Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14585	A fruitfull and godly sermon preached at Paules crosse before the Honourable audience and assemblie there, this present yeare 1592. Vpon the 5. chapter of the prophesie of Zacharie, 1, 2, 3, 4 verses. By A.W.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1592 (1592)	STC 24899; ESTC S119640	29,840	80

as a huge mountaine againste our Zorobabell yet shall they be made a plain as the prophet saith Zach. 4 7. Againe seeing the iudgementes of God are reuealed againste all vnrighteousnesse in whomsoeuer it is founde Let not riche menne honourable and noble personages thinke muche to haue their faultes touched by the word of God nor storme in their heartes or whet their toongs against the ministers of Gods word which are but the lords mouth to his people Why Wee doo but vnfold the booke the writing is the Lordes Nunquid ego scripsi saith Augustine Nunquid primum ex ore meum exiit that is did we write it or came it first out of our mouthes Wee doo but holde out the looking glasse it is the glas that descrieth the blemishes of your face We are the Lords trumpetters if the trumpet giue an vncertaine sound who would prepare himselfe to the battayle 1. Cor. 14 8. if the trumpet should geue a false alarum and sounde the retraite when the enimyes are at hand should he not betray the campe so if the ministers of God shoulde flatter the people in their sinnes and crie peace peace vnto them when the sword of God is drawn out against them were it not the ready way to destroy them VVe are your physitians Eligo aspera sed salubria medicamenta saith Augustine I sometime make choice of sharpe yet holdsome medicines And againe yee right Honourable and worshipfull maie finde flatterers inough abroad VVhere should you looke for sounde and faithfull counsaile if not in this place and at our hands VVherefore let not men be offended at vs when we rebuke them for their sinnes we are in stead of Physitians and faithfull Counsellers vnto them VVe haue also a charge from GOD to speake O saith one Consideret periculum meum he that is displeased with me let him consider my danger For saith not God to Ieremye that he would destroy him before their face if he held his peace Iere. 1 17. Augustine saith verye well Quid tu succenses mortalis sub iussione Christi mare audit tu surdens es O worme of earth why dost thou storme The sea obeied the voice of Christ and doost thou stop thine eares Mare audit ventus cessat tu sufflas The sea waxed calme the wind was still and thou beginnest to bluster and swell Chrisostome prettilie quippeth and checketh such proude men that coulde not abide to be reproued Quid tibi tantum arrogas homo quia sublimi curra veheris O foolish man whye dooest thou thinke so well of thy selfe because thou ridest and art carried in a Coach Quale est istud nam ligna lapides sic gestantur A goodly matter wee see stones and logges euen so to be drawne along and carted in the streates But if so be that men are so dainty eared that they will not heare a sharpe word let them follow Augustines counsell Emendate vitam ego emendabo uerba Mend you your waies I will mende my words Cessate peruerse agâ—re ego quiescam mala improporare leaue ye off to do euil I will cease to threaten and speake euill against you And to be short Qui male audire nolit ne male faciat hee that will not heare euill let him not do euill Thus much concerning the vision it selfe now we come to the meaning and interpretation thereof And first of the sins which the prophet heere denounceth againste then of the iudgement The sinnes are two theft and false swearing By theft is not only vnderstood that kind which the law calleth and adiudgeth to be thefte when by violence or priuie pilfering one spoileth another of that he hath but likewise when anye wrong is offered and doon to our neybour by craft or subtlety by oppression or vsurie by wrong iudgment or extortion or howsoeuer else the spirit of god doth not spare euen to call it theft to account of such as of those that doe rob and steale from their brethren First concerning open and plain theft much I will not say not because I think there are few that offend this way for I am afrayd this sinne doth too too much abound both in citie and countrie but thus I take it that seeing there is straight prouision made by the Lawes of this land for the sinne of theft which accordingly are executed if these poore miserable wretches will not be warned to take heede by those dayly examples of theeues and robbers which are brought foorth before their eies to execution I must not looke that they shoulde bee much mooued by my speech yet I will not altogether hold my peace if perhaps it maye please God euen nowe to touch their harts That theft and priuie pilfering is too commonly practised who seeth it not No rare thing now a-daies for seruants to purloine from their maisters children from their parents one neighbour froÌ„ another I find that there are 2 especial causes of this mischiefe two things that make so many theeues Idlenesse and necessitie and want The idle person that hath not beene brought vp vnto laboure hee sayth as it is Prouerb 9 ver 17. Hidden waters are pleasaunt and stollen breade is sweete It is a goodlye matter hee thinketh to liue of other mens sweat when without anye great labour or trauayle he can tell how to satisfie himselfe and mayntaine his familie But whosoeuer thus boasteth in himselfe let him consider the end and heare the counsayle of the wise man in the same place in the next verse hee remembreth not that hee is in the way to Hell and Destruction for firste the shame of the worlde followeth They are ashamed sayeth the Prophet as when a Theefe is taken Ierem. 2 26. But if they care not for the shame of men let that fearefull sayeng of saint Paule mooue them That theeues and couetous persons shall not inherite the kingdome of heauen 1 Cor. 6 9. See then they doe not onelye hazarde their bodilye life but they doe also incurre the eternall daunger of their soule What foolishe naye what madde men then are these that for a morssell of bread for a matter of small value will thus desperatelye cast away their bodies and liues yea their soules too without the great mercye of God But sir wil some say What should I do shall I suffer my selfe and my familie to starue and so perishe Here nowe is the other cause that driueth men to steale their extreame wante and penurye So sayeth the Wise man A man despiseth not a Theefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule for hee is hungrie Prou. 6. 30. In which wordes hee excuseth not the lewdnesse of those that satisfie their hunger by stealth but secretlye hee reprooueth the hardnesse and vnmercifulnesse of riche couetous men by whose meanes the number of theeues is increased for if they woulde stretche foorth their hande to helpe and releeue those that are in neede I am verelie persuaded wee should haue fewer Beggers and not so manye Theeues And

witnesse dyd indure the same punishment which by his false oath was cast vpon his brother An eie for an eie a tooth for a tooth life for life Deu. 19 21. If his neighbor were adiudged to lose an eie a tooth or lyfe by his lieng euidence he was to sustain the same losse and damage himselfe as if with his owne hand he had pulled out his neighbours eie or tooth or taken away his life There is a generation whos toonges are as swordes their iawes as kniues Pro. 30 14. This is the generation of wicked periured persons the poison of Aspes is vnder their lips Rom. 3 13 Their blasphemous toonge stingeth to death as the venemous sting of serpeÌ„ts Miserable men which do willinglye fall into the snares of the Diuell out of the which fewe of them can vnfolde them Nay their conscience is defiled polluted Men more senseles and prophane then the diuell himselfe for they tremble stand in awe Iam. 2 19. But these men haue no feare of God but are clean void of vnderstanding Their word shal fret as a canker 2. Tim. 3 17 theyr false oath shal be a bane to their soule like the bitter water which the adulterous woman vsed to drinke that caused her belly to swel and her thigh to rot Num. 6. Euen so this iniquity which hee hath drunke as water shall bee as a gnawing worm vpon his conscience and as a fire in his bones Wherfore repent this euil ye abhominable periurers and beware of this sinne least you fall into it all you that loue your owne soules Besides these false swearers which pro perly offend in swearing vainly falsely There are other also which in a more large and generall sense doo faile in the worship of God and so may be reckned in the same number of false swearers they are likewise of twoe sortes eyther suche as are corrupt in the iudgement of religion or else they which profes the Gospell but denye the power thereof who honour God with their lippes and outward profession and dishonour him in their life In the first place we must deale against heretikes and schismatikes that do troble our Church In the next againste hypocrites which cause the Gospell to bee euill spoken of by their euill life and all these are truely said to sweare falselye by the name of God First they which faile in iudgment of religion and so we the seede of corrupt doctrine are the chiefe troublers and disquieters of our Church the Papistes and Romishe Catholikes There is also another sect that haue made a great rent in our Church and they are commonly called Brownists Both of these doo agree in disturbing our peace and in many opinions they come very neere togither and are almoste coosine germans They both are recusants and refuse to come to our Churches and congregations and to heare diuine seruice They both affirme that we haue no sacraments no true Ministers and consequently no Church though vpon diuers grounds They do not stand vpon the same premises yet they bring foorth the same conclusion What shall we thinke of these men Trulye their case is more daungerous then they are aware of For one saith truely Non potest deum habere patrem qui ecclesiam non habet matrem Hee cannot haue God his father who denyeth the Church to be his mother But I doo make a difference betweene these two sorts For the one that is the Papist swarueth on the left hand the other on the right their transgression is in fowle idolatrie and superstition these offend through a preposterous and rash disordered zeale They are deuided froÌ„ vs in the very substance of religion and materiall points of faith These menne doo vary from vs cheefly in matters of circumstance and the external rites and orders of the Church They some of them haue brought foorth sower vngodly fruit of a bitter roote they haue fallen into open rebellion committed treason in the highest degree and conspired the death of our Soueraign whos life God of his mercy long preserue the other as yet haue not proceeded so far and I trust they will not and I pray god they do not To conclude they are manifest and conuict Heretiks these as yet we will vouchsafe the name of schismatikes But let them take heede betime for if they continue obstinate their schisme will be changed into heresie as Augustine said of the Donatists Schismaticus es sacrilega discessione heraeticus sacrilego dogmate Thou art a schismatike because of thy sacrilegious departure froÌ„ the Church thou art an heretike for thy sacrilegious opinions which thou holdest First as touching our heretikes and Popish Catholikes they are the briers and thornes which the prophet Micah speaketh of 7 4. The best of them is a brier and as a thorn in a hedge For they are as pricks in our eies and goades in our sides VVe nourish them amongest vs euen as fire in our bosom as the wise man saith Pro. 6 27. And fitly may they be resembled to cockatrice egges if a man eate of their egs saith the prophet he dieth and that which is trode vppon breaketh out into a serpent Isai. 59 5. So if a man be infected with their heresie and tast of their delicates and drinke of the whore of Babilons poisoned cup it is death vnto him hee destroieth his owne soule Againe if their dooings bee sifted their practises sounded in manye of them you shal find conspiracies disloyalty and rebellion as do but treade on the cockatrise eg out flieth a serpent These are the gretest enimies that the Church of God either now hath or euer had Sometime the church was persecuted by cruel tyrants sometime vexed molested of Heretikes Tunc leo fuit as Austin saith cum aperte saeuiebat modo draco est cum occul e insideatur Then the Dyuel raged as a Lion when hee raised persecutioÌ„ against the church another time he plaieth the wilye serpent and priuilie lieth in waite But these enimies of the church haue both waies vexed the people of God both by laieng wast the sanctuarye of GOD by their barbarous and cruell persecutions as also in defiling it with filthy idolatry and heresie So that both waies now they proue the Church as cruell persecutors Exercent patientiam ecclesiae They doo exercise where they may the patience of the Churche and as egregious Heretikes Exercent sapientiam ecclesiae They doo try the wisdome of the Church Now to leaue these men whose conuersion most of all we desire if that can not bee had our next wishe is that they were from amongst vs that as their hart is at Rome so they also were with theyr Pope holy father there But if this neither cannot bee obtained our laste sute and request is this That seeing we cannot be rid of them they might be serued as the Gebeonites were in Israell Iosua 9 27. They were made hewers of wood and drawers of water So it were not

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