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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	send_v	unrighteousness_n	1,800	5	11.2922	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04483	A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Garbrand, John, 1542-1589.	1582 (1582)	STC 14614; ESTC S107782	85,989	232

worlde but for a fewe The heauen was made but for a fewe The mercie and loue of God was but for a fewe But the mercie of God is ouer al and vpon al and for all Al haue right to heare the word of God al haue néede to know the word of God Al haue sinned and are depriued of the glorie of God Therefore Christe calleth all Venite ad me omnes c. Come vnto mee all yee that bee wearie and laden Yong men and olde men men and women rich and poore come to mée God is no accepter of persons It is not the wil of your Father which is in Heauen saith Christ that one of these little ones shold perish Who wil that al men shall be saued come to the knowledge of truth God wil loke to him that is pore of a contrite spirite and trembleth at hys wordes God wil regard such a one and make him a fitte vessell to receiue hys truth Upon him that is suche a one shall the spirite of wisedome and vnderstanding the spirit of knowledge and of the feare of God reste Not only vppon the rich the wise and the learned but vpon him that is pore and of a contrite heart and trembleth at his words Upon hym that humbleth himselfe vnder the mightie hand of God He is the temple and the Tabernacle of the holy Ghoste He that is humble in heart shall be saued God resisteth the proud but giueth grace to the lowly Therefore Christe saide I giue thee thankes O father Lorde of heauen and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstāding and hast opened them vnto babes Euen to suche as haue no learning whych reioice in nothing but in thée The wise and learned of the worlde can not heare them can not sée them but they to whome it pleased thée to giue vnderstanding It is thy mercie Flesh and bloud cannot reach the knowledge of thy will The spirite of the Father hath reuealed it Christe saith My sheepe heare my voice and I knowe them and they followe mee They will not follow a stranger My people are simple as shéepe they are rude and knowe not what they doe Yet they knowe my voice and followe me they knowe their Shéepheard from a théefe they followe not the call and voice of a straunger So we sée that God chaceth no mā away from hearing his worde he loatheth not the pore because of his pouertie he refuseth him not for he is the God of the pore they be his creatures S Augustine saith Deus in Scripturis quasi amicus familiaris loquitur ad cor doctorum indoctorum Almightie God in the Scriptures speaketh as a familiar friend without dissimulation vnto the hearts both of the learned and of the vnlearned He abaseth hymselfe and speaketh to their capacitie for his will is that all shoulde come to the knowledge of the truth and be saued Nowe let vs consider with what fear● and reuerence we oughte to come to the hearing or reading of the worde of God The Aungel of the Lord appeared vnto Moses in a flame of fire out of the middest of a bushe When Moses turned aside to sée God said vnto him Come not hither Put thy shoes off thy feete for the place whereon thou standest is holye ground Againe when God had appointed to speak vnto the people from Mount Sion he said to Moses Go vnto the people and sanctifie them to day and to morow and let them wash their clothes let them be readie on the. 3. day for the. 3. daye the Lorde will come downe in the sight of al the people vpon mount Sinai The worde of the Lorde is the Bush out of which issueth a flame of fire The Scriptures of God are the mount from which the Lord of Hostes doth shew him selfe In them God speaketh to vs. In them we heare the words of euerlasting life We muste be sanctified and washe out garmentes and be readie to heare the Lorde We muste strippe off all our affections we must fal do 〈…〉 with fear we must 〈…〉 speaketh Euen God 〈…〉 and Earth God 〈…〉 Lord Iesus Christe God 〈…〉 iudge the quicke and the dead 〈…〉 whome al flesh shal appeare His worde is holie Let vs take 〈◊〉 into what hearts we bestow it 〈◊〉 euer abuseth it shall be founde guilti 〈◊〉 high trespas against the Lord. We may not receiue it to blow vp our harts and waxe proude with our knowledge We may not use it to maintaine debate and cōtentiō we may not vse it to vaunt our selues or to make shew of our cunning The word of God teacheth lowlinesse of minde it teacheth vs to knowe oure selues If we learne not humilitie wée learne nothing Although we séeme to knowe somewhat yet knowe we not in such sorte as we ought to know The Scriptures are the mysteries of God let vs not be curious lette vs not séeke to knowe more than God hath reuealed by thē They are y e sea of God let vs take 〈…〉 drowned in the. They 〈…〉 let vs take comfort by 〈…〉 take héed they burne 〈…〉 gaze ouer hardly vpon 〈…〉 blemish in their eye sight 〈…〉 the people of Israel sawe the 〈…〉 in the desart they said Man Hu● 〈…〉 this so they reasoned of it whē 〈…〉 it vp in their handes and behelde it They asked one an other what good it woulde do The Scriptures are Manna● giuen to vs from Heauen to séede vs in the desart of this worlde Let vs take them and behold them and reason of them and learne one of an other what profit may come to vs by thē lette vs knowe that they are written for our sake and for our learning that through patience comfort of the Scriptures we may haue hope They are giuen vs to instruct vs in faith to strength vs in hope to open our eies and to direct our going If we withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnesse if we know our Masters wil do it not if the name of God be ill-spoken of through vs the word of God shal be taken away from 〈…〉 nation which shal 〈…〉 thereof God shall send 〈…〉 on that we shall beléeue 〈…〉 heart shal condemne vs an 〈…〉 beaten with many stripes Therefore we ought 〈…〉 giue héede to those thinges 〈…〉 heare we must cōsider of them 〈…〉 chew the cudde Euerie beast that 〈…〉 not the cudde is vncleane and no●● for sacrifice Let vs be poore in spirit 〈◊〉 méeke in heart let vs be gentle as be commeth the Lambes of Christ and as his shéepe let vs heare his voyce and followe him Let vs be of a contrite spirit tremble at the words of God let vs when we know God glorifie him as God So shall God looke vpon vs so shal the spirit of wisdome vnderstanding and of coūsel of knowledge and of the feare of God rest vpon vs so shall we be

Abraham He is GOD alone he wyll make his name to bée knowen he will not Giue hys glorie to an other This maketh vp eighte vntruths plain and euident to be seene Unto whyche number hée layeth fiue more al togither in one line so that he maketh almost a seuerall falshoode for euery seueral word Missae sacrificium preces ieiunia ciborum delectum caelibatum aboleuit Shee Queene Elizabeth hathe cleane put awaye the Sacrifice of the Masse Prayers Fastings choice or difference of Meates and single Life I beséeche you consider this spéeche and iudge vprightly You are able to discerne truth from falshoode You haue knowledge of these thyngs be not deceyued Haue we no sacrifice no Prayers no Fastings no difference in meates are none vnmaried be al these abolished I aske you againe bée they all abolished when was this done at whose sute by what law or Statute or Proclamation or Parliamente in déede the Masse is abolished thorough the gratious working of God It was a worke of his great merey to do it away For it was a dumbe vncomforble vnprofitable thing They did tel vs that in their Masse they were able to make Christe the sonne of God and to offer him vnto God his Father for oure sinnes Oh blasphemous spéech and most iniurious to the glorious worke of our redemption Shal a vile wretch a lump of earth a sinful man take vpon him the power of God in Creation and presume to make his Creator shall he whiche is conceiued in sinne in whom there dwelleth no good who is altogither vnprofitable which neuer can recompence hys owne debte of tenne thousand Talents who is a straunger to the couenaunte of promise and hath no entrance vnto the father but through Iesus Christ make intercession to the Father that for hys sake he will looke vpon and receiue his sonne euen because he doeth offer him for a Sacrifice what is blasphemie if this be not suche kinde of Sacrifice wée haue not Christ himself is our high Priest whiche offereth vs vp vnto God which maketh vs a pure a liuely and a well pleasing Sacrifice by whome also we haue accesse thoroughe Faith vnto this grace wherein we stand and reioice vnder the hope of the glorie of GOD by whom we are sanctified euen by the offering of the bodye of Iesus Christe once made who tooke away our sinnes and fastened them vpon the Crosse. It is therefore the bloud of Iesus Christe whyche clenseth vs from all sinne This is our Sacrifice this is our propitiation this is the propitiation Sacrifice for the whole world How then saieth Pope Pius we haue no Sacrifice It is the ninth vntruth Againe he saieth wée haue no Prayers He thinketh we méete togither like wild men or rather like brute beastes You knowe hée speaketh vntruely Beholde the Suffrages the Psalms the Lessons taken out of the olde and newe Testament Consider the fourme and order of our Churches We make humble confession of our sinnes we heare especiall comfortable places of Scripture whiche shewe vs howe merciful God is to them that truely and earnestly repent Wée giue thankes to God for his mercies and blessings whiche he poureth vppon vs. We pray him to continue his goodnesse towards vs and to lead vs into al truth We pray for the Queenes Maiestie for al that are in aucthoritie for al the people for those whice suffer affliction for al that either obstinately or ignorantly refuse the comfort of the Gospell To bée shorte with one minde and with one mouth we praise God euen the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe and al the people saye Amen Why should Pope Pius reporte vntruthes what meaneth he to saye we haue no Prayers Is it because we haue not his Latine Prayers The people do not vnderstāde them they are like the chirping of Birdes and the tinckling of Cimballes thankes bée to God for the Prayers which we haue and grant that we may holde them vnto the ende Againe Al Fasting is abolished So the Scribes and Phariseis saide vnto Christe Why doe thy Disciples breake the traditions of the Elders They eate and drinke they do not fast Would God we wereall more carefull than we are of kéeping the true faste the fasting whiche the Lorde hathe chosen saieth the Prophet is it that a man shoulde afflicte his soule for a daye and to bowe downe his heade as a bul rushe and to lye down in sackecloth and ashes Wilte thou cal this Fasting or an acceptable daye to the Lorde Is not this the Fasting that I haue chosen to loose the bandes of wickednesse to take off the heauy burdens to let the oppressed go frée that ye break euery yoke Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungrie and that thou bring the pore that wandreth vnto thine house When thou séest the naked that thou couer him hide not thy selfe from thine owne fleshe In like sorte the Apostle Paule hauing occasion to speake of the true Fast saith Bodily exercise profiteth litle but godlynesse is profitable to al things Whereby we learne not to estéeme the works of the body such as are watchings abstaining from meates often rehearsall of Prayers and long Prayers going barefoote and lying on the ground and such like which the bodie suffereth as an acceptable Faste but we require the crucifying of the flesh with the affections and the lustes that in the dayes of our Faste the Lorde be honored in that no manne doe hys owne wayes nor séeke hys owne will nor speake a vaine worde And herein we folow the iudgement of the holy Fathers Chrysostome saith Ib iest ieiunium si pecuniam despicis si ardeas charitate si famelicos pascas si gloriam contemnas There thou doest faste if thou despise mony if thou be feruent in loue if thou feede the hungrie and if thou forsake glorie And Origen Wilte thou that I yet shew what maner of Fast thou must keepe fast from al sinne eate none of the meate of malice eate none of the delicates of pleasure stirre not vppe lust with the wine of riotousnesse fast from doing euill abstaine from euill wordes kepe thy selfe from euil thoughts touch not the stollē bread of corrupt doctrine desire not the deceiptfull meates of Philosophie which will leade thee from the truth Such a faste pleaseth God But to abstaine from meates which God hathe created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleue and know his trueth and this to do after the example of them whiche haue crucified Christe cannot be acceptable to God And again saith Chrysostome What profite commeth of thy fasting if thou eate nothing all the day long and yet playest and triflest yea ofte times takest false Oathes and blasphemest and so doest spend the day I pray you let vs not neglecte our owne saluation but let our talke rather be of spirituall things and let some one take the Booke of God