The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 27 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 · 509 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 Apostle Iohan, in the Apocalypse doth say He saw ● new he even, and a new earth appearing The old earth and see, were taken clean away That heaven is man's faith, that earth his understanding. Whom we have renewed, by our most sexxet working The old cavered earth, exiling with the see Which is superstition, and infidelity. A new Jerusalem, the said Iohn also see As a beautiful 〈…〉 to her husband Our ●●ue faithful church is that same fair City Whom we 〈…〉, by the power of our right hand As a spouse to Christ, in every Christian land the decrees, of babylonical popery Thatche in spirit, may walk to our glory. three laws, for you will I clere also Of such infections, as by infidelity Ye have reciyved, that ye with her may go Declaring the ways, of Christian liberty she may take, 〈…〉 For her only God, and be our people still In our laws walking, according to our will. At your commandment, we are most blessed lord, Approach nyghar than, and ye shall be restored. Thou law of Naturewe first begin with the restoring the again, to thy first purity Avoid idolatry, Avoid vile sodomy. We charge ye no more, this law to putrefy Keep still that same heart for a sign perpetual That thou wert written, in man's heart first of all. Thou law of Moses▪ give me that veil from the No longer shalt thou, neither blind nor crooked be Hence thou ambition, and cut said covetousness I here banysche you, from this law ever doubtless Lose not those tables, which are a token ture That thou in the flesh, shalt ever more continue. Thou law of the Gospel, though thou be last of all In operation yet, thou art the pryacypall From the I exile, hypoetysye and false doctrine With all that depend, upon the papisticall●yne Reserve the came book, for a sign of heavenly power For the book thou art, that Iohn from headuen did devour. Everlasting praise, to thy glorious majesty. Our heavenly governor, great is thy gracious pity, Of mankind thou art, the eternal felicity. Now leavest thy servants, in thy perpetual peace To do the service, from hence, will we notcease. For your eyes have seen, what thou hast now prepared For thy people's health, which hath benhere declared. A light thou hast sent, which is thy joyous Gospel To the consolation of the house of Israel. In rejoice of this, make we some melody. The name of our God, to praise and magnify. I assent thereto, and will sing very gladly. Hic ad Dei gloriam canta●unt. In exitu Israel de Aegipto, ●●l aliud simile. Now have we destroyed, the kingdom of Babylon And thrown the great whore, into the bottomless pit Restoring agayae, the true faith and religion In the Christian church, as we have thought it fit Depuring these laws, so to continue it Man is our creature, and hath grace in our sight To dwell with him now, is our whole hearts delight.
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nodes 1701–1761 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 27 of 30 in this edition
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509 words · 687 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T5 — Christian faith, sin and salvationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.668 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
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The Apostle Iohan, in the Apoalyps doth saye He sawe newe he euen, and a newe earth appearynge The olde earth and se, were taken cleane awaye That heauen is mannes fayth, that earth his vnderstandynge. Whom we haue renued, by our most sexxet work ynge The olde cauered earth, exylynge with the see Whiche is supersticion, and Infydelytie. A newe Hierusalem, the sayde Iohn also se As a beautyfull to her husbande Our ue faythfull churche is that same fayre Cytie Whō we , by the power of our ryght hand As a souse to Christ, in euery Christen lande the ecres, of Babylonicall poperye That in yyte, maye walke to our glorye. thre lwes, for you wyll I lere also Of suche infections, as by Infydelytie Ye haue reciyued, that ye with he maye go Declarynge the wayes, of Christen lybertie , she may take, For her onely God, and be our people styll In our lawes walkynge, accordynge to our wyll. At your commaundement, we are most blessed lorde, Approche nyghar than, and ye shall be restorde. Thou lawe of Naturewe fyrste begyn with the Restorynge the agayne, to thy first purytie Auoyde Idolatrye, Auoyde vyle Sodomye. We charge ye no more, this lawe to putryfye Kepe styll that same hart for a sygne perpetuall That thou wert written, in mannes hart firste of all. Thou lawe of Moses▪ gyue me that vayle from the No longer shalt thou, neyther blynde nor croked be Hence thou Ambycion, and cut sed Coueytousns I here banysche you, from this lawe euer doubtles Lose not those tables, whiche are a token ture That thou in the flesche, shalt euer more contynue. Thou lawe of the Gospell, thoughe thou be last of all In operation yet, thou art the pryacypall From the I exyle, hypoetysye and false doctryne With all that depende, vpon the papisticallyne Reserue the came boke, for a sygne of heauenly poure For ye boke thou art, that Iohn frō headuē dyd deuoure. Euerlastyng prayse, to thy gloryous maiestie. Our heauenly gouernour, great is thy gracious pytie, Of mankynde thou art, the eternall felycitie. Nowe leauest thy seruauntes, in thy perpetuall peace To do the seruyce, from hence, wyll we notcease. For your eyes haue see, what thou hast nowe prepared For thy peoples health, which hath benhere declared. A lyght thou hast sent, whiche is thy ioyous Gospell To the consolacion of the howse of Israell. In reioyce of this, make we some melodye. The name of our God, to prayse and magnyfye. I assent therto, and wyll synge very gladly. Hic ad Dei gloria cantaunt. In exitu Israel de Aegipto, l aliud simile. Nowe haue we destroyed, the kyngdome of Babylon And throwen the great whore, into the bottomles pyt Restorynge agayae, the true fayth and relygyon In the Christen churche, as we haue thought it fyt Depurynge these lawes, so to contynue it Man is our creature, and hath grace in our syght To dwell with hym now, is our whole hartes delyght.