n and_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n but_o also_o the_o pharisee_n themselves_o be_v very_o desirous_a to_o know_v in_o what_o manner_n or_o by_o what_o mean_v christ_n do_v open_v the_o blind_a man_n eye_n and_o therefore_o they_o ask_v he_o that_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o sight_n 9.10_o how_o be_v thy_o eye_n open_v and_o again_o in_o the_o 26_o verse_n how_o open_v he_o thy_o eye_n it_o be_v indeed_o a_o most_o strange_a and_o admirable_a thing_n yea_o a_o miracle_n the_o like_a whereof_o be_v never_o hear_v since_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n 9.32_o that_o any_o man_n open_v the_o eye_n of_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v blind_a the_o man_n who_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o sight_n answer_v and_o say_v that_o a_o man_n call_v jesus_n make_v clay_n and_o anoint_v his_o eye_n and_o bid_v he_o go_v to_o the_o pool_n of_o syloam_n and_o wash_v and_o he_o go_v and_o wash_v and_o receive_v his_o sight_n this_o be_v a_o very_a strange_a miracle_n and_o worthy_a not_o only_o of_o admiration_n but_o also_o of_o all_o thanksgiving_n love_n and_o adoration_n be_v indeed_o a_o most_o evident_a argument_n and_o testimony_n both_o of_o our_o saviour_n love_n and_o omnipotency_n but_o far_o more_o admirable_a far_o more_o worthy_a of_o thanks_o love_n and_o adoration_n be_v the_o love_n and_o 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