Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	abraham_n	covenant_n	seed_n	2,898	5	8.8760	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14153	The souper of the Lorde wher vnto, that thou mayst be the better prepared and suerlyer enstructed: haue here firste the declaracion of the later parte of the .6. ca. of S. Joha[n], beginninge at the letter C. the fowerth lyne before the crosse, at these wordis: merely were. [et]c wheryn incidently M. Moris letter agenst Johan Frythe is confuted.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.; Joye, George, d. 1553, attributed name. aut	1533 (1533)	STC 24468; ESTC S105217	37,629	66

the newe succeding the olde the mediatour Criste betwene bothe sittinge at the souper celebratinge bothe with his presens dyd put out the olde and bryngyng the newe For ther is in ether of them syche lyke composicion of wordis siche affinite and proporcion in speche syche symilitude and propertie in them bothe the newe so corresponding in all thingis the olde that the olde declarethe the newe what it is wherfore it was instituted what is the very vse therof And to beginne at circuncision the fygure of baptisme ye shall vnderstande That in sycke rytes and sacraments ther ar two thingis to be consydered that is to wit The thinge and the sygne of the thinge The thynge is it wherfore the sygne is institued to sygnifye it as in circuncision the thinge is the couenant to be of the peple of God and the sygne is the cuttyng of the foreskinne of the preuey member In the passouer the thinge was the rememberance wyth thankis geuinge for the delyuerance out of the harde ●seruitute of egipt but the sygne was the lambe rosted with siche ceremones as were ther prescrybed them So in baptisme The thynge is the promyse to be of the chirche of Cryste the sygne is the dippinge into the water withe the holy wordis In oure Lor●is souper the very thinge is Cryste promysed and crucifyed and of fayth thankis geuinge vnto the father for his sonne geuē to suffer for vs● but the sygne is the dealyng and distributing or rechinge forth of the bred and wyne with the holy wordis of our lorde spoken at his sauper after he had thus dealte the brede and wyne vnto his disciples ¶ And here is it diligently to be noted That sithe in all these ri●es ceremones or sacramentes of God thus institued these two thynges that is to we●te the thinge sygnyfyed and the sygne that signifiethe ●e concurrant and inseperable it ●s ●he comen vse and proper●ye of the spe●he ī the scripture to call the sygne the thynge as is circumcision called the cou●nant Euery manchylde muste be cyrcumcysed that my couen●nt myght be in your flesshe for a perpetual bonde And yet was it onely but the vtwarde sygne and seal of the couenant that the sead of Abraham shuld be his especial chosen people and that he wolde be their God The lambe that was but the sygne was called the passouer and yet was not the lambe the passyng ouer but the sygne onely excitinge monesshinge them to remember that delyuerance by the angell passynge by the Israelitis in egipt smyting the gipcians And sithe this trope or maner of speche the scripture dyd vse wyth so grete grace in the olde rytes and ceremones that figured our sacramentis why may it not wyth lyke grace for that analogye propercongruence of the fygures wythe theyr verites vse the same phrase and maner of speche in their verites Yf the scripture called the sygne the thynge in circumcision and passouer why shuld we be offended wythe the same speche in our baptisme and in the lordis souper sithe siche maner of speche haue no lesse grace and fulnes here then there to brynge the thynge sygnifyed into our hertis by siche vtwarde sensible signes For when that sygne of circūcision was geuen the chyld then were they certified as an vtward tokē maye certifye that the chylde was of the peple of Israel And therfore dyd the syg●es thē as they do nowe ●ere the names of the thynges which they signified as the lambe eten in they passouer wa● called the sacrifyce and the selfe passouer no nother wyse than in our new passouer that is the lordis souper the breade broken c. is called the bodye of Cryste and the wyne powerd forthe and distributed to eche man the blood of Cryste because the brede so broken and dealte signifieth vnto the receyuers and put●eth them in rememberance of the sacrifyce of his bodye one the aulter of the crosse and of his blood powerde forthe for our redempcion So that this maner of speche in thadministr●cion vse of the souper of our lorde to saye This is my bodye and this is my bloode is as miche to saye as This signifyeth my nody thys sygnifyethe my bloode● whiche souper is here celebrated to put vs in rememberance of Cristes dethe and to excyte vs to thankis geuinge ¶ Nether let it not offende the ● crysten reder That Est is taken for significat that is to saye This is that is as miche to saye as this signifyethe that For this is a comen maner of speche in many placis of scripture and also in our mother tonge as when we se many pictures or images whiche ye knowe well are but sygnes to represent the bodyes whom they be made lyke yet we saye of the image of our ladye This is our ladye of s. Kataryne this is saynt Kataryne and yet do they but represent and sygnyfie vs our ladye or saynt Kataryne And as it is wrytē Genesis 40. ca. The thre branches ar thre dayes The .3 baskettes ar .3 dayes● which was not els but they sygnyfyed thre dayes Also in the 28. ca. Iacob sayde This stone whiche I haue set vp an ende shal be goddis house which stonne yet was neuer gods house nor neuer shal be but only did signifye goddis house to be buylded in that same place● Agay● Pharao dremed to haue sene .7 fayer fatt oxen efte sone .7 pore lene oxen whiche Ios●ph expowning sayd The .7 fatte oxen ar .7 plentuouse yeris and the .7 lene are 7. deare yeris in whiche phrase or maner of speche euery mā seithe that the oxen were no yeres but they signif●ed siche yeris Meruel not therfore thoughe Est lyke wyse in thys sentence Hoc est corpus meū be taken for significat as miche to saye as this signifyeth my bodye And yet for because the scriptures cōferred togither expowne them selfe as saith S. Austen And Peter 2. pe 1. That we haue before a ferme and suer propheticall speche vnto whiche yf ye attende as vnto a lyght set vp in a derke place ye do wel I shal shew ye a lyk phrase in Ezechiel where the destruccion of Ierusalem was thus fygured God commandinge Ezechiel to take a swerde as sharpe as raser shaue of his head and berde and then take a certayne waight of the hearis deuyded into .3 partes of the one he shulde burne in the myddes of the cyte a nother he shuld cutte rowndabout and the chirde caste it vp into the wynde c. whiche done he sayd Thus sayth the lord god This is Ierusalem which acte and dede● so done was not Ierusalem but it signifyed preched vnto the beholders of it Ierusalem to be destroyed no nother wyse then the brekinge distributing of the brede and wyne called Crystis body and blode signifyeth and precheth vs the dethe of Cryste the fygure and sygne beringe the name of