Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	scripture_n	19,615	5	6.1818	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01712	A catechisme conteining the summe of Christian religion, giuing a most excellent light to all those that seek to enter the path-way to saluation: Newlie set foorth by G.G. Preacher of Gods word at Malden in Essex	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1583 (1583)	STC 11848; ESTC S114965	69,171	182

of Christ doth mortifie and kill sinne in vs so also wee are quickened by the power of his resurrection vnto holinesse and newnesse of life Therefore the Apostle saith If yee be rysen with Christe seeke those thinges which are aboue where Christe sitteth at the right hand of God Set your affections vpon things which are aboue l. Col. 3.1.2 and not vpon things which are vpon earth Q. What is then the true faithe in the resurrection of Christe A. To bee partaker of the power of his resurrection and to bee raysed with him Therefore the blessed Apostle did still couet to knowe him and the power of his resurrection m. Phil. 3.10 Q. Doe ye conclude vpon this that suche doe not beleeue the resurrection of Christe as are not indued with true holinesse A. It is without all controuersie that those bee flat infidels which feele not the power of the resurrection of Christe All is in vaine which they holde of Christe for if they were partakers of his death to bee grafted with him in the similitude of his death they shoulde also be grafted to the similitude of his resurrection n. Rom. 6.5 Q. What saye yee to that which followeth A. I do beleeue that this Christ in his body is ascended into heauen Q. What benefite and comforte is there in this article A. Very great if wee consider it well For hee being our great high Priest is entred into the most holy place euen vnto the throne of glory there to present vs and to deale for vs for so long as hee is there and doth make intercessioÌ„ for vs it caÌ„not but go well with vs Because we may nowe come boldly thither and present our selues our prayers and wee are accepted because god is well pleased with him o. Heb. 4.16 Q. Is there no more but this in his ascention into heauen A. Yes hee is there exalted and set at the right hande of God For as hee is there our Priest so also hee is our Lord and king hauing the highest rule and power committed into his handes Q. How doe you gather that A. Because it is saide that he sitteth at the right hand of God p. Ephe. 1.20 which is as much in effect as to say as that God doth by him gouerne and administer all thinges both in heauen and earth Q. Is this thing set foorth plainely in the worde A. It is expressed most plainely For hee saide all power is giuen vnto me in heauen and earth q. Mat. 28.18 The Apostle saith that hee is exalted farre aboue principalities and powers and aboue euery name that is named not only in this world but also in the world to come r. Ephe. 1.21 Also hee saith that God exalted him and gaue him a name which is aboue al names that in the name of Iesus euery knee shoulde bowe of thinges in heauen thinges in earth and thinges vnder the earth Å¿. Phi. 2.10 Q. What say yee further as concerning his glory A. His authoritie and glory is suche that hee shall come at the last day to iudge the whole worlde both the quicke and the dead Q. What is the sense of the words A. He shall come downe from heauen where hee sitteth at the right hande of God with so great power and glory that at his commandement the dead shall be raised vp The diuels and all the rebels shal be forced by his might to come before him and to receiue their doome hee shall haue power in his hand to cast them into hel and to execute iudgement and on the other side to bring those which obey him vnto eternall glory t. Mat. 25.34.41 Heb. 5.9 Q. Proceede vnto the third part of our beliefe A. I beleeue in the holy ghoste Q. It hath bin proued that the holy ghoste is the same God with the father and the sonne so that hee can if we respect the Godhead bee no more a spirite nor no more holy then the father and the sonne Tel me therefore in what respect he is thus called distinguished from them A. He is distinguished from the father and the sonne by these names not in respect of that which he is in himselfe but in respect of his operation worke which he worketh in men whom he doth enspire santifie Q. This must bee opened more fully beeing so great an article of our faith A. The father hath giuen his sonne for the redemption of the worlde the sonne hath humbled himselfe in obedience vnto death so hath perfourmed the same but the holy ghost doth make vs partakers of it or els we are neuer the neere Q. What is then the worke of the holy ghoste A. Hee openeth the heart and giueth faith in the gospel He doth couple vs vnto Christe and make vs members of his body he doth wash vs with the blood of Christ he doth regenerate vs by mortifiyng in vs all carnall affections by making vs feele the power of the death of Christ he doth giue vs all heauenly vertues and good desires by the power of the resurrection of Christ hee doth seale vp the faith of the promises in our heartes and testifie vnto our spirits the we are the childreÌ„ of god he doth teach vs all truth Finally it is he which doth teach vs to pray and to call vpon God v. Rom. 8.16.26 Q. Doe none beleeue in the holy Ghost but those that haue this A. The truth is that none beleeue in the holy Ghoste neither are they partakers of Christe vnlesse they bee indued with the holy Ghoste For whosoeuer hath not the spirite of Christe is none of his w. Rom. 8.9 Q. Doe those then which are abhominable sinners declare themselues to bee infidels A. What can bee more manifest For howe can that man commit sinne and haue it raigne in him which is ledde by the holie Ghoste Q. Are yee then of their minde which affirme that after they haue once receiued the spirite they sinne no more For as they say hee is a perfect spirite and because hee is most holy hee cannot dwell in sinfull fleshe A. I am farre from the minde of suche abhominable heretikes although I confesse that the power of the holy ghoste is such in all those whom hee doth sanctifie that hee doth mortifie and kil sinne in them so farre that albeit it trouble and vex them yet it doeth not raigne ouer them neyther doe they willingly obeye it They fall into this deuillish errour beecause they doe not put difference beetweene the essence of the spirite and his giftes and graces For it is most true that if the essence and substance of the holy Ghost shoulde be in men they must needes be perfect for euerye such man shoulde be a God but wee receiue the working and graces of the spirite not in full perfection but in such measure as that wee may still increase Q. Can yee shewe by the scriptures that those which were indued

with the spyrit were also burthened with infirmities and sinnes A. I coulde shewe that at large by many examples but one testimonie of the Apostle is sufficient where he saieth to the godlye that the fleshe lusteth against the spirite and the spirite against the fleshe so that yee cannot doe the thinges whiche yee would x. Gala. 5.17 Q. What followeth next A. The fourth parte of the Articles of our faith yet remaineth the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints c. Q. What is it which yee call the Church A. The whole company of those whoÌ„ God hath chosen vnto life euerlasting Q. Wherfore doe yee call it the holy Church A. Beecause euery member of it is holy being sanctified by the holy Ghost for whosoeuer hath not the spirite of Christe is none of Christs y. Rom. 8.9 Q. Doe yee affyrme that such men as be vngodly and wicked be not of the Church A. Whosoeuer they be which holde that although men liue an vnholye and an vncleane life yet they be Christians and of the Church they denye this article in this poynt that wee beleeue the Church is holye For if a couetous man a drunkard and an adulterer or one that liueth in any such vice shal affirme that he is of the church theÌ„ he must say that he beleeueth the vnholy church Q. In what respect do yee call the Church Catholike A. In that it is vniuersall for Catholike is that whiche goeth through out the hole Q. Hath it respect vnto time or place A. It respecteth both for the Churche hath beene alwaye in the woorlde from the beginning and shal be to end and in all places of the world while it pleaseth God to call any Q. Then that is not the Catholike Church which is but in some countries and at some time A. It is but a company of Heretikes and Schismatikes how many soeuer they be or how long soeuer they continue For those whiche bee of the Catholike Church are suche as are coupled vnto that Mother Church which hath beene from the beeginning Q. What say yee to the Church of Rome which doth chalenge this title to bee called the Catholike Church A. They doe falsly vsurpe the name both beecause theyr fayth is newe and such as Moses and the Prophetes neuer did knowe For they cannot shewe that the holye Patriarches Abraham and the reste did beleeue as they doe They teache doctrine quite contrary to Christ and his Apostles and also because many nations of the world where the Ghospell hath bin taught haue neuer acknowledged their Pope nor obeyed their doctrine Therfore it doth follow that seeing they be thus departed from the true Church they be but a swarm of waspes and a rout of Heretikes Q. By what reasons can ye shewe that wee bee of the true Catholyque Church For they call vs Heretiques A. Wee hold that doctrine and faith which is moste auncient and olde taught by Moses and the Prophetes and also by the Apostles we beleeue it in euery poynt and none other and therfore being ioyned with them in the vnitie of fayth we be also of the same body that they be and therefore of the Catholike Church Q. Yee saye that the Church is Catholike beecause it hath beene at all tymes in the woorlde although at some time in small number as in the dayes of Noah then it followeth that those bee not of the Catholike Churche of whom it may be sayde that there was a tyme when theyr Churche was not in the world A. That is out of controuersie that there hath neuer beene so much as one day in the which the true Church hath not beene in the world although at many times in very small number Q. The Papistes doe demaunde where our Churche was an hundred yeeres a-gone and so for the space of fiue or sixe hundred yeeres before A. At suche time as the Man of sinne was exalted and did sitte in the Temple of God z 2. The. 2.3 and all kinredes and people and tongues did wonder and worship the beast a. Reue. 13.8 then the woman persecuted by the Dragon which is the Church was driuen into the wildernesse and was secrete but yet not altogether destroyed For the remnaunt of her seede which had the testimonie of Iesus were persecuted b. Reuel 12. This therefore I answere that our Church which is the true Catholike Church did lye as it were buryed and hidde in the Papacy euen as a fewe wheate Corns in a great heape of Chaffe Yet some of them did euer appeare and were persecuted by the Beast and the Dragon Q. What proofe haue ye of the word to confirme al this A. Euen those places which I haue already recited Antichriste should sit in the Temple of GOD and there beare suche rule that he should boast himself to be God by taking that power and authoritie which doth belong onely to God yet it remaineth stil the temple of God which could not bee vnlesse the Church were there still Q. Yea but you must shew that the Catholike Church shoulde at anye tyme be without a visible gouernment A. The place cited doth most playnelye prooue it for the woman driuen into the desarte and yet her seede remaininge doeth shewe that the outwarde face of the Churche was gone while the glorious trimme whoore was gotte into her place And yet shee coulde not bee destroyed for the remnaunt of her seede coulde neuer bee rooted out Q. Howe doe yee vnderstande the next woordes the Communion of Saintes A. This clause is added as a declaratioÌ„ of the other in this wise I beleeue there is an holy Catholike Church which is the Communion of Saints Q. In what sense is the Church called a Communion A. As there is one head Iesus Christ so are al the faithful knit together by one spirite and made one body in him This is the cause that there is such a Communion and fellowshippe amonge them one with an other as there is betweene the members of the natural body Q. What is the effecte of this Communion or fellowship A. The entire loue and sincere affection which they beare one towardes an other euen as the members of the same body And out of this also doth spring the making common of all good thinges which they haue and the care to defend each other For looke what good thing any member of the bodye hath it doth willingly imploy it to the benefit of all the rest and the loue is suche that euery member doth cheerfully apply it self to relieue the rest and no one of them doth hurt or seeeke to destroy an other Euen so is it in this Communion of Saintes which are al the members of one body c. Cor. 12.12 14. Q. Do ye meane that no one doth possesse any thing by himselfe but the possession in commune when yee saye they make all good thinges common among them A. That were absurde the possession is priuate the vse

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