Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	let_v	lord_n	love_n	5,328	5	5.4187	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01278	Of the preparation to the crosse, and to deathe and of the comforte vnder the crosse and death, two bokes very fruictefull for deuoute people to rede, translated from latyn to englysshe, by Rycharde Tracy.	Frith, John, 1503-1533, attributed name.; Tracy, Richard, d. 1569.	1540 (1540)	STC 11393; ESTC S109824	57,606	210

â§ OF THE PREPARATION TO THE CROSSE and to Deathe and of the comforte vnder the crosse and deathe two bokes very fruictefull for deuoute people to rede translated from latyn to englysshe by Rycharde Tracy 1534 TO THE RYGHT HONORABLE AND HIS syngular good lorde and mayster Lord Thomas Crumwel Lorde Priuy seale Rycharde Tracy desyreth and wysheth bodely prosperous helth and to the soule eternall lyfe and felycitie WHEN I consider the weake frailtie of man and howe naturallye we be subiecte to many troubles aduersities and temptations as well of the body as of the soule and also when I call to my remembraunce the wordes of Christe spoken to his elect Ioh. 16. That in this world they shulde suffer persecution and oppression and lykewyse the sayinge of the apostel Paule 2. Tim. 3. That al they whiche wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesu muste suffer persecution I thynke surely that euery chrysten man dothe expect Christes promises and constantly beleueth that the scriptures shal be fulfilled and founde true Wherfore seing there is no euasion nor meane to escape the aduersities temptations and crosse whiche god shal laye on the shulders of his electe and nature is so inconstant frayl and weake that of our own myght and power we are not able to resyste nor can not wyllyngely and paciently susteyne and beare such aduersities and crosse it behoueth euery christen man to serch out and prouide some godly consolation and remedy to comforte and make stronge his mynde that he may paciently suffer all tribulation all temptation al aduersitie which god shal sende to hym alwaye reknowlegynge that there is no power but of god and that god wyl not send to his electe any suche crosse but therwith he wyll also gyue grace and meane paciently to suffer the same so that he shall not be found disobedieÌ„t to the good wyl of god Of the coÌ„fortes agaynst the crosse of tribulation one in especiall of late I founde Not a yere paste it pleased God to sende me some aduerse tribulations whiche were to stronge for Nature to suffer and beare pacientely but my chaunce was so good throughe the mercifull prouydence of god that in my troubles this lyttel boke was sent me from a frende whiche when I had red ouer and delyberately perused it animated made me stroÌ„g not onely pacieÌ„tly to suffer al mine aduersities but also for theym to gyue god ryghte hartye thankes that it wolde please hym of his abundante mercy and goodnesse to remembre me his miserable creature with his so ernest a token and moste sure pledge of his godly fauour and loue accordynge to his promyse Hebr. 12. which is whom the lord loueth hym he chasteneth yea and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receyueth For in the readynge of this boke I receyued suche consolation and coÌ„fort that I thought it moste necessary yea and expedient seinge I haue by experyence felte what good fruyte commeth therof to translate the same in to englyshe and so to put it forthe in printe that it myghte be the more common and that many chaunsynge to fall into lyke crosse of aduersitie maye be partakers and optein like consolation as I haue receiued therby And I haue dedicated this boke to you my synguler good lorde master for as moche as I euydently perceyue that you are endewed not onely with godly knowledge and doctryne but also haue a right ferueÌ„t zeale good mynd and desyre to set forth all suche thynge as may be for the vtilitie helpe and comforte of the hole congregation and churche of this realme Therfore with al humilitie I desyre your accustomed benignitie to accept this the firste fruite and labour of me your pore seruant which am and shall be euer redy and glad with al diligeÌ„ce to do you the seruice that I can dayly pray almyghty god to preserue you in longe lyfe welth honour and prosperitie Amen â§ THE PREPARATION TO THE crosse and howe it muste be paciently borne FOR as moche as Christe commandeth vs to denye ourselues and to folowe hym and suffer the crosse he commaundeth vs also to prepare vs to suffer the crosse paciently sayinge Matth. 16. If any man wyll come after me let hym denye hym selfe and take vp my crosse and folowe me And who so euer doth not beare my crosse and folowe me can not be my discyple Soo councelleth the wise man saying Eccle. 2. Sonne whan thou doest come to the seruice of god stande in righteousenes and feare and prepare thy soule to suffer temptation but bycause there be dyuers crosses ne lest a man paraduenture shuld take a straunge crosse which perteyneth not to hym that is to say shulde feine to him selfe newe turmentes as prescript dayes of fastynge vowed chastitie shurtes of heare disgysed garmentes and such other trifles which god hath not commaunded therfore Christ hath put to this terme sciliceth his owne whiche is as moche to saye that euery man study to mortifie his owne fleshe the synne whiche reygneth in him beinge euer redy to suffer what soo euer god dothe sende hym Â¶ What the crosse is Cap. i. A CROSSE is euery affliction and tribulation or euery aduersitie and heuines sent by god to euery kynde of lyuynge throughe faythe and the word of god when that euery thyng doth not prospere euen as a man wold haue it whiche in some place is called lernynge or correction and temptation a rodde and a staffe Wherfore it is a folishe and an heuy crosse whiche we by our owne presumption do take vpon vs not commaunded of god as the priestes of Ball and all hypocrites do take vppon them But that is the trewe crosse whiche god doth lay vpon vs whiche when it is layed vpon vs we suffer paciently euery body in his vocation and kynd of lyuinge as to gette our breade with the sweate of our countenance and women to bring forthe theyr chyldren in peynes to suffer paciently the good wil of the lord to mortifie our mortall membres vppon the erthe to be euer busily occupied in the commaundementes of the lord and for the word of god to suffer al scornes and mockes lyes persecutions and not to feare the moste cruell ye euen the most shameful death Therfore to suffer a crosse is nothing els then to suffer pacientely what so euer come to vs by the godly and beneuolent wyll of the lorde Â¶ Two kyndes of crosses Cap. ii THERE BE two kyndes of crosses the oone a straunge crosse the other our owne the one of the faythefull the other of the wycked for the vnfeythful be punished that they may be an example of theyr owne iniquytie and that they be perpetually condemned but the feythful be punished that they maye be made stronge and that the lorde be gloryfied in them So strange punishementes be a warninge to put the faythful in mynde of the good wyll of the lorde For the lorde doth punyshe some in this lyfe that he may prouoke

hot burnynge fyer and out of thy handes O kynge So thou muste commytte all the matter to god whether thou be predestinate or no do not curiously serche out the maieste of god Prou. 25. lest thou be opprest of his glory In trouble and deth it semeth to manye that god is a slepe and vtterly forsaketh them as Christe cryeth God yea my god why haste thou forsaken me So the gospel setteth forthe to vs an example of them to whome it seemed Marc. 5. that Christe slepte in the shyppe But nowe Christe deathe beinge ouercome hath promysed he wyll be to vs a sauiour as it is in Mat. xi Come to me al you that labour be bordened Matth. 11. and I wyll refreshe you Luce. 12. Agayne Feare not lyttell flocke for it hath pleased your father to gyue to you a kyngdome Therefore by such examples of the gospell weake men oughte to be encouraged to whoÌ„ it semeth that Christe is a slepe that be of inconstante and wauerynge mindes whiche doubte whether god be mercifull to them and whether god be in them They ought to be monished that they trust constantly to Christe that although Christ seme to them to be a slepe yet lette them continewe and the lorde wil reuenge and delyuer theym out of all theyr euylles soner than it can be spoken Esai sayth Esai 54. for a lyttel season at a pynche I haue forsaken the and in greatte mercies I wyl gather the together 1. Reg Iob. 13 cap. 5. The lord leadeth downe to hell and bryngeth from thense ageyne yea althoughe he kyl yet I wyll truste in hym He dothe wounde and giueth remedy he smyteth and his handes shall make hole Â¶ They that be dienge muste be exhorted to forgyue Cap. xiii Matth. 6. BICAVSE god commandeth Forgyue and it shal be forgiuen you and putteth thervnto a condition He that dothe not forgyue his brother to hym god doth forgyue nothynge and if god do not forgyue synnes we can not be saued Luc. 16. Marc. 11. Forgyue and it shal be forgyuen you And when you shall stande prayinge forgyue if you haue any thynge agenst any man that your father also may forgiue you Matt. 5. When thou offrest thy gift at the aultare fyrst reconsile thy selfe to thy brother Matt. 18. If you wyl not forgyue eche of you your brothers fautes that with al your hartes your father wyll not forgyue you Colo. 3. If any man haue a quarel ageinst his brother as Christ hath forgyuen you so do you forgyue So in the prayer of the lorde we desyre forgyuenesse to be done to vs as we forgyue them whiche be our detters that is that we forgyue them of whom in any thinge we haue ben hurte eyther in dede to be wrongefully handeled or elles in worde to be shamefully intreated And to theym that be at the poynte of deathe this shoulde be mynded If they at any tyme haue hurte or endamaged theyr neighbour or taken any thynge frome hym by extortion or robberye or haue defamed any man Here also they muste doo as Christe dyd on the crosse lette them praye for all theyr ennemies and forgyue them theyr wronges with all theyr hartes And if any thynge of theyrs be taken awaye by thefte lette them not requier it agayn with violeÌ„ce If they haue takeÌ„ away any thing of a nother mannes let them yelde it agayne if they may or let them labour that it maye be restored nor let theÌ„ kepe secrete any thyng but confesse theyr faute be sorye that they haue offended and desyre forgyuenesse If for lacke of ryches they be not able to make satisfaction it shall be suffycyente that they forgyue other whiche haue harmed them other in body or goodes If they forgyue theym with all theyr harte god wyll forgiue them the wroÌ„g done to other As Christe teacheth Matth. 6. If you forgyue men theyr offences your heuenly father shall forgyue you Â¶ Suche as be diynge shulde be admonished that they receiue the Sacrament of Christes body and bloud Ca. xiiii IT IS a great token of the inestimable loue of god and of his abundant mercy towarde vs that in his supper he wolde shoulde be wytnessed that Christe dothe deliuer and gyue hym selfe to vs and dothe ioyne vs to hym as his meÌ„bres that we maye knowe that the lorde loueth vs hath respecte to vs and saueth vs. Forthermore in this supper we here Christ spekynge to vs fedynge vs with his body proferyng vs that we shuld drynke his bloud for eternall lyfe where he saythe Take eate you Matt. 26. Marc. 14. Luc. 22. 1. Cor. 11. this is my body whiche for you is gyuen Do you this in my remembraunce Lykewise after he hadde supped takyng the cuppe he said This cuppe is the newe testament in my bloude whiche is shedde for the remission of your synnes Do you this as oft as you shal drinke it in the remembrance of me Good brother thynke that these wordes be spoken to the. prynte them most depely in thy mynde for when he speaketh to all he speaketh also to the to the to the I say they profit All thynges whiche Christe hath suffered shall profite the no lesse then they do helpe Peter Paule This sacramente is veryly bothe commanded instituted of Christ him selfe for the remyssion of our synnes and eternall lyfe For the promyse soundeth soo the whiche he that receyueth by fayth and beleueth that whiche he saith Gyuen for you and Shed out for you hath and obteyneth without doubte remission of his synnes Â¶ Diuerse consolations that the life and tyme of affliction is shorte Cap. xv IT IS a greate comforte that affliction shall not endure continually Roma 8. The afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory whiche shall be shewed vppon vs. The eie hath not sene Esai 64. nor the eare hath not harde c. the ioyes that god hath prepared for his electe 1. Cor. 2. Through many troubles we must enter into the kyngedome of god Acto 14. Our trouble whiche is but temporall and lyght worketh an excedynge and an eternall weyght of glory vnto vs whiche loke not on the thynges that are sene but on them whiche are not seene The soules of them Apoc. 6. whiche were kylled cryed out vnder the aulter to whom it was answered that they shulde reste yet a lyttell tyme. As a lyttell mynute of an houre vntyl the wroth be passed by Esai 26. Also Christ in the gospel calleth the time of afflyction Ioh. 16. Esai 54 A lyttell tyme. A lyttell whyle you shall not seme In dystresse for a lyttell season I haue forsaken the but in eternall mercies I haue gathered the togeder Â¶ The comfort of wydowes Orphans THOV wylte saye I am now a wydowe and haue no man which careth for me here Dauid whiche saythe Psal 145. To the fatherlesse and wydowe thou shalte be a

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