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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	life_n	live_v	sin_n	7,486	5	4.8306	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01765	The xliiij. sermon of M. Giulio of Milane, touchyng the Lordes supper	[Giulio, da Milano].	1559 (1559)	STC 11901; ESTC S118377	16,547	66

obstinate and would not suffer hys master to washe his fete but now he would haue him to doe more then was fyrst commaunded The selfe same thinge we se nowe to be done in many who when they perceaue the seueritie of the law and the bonde which we are bounde in they do as Peter dyd they wyll not only obserue the commaundement of god but they finde of theyr owne workes besydes the worde of God Therefore they thinke to merite remission of sin nes partly by the merite of Iesu Christ and partly by the merite of their owne worke Such be lyke Peter for they wyll not only do that that god commaūdeth but thei wil of their owne heades finde out other merites wherby to deserue lyfe euerlastynge Peter not walkyng in the kinges high way Iesus said vn to hym he that is washed hath no nede to washe any parte but his fete and than he is al clene Our master reproued the vnskil fulnes of Peter by the common custome of these dayes For such as be washed in a bathe when thei go forth they set their feete vpon the ground And nede not after to washe anye thynge but theyr feete When any was bydden to feast to the Iewes it was onely nedeful to washe the fete because they vsed to eate vppon beddes As nowe emongest vs when any is biddē to feast it is only nedeful to wash theyr handes for all elles is cleane But Christ by this matter wyl in●●r a matter of more importan̄ce not only ●epr●hend the inciuilitie of Peter All they whiche by fayth be made cleane pure all such be al wholy clensed in Iesu Chryst because y e fayth hath assured thē of the purenes holynes of Iesu Christ There is no damnation to those that be engraffed in Iesu Chryst with all this therfore is iustified the sinner yet hath he his feete myered the which continually haue nede to be clensed The feete be the carnal desires and the remanentes of the olde man the which ought continually to be chastened and mortified The Christian in Chryste is wholy cleane but in him self he hys filthy foule ful of carnal desires And although he is not therfore condemned yet he hath sinnes the which were nedeful to bee washed awaye whylest therefore we lyue in this myery lyfe we haue nede to haue oure feete washed That is to walke in the spirite not in the fleshe because a Christian oughte to serue with his mynde the lawe of god therfore ought he to take good hede not to serue the lawe of sinne When our master had washed hys Disciples feete he toke agayne his garmentes sat him down and said vnto them you call me master and lorde so say you well for so I am If I then beinge lorde master haue washed your fete you ought also to washe one anothers feete because I haue geuē you an example that as I haue done euē so do ye The lord hath now declared y e cause that moued hym to take in hand so meane an enterprise in the world The Apostles did thinke that Iesus christ ought to be the worldly messias that was loked for of y e Iewes that shoulde be a kinge and monarche of the whole world Our Lorde had often preached vnto them that hys kyngdome was spirituall and not terrestriall that they should not set their felicitie beneth in the earth For to confirme therfore the trueth of this his prechyng he did this base and meane offyce to washe his disciples feete And our lord deferred this fact vntill his last supper for that hys doctryne should be more freshe in memorie in our mindes being done at a tyme moste worthy of remembraunce I haue geuen you an example that you shoulde do as you haue seene me to doe you thynke that I am come into this world to enioye an earthly kyngdome you receaue youre selues Therefore caste of from you al felicitie that the worlde can promyse you take example by me that am made your seruaunt Thus followe my pathe and fotesteppes be seruauntes of all men but be faythfull This onely sayeth Paule is required in the ministers of the gospel that they be faythfull in their doctryne none then shall glory in man we shal onely glory in Iesu Chryst who is y e true fode of our soules To whom be honour power and glory for euer and euer Amen ¶ Imprinted at London by Rycharde Iugge Printer to the Queues Maiestie 1. Reg. 11 Ephe. 11 Ephe. v. Ephe. v Roma ● Gala. v. 1. Cor. xi 1. Cor. x1 〈◊〉 xi Iohn xiii i. Ioh. iiii Roma i● ●imo v. ath 10.