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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	book_n	holy_a	scripture_n	2,474	5	6.0561	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73502	The Epistles and Gospelles with a brief postil vpon the same from after Easter tyll Aduent, which is the somer parte set forth for the singuler cōmoditie of all good Christen men and namely of prestes and curates.		1542 (1542)	STC 2968.3; ESTC S124410	239,766	422

And therfore whan oure sauiour Christe came amonges them he went aboute to restore all agayne to the ryght sence and purenes and to seuer and wede out the fansyes dreames and leuen of the pharisees wherwyth they had ensoured and corrupted the swete breade of lyfe and he openly tolde the people that onles theyr perfection theyr goodnes and rightuousnes passed the ryghtuousnes and good lyuynge of the scribes and pharisees they shulde neuer come to the kyngdome of heauen Whervpon he went on and taught the commaundementes of God and the pure and ryght vnderstandynge of them as in hys moost excellente and swete sermon whyche he made to hys disciples on the mountayne whych the holy Euangelist saint Matthew setteth forth vnto vs in the v.vi and .vij. chapters more at large doth appeare Mat. vij A good tree sayth Christ bringeth forth good frute For not euery one that sayth vnto me Lorde Lord shal entre in to the kyngdome of heauen but he that doth the wyll of my father whych is in heauen Thou readest in the lawe Thou shalt loue thy Lorde God wyth all thy harte wyth al thy soule wyth al thy power minde Do thys sayeth Christ and thou shalte lyue eternally in heauen Thou mayest not speake of God wyth thy mouth or praye vnto hym wyth thy lyppes and thy harte be farre from God Naye thou must loue hym wyth thy hole harte mynde and power and not fayntly And thou must loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe Who soeuer doth thys shall lyue And who soeuer hath not done thys let hym repent and become a newe maÌ„ Let hym aske grace of God that he may be able through hys ayde and helpe to do it He that seketh shall fynde he that asketh shall obtayne to hym that knocketh it shal be opened There is nothynge impossible to God So longe as we be carnall and vnrenewed by the spirite it is not possible for vs to loue God wyth harte We maye wel drede hym as a Lorde punysher of synne but loue hym as a father we can not We maye well lyke seruauntes feare hym but reuerently loue hym lyke sonnes and doughters we caÌ„not It is not possible I say for a carnall man to fulfyll the lawe whych is spirituall Rom. vij The lawe as ye haue herde requyreth the hart We must loue God wyth harte and not drede hym for feare of punyshment as bondmen and bondwomen do theyr lorde Yf we woll consyder what God hath done for vs fyrst he made vs of nought he prouydeth for vs all thynges necessarie to oure soules helth he hath made our soules not as be the soules of beastes wythout reason and whych peryshe dye wyth the body but reasonable but immortall he sente also hys owne sonne from heauen to redeme mankinde from the tyranny and thraldome of the deuel and to teach them how to lyue a godly and an innocent lyfe Yf I saye we woll consyder all thys howe can we but loue god euen wyth harte do his swete wyll and pleasure onles we be harder then the Adamant stones onles we be made of suche a churlyshe nature that nothynge can moue vs. But the pharisees for moost parte were carnal and fleshly persons They obserued the letter of the lawe they kepte the outwarde wordes they dyd no lechery outwardlye they coÌ„mytted no thefte no murther no periury nor suche other vyces outwardlye they dyd sacrifice to God they offered vnto him they sensed they pyped they played they prayed after theyr fashioÌ„ but none of all thys was done wyth the harte For inwardly they were full of all abhominacion as Christe hymselfe wytnessed vnto them For they dyd it onely for feare of punyshmeÌ„t and not for any harty loue that they had to God They fulfylled the letter of the lawe outwardly But theyr minde theyr spirite theyr hart was vpoÌ„ other thynges that is to wyt vpoÌ„ worldly vanities and pleasures So they coulde not fulfyll the lawe so longe as they were in that case For as Paule full well declareth the lawe is spirituall Rom. vij and ought to be done and executed wyth the harte wyth the spirite and mynde and not only outwardly Yet neuertheles all the Iewes were not in thys case for there were holy and iuste persons in all ages as appeareth full wel in the bokes of holy scripture And there were also many whych had good intentes but they were so drowned wyth the blyndnes supersticion gloses tradicions interpretacions and dreames of the pharisees and elders that they espyed not the true honoure and worshyp of God of whyche sorte was Nicodemus Ioh. iij. whych came by nyght to Christ to learne of hym and to dispute wyth hym But Christ perceyuynge that he was yet carnall and that he obserued but the letter of the lawe and not the spirite and mynde of the lawe sayd by and by vnto hym Verely verely I say vnto the onles thou be as who shulde saye new borne not of thy mother but of water and spirite thou canst not enter into the kyngdome of god That that is borne of flesh is flesh but that whych is borne of spirite is spirite A fleshly maÌ„ a naturall man a man vnbaptized vnrenewed with the spirite can not smel nor haue any sauour of thinges spirituall he can not worke the wyll and pleasure of God He maye well for feare satisfye the outward wordes but he shall neuer do the wyll of God wyllyngly hartely and with spirite as it is requyred of God that he shulde do For as I haue sayd the law is spirituall and requyreth the harte And surely it appeareth well that thys lawyer toke but the letter of the lawe not the spirite by the question folowyng where he asketh Christ who is hys neyghboure For yf he had loued God hertely he shulde haue counted euery man hys neyghboure as Christes similitude byddeth and not only hys owne nation as coÌ„monly the Iues dyd Wherfore my frendes yf we wol haue euerlastynge lyfe let vs do as Christe here byddeth vs. Let vs not be speakers nor hearers of the law but doers and not outwarde and lyterall doers but hartye but spirituall doers not for feare as bondmen but for loue as fremeÌ„ and sonnes and heyres Thys let vs do and we shall lyue euerlastyngly in heauen wyth God To whome be all honoure and imperie for euer and euer Amen The Epistle on the .xiiij. sonday after Trinitie The .v. chapter to the Galathians Th argument â˜ž The batell betwene the spirite and the fleshe and the frutes of them both BRethren walke in the spirite and fulfil not the lust of the flesh For the flesh lusteth contrary to the spirite and the spirite contrary to the fleshe These are contrary one to another so that ye can not do what soeuer ye wolde But and yf ye be led of the spirite than are ye not vnder the lawe The dedes of the fleshe are manyfest whyche are these aduoutrye fornication vnclenes

losse of theyr owne commodities and oftymes wyth ieopardye of theyr lyfe The chyldren of the worlde contrary wyse haue suche stomakes that they woll soner se them deed that doth them good then susteyne any losse of temporal thynges The armure of the chyldren of lyghte Armure of the chyldreÌ„ of lyght are fyrst the worde of God whych they euer sette forth wyth all diligence put it abrode that as much as in them lyeth it maye brynge forth fruite after this pacience and prayer wyth the whych in all aduersities the Lorde comforteth them Other thynges they coÌ„mitte to God vnto whom they leue al reuengemeÌ„te Armure of worldes chyldren The armure of the chyldren of the worlde are somtyme fraudes and deceytes somtyme lyes money By the fyrst they make theyr dreames theyr traditions by the seconde they stablyshe and confyrme the same be they neuer so fonde neuer so agaynst scripture honestye reason And yf any man resiste them euen wyth these weapons they procure to slee hym Thus they bought Christes death the verye lighte it selfe and obscured him after hys deth Thus they bye euery day the chyldren of lyght obscure them and shall so do vntyll the worlde be at an ende So that it maye be euer true that Christ sayd The children of the worlde be wyser in their nacion then be the children of light These wordlynges pull downe the lyuely fayth whych worketh by charitie and loue sette vp an other fayth an other confidence of theyr owne makyng as in pardoÌ„s and such trompery the chyldren of lyght contrary These wordlynges sette lytel by such workes as God hath prepared for oure saluation but they auaunce traditions and workes of theyr owne inuention the chyldren of lyghte contrary The wordlinges yf they espye profite gaines lucre in any thynge be it neuer such a tryfle be it neuer so daÌ„nable they preach it to the people and defende it wyth toth and nayle They can scarse disalowe any abuses of thynges albeit they be intollerable lest in disalowynge the abuse they lose parte of theyr profyte The chyldren of the lyght coÌ„trary put all thynges in theyr degre best hyghest next next the worst lowest They extoll thynges necessary christian and coÌ„maunded of God They pull downe wyll workes fayned by men and put them in theyr place The abuses of all thynge they ernestly rebuke But yet these thynges be so done on both parties and so they both do gendre that chyldren of the worlde shewe themselues wyser than the chyldren of lyght Neyther the chyldren of the worlde be onely wyser than the chyldren of lyghte but are also some of them amonge themself much wyser then the other in theyr generation For albeit as touchyng the ende the generation of them all is one yet in thys same generation some of them haue more craftely ingeÌ„dred thaÌ„ the other of their felowes For what a thinge was that that ones euery C. yere was brought forth in Rome of the chyldreÌ„ of this worlde with how much policie it was made it is a woÌ„der to heare How som brought forth Canonizations some Expectations some pluralities and vnions some totquottes and dispensations some pardons and these of wonderfull varietie some stationaries some Iubilaries some pocularies for drynkers some manuaries for handlers of relyques some pedaries for pylgrimes some oscularies for kyssers some of them engeÌ„dred one some other such fetures and euery one in that he deuysed was excellent politike wyse yea so wyse that wyth theyr wysedome they had almoost made al the worlde fooles But yet they that begotte and brought forth that theyr old auÌ„cieÌ„t purgatorie picke pourse I meane that which was swaged cooled with a graye freers coule put vpon a deade mans backe to the fourth parte of hys synnes that that was vtterly to be spoiled and of none other but of the moost prudeÌ„t lorde the byshop of Rome and of hym as ofte as hym lysted they I saye that were the wyse fathers and brochers of thys purgatorie were doubtles the wyseste of all theyr generation and so farre passe both the chyldren of lyght and also the rest of theyr company that they both are but fooles yf ye compare them with these It was a pleasaunt fiction and from the begynnynge so profytable to the feyners of it that almost I dare boldly say there hath ben no emperour that hath gotteÌ„ more by taxes and tallages of them that were alyue than these the very and ryghte begotten sonnes of the worlde gotte by deade mennes tributes and gyftes But what go I aboute particularly to recouÌ„te vnto you the wonderfull craftes and policies of the chyldren of thys worlde Certes no tonge no oration is able to expresse them they be so many and so sundry Wherfore my welbeloued freÌ„des were it not a right foule shame for vs English men for vs I saye that pretende vtterly to detest and renounce the fraudes and policies of the byshope of Rome and of all hys limmes and to ensue the true religion of Christ and whych counte oure selues the children of the lyghte were it not I say a shame that these worldlinges shuld haue such a forsyght prudence and wisdom in theyr kinde for thynges transitorie whych be of small valure and mere vanities and that we shuld be stacke and negligent by doinge of oure officies and duties towardes our neighbours to gette vs the rewardes of euerlastinge life namely sithe euery one of vs bycause of the incertain terme of thys life oughte euer to be in a redynes and to awayte when the Lorde of heuen wol say vnto vs as was here said to the Stuard Gyue accomptes of thy stuardshippe for thou maiste be no lengar stuard Thys tyme bicause it is both vncertaine to euery man also shorte we must therfore hasten vs to bestowe our erthly substaunce vpon the pore wherby to gette vs a pasporte to eternall life For so shall it come to passe that the good dedes benefites whyche other folke haue done we shal be made partakers of whyl we helpe them with our goodes For assuredly he that wyth hys wordlye substaunce helpeth the prophete I meane hym that setteth forth Christes worde the same shall receyue the rewarde of the prophete shal be reliued in semblable wyse in the kyngdome of heuen wyth the good deades of the prophete or preacher And therfore the Lorde sayeth here in thys place Make you frendes of the wicked MaÌ„mon Make you frendes of the Mammon of iniquitie As who shulde saye Se that ye prouyde for yourselues in tyme accordinge to thexemple of thys prudent and politike steward Get you good frendes of an euel thynge that whan at the lordes commaundement ye shal be compelled to departe from thys tente and pauilion of your bodye they maye receyue you into euerlastynge habitacions It is an happye chaunge whan earthly thynges be permuted for heauenly What thynge is vyler or goeth further from vertue thaÌ„ the goodes of thys worlde They are

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