Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	believe_v	faith_n	know_v	6,721	5	4.2859	3	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14813	Twoo notable sermons made the thirde and fyfte Fridayes in Lent last past, before the Quenes highnes, concernynge the reall presence of Christes body and bloude in the blessed Sacrament: & also the Masse, which is the sacrifice of the newe Testament. / By Thomas Watson, Doctor of Diuinitie..	Watson, Thomas, 1513-1584.	1554 (1554)	STC 25115.3; ESTC S119557	86,731	390

churches or in other realmes This argument of CoÌ„munion was neuer â—eard of in the worlde before Martyne Luther who was y e first father of it and the first man that euer wrote agaynst priuate masses as he calleth theÌ„ â–ª And wher learned Luther that lesson euen of the deuyl not because al euyl coÌ„meth by the suggestion of the deuyll but I meane y t Luther had a vision of the deuyl and saw hym wyth hys corporall eye beynge wakyng of whom he learned al that he hath pestilently spoken agaynst the holy masse And lest men should say I lied vpon Luther here is his owne boke Ex orete iudico serue nequam We maye Iudge hym by his owne mouth and his owne hand writynge The title of his boke is of priuate masse I shal read you a peice of it that the trueth of my sayinge maye appeare These be hys very wordes I shall make confession before all you reuende and holy fathers geue me I pray you a good absolution It chaunced me once about midnight sodenly to awake than the deuyl SathaÌ„ began with me this disputation Heare sayd he doctour Luther very wel learned thou knowest thou hast said priuate masses xv yeres almost daily What if such priuate masses be horrible ydolatry what if there wer not preseÌ„t the bodye and bloud of Christ but thou haddest honored onely bread and wine haddest caused other to honor it to whoÌ„ I answered I am an anoynted priest haue receyued vnction coÌ„secration of a bishoppe haue done al these thinges by commaundement obedience of mine elders â–ª Why shuld not I coÌ„secrate wheÌ„ I haue pronuÌ„ced y e wordes of Christ haue said masse iÌ„ earnest this thou knowest All this sayde he is true but y e turkes gentiles do likewise al things in their teÌ„ples of obedieÌ„ce in earnest The priestes of Hieroboam dyd all they dyd of a certayne zeale intent againste the true priestes in HierusaleÌ„ â–ª What yf they orderynge and consecratynge wer false as the priestes of the Turkes and Samaritans were false and their seruyce of god false and wycked First sayd he thou knowest thou haddest than no knowledge of Christ nor true fayth and for faythe thou waste no better than a Turke For the Turke and all the deuyls also beleue the storye of Christ that he was borne crucified and dead â–ª c. But the Turke and we dampned sprites doe not truste to hys mercy nor haue not hym for a mediatour and sauiour but feare hym as a cruell iudge Such a fayth and no other haddest thou when thou receyuest vnction of y e byshoppe and al other both they y t dyd annoynct and were annoyncted thought so and no other wise of Christe â–ª Therefore ye fled from Christe as a cruell iudge to blessed Mary and y e sainctes they wer mediators betwene you Christ. Thus was Christ robbed of his glory â–ª This neyther thou nor no other papist can deny I wold reade more of this boke but for troubling you He y t lyâ—t to knowe what maye be sayd against priuate masse let hym learne here of y e deuil ynough For here is al that hath yet bene sayde of any other and more to The deuyls derlinges wer ashamed to say halfe so much as their father Sathan lest they shulde be called blasphemous lyers as he is But by this boke Luthers owne confession set forthe in prynt by him selfe to y e world ye maye knowe that the deuyll was the first y t euer barked agaynste y e sacrifice of the churche whiche is the masse knowing that his kyngdome of sinne and iniquitie coulde not stand if this sacrifice most aduersarie to it were not defaced and destroyed But what colour had Luther to publishe this shall we thynke he was so madde as to father that vpoÌ„ the deuyll that he woulde haue persauded for trueth to the worlde I shall tell you shortlye hys fonde deuyse in thys poynte as it foloweth fyue or sixe leaues here after He sayeth he knoweth the deuyl is a lyer but he saieth hys lyes be craftye he vseth to alledge a trueth whyche can not be denied and wyth that to colour hys lye which he persaudeth And therefore sayeth he the deuyll lyeth not when he accuseth as that I had committed horrible Idolatry in sayinge priuate masses but the lye is when he dyd afterwarde tempt him to dispayre of gods mercy But saith Luther I wyll not dispayre as Iudas dyd but amende that I haue done amysse neuer saye priuate masse agayne O what a cloke of mischiefe is this al grounded of lyes and falshode He sayth the deuyll lyeth not when he accuseth If that be true then he sayd true when he saide that Luther being a preacher manye yeares neuer had true fayth in Christ tyl he fel from the masse nor neuer trusted in Christes mercy nor neuer toke hym for a sauiour but a cruell iudge Of this the deuyll dyd accuse him whether he was a lyer herein or no iudge you Also in hys accusation he sayde the body and bloude of Christ wer not present in the sacrament when suche annoyncted priestes dyd consecrate and that they honored onely bread wine with many other damnable lyes and heresyes whiche whoso shall read the boke maye fynde in great plentie and yet by Luthers principle the deuyl neuer lyeth when he accuseth Now because y e tyme is farre past shortly to conclud I shal most humblye beseche you to consider and regarde the saluation of your soules for the whiche Christe Gods sonne hath shed his preciouse bloud which saluation canne not be attayned w toute knowledge confession of gods truth reueled to his holy church by her to euery membre of her childe of god whose sentence and determination is sure certen as procedinge froÌ„ the pyller of trueth the spirite of god by whoÌ„ we be taught and assured in goddes owne word that in y e blessed sacrament of the aulter â–ª by the power of the holy gost working with gods word is verely really present the bodye and bloud of our sauiour Christe vnder the formes of bread wyne whiche is by Christes owne commaundement example offered to almightye god in sacrifice in commemoration of Christes passion and death wherby the membres of the churche in whose fayth it is offered bothe they that be alyue and departed perceyue plentuouse and abundaunt grace and mercye and in al their necessities and calamities releife and succur â–ª Our moste merciful father graunt vs to persist stedfast constant in the true catholike faythe and confession of this most blessed Sacrament and sacrifice and with pure deuotion as he hathe ordayned to vse frequent this holye misterye of vnitie reconsiliation that we maye therby remayne in him and he in vs for euermore To whome be all glorye and prayse wyth out ende AMEN Â¶ Imprinted at London in Paules churche yarde at the sygne of the

beastlye lyuing adultery disobedience sacrilege and open conspiracye to the subuersion of them selfes of that state vnder whiche they lyue The scripture cryeth Nolite omni spiritui credere beleue not euery spirite but trye and proue the spirites yf they be of God or no for many false Prophetes are abroade in the world One waye to trye theÌ„ is to marke the ende of their conuersation â–ª and the example and fruyte of their liues as S. Paule sayeth Quorum exitum conuersationis intuentes eorum imitamini fidem folowe their fayth the ende of whose conuersation ye haue sene We haue seene what is the ende of this newe teachynge carnall and detestable liuyng conspiracye and treason The other fathers of whom we learned oure fayth were men whom the corrupt world was not worthy to haue these authors of this newe opinion were menne that were not worthy to haue and enioy the world of whome saynt Peter wryteth Magistri mendaces and so forth Lying maysters that bryng in sectes of perdicion and denye that Lord that bought theÌ„ as they do in this matter of the sacrament bringyng vpon them a spedy perdition and manye shal folowe theyr wayes through whome the way of truth shal be sclaundered and blasphemed and in couetousnes by feyned woordes they shal make marchaundise of you to whome iudgemeÌ„t ceasseth not and their destruction slepeth not We be also warned by S. Iohn of this matter sayinge he that remayneth and abydeth in the doctrine that the Apostles taught he hath the father and the sonne Yf anye come to you not bringing this doctrine do not receaue hym into your houses Here he dothe teache vs to auoyd them that professe any other doctrine then such as al faythfull men vniuersally thoroughout the worlde haue receaued and professe whych is not the doctrine that the Sacramentaries preache Finally consideryng the promisses of Christ to his church that he will be with them too the worldes end and that the holy ghost shall leade them into all truth then may we iustlye saye that yf this our fayth be an errour it hath preuayled vniuersallye not one hundreth yeare but two thre foure yea a thousand yeare more then that euen to the ascensioÌ„ of Christ as appeareth by the testimonies of all holye writers and then may we say Lord yf we be deceaued thou hast deceaued vs we haue beleued thy word we haue folowed the tradition of the vniuersal churche we haue obeyed the determinations teachynges of those bishops and pastors whome thou hast placed in the Churche to staye vs in vnitye of fayth that we be not caried away with euerye winde of false doctrine Therfore yf we be deceaued it commeth of thee O Lorde our error is inuincible But good people we are sure God deceaueth no man let vs al beware we do not deceaue our selfes as S. Iames sayeth Thus hauing spoken somthinge of y e scriptures as this short time wold permit there remayneth also the seconde thing whiche I sayde moued me to continue in this fayth whiche is the aucthorities of auncient fathers that haue flourished in the preachyng of Gods trueth in all ages with aucthorities I thinke verelye in no age haue bene so curiously sought so diligently found out so substantially wayed as in this our time And all this is because the oppugnation of the trueth in this matter hathe extend it selfe not only to the scriptures but also to the doctours and to euerye particle and title of the doctours whose writynges haue bene so scanned and tryed that yf any thyng could haue bene gathered and piked out of their bookes eyther by liberall writing before this misterye came in contention or by misconstructioÌ„ of their wordes or by deprauation of their meaning that could seme too make agaynst our faith herin it was not omitted of some but stoutly alledged amplified inforced and sette forth to the vtter most that their wyttes could conceaue whyche yf god hath not infatuat leauing them to speake so as neyther fayth nor reason could allowe lyke as they haue with theyr vanities seduced a great sorte the more pitye so they shoulde haue vndermined and subuerted the fayth of a great manye mo y t were doubting falling but not cleane ouetrhrowen thankes be to almightie god Of these aucthorities although with a litle study and lesse laboure I coulde at thys tyme alledge a great numbre yet consideryng the shortnes of the tyme whiche is almoste spent I shal be coÌ„tent to picke out a fewe â–ª whych do not only declare the minde of the aucthor but also conteyne an argument to proue conuince y e truth of our fayth suche an argument as neyther figuratiue speache nor deprauation of the wordes or meaning can delude And first I shal begyn with the weakest that is with the suspicion of the gentyles Tertullian in his apologye teacheth how the gentiles didde accuse the Christen men for killyng of younge chyldren eatyng of theyr fleshe he sayeth thus Dicimur sceleratissimi de Sacramento infanticidij pabulo inde We are reported accused as moste mischeuouse and wycked men for the sacrament of killinge of children eatyng theyr fleshe and drynkyng their bloude Eusebius also in his story of the churche wryteth of one Attalus a martyr who beynge roasted in an yron cradell wyth fyre put vnderneath when the sauour of hys burnte flesh came to the smellynge of the people that looked on he cryed wyth a loude voyce to the people Lo this is to eate men which you do whyche fault ye make inquisition of as secretly done of vs whych you coÌ„mit openly in the midde daye By this accusation we may vnderstand that our Sacramentes and mysteries in the beginning of the church were kept very secrete bothe from the syghte and knowledge of the paganes that mocked and skorned them and also of those that were Catechumeni learners of our fayth and not yet baptized for manye greate causes whyche I shal not nede to rehearse nowe And yet for all the secrete kepyng of them being so manye Christen men women as there was they could not be kept so secret but that some ynkelynge of them came to y e eares of those that were infidels vnchristened insomuche that where as in dede and verye trueth by the rules of oure religion we dydde eate the fleshe of Iesus Christ our Lorde and drynke his bloude ministred vnto vs in the sacrament the gentiles as thei were curiouse to know new thynges so they came to knowledge of the rumoure of our doynges and eyther by the bewrayinge of some false brethreÌ„ or els by y e simplicitye of other that of zeale without knowledge wold haue conuerted the vnfaythfull too oure fayth heard secretlye that we Christen men in our misteries dyd eate mans fleshe drynke mans bloude whyche they for lacke of fayth and further instruction beganne to compasse in their wyttes howe it was possible so

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