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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	blood_n	body_n	sacrament_n	8,747	5	7.6725	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15510	A direction to be observed by N.N. if hee meane to proceede in answering the booke intituled Mercy and truth, or charity maintained by Catholiks &c.	Knott, Edward, 1582-1656.	1636 (1636)	STC 25777; ESTC S101801	13,980	42

Baptisme of young Children is not to bee retained in the Church as most agreable to the instieution of Christ Cont. Art 27. 11. That the offering of Christ upon the Crosse is not a perfect propitiation and satisfaction for all the sins of the whole world Cont. Art 31. 12. That the true Body and Blood of Christ is not in the Blessed Sacrament neither in a Reall nor Spirituall manner and that it is only a signe or token of his Body Cont. Art 28. 13. That Faith containes no infallible certaintie of the things belieued 14. That the reasonable Soule is not immortall naturall and perse but only per accidens as it is added to some Soules by way of punishment or reward to be immortall 15. That this immortality of wicked Soules is not to bee extended neither to all eternity and that it were vniust in God to punish finite offences with infinite torments 16. That no point of Christian Religion is to be belieued aboue Reason For an Epilogue to these grosse errors I could adde an Apologue of his owne and lay in his dish a couple of Frogs He vnderstands my meaning (a) If the Answerer publish his Booke and yet will not declare his opinion concerning cucrie one of these wieked Positions by omitting to plead not guiltie in that occasion euery iudicious c realous Christian will hold him to bee guiltie of them all Tell mee now Christian Reader what manner of man this Socinian is and what it is to be a Socinian or Protestant or any other Sectary denying the infallibility of Gods Church in all her definitions concerning matters of Faith For as I haue said already whosoeuer refuseth to relie on such Authoritie must resolue the truth of his Faith into the strength of his owne wit or to speake more truely of his will which is to take away all infallible supernaturall Faith without which as the (b) Heb. c. 11. v. 6. Apostle auoucheth it is impossible to please God And thus hauing shewed what Socinianisme is and vpon what ground it goes I may now oportunely deliuer the Answerer his direction least hee chance to mistake and in lieu of maintaining Protestancie hiddenly plant poison of Socianisme and leaue Charitie maintained not so much as once spoken to in his whole Answer as I noted in the beginning CHAP. IV. What the Answerer is to obserue if he will speake to any purpose FIrst it will be expected that he declare his owne opinion plainely and particularly and not thinke to satisfie by a meere destructiue (a) Sed quae rursum ratio reuocabat ne apud eos Manichaeos penitus haererems nisi quod ipsos quoque animaduertebam plus in refellendis aliis disertos copiosos esse quam in suis probandis firmos certos manere S. Aug. De vtilitat Creden cap. 1. way of obiecting such difficulties against Catholicks as vpon examination tend to the ouer throw of all Religion no lesse then of Catholicke Doctrine Secondly that his arguments destroy not some of his owne Tenets Thirdly that he contradict not D. Potter whome he pretends to defende and who maintaines the infallibilitie of Gods Church in fundamentall Articles the Supernaturalitie of Faith and diuers other points which I know the Answerer laughes at Fourthly that he oppose not the 39. Articles of the Church of England Fiftly that his grounds destroy not the bellefe of the most Blessed Trinitie the Deitie of our deare Lord and Sauiour and of the Holy Ghost Originall sinne and diners other doctrines which all good Christians belieue yea and all verities that cannot be proued by naturall Reason Sxithly that he relle not vpon such Principles as must bring with them the deniall of diuers Bookes of holy Seripture receaued into the Canon both by Catholicks and Protestants And if he asked whether the Epistle of Saint Iames the Apocalyps of Saint Iohn with some other parts of Scripture now receaued by English Protestants though heretofore controuerted be Canonicall let him not still thinke to satisfie by saying These are captious questions Seauenthly that he doe not ouerthrow the infallibility of all Scripture both of the Old and New Testament Eightly that his Arguments tend not to proue an impossibilitie of all Diuine Supernaturall infallible Faith and Religion that either hath been or is or shall be or possibly can be But now the reason why I preuent the Answerer with these Directions is this From Truth no man can by good consequence inferre falshood If then the Answerer produce such Arguments as either proue nothing or els must extend to proue that which is confessedly false it will remaine very cleare that his reasons are but Sophismes and artificiall falsities though they should seeme not easie to be answered especially to such as are either not learned at all or superficially learned and not versed in solid Philosophie or Schoole Diuinitie from whence Socinians are glad to borrow Obiections but either dissemble or vnderstand not the Solutions Wherefore if the Arguments of the Answerer be found to beate vpon some of the foresayd grounds and by that meanes appeare to proue too much euerie one will see they proue nothing at all And if notwithstanding this Direction to the contrarie he will be trenching on the sayd excesses his Booke is already answered euen before it appeare But let him not interpret this my preuention or Direction to proceede from feare that his Booke will be vnanswerable and that therefore I seeke afore hand to disgrace the Authour and forestall the publication For by Gods holie assistance his Booke shall be answered and the latent venome fetcht out though perhaps he will lay wagers to the contrarie and with his much confidence would perswade All Soules to belieue him And in truth what greater aduantage could wee wish against Protestants then that they should trust their Cause and possibilitie to by saued with a Champion who often and euen not very long since hath professed that he will neuer subscribe to their 39. Articles and hath set downe in writing Motiues which induced him to forsake Protestantisme to which indeed he neuer returned and which are extant still to be exhibited if need be vnder his owne hand But how soeuer I presente a copie of them in the next which shall be the last Chapter of my Direction CHAP. V. The Motiues for which the Answerer for sooke Protestantisme 1. BEcause perpetuall visible profession which could neuer be wanting to the Religion of Christ nor any part of it is apparently wanting to Protestant Religion so farre as concernes the points in contestation 2. Because Luther and his followers separating from the Church of Rome separated also from all Churches pure or impure true or false then being in the world vpon which ground I conclude that either Gods promises did faile of performance if there were then no Church in the world which held all things necessarie and nothing repugnant to Saluation or els that Luther and