The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 13 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 0.58 · 479 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.
Why what will ye say, unto the ten commandments We must poison them, with wilworks, & good intentes Where as God doth say, No strange gods thou shalt have With Saints worshipping, that clause we will deprave. And though he command, to make no graved image For a good intent, yet will we have pilgrimage Though he will us not, to take his name in vain With traditions yet, thereunto will we constrain. No Sabbath will we, with God's word sanctify But with lip labour, and idle ceremony. To father and mother, we may owe none obedience Our religion is, of so so great excellence. Though we do not slay, yet may we hertyckes burnè If they will not soon from holy Scripture turn What though it be said, thou shalt do no fornication Yet will we maintain, much greater abomination Though theft be forbid yet will we continually Rob the poor people, through prayer & purgatory God hath inhibited▪ to give false testimony Yet we will condemn the Gospel for Heresy. We should not covet our neighbours house nor wife His servant nor beast, yet are we therein most rife Of men make we swine, by the draff of our traditions And cause them nothing to regard but superstitions As Dogs unreasonable, on mos●vyle carrion feed So will we cause them, seek idols in their need. And always their ground, shallbe for a goodintent More mischievous I trow, the devil could not invent Than you two can do, by the Mess ye are alone little could I do, were ye once from me gone To the corrupting, of the law of Morses Go forward therefore, in your deceitfulness With superstitions, the Iewes ceremonial laws I will so handle, they shall not be worth▪ two. straws The laws judicial through cawtels and delays I will also drown, to all righteous men's decay To set this forward, we must have sophistry philosophy and Logycke, as science necessary The bishops must hold their priests in ygnoraunee With long latin hours, lest knowledge to them chance Let them have long matins, long even songs & long Masses And that will make them as dull as ever were asses That they shall never be able to prophecy Or yet preach the truth, to our great injury. Let the cloisterers be brought up everin silence Without the Scriptures, in pain of disobedience See the lay people, pray never but in latin Let them have their Crede, and service all in latin That a latin believe, may make a latin soul Let them nothing know, of Christ, nor yet of powle If they have english▪ let it be for advantage For pardons, for Dirges, for offerings & pilgrimage I teken to make them, a new Crede in a while And all in english, their conscience to beguile. Rehearse unto me, the articles of that Crede.
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Position
nodes 943–997 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 13 of 30 in this edition
Length
479 words · 609 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T5 — Christian faith, sin and salvationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.584 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T4 · seed 44: T5 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Wy what wyll ye saye, vnto the ten cōmaundemētes We must poyson them, with wylworkes, & good intētes Where as God doth saye, No straunge goddes thou shalte haue With Sayntes worshyppynge, that clause we wyl depraue. And thoughe he cōmunde, to make no graued ymage For a good intent, yet wyll we haue pylgremage Thoughe he wyll vs not, to take his name in vayne With tradycions yet, therunto wyll we constrayne. No Sabboth wyll we, with Gods worde sanctyfye But with lyppe labour, and yde ceremonye. To father and mother, we maye owe none obedyence Our relygion is, of so so great excellence. Thoughe we do not slee, yet maye we hertyckes burnè If they wyll not soone from holy Scripture turne What though it be sayde, thou shalt do no fornycacion Yet wyll we mayntayne, moche greater abhomynacion Though thefte be forbyd yet wyll we contynuallye Robbe the poore people, throughe prayer & purgatorye God hath inhyyted▪ to gyue false testimonye Yet we wyll condempne the Gospell for Heresye. We shulde not coueyte our neybours house nor wyfe His seruaunt nor bast, yet are we therin most ryfe Of men make we swyne, by the draffe of our tradycions And cause them nothynge to regarde but supersticions As Dogges vnreasonable, on mosvyle carren fede So wyll we cause them, seke ydolles in theyr nede. And alwayes theyr grounde, shalbe for a goodintent More myscheuous I trowe, the deuyll coulde not inuēt Than you two can do, by the Messe ye are alone Lytle coulde I do, were ye ones from m gone To the corruptynge, of the lawe of Morses Go forwarde therfore, in your deceytfules With superstitions, the Iewes ceremoniall lawes I wyll so handle, they shall not be worth▪ ii. strawes The lawes Iudiciall througe cawtels and dlayes I wyll also drowne, to all ryghteous mēnes decaye To set this forwarde, we must haue sophystrye Phylosophye and Logycke, as scyence necessarye The Bysshoppes must hold theyr priestes in ygnoraūee With long laten houres, lest knowledge to them chaūce Let them haue long mattens, longe euen songes & long Masses And that wyll make them as dull as euer were asses That they shall neuer be able to prophecye Or yet preache the truth, to our great iniurye. Let the Cloysterrs be brought vp euerin scylence Without the Scriptures, in paine of dysobedyence Se the laye people, praye neuer but in latyne Let them haue theyr Crede, and seruyce all in latyne That a latyne beleue, maye make a latyne sowle Let them nothynge knowe, of Christe, nor yet of powle If they haue Englysshe▪ let it be for aduauntage For pardons, for Dyrges, for offerynges & pylgremage I teken to make them, a newe Crede in a whyle And all in Englysshe, theyr Conscyence to begyle. Reherse vnto me, the Artycles of that Crede.