The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 28 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 0.72 · 508 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.
Man is our people, his God we are again With him will we have, continual residence A way will we wipe, from all sorrow and pain He shall no longer despair, for his offence Nor have in his soul, any carefuldoubte of conscience The old popyshnes is past, which was dampuation We have now renewed, our Christian congregation. Stand forth Christian faith, and take our advertisement We here appoint thee, to govern our congregation See thou do nothing, without the admonishment Of these three laws here, Imprynt their declaration Of my sweet promises, and than make thou relation To my folk again, that they may walk to me Without popish dreams, in a perfect liberty. Most heavenly maker, in it thoudoest command me Evermore will I, full prompt and diligent be. Thou law of Nature, shalt teach man God to know And thatto refuse, whereby any ill may grow. From this your precept, shall I not vary I crow▪ Teach thou him also, to worship one God about And his proper neighbour, to persecute with love. I hope blessed lord, to do as me shall behove. And thou shalt teach him, to love God in his heart. And those to forgive, by whom he sufferethsmarte. In your appointments, will I do also my part. Work thou in the heart, a knowledge necessary In the flesh, work thou, by outward ceremony. Change thou notto the spret▪ ● workings of these two And cause our people, in a perfect way to go Take heed christian faith, to the teachings of these three And move our people, to walk in the verity. The promises we made, in all these three are Gospel We would thou shouldest so, to our Congregation tell Our everlasting blessing, be with you ever more. To thy sweet name lord, be praise & perpetual honour▪ It hath pleased God, to put me in this office To govern his church, and christian Congregation And therein do, as ye shall me entice give me I pray you, such wholesome exhortation As may be to Man, aclere edification And I will be glad, to take your adurttyshment As it shall become, any child obedient. Ye speak it full weal, than mark what shallbe said And diligently, look that it be obeyed. The effect of me, is for to know the lord everlasting, strong, most gracious and godly And as touching Man, to have fraternal concord F 〈…〉 r to nourish, and to do non injury To 〈…〉 ●●uenasites made, and love true matrimony These noble effects, so temper you in man.. That them to fulfil, he do the best he can. The effect of me, is for to worship the lord As one God alone, and to fly from Idolatry Not to flee nor steel, nor yet to bear false record To show what is sin, and to seek the remedy Public peace to hold▪ and sore to punish the guilty From these good effects, see that man never soo●rue then shall he be sure, that God will him preserve.
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Position
nodes 1762–1819 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 28 of 30 in this edition
Length
508 words · 651 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T5 — Christian faith, sin and salvationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.718 (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)
Man is our people, his God we are agayne With hym wyll we haue, contynuall resydence A waye wyll we wype, from all sorowe and payne He shall no longer dyspayre, for his offence Nor haue in his soule, any carefuldoubte of conscience The olde popyshnes is past, whiche was dampuacion We haue nowe reued, our Christen congregation. Stande forth Christen faith, and take our aduertismēt We here appoynt the, to gouerne our congregacion Se thou do nothynge, without the admonysshement Of these thre lawes here, Imprynt theyr declaration Of my swete promyses, and than make thou relation To my folke agayne, that they maye walke to me Without popysshe dreames, in a perfyght lybertie. Most heauenly maker, in it thoudoest cōmaunde me Euermore wyll I, full prompt and dylygent be. Thou lawe of Nature, shalt ache man God to knowe And thatto refuse, wherby any yll maye growe. From this your precepte, shall I not varye I crowe▪ Teache thou hym also, to worshyp one God about And his proper neyber, to persecute with loue. I hope blessed lorde, to do as me shall behoue. And thou shalt teache hym, to loue God in his hart. And those to forgyue, by whom he sufferethsmarte. In your appoyntmentes, wyll I do also my part. Worke thou in the harte, a knowledge necessarye In the flesshe, worke thou, by outwarde Ceremonye. Change thou notto the spet▪ workyns of these wo And cause our people, in a perfyght waye to go Take hede christē fayth, to the techynges of these thre And moue our people, to walke in the verytie. The promyses we made, in all these thre are Gospell We wolde thou shouldest so, to our Congregation tell Our eurlastynge bestynge, be with you euer more. To thy swete name lord, be prayse & perpetuall honour▪ It hath pleased God, to put me in this offyce To gouerne his churche, and christen Congregation And theri do, as ye shall me entyce Gyue me I praye you, suche holsome exhortation As maye be to Man, aclere edyfication And I wyll be glad, to take your adurttyshment As it shall become, any chylde obedyent. Ye speake it full wele, than marke what shalbe sayde And dylygently, looke that it be obeyed. The effecte of me, is for to knowe the lorde Euerlastynge, stronge, most gracyous and godlye And as touchynge Man, to haue fraternall concorde Fr to norysshe, and to do non iniurye To uenasites made, and loue true matrymonye Tese noble effectes, so temper you in Man. That them to fulfyll, he do the best he can. The effect of me, is for to worshyp the lorde As one God alone, and to flye from Idolatye Not to flee nor stele, nor yet to beare false recorde To shewe what is synne, and to seke the remedye Publyque peace to hold▪ and sore to punysshe the gyltie From these good effectes, se that man neuer soorue Thau shall he be sure, that God wyll hym preserue.