Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	amen_n	jesus_n	lord_n	1,685	5	3.6084	3	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15145	A brieff discours off the troubles begonne at Franckford in Germany Anno Domini 1554 Abowte the booke off off [sic] common prayer and ceremonies, and continued by the Englishe men theyre/ to thende off Q. Maries raigne, in the which discours, the gentle reader shall see the very originall and beginninge off all the contention that hathe byn, and what was the cause off the same.	Whittingham, William, d. 1579.	1574 (1574)	STC 25442; ESTC S103071	143,706	216

ouerthrowinge off the common order taken and commaunded by the Magistrate 6. The displacinge off officers withowte anie cause alleadged 7. The bringing in off Papisticall superstitions and vnprofitable Ceremonies whiche were burthens yokes and clogges besides other thinges whiche yff they woulde abide the triall they shulde heare at large When he and some off the rest had rendred their reasons for their departure to this effecte certaine warme wordes passed to and fro from the one to the other and so in some heate departed Not many daies after the oppressed churche departed from Franck. to Basill and Geneua some stayinge at Basill as maister Fox with other The rest came to Geneua where they were receiued withe great fauour and mutche curtesie bothe off the magistrates Ministers and people So soone as they entred their churche they chose Knox and Goodman for their Pastor and Gilby requested to suplie the rome till Knox returned owte off france The lerned men whiche came from all places to Frank. abowte this matter when they had donne that whiche they came for they returned againe from whens they came and some to other places where they might saue charges and not to be either burthened or bownde to the excercises of the congregation so that the exile whiche was to many a poore man full bitter greuous and painefull was to some off the greatest persecutours off their poore brethetn as it were a pleasant progresse or recreation But nowe it shall be necessary to declare what order was taken in this newe erected congregation for the prosperous continuance off the same whiche thinge to do I cannot by a better meane then placinge here this letter folowinge whiche maister cole late deane off Sarum wrote to a frinde off his whiles yet he staied behinde his company in Franck. amonge them his letter is yet to be seene The holie spirit off God that guideth the children off God in truthe and godlines be your comforte thorough oure mercies seate Iesus Christe now and for euer Amen THe tempeste off the swellinge seas whiche in times paste thretned shipwrack to euery vessell that sailed with a faire winde and full sailes to the porte off blessed truthe whiche off her selffe is stronge ynoughe with owte anye barr or wall off mannes inuentions are somewhat the lorde be praised caulmed to me warde so that withowt farther reasoninge they permit me to my conscience as touchinge their ceremonies The cause I iudge is not for that they beare lesse loue to them then in tymes past but that they perceiue the sturdy defendinge off them to worke them that they looke not for or rather that whiche they are lothe to se namely the decreasinge off their companie â–ª yet they labour with policie what they maie or can to preuent this daunger but yet that whiche they feare I suppose will fall vpon them vnlesse god geue them to repent their olde faultes and humble them more to knowe them selues They haue set vp an vniuersitie to repaier againe their estimation by mainteinance of lerninge whiche surely is well done that was fondly brought in decaie by willfull ignorance in defendinge off ceremonies to the whiche Maister horne is chosen to be the reader off the Hebrue lecture Maister Mullings off the Greke and Maister Treherren when he is stronge shall take the diuinitie lecture in hande Maister Whitthead was appointed therunto but bicause he woulde escape the labour off the lecture for iuste causes as he saide he forsooke the pastorall office also stowtly as yow knowe denyinge to be in office anie longer Great holde there was abowte this matter in the congregation in so muche as they hasted to a newe election and verie fewe as it semed were off a contrary minde no not his owne frindes sauinge Maister makebray and Maister Sorby who desired him to take respit and the congregation to geue it But some lookinge for the office themselues woulde not in suche a matter suffer delay but againe Demaunded off Maister Whithead whither he woulde keepe his office or no supposinge that he whiche had so stowtely denied it in worde woulde not soone be flexible to the contrary But he perceauinge that some woulde haue had him owte one the one side and by leauinge off it his estimation was like to decaie on the other side for many rough wordes were geuen him when occasion off intretie was offred non respuit conditionem by that meanes bringinge to him selfe wittily a triple commoditie one the preuentinge off them whiche looked for the office an other the refusall off the diuinitie lecture Thirdly a faster growndinge himselff in that office whiche he lefte in mouthe but as it semed not in harte Thus ended that comedie But shortly after notwithstandinge a vehement sermon made for the purgation from mannes inuentions the seas begin againe to swell so fickle an element is water for Maister Kent hauinge a childe to Christen purposinge to haue it done simplie withowte the bewtifinge off mennes traditions came with his childe accordinge to the frenche order whiche we once receiued and one to holde it there to professe his faith yff it were required but the pastor denied the Christening vnles 2. Godmothers were had after the order off the booke as concerninge the Godfather Maister Makebray who is nowe comme to that office supplied it A lucky matter is attained at Wezell in Westphalia an open churche for oure Englishe men to whiche bicause off nighnesse they feare many will go from hence but moo wil come owte off Englande to yt I pray yow commende me to M. Tell him that Maister wisedom railed on them that were gon to G. Callinge them mad heades with many pretye names I will not saie vnwysely But I maye well say vncharitably in whiche Sermon he shewed him selff an Antagonist for the booke off Englande c. Your Thomas Cole SHortly after thies thinges to wete the 6. off Ian. When as maister Whithead gaue vpp off his owne good will as he saide the pastorall office Maister horne was in the election to succede him who protested that he woulde not medle therwith till he were cleared off certeine suspitions which some had bruted to the discredit off his ministerie and obtaininge his requeste he withe the Seniors entred the churche the first off marche Anno Domini 1556. were they receiued all such persons as members off that churche which were contented to subscribe and submit themselues to the orders off the same From whiche tyme forward the troubles and contious were so sore amonge them that who so shall well waie it with due consideration I ween he shall think it to be the iuste iudgement off our righteous God that fell vpon them for supplantinge a churche there before them in great quietnes and off muche sinceritie The historie of that sturre and strife which was in in the Englishe church at Franckford from the 13. daie off Ian. Anno Domini 1557. forwarde THere fell a certeine controuersie the xiij daie off Ian. at supper betwene

came to passe not many daies after that the lorde began to shewe mercy vnto Englande in remouinge Queene Mary be deathe and placinge the queens maiestie that nowe is whom god longe preserue in the seate the newes wherof as it was ioyfull to all suche as were in exile So it appeared that the churche off Geneua was not behinde the reste who after that they had geuen to god hartie thankes for his great goodnes consulted amonge themselues and concluded that for so muche as there had byn iarres betwene them and other churches abowt the Booke off common praier and ceremonies it was now expedient and necessary not onely that vnfained reconciliation shulde be betwene them but also that they might so ioine together in matters off religion and Ceremonies that no Papist or other enemie shuld take holde or aduantage by a farther dissention in their owne countrie whiche might arise in time to come yff it were not in time foreseen and preuented To this ende was William kethe one off the congregation chosen to do this message to them off Arrowe Basill Strasbrough Wormes Franckford c. And to them off Arrowe and Francford this letter was wrytten which folowith and subscribed by the ministerie in the name off the whole congregation The Copie off the letter written the 15. off December The Father of mercies and god of all coÌ„solation confirme and increase yow in the loue off his sonne Iesus Christ that beinge in the conduite off the lion off the tribe off Iuda ye maie be victorious against Sathan and Antechriste to the ouerthrowinge off Papistrie and errour and establishinge of Christes glorious kingdome AFter that we hearde dearely beloued of the ioiful tidingâ— off Gods fauoure and grace restored vnto vs by the preferment off the moste verteous and gratious Queene Elizabethe We lyfted vp our hartes and voices to oure heauenly father who hathe not onely by his dewe prouidence norished vs in oure banishement preserued vs and as it were caried vs in his winges but also harde oure praiers graunted our requestes pitied oure countrie and restored his worde So that the greatnes off this maruelous benefit ouercomethe oure Iudgements and thoughts howe to be able worthely to receaue it and to geue thankes for the same And when we had withe great comforte wayed the matter to the inteÌ„t that we might at the leaste shewe our selues mindefull off this most wonderfull and vndeserued grace we thought amonge other thinges howe we might beste serue to godes glory in this worke and Vocation off fartheringe the gospell off our sauiour Iesus Christe And bicause all impedimentes and cauillacions off aduersaries might be remoued it seemed good to haue your godly counsell and brotherly conference herein whiche we desier to lerne by this bearer our louinge brother kethe that we might all ioyne hartes and handes together in this great worke wherin no dowte we shall finde many aduersaries and staies Yet iff we whose suffraunce and persecutions are certeine signes off oure sounde doctrine holde faste together it is most certeine that the enemies shall haue lesse power offences shall sooner be taken awaie and religion best proceade and florishe For what can the papiste wishe more then that we shulde dissent one from an other and in steed off preachinge Iesus Christe and profitable doctrine to contende one againste an other either for superfluous Ceremonies or other like trifles froÌ„ the whiche god off his mercy hathe deliuered vs Therfore beare brethern we beseche yow as we dowtâ— not but your godly iudgements will think it so beste that what so euer offence hathe byn heretofore either taken or geuen it maie so cease and be forgotten that hereafter god laie it not to oure charges yff thereby his blessed worde shulde be any thinge hindred And as we for oure partes freely remitt all offences and most intirely imbrace yow oure deare brethern So we beseche yow in the lorde that vnfainedly yow will do the like on your behalff wheroff albeit we assure oure selues as bothe by â–ª good experience we haue proued and also haue receaued by your letters yet â— to cut off all occasions from Papistes and other cauillors we thought it beste to renewe the same amitie and to confirme it by theis oure letters Moste earnestly desiringe yow that we maie altogether teache and practise that true knowledge off Goddes worde whiche we haue lerned in this oure banishment and by goddes mercifull prouidence seene in the beste reformed churches That consideringe oure negligence in times paste and goddes punishemente for the same we maie with zeele and diligence endeauour to recoÌ„pence it that god in all oure doinges maie be glorified oure consciences discharged and the members off Iesus Christ releued and comforted The whiche thinge the lorde god who hathe mercifully visited and restored vs graunt and performe To whom be all honour praise and glory for euer and euer Your lovinge frinds and in the name of vvhole churche Christopher Goodman Miles Couerdale Iohn Knox Iohn Bodliegh VVilliam VVilliams Anthony Gilby Frances VVithers VVilliam Fuller Iohn Pullain VVilliam Bevoyes VVilliam VVhiâ—tingham The Answere returned from Franck. by W. Kethe The grace off god and the assistaunce off the holy goste lighten and strengthen yow to the vnderstanding and constant reteining of his truthe to the fartheraunce off his honor and glorie and to the edifinge and maintenance off his churche in Christe Iesu oure lorde DEarely beloued as your letters were moste welcome vnto vs bothe for that ye reioice at the prefermeÌ„t off our godly queene and alâ—o thaâ— yâ— studie howe to promote the glorie off god So are wâ— right sory that they came not afore the departure off suche as ye seeke a charitable reconciliatioÌ„ with all For where as ye require that all suche offences as haue byn gyuen and taken betwene yow and vs maie be forgotten hereafter there be not here paste foure left which were then present when ye dwelt here and not one off the lerned â— sorte sauinge M. Beesley Yet we dowte not but as they promised in their former letters to forget all displeasures afore conceaued so they will performe the same and esteeme yow as their brethern And for oure partes as we haue had no coÌ„tention with yow at all afore time so we purpos not as we trust there shall be no cause to entre into contention with yow hereafter For ceremonies to coÌ„tende where it shall lye neither in your hands or oures to appoint what they shall be but in suche mennes wisedomes as shall be appointed to the dâ—uising off the same and whiche shall be receyued by coÌ„mon consent off the parliament it shal be to small purpos But we truste that bothe true religion shall be restored and that we shall not be burthened with vnprofitable ceremonies And therfore as we purpos to submit oure selues to such orders as shall be established by authoritie beinge not of themselues wicked so we would wishe yow willingly to do the same

For where as all the reformed churches differ amoÌ„ge them selues in diuers ceremonies and yet agree in the vnitie of doctrine we se no in conuenience if we vse some ceremonies diuers from them so that we agree in the chief points of oure religioÌ„ â–ª notwithstandinge if anie shal be intruded that shal be offensiue we vpon iuste conference and deliberation vpon the same at oure meetinge with yow in Englande whiche we truste by gods grace will be shortly wil brotherly ioine with yow to be sewters for the reformatioÌ„ and abolishinge of the same In the meane season let vs with one harte and minde cal to the almightie god that off his infinit mercie he will finishe and establishe that worke that he hathe begon in oure countrie and that we maie all louingly consent together in the earnest settinge foorthe off his truthe that god maie be knowen and exalted and his church perfectly builded vp throwgh Christe our lorde From Franckford this 3. off Ianuarie 1559. Your lovinge frinds in the name off the rest off the churche Iames Pilkâ—ngton Iohn Mullings Henry Carowe Edmond Isaac Iohn Browne Henry Knolls Frances VVilford Alexander nowell Richard Beesley Iohn Graye Christopher Brickbate An Answer brought from the congregation off Arrow by W. Kethe The Father off mercies and God off all consolation confirme increase and continewe yow allwaie in the loue off his sonne Iesus Christe our lorde PRaised be God through oure lorde Iesus Christe whiche pulled downe marie that did persecute and hathe set vpp the godly lady Elizabeth Queene off Englande to restore and maintaine there the pure preachinge off his word And for that it hathe pleased god to moue your good hartes for the furtherance off the same with godly zeele and charitable desier by your letters to shewe vnto vs your aduise and purpos and also to require oures to be returned and sent vnto yow by oure brother Kethe We doo with moste hartie thanks vnfainedly afore god certifie yow that to your counsell and conference with vs we do consent willingly concerninge your most godly requeste for that we acknowledge that the same shall be to the aduauncement off his glorie and quietnes off his churche Also we desier yow that as ofte as we maie finde hereafter anie occasion to consulte and conferre by worde or writinge that then bothe yow and we so take and seeke the same as maie be moste to our vnitie in mindes and diligence to do good in the lordes worke And farthermore for the forgettinge and puttinge awaie all occasions off offences we do likewise consente vnto your good ensample and requeste And so finallye for the preachinge or professinge off sincere doctrine so as we haue seene and lerned in the beste reformed churches we do gladly heare your aduise to be so agreable to oure purpos that we beseche yow to praie with vs that yow and all we together that be faithfull maie continewe proceade and prosper in godly zeele charitable concorde and earnest diligence to honor and serue god and to comforte and edifie his elect all times and in euery place and especially nowe in England O lord not vnto vs but vnto they name be honor and praise for euer From Arrowe this 16. off Ian. 1559. Your louinge frinds off the ministery in the in the name and by the consent of the vvhole church Thomas Leauer Robart Pownall Richard Laughorne Thomas Turpin NOwe when as W. Kethe was returned to Geneua with answer from the congregations and companies that were dispersed in sundry places off Germany and Heluetia the congregation after that they had rendred their humble thankes to the magistrates for their great goodnes towards them prepared themselues to depart sauinge certeine whiche remained behinde the reste to witt to finishe the bible and the psalmes bothe in meeter and prose whiche were already begon at the charges off suche as were off most habilitie in that congregation And with what successe those workes were finished especially the Bible I must leaue it to the Iudgementes off the godly lerned who shulde best Iudge off the same But yff that Bible be suche as no enemie off god coulde iustly finde faulte with then maie men maruell that suche a worke beinge so profitable shulde finde so small fauor as not to be printed againe Yff it be not faithfully translated then let it still finde as litle fauour as it dothe bicause off the inconueniences that a false translation bringes with it The Ministers off Geneua in an Epliste whiche they wrote before the newe Testament haue theis wordes There is nothinge more requisite to attaine the right and absolute knowledge off the doctrine off saluation wherby to resist all herisie and falshod then to haue the texte off the Scriptures faithfully and truly translated the consideration wheroff moued them with one assent as they saie in that Epistle to requeste 2. off their brethern to witt Caluin and Beza efsonnes to peruse the same notwithstandinge their former trauells Beza also in his Epistle to the prince off condy and nobles of France hathe these wordes Seinge then all theis controuersies muste be discussed by Goddes worde I suppose that this thinge ought chiefly to be prouided for that seinge all caÌ„not haue the knowledge to vnderstand the worde off God in theis peculiar languages the Hebrue and the greek whiche were to be wished that there shulde be some true and apte translation of the olde and newe testameÌ„te made the whiche diuers haue already labored to bringe to passe but yet no man hathe hitherto sufficiently performed it For the olde translation whose so euer it is although it ought not to be condemned yet is it founde bothe obscure vnperfect and superfluous and also false in many places to speake nothinge off an infinite varietie off the copies The whiche texte therfore many lerned and godly men haue labored to amende but not with like successe And yet howe necessary a thinge this is who so euer shall reade those moste lerned wryters off the gretians and shall compare their interpretations whiche are manie times farr from the purpos with the Hebrue veritie he shall confesse it with great sorowe And the same euill was not onely hurtefull amonge the latten wriâ—â—rs but also the ignorance off the greeke tonge wherwitâ— many off them were troubled whiles they did depend off the common translation they oftimes seeke a knott in a rushe accordinge to the olde prouerbe and fell into moste fowle errors This cause therfore hathe moued me to compare moste diligently the diuersitie off copies and to waie the sentences and Iudgementes off the moste parte off the lerned men specially off them that this age hathe brought foorthe skillfull in the languages who are moo in nomber dowteles and better lerned then the churche hath had sithens the time of the Apostles and so ease them some what that desier a more pure interpretation And that it might be done with more profit I haue allso added annotations in the whiche

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