Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

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
A12495	Of unwryten verytyes	Smith, Richard, 1500-1563.	1548 (1548)	STC 22823; ESTC S102260	4,631	16

Of vnwryten very tyes Cum priuilegio Of vnwrytten very tyes IN the day of PeÌ„tecost whaÌ„ the holy goost desceÌ„ded vpoÌ„ the apostles discyples of Chryst they receyued suche grace goostly knowlege that they hade forth with the gyfte of the vnderstandynge of scrypture and to speake in the tonges of all men And also that vpon whome soeuer they layde theyr handes the holye ghoste shoulde descende vpon them And ther vpon they by theyr prechyng good doctryn coÌ„uerted iÌ„ short tyme great multitude of people vnto the fayth of Christ And after that dyuers blessed meÌ„ iÌ„ strength of the fayth wrote the lyfe miracles doctryne passion deth and resurrectioÌ„ of our mayster Chryst but foure of those writinges were only receyued by al the hole chyrche of Chryst that is to say of Matthewe Marke Luke Ihon. they receyued them to be of such auctorytye that it should not be lawfull to any man that wold coÌ„fesse Chryst to denye theÌ„ they were called the foure gospels of Christ And the epystles of Paule the Actes of the apostles the epistles that be called canonyke And the apocalips were receyued to be of lyke auctorytye as the gospels were And thus by assent aswel of the people as of the clergye was the newe testament affyrmed to be of suche auctorytye as it is now takeÌ„ to be of as it is of in dede so that it is not lawfull to denye any thing that it affermeth ne to afferme any thyng that it denyeth it is no meruayle though it be takeÌ„ to be of such strengthe for it was auctorysed whan the people that were newelye coÌ„uerted to the fayth were ful of grace of deuocion replenished with vertues desyryng alwaye the lyfe to come the helthe of theyr owne soules of theyr neyghbours ThaÌ„ also were blessed bisshops blessed preestes other blessed persons of the clargy and what could suche men aske of god ryghtwisly that sholde be denyed them And who maye thinke but that they al the people at the sayd auctorisyng of scripture praied deuoutly for the assistauÌ„ce of the holy gost that they might haue grace to auctorise suche thyng as shold be to his honour / to the encrease of his fayth to the helth of the soules of al his people The tyme also that this auctorysynge of the new testament and the gatherynge of it togyder was made was as I suppose the tyme of the moost hygh gracyous shedynge out of the mercy of god into the world that euer was froÌ„ the begynnyng of the world vnto thys daye I meane the tyme that was froÌ„ the incarnacioÌ„ of Christ vnto the sayd auctorysyng of the newe testament was accomplished for in part of the tyme our lord was here himselfe in bodyly presence preachyng and teachyng his lawes / gatherynge chewsynge hys apostles disciples / the sholde teache preache his lawes whaÌ„ he was gone which they dyd not onely by word but also by good exaÌ„ples that yet remayne vnto thys day so that al the tyme may in maner be called the goldeÌ„ tyme. And not onely the newe testament was thaÌ„ receyued but also the olde testament And by preachyng teachyng of these testameÌ„tes was the fayth of Christ meruaylously encreased in many countrees After all this by a coÌ„meÌ„ speking among the people the byshops preestes and other of the clergye which were as lanternes vnto the people the specyall maynteyners of the chrysteÌ„ fayth were called the chyrche or men of the chyrch and vnder the colour of the name chyrche many of the clergy in proces of tyme pretended that they might make exposicions of scripture as the vniuersal chyrch of Christ that is to say as the hole congregacion of christen people myghte thervpon whan couetyse pryde somwhat encresed in many of the clargie they expounded very fauourably dyuers textes of scripture that sounded to the mayntenaunce of theyr honour power iurisdiction ryches And ouer the toke vpon them to afferme that they were the chyrche that myght not erre / and that Chryst his aposteles had spokeÌ„ taught many thynges that were not expresly put in scripture that the people were as wel bouÌ„de to beleue them and that vnder lyke payne as yf they had ben expressed in scripture and called them vnwryten veryties where of I shal as for an exaÌ„ple recyte part Fyrst the Christ after his maundye and after he had wasshen the fete of his apostles taught them to make holy creame for mynistracioÌ„ of the sacrameÌ„tes and that they haue as ful auctorytye to do the same as yf it had bene coÌ„teyned in scriptuere that christ had gyuen theÌ„ power to it That it is a tradicioÌ„ of the apostels that ymages ought to be set vp That the apostels ordeyned that al faythful people should resort to the chyrch of Rome as to the moost hygh and principal chyrche of al other yet it can not be proued by scripture ne by any other sufficiente auctoritye that they made any such ordynaunce Also that the Crede which is coÌ„menly vniuersally vsed to be said by the coÌ„meÌ„ people was made by the .xii. apostels though the artycles therof ar fermely stedfastly to be beleued of euery chrysten man as artycles sufficieÌ„tly proued by scripture yet that they were gathered togyder by the .xii. apostels specially that euery one of the apostels made one article as paynters shewe that they dyd can not be ê“ued by scripture ne is not necessari to be beleued for our saluacioÌ„ and though it were but a smal offence in the people to beleue that it were an article necessarye to be beleued for our saluacyoÌ„ because the clergie which be the lanternes leders vnto the people do instruct them that it is so And it is nether agaynst the lawe of god nor the lawe of reason but that it may be so yet it is a great offeÌ„ce to the clergye to afferme for certayne that thyng that is to them selfe vncertayne and therfore it wold be reformed for eschewyng of offences vnto the clergye Also that the people shal praye into the est is not proued by scripture and yet they saye that by the tradicioÌ„ of the apostles it is to be beleued Also that our lady was not borne in orygynal synne That she was assumpte into heuen body soule Al these many other diuers of the clergie cal vnwrytten veryties lefte in the worlde by the tradicion relacioÌ„ of the apostles which as they saye the people are bouÌ„de to beleue aswel as scripture For they say that syth no man were bouÌ„de to beleue scripture but bycause the chyrche sayth this is scripture so they saye that in the thinges before rehersed the chyrche wytnessethe theÌ„ to be true and that the people haue assented to them many yeres wherfore it is not lawfull to doubte at them ne to denye them To thys reason it may be answered that yf it can

be proued by as good as hygh auctoryte that these thynges were left in the world by the tradicion relacyoÌ„ of the apostles as the auctorysynge of scripture was that than they are to be beleued as verely as scripture But yf they be wytnessed to be so by some bysshops and priestes and some other of the clergye onely or that they be witnessed to be so by decrees lawes made by bisshops of Rome by the clergye of Rome or by opinion of doctours only thaÌ„ no man is bouÌ„de to accept them ne beleue them as they ar bounde to beleue scripture For scripture as it is sayd before was auctorysed by the hole church of god and in the most electe moost gracious tyme that of lykelyhode hath ben syth the begynninge of christes chyrche And yf it be sayd that many of the sayd opynioÌ„s haue ben affermed approued by general couÌ„selles in whom no errour maye be presumed it maye be answered that though the chyrche gathered together in the holy ghost may not erre in thinges perteyning to the fayth that yet for as moch as som general couÌ„sels haue ben gathered not by the power of kynges and princes that be heades of the chyrch And that lawes haue ben also made at such general coÌ„sels of dyuers thinges whych haue not perteyned to the fayth but to the mayntenauÌ„ce of the auctoritye or profyt of the clergye or of soch artycles as ar before rehersed that they cal vnwryteÌ„ veryties which vndoubtedly perteyn not merely to the faith That it may therfore be lawfully doubted whether soche couÌ„sels were gathered in the holy goost or not whether they erred in theyr iudgemeÌ„tes or not and it is no doubte but the in some general counsels they haue done so in dede And I suppose that there be but fewe maters more necessary ne more expedient for kynges princes to loke vpoÌ„ thaÌ„ vpon these vnwrytteÌ„ verytyes of making of lawes by the clergie For yf they be suffered to mayntayne that ther be any verytyes whych the people are bounde to beleue vpon payne of dampnacioÌ„ besyde scripture it wyl perswade partly an insufficiencye in scripture ther vpoÌ„ myght folowe greate daungers many wayes And yf it were admytted that the clergie myght be receaued to afferme that ther be soche veryties besyde scripture yet they could not proue them For yf they wold in profe therof say that the apostles fyrst taught those verities that they haue so coÌ„tinued froÌ„ one to another vnto thys daye shewe none other auctorytye therof but that than al the sayinge may as lyghtly be denyed as it was affermed and with as hygh auctorytye And yf they wyl ferther attempte to approue it by lawes made by the bishops of Rome by the clergye at Rome yea or by lawes decrees made at general couÌ„sels yet these lawes decrees may be lawfully doubted at as before appereth so that they cannot by reason therof dryue any necessitye of belefe iÌ„to any person Wherfore kynges and prynces that haue receaued of god the high power and charge ouer the people ar bouÌ„d to prohybyte soch sayinges vpon greate paynes and not to suffre a belefe to be grouÌ„ded vpoÌ„ thynges vncerteyn But yet yf some of the sayd articlys that be called vnwrytteÌ„ verities were suffered to coÌ„tinue as thinges that be more like to be true thaÌ„ otherwyse and no necessitie of belefe to be deryued ther vpon I suppose verely it myght wel be suffered that they shuld stand styll not prohabyte as it is of that article that the .xii. apostles made the Crede that it is good to praye into the est that our lady was not borne in original synne that she was assumpted bodye soule And therfore yf it were ordeyned by kynges priÌ„ces that no man vpoÌ„ payne to be taken as a breaker of the quietnes of the people shuld denye any of the sayd articles it were well done to kepe vnytie amonge the people but diuers realmes may ordre soch thynges diuersly as they shall seme coÌ„uenyent after the dysposicioÌ„ of the people ther. For they be but thiÌ„ges indiffereÌ„t to be beleued or not beleued and ar nothing lyke to scripture to the articles of the fayth the .x. coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes ne to soch other morall lerniÌ„ges as ar merely deryued out of scripture For they must of necessitie be beleued obeyed of euery christeÌ„ man For after saynt Paul ad Ephe. iiii There muste be one God one fayth one Baptisme But to suffre them to stande as vnwryten veryties that may not be denyed to haue theyr auctorytie onely by lawes made by the clergie it semeth dauÌ„gerous For it might cause many of the clergye to esteme more power in the clergie thaÌ„ there is in dede and that myghte lyfte many of them into a hygher estimacion of them selfe than they ought to haue wherby myght folowe greate daunger vnto the people For as long as ther be disorders in the clergye it wyl be heard to bryng the people to good ordre And all this that I haue touched before maye be reformed without any rebuke to the clergye that now is For the pretence of soch vnwryten verytyes ne yet of makyng of lawes to bynde kynges princes and theyr people ne yet that bothe powers that is to saye spiritual temporal were in the clergye began not in the clergye that now is but in theyr predecessours And as to the sayd other preteÌ„ced vnwryteÌ„ verities that is to say that almeÌ„ shuld resort to Rome as to the most high principal chyrche And that it is a tradicion an vnwryten verytie the ymages oughte to be set vp it were wel done that they soch other opinioÌ„s wherby prdie couetyse or vayne glory myght springe her after were prohabyte by auctoritie of the parlyameÌ„te vpon great paynes And as to the sayd vnwryteÌ„ verytie that holy creame shuld be made after the mauÌ„dye it perteyneth only to theÌ„ that haue auctoritie to iudge whether it be an vnwryten veritie or not and to iudge also what is the very auctoritye of making of that creame And therfore I wyll no ferther speke of the matter at thys tyme. Â¶ Imprinted at LondoÌ„ in saynct Andrewes Paryshe in the Waredrop By Thomas Raynalde M.D.XLVIII

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