Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	spirit_n	teach_v	worship_v	1,936	5	9.0220	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03769	Of the expresse vvorde of God A shorte, but a most excellent treatyse and very necessary for this tyme. Written in Latin, by the right reuerend, lerned, and vertuous father Stanislaus Hosius, Bishop of VVarmia, Cardinal of the Holy Apostolyke See of Rome, and of the presidents in the late general councel holden at Trent. Newly translated in to English.	Hozjusz, Stanisław, 1504-1579.; Stapleton, Thomas, 1535-1598, attributed name.	1567 (1567)	STC 13889; ESTC S116558	106,428	242

great and especiall grace of God is personally present yea so as without any labor studye or industrie although they neuer aske seeke or knocke yf they be of their number and sect it is so from God him self dispeÌ„sed vnto them that they being holden vp with the handes of Aungells that is kept with angelicall protection can neuer hurt their foote against any stone can neuer offend or fall into any errour Thus farre Vincentius And coulde he possibly with more notable markes haue painted foorth the heretikes of our age theÌ„ in this place wee see he hath done For what doth SathaÌ„ more earnestly attempt by theÌ„ then to persuade meÌ„ to throwe theÌ„selues downe to let theÌ„selues fawll from the doctrine and tradition of this high Churche which Christ callyth the Citee builded on a hyll VVhich thing so soone as he hath once perswaded theÌ„ hath he atteynid the vndoubted victorye For vntill a man throwe him self from that high Cite yn vayn are all the attemptes of Sathan But so soone as he letteth him self fawll downe from thence so soone as he is departyd from the fowld and seuerith him self from the rest of the flocke then is he immediatly becoome a praye to the wolf To this one end therfore doth the diuell bend all his force that he may leade men to throwe them selues downe from the high and infallible doctrine of the church To sett nowght by the traditions therof to followe and esteme rather the priuatt spiritt of them selues or of any one man then the interpretatioÌ„ and consent of the Catholike and vniuersall Churche wher vnto is promysed the spiritt of truth Neither is he without scripture wherby he indeuoureth to persuade the same For it is written sayth he walke not in the precepts of your fathers In vayne doo they worship me teaching the doctrines and coÌ„maundements of men That yf in any one thing he may persuade a maÌ„ to throwe him self downe to departe from the precepts and ordonauÌ„ces of his forefathers and from the doctrine and traditioÌ„s of the Churche then hath he wonne him within his reache then doth he easely fynd the meanes that he shal daily throwe him self downe deeper Neither is there any doctrine theÌ„ so farre wyde from all pietye or godlynes wherin he doth not easely stayne and infect his mynd In this one thing therfore doth he spend his whole studye and trauaill to accustome men to throwe them selues downe and not to make any accompt of the sence and generall coÌ„sent of the whole churche but especyally to resist and withstand the ordonaunces therof VVhich thing as of all other heretikes so Martiu Luther their capitaine and standard bearer in this our age wee see dilligeÌ„tly and very handsomly practysed For what other thing soundeth he in all his wrytings but that men should throwe them selues downe That they should cutt them selues from the churche resist the decrees therof and what so euer shee commaundeth in despight to doo the contrary As for example The Churche coÌ„maundeth thee to fast in the lent and toward the feast of Easter to confesse thy sinnes and to come to the receauing of the sacrameÌ„t But what sayth Luther to this Thus he sayeth Because it is so appoynted by the churche for the self same cause will I not doo it and yf it had not commaunded me I would haue doon it but I will now doo it at some other tyme which the Churche hath not appoynted at what tyme and in what sorte so euer myne owne free will shall moue me Likewyse The eleuation of the SaerameÌ„t he thinketh a thing indifferent But bicause the Churche hath thowght good it should be lift vp therfore in despite of the Churche he teacheth it must be forborne Ageyn to receyue the sacrameÌ„t in one or bothe kyndes in many places he writeth to be indifferent for that nothing is commaunded therof by any precept of God as of necessitee yet in his booke which he intituled of the foorme of the masse he sayeth Yf by chawnce the councell should so decree then would wee not receyue yt in bothe kyndes but in despight of the couÌ„cell vse only the one kynd or neither of bothe and not bothe and holde them for accursed that by the auctoritee of the councell should vse bothe But what doth a Councell represent but the Churche Sathan therfore by this his not obscure member commaundeth to do all thinges contrary to the decrees therof yea and that yn despight of the same and by that his worthy lymme yet cryeth Throwe thy self downe And doth not he throwe him self downe who followeth not that which is vniuersall catholyke receiued and allowed by generall consent of the whole world which professeth the name of Christ but more willingly reposeth him self in that which some one fantastycall man hath better leekyd VVho albeit he be perhapps reputed circumspect and discrete yett when he speakyth of hiÌ„ self vttereth nowght ells as the Truthe it self bearyth witnes but a very lye For maye a man more throwe him self downe then to slippe from that sence and vnderstaÌ„nding which is vniuersall and common to all vnto that which is but priuatt that is from trowth to fashed which man vtterith wheÌ„ so euer he speaketh of himself The very same song therfore which the diuell himself songe vnto Christ in the desert the same doth he euen now sing by his members to Christians Neither doth he vrge any thing more then that they should throwe themselues downe and lett goe the vniuersall and auncient faith of the catholyke Churche He promyseth by his membres and yet still teacheth that in the congregations of his communion there is a certain great peculiar and personall grace of God He persuadeth the vnlerned yf a man imbrace the priuatt and especyall faith of his members that he though he be not only vtterly voyde of good workes but allso drowned in all kynd of wickednes must yett be well assured he is in state of grace and that the Aungells shall one daye take him vp in their handes and leade him straight to heauen That beyng preserued by their protection he shall not once hurt his foote against any stone but standeth highly in Gods fauour yf he continewe to the end This he will haue his meÌ„bers to make so full and assured accompt of that they must thinke there can be no greater synne or wickednes committed then once to doubt neuer so litle therof which persuasion is coÌ„mon to all heretikes For the Lutherans doo no lesse carnestly exact this of their followers then do the Zwinglians and Anabaptistes of theirs when in the meane tyme fyer and water do not more disagree then the doctrines of these men do one from an other so as it caÌ„not be by any reason but some of them are leekly rather by the handes of diuells to be throwen into the bottomles pyt of hell â–ª then that the

voyce is to be expected from heauen to teache vs blessed is the man sayth Dauid whom thow teachest He dooth as well teache vs now as in the owld tyme he did the Patriarkes and Prophettes Christ forbadde that wee should haue any moe maister for that wee haue our only maister in heauen Thou seest heerby most vertuous kyng wher vnto at last the matter is come and how truely it was sayd by S. Augustine that all auctoritee is taken from the scripture when a man will not only not be subiect to the authoritee of the scriptures in matters of faith but make them thrall and subiect vnto him neither will contend for the mynd of the scriptures but for his owne For what so euer him self thinketh that will he haue reputed for the trewe and expresse word of God though all other men thinke the contrary By to mych altercation sayth one the truthe is lost And I pray yow is not â–ª the truth now in manner lost Is not with some men the authoritee of the scriptures taken awaye in the which only lyeth all vndoubted truthe Namely since euery man hath sowght to arrogat to him self the iudgement of the scriptures and remouing the sentence of all others hath sought to haue his owne being wyde and straieng from the Churche to be worshipped as the very expresse word of God But could this matter euer haue come to this passe yf these fellowes remeÌ„bring them selues to be men would rather haue chosen to followe the iudgement of the Churche and therunto reuerently haue submitted themselues then thus insolently to coÌ„maunde men to imbrace the visions of their hartes for the word of God VVhen in deed no man lyuing can be of so excellent learning or of so singular holynes of lyfe that it can be lawfull for vs to receyue his opinion for the expresse worde of God But on the other syde where as is a consenting voyce of the whole Churche yf a man dowbt that to be the expresse word of God and a most certayn truth what doth he ells but dowbt whether God be true or no VVhoÌ„ it is most certayne and vndoubted to speake by the mowth of his Churche Thow perceauest now most fortunat king Sigismond that it is not by and by the expresse and pure word of God what so euer is browght owt of the scriptures From the peruers vnderstanding wherof wee see all heresies haue sproong Namely that the diuell him self did also say for it is written etc. VVhen yet the sence wherwith he browght those wordes was the diuells owne and not the pure word of God The scriptures no doubt are sacred and holy and in them is contayned the very word of God yf the sownd meaning and vnderstanding therof be applyed therunto But heresie is in the vnderstanding not in the scripture the sense not the text is in the fault VVee coÌ„tend not for the scripture with those that haue departyd from vs which boasting them selues so myche of Gods woord doo vsurpe the same vnto them selues alone For they them selues confesse they haue receyued the scriptures from none other but from vs from whom they be departyd who doo allso with reuerence receyue all the Canonicall scriptures They on the other syde because they will not in matters of fayth be subiect to the aucthoritee of the scripture doo receyue only that in theÌ„ which by wrestyng may be framyd to serue to their doctryne The controuersy therfore between vs is not of the scriptures but of the sence and vnderstanding of the scriptures Brefely the selfe same varyance wee reade to haue been in all ages betweeÌ„ Catholikes and heretikes Arius brought foorth this scripture my father is greatter then I by which text as by the expresse word of God he sought to persuade to the ignorant people that Christ the sonne of God was inferiour to his father and was not of the same substauÌ„ce with him And in deed yf an vnlerned man come to the wayghing of those naked wordes Arrius may seeme to haue sayde somwhat vnto him But what did hereunto the Catholikes and rightbeleuers They reuerently acknowleged the text But that which Arrius gathered therof they constantly affirmed not to be the pure word of God since Christ neuer spake them in that sence as to teache him self not to be equally God or in any thiÌ„g vnequall to his father For in that he was the sonne of God he was of the same substaunce with his father but in that he was the sonne of maÌ„ he was inferiour vnto him And allthowgh the sectaryes and followers of Arrius tooke that for the expresse word of God yet the Catholikes â–ª doubted not to affirme it to be the expresse word of the diuell Euen lyke to this is the contention at this daye of the contrary doctrines between the Catholikes and the heretikes For we striue not with them that haue departed from vs abowt the scripture but about the vnderstanding therof And to make the matter the playner let vs consyder but this one place of scripture which is now a dayes commonly alleaged It is sayd to be the expresse word of God Drinke you all of this And doo wee denye this to be the expresse woord of God No but doo willingly grawnt it Yet that it is the expresse word of God in that sence which they that bee departed froÌ„ vs doe gather of that text that is it which wee doo vtterly denye For what doo they trowe yow gather of this place of scripture forsooth that all which communicate ye eueÌ„ the laye people should be bownd by the commaundement of God to receyue the sacrament of the aultar vnder bothe kindes But that Christ spake those wordes in that sense we graunt not But eueÌ„ as Luther him self once sayd the same in this case saye wee allso That Christ commaunded nothing in this matter as necessary to the laye people because these wordes were spoken to none other but to the Apostles Yow see that here wee differ not abowt the text but about the vnderstanding therof For with no lesse yea and with more reuerence then they which haue deuided them selues from vs doo we Catholikes receiue this text as the very worde of God But they would intrude their owne newe sense forged therunto And wee seeke to defend the sense receyued in the Churche They looue and leeke the sense which them selues bryng not becaase it is trewe but because it is their owne and will needes defend that with toothe and nayle VVee looue and leeke the sense browght by the Churche not because it is our owne but for that wee stedfastly beleue it to be the very trewe sense of the scripture VVhich to be so not one priuatt man but the Churche being as S. Pawl calleth it the piller and sure grownd of truth and wherunto the spirit of truth was promised and sent hath tawght vs. But let vs yet a little

as we haue read talked vnto the heaueÌ„ly father in this sort Certainly I can not herin be deceiued Thy word o heauenly father haue I beleued that receyued I of the holy Ghost as the sure word of truth And a litle after I knowe assuredly sayd he that this my doctrine which is the word of God in the daye of vpright iudgemeÌ„t shall not only iudge lordes kinges and the whole world but allso the Angells them selues Doth not this honest man thinke him selfe as sure that his doctrine is the expresse woord of God as Luther or Caluin and yett for all that both his Luthers and Caluines are in deed the expresse worde of the diuell But whereto in the end cometh this geare Strawnge and wonderfull it is For lo whyle in this sort euery sect seeketh to vsurpe vnto it self alone the word of God and the true vnderstanding therof there is sprong vp a certayne newe kind of prophets which feare not eueÌ„ by the auctoritee of the scriptures to withdraw all auctoritee from the scriptures Lo wher to at last Sathan hath brought this reckening Forsooth to this that he hath draweÌ„ wretched men to that passe that looke what doctrine euery of theÌ„ hath by chaunce imbracyd the same should he firmly persuade him selfe to be the expresse worde of God and not suffer him self by any reasons to be drawen from it Now therfore this is apparant that neuer almost was ther any heretike which did not coÌ„firme his errour by the scripture and which affirmed not his opinion to be the very word of God The thing it self so she wyth this that farther demonstration needith not but yet the chief of all heretikes of this our age doth also testifie the same who writeth That the holy scripture hath now at the last obteynid this name to be caullyd the heretikes booke because all heresies deryue their course and origi nal spring froÌ„ thence But to what end is this will some man saye Doo you go about to extenuat the word of God and to withdrawe auctoritee from it Haue you browght vs foorth so many thinges to the end to shewe that who so euer vseth the testimony of the scripture is an heretike No God forbid that wee should so myche as thinke a thing so straunge and vnsitting for any Christian man No wee rather saye as S. Hillary whilom did Heresye is in the vnderstanding not in the scripture The sence not the text is blamed Nothing is more holy then the scripture nothing of more auctorite nothing next God more worthy of all honour But what thing caÌ„ be so holy which the enemie of man kind abuseth not to the destruction of man VVee must not thinke that God alwayes openeth their mowthes whoÌ„ wee heare talke of the word of God and alleage the words of the scripture The most learned Origen did well note to vs that not seldoÌ„ the diuel also openeth the mowth of syche as vtter the word of god who speaketh alye sayth he it is cer tayne the diuel openeth his mowth to vtter a lye But thow wilt saye how may he lye that bringeth foorth the testimony of the scriptures which no good man doubteth to haue proceded froÌ„ the holy Ghost the spirit of truth and from whom floweth all truthe Short and redy is the aunswer hereunto In the scriptures themselues which we knowe to haue ben inspired from God aboue ther can in deed be no lye But in the sence which man bringeth of whom it is written euery man is a lyar hee that will saye there can not be a lye what doth he ells but denye the saying of God and as it were charge the holy Ghost of Vntruth VVhat then will soome man saye yf euery man bee a lyar dooth it therfore followe that what so euer a man speaketh what so euer hee bryngeth owt of the holy scripture should therfore be a lye God forbidd I saye not so How shall I then knowe when hee vtteryth a lye This will the very Truth teache vs which can not lye For that sayeth whoo so euer vtteryth a lye vtteryth of his owne No man hath of his owne but synne and vntrouth But yf a maÌ„ haue any point of trouth or righteousnes that hath hee of God Hee therfore speakyth the truth which vtteryth not that is of him self but of God But thow wilt saye agayne Speakyth he not froÌ„ God which recyteth the very words of God and the testimonies of the scriptures Yow haue heard now not only once but often opened vnto yow by me that the diuel also alleageth testimonies of the scriptures and yet doth he not therfore speake the truth because he speaketh of his owne VVhat is this speaking of his owne It is when he bryngeth his owne sence of the scripture and not the sence and meaning of God For this is to bean heretike as before we taught out of S. Ambrose to buyld his owne sence vpon the wordes of the lawe and so by the wordes of the lawe to impugne the lawe But how shall I discerne when a man bryngeth his owne sence and when the true sence and meaning of God This will that notable doctour of the Church S. Augustine teache vs who in this sort speaketh vnto God Thy truthe lorde is neither myne nor his or his but common to vs all whom thow doost openly call to the communion therof terribly warning vs that we presume not to make the same priuat lest wee be depriued therof For who so euer doth challenge as proper to him self that which thow hast geeuen foorth to bee enioyed of all and will make that his owne peculiar which is common to all hee is throwen downe from that which is common to his owne that is to saye from truth to vntruth for hee that maketh a lye speaketh of his owne Doest thow now vnderstand whoo speaketh of his owne that is to saye whoo speaketh vntrought Truth thow seest is not his or his but is common to all All hath God caullyd publikely to the communion therof VVho so euer therfore maketh priuatt that is publyke whoo so euer challengith to him self and coÌ„tenciously will make his owne proper that which by charitee is commoÌ„ to all hee speakith of him self hee speakith an vntrouth For truth is not any wher ells but among all that is to saye in the Catholike or vniuersall Churche Therfore whoo so euer seekith owt any singular vnderstanding or inuenteth any strange and vnknowen expositions or bringeth to the world any newe and singuler opinions though hee shewe six hundreth testimonyes of the scriptures because hee vnderstaÌ„deth them not with that sence wich is receiued of the Catholike Churche but ioyneth therunto his owne proper and priuat exposition he speaketh of him self and therfore speaketh an vntrouth for the truth is not with any one but with all that is to saye in the Catholike Churche wherunto the light of sownd and true

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