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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	apostle_n	church_n	successor_n	2,259	5	9.0758	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18712	A brefe treatyse declaryng what and where the churche is, that it is knowen, and whereby it is tryed and knowen. Made by Iohn Churchson	Churchson, John.	1556 (1556)	STC 5219; ESTC S109858	36,742	164

ipso nomine ostenderent quia per totum est secuÌ„dum totum enim catholon grece dicitur A question is amonge vs wher the church is whether it be among vs or amonge them meanyng the donatystes the whych churche truely is one the whych our forefathers named catholyke that they by the verye name it selfe myghte declare that it is through all for thys worde Catholon is in greke expressed in and by all the whole This of AusteÌ„ teacheth the holy church to be called catholyke of the forefathers to s Austen Aug. to 2 epi 170 that by that very vocable we myghte vnderstande the same not to be affyxed or tyed to anye one Realme nation or people but to extend to al men of euery countrye excludynge no man that doth communycate in chrystes one fayth and one baptysme whiche agreeth to the holy kyng and prophete Dauyd postula a me et dabo tibi gentes hereditateÌ„ tuam et possessioneÌ„ tuam termi nos terre Aske of me sayeth the heauenlye father to his onelye sonne our sauiour Iesus christ and I wyl giue to the nations to thyne inheretaunce and for thy possessioÌ„ the extreame borders of the worlde consonant to Dauid is this of Christ himselfe Math. 8. Multi ab oriente et occidente uenient et recumbent cum Abraham Isaac Iacob in regno celorum Many shal come from the East and from the West whyche shall reste with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kyngedome of heauen Euthimius Euthimius a greke author vp on thys texte sayeth That by East and West is signifyed all places of the vniuersall worlde soo that of all the partes of the whole world there be that do obeye the Gospell taught by the Apostles their successours whych hath doth and shal witnes with mouthe or penne the catholyke faythe vnto the furthesse people of the worlde accordyng to Chryst Actes 1. hys sayinge vnto them you shall wytnesse me in Ierusalem in all Iurye in all Samary and so fourthe to the vttermoste partes of the Earth By thys Scryptures it is most playne the holy churche to be catholike and vniuersall and not perticuler as in England or any other partyculer realme or countrye and therefore the Apostles taught it and named it catholyke saying I beleue the holy catholike Churche whyche is the coÌ„munyon and felowshype of sayntes Vincent Lirinens that is to say of catholikes as expounded it Vincentius Lirinensis aboue a leuen hundred yers past bycause the church extendeth to all partes vniuersallye of the whole world By Paule also it is euydent that the churche is vniuersall saying Rom. 10 Non est distinctio iudci et grecae There is no difference betwene the I we and the gentle Act. 10. And by Petre. Non est personarum acceptor deus sed in omni gente qui timet deum et operatur iustitiam acceptus est â—lli God doth not partially accept men nor is an affectionat estemer of persones but he that feareth hym and worketh ryghteousnes is accepted of hym in al and euery nation and place so that no countrye Prosp â—t cap. 29 excludeth from God any person fearyng hym for as Ioseph made barnes throughout all Egypte to laye therein their whete not moueable with euery wynde euen so Chryste our Lorde and gouernor dyd consecrate hys churche thoroughe the wholle worlde therin to place his faythefull constant and immoueable in all stormes of temptations moued agaynst the materyall poynte of chrysten relygioÌ„ Bye the barnes the churche is signifyed bye all egypte Prosper all the worlde is represented sayth prosperus whereby it is enforced the holye churche to be catholycke and vniuersal that is to saye to streatche into euerye realme regyon and natyon of this worlde Wherewith that singular doctor S. Austen makethe most manyfestlye Ecclesia est corpus Christi capitis Augu in Psal 57. non ista aut illa sed toto orbe diffusa The church is the body of Chryst the hed therof not this or that church but the churche whiche is defunded and spred abroade all the world It is to be marked that the churche whych is the misticall body of Chryst is not a perticuler Churche included in this or that corner but a catholyke congregation spreddyng abroade her beames braunches into all nations for thys purpose maketh fully also this notable saying of Saynt Austen folowynge Credimus sâ—nctâ—m ecclesiam catholicam Au. to 10 sermo de temp 181 sciendum est quod ecclesâ—am credere non tamen in Ecclesiam credere debemus Quia ecclesia non est deus sed domus dei est catholicam dicit toto orbe diffusam quia diuersorum hereticorum ecclesiae ideo catholice non dicuntur quia perloca atque suas quasque prouincias continentur hec uero a solis orâ—u vsque ad occasum fidei splendore diffunditur We beleue the holye catholyke churche we should learne the churche to be but not beleue in the church for the churche is not God but the house of God catholyke he calleth it because it is spredde throughe al the worlde For the conuenticles of oure aduersaunt heretikes are not for that called catholyke because they are conteyned within certeyne perticuler places and theyr owne seuerall prouynces but thys churche stretcheth from the risynge of the sonne to the goynge downe of the Sonne with the splendeÌ„t and shyning lyghte of one fayth As bye the interpretation of this worde catholyke s AusteÌ„ teacheth vs where the churche is that is the churche to be in all places of the worlde euen frome the east to the west so he teacheth the vnleafull assemblyes of heretikes to be but in anguler places and seueral prouynces Wherefore they be not the catholyke churche of Christe but the malignaunte churche of Sathan The places also named by Peter in the Actes as Pontus Galatia Capadotia Asia Bithinia Phrigia Pamphilia Mesopotamia Egypt the partes of Lybye c. And Smurna Pergamus Sardis Thiatris Philadelphie Laodicea the Ephesians to whome S. Iohn dyd wryte the Apocalypse The Romaynes Corynthes Galathians Ephesians Philippians Collocensians Thessalonians Hebrues to whom Paule dydde wryghte The dispersed tribes to whome Iames dyd wryte The people dyspersed as strauÌ„gers at Pontus Galathians Capados Asie Bythinie vnto whom Peter dydde wryte do testifye the church to be catholyke and vnyuersall and vniuersally to extend into al realmes regions nations prouinces and countreyes throughe the whole vniuersall worlde and therefore to be not in this or that countreye onely but to be in all the worlde to the vttermost people of the four partes thereof Psal 18. For the sounde of the Apostles and preachers went into al landes and their wordes into the endes of the worlde Therfore I may well conclude with Austens saying folowynge Sicut per uerba dei nouimus ubi sit plantatus paraâ—isus Aug to 7 â—ont lite petil li. 2 sic â—er uerba Christi ubi

obtinet omnes geÌ„tes Shall not we my brethren showe the churche as the new mone is shewed to men is not the churche euydente is it not manyfest rayneth it not in all nations To the whyche manyfest church he gaue manifest and visible ministers as Apostles Prophetes Ephe. 4. euangelystes pastores and doctours which are were and shal be to the worldes ende vysyble and not inuisible Math. 5 for to them Christ said Vos estis lux mundi You are the lyght of the world which cold not be true yf they were not sene and perceiued If the church be not sensible but insensible then the sacramentes the ministerye ecclesiasticall offyces the Ecclesystycall mynysters the vocations to Ecclesiasticall offyces Yea the worde of GOD wrytten and preached shoulde be insensyble whyche shoulde be agaynste Saynte Paule saying Rom. 10 Faythe is by hearynge and hearynge by the worde of Chryste Seynge therefore by these aucthoryties I haue although brefelye yet suffisientli proued the catholycke churche which is eueri where to be manifestly knowen I will lykewise god helping proue the same not to erre in the materyall points of our religioÌ„ although some corrupte meÌ„bres be therof The catholyke churche doth nor erre For albeit in this vnyuersal churche whyche is vysyble be many bad so well as good iniust as iust folyshe vyrgyns Mat. 25 as wyse euel sedes as good sedes and in the net badde fyshes as good Mat. 13 yet we may not thinke the same catholyke vysyble Churche to erre in the necessarye poyntes of Chrystyanitye no more then dyd the apostles in ther belefe preachinges doctryne bycause trayterous Iudas was of ther felowship we maye no more brynge the doctryne ordinaunces and interpretations set fourthe to vs by the vniuersall Churche in doubte by cause there be some bad therin then we maye call in doubt the Apostles doctrine bycause euell Iudas was of that congregation If it be an vntruthe to affyrme that all the hole company of Aungelles in heauen dyd erre bycause some of them dyd erre and fell from heauen Who wyll affyrme to be a truethe the whole multytude of Chryste hys Churche whyche the scrypture calleth the kyngdome of heauen Mat. 13 to erre bycause some euyll chrystians therein do erre The arche of Noe Gene. 7. an expressed fygure of the Church hauyng therin beastes clene vnclene hauing therin ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Cham the wicked chyld of Noe wyth the rest that were good erred not from the tuition and protection of God nor were drowned in the deuouryng whaues of the ragynge floude but was coÌ„tynually in the sure certain and safe custodye of almyghty God so preserued kept in most certeyne safetye to the full ende of the said floude shal we then say or thynke the catholyke churche of chryst the verye veretye represented by that arke to erre and wander from Chryst Ephe. 15. and Chryst his regiment the hed thereof seing that he is Seruator corporis sui The Sauyour and preseruer of hys body whyche is the Church as teacheth the Apostle Paule Seyng Christ who is verytye hathe ben is and wylbe contynuallye with hys church to the worlds end Ioh. 14. and. 16. Seyng I saye that the holye Ghost the fyrme coÌ„forter hath ben is and wil be without surceasse duryng this worlde resydent in the same to teache it all the truethe and therein to comforte confyrme and establyshe it At Antioch were certeyne Iues which taught the Chrystians that excepte they were circumcised after the maner of Moyses they could not be saued after greate dysputation hadde therevpon wyth Paule Act. 15. and Barnabas the Iues woulde not be satysfyed as sectes commonly be not in soo much that Paule and Barnabas wyth others were sente to the Apostles and senyors at Iherusalem for the decision of this question among the whiche certayne that had bene of the pharisaycal secte and then christened affyrmed that christians ought to be circumcised and that the churche shoulde commaund the lawe Moysaicall to be kepte and yet Peter and Iames with other the congregation there decreed to the contrarye that the christians shoulde not be cyrcumcysed and were bolde to say and wryte Visum est spiritui sancto nobis c. It pleaseth the Holye ghoste and vs to burden you with no more but with these necessaryes c. Althoughe in this councell and congregation were some that erred as they which had ben Phariseis yet we cannot without impietie saye that the whole holye assemblye dyd erre Whyche truelye dydde saye it pleaseth the holye ghost and vs. Wherfore to affyrme the whole catholyke churche of Christe to erre in matters of our fayeth and necessarelye appurtenauÌ„t to christian manners because some euell be amongest them is a wycked sclaunder to the mistycall bodye of Chryste and an vngodlye blasphemye to Christe hymselfe the heade thereof yea and to the holye ghoste contynuallye resydente therein to whose inspirations reuelations instructions and regiment the catholyke churche alwaye is obedyently subiecte or els the holy gost wuld not contynuallye abyde in it accordynge to Chrystes promyse Ps 14â— whyche promyse cannot be vntrue for he is faythfull in all his wordes So that although that euel be mixt with the good in the churche yet we muste not thynke it to erre in the wayghtye matters 1. Tim â— but to stande to it as to the pyllar of trueth and not to forsake it as aduertyseth vs Saynte Cypryan Ciâ— epi 3 lib. 3. Et si uidentur in ecclesia esse zizannia non tamen impediri debet aut fides aut charitas nostra ne quoniam zizannia in ecclesia esse cernimus ipsi de ecclesia recedamus Although corrupt seeds do appeare and be sene in the church Yet our fayth or charity shuld not be lette molested nor troubled so that bycause we se corrupte and noughty seades growynge in the Churche therfore we should relinquyshe and forsake the churche but to suffer the euyll by charytie beyng studious and carefull to kepe the vnytie of the spyryte by the baÌ„d of peace as wylleth S. Paule and rather to be stronge in toleratyng the badde Ephe. 4. then to be vngodly in forsaking the good But forsake not they the churche for corrupte seades which for naughty chrystians sake do denye refuse and reiecte the Decisions determinations ordinaunces of the churche her vnderstandynges of scriptures and in slaunderynge the churche to erre in poyntes of our fayth and of chrysten relygyon bycause corrupted chrystyans be amonge the incorrupte Let vs remember that no man hauynge the ryghte vse of hys wyttes wyll refuse corne bycause chaffe or cockle is myxt with the corne no more can he be estemed a ryght christyan that reiectethe the vnyuersall churche of Chryste for the baddes sake therin Forasmuch as they whyche doo forsake the good holesome and true Doctryne of any preacher for hys euyll lyfes sake caÌ„not be accouÌ„ted obediente

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