Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	king_n	law_n	majesty_n	3,064	5	5.9700	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69104	A necessary doctrine and erudition for any Christen man set furthe by the kynges maiestye of Englande &c.; Institution of a Christen man.	Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.; Church of England.	1543 (1543)	STC 5168.7; ESTC S110763	117,759	234

archebysshops haue of ancient tyme refused to owe vnto them any such subiection as they by colour of an vniuersal primary chalenged required ouer them As the patriarches of Constantinople other of the east the archebisshops of Rauenna Millan such other And also Agatho him selfe being bishop of Rome longe after the .iiii. fyrst vniuersall counsayles in his letters sent vnto the emperour concerning a generall counsaile to be holden at Constantinople playnely declareth and confesseth his primacy to extend onely to the byshops of the weste north parties And that in suche wise as it is euident that at that tyme the bishops of Rome neither by the wordes of scripture nor by any decree of ancient generall couÌ„sels nor by the coÌ„sent of the hole catholyke churche had any such vniuersall primacy as he nowe requireth And yf the bysshops of Rome wyll allege any later counsayles for their pretensed vniuersall primacy as the counsayles of Constance Basill and Florence It is manyfest and open that the counsailes of Basill and Constance were in the tyme of scismes and they which were there deuided in to factions after the fauour of their princis which princis were also deuided some fauouring the one part of the scisme some the other And the great part of the lerned men that were there were of this later institute religious and therfore obsequente to the pleasure and wyll of the bishoppes of Rome and brought vp only in this later scolasticall doctrine and lytell exercised or lerned in the holy scriptures or in the olde auncient doctours and writers And bothe of those counsayles were dyssolued and broken vp without any perfit ende or conclusion And sith that tyme the canons pragmatical of these two counsayles be no where vsed nor yet alleged as to be of effecte by the authoritie of those counsayles And as to the counsayle Florentine ouer and besides that the greattest parte of lerned men there were suche as we spake of before the consent also in this matter of the Orientalles and Grecians that were there seemed to the hole countreyes that sent them so farre bothe agaynst scripture and general counsayles and their auncient holy writers that they forthwith shewed them selues soo moche discoÌ„tent with that consent of theyr ambassadours that they then neyther wold receiue the determination concerning the vniuersall primacy of the bishop of Rome neyther sithe that tyme coulde be induced to agree to the same And thus by all those thinges before rehersed it plainly appereth that the bishops of Rome claiming this pretensed vniuersall primacie do yet not onely without any grounde of holy scripture and without any consent of the hole catholike churche but also contrary to the determination and decrees of suche generall counsayles as the bisshoppes of Rome these many hundred yeres vnto this day in theyr creation do solemnely and expressely professe to kepe obserue For as it appereth by theyr owne lawes and actes from tyme to tyme euery bysshop of Rome whaÌ„ he is created doth openly solemnely professe that he shall inuiolably obserue kepe all the canons of the fyrst .viii. generall counsailes amonge the whyche be the canons before rehersed playnely repugnant and contrary to his sayde pretensed vniuersall primacy Fynally this beynge manifestly declared and proued that the byshoppes of Rome hath not iustly and laufully any suche vniuersal power ouer the bysshoppes and clergy al wyse men may easily perceyue and see that they maye moche lesse clayme to haue the hole monarchye of the worlde and such authoritie ouer all princes and kynges that they may therby depose them from theyr realmes dominions and seignories and transferre and gyue the same vnto such persons as them liketh Where as the scripture dothe teache and commaunde the contrary that is to saye That all christen people as well priestis and bishops as all other shulde be obedient vnto princes and potestates of the world For the truth is that god constituted and ordeined the authoritie of christen kynges and princes to be the most high and supreme aboue all other powers and officers in this worlde in the regiment and gouernemeÌ„t of theyr people and coÌ„mitted vnto them as vnto the chiefe heades of theyr coÌ„mon wealthes the cure and ouersight of all the people which be in theyr realmes and dominions without any exception And to them of right and by goddis coÌ„maundement belongeth not only to prohibite vnlawfull violence to correcte offendours by corporall death or other punishment to conserue morall honesty amonge theyr subiectes accordinge to the lawes of theyr realmes to defend iustice to procure the publike wele coÌ„mon peace traÌ„quillitie in outward earthly thinges But specially and principally to defende the faith of Christ and his religion to conserue and maintein the true doctrine of Christe and all suche as be true preachers and setters forth therof to abolishe all abuses heresies and idolatries and to punishe with corporal peines such as of malice be the occasion of the same And finally to ouer see and cause that the sayd bishops priestes do execute their pastoral office truely faithfully specially in those pointes which by Christ and his apostles were giuen and committed vnto them and in case they shall be negligent in any parte therof or wolde not diligently execute the same to cause them to redoube and supply theyr lacke And if they obstinately withstand theyr princes kynd monition and wyll not amend theyr faultes than and in such case to put other in theyr roumes and places And god hath also coÌ„manded the sayd bishops priestes to obey with all humblenes reuerence both kynges and princis and gouernours and all theyr lawes not beynge contrary to the lawes of god what so euer they be and that not onely propter iram but also propter coÌ„scientiaÌ„ that is to say not only for feare of punyshment but also for discharge of conscience Wherby it appereth well that this pretended monarchy of the bishop of Rome is not founded vpon the gospell but it is repugnant thervnto And therfore it apperteyneth to christen kinges and princis for the discharge of theyr office dutie towarde god to endeuour them selues to refourme and reduce the same againe vnto the olde limittes and pristine estate of that power which was giuen to them by Christe vsed in the primitiue churche For it is out of doubt that Christis faith was than most firme and pure the scriptures of god were than beste vnderstande and vertue dyd than moste abounde excel And therfore it must nedes folow that the customes and ordynaunces than vsed and made be more conforme and agreable vnto the true doctrine of Christ and more conducynge vnto the edifieng and benefite of the churche of Christ than any custome or lawes vsed or made by the bysshop of Rome or any other addicted to that see and vsurped power sith that tyme. And therfore where as the kynges moste royall maiestie

coÌ„sidering of his most excellent wisedome not only the notable decay of Christis true and perfite religion emonges vs but also the intollerable thraldome captiuitie and bondage with the infynite dangers and preiudices whyche we his subiectes continually susteyned by reason of that longe vsurped and abused power whiche the bysshops of Rome were woÌ„t to exercise here in this realme hath nowe of his most godly disposition and by the consente of his nobles spirituall and temporall by auctoritie of the hole parliament determined no longer to suffer the byshoppe of Rome to exercyse any parte of his vsurped iurisdiction here within this realme but clerely to delyuer vs from the same and restore vs agayne vnto our libertie Surely we haue great cause most ioyfully and thankefully to enbrace and accepte the same consideryng that therby no preiudice is done to goddis worde or his ordinaunces For as we haue shewed and declared before it was by princes sufferaunce onely that the bysshoppe of Rome exercised any suche iurisdiction within this realme and not by the authoritie giuen vnto hym by Christe And as for the bysshop of Rome he can not pretende hym selfe no more to be greued or iniuried therwith than any of the kynges officers myght worthily thynke that the kynges byghnes shulde do him wronge in case he shulde vppon good cause remoue hym from his roume and office and committe it to an other And as for vs the kynges faythfull subiectes we shall vndoubtedly receyue and haue thereby syngular welth and commoditie as well spiritually to the edifieng of our soules as corporally to the increase of our substance and richesse The which how moch it was impaired decayed continually from tyme to time by the great exactions of the byshoppes of Rome and suche treasures as wente yerely out of this realme to his coffers for annates annuities and exemptions pardons and suche other vnlawfull exactions we doubte not but all men indued with any witte and zeale to the welthe of this our countrey do right well perceiue and vnderstande and accordingly with hart and minde wil not onely pray for the kynges highnes and his preseruation by whose occasion this lighte came fyrste vnto vs but also firmely and constantly stycke to those lawes wherby we haue so moche ease of wrongfull exactions and abuses and also our prince kyng now enioieth most rightfully his iust title with restitution of his royall and imperiall dignitie and princely gouernance The sacrament of Confirmation WE reade in holy scrypture / how the apostels in the beginnyng of the churche althoughe they dyd certainly knowe and beleue that al suche as had duely receyued the sacrament of baptisme were by vertu and efficacie therof perfitely regenerated in Christ perfitely incorporated and made the very members of his body and had receyued full remission of their synnes and were indued with graces and giftes of the holy goste yet they went vnto the people after they were baptised and so by their prayer and imposition of theyr handes vppon them the holy goste was giuen and conferred vnto them And the sayde people did speake diuerse languages and prophecyed wherby not onely they whiche had receyued baptisme and professed Christ were the better confirmed and established in Christis religion made more constant to confesse the same But also other whiche were out of the churche infideles mighte the soner be reduced by suche gifte and miracle froÌ„ theyr errours and be brought in to the right beliefe of Christe and his gospele Whervpon the holy fathers of the primitiue church taking occasion and founding them selues vpon the saide actes and dedes of the apostles and considering also that suche as had ones receyued the giftes and benefites of the holy goste by the sacrament of baptisme might and oftentimes dyd in dede by temptation frailtie or otherwise by theyr owne sinne and malice lose and fall from the same againe dyd vse and obserue as it hath ben hitherto by succession of ages continued that al christen people shuld after theyr baptisme be presented to theyr bishops to the intent that by theyr prayers and imposition of theyr handes vpon them consigning of them with the holy Chrisâ—â€¦ they shulde be confirmed that is to say they shuld receyue suche gyftes of the holy goste as wherby they shulde be so corroborated and establisshed in the giftes graces before receyued in baptisme that they shuld not lyghtly fall againe from the same but shulde constantly reteyne them and perseuere therin and shulde also be made stronger and hardier as wel to confesse boldly and manfully theyr faith before all the persecutours of the same and to resist and fight against theyr gostly ennemies the world the deuil and the fleshe as also to beare the crosse of Christe that is to suffer and susteine paciently all the afflictions and aduersities of this worlde and fynally that they shuld atteyne encreace and abundance of vertues and graces of the holy gost And although men ought not to contemne this sacrament but shuld present theyr children vnto the bishoppe to receyue at his handes the sacrament of confirmation yet it is not to be thought that there is any suche necessitie of confirmation of infantes but that they being baptised and dieng innocentes before they be confirmed shall be assured to atteine euerlastinge lyfe and saluation by the effecte of the sacrament of baptisme receyued The sacrament of extreme vnction AS towching extreme vnction we must vnderstand how according to scripture and the rule and ordre prescribed by the holy apostle saint Iames the catholike churche of Christ hath obserued and minystred this sacrament to such as haue required it in their sickenes and disease of body to the entent that by the workinge of god in ministration therof the sicke man through prayer of the priest the minister and suche as assist him might be releued of his bodely disease and also atteyne pardon and remission of his synnes For saint Iames saith If any be sick among you let him cal for the priestes of the churche and let them pray ouer him annointing him with oile in the name of our lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sycke man and if be be in sinnes they shall be forgiuen him By whiche wordes like as the vse of the sacrament is confirmed and proued so that the churche may well vse the same with assurance that god assisteth the ministration therof So we must also remembre that although helth of body which here is prayed for doth not always folowe yet we shuld not doubte but god ordereth mannes praier therin alwaies to the best as he doth of his infinite goodnes all other prayers that men make who in dede knowe not what they shuld aske ne what is best or moste profitable for them Wherfore albeit we be taught to make all our prayers in a most certayne fayth to atteine our desires according to the generall promise made by god throughe Christe Aske and

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