The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 7 of 30
Bale, John · published 1562 · first performed or written 1538 [revised c.1547 and 1562] (Annals) moral T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.67 · 497 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
The law of Nature they will Infect, corrupt and spill With their abomination idolatry with wickedness And sodomy with filthiness To his most utter damnation. These two will him so use Each one in their abuse And wrap it in such evil That by their wicked cast He shall be at the last A morsel for the devil. Now underneath her wings idolatry hath kings With their nobility Both dukes, lords, knights and earls Fair ladies with their pearies And the whole communalty. Within the bounds of sodomy Doth dwell the spiritual clergy Pope, cardinal and priest Nun, canon, Monk and friar With so many else as do desire To reign under Antichrist. Detesting matrimony They live abominably, And burn in carnal lust. Shall I tell ye farther news? It Rome for Prelates are stews Of doth kinds. This is just. The law of nature I think Will not be able to wink Against the assaults of them They having so high prelate's, And so many gteat estates From hens to Ierusalem. Pause now a little while Mine ears doth me beguile If There not a sound Yon folk hath sped I guess It is to by the Mess Away now will I round. I think ye marvel, to see such alteration At this time in me, whom God left here so pure O me it cometh not, but of mannes operacion Whom daily the devil, to great sin doth allure And his nature is full brittle and unsure By him have I got this fowl disease of body And as ye see here, am now thrown in a lepry. I wrought in his heart, as God bade tr●estlye. Him oft provoking, to love God over all With the inner powers, but that false idolatry Hath him perverted, by slayghtes diabolical And so hath sodomy, through his abuses carnal That he is now lost, offending without measure And I corrupted to my most high displeasure. I abhor to tell, the abusions bestial That they daily use, which boast their chastity Some at the altar, to incontyvencye fall In confession some, full beastly occupied be Among the close nuns, reigneth this enormity Such children s●eythey, as they chance for to have And in their prevyes, provide them of their grave. Ye Christian rulers, see ye for this a way Be not illuded, by false hypocrisy By the stroke of God, the world will else decay permit priests rather, God's lawful remedy Than they should i●c●r●●, most bestial sodomy Regard not the pope, nor yet his whorish kingdom For he is the master, of Gomor and of Sodom With Man have I been, which hath me thus defiled With idolatry, and unclean sodomy And worthy I am, from God to be exiled Pity me yet lord of thy most bounteous mercy I will forth and mourn, till thousende remedy Promise haste thou made, to a glorious lybercie To bring heaven & earth, them wilt thou (I trust) restore me.
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nodes 546–622 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 7 of 30 in this edition
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497 words · 666 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T5 — Christian faith, sin and salvationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.667 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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The lawe of Nature they wyll Infect, corrupt and spyll With theyr abhomynacion Idolatrye with wyckednesse And Sodomye with fylthynesse To his most vtter dampnacion. These two wyll hym so vse Eche one in theyr abuse And wrappe it in suche euyll That by theyr wycked cast He shall be at the last A morsell for the deuyll. Nowe vnderneth her wynges Idolatrye hath kynges With theyr Noylytie Both dukes, lordes, knyghtes and arles Fayre ladyes with theyr pearies And the whole comynaltie. Within the bownes of Sodomye Doth dwell the spyrytuall clergye Pope, Cardynall and pryest Nonne, Chanon, Monke and fryer With so many els as do desyre To reygne vnder Antechrist. Detestynge Matrymonye They lyue abhomynablye, And burne in carnall lust. Shall I tell ye farther newes? It Rome for Prelates are stewes Of doth kyndes. This is iust. The lawe of nature I thynke Wyll not be able to wyke Agaynst the assaultes of them They hauynge so hygh prelates, And so many gteat esates From hens to Ierusalem. Pause nowe a lytle whyle Myne eares doth me begyle If There not a sounde Yn folke hath sped I gesse It is to by the Messe Awaye nowe wyll I round. I thynke ye maruayle, to se such alteraion At this tyme in me, whom God lefte here so pure O me it cometh not, but of mannes operacion Whom dayly the deuyll, to great synne doth allure And his nature is full bryttle and vnsure By hym haue I gote this fowle dysease of bodye And as ye se here, am nowe throwen in a leprye. I wrought in his hart, as God bad trestlye. Hym oft prouokynge, to loue God ouer all With the inner powers, but that false Idolatrye Hath hym peruerted, by slayghtes dyabolycall And so hath Sodomye, throughe his abuses carnall That he is nowe loste, offendynge without measure And I corrupted to my most hyghe dyspleasure. I abhorre to tell, the abusyous bestyall That they dayly vse, whiche boast theyr chastytie Some at the aulter, to incontyuencye fall In confessyon some, full beastly occupyed be Amonge the close Nonnes, reygneth this enormytie Suche chyldren seythey, as they chaunce for to haue And in theyr preuyes, prouyde them of theyr graue. Ye Christen rulers, se ye for this a waye Be not illuded, by false hypocrysye By the stroke of God, the worlde wyll els decaye Permyt prestes rather, Gods lawfull remedye Than they shulde icr, most bestyall Sodomye Regarde not the pope, nor yet his whorysshe kyngdom For he is the master, of Gomor and of Sodome With Man haue I ben, which hath me thus defyled With Idolatrye, and vncleane Sodomye And worthy I am, from God to be exyled Pytie me yet lorde of thy moste bounteous mercye I wyll forth and mourne, tyll thousende remedye Promyse haste thou made, to a gloryous lybercie To bring heuē & erth, thē wylt thou (I trust) restore me.