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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	master_n	wife_n	2,782	5	6.2775	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17191	A most godly and learned discourse of the woorthynesse, authoritie, and sufficiencie of the holy scripture also of the cleerenesse, and plainnesse of the same, and of the true vse thereof. Wherin is discussed this famous question: whether the canonical scriptures haue authoritie from the church, or rather the church receiue authoritie from the Scriptures. By occasion wherof are touched the dignities and duties of the church, touching traditions, with aunswere to all obiections. Translated out of Latine into English, by Iohn Tomkys: and dedicated to the right honorable Sir Richarde Pipe, knight, lorde maior of the citie of London.; De scripturae sanctae praestantia. English.	Tomkys, John.; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.	1579 (1579)	STC 4067; ESTC S112817	96,469	260

thinges which hee shewed and spake it may not be said that he himselfe did not write because his mēber● ●…ote that which they knew the head ●…structing them For whatsoeuer hee ●…ould that we shoulde read touching ●…s deedes and wordes that did hee ●●mmaūd them to write as his owne ●…ndes Whosoeuer shall vnderstande ●…is fellowship of vnitie and ministerie ●f members agreeing in diuerse offi●…s vnder one head he wil none otherwise take that which he shall reade in ●he Gospel by the report of the disci●les of Christ then if he had beholden ●he verie hand of the Lorde which he ●are in his own bodie writing it Loe what can be more euident then this wit●esse of this most holie man Christ wrote in his Disciples inasmuch as ●hey wrote that which hee shewed and ●pake yea and whatsoeuer he would that we should reade of his deedes wordes ●hat did he commaund them to write as ●hough they had beene his owne hands ●o that we ought none otherwise to take ●he report of the Euangelists then if we had beholden the verie hand of the Lord writing it Are not these most vaine men ashamed to scatter cloudes in so cleare weather Marcus Scaurus when he was accused of treason openly before the people of Rome by one Varius sayde thus Varius Sucronensis sayeth that Marcus Aemelius Scaurus hath committed treason agaynst the common wealth Marcus Aemilius Scaurus denieth it whether will you beleeue At this worde the people forthwith stopped the accion Howe much more iustly may I in this controuersie appeale to indifferent iudges and say Irenaeus and Augustine being most ancient and holy fathers yea and the consent of all the Catholike Church d ee affirme that the Apostles and Euangelists haue comprehended in writing the doctrine of Christ by the commaundement and will of the lord The Herinates the Pighic● the Peresies the Lindanes the Andradies denie it I pray you whether will you beleeue Let them therefore lea●● 〈◊〉 to barke against so cleare truth let them reasse to diminish the holy authoritie of Scripture yea rather let them repe●t them of their errour and madnesse The fifth Chapter ●hat all things which concerne faith godlinesse and saluation are fully and sufficiently conteined in Scripture NOw our aduersaries are cast forth of their fortresse by the force of Truth we shal haue more liberty to cope with them in the open field It remaineth ●herefore that wee handle now more at ●arge that which lately we touched in ●ewe woordes that is to say that wee proue that all thinges which concerne ●ayth and godlinesse are fully and absolutely conteyned in the Scripture And God hath giuen so perfect a law that he hath straghtly forbid anie thing to be added therevnto And howe seuerely the Lord hath reuenged this presumption if any thing haue beene added in the rites much more in the doctrine so many most graue sermons of the Prophetes which are the interpreters of the lawe made touching these matters all the holie Histories yea and Christ himselfe doe most euidently witnesse There must be the same iudgement touching the Gospel forsomuch as it is much more excellent then the Lawe Except we should peraduenture thinke that God after hee had sent his Sonne into the worlde had lesse care for his Church or shoulde suppose that the Apostles vsed lesse diligence in that poynt then did the Prophetes Tertullian exclaimeth saying Happie is the Church for whome the Apostles haue powred foorth all the doctrine of GOD euen with their bloud Paule witnesseth that he hath expounded to the Ephesians all the counsell of God touching euerlasting saluation without anie shifting dissimulation Can it bee proued that Paul taught anie thing which he did not write Can it bee denied that the full doctrine of the Gospell is plainely comprehended in his Epistles But least I shoulde bee long I will content my selfe to alledge one but yet a verie plaine sentence of Paule For that being thorowly handled will plainely shewe the perfection and sufficiencie of the Scripture Hee ●●refore aboute the ende of his life ●●en as the bookes of the newe Testa●●nt were written and set foorth spea●●th thus to Timothie the Bishoppe ●t continue thou in the thinges ●hich thou hast learned which also ●ere committed vnto thee knowing ●f whome thou hast learned them and that from an infante thou hast ●nowne the Scriptures which are a●le to make thee wise vnto saluation ●hrough fayth which is in Christ Ie●●s All Scripture is giuen by in●piration of GOD and is profita●le to doctrine to reproue to correc●ion to instruction which is in righ●eousnesse that the man of God may ●e perfect throughly instructed vnto ●ll good woorkes Herevnto agreeth ●he place Rom. 15. Whatsoeuer things haue beene written afore time were written for our learning that we tho●ough pacience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope Which two places being weyed it will plain●y appeare that the Scripture is in ●ll poyntes most perfect For in them doeth the Apostle comprehende all the vse of holye Scriptures and deuideth it into fiue pointes 1. Doctrine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth the documentes of our Religion as when we intreate of God of Gods prouidence of Predestination of the Iustification and glorification of men of the Lawe of sinne of the Gospel of Fayth of charitie of hope of Christes incarnation of his death and resurrection of the resurrection of all the dead and of such like matters 2. Reprofe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is whereby we reproue and conuince them which do not reason rightly and which commit faultes in gathering their arguments Wherevpon Aristotle instituteth that part of Logike wherein he sheweth the way to discouer the guiles and deceytes of Sophistes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Elenghkes that is to say of Reprofes It is therefore Reproofe whereby the errours of Heretikes of Philosophers or of anie other whiche iudge euill of Religion are vanquished and confuted 3. Instruction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 conteineth the teaching of godly life 〈◊〉 the informing of manners as when ●n of all degrees are put in minde of ●ir duetie that euerie man maye haue ● care for that whiche belongeth vnto ●m as when wee teache what is seeme● for the ministers of the Church what ●r husbandes what for wiues what ●r children what for maisters what for ●●ruantes what for riche men what for ●oore men It is also instruction when ●xhortations are made to moue men to ●raye to doe almes deedes to fast to o●ey the Magistrate to repent and to ●mbrace all kinde of vertues For those ●hinges which perteine to this place are ●erie large For vnder instructions is ●omprehended all doctrine of vertues ●nd vices is comprehended whatso●uer concerneth the gouernement of a man him selfe of his house of a state ●is comprehended whatsoeuer maye bee referred to the Churche to the common wealth to all kindes of life Admonition 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉