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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	hate_v	know_v	persecute_v	2,062	5	9.5855	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06719	Dauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune by Theadore Basille	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1717; ESTC S110422	64,503	192

sweard some other wyse How were both they theyr doctrine blaspemed euell spoken of Were not they reported accused before the magistrates princes rulers that they were suche pesti ferous fellowes as troubled the cōmon weale yea al the worlde made insurreccions raysed vp sedicions gathered togyther vnlawful assem blies wrought cōtrary to the decre es of Cesar makyng another kyng euen Christe Were not they called vayne bablers Tydynges bearers of newe dyuels Sowers of straūg newe doctrine It is therfore no newe thyng for the prechers of god des worde the earnest louers of y e holye Scripture to be thus rayled vpon slaundered euell spokē of per secuted put to death euen for the glory of God shewyng of y e trueth What nede I rehearse the innume rable cōpanies of y e holy martyres which syns the Apostles tyme for y e testimony witnes of Gods worde haue suffered great persecuciō and at the last cruell death Read y e Hystories who y t lysteth he shal sone perceaue that persecuciō hath euer followed the true preachyng of god des word that y e chyrche of Christ hath thā moost floryshed in all kind of vertue the christen fayth bene moost strong whā there was moost extreme persecucion For the bloud of the holye martyrs is the water wherwith y e gospell of Christ is wa tered made to grow So that per secucion hyndreth not the glory of the gospell as the Nerolyke Tyraū tes iudge but furdereth it greatly And where mooste persecucion is there doth Gods worde moost of al florysh Nothyng hyndreth y e fayth of Christ so much as carnall securite flesshly quietnes For where all thynges are accordyng to the appe tite desyre of y e fleshe ther raygne beastlyke māners there is no care of God no inuocacion of the LORDES name no study of diuine religi on no meditacion in the holy scriptures no regarde of the poore people no desyre of innocent lyfe But whan persecucion once cōmeth for the worde of God than is God called vpon with moost harty feruēprayers than are the holy scriptures searched than do men study for the amedment of lyfe than do they seke y e accōplishment of gods moost holy wyll than are they altogither desyrous of celestiall thynges and vtterly contemne set at noughte what so euer pleseth the eies of carnall men in this worlde Therfore whan persecucion cōmeth for righteousnes sake let vs not despayre but make oure selues conformable to the wyll of God reioyce be me ry Let vs set before our eies the ex amples of Christ of all his chyrch euen from the begynnynge of the worlde Abel Abraham Isaac Iacob the people of Israel in Egipte Dauid Iosias the Prophetes and apostles We must sayth S. Paule be made lyke vnto the ymage of the sonne of God If our elder brother Christ possessed not the eternall enheretaunce but by the Crosse shall we that are of a meaner sorte thike to enioye it after a more easy sorte To whome is this sayenge vnknowē By many tribulaciōs we must enter into the kyngdome of God Christ bare the crosse but he bare it not awaye w t hym but lefte it here behynd hym to be borne of vs also yf we wyll be hys Disciples as he sayth yf any man cōmeth vnto me hatethe not his father mother wyfe chyldren systers yea hys owne lyfe he cā not be my disciple And who so euer bearethe not hys crosse comme the after me he can not be me disciple The disciple is not aboue the mayster nor the seruaūt aboue his Lord. It is inough that the disciple be lyke his master the seruaunte lyke his Lorde If they haue called y e father of y e house holde Beelzebu●… howe much more shall they so call them that be of his houshold If the world hate you ye knowe that it hated me before you Because ye are not of y e worlde but I haue chosen you out of y e worlde therfore doth the worlde hate you Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you the seruaunt is not greater thē his Lorde If they haue per secuted me they shall also persecute you If they haue kepte my worde they shall also kepe yours But all theise thynges shall they do to you for my names sake bycause they haue not knowen hym that hathe sente me Uerely verely I saye vnto you ye shall wepe lamente but the worlde shall reioyce Ye shall be sad but your sadnes shalbe turned into ioye In the world ye shal haue affliccion and trouble but be on a good cōforte for I haue ouercome the world Blessed are they y t suffer persecucion for righteousnes sake for vnto them belongeth the kynge dome of heauē Blyssed are ye whē mē shal reuile you persecute you speake euery euell worde agaynst you lyenge for my sake Reioyce be mery for great is your rewarde in heauē S. Peter also sayth dere lye beloued meruayle not whan ye be proued by fyre whiche thynge is done to trye you as thoughe some straunge newe thynge chaunsed vnto you but rather reioyse ī that ye are partakers of the passiōs and troubles of Christe that whan his glory shall appeare ye maye also be mery reioyse If ye be reuyled for the name of Christe blyssed are ye for the spirite whiche is the spirite of glory of God resteth vpon you Hereto pertaynethe the sayenge of S. Paule this is a true fayenge if we be dead with hym we shall lyue with him also If we suffer togither we shall also reygne withe hym If we deny hym he also shall deny vs. If we be vnfaythfull yet abydethe he faythfull he can not denye hym selfe Of all theise scriptures it is euident that it is no sorowful but ioy full thynge to suffer persecuciō for ryghteousnes sake for the glorye of God the promocion of his moost blyssed worde Neither is it a token of gods wrath but rather of his sin gulare beneuolence and hygh good wyll towarde thē whiche are troubled for his sake For yf they be hap pye to whome it is gyuen to beleue in Christe howe moche more happy fortunate are they to whom it is not onlye gyuen to beleue in hym but also to suffer for him S Paule reioyced greatly in the Philippiās because it was gyuen them not on ly to beleue in Christ but also to suf fer for his sake For hereby are they assured to be Christes disciples and are abundantly certified that God loueth them carethe for them and hathe prepared for them a glorious celestiall mansion Rede the. xii chapter to the Heb. for thy cōforte Therfore as Dauid techethe vs here let vs fyrst beleue stedfastly in God afterward cōfesse that open ly before the worlde whiche we beleue in oure