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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	hour_n	worship_v	worshipper_n	1,747	5	12.2779	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06652	The actes of Christe and of Antichriste concernyng bothe their life and doctrine: diligently gathered and now taken out of his workes, by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1577 (1577)	STC 1711; ESTC S116649	51,783	140

and haue their consciences marked with an hotte yron forbiddyng to Marrie c. And as he forbiddeth certaine degrees of menne to Marrie so doeth he forbidde at certaine tymes of the yere to celebrate Matrimonie in somuche that whosoeuer presumeth in those forbidden tymes to Marrie is not onely accursed but his Marriage also is not lawfull Notwithstandyng if any man will bryng money and purchase a licence to Marrie he shall easely obtaine it though it were on good Fridaie so deare and tenderly beloued is that greate God Mammon in Antichristes courtes But if it bee lawfull at these tymes to Marrie for money Is it not lawfull to marrie without money Doth money make a thyng either lawfull or vnlawfull God destroye thy kyngdome O Antichriste Thy money perishe with thee For thy harte is not right in the sight of God. 72 Christe in his holie Gospell commaundeth vs to praie but he prescribeth no certaine tyme of Praier Antichriste appoincteth certaine tymes to Praie whiche tymes whosoeuer doeth not obserue he is coumpted grecuosly to offende 73 Christe by his blessed Apostle sainct Paule giueth vs libertie to praie in euerie place liftyng vp pure handes without wrathe or doubtyng And he hym self in the Gospel saied to the woman of Samaria Woman beleue me the hower cōmeth and now is when the true worshippers shall worshippe the Father in Spirite and in the truthe For suche also the Father requireth to worshippe him God is a Spirite and thei that worship hym must worshippe hym in spirite and in the truthe Antichrist teacheth that though wee maie praie to GOD in all places yet ought wee moste chiefly to praie in suche places as his Bishoppes and Prelates haue consecrated and hallowed for money as Oratories worthie for their vertue and holinesse wherein our Praiers maie the soner bee hearde and the better accepted And yet in these places appointed of hym for Praier one is counted more holie then an other and more meritorious to praie in as the Churche is holier then the Chappell the Chancell holier then theim bothe and yet the Chauncell holier then them both and yet the Cathedrall Church otherwise called the mother Church more holy than them all three But to praie at the Shrynes of his canoniced Sainctes or in places of Pilgrimage where the Deuill worketh stiracles I would saie miracles but namely at Rome at Compostella at Ierusalem c. this passeth all Praiers made in those places with this confidence that they be the sooner hearde and the better accepted by the reason of the places flye to heauen as it were a polde henne 74 Christ appointed a certaine forme of praier after the whiche we should directe our Praiers vnto our Heauenly Father wherein also he declareth what thinges wee shoulde specially aske of GOD the Father Antichrist appointeth diuers and many formes of praiyng not to God but to this he Sainct and to that she Sainct yea and that for manie and sundry causes to euery sainct for a contrary thing And thus are men taught to worship the creature in steede of the creator robbing God of his glory and committyng moste wicked and damnable idolatrie 75 Christ saieth when thou praiest thou shalte not bee as the Hipocrites are For they vse to stande praiyng in the Sinagoges and in the corners of the stretes that they may be seene of men Antichrist saieth I will that my Chaplaines and my quire men shall pray sing and saie in none other places then in the Sinagoges that is to saie in Churches and Chappelles and suche other Oratories yea and specially when the people are moste of all gathered together although they vnderstande not one worde what is either song or said or on the Organs plaid And bicause they may be seen of men and haue the greater assembly of people at their praiers he commaundeth that now one Bell shal be rong now two now three now all the belles in the steple by the which diuersitie of ringing menne maye the better knowe not onely when Antichristes Chaplaines and their complices may be sene to praie but also when it is Festum simplex or Festum duplex or Festum principale that is to saie single feast or double feast or principall feast 76 Christ saith when ye praie bable not much as the heathen doe For thei thinke it will come to passe that they shall bee hearde for their much babling Be ye not therefore like vnto them Antichrist doth so lade and burden hys captiues with innumerable multitudes of praiers that they haue almost no tyme to breath They haue Mattens of the day and Mattens of oure Ladie with Prime and howres They haue long Nocturns They haue long Letanies long Seuen Psalmes long fiftene Psalmes with many and diuers Orisons They haue long Masses and long commemoration They haue long Diriges and long commendations They haue Euensong of the daie with Euensong of our Lady and Complin to them both And all these thinges must be saied or song vnder paine of deadly synne But how thei be mumbled and iumbled vp all the world may see Uerely without all godly affection of the minde The hearte goeth one waie and the voice an other way so that they agree together as Harpe and Harow and come one to an other as iuste as Iermyns lippes Of such kinde of beadmen speaketh our Sauiour Christ on this maner This people draweth nighe and honoureth mee with their lippes but their heart is farre from mee Uerely they worship mee in vaine teachyng doctrines euen the commaundementes of men 77 Christ would haue suche loue among vs that bee his Disciples that we should gladly willingly and freely without money pray one for an other Antichrist willeth his Chaplaines to praye for none excepte they haue money accordyng to the common prouerbe No peny no Pater noster If money come they will be ready at all times to sing and say If there bee no money then here is the doore and there is the waye Farewell gentle Geffray and as the Porters crye in Sturbridge Fayre a newe Maister a newe and hang vp the olde They will no longer sing or saye than ye haue Money for to paie Bring money and ye shal haue Masse of Scala celi Masse of Requiem Masse of Recordare Masse of Si iniquitates with an hundred kind of Masses besides for whatsoeuer purpose ye will. For our Massemongers haue Masses in store for all kynde of thinges good or badde Onely bryng Money and ye shall wante nothyng so desirous are Antichristes men of money O Mammonistes 78 Christ by his Apostles commaundeth that euery congregation should haue his pastour or preacher to feede the Christen flock with the most holsome fode of Gods worde so that euery spirituall Minister should attende vppon his owne cure and not bee distracte with the care of diuers congregations Antichrist can not away with this that one man should haue but one benefice and