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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	minister_n	people_n	2,506	5	4.7611	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03618	An answer vnto my lord of wynthesters [sic] booke intytlyd a detection of the deuyls sophistrye wherwith he robith the vnlernyd people of the trew byleef in the moost blessyd sacrament of the aulter made by Johann Hoper.	Hooper, John, d. 1555.	1547 (1547)	STC 13741; ESTC S104200	95,800	166

of his sonne Therfor it is sayd Hoc facitead recordationē mei do it in the Remembrance of me what the supperis And how it was institutid we se by the scripture Now of the other part behold the masse and bring it to the gospell then shalt thow perceaue it is no ceremonie institutid by Christ or his Aposteles Nether nothing done therin according to the scripture but euery thing contrary unto the scripture Where as Paule callyth it à communion and would all the church to receaue it under booth kindes They say it is best to be apriuat masse and eatyn by one pryst Paule willith the gospell of Christe to be preachyd unto the congregacion they mummul and dreame à sort of collectes and other beggery unto dead saynctes as nether profetyth them selfes nor other but blasphemith godes holy name Yet say they it is a godly thing wher as god nether the scripture neuer ment souch Idolatrye it is à ceremony insti●utid by more byshopes then twentye to the great iniury of godes wotd And thauctors therof damnyd eternally except they repentyd before they departyd out of this worold for they nolesse deceauid the people of god then the deuill in paradyse He was not content to suffre godes commaundement as it was ye●en without à false glose ner these membres of the deuill would not Christes church to use Christes holy supper as it was yeuen by Christe without there deuillyshe and detestable addicions yet wyckyd membres of Antechrist they must be callyd the holy church Thowgh all that euer they intend is the pest and destruction of the church and there religion as contrarie unto Christ as darkenys is to light And say if there were not souche ceremonies addyd unto the lordes supper as they haue inthe Masse people shuld be prouokid to no deuocion nor could not religious●y honor that moost holy sacrament therfore say they is all these ceremonies addyd Aprofound reason doutles as meite for the mater as can be and as farr fet as he that neuer wist what à ceremony of Christes to stamentis But as one that neuer suckt other mylke then of à cowe that hath caluid full many à thowsand Bulles of ledd therfore Iwill set before thies of the Christiane reader the ceremonys of this holy supper conteynid in the scripture and the signification of the ceremonie not ffaynid of my brayne but by thexpresse wordes of the scripture and so teach the Christiane to loue the ceremonies there expressid and to detest the blind ceremonies of men Christ the same nyght that he was betrayde unto the lewis sate at supper with his 12. aposteles and among other godly talke in his sermon unto them he sayde that one of them shuld be tray him Mat. 26. Mar. 14. Christ that knew thart of all men saw the treason that Iudas had wrowght agaynst him and knew that he was at à full poynt with the lewes to deliuer him unto them the mater was ffully concludyd upon and mony receauid This wyckyd man was not yet so far paste but there remanyd place of indulgence and for yeuenis or else Christ would neuer haue admouyshyd him so many times because god hatyth sinne he admouishid ludas in time to repent But as awyckyd person he contemnyd all admonicions desirid to finishe his treyterons purpose and after that he had eatyn of that holy supper he depertyd out of Christes companye and with all dil●gence sowght how to haue his admonitour slaine Ioan 13. 14. declarith more at large Christes wordes and factes at this supper But these wordes of Matt. and Mark. Shall admouishe the Christiane reader what ceremony owghte to be usid in te church before the use of the sacrament What te minister shuld do and what the rest of the people shuld do The ministers office is to make à solenne sermon to admonyshe euerie man of his deuty and office towards god and to exhort all men unto godly and unfaynid repentaynce The peoples deutiis euery one to proue and examine his conscience and fayth and so to eat of the bread and to drink of the winne as Paule teachith 1. Cor. 11. And so to mark the word of god preachyd agaynst sinne as thowgh god himselfe spake it And remembre that when Christ sayd unto the Aposteles that one of them shuld be tray him all were amasid at these wordes and with sorowfull countynāce thone beheld thother with great fere who it shuld be they hard à wounderfull sine namyd euery one examinid his awne conscience whether it were culpable of ony souch sinne or not● and with fere demaundid who it shuld be this act of the Aposteles declare what euery mannes office is that cummith to the sermon wher by the word of god sinne is accusid to examine his awne cōscience and se that no souch sinne be in him that god condemnith by his word If he be culpable to repent from the botom of his hart and desyre for yeuenis But now adayes when sinne is rebukid ffew men entrythe into there awne conscience but rather into other mennis Suppo●●th that the word of god rebukith the sinne of nthers and not his or els● he iudgyth himselfe to be no sinner where as ●uery man hath abundannce and to many if he knew himselfe well and souch horrible fautes as decerue eternall death A good conscience wilbe sone pryckyd at the name of sinne and be ashamed that he hath offendyd so myghty alord and aferd also of his iudgmentes and diligently amend his liefe The conscience destitute of godes fere passith not adele of the worde is mouid nether with fere ner with loue but contemnyth booth god and his worde● as we may se by Iudas not only this sinne of obstinacy and contempt of godes admonicions unto penitence But also uery Hypocrysie as raynith now adayes ouer all the worold men associat themselses in to the company of souch as fere god cum unto the sermones to hyre godes wordes and be nothing the better they amend there lief nothing at all They say it was à good sermon the man spake well But what a uaylith it that he spake well and the herer to lyueyle What am the better that god and his word b●●holy or an other man uerteus except I transform my●●yleliefe unto commaundement of god and lyue 〈…〉 nestly nothing at all They yoies of Abraam Isaac and Iacob in heauen appertainith not to souche as know only the faythe of them But unto souche as obey the cōma undement of god as they dyd Man must yeue place to the word of god when it is told hym and refrayne from all thinges repugnaunt unto the word to promote the worde that godes Kingdom maye raygne upon therte Who so euer prechyte it hyrith it prechid or permittith it to be preachyd except he folowe it nothing auaylithe him Those tescripture declarithe to be blessyd that worke the word and haue there medicacions in the lawe of god the sermon must