Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	beseech_v	lord_n	sin_n	5,996	5	4.9683	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69346	The letters whyche Iohan Ashwell priour of Newnham Abbey besydes Bedforde, sente secretely to the Byshope of Lyncolne in the yeare of our Lord M.D.xxvii. Where in the sayde pryour accuseth George Ioye that tyme beyng felow of Peter college in Cambrydge, of fower opinyons: wyth the answere of the sayde George vn to the same opynyons.	Joye, George, d. 1553.; Ashwell, John, d. 1541?	1548 (1548)	STC 846; ESTC S100275	35,534	56

meretes beleuynge to be iustified and forgeuen for them not in christes deathe and truste you to them yf you wyll For as for me whyche am an heretique and a Lutherane in your opinyon I shall by goddes grace feare wyth Iobe all â–ª my deades and pray wyth Dauid O lord I besech the enter not into iugement wyth thy seruaunte but saue me delyuer me for thy ryghtwysnes sake not for myne that is to say saue me for thy mercies sake not for my merites Also I shall by Goddes grace after that mesure of the fayth that god hath geueÌ„ me beleue to be saued in thys fayth that is to saye that my sauiour Christe hath dyed for my synnes is rysen for my ryghtwysmakynge bâ— whose deth sufferinges my father in hâ—ueÌ„ is peased hath receyued me into his fauoure for christes bloudes sake so y â— now christe hath redemed me saued me he is myne and al his mereâ—s are myne Hys ryghtwysnes hys wisdome hys holynes â–ª hys satysfactyon hys fulfyllynge of the law all hys good deades â—r myne as sufficient to serue me for my saluatioÌ„ and yet wyl I not cease to do good workes but rather am I bounde for thys loue to do more then euer I am able thoghe I truste nether to my nowne nor yet to any others Thus haue you a rekenyng of my faith as coÌ„cernyng thys article Now to your 3. opinion Â¶ Master priour of Newnhams Thyrde opinion YOur thyrde opinion is that I shulde holde that euery preste may haue a wyfe or a concubine Syr this may welbe your own opinion for it was neuer myne I take god to recorde y â— a preist myght haue a â—oÌ„cubine but thys beleue that it is lawful standeth with holy scripture that euery preist whyche haue not the gifte of chastite ought to haue hys own wyfe no nother mannes nor yet a concubine Although your churche militaÌ„t as you cal it for they ar better soudiers then preachers permitteth the prestes in some places to haue theyr concubines paynge theyr annuell tributes to theyr bishopes for their lecenciall luste and in many places to theyr great slaunder theyr CoÌ„missares Scribes with other officers winke at theyr horedome adultery for bribes for fauoure or feare You tolde me once secretly as we walked after supper betwene your barne yarde and your hygh gates that the Pope had dispensed with the Cardinall to kepe a concubâ—ne whyche thyng then as lytel learning as I had I coulde not beleue to be lawfull but that it had bene rather lawfull for as much as he had not the gyfte to lyue chastely if ye sayd true to haue maryed and liue in chaste ma trimony wyth hys owne wyfe Nether beleue I y â— your churche milytante dyd godly to inhibit preist or any woman to the holy honourable sacrameÌ„t of matrimony whych God dyd institute for euery man and woman that wolde receyue it and denied it no man as a sacrament that maketh lawful the actâ— of wedlok which coÌ„mytted wythout wedlok is synne and dampdable You say that I toke for my example saynte Peter which was a prest and yet had he a wyfe both befor Chryst called hym to the office of an apostle and also after hys callynge Which example you can not denye But then brin ge you in for your helpe to coÌ„fute my saynge your brother celerer called IohaÌ„ Berde or Iohan Sal pho a man of lyke learnyng and coulde beter skyl in makyng of a pease râ—ke then in alledgyng of holy scrypture saynge that Peter vsed not hys wyfe aftâ—r hys calling to proue this he allegged Paul in a certain pistle say you for nethâ—r of you could tel wher in what pistle nor yet vnderstod you your owne allegatyon saynge They that haue wyues let theÌ„ be as though they had none This text ther fore â—aule wryt not to Peter onley to the other maryed apostles but to the CorintheaÌ„â— and to all vas that are of Chhistes church ye to al the world nowe yf you vnderstande thys same Paules sayâ— ge in the. 7. ca. in the first to the Corintheans Thei that haue wiues let theÌ„ be as though they had none as your brother Celerer allegged it for Peter that is â—o say let them not vse their wyues theÌ„ after your mindes ought no maÌ„ that haue a wife to haue the feloshyp of hys owne wyfe Here maye men se what clerkely dysputers ye are what preuâ—e promotours accusers of Christen men youre spirituall and most reuerend fathers in God haue procured them The texte therefore is thus vnderstandâ—n as the circumstance of the letter declareth it â–ª let them that haue wiues be as though they had none that â—s let not theyr mindes be so inordinatly drowned in luste and tangled wyth kare for theyr housholde that they be hyndreth from preachynge of the worde yf they be called thereto or els be letted from the hearinge and folowyng of the wordâ— yâ— they be otherwyse called By thys texte Paule eâ—tended nolesse to forbydde amaryed maÌ„ the chaste companye of hys wyfe and the due beneuolence as he calleth it in the same chapter theÌ„ the byerâ— seller to not vse hys goodes lawfully wheÌ„ he saith in the texte folowynge They that bye let them be as though they possessed nothyng that is to saye let them not be so gredelye glued to theyr goodes but that when they se occasyon they can be conteÌ„t gladly to departe from them to releue the necessyte of the poore for the declaration of this hys minde he shewed the cause why he thus sayde addyng therto sayng thuo For I wolde haue you without to much â—are and trouble If Paule by thys texte shuld forbydde any maÌ„ the coÌ„pany of his wife as you â—reamed then shulde he saye contrary to hymselfe in the same chapter sayng Let the man geuâ— vnto his wife the due beneuolence let the wife likewyse vnto her housvaÌ„d But be it in case taht pe ter as he dyd vndouted had the coÌ„pany of his wife after his callinge dyd he offende god in so doing or no If ye saye that he offended then blaspheâ—â— you and dyshonour you the sacrameÌ„t of matrimony wherby god sanctifyed and made honorable the chaste vse therof as Peter vsed it If he dyd not of â—ende why then â—yke you so sore for Peter to defend hym for well lawfully doyng But here and ye were well opposed you myght be found to be in the heresy of the Taâ—iaÌ„s like heretekes that dâ—pned matrimony as vnpure which god saÌ„ctifyed w t his word and instituted as pure holy honourable and good honouryng it with his preseÌ„s fyrst miracle forbydding it no man or woman that wolde marye To put you out of doute of Peters felowshyp wyth other Apostles wyth theyr wyues after theyr callynge ye shall know that there were at the CorintheaÌ„s certayne false prohhetes which obserued Paules liuing the other

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