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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	call_v	father_n	son_n	22,994	5	6.0917	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02668	A Christen exhortacion vnto customable swearers What a ryght [and] lawfull othe is: whan, and before whom, it owght to be. Item. The maner of sayinge grace, or geuynge thankes vnto God.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed name.	1543 (1543)	STC 1280; ESTC S122477	30,233	63

daylye swearinge suffre all to go vnto nought We moche maruele many tymes that the lorde doth ponnishe vs with derthe warre pestilence and cruell ex●●ciōs of tyrauntes But we ought moche more to maruele that heauen reyneth not wyldefyre and brymstone vpon vs as vpon Sodome Gomorre that the earthe openeth not vpon vs and swalowe vs in with Chore Dathan and Abiron for so vnreuerentlye vsynge the name of God with oure outragynge tonges as the fylthye myre in the stretes that we spurne forth with oure fe●e Oh how coude the lorde suffre soche iniurye were he not eternally● mercyful how coude he pacientlye beare it were he not gracious pytefull longe sufferinge and rydye to pardone wyckednesse Soche contynuall swearers maye well be compared vnto those spyghtfull tormētours that spailed in Christes face that mocked hym with a rede crowned with thorne saluted hym with Aue rābbi Nor vnlyke also are they vnto those pratlynge Iewes and scornefull hypocrytes prestes and pharisees that went vp and downe by the crosse whā Christ hynge vpon it beckynge with ther heades and casting abrode ther armes thinkinge that he coude not do so moche as ones saue hymself Lorde geue them repentaunce with grace ones to detest that abhominable vyce and not with Pharao to haue ther hartes so hardened that they fynally perishe in the rede see A familyar example haue I redde in a boke called preceptorium Ioannis beets Whom I wishe they had in dayly remembraūce for one naturall properte in it of the chylde towardes his father A certayne manne there was saith he that supposed by his wyfe to haue had .iij. sonnes Upon a daye as they chaunced to varye she ●est in hys tethe that there was but one of them his owne And which was he she wolde neuer tell hym vnto the verye deathe It chaunced this manne as hys ●yme was come to depart frō the wor●de bequeathinge vnto this vnknowen sonne of his al his landes and goodes As this matter came before the lawe the iudge anon had in remembraūce the wyse facte of Salomon concernyng the two women which stroue for a childe thought to vse with these .iij. yōge mēne contendinge for the heretage a lyke polycye First he caused ther dead father to be tyed vp harde vnto a poste than commanded them to shote ernestlye at hym Promysing that he which most depelye perced into his fleshe shuld haue ●endred vnto hym the patrimonye The first and the seconde ded shote The thirde abhorrynge i● as a thynge most vnnaturall wolde in no case do it but sore rebuked his bretherne for so doynge And sayd he had moche rather to lose it tha● to do so vncomlye an acte By this was he iudged the natural sonne of that manne and so enioyed the inheritaūce of his father A lyke iudgement is to be had of these newe crucifyers of Christ as the doctors doth call them No naturall chyldren of God are they regenerate of the sprete but verye bastardes borne of fleshe blood Not the chyldren of promes are they with Isaac but the carnall chyldren of bondage with Ismael to whom belongeth nō heretage in Christ. These be no natural poyntes of a louynge sonne to buffett beate his father or to teare the fleshe fro his bones To name him in his most angre and spyght or to spytte hym our of his mouthe with cruelte and vengeaunce But they are the frutes of an vnreasonable beast of an outragious wode dogge of a furious serpent of an ympe of helle and a verye lymme of the denyll Cham ded nomore but discouer the prenye pa●res of his father and become both accursed for it also of a ●re childe a bonde seruanaūt for euer both in hym self also in his posterite What thinke ye than remayneth vnto them which in ther daylye language grea●lye doth dishonoure vnreuerently scorne and with most spyghtfull cruelnesse blasphemeth ther lorde God whom they ought not to thinke vpon without feare nor yet ones to name without reuerence and tremb●y●ge his omnipotent mageste consydered Nothinge so moc●e doth oure synnes displease God consyderinge we are synners of very nature as doth one wylfull continuaunce and weltringe in them Oure bolde contumacye and sturdye presumptuosnesse are the thynges that most discontenteth hym Whan he calleth vs by his preachers we repent not Whan he graciouslye admonisheth vs by his warninges we amende not But styll multiplye oure wyckednesse estemynge synne as nothinge and lyninge as we had no god of ryghtuousnesse Oh let vs ones be admonished by the Apostles and Prophetes the vnsayned massengers of the lorde that we maye with Dauid zacheus Magdalene Peter ernestlye repent from the hart Lett vs leaue one tyme or other this wanton course of contempt this rashe ronnyng at large at ther wholsome warnynges least our owne myschefe sworde snare pryde be oure confusion as they were the vtter cōfusion of Cain Saul Iudas and the proude blasphemer Symon magus Thou wylt parauenture saye vnto me I knowe the vyce of swearīg dampnable and glad I wolde be to leaue yt But verye harde it is to go from that is bredde by the bone A sore matter is it to plucke awaye that hath bene sucked out of yowthe and that hath taken rote of so longe contynnaunce Therfor shewe me some conuenient remedyes Take these poore counsels yf all other fayle Praye first feruentlye vnto God Desyre hym to take from the that harde stonye hart and to geue the an hart more meke and gentle Intreate him to make the of a lyon a lambe of a persecuter a disciple of a cruell Saul a meke spreted Paule Consequentlye submytt thy affeccions and appetytes vnto reason and se that thy reason be euermore obedient vnto the rewles of faythe contayned in the scripturs Flee from excesse and ryott Shurne the companye of them that be blasphemous vycious Carrye with the where so euer thou goest a sure intent and purpose to leaue that vyce Detest it greatlye in all other mēne Consydre what felicite thou shalt lose what infelicite thou shalt wynne yf thou styll vse it And euermore with drawe those thinges that myght occasion the vnto it Hyde thy purse and thou shalt not be robbed Laye a syde thy swearde and thou shalt not slee With drawe excesse thou shalt not be drōke Breake the of thyne yll custome thou shalt no longar sweare Hauynge these consyderacions with soche lyke thou mayst sone leaue it yf thou wylt These remedyes haue I shewed the and these godlye admonyshmentes haue I geuen the as one so inteyrlye hongeryng thy sowles profyght in my inwarde sprete as myne owne Cōsydre how thy mercyfull father hath planted in the his owne image and le●● in thy f●eale vessell his incomparable treasure