Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	body_n	good_a	lord_n	9,377	5	3.6974	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07101	The loue of the soule Made by G.M.	Martin, Gregory, d. 1582.; Martin, Gregory, d. 1582. Treatyse of Christian peregrination. aut	1597 (1597)	STC 17504; ESTC S105435	10,171	54

mad think you to forsake all preferment all liuings all estimation to liue frō my good mother from you my louing sisters your husbands from other my deare friendes companions out of mine owne most pleasant countrie would I do this thinke you but that my learninge and my conscience telleth me that to follow your Religion is present daunger of body and soule and to be in the Catholicke Church is the onely way to saluation Fie vpon all worldly riches when the soule is in danger nothing is so pretious as the soule first seeke for the Kingdome of heauen for other things as it pleaseth God O that I might vnderstand once that you were of my mind and of the Catholicke religion O my hart would leape for ioy to consider that although we cannot liue together vppon earth yet we may hereafter meete in heauen which is impossible as long as we disagree in faith S. Paul saith There is one God one Faith one Baptisme S. Austin saieth speaking of one Emeritus He cannot be saued but in the Catholicke Church Doe you thinke it sufficient to beleeue in the Father the Son the holy Ghost Harken what S. Austine saith in the 88. Psalme What doth it profite thee if thou confesse the Lord If thou honor God if thou prech praise him if thou acknowledge his Son if thou cōfess that he sitteth at the right hand of his Father what doth this profit thee if thou blaspheme his Church S. Athanasius in his Creed saith Whosoeuer wil be saued it is necessarie that hee hold the Catholicke Faith which Faith vnles a man beleeue in all pointes and euery article without doubt saith he he shall perish euerlastingly One point is good Sisters that Christ gaue vs at his last Supper his owne blessed body blood to feed vpon in the remēbrance of his bitter death he that saith it is not so doth he beleeue in Christ Doth he not in effect say that Christ was not able to do it and by that reason that he was not omnipotēt For when the three Euangelistes report it so plainly S. Paul after them Take eate this is my Body that shall be deliuered for you this is my blood that shall be shed for you Mat. 26. Mar. 14. Luke 22.1 Cor. 11. What maketh a man to doubt but that it is so in deed O you wil say I see nothing but bread and wine If you should see his body no god a mercy if you did beleeue it But Christ saide to Thomas Thou Thomas dost beleue because thou hast sene but happie are they that beleeue when they see not Ioh. 20. Mat. 2. I pray you when the three wise men came from the East to worship Christ what did they see in him forsooth a young Infant not able to helpe him selfe sucking his mother a poore carpenters wife and that in an Oxe staule yet they fell downe and worshipped him as God Is it not as easie to beleeue the body of Christ is vnder the forme of bread as that Almighty God him selfe was then vnder the shape of a seely weake Infant O good Sisters vnles you beleeue you shall neuer vnderstand beleeue once Christ his wordes that he is almighty and that he is able to do whatsoeuer he saieth and you will thinke that all is easie returne to the Catholicke Church and bee content to learne that which you know not of them that will not for all the world deceaue you and you shall find exceeding comfort When Christ shall say at the latter day as it were in this maner Was it not of my greate kindnesse that I left vnto you mine owne Bodie and Blood and was it not of my exceeding goodnes and wisdome to leaue it not in the forme of fleshe and blood least your nature should abhorre it but of bread wine which can be lothsome to no man and you make me this gay recompence saying that it was nothing but breade and wine because you could tast nothing els in your mouth and because your new Preachers tolde you so whom I sent not were not you christned in an other Faith Did not my Church which is my spouse Apoc. 21. and the piller of truth 1. Tim. 3. alwaies teach otherwaies What haue you to say for your selfe but that you haue most vnkindly abused that blessed Sacrament and heauenly mistery and make me a lyar and deny my omnipotency and therefore deserue eternall damnation with all such as haue deceaued you When Christ shall say this will it not be a heauy case whē Cyprian Ambrose Chrisostome Augustine Ierome Gregory Bernard all the olde Fathers now Saints in heauen shall come beare witnesse against you and say that they taught other-wise When your Bishoppes that are now partly dead and partly in prison for the defending of this cause shall condemne you because you did not follow theire good example When your owne Doctours and Teachers shall not be able to answere for them selues will it not be a pittifull case But I hope better of you good Sisters I can not mistrust your good natures but thar you will bee glad to learne the trewth which Almightie God graunt vnto you for his deare Sonnes sake who died for vs and that I maye heare some comfortable newes from you Doe but fignifie vnto mee that you are content if any thing be amisse to be better instructed Proue me what I can say for any thing that troubleth your consciences It shall be far better newes vnto mee to receaue two lines from you to such a purpose then to vnderstand that your husbandes were made Lordes and you Ladies He is rich that is in the Catholicke Church and he is honourable that is in the fauour of God Sisters if I might doe you good to God-ward I woulde not sticke to aduenture this body of mine to saue your soules to come and talke with you my body is not more pretious vnto me then your soules how you are disposed and what you would haue me to doe for your sakes let me vnderstand by the next Deale wisely I pray you and warily both for our owne sake and for our good friende this bearer It is not reason that for his good will he should incurre any danger God forbid my truste is in your wisdome that you will keepe this verie close tell herafter by reason of the great persecution The matter is waighty and conserneth both you and this bearer very much bee wise and trustie and deceaue not your Brother that loueth you as him selfe and therefore wisheth by all meanes to doe you good Saint Paule sayth 1. Timothy 5. Hee that hath not regard of his own kindred hath denied the faith and is worse then an Infidell Saint Chrisostome vpon the same place writeth thus If a man instruct strangers in the Faith suffer his owne kinne to continue in there errour with whome he were likely to preuaile most because they make most account of him were it not a moste cruell barbarous man For this cause I write vnto you wishe you all grace al goodnes al heauenly comfort last of all least of all to prosper in this worlde and yet I wish you that with all my hart at the pleasure of God Other good thing I haue none to send you but this I will remaine in your debt for your gentle tokens Commend mee to your selues your louing husbandes your little ones and when you haue learned to beleeue right your selues bring them vp accordingly and teach them to feare God Make much of this bearer I pray you and saue him harmeles by your wise and discreet dealings Almightie God preserue you and by his Holy spiritte lead you into all truth Amen FINIS