Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	body_n	member_n	mystical_a	1,656	5	10.4255	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18346	A fruitfull sermon, vpon the 3.4.5.6.7.&8. verses of the 12. chapiter of the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessarie for these times to be read of all men, for their further instruction and edification, in things concerning their fayth and obedience to saluation.	Chaderton, Laurence, 1536?-1640.; Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1584 (1584)	STC 4926.5; ESTC S1546	34,708	90

O damnable boldnesse O couetous Patrons that for gaine present such vnworthy men to the Bishops O foolish men that will commend theÌ„ whom they ought to dispraise O miserable Bishops that by laying on of their handes lift vp those into Moses chaire who ought rather to bee thruste to the tayle of the plow What doth more dishonour God discredite the Gospell confirme the aduersaries of the truth and incourage the rebell in his treason then this ignorance and impietie of the Ministers For I beseech you tell me can the honour and praise of Gods wysdome be commended by the folly and ignoraunce of his Minister Can the inestimable treasure and riches of the gratious Prince be seene in the beggerly nakednesse of an vngratious and base Ambassador Can the aduersaries of the grace of Christe by looking vppon an idoll which hath nothing but a shew of that it is not bee diswaded from the worshippe of Idolles Can hee bring men from errour which can teach no truth Can hee that is trayterously affected to Magistracie become a loyall subiect and neuer heare his Pastour prooue by the word of God that all must be subiect not onely for feare but for conscience sake Finally can the carnal minded man and the blasphemouse Atheist be perswaded that Christe is the redeemer of the worlde whose Ministers these be Therefore as all Christians are priuately to looke vnto them selues their giftes and callinges that they tye and bind their iudgement and affection to the measure of that faithfull grace they haue receiued so all Magistrates are by the swoord of their authoritie which they beare not in vaine to keepe and hold their Christian subiectes within the compasse of their limittes Now followeth the last reason of the generall law For as we haue many members in one bodye and all members haue not one office so we beeing many are but one body in Christ euery one one anothers members This last reason taken from the mutuall disposition of the body is by the Apostle applyed not onely to the Saintes at Rome but also generally to the whole Church of CHRIST which as it teacheth an vnitie of bodie a multitude of members vnder one heade a variety of duties and a diuersitie of gifts so it sheweth manifestly that this destinction in the body wherof ariseth the gouerment of the whole making for the safety of the whole and euery part is most necessary most profitable and therefore perpetuall and immutable In consideration whereof I will laye out the partes more plainly least any shoulde take vppon him through presumption a greater charge then he can sustaine or the measure of his gifts permit and the rather for that there are in these two verses 4. similitudes albeit at the first vewe there seemeth to bee but one The first is as we haue in one naturall body many meÌ„bers so wee haue in one catholique Church many members The second as all members of the naturall body haue not one office so all the members of the Church haue not one office The thirde as many members in the natural body haue one head wherein they are so many members in the Church haue one head wherin they are The fourth and last as in a naturall body euery member is anothers so in the Church euery member is anothers Al which particuler similitudes are necessarily collected out of the Apostles words in the 4. and 5. verses as you may plainly see The same similitudes though not in the same wordes yet to the same purpose our Apostle vseth in the twelfth Chapiter of the first Epistle to the Corinthians saying As the body is one and hath many members all the members of the body which is one though they be many yet are but one body euen so is Christ that is the church of Christ. Hee prosecuteth it farther as wee shall hereafter see But first let vs somewhat more diligentlie consider according to these foure similitudes of the state condition and regiment of the Churche of Christe heere in earth for hence arise foure most excellent and worthie rules touching the spirituall gouernment of the misticall body of Christ. The first is this There must be and ought to be in the church of Christe manie members The first similitude teacheth this the 12. to y e Corinthians doth conclude and determine it for the body is not one member but many againe if they were all one member where were the body but now there are many members yet but one body therefore there must be manie members in the Church By a member he meaneth such a part of the body as hath receiued from the heade some particular and necessarie gifte fit to helpe and benefite the whole body and euery member thereof as it appeareth by the last similitude and by the enumeration of the parts immediatly following Now if you aske me howe manie members there be in the bodie what they be and howe they bee named and called and what be their duties and callings the Apostle him selfe will aunswere plainly in the next verses and perfectlie and fully determine all these questions saying These members are either Doctors to teach Pastors to exhort Elders to rule Deacons to distribute Attenders vppon the poore straungers and the sicke or else the people and Saints which are taught exhorted ruled and receiue almes and releefe These are al no mo no fewer So the necessity of y e relation plainly prooueth these are such as are able to execute performe any duty belonging to the perfect building vp and adorning of the mystical body of Christ as shall hereafter appeare more at large in the particular handling of euery seuerall office Now I beseech you let vs iudge indifferently of y e body of y e Church of England whether it be perfect or no hauing no waÌ„t of any necessary meÌ„ber nor any part vnnecessary For if nature lack any one be it neuer so base if it be but one toe she is sory she is grieued she lameÌ„teth she iugeth her self maimed yea she wold redeem it w t the perill of loosing the rest such is her loue and desire to appeare in her beautye and perfection The Church of God in England deare Christians which is the beloued spouse of Christ which desireth to appeare most beautifull and perfect in the eyes of her louer shee wanteth her Pastours Teachers Elders Deacons and her Attenders vppon the poore therefore she hangeth downe her head for heauines her eyes bee bleared with teares her cheekes be defiled with the water of her eyes her heart is heauy with sorrow her bones are withered with drinesse her whole body is cloathed in sackcloth she lyeth in caues and dennes beeing almost ashamed to shew her face hauing so deformed and maymed a body Which ought to be as bright as the Sunne and as fayre as the Moone yea of ten thousand the chiefest Againe on the other side if nature do espie in the body anye superfluous member

to take away all difference and discord he hath gyuen not a Pope not an Archbishop or Bishop for there was perfect vnion before they were though they falsely beare vs in hande that these are for the mayntenaunce of peace and vnitie but Apostles Euangelistes Prophetes Pastoures and Teachers by whose ministery we may be fully lead to a perfect vnitie of faith in Christ and to the full age of the fulnesse of him So that he alone by his owne gyftes must keepe all the members of his Church in perfect vnity and by them also remooue all iarring in iudgement and all discorde in affection The which harmonie no Pope Archbishop Aungell or any other creature can make O that we might once heare this plesant souÌ„d time of this harmony The primitiue church they heard it yea they so delighted in it that Saint Luke often repeateth it as though the very bare repetition thereof had wonderfully pleased to wit that the Apostles disciples and all continued togeather in one place with one accorde with one iudgement with one minde with one hart O heauenly harmonye vnitye before euer y e Pope or Archbishop or any such strauÌ„ge calling were hatcht Therefore we are to beseech y e honorable CouÌ„sellers to labour night day till it be graunted vnto vs y t we maye haue libertye but once to make triall and experience whether we cannot onely by the Lords gifts and by those graces which descended and came down from the heade set in time all the members of the Churche that wee may once againe heare the first song of the first Churche planted by the Apostles the which if we can as no doubt the Lorde will giue vs to doe I am perswaded as he will preferre it before all other harmonies that haue beene so we shall rest in it without wearinesse or desire of chaunge Again if all the members submit themselues to the gouernment of the heade and onely follow it then there can be neyther desire of rule nor breach of any good order But the admitting of two heads and diuers lawes as it maketh a monstrouse body so a contrary gouernmeÌ„t both which nature and good reason mislike and condemne Yea though not altogether yet in some part wee see these disorders in our Church For what else is the sole authoritie of one priuate man to rule ouer his fellow-brethren to chide them to correct them to punish them to suspende them from their office yea and that which nothing appertaineth to him to imprison them And I beseech you tell me doe they all this by the Lawes of Christ Surely deare Christians we must and will appeal vnto their honours from these vnlawfull iurisdictions if we teach false doctrine let vs in the presence of her Maiesty and them all be confuted if we haue offended we refuse no punishmeÌ„t We are called nay we are slandered of the papists and others with the diuelish sect of Puritans we are thought to beare scarce good will vnto her Maiestie Well howsoeuer men iudge of vs we are that we are by y e grace of God and for my selfe I will aunswere I am perswaded that al that be of my iudgement are of the same minde touching my loue and affection towardes my Soueraigne and gracious Prince I protest here before God his Angells and you all that to saue her Maiesties life I wold giue my right hand what sayd I Nay assuredly as the Lord liueth to prolong her life but one howre I would powre out all the bloud in my heart though it should run a thousand year And I perswade my selfe moreouer that if her Maiestie should hear and know the grounds of this doctrine we should not long pray in vain for the reformation of the Church The fourth and last rule is euery member must be one anothers member that is hauing a peculier office seruing to the benefite of all the members that by diligence and loue must be imployed for the preseruation of the whole body and not for our owne profite For euen the least and basest member is necessary and therfore not to bee neglected or to bee dispised This rule as it requireth a diligent and continuall seruice of euery member so it condemneth all idlenesse and neglect of duetye If the members of the naturall body shoulde fayle in their seuerall duties woulde we not by and by iudge that there were in them either want of loue vnto others or inability in nature and also that this defect woulde tende in the ende to the destruction of the body I am sure you will graunt it What shall wee say then of the members of our Churche which are so idle in their callinges may we not moste iustly condenme them for want of loue for loue is the bond of perfection which bindeth together the hartes of the saintes by her labour trauell she taketh in helping and releeuing them she seeketh not her owne she refuseth no paine she feareth no perill she disdaineth no basenes so y t the members and saintes of Christ may be bettered by her But alasse where is she in our Churches verely she commeth not abroade into our streetes shee sheweth not her selfe in our assemblies she appeareth not in pulpit dailie she is faine to hide her selfe in certeine corners of the Church For seeing some preache not at all some seldome some haue mo charges then is possible for them to discharge some seeke dispensations some faculties some sue for commendations some one thing some for another can we think y t they perswade theÌ„selues to be meÌ„bers of others seruants to other meÌ„bers not to theÌ„selues only thei haue haÌ„ds eies ears but they reach to themselues not to others they see for theÌ„selues not for others they heare also but not for others Moreouer where it is saide that we are one anothers members we must know that in dispising others wee dispise our selues and hurt our selues for we depriue our owne soules of those benefites which other shoulde minister vnto vs for oure health peace We ought then rather to nourish and cherish them because we may reape great good of them But such is the blindnesse and senselesse dulnesse of many in our Church that they esteeme nothing of the members that the Lord hath giuen and ordayned for their singular commodity God hath giuen vs in great mercie Pastors and Doctours to be our eyes to lead and direct vs in the wayes of truth and holinesse Elders and Deacons to be our handes to keepe vs and hold vs in the way also to reach vnto vs those things we want Attenders vppon vs to be our feet when we are not able otherwise to goe And yet O Lorde we despise them we deride them nay that which is incredible though they be the Lordes owne gifts we will not be perswaded that they will or can do vs any good or bring anye ornament to the body The Lord for his mercye sake open our eyes that

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