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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	apostle_n	church_n	tradition_n	2,130	5	9.1915	5	false

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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

thoughtes of the Capernaites that thought they should haue eaten Christes fleshe eyther rosted or sodde and so shoulde haue consumed it to nothinge wryteth thus Cum illius personae caro si in frusta partiretur non omni humano generi posset sufficere qua semel consumpta uideretur religio interisse cui ne quaquàm ulte rius uictima superesset Seyng that yf the fleshe of hys person were dyuyded into peeces it could not suffise al mankind to eate vpon which fleshe after it were once cleane wasted ▪ consumed our religion might like wise seme to perishe and be destroyed whych hadde no more any sacrifyce remaynynge Wherevpon I conclude that yf we haue not Christes bodye and bloude presente in the Sacrament for our external sacrifice wherby we may mitigate and please almighty God and obteyne remission of synne spirituall grace gyftes then shuld we be no better then the Turkes seinge all nations frō the begynnyng of the worlde both gentils and Iewes haue had one kynd of outwarde sacrifice to declare and expresse their inward deuotion and religion eyther to the true God of heauen or to suche as they fantasied or feyned to be gods sauyng onlye the Turkes as Petrus Cluniacensis wryteth Wherby it appeareth that thys secte that denyeth and destroyeth y e Masse whyche is the sacrifyce of the Churche is verelye the sect of Mahumette preparing a waye for the Turke to ouerrunne all Christendome as he hathe done a greate peece already For what could the Turke do more agaynst oure fayth yf he dyd ouercome vs besyde our thraldome and tyrannical oppression but as these men do nowe to take awaye oure Sacramentes and sacrifice and to leaue vs nothyng ▪ but the bare name of Christ and yf there be anye good man that hath true religion in his heart to compel hym to kepe it within hym y t he shal not expresse it outward lye and in verye dede diuerse notable and godly wryters at thys daye call thys heresye against y e sacrifice of the church which Luther first began and most manteyned by this name Secta Mahumetica the secte of mahomet But for y e auoydinge of these absurdities and for suche causes as I shal God willinge declare hereafter I presuppose this foundation of christes bodye to be really present in the blessed sacrament to be stedfastly beleued of vs all vpon the which I buylde al that remaineth now to be sayed Whych foundation although it hathe bene vndermyned of many men and many wayes therefore requireth a full and perfecte treatise to be made of it alone yet as I intende not to occupye al this time in that so I may not well so sclenderlye leaue it that hathe bene so muche and often assaulted but shall declare the summe of that moueth me to continue styll in that trueth I was borne in to kepe styll that fayth I was baptized in and putte on Christe which fayth seyng it is vniuersal yf I shuld leaue it I shulde forsake Christ and be an heretike not folowyng that forme of doctrine I receaued of my fathers and they of theyrs frō the begynnyng but choosinge my selfe a newe waye and new maysters that please me being so condemned by mine owne conscience iudgement which is the very propertye and definition of an heretike There be thre thinges that holde me●● this fayth the manifest and playne scripture the vniforme aucthorities of holy men and the consent of the vniuersall churche These thre be the argumentes that a christen man maye sticke vnto and neuer be deceaued specially yf they be knytte and ioyned together cōcerning one matter but yf they be separate then some of thē be but weak staffes to leane vnto As for example The scripture without the consent of the churche is a weapō as mete for an heretike as for a catholike for Arius Nestorius suche other heretikes did alledge the scripture for theyr opinions as the catholikes did but theyr alledgynge was but the abusyng of the letter whiche is indifferent to good and euyll deprauyng of the true sense which is only knowen by the tradition and consente of the catholike churche so that the one withoute the other is not a direction but a seduction to a symple man because the verye scripture in dede is not the bare letter as it lieth to be taken of euery man but y e true sense as it is delyuered by the vniuersal consente of Christes churche Lykewyse the wrytynges and sayinges of the fathers yf they be but the mynde of one man wythout the consent of other were he neuer so wel learned and vertuouse otherwyse yet hys wrytynges I saye in that poynt be not a cōfirmation for an ignoraunte manne to holde him in the trueth but a temptatiō to seduce hym pul hym from the trueth The consent of the churche is alwayes a sure staffe the verye pyller of trueth whether it be in thynges expressed in y e letter of the scrypture or in thinges delyuered vnto vs by tradition of the Apostles He that holdeth him by this staffe ca● not fall in fayth but stande in trueth Nowe concernynge thys matter of the present I am able by Gods helpe to shewe all these thre thinges ioyned and knitte together so that we can not be deceaued in this poynt except we wyll deceaue our selues as many wilfully do The scrypture by playne manifest wordes agaynste the whyche hell gates shall neuer preuayle dothe testifye confyrme our fayth in manye places but specially in the wordes of our sauiour Christ hym selfe in hys laste supper sayinge to hys Disciples Take eate this is my bodye whyche is gyuen for you Thys is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shedde for many and for you in remission of synnes whyche most playne scriptures manye haue gone aboute to delude to reduce thē to a base vnderstandynge by figuratiue speches contendyng these wordes This is my bodye This is my bloude to be spoken figuratiuelye and not as the wordes purport because other lyke sayinges in the scripture be taken figuratiuely as these I am the waye I am the doore The stone is Christ and suche other wherein they haue declared their deuelyshe and detestable sophistrye too their owne damnation the subuersion of a greate manye other They professe them selfes to be learned menne but who hearde euer tell of anye suche kynd of learnyng as to proue one singulare by an other as yf one shuld reason thus Thomas is an honest manne ergo Iohn is an honeste man The swan is white ergo the crowe is whyte Which argumentes be like thys I am the waye is a figuratiue speache ergo lykewise Thys is my bodye is a figuratiue speache With such fond folyes and sophismes is the trueth assaulted agaynste all good learnyng and the rules of all true reasonyng GOD open theyr eyes to see and folowe hys heauenly wisdome But yf we wyl consider the circūstancies of the texte who