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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	goodness_n	lord_n	mercy_n	3,985	5	6.6454	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12285	A briefe discourse against the outwarde apparell and ministring garmentes of the popishe church	Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1566 (1566)	STC 6079; ESTC S109113	29,930	82

from the filth therof but that they haue neede to be made cleane by our helpe stayed from slyding in againe yea and lest we shoulde make sorowfull and pyerce the heartes of them that be quite escaped whē they shoulde see vs by whose meanes they haue escaped bewadled in the same filth our selues and so bring al that we haue taught into doubt and all that we shall teache into suspicion we haue thought it meete for vs vtterly to refuse all these thinges that now are vrged For if we that haue by doctrine proued these things to be superfluous in the abuse of them superstitions shall nowe receyue them our selues and so in doing although not in words affirme them to be necessary What obstinate Papist will not be the more confirmed in the reuerende opinion of them what yong nouice in Christ will not afreshe embrace them what weakling will not againe inclyne to them And what perfect Christian will not weepe in hys heart to see them And shall not the bloude of all these be required at our hands shal not we once heare that horrible saying that Christ shal once pronounce against suche as we should herein shewe oure selues to be Tollite seruum nequam c. Take vp that naughty slaue binde hym hande and foote and cast hym into vtter darkenesse there shal be weeping and wayling and gnashing of teeth Fearing therefore to lose our selues with the losse of so many soules besides our selues we haue chosen rather to venture the losse of worldely commoditie than to hazarde that which no earthlye treasure can bye Trusting that our Prince and all other in auctoritie will fauour our iust cause and not mislike with vs bycause we feare god more than man and are more loth to lose the heauenly Kingdome than earthly commoditie We hope that all wise men doe see what marke the earnest soliciters of this matter do shoot at They are not neyther were at anye tyme Protestantes but when tyme woulde serue them they were bloudy persecuters synce tyme fayled them they haue borne back as much as lay in them Shall we think then that such do seeke the aduaūcement of gods glorye in the setting forth of his true religion no no. Theyr purpose is in vs sielly wretches to deface the glorious gospell of Christ Iesus whiche thing they shall neuer be able to bring to passe For thoughe we lyke cowardes shoulde runne from our Captayne and yelde our weapons into the handes of oure enimyes yea thoughe we shoulde lyke traitours tourne our pikes against him yet wil he haue the victorie For he hath the heartes of his enimies in his hande can cause them to take his part and to vse vs as traytours shoulde be vsed Our goodes our bodyes and our lyues we do with al humble submission yelde into the hands of gods officers vpon earth but our conscience we keepe vnspotted in the sight of him that shall iudge al men Desiring no thing but that it may be free for vs by doctrine to teach the flocke of Christ whereof we haue taken charge and when we haue so taught them to goe before them in doing that which we haue taught according to the truth of gods holy worde That when we shall appeare before that great shephearde Christ our flocke with vs and we with our flock may heare these ioyful words Euge ser ue bone fidelis c. Well done thou good faythfull seruaunt bicause thou haste bene faithful in the thing that is of small value I will make thee Ruler ouer muche enter thou into thy Lordes ioy Whiche ioy shall vndoubtedly be giuē to as many as vnfaynedly shall loue the comming of that shepheard To whome with the eternall father and the holy ghost be all honor glory and dominion for euer Amen Ecclesiasticus 4. Stryue for the truthe euen vnto death and the Lorde God shall fight for thee ¶ A godly prayer agreable to the tyme and occasion O Almighty God great Iudge of all Father of mercy and louing Lorde of thy flock and congregation we doe acknowledge they goodnesse thorowe which thou hast vouchedsafe to choose and call vs into the societie of thy Saintes the fellowship of thyne elect the folde of thy sheepe wherein allwayes thou haste dealt with vs in all thinges as with thine owne inheritance thy chosen sheepe and beloued Lambes For this thy great kindenesse we doe yelde to thee our moste humble heartie thankes We doe confesse also that on our behalfe for want of due consyderation of this thy goodnesse our dutie we haue grieuously offended thee not onely in vnthankfull vsinge thy benefites but also in wilfull and sinfull abusing thy mercie To holy assemblies we haue ioyned oure selues in the exercises of thy worde and sacraments of prayer charity yet not with such zeale diligence as we ought but with that lothsomenesse contempte whiche we ought not In comming to them dayly we haue filled our fansie rather than feede our faith we haue come to them more of custome than of conscience we haue heard much more with oure eares than we digested in our mindes And thus with harde hearts hearing much doing little promising faire performing nothinge in effect we haue remayned vncorrected not amended to the great offence of thy diuine maiestye Of thy displeasure kindled heretofore against vs we haue bene diuers wayes admonished For euen as thou didest leaue a remnaunt of the Cananites not cast out from amōgst thy people Israel to be snares whippes and thornes in their sydes and eyes bicause they did not fully cleane vnto thee so doe the remnants of the Remishe ad●omination 〈◊〉 still amongest vs to witnesse thy wrath against our colde loue of sincere seruing thee yet is not our zeale inflamed to better The sharp scourges which we haue seene felte together with straunge signes shewed in heauen earth haue testifyed thyne anger agaynst vs but we earth and ashes are not yet by them taught our good The ministers of thy worde seing oure sinful state haue seuerely threatned greater plagues to fal on vs but we haue tryfled of our tyme not heartly tourned vnto thee And therfor it is that euen now we see as a begynning of greater vengeaunce their heartes whose power shoulde procure the correction of our mischiefe not only holdē in neglect cōtempt of that they should do but bent also to maintayne that they should destroy to the hindering of the course of thy gospel which they should set forwarde Are not the reliques of Romishe Idolatrie stoutely retayned Are we not bereaued of some of our pastors who by worde example sought to free thy flocke from those offences Ah good Lord these are now by power put downe from pastural cure they are forbyd to feede vs theyr voyce we can not heare This is oure great discomfort This is the ioy triumph of Antichrist his lymmes our enimyes yea that is more heauy increase of