Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	faith_n	good_a	temperance_n	1,131	5	11.1758	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13257	A confession of fayth made by common consent of diuers reformed churches beyonde the seas: with an exhortation to the reformation of the Churche. Perused and allowed accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.; Confessio Helvetica Posterior. English.	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Old, John, fl. 1545-1555.	1568 (1568)	STC 23554; ESTC S118060	120,110	316

true confessioÌ„ and to speake all at a worde saithe bringeth forthe al kinde of good Good workes come of â—uth fruites and good woorkes in vs. For we teache that true good workes doe spryng of a liuely faithe by the woorkyng of the holie ghoste and are doen of the faithfull accordyng to the wille or rule of God his woorde For Peter the Apostle faieth geue all diligence i. Peter i. thereunto and ioine vertue with your faithe and with vertue knowledge with knowledge temperauÌ„ce c. We saied before that the Lawe of GOD whiche is the will of God dooeth prescribe vnto vs a paterne of good workes And the Apostle affirmeth this is i. Thes iiii the will of God your sanctificacioÌ„ and that ye should abstaine from vnclennes that no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter For God workes that men inuente of their owne braine alloweth not those workes those worshippynges whiche wee chose of our owne hedde whiche Paule calleth volontarie religioÌ„ Whereof the lorde Collos ii also in the gospell saith Thei worship me in vain teachyng the doctrine and preceptes of men Wee reproue therefore suche woorkes but we highly coÌ„mende and earenestly require those woorkes whicheÌ„ be accordyng to the wille and commaundemente of God The ende of good workes We must therfore doe good dedes yet not to merite thereby life euerlastyng for as the Apostle saieth Life euerlastyng is the gifte of God nor to make our boaste or bragge thereof whiche Math. vi Christe reproueth nor yet for gaine whiche also he disaloweth Math. xxiij but to the glory of God to commende our vocacion to shewe our thankfulnesse to God and to profite our neighboure Againe our Lorde faieth in the Gospell Lette your light so shine before Math. v. men that thei maie see your good workes glorifie your father whiche is in heauen And the Apostle Paule Eyh iiij Walke as becommeth your vocacion Also Collo iij. Whatsoeuer ye shall doe saith he in worde or dede doe all in the name of the Lorde Iesus geuyng thankes to GOD the father through hym And Phil. ij Looke not euery man on his owne matters but on other mennes thynges also And Tite iij. Lette our brethren learne to shewe for the good woorkes for necessarie vses that thei be not vnfruitfull Albeit therefore wee teache as the We reiecte not good workes but necessarilie require them Apostle doeth that a man is Iustified freelie by faithe in Christe and not by any good woorkes yet we doe not dispise or condemne good woorkes wÃ©e knowing that man was not made nor regenerate by faithe to be idle but rather to dooe without ceassyng those thynges whiche are good and profitable For in the Gospell the lorde faith A good trÃ©e bringeth forthe good frute Math. xii And in Ihon. xv He that dwelleth in me bringeth forthe muche fruite To conclude the Apostle saieth wee are Gods creatures made in Christ Iesu to doe good woorkes whiche GOD hath prepared to walke in And again Heresies whoe deliuered hymself for vs to redeme vs from all our iniquitie and to cleÌ„se his owne peculier people which do good woorkes We condeÌ„ne therefore all those that despise good woorkes babblyng that thei are vnprofitable Oure good workes are not the cause of our saluation and not to bee regarded Notwithstandyng we thinke not as was saied before that we are saued by good workes or that thei are so necessarie that without them no manne was euer saued For by grace by Christes onely benefite wee are saued Woorkes come of saithe necessarily but yet saluacion is vnproperlie ascribed to theÌ„ for moste aptlie it is to bee attributed to grace For that saiyng of the Apostle is verie well knowen if it bee of grace it is no more of woorkes or els were grace no grace But if it bee of workes it is no more grace or els wer Rom. xi woorkes no more woorkes Those workes doubtlesse do please God and are allowed of hym whiche Good workes please God we doe with faithe because thei please him by faithe in Christ who doe good workes which also procede of the grace of God through the holie ghoste For saincte Peter saieth In euery nacion Actes x. he that feareth GOD and woorketh rightuousnesse is accepted with hym And we ceasse not to pray for you that ye might walke worthie of the Lorde Col. i. and please hym in all thynges beyng fruitfull in all good woorkes Therefore we instructe men with as muche Note diligeÌ„ce as we can and beate into their eares to embrase true and not false or Philosophicall vertues to doe in dede Hypocrites good workes and to performe the bouÌ„den duetie of a Christian manne We muche discommeÌ„de both the sluggishnesse hipocrisie of all suche as praise and professe the Gospell with their mouthe but with their filthie liuyng defile it And we laye before their yies Gods horrible threatenynges concernyng this matter his large promises liberall rewardes with exhortacions comfortes and rebukynges For wee teache that God geneth a God rewardeth our good deedes large rewarde to theim that doe good accordyng to the Prophettes saiyng Refraine thy voice from wepyng for Iere. xxxi Esaie iiii Math. v. x. thou shalte haue a rewarde for thy woorke Christe also promiseth in the gospell Be glad and reioyce for great is your reward in heauen And he that will geue to one of these little ones a Cuppe of colde water verelie I saie to you he shall not lose his reward Howbeit wee referre this rewarde whiche the Lorde geueth not to mennes merite Note who receiue the rewarde but to why God rewardeth them that doe good deedes the goodnesse liberalitie and truthe of God promisyng and geuyng it who notwithstandyng he oweth nothyng to any man yet hath promised to giue a rewarde to theim whiche faithfullie worshippe hym but to that ende GOD bestoweth on theim his rewarde that thei should serue hym Furthermore there be many thynges vnmete to bee presented to God and sundrie thynges are founde vnperfite euen in the sainctes deÃ©des or workes But because God receiueth them into his fauour and loueth the workers for Christ his sake he geueth them the rewarde whiche he promised theim For otherwise our rightuousnesse is likened to filthie clothes The Lorde Esaie lxiiii Luke xvii Mennes merites merite nothyng also saieth in the Gospell When you haue doen all that is coÌ„maunded you saie ye are vnprofitable seruantes we haue dooen but that whiche was our bounded duetie to not Albeit then we Note Augu. teache that God rewardeth our good deedes yet we teache there withall as Augustine doeth that God crowneth in vs not our merites but his owne gifte And therefore what reward soeuer we receiue we affirme that it cometh of the grace of God worthelier called grace then a rewarde because that good which we do is doen rather by God his

wherby we must be saued but the name of Christe in whome truely whosoeuer deliteth and taketh pleasure they sÃ©eke nothinge without his helpe How be it we contemne not the Sainctes nor thinke of them as we doo VVhat honour is to be giuen to Sainctes of the common people for we acknowledge them to be the liuely Images of Christe the louers of God who haue ouercome the fleshe the worlde with glory we loue them therefore as our bretherne and honour them also but not with godly honour but haue them in honorable estimatioÌ„ and geue them their due and iust prayse we imitate also their good steppes for we moste earnestly desire and wishe that we beinge folowers of their faith and vertues may be made with theÌ„ partakers of eternall life and maye dwell together with God for euer In this behalfe we like the sentence of S. Augustine of true Religion sayinge Let vs not thinke it any Religion to woorshippe dead men Yf they haue liued godly they are not thought to be suche as require of vs that honour but rather suche as would haue vs to woorshippe God and reioyce when the eies of our harte be opened throughe his mercie wherby we are made felowseruantes of their rewarde They are therefore to be honored for imitation not to be adored for Religion Much lesse doo we beleue that the Reliques of Sainctes are Reliques of Sainctes to be woorshipped The holy Sainctes in olde time thought that they had sufficiently honored the dead if they had Honoringe the dead honestly and comely committed their Reliques to the earth wheÌ„ their soules were ascended into Heauen And they estÃ©emed the vertues learninge and faithe of their forefathers to be moste precious reliques of all other whiche giftes of God as they extolled when they praysed the dead so they indeuored to expresse in their owne dÃ©edes while they liued here on the earth The selfe same olde auncient holy men To svveare by the name of God onely Deut. 10. Exod. 23. swoore not but by the name of the onely God Iehouah according to his law by the whiche lawe as it is forbidde to sweare by the name of strauÌ„ge Gods so we take no solemne Othes required in the Sainctes name we reiecte therfore in all these poinctes the doctrine that attributeth to to muche honour to the Sainctes whiche be in Heauen Â¶ Of Gods Prouidence Cap 6. WE beleue that all thinges in All thinges are gouerned by God his Prouidence Heauen in Earth and all his creatures are preserued and gouerned by the Prouidence of this wise eternall and omnipotent God For Dauid testifieth saying The Lord is high aboue all nations and his glorie aboue the HeaueÌ„s who is like vnto the Lorde our God that hath his dwellinge Psalm 113. on high who abaseth himselfe to beholde thinges in Heauen in earth Againe he saieth Thou hast foresÃ©ene all my waies for there is not a woorde in my tounge but lo thou knowest it Psalm 139. wholly O Lorde Paule also witnesseth in him we liue moue and haue Act. 17. our beinge Rom. II. Of him and thorowe him and for him are all thinges Most truely therfore and according to the Scriptures hath Augustine in his booke De agone Christi Cap. 8. pronouÌ„ced The Lorde sayde are not two sparowes solde for a farthinge and one of them shall not lighte on the grounde without your father By which woords Rom. 10. he woulde declare vnto vs that euen that whiche men thinke moste vile is gouerned by the omnipotent powre of the Lorde For so speaketh the trueth himselfe the fowles of the ayre are fedde by him and the Lilies of the Mat. 6. fielde were clothed of him and the heares of oure head are numbred WÃ©e condemne therefore Epicures Heresies Epicures whiche denie the Prouidence of God and al those which blasphemously say that God is occupied about the whÃ©eles of Heauen and neither seeth nor yet careth for vs and our matters Dauid also the kingly Prophete accuseth theÌ„ sayinge Lorde howe longe shall the Psalm 94. wicked triumphe They say the Lorde shall not sÃ©e neither will the God of Iacob regarde it Vnderstande ye vnwise amonge the people and ye fooles when will ye be wise he that planted the eare shall he not heare or he that formed the eye shall he not sÃ©e How be it we dispise not the meanes as vnprofitable whereby the diuine prouidence VVe ought not to dispise lavvfull meanes to bringe thinges to passe woorketh but we teach that we should so farrefoorth vse them as they are coÌ„mended vnto vs in Gods woorde Wherefore we disalowe theyr rashe woordes whiche saye If all thinges be gouerned by the woorde of God doubtles our indeuours and studies be in Obiection vaine it shall suffise if we committe al thinges to the gouernaunce of Gods prouidence neither is there cause why we shoulde be more carefull for any matter or doo any thinge els For although Solution Paule did acknowledge that he sayled by the prouidence of God who saide to him Thou muste beare witnesse of me at Rome also who more Act. 23. ouer promised sayinge No man shall be loste neither shal there an heare fal Act. 27. from the head of any of you yet notwithstandinge the selfe same Paule auouched to the Centurion and Souldiers except these abide in the shippe ye can not be saued For God whiche hath appoincted an ende for euery Note thing euen he hath ordeined also both the beginninge and meanes by the whiche he may come to the ende The Ethnickes ascribe the gouernment of To fortune vve ought not to attribute thinges Iam. 4. thinges to blinde Fortune and vncertaine chaunce but S. Iames will not haue vs say to daye or to morowe we will goo into suche a Citie continue there a yere and bie and sell and gette gaine but addeth for that we ought to saye if the Lorde will if we liue we wil doo this or that And Augustine showeth in 148. Psal all thinges in the worlde which vaine men thinke to be done by chaunce are not done but by Goddes woorde because they are not brought to passe without his coÌ„maundement So it semed that it was done by chaunce or fortune that Saull sÃ©eking his fathers Asses should light vpoÌ„ the Prophets Samuell But God said 1. Sam. 9. before the Prophet To morowe I will sende to thÃ©e a man of the tribe of Beniamin c. Â¶ Of the Creation of all thinges of Angels of the Deuell and of Man Cap. 7. THis good omnipotent God hath God made all thinges created by his eternall woorde al thinges both visible vnuisible and preserueth theÌ„ by his euerlastinge spirite as Dauid witnesseth sayinge By the woorde of God the heaueÌ„s were made and all the hoste of them by the Psal 33. breath of his mouth all thinges that God made were very good created for

and are no more called onely water bread and wine but also regeneracion or the wasshyng of renouacion also the bodie and bloude of the Lorde or sacramentes of the bodie and bloude of Christ Not that the signes are chaunged into the thynges signified and that thei cease to be that whiche thei are by their owne nature for then thei should not be SacrameÌ„tes nor signes but onely the thynges signified but therfore the signes beare the names of the thinges because thei are misticall tokens of holie thynges and the signes and thynges signified are ioigned together sacramentallie I saie thei are ioigned or vnited by a misticall significacion by the will and counsaille of hym who ordained SacrameÌ„tes For water bread and wine are not common but holie signes and be that instituted water of Baptisme did not institute it to the intent that the faithfull should bÃ©e wasshed with the water of Baptisme onely And he that commauÌ„ded in his supper to eate bread and drinke wine ment not that the faithful should take the bread and wine onely without a misterie as thei eate breade at home in their houses but also that they shoulde spiritually bee partakers of the thynges signified and be in dÃ©ede by faithe wasshed from their synnes and fedde in Christ through faithe Therfore we allowe not those who attribute the sanctifiyng of the Sacramentes Heresies to I knowe not what Caracters and to the recityng or to the vertue of woordes promised of the consecrater or of him that hath an intent to consecrate or els to accidentall thynges which are deliuered to vs neither by woorde nor by example of Christe nor his Apostles Nether dooe wÃ©e allowe their doctrine who speake of the Sacramentes as though thei wer coÌ„moÌ„ signes not signifiyng som weightie matter or not of greate vertue or efficacie Neither allow we those who so muche regard the inuisible thynges ment by the Sacrament that thei despise the visible thynges in the Sacramentes beleuyng that it is superfluous for them to receiue the signes because thei imagine that thei enioie alreadie the thinges ment by theÌ„ Such heretikes the Messalians are named to bee Neither doe we allowe their doctrine who teache that grace and the thynges signified are so tied to the signes and encluded in them that whosoeuer receiueth the signes outwardlie bee partakers also what maner of man soeuer he bee of the inwarde grace and spirituall thinges signified by the Sacramentes Notwithstandyng as wÃ©e dooe not ponder the worthinesse of the Sacramentes The Sacrament is not the worse for the vitiousnes of the receauer by the worthinesse or vnworthinesse of the ministers so we compte theim not better or worse for the vertue or vice of the receiuers For we acknowledge that the worthinesse of the Sacramentes doe depende of faithe and of the mere goodnes of God For as the woorde of God remaineth the true worde of God wherein not onely the bare wordes are rehersed while it is preached but all thinges signified by the wordes are offered of God Albeeit wicked and Infidelles heare the wordes and vnderstande them but yet enioye not the thynges ment thereby because thei receiue theim not with a true faithe Euen so the Sacramentes consistyng in the worde the signes and thynges signified remaine true perfect Sacramentes not onely signifiyng holie thynges but also God offeryng them the thynges signified althoughe vnbeleuers receiue not the thynges offered This cometh to passe not through the defaulte of the geuer or of God the offerer but of men receiuyng without faithe and vnworthely Whose incredulitie maketh not Roma iii. the faith of God of none effect or force Furthermore seyng that in the beginnyng where it was declared what sacramentes were wÃ©e brieflie shewed to what ende thei were instituted wÃ©e neede not tediouslie to reporte that whiche wee haue ones saied It followeth therefore that wee seuerallie treate of the Sacramentes of the new Testamente Â¶ Of holie Baptisme Chapi 20. BAptisme was firste inuented Christ ordained baptisme and sanctified of GOD Ihon beeyng the firste that baptised Christe with water in the riuer of Iordane Afterward this office was committed to the Apostles who Baptised also with water The Lorde in plaine woordes commaunded them to preache the Gospell Math. 28. Actes ii and to Baptise In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost Peter also answered in the Actes to the Iewes demaundyng of him Act. ii what thei should doe Let euery one of you bÃ©e baptised in the name of Iesus Christe for the remission of your synnes and ye shall receiue the gift of the holie ghoste Wherefore Baptisme is called of many the firste signe of gods people because by it his electe begin to retaine to the liuyng Lorde There is but one Baptisme in the Churche of God wherewith it is sufficient once to be Christened For Baptisme once One baptisme receiued doeth indure all our life loÌ„g beyng a perpetuall sealyng of our adoptioÌ„ For to be Baptised in the name of Christ is to be written to be entred what it is to be baptised and receiued into the couenaunte and familie yea and into the inheritaunce of God his children yea euen now to be named by the name of God that is to be called the child of God to be purged also from the dregges of our synnes and to haue frely sundrie graces of God to leade a newe and innocente life Baptisme dooeth kÃ©epe in memorie and renewe God his benefites bestowed on mankinde For wee all are borne in the filthines of sinne and are the children of wrathe but God who is riche in mercie dooeth clense vs from oure sinnes frelie by the bloud of his soonne in whom he maketh vs by adopcion his soonnes knitteth vs to him with an holie couenaunte enricheth vs with sundrie giftes that wee maie be able to liue a newe life Al these benefites are sealed with Baptisme for inwardlie our soules and myndes are regenerate purified and made newe of GOD by the holie ghoste but outwardlie wee receiue the seale of his large giftes in water by the whiche those greate benefites are represented and as it were laied before our yies to beholde Therefore wÃ©e are Baptised that is we are wasshed and sprinckeled with visible water For as water maketh cleane our filthe doeth refresh we are baptised with water and coole our fainte and burnyng bodies so the grace of God doeth purge our soules from stinkyng synne after an inuisible sorte or spiritually God also separateth vs by the Sacraments of Baptisme from all other religions and from all other people and dooeth consecrate vs a peculier people to him and as his owne proper gooddes wheÌ„ therefore we are Christened wÃ©e confesse what we are bonde to doe by baptisme our faithe and are bound to God to obeye hym to mortifie our fleshe and to leade a newe life and are inrolled in the holie roule of Christe his souldiers to fight

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