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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	article_n	faith_n	tradition_n	3,058	5	9.0436	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00498	The Exposition of certain partes of Scripture, according to the mindes of the chieffe doctors ...		1567 (1567)	STC 10634.5; ESTC S2119	36,965	68

THE EXPOSITION OF certain partes of Scripture according to the mindes of the chieffe Doctors that in our time were in reformed chirches also of some old doctors wherin thow shalt se the trew doctrine of indifferent things of garments and of th'auctoritie that Princes Prelates haue to set owt rites and ceremonies Saincte Ambrose Byshop of Millane vppon the vij of the former Epistell of Sainct Paul to the Corinthians YEar bought vvith a priced be ye not made the bondmen of men It is trewe because we ar bought with so deare a price that we could not haue ben bought againe of any but only of Christ who is ritche in all thinges Therfore he that is bought with a price ought more to serue or to do his dewtie in th' office of a bondman that he may after a manner make recompence to his byer Thei ar boÌ„d men that subdue theÌ„ selues to mens superstitions Therefore those that ar bought of God that is of Christe ought not to be boundmen of men But such ar bondmen of men that subdue them selues or obey mens superstitions THEOPHILAGTVS Archebyshop of Bulgaria vppoÌ„ the vij chapiter of the former Epistel of Sainct Paul to the Corinthians and vppon thesame vvordes TH'apostel reasoneth not these matters only to slaues or bondmeÌ„ but he speaketh them to those that ar free To execute euel coÌ„mauÌ„dements for mans sake is to become mans servant or he rather doth enstruct all sortes yea the Christians them selues that they do not any thing for mans sake or pleasure and that they do not execute or fulfill those commaundementes of men whiche ar naught for that were to serue men euen by such as ar raunsomed for a price And a littel after he hauing spoken of this vvordly and spiritual bondage vvriteth thus Therfore the Apostle hath prouided very well in bothe cases to wete first least vnder the pretence of God his seruice seruantes shold depart from there masters in whose power there bodies ar Secondly To please the bodely Master further then they ought is to becomeÌ„ boÌ„dmen least they shold fall from God when as they will serue there bodily Masters further theÌ„ becoÌ„meth or that they ought to do ERASMVS ROTERODAMVS in his boke of annotations vppon the fift chapiter of the former Epistel of sainct Peter NEque ceu Deminium exercentes aduersus Cleros c. Neither shall ye be as exercisers of Lordsship against the people or parishes For he vnderstandeth by this worde Cleros not Dyacons or Elders but the flock which fell to euery man by chaunce B. ought as little to vse Lordship ouer the common people asouer there fellowe Elders to be gouerned least any man shold iudge that Byshops vvere forbidden to exercise any Lordship ouer clerkes but that hit vvas graunted them to be Lordes ouer others And here he calleth Elders Bishops for as yet there was not so huge a nombre of priestes but as many Elders as there were so many byshops there were This commaundemet of the Prince of the Apostells shold haue ben written in golden letters and set vp in all palaces of the Byshops Feade saith he the flock oppresse hit not pill hit not and do this not vnwillingly but of a sincere desier and mind as fathers neither for silthie lucres sake as though he had seen before that there vppon shold rise a plage or pestilence to the chirch To conclude not plaing Lordes after the maÌ„ner of Kinges but fede with example and ouercome with goode deades Now a daies the coÌ„mon sort of Byshops heareth nothing of there learned flatterers but Lordships Dominions Swordes Kayes and Powers Whervppon riseth in somme of them Some B. at pompous as Princes some more cruell then Tyrauntz more pompouse Pride then some Kings vse and more cruelnes then some Tyrauntes occupie Also in thesame vvork vppon xi chapiter of Sainct Mathevves Gospel SVrely Sainct Peter in thactes of th'apostelles doth opeÌ„ly call the lawe of Moses which was laied for a time vppon the rebellious people of the Iewes an hard and a heauy burthen which neither we not oure fathers were liable to beare neyther can any maÌ„ doubt but that it is trueth which the trueth hath pronounced The yooke of Christ is in very dede pleasauÌ„t and his burthen is light so that no mens traditions be laied vpon mens sholders beside or more then that thinge which he hath alredy appoincted and he hath commaunded nothing els but that one shold loue another and there is nothing so bitter but that Charitie will seasone make hit swete Whatsoeuer is according to Nature it may easely be born but there is nothing that agreeth more with Mannes Nature then Christes Philosophie which goeth abowt to do no other thing almost then to restore oure Nature that is fallen to her innoceÌ„cie and sinceritie againe But euen as the ordinances of men did make heauie the lawe being by hit self greuous enough for the Iewes The lawe of Man may make heauy the light yoke of Christ. Euen so must vve diligently take hede that the additions ordinaunces and doctrines of meÌ„ make not the lavve of Christ vvhich of hit self is pleasaunt and light heauy and hard to beare Which ordinauÌ„ces so at the first crept in as though they were small and ought not to be cared for or regarded or els they being commended with the shewe of Godlines be gladly receaued of them that ar more simple theÌ„ foresighted Those that ar once receaued by pecemele do growe and en crease vnto a huge quantitie do presse downe ouerthrowe meÌ„ whither they wil or no either by the help of custome whose violence is a certaine tyrannie or els Teinstrumentes of spirituall bondage by the aucthoritie of Princes which hold stistly hit that is rashely receaued abusing hit for there profit and gaines And a little after There ar some that knitt together either a cold sillogisme of a pece of scripture which they do not vnderstand or els make an article of faith of a mannes ordinaunce and of such men ar we iudged to be Christians or no ChristiaÌ„s which appertaine nothing attall to Christian Religion And a littel after The burtheÌ„ of MaÌ„s ordinaunces and traditions What auaileth it to speak of the burthen of Man his institutions when as many yeares ago Saint Augustine in a certaine epistel to IaÌ„uarius he is angry and be waileth th' estate of Christes chirche so to be burthened that the coÌ„dition of the Iewes was almost more tollerable then the condition of the Christians what if he sawe the fre people of Christ snared with so many lawes and ceremonies and not only oppressed with a single tyrannie of prophane Princes but also of Byshops Cardinalles Popes Not only prophane princes But also B. ar oppressors of the chirch and most of all of there seruauntes who being disguysed with the visure of Religion go busily aboute the busines of there bellies The Iewes had no

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