Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	catholic_a	church_n	creed_n	1,395	5	10.7130	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00958	Homelies sette forth by the righte reuerende father in God, Edmunde Byshop of London, not onely promised before in his booke, intituled, A necessary doctrine, but also now of late adioyned, and added thereunto, to be read within his diocesse of London, of all persons, vycars, and curates, vnto theyr parishioners, vpon sondayes, & holydayes.	Bonner, Edmund, 1500?-1569.	1555 (1555)	STC 3285.2; ESTC S103088	74,513	149

Surelye sayeth he it is no absurdyte that synnes are forgyuē by thē which haue the holy ghost in thē Nowe yf you wyll marke that not the preest onely but also the holy Ghost dothe woorke in remitting and pardonyng synnes than I trust you wyll see graunte this aucthoritie of Christes catholike churche which thyng euery chrysten man dothe confesse dayly in his crede saying not onely I beleue the holy catholyke churche the communion of saynctes but addyth also the remyssion of synnes to be in the same catholike churche i. Timo. 1. Doo not we rede that saynt Paule dyd vse this aucthoritie whan he did excommunicate Hymeneus and Alexander dyd not the holye Byshoppe saynt Ambrose vse this aucthoritie in euery poynt vpon the emperoure Theodosius Theodorit Lib. 5. hist. Eccle. ca. 18 Which holy byshoppe perceyuynge the emperoure had greuouslye offended dyd not spare to excommunicate hym yea and though he offered him selfe obedientlye to be receyued yet was it after longe penaunce that he was absolued this holy byshoppe dyd vse the authoritie giuen to him by God thys christen emperoure knowing the same dyd with al humilitie obey Yf the bishopes and preistes in time past and also the layitee had lerned and practsied there duetyes and vocations by this example surelye the churche of Chryste shoulde not haue come to such great disordre as we see neyther shoulde vyce and wyckednes so frely haue bene vsyd but bicause this mater is largely and lernedly set fourth in the sacramēt of penance I wil cease to speake any more hereof and nowe it remayneth to declare what cōmoditie and profytte we haue by thys catholyke church our lorde and mayster chryste in the gospell of saincte Iohn Iohn 15. doeth compare hym selfe to the vyne tree and all vs to the braunches and sayeth Manete in me et ego in vobis Abyde you in me that is to saye in the faythe of my churche And I wyll abyde in you Oh mercyful Lord what comfort and commoditye is this for a christen man to haue Christe to abyde with hym And farther he sayeth Yf you abide in me my wordes abide in you aske what you wyl it shal be graunted to you Here are we sure that if we abyde in christes catholike churche embrace the faythe and doctryne therof both Christ hym selfe by grace wyll abyde in vs and also oure prayers shal euermore be hearde And wythoute all doute there is no abiding in Christe vnles we abide in the vnyte of hys catholyke churche For as saynct Cipriane sayeth Ciprianus de simpli prelat Non potest habere deum patrem qui non nouit Ecclesiam matrem He cannot haue God hys father that knoweth not the churche to be his mother But a child of God knowīg the churche to be his mother lyinge in the bosome thereof may be sure that Christ the spouse of the churche Gene. 7.8 wyll neuer forgette hys nedefull requestes And as no lyuely creature was saued from death but suche onely as were in the arcke of Noe Gen. 7 8. so is there none saued from dampnation but those that are in the vnyte of Christes churche And therefore to gyue vs warnynge the holye doctoure Saincte Augustyne speaketh in thys maner mooste playnlye Quisquis ergo ab hac catholica ecclesia fuerit seperatus quā tū libet laudabiliter se uiuere existimet August epist 152. hoc folo scelere quod a Christi Vnitate disiunctus est nō habebit uitam sedir a dei manet super cū That is in englysh Whosoeuer therfore shal be seperatid frō this catholike church although he think himself to liue neuer so worthely yet for this onelye crime that he is separated frō the vnitie of Christ he shal not haue life but the wrath of god abideth vpon hym But what nede is it to allege saincte Augustine or any other auncient father herein seing almyghty God by hys prophet Esay hath set furthe to vs a lytle picture of hys churche Esai 5. vnder the name of a vyneyarde and the house of Israell There maye we see that thynge that we by experience doo knowe For almyghty God in that parable declareth by hys Prophete howe muche he had doone for the house of Israell a fygure of Christes churche in that he had planted them in a batsome and frutefull countrey and had gyuen to them good gouernours and orders wherein they myghte haue lyued and pleased hym but forasmuche as they dyd wylfullye breake the lawes of God hys ordinance he threatned them saying Auferam sepem eius et erit in direptionem c. Ibidem I wyll sayeth oure Lorde take awaye the hedge of my vyneyarde that it may peryshe Euen so hathe our sauioure Christe dealed wyth vs the people of his churche For where as by his preciouse deathe and passion he dyd purchase vs and lefte vs in the custodye of his catholyke church as is before sayde leauynge also to vs lawes to obserue and sacramentes wherewith we should be preserued And we naughty people haue dyspysed al his moost godly and holsome decrees and ordinances he hathe of his iustyce and accordynge to hys promyse euen in oure tyme punished vs and hath suffred the wicked to plucke downe the pale or hedge of his vineyarde I meane all good order as well in the churche as in the common wealthe and that for the space of many yeares paste Nowe here christen people thoughe you doo not consyder the plage of sundrye synnes that hathe in this late scysme possessed manye mens soules yet doo not dyssemble nor forgette the miserye that we all haue suffered outewardelye synce we were separate from the churche of Christe alas what Christen bloude wythin this Realme euen by oure owne countreimen hath bene shed Oh Lord how many poore wydowes without comforte haue bene lefte Howe many fatherlesse children without soccoure I leaue here to speake of the vnshameles breakynge of the deade mennes testamentes and theyr mooste godly intentes ordinances Abbais are poulled downe Collegis and Chantrees are ouerthrowē churches are robbed and poore Christ that is to saye the hungry and nedefull people famyshe and crye oute therefore All these surely wyth many mo haue come vpon vs bicause we haue bene oute of the house of God Wherefore in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe let vs all togyther lament and be sory for oure goynge astraye let vs come and fal downe before God oure father and confesse oure transgression and humblye desyre Luce. 15. that we maye be receyued into hys house whyche is the churche thoughe we shoulde all the dayes of oure lyues be but hyrelynges Quia melior est dies vnus in atrijs tuis super milia Psal 83. One daye Oh Lorde is better spente in thy house than a thousande otherwyse Fynallye yf we contynew obedyente chyldren in the bosome of our mother the holye churche we shall be fedde wyth