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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	new_a	old_a	testament_n	6,607	5	8.4174	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00331	A dialoge or communication of two persons deuysyd and set forthe in the late[n] tonge, by the noble and famose clarke. Desiderius Erasmus intituled [the] pylgremage of pure deuotyon. Newly tra[n]slatyd into Englishe.; Colloquia. English. Selections	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1540 (1540)	STC 10454; ESTC S111331	29,272	100

Effigiem Desiderij tibj Sculptor Erasmi Exprimit Ingenium Scripta diserta suum A dialoge or communication of two persons deuysyd and setforthe in the latē tonge by the noble and famose clarke Desiderius Erasmus intituled y e pylgremage of pure deuotyon Newly trāslatyd into Englishe To the reder AMongest the writinges of all men dearly belouyd reder not onely of the diuersyte of tongues but also the noble drawghtꝭ of so artificyall paynted figures whiche haue so lyuely expressed to y e quycke ymage the nature ordre proporcyon of all states as concernynge the gouernaunce of a Christen comēwealthe that ther is as I suppose no parte of the scripture which is not so e●powndyde furnysshed and setforthe but that euery Christen man therby ●ay lerne his dewty to god hys prynce and hys nebure and so consequently passe thourough the strayte pathe of the whiche scripture doth testyfye vpō very fewe can fynde y e entrye wherby thorough faythe in the redēptyon of the worlde thorowe y e bloode of Christe the sone of god to rayne with the father and the holy go●●e eternally accordynge to the promyse of Christe sayinge In my fathers hawse therbe many placys to dwell in we wyll come to hym and make a mansyon place with hym and I haue and shall open thy name vnto them that the same loue with the whiche thou louydest me may be in theym and I in thē and thys is the kyngdome of god so often mouyd to vs in holy scripture whiche all faythfull shall possesse and inheret for euermore where as y e vnfaythfull vnryghtswye and synner shall not entre in to the kyngdome of god bycause of chaūgynge the glory of gode immortall in to the ymage of a corruptyble man and therfore so lycentiously he hathe suffrede them to wandre in theyr clowdes of ygnoraunce preferrynge the lyes and corrupte iudgmentes of man the veryte and the truthe of god rather seruynge the creature then the creator amongest all the parties of the whiche as was spoken at the begynnyng thys alwaye not alonely in the newe law but also in the olde Testament was as a thynge moost abhomynable and displesant in the sight of gode prohybyte and forbyden but our nature whiche hath in hym the dampnable repugnaūce of synne agaynst the omnypotēt power of gode left euyn frome owre fyrst father Adam is so enclyned to vyces amongest the whiche it hath not gyuen the least parte to thys desperate synne of ydolatrye agaynst the immaculate and fearefull commandement of god Thou shalt haue no straunge Godꝭ in my syght that it is sore to be dreadde the same iudgement to be gyuyn vpon vs that was gyuen vpon the cytye of Ninyue to be absorped of the yerthe in to the yre and venge● a●●ce of gode whiche hathe ben the cau●e that so many wryters b●●he of late dayes and many yeres passede haue euyn to deathe resisted thes dampnable bolsterers of ydolatrye gyuen theyr selues to the crosse in example of reformacyon to theyr bretherne bothe in wrytinge and cownsell exhortynge the flocke of Christe frome soche prophane doctryne amongest whome the noble and famouse clerke Desiderius Erasmus hath setforthe to the quycke ymage before mennys eyes the supersticyouse worshype and false honor gyuyn to bones heddes iawes armes stockes stones shyrtes smokes cotes cappes hattes shoes mytres slyppers sadles ry●ges bedes gyrdles bolles belles ●okes gioues ropes raperes candelles bootes sporres my breath was almost past me with many other soche dampnable allusyones of the deuylle to use theme as goddes contrary to the immaculate scripture of gode morouer he notethe as it were of arrogancye the pryuate iudgmegt of certayne that of theyr owne brayne wolde cast out ymages of the temple with out a comen consent and authoryte some there be that alway seke halowes and go vpon pylgramages vnder a pretense of holynes whervpon thes brotherhoddes and systerhoodes be now inuented morouer they that haue ben at Hierusalem be called knightes of the sepulcre and call one an other bretherne and vpon palmesondaye they play the foles sadely drawynge after them an asse in a rope when they be not moche distante frome the woden asse that they drawe The same do they conterfayte that haue ben at saynt Iames in Compostella But they be more pernycyouse that setforthe vncertayn relyques for certayne and attrybute more to them than they oughte to haue and prostytute or sett theym forthe for fylthye lukre But now whan they perceyue that this theyr dāpnable Corbane dothe decay and that theyr most to be lamented blyndnes and longe accustomed errours shuld be redressed they all fayre bothe of god and man set asyde rebelle and make insurrectyones contrary to the ordynaunce of gode agaynst theyr kynge and liege lorde prouokynge and allurynge the symple comynaltye to they re dampnable ypocrysye and conspyracy myndyng and goynge about to preuente our most soueraigne lordes iudgment not yet gyuē vpon theyr Sodomiticall actes and most horryble ypocrysy But the worde of the lorde whiche they so tyrannously go aboute to suppresse w t all the fauerours therof shall ouercome destroy all soch most to be abhorred deceyuable inuegelers dysturbers of y e symple people to soch detestable treason And that it may so do to the terryble example of thes and all other rebelles and most dysloyal subiectes and to y e greate comforthe cōsolacyō ofh is gracys faythfull and true comens I requyre him which brethethe where he willithe and raygnethe eternall gode to graūt vnto our seyde most dradde soueraygne lorde whose maiesty as it euydently appereth onely applieth his diligence to the aduaunsynge settynge forthe of the most holsome documenth and teachyng of almyghty god to the redres of long accustome euylls and damnable sectes to the supportacion and mayntenaunce of godly and alowable ceremonyes to the suppressynge and most to be desired abolishyng of the deuelishe and detestable vsurped aucthoryties dampnable errours and prophane abuses brought in by that myghty Golyas that obdurated Phareo that proude Nembroth whome god amēde the byshope of Rome to graunte I say vnto hys hyghnes suche hys godly ayde and assistence that hys grace with hys moost honorable counsell agaynst whome this arrogant conspyracy is nowe moued and begonne may ouercome and debelle the stud traytres as in tymes paste hys maie●●ye hath pruden●y do other that haue hertofore attempted to perpetrate and brynge to passe like sedicyous mishief and so to establishe the hartes of hys gracys true subiectes that they may wyllyngly and according to theyr dueties obey and fulfyll hys most lawfull and godly ordened lawes and commaundementꝭ wherby they shall not onely do the thyng agreable to goddes wylle teachynges in y t he willeth euery soule to be subiected to the hygher power and obedyent to theyr prynce but also to theyr greate laude and prayse shall shewe them selfe to be redy and confirmable to do theyr dueties in aydyng hys excellent hyghnes to the reformacyon of