Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	believe_v	faith_n	revelation_n	3,045	5	9.5466	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14251	The olde fayth of greate Brittaygne, and the newe learnynge of Inglande wherunto is added a symple instruction, concernynge the Kinges Maiesties procedinges in the co[m]munyon. Compyled by R.V.	R. V., fl. 1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 24566; ESTC S119007	13,729	40

substaūces vnder that pretence of the settīg furth of Gods word / not caring so they get substaunce what cōmeth of Gods word as partlye hath apeared in these our dayes both in the clergy and also in the laytye It wylbe a slaū der to oure Relygion in those dayes as it was euen in the Primatiue churche as appeareth in the seuenth boke the .xvij. chaptof Eusebius ecclesiasticall history of Paulus Samosatenus a bysshop of Antioch / of whom is said yf we speake of his pride / it was Intollerable For he shewed hym selfe more lyke a captayne then a bysshop for so much as in going by the streates he vsed a maruelouse pryde in reading the letters which were sent hym before the people / naming the answeares to hys secretataries whych accompanyed hym / hauynge so great a nombre of folke which went before hym and a great multytude followīg hym in such maner that all they which sawe hym abhorred hys pryde and for the same blamed our Relygion Oh. GOD / doth not the pryde of the bysshopes in these our dayes resemble the same Paules pryde He that lysteth to rede the forsayd chapter out / shall see muche But thankes be vnto the lorde who hath geuen the same power vnto the Kinges Maiestie in these dayes / which he gaue to Aurelyan the emperour in those dayes which was that he gaue power to the metrapolytane and other faythfull bysshopes to depose the sayde Paule and set an other in hys place whyche dyd preach the worde of God and not his owne thinkinge as Paule dyd as appeareth in the sayd chapter Truly / if this pride be not lefte both in the Laytie and also in the the Clergyie / God wyll plage the worlde / and that very shortlye for Gods worde is not mans inuencion but the very wyll and worke of God as witnesseth Peter in his second Epystle the fyrst Chapter / saying know fyrst that no prophetie in the scriptures is done of any priuate interpretation For the prophecy was neuer wrought by the wyll of man / but the holy men of God spake as they were moued of the holy gost And this trade vsed the apostles geuinge credyte to Gods worde both in theyr teaching also in theyr ministracion / as wye nesseth sainct Peter in his fyrst epystle the fourth chapter saying if any man speake let him talke as though he spake the wordes of God If any mā minister let hym do it as of the habily tie whiche God minystreth vnto him And that primatiue church stode by the scripturs as Eusebius in his iij. boke the .x. chapter witnesseth / sayinge By the which thinges sayth he it is euydent in what reuerence we vse oure scriptures the which of so long tyme and by so many ages as is past / was neuer mā that durst adde / take away or chaunge any thin ge but all men of our relygion haue thys stedfast fayth / and beleue thē to be reuelacions of God stande to this boke for to defende the same / if nede require wil willyngly lose theyr lyues He sayth not they wyll make insurrections and styrre the peple against their prince as the papists haue done these 1200 yeres / for the maintenaunce of theyr fayned tradicions auncient custumes thys is the very nature of all those which mainteyne vn wrytten Verityes But the nature of gods peple is not of this kīde but their nature is to opē the fautes of prices of their subiectes which they set led cōtrary to the scriptures / gently shewe the plages set furth in the scrypture / for disobeing Gods worde rather to suffre death then to seke the displeasure or destruction of theyr prynces rather vse paules trade in theyr preachyng 1. Cor. xv saying I delyuered vnto you that whych I also receaued how the Chryst dyed for our synnes according to the scripturs that he was buryed / that he rose agayne the .iij. day Paul sayth not I delyuered vnto you our aūcient fathers custumes / nor yet their say ned inuēted ceremonies which had stande so many C. yeres But he saith he delyuered that which he receaued which was how that chryst dyed for our synnes according to the scriptures therfore sayth paul Gal. 1. Though we our selues saith he or an aūgell frō heauē preach any other gospell to you thē that yt haue receaued holde hiaccursed O mercifull God what shall we say to those which maīteyne the popysh masse and ceremonies in the whiche is not declared one Tytle Howe Chryst dyed for our sinnes / according to that scripturs For truly the chatholyke fathers abhorred thē euen in the primatiue church As hereafter thou mayst perceaue And fyrst Castus bysshoppe sayth in his .v. boke He the which presumeth to follow the custume in contempnyng the veritie / eyther he is enuyous and malycious agaynst his brethern to whome the verytie is opened or els he is vnthankfull to God by whose inspiration his church is instructed Also Ciprian ad Pompeium agaynst Steuēs Epystle sayth The custume which is rysē with som ought not to let the verytie to haue lesse place to rhintent that the veritie shulde not vanquish For custum without veritē is auncientnes of errour Wherfore in leanyng the errour let vs follow the veritie Also Austen in his .iij. boke of Baptysme the .ix. chapter And are also the wordes of Honoratus Attuca sayinge seying Chryste is the veritie / we ought rather to follow the veritie then the custume Also Felix Bysshop sayth let none set the custume before the veritie for reason veritie wyll alwayes put furth custume Also s Ciprian ad Cecilium in hys seconde Booke the thyrde Chapter / sayeth If ye doo that whiche I commaunce you / from henseforth wyll I not call you seruauntes but frendes Yea / and that Chryst ought only to be heard the father witnesseth from heauen saying This is my welbeloued sonne in whom I delyte heare him Wherfore if it be so that Christ ought only to be heard we ought not to care what thing any befor vs hath estemed to be good / but those thinges which Chryst teacheth / who was before all other Neyther must we follow mānes custume but the veritie of God For the lorde sayd by Esay the prophet They honour me without cause / and teache the commaundementes and doctryne of men And also in the Gospell why do ye transgresse the commaundementes of God to stablysh your owne tradicions Wherfore dere brethern if anye one of our predecessours through ignoraunce or symplycitie haue not obserued and kept that which the lord hath taught vs to do eyther by example or doctryne it may be reputed to symplicitie and may be forgeuen thē through the indulgence of the lorde But it may not be forgeuen vs which now are instructed of the lorde but it is expedient for vs to send letters to our companions that the lordes gospel his doctrine be kept ouer al the