The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 10 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 0.65 · 471 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.
It will be to late, it I one scupple with the Then let me alone, and we shall soon agree And I shall be glad to be acquainted with ye. Acquaintance good fellow, thou mayst soon have of me The worst fault I have, I am hasty now & than But it is soon gone, I took it of a woman But what mean those tables, that ye have in your hand. Keep silence a while, and thou shalt understand Three things I declare, the first are the precepts moral Next, the laws judicial, and last the rites ceremonial The moral precepts, are God's commandments ten Which ought evermore to be observed of all men The laws of Nature, the moral precepts declare And the pleasant works, to God they teach & prepare They stir man to faith & provoke him also to love To obey, to serve, and to worship God above Into stony tables, God wrote them first of all That they should remain, as things continual▪ The first hath but three, which tend to God's high honour, Seven hath the second, & they concern our neighbour. The first doth expound, the first law natural The next the other, making them very formal Inspryt● it the first, that we should God honour and love To outward working the second doth us move For●ydoynge all wrongs preserving just marriage nourishing true peace, and other godly usage. What is the effect, of your laws judyciall? Such things to command, as are civil or temporal From vice to refrain, and outward injury Quiet to conserve, and public honesty These are to support, the laws of the second table ceremonial rites are also commendable In holy days, garments, temples & consecta●ions sacrifices & vows, with offerings and expi●acions Which are unto Christ, as figures, types, & shadows As Paul doth declare, in his Epistle to the Hebrues These are only figures, and outward testimonies No man is perfect, by such dark ceremonies Only pertain they, unto the third commandment Of the Sabbath day, till Christ the lord be present. In his death ending, the whole judicial priesthood. Good days might ye have, ye speak full well by the rood. I am a poor lad, and by my troth bent earues●lye▪ To wait upon ye, and to be your very lackye. What art thou called, I pray the heartily. Graye friar am I none, by the Mess I can not flatter. I am infidelity, to tell the truth of the matter. And hast thou so long dissembled thus with me? Yea, for advantage to smellout your subtlety. Avoid hens I say, thou false infidelity. Nay that I will not, by yngham trinity. Wilt thou not in deed, than will I fet hither the power Of judges & kings, to subdue the within this hour.
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nodes 743–795 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 10 of 30 in this edition
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471 words · 615 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T5 — Christian faith, sin and salvationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.646 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
It wyll be to late, it I one scupple with the Then let me aon, and we shall soone agre And I shall be glad to be acquaynted with ye. Acquaintace good felaw, thou mayst soone haue of me The worste faulte I haue, I am haste nowe & than But it is sone gone, I toke it of a woman But what meane those tables, y• ye haue in your hande. Kepe scylence a whyle, and thou shalte vnderstande Thre things I declare, the fyrst are y• preceptes moral Next, the lawes iudicial, and last the rytes ceremoniall The morall preceptes, are Gods cōmaundementes ten Whiche ought euermore to be obserued of all men The lawes of Nature, the morall preceptes declare And y• plesaunt workes, to God they teache & prepare They sturre man to fayth & prouoke hym also to loue To obey, to serue, and to worshyp God aboue Into sony tables, God wrote them fyrste of all That they shulde remayne, as thynges contynuall▪ The first hath but thre, whiche tende to Goddes hyghe honour, Seuen hath the seconde, & they concerne our neybour. The fyrste doth expounde, the fyrste lawe naturall The ext the other, makynge them very formall Inspryt i the fyrst, y• we shulde God honour and loue To outwarde workynge the seconde doth vs moue Forydoynge all wronges preseruynge iust maryage Norysshynge true peace, and other godly vsage. What is the effecte, of your lawes Iudyciall? Suche thynges to cōmaunde, as are cyuyle or tēporall From vyce to refrayne, and outwarde iniurye Quyet to conserue, and publyque honestie These are to supporte, the lawes of the seconde table Ceremonyall rytes are also commendable In holy dayes, garmētes, temples & consectaions Sacryfices & vowes, with offerynges and expiacions Which are vnto Christe, as fygures, types, & shadowes As Paule doth declare, in his Epistle to the Hebrues These are onely fygures, and outwarde testymonies No man is perfyght, by suche darke ceremonyes Onely perteyne they, vnto the thyrde cōmaundement Of the Sabboth daye, tyll Christ the lorde be present. In his death endynge, the whole Iudiciall presthode. Good dayes myghte ye haue, ye speake full well by the roode. I am a poore lad, and by my trouth bent earueslye▪ To wayte vpon ye, and to be your very lackye. What art thou called, I praye the hartelye. Graye fryer am I none, by the Messe I can not flatter. I am Infydelytie, to tell the truth of the matter. And hast thou so longe dyssembled thus with me? Yea, for aduauntage to smellout your subtyltie. Auoyde hens I saye, thou false Infydelyte. Naye that I wyll not, by yngham Trynytie. Wylt thou not in dede, thā wyll I fet hyther the poure Of Iudges & kynges, to subdue the within this houre.