Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	eat_v	fruit_n	serpent_n	1,943	5	9.6634	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06966	Newes out of heauen both pleasaunt [and] ioyfull, lately set forth to the great co[n]solacion [and] co[m]forte of all christen me[n]. By Theodore Basille.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1541 (1541)	STC 1739; ESTC S109665	42,752	126

your maystershyp At another tyme God furtherynge me in my studies I shall wyth no lesse dilygence compyle ether workes no lesse serious weyghtye graue dedicatynge thē to your maystershyppes name as I truste to the glorye of God y e edificacion of his churche and the immortalytye of youre renowne In the meane season I shal moost hertely desyre God y e author of euery yeare that this new yeare with many other maye euer begyn vnto you wyth good fortune procede w t better ende wyth y ● whiche is beste and alwaye be prosperous and fortunate so long as they last God preserue your ryght worshypful maystershyp with the good gentle woman your wyfe in cōtinual helth and prosperous felicite Amen ¶ Yours at wyll cōmaūdement Theodore Basille The newes out of Heauen ¶ Gabriel the Aungel and Embassadour of god speaketh WHerfore are ye sadde o ye men mortall Wherfore do ye walke as persons desolate dismayd altogyther conforteles Wherfore do ye sygh wepe sob and take thought Wherfore do ye wrynge your handes teare your heere Whye rather do ye not reioyce Why do ye not eleuate and lyfte vp your heades walkyng plesaūtly Why do ye not loke w t smylynge countenaunces Whye do ye not putte oute of youre hertes all thought care Why do ye not so cōpose set youre selues that all the gesture of youre body maye frāckely wyth a lustye courage declare youre ioye myrth gladnes felicite and pleasaūce Ther is beleue me not one cause of sadnes but of gladnes many ye innumerable For God is nowe nomore an enemy vnto you but a dere frende He is become of a cruell iudge a mercifull sauyour of an austere and fearce LORDE a bounteous and gentle father of an extreme reuenger a tender forgyuer to be shorte he is now become the very same vnto you y ● a moost tender moost gentle moost louynge moost bounteous mooste kynde moost benefycial moost liberal most benygne father is to y ● his natural sonne whome he moost int●erlye loueth and tenderly inhalseth aboue al the other Howe therfore can ye be sadde Howe can ye any otherwyse than reioyce and be mery seynge that al doloure all so rowe all care all grefe all payne al perrell all trouble all daunger all disquietnes all hatred all malyce all emnite all maliuolence all euell wyll all wrathe all displeasure all desyre of vengeaunce and all that euer is cōtrary to your ioye pleasaunce to your health and cōforte to your rest and tranquilitie is vtterly extinguysshed so put awaye for euer and euer that you whiche are of Gods faythful cōgregaciō obediēt to his word redy to accomplysshe his moost holye and deuyne wyll shall neuer after this perysshe fall out of fauour but haue eternall lyfe And all this is come to passe thorowe Gods grande mercies by the glorious natiuite moost blessed byrth of his welbeloued son Iesus Christe whiche this daye is borne of a pure cleane virgine in Bethleē a citie of Dauyd thorowe the meruaylous and wōderfull operaciō of the holy Ghost y e he shoulde be a sauyoure yea and an omnisulficient sauyoure to saue his people that is to saye so many as beleue in hym from theyr synnes and from the daunger of Sattan that they maye be made inherytours of eternall glory These newes out of heauē am I Gabriel the Aungell and Embassadour of God sent for to declare vnto you that ye maye vnfaynedly reioyce not in vayne worldely thynges but fyrste in the LORDE GOD your sauyour afterwarde in celestial and heauenly thynges euer more be thankefull for them followynge worthy this inestimable benignite vnspeakable goodnesse of God y e father thorow Iesus Christ that these synguler benefytes may not at any tyme seme to be shewed vnto ingrate and vnthankeful personnes Me thinke I se you nowe begin to reioyse and skyppe for ioye yea and seriously to triumph as persōnes ful of francke courage at y ● hearynge of these moost pleasaunt and ioyfull newes which thyng certes to me is no vulgare delectacion smale pleasure But that you maye reioyce vnfaynedlye knowe that ye in dede haue an vrgente weyghtye cause to be glad yea and that with a contynuall myrth and suche a ioye as ought to be immortall neuer dye I wyl reherse to you in what damnable state ye were in before these moost confortable newes were sent vnto you from the mooste glorious and imperial seate of y e mooste blessed Trinite that you perceyuynge your owne miserable cōdicion may the more seriouslye reioyse in those swete and delectable newes God in the begynnynge as the holy scriptures testifye created mā accordyng to his owne similitude lykenes ymage y ● is to saye he in dued hym with immortalyte wyt reason sapience iustyce free wyll mercy goodnes holynes truethe all perfeccion and gaue hym impery and rule ouer all lyuyng creatures constitutynge hym in ioyefull Paradyse a gardē full of pleasure that he should worke in it kepe it geuyng hym also authorite power lybertye to eate of euery tree in y e garden saue only of y e tree of knowledge of good and euel yf man dyd eate of that neuer so sone god tolde him before y t he should dye the deth that is fall from the glorious state wherin than he stode become mortal wretched synfull miserable seruyle thraull captyue a very bōd slaue to Satan hated of god voyd of all goodnes bent to al myschefe the sonne of perdicion a fyre brand of hell a vessell of yre and wrathe All these thynges dyd God tell before to Adā that he myghte be prudent wyse circumspecte and the better inarme himselfe w t courageous valeaūce to fyght agaynst the crafty and subtyle assaultes of his enemy Not longe after Satan whom God before had throwen out of heauen for his arrogācy and pryde enuyeng man that blessed gloryous state wherin he dyd remayne desyrynge also hys lyke perdicion full craftely and lyke a wyly serpent attēpted the womā as y e more frayle vessell redy to be deuycte ouer come so that at the last thorow hys subtyl and crafty perswasions she gaue place to y ● tortuous wylye serpent y ● father of lyeng wyckedly transgressed Gods moost holy cōmaundement For Satan told her playnly that there was no daunger in eatyng of that fruyte which was forbyddē neyther should they dye the deathe though they so dyd yea rather theyr eyes should be opened and they shoulde be as goddes knowynge good and euell The woman beyng enflamed with these honylycke and swete entysementes seyeng also that the tree was good to eate of fayre to the eye and plesaunt to beholde toke the fruyte of it dyd eate and

this seed of a woman which shal trede downe the head of this serpent y ● is to say destroy his power delyuer you out of captiuite set you agayne at lyberte reconcyle you to God y ● father purchase remission of youre synnes obtayne the holy Ghost for you make you fellow heyres w t hym of eternall glory Satan synne death hell with all theyr armye shall nowe no more agaynste you preuayle For by this seed of a woman Iesus Christ your LORDE hath God gyuē you the victory So that nowe with tryumphant hertes and reioysynge spirytes ye may say O deth wher is thy styng O hell where is thy victory For nowe is he borne whyche shall ●●aye death delyuer you from the power of deathe yea from deathe it selfe shall he redeme you And hell shall he swallowe vp so that Satā shall haue no more domynion ouer you Moreouer in this seed alone Iesus Christ shall all nacions be blessed In Adā ye all were cursed but in Christe ye be all blessed Adam brought to you wrath and displeasure but Christ bryngeth loue and ●auour Adā is the author of synne death and dampnacion but Christ is the author of goodnesse lyfe and saluaciō Adam casteth you downe into hell but Christ lyfteth you vp to heuen Adā maketh you fyre brādes of hell but Christe maketh you inheritours of eternall glorye By the synne of Adā many were dead but by the goodnes of Christ grace hath come vpon many By the wickednesse of Adam synne came vpon all men vnto dampnacion but by the righteousnes of Christ saluaciō is come vpon al men vnto the iustificacion of lyfe By the disobediēce of Adā many were made synners but by the obedience of Christe many are made rygtheous Thus se you y ● in Christe ye are blessed that is pardoned of your synnes receiued īto fauour Furthermore this is he of whome Iacob dyd prophecy that he should come beyng loked for desyred of all naciōs This is that Prophet whome God promised to Moses that he woulde rayse vp amonge his brothers put hys wordes in his mouth so that whoso euer wyll not heare hym shall perysshe vtterly be destroyed This is he whyche was fygured in the olde lawe by so many tipes ceremonies and shadowes This is that kynge whose kyngdome God promysed vnto Dauid to corroborate establysshe for euermore This is that euerlastynge preeste after the order of Melchisedech This is he whome so manye kynges and Prophetes haue desyred to se. And now is he cōe which so lōg hath ben desyred How much blessed fortunate are ye therfore vnto whom it hath chaūsed to se this day ye maye wel reioyse clappe youre handes for ioye For he is not borne to be vnto you a tyrant a fearce LORDE a cruell iudge an extreme reuenger but a swete sauyour a gentle LORDE a bountyous fauourer a mercyfull forgyuer Whyche thynge ye maye well perceyue by his name for hys name is IESVS gyuen vnto hym of God hys father by the Aungell which by true interpretacion is a SAVIOVR For he it is that shal saue his people frō theyr sinnes Marke he shal saue them and not condēne thē If he had had a rigorous name ye myghte well haue ben afearde of hym but his name is full of swetenes pleasare delectacion cōforte And because ye shoulde not feare to come vnto hym beholde he is not borne royallye after y e maner of the wordly Prynces set out w t gallant pompe but humbly mekely lowely For he lyeth symply in a maunger wrapped in vyle cloutes whan not withstandynge he is LORDE ouer all thinges both in heauen and in earth But his kyngdome is not of this worlde For he hathe not so much as a place wher he may lay his head Thus is he become poore that by his pouertye ye shoulde become rytche O howe muche are ye bounde to this poure newe kynge sauiour which when he was in the forme of God ye very God himselfe toke vpō him y ● shape of a seruaūte and became very mā for your sake Yf she had not done thus certes ye had ben damned for euer and euer For youre synne was so haynous great that it coulde not otherwyse be taken awaye but only by hym By him yea by hym alone are all youre synnes put awaye He it is yea he it is alone which putteth awaye your iniquities for his owne sake wyll remember thē no more A righteous God suche a one as saueth is there none but he alone He is that lambe of God which taketh awaye the synne of the world He is that sauyour which is come into the world for to saue synners He it is in whose name and in none others vnder heauen men must be saued Moreouer dyuers graue weightye serious causes are there why it was conuenient that this youre sauiour should be borne Fyrst that in asmuch as ye all are greuous sinners haue broken all the cōmaundementes of God he shoulde fulfyll the lawe for you delyuerynge you from the curse of the lawe wherun to ye are bounde or els saued could ye be by no meanes And this shall this chylde whiche is nowe borne do for you I meane satis●y the law before he ascende agayne vnto his father set you free from the malediccion and curse of the lawe For Christ is the perfecte fulfyllynge of the lawe vnto iustificacion for euery one that beleueth Christ shall redeme you from the curse of y ● lawe whyle he is made accursed for your sake For it is writtē cursed be euery one y t hāgeth vpō a tree O what ioyfull trdinges are these vnto you for to heare y ● Christe shall delyuer you from the curse of the lawe and restore you vnto lyfe whiche before were dead Secondly seyng that the world is without all knowlege of god corrupte with Idolatrye poysoned w t theyr owne ymaginacions drowened with Ipocrisy and altogyther s●t on wickednes the head Prestes Bisshops lawers Scribes Pharisees corruptyng the holy scriptures on such maner with theyr pestilent gloses it is necessary that this Christe the wisdomme of the father come downe redresse theise great absurdities reducyng bringynge the deuyne Scriptures agayne to theyr true sence that men maye for sake all Idolatrye all vngodly doctryne all wycked customes lerne to knowe the true God And surelye as he is come from God to be a mayster teacher so wyll he vndoutedly teache godly thynges For he that cōmeth from heauen is aboue al men And that he hathe sene and hearde that wyll he testify For he whome God hath sent speaketh the wordes of God For God gyuethe not hym the spyrite to a measure But the spyryte of God is plenteously vpon hym because he hath an