The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 17 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 0.61 · 487 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.
This is not the church, of disguised hypocrites Of apish shavelings, or papistical Sodomytes Nor yet as they call it, a temple of lime and stone But a lyvysh building, grounded in faith alone On the hard rock Christ, which is the sure fosidation And of this church, some do reign in every nation And in all countries, though their number be but small Their number is such, as hath run over all The same Danes are they, men prophecy of plain Which should over run this realm yet once again. What Danes speakest thou of? thy meaning show more clearly. Dane Iohan, Dane Robert, Dane Thomas, and Dane Harrye. The same are those Danes, that lay with other men's wives. And occupied their lands, to the detriment of their lives. These are accounted, a great part of the church For in God's service, they honourably wurche yelling and crying, till their throats are full sore. That Church was describe, of Esaye long afore This people (saith God) with their lips honour me In vain worship, they teaching men's fatuyte Apparent is that church, and open to the eyes Their worshippings are, in outward ceremonies That counterfetchurch standeth all by men's traditions Without the scriptures, & without the hearts affections My church is secret, and evermore will be Adoring the father, in spirit and in verity By the word of God, this church is ruled only And doth not consist, in outward ceremony This congregation, is the true Church militant Those counterfeit Desardes, are the very Church malignant. To whom Christ will say, I know none of your sort Moche are they to blame, that brethren so report Such are no brethren, but enemies to Christ's blood As put salvation, in shaven crown mitre, or hood. I pray ye how long, have your sweet spouse continued Sens the beginning, and now is in Christ renewed. Adam did promise, of Christ's incarnation So had Abraham, with his whole generation Which was unto them, a preaching of the Gospel Into salvation, and deliverance from hell. By this time I hope, ye have a fair increase? She is not barren, but beareth and never cease The Corinth's first epistle, hath this clear testimony In Christo Iesu, per Euangilium vos genui I have begot you, in Iesu Christ saith Powle By the Gospel preaching, to the comfort of your soul. Than are ye a ouckolde, by the blessed holy mass As I said afore, so cometh it now to pass For I am a prophet, by high inspiration led Now like I myself, much better than I did Ye say that saint Paul, begat your wife with child. By misunderstanding, thou art ungraciously beguiled An only minister, was paule in that same doing That he therein did, was by the gospel preaching His mind is the Gospel, to have done that operation And this must thou hold, for no carnal generation.
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Position
nodes 1163–1218 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 17 of 30 in this edition
Length
487 words · 635 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T5 — Christian faith, sin and salvationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.610 (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)
This is not the churche, of dysguysed hypocrytes Of apysh shauelyngs, or papisticall Sodomytes Nor yet as they call it, a temple of lyme and stone But a lyuysh buyldynge, grounded in fayth alone On the harde rocke Christ, whiche is the sure fosidacion And of this churche, some do reygne in euery nacion And in all coūtreyes, though theyr nombre be but smal Theyr nombre is suche, as hath ronne ouer all The same Danes are they, men prophecye of playne Whiche shuld ouer ronne this realme yet ones agayne. What Danes speakest thou of? thy meanynge shewe more clerely. Dae Iohan, Dane Robert, Dane Thomas, and Dane Harrye. The same are those Danes, that laye with other mens wyues. And occupyed theyr landes, to the detryment of theyr lyues. These are acccounted, a great part of the churche For in Goddes seruyce, they honourably wurche Yellynge and cryenge, tyll theyr throtes are full sore. That Churche was descrybed, of Esaye longe afore This people (sayth God) with theyr lyppes honour me In vayne worshyp, they teachynge mēnes fatuyte Apparaunt is that churche, and open to the eyes Theyr worshyppynges are, in outwarde ceremonyes That coūterfetchurch standeth al by mēnes tradycions Without the scriptures, & without y• hertes affections My churche is secrete, and euermore wyll be Adorynge the father, in spyryte and in verytie By the worde of God, this churche is ruled onelye And doth not consyst, in outwarde ceremonye This congregacion, is the true Churche mylytaunt Those Counterfayte Desardes, are the verye Churche malygnaunt. To whom Christ wyll saye, I knowe none of your sor Moche are they to blame, that brethren so report Suche are no brethren, but enemyes to Christes blode As put saluacion, in shauen crowne mytar, or whoode. I praye ye how lōge, haue your swete spowse cōtynued Sens the beginnynge, and now is in Christ reued. Adam dyd promyse, of Christes incarnacion So had Abraham, with his whole generation Whiche was vnto them, a preachynge of the Gospell Into saluacion, and delyueraunce from hell. By this tyme I hope, ye haue a fayre increase? She is not baen, but beareth and neuer cease The Corinthes first epistle, hath this clere testymonye In Christo Iesu, per Euangilium vos genui I haue begot you, in Iesu Christ sayth Powle By the Gospell preachyng, to the cōfort of your sowle. Than are ye a ouckolde, by the blessed holy masse As I sayde afore, so cōmeth it nowe to passe For I am a prophet, by hyghe inspyration led Nowe lyke I my selfe, moche better than I dyd Ye say y• saynt Paule, begate your wyfe with chylde. By mysunderstandyng, thou art vngracyously begylde An only mynyster, was paule in that same doynge That he therin dyd, was by the Gospell preachynge His mynde is the Gospell, to haue done that operation And this must thou holde, for no carnall generacion.