Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	life_n	soul_n	5,160	5	5.5664	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68550	The Bible-battells. Or The sacred art military For the rightly wageing of warre according to Holy Writ. Compiled for the vse of all such valiant worthies, and vertuously valerous souldiers, as vpon all iust occasions be ready to affront the enemies of God, our king, and country. By Ric. Bernard rector of Batcombe Somersetshire.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1629 (1629)	STC 1926; ESTC S115391	93,945	409

courage and striketh some feare into the enemie A small number of skilfull men and experienced in armes will easily rout multitudes of others as histories and experience doe tell vs. The Romans by their excercised souldiers got so great and so maine victories Epaminondas by his exercised Thebanes ouerthrew the Lacedemonians Liv 27. 21 at length Hannibal at his comming into Italy at first put to flight 35. thousand with a smal company of old souldiers V. Besides all these it is fit that souldiers should be religious yea very requisite because they expose themselues so to the danger of death vvhich none but such as be religious can be prepared for Besides they may expect Gods ayde they may fight with their hands and pray vvith their hearts by which meanes that renowned Machabeus 2 Mach 15 26 27. conquered Nicanor and slew of his enemies 35. thousand Let not the roaring boyes the Machavilian Atheists the prophane Esaus the drunken sonnes of Bacchus the blasphemous swearers nor the filthy Adulterers laugh at this for God requireth 2 Sa. 23. 3. that all should feare him Religion will make men valiant never any in holy vvrit recorded for religious but were indeed valiant as Abraham David Asa Iehoidah the high Priest Iosias the religious king all valiant men And how can they See Doct. Sut. Deaâ—e of Exet. his b of warre pag. 37 38 mooving the Armie to be religious be otherwise but valiant when they know that God is reconciled to them death if it come will bee to them aduantage These onely haue faith in God and so will be couragious Who can doubt that these will adventure life in the field for religion and a iust cause that dare willingly yeeld their bodies to be burnt for their faith and profession They adventure their corporall life but with assurance of a heauenly life after Wheras all other be what they may be hazard the damnation of their soules with the death of their bodies a desperate attempt in carelesse wretches The religious of conscience will be obedient as Israel professed Ios 1. 16 17. Mat 8. 9. to be to Iosua and are like the Centurions seruants going comming at command and not mutinous they are of a quiet behauiour and temperate not brablers not drunkards nor quarrelsome They will esteeme of and loue a worthy Captaine according to his worth who must be to them as a father and 2 Ch. 25. 13. See the reading in the marg they to him as sons for in Israels language they were called the sons of the band Their prayers are of more force to preuaile with God to take their parts and to vanquish an Enemy then all other means beside Israel fought but Moses did procure the victorie by prayer And least any scoffing Ishmael should deride this care of the choyce of religious men as having no patterne of warlike Chieftaines to follow let them looke to the mightie Exo 15. 3. man of warre the Lord of hosts the king of Kings and consider what manner of souldiers he did chuse to fight his battles The Commanders were religious as Ioshua the Iudges Ehud Gideon Iepthah David and others His Armies mustered by the Lord were called his sanctified ones set apart by him to military imployment They were also mighty ones and strong Esa 13. 3. Ioel 2. 5. they Ioel 2. 7. 8 9. were skilfull to march and did not breake ranke keeping way and iust distance not thrusting one another they cared not for wounds though the sword pierced them they were such as were runners quicke and nimble in execution and to conclude they reioyced in the Lords highnes and in his excellency Such did the Lord muster and chuse for his host But it will be obiected that Iepthtah had in his campe vaine men Iud 11. 1 Sa. 22. 2. 30. 22. There gathered to Dauid men in distresse in debt discontented persons â—eâ— and wicked-men and sons of Belial who fought with courage recovered their losses and slew the Amalakites It is very true but these were some 1 Ch 12. 33. onely among the rest the Commanders themselves and other among them were well given Againe they had such as pleased to come to them in their distresses but they did not hyre such as the bastard Abimelech Iudg 9. did who hyred vaine and light men a companie fit for such a Captaine Authoritie that may presse may find fitter men for their seruice is a good cause if they looke to prosper then sonnes of Beliall Rogues Loyterers Pikars Swearers Drunkards Bastard breeders Gaole-birds Scurfe and Scum of a people held vnworthy to liue among honest men very Out-casts of parishes not to bee admitted indeede vnto the honour of beeing a Souldiour But some will perhaps say that of these Routs of outcasts some haue prooued very seruiceable also many vncleane liuers prophane swearers whore-master and Cup-Captaines haue shewed great courage in warâ—s And it s knowne that Heathen men Iulius Caesar Alexander Hector Achilles Themistocles Epaminondas Pyrrhus and infinite others haue bin valiant souldiers First for these latter though Heathen Xenophon in exp Cyr. 2. Cicero de nat Deo Esai 47. 12 13. yet morall vertues have beene commended in them and according to their Pagan profession they were religious asking counsell of their gods without which they would not goe to warre and they hearkened to their Priests Diviners Southsayers Prognosticators Astrologers Chaldeans and such as were Revealers as they thought of the will of their gods For the rout of outcasts it may be some very few of many have beene seruiceable but what have all the rest beene An Heathen could say That of a Company riotous Cleaâ—chus â—n Xenophon exped Cyrâ— 2 and disorderly there is no vse For the other that are held so valorous true it is that humane fortitude may be in an Abimelech that murtherer of his brethren in an Abner a Ioab as it was in those forenamed renowned Heathen yea in other most lewd and vicious and most prophanely irreligious there may be out of pride and ambition out of a furious heat of heart out of a resolued foole hardy desperatenesse out of hope of spoyle out of a vaine desire of getting honour and out of some such like grounds perhaps out of an inflamed spirit of the Battery shewed a kind of valour But this is not Christian fortitude such as was in David and others accompanied euer with other laudable vertues What desperate companions were the three seditious Captaines in Ierusalem and their followers they prodigally shed the bloud of one another and like Lyons fought with the Romans but at length to their owne vtter confusion And what becommeth of these sorts of such seeming valorous men what commonly is their end How prosper they to say no more of them but this let experience speake Happy were it that Christian armies were gathered of religious or at least of ciuill and morally honest men that the

warre in their hand it is hee that giueth Iacob to the spoyle and Ier. 21 4. Esa 42 24. Ier. 21. 5. â— Israel to robbers for hee fighteth sometimes against them with an outstretched hand and a strong arme in anger furie and in great wrath 2. That all this happeneth for sin because his people rebell and vexe his spirit doe euill in his sight and Esa 63. 10 Iud. 3. 12. Leu. 26. 14 15 with v 17 36 37. will not obey nor hearken to his commandements For Idolatry and despising Gods message by his Prophet was Amaziah ouerthrowne in battell Rehoboam for his Idolatry was spoyled by Shishake King of Egypt for Ioash his Apostacie and his murther of Zacharias was a very great host deliuered by God into Esai 42. 34. 2 Ch 25. 12. 2 Ch 24. 2â— the hands of the Sirians a small company For his wickednesse was Ahab brought low and at length Iudah led into captiuity by Nebuchadnezzar 3. That although the Enemies be thus the rod of Gods anger and his Esai 10. 5. indignation the very staffe in his hands to punish his people for their hypocriticall seruice but not to destroy them vtterly yet because the enemies thinke not this that they Esai 10. 13. are onely Gods rod and staffe nor that their power is from him because his people haue sinned but are proud glorying in their owne wisedome and strength and intend in their hearts to destroy the Lords inheritance he will at length turne his wrath vpon them For marke what the Lord saith by his Prophet when the Lord hath performed his whole worke vpon Vers 12. 16 17 24 27. Mount Sion and on Ierusalem hee will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the King of Assyria and the glory of his high lookes And this is Gods manner of dealing when he hath humbled his people then to bring vpon their enemies a day of Ier. 50. 17 18 23 51. 11. Amos 1. 3 6 9 11. 13. vengeance and a time of recompence as he did vpon the Assyrians first and next vpon the Babylonians for their mercilesse cruelty against his people The Lord now afflicteth heauily his Church her enemies preuaile mightily and thinke to deuoure her vp false friends vndermine her wals open enemies assault her and tread her vnder foot in many places but when God hath performed his whole worke he will take his time to gather them together to their destruction and this he foretelleth vs Ioel 3. 2. 11 plainely in Reu. 16. 19. 20. In the meane space let vs humble our selues vnder his mighty hand bee warned by our former great losses by our brethâ—ens calamities by the signes from heauen by the extraordinary stormes and tempests winter thunder and lightning so often and vnusuall by plagues and other punishments fallen vpon vs and if we turne and repent then let vs beleeue 2 Ch. 20. and wait with patience yea then hearken what is said stand still let vs not feare but behold the saluation of the Lord which he will shew vnto vs undoubtedly in that day Amen And thus for the generall hosts of God and the armies of his power in heauen and in earth Now the other more speciall host of this Lord God of Hosts is his trained souldiers the Armie which hee hath in his Church for defence therof Exo. 12. 41 51. 14. 20. 23. 18. 14. 2. 15. 27. Num. 11. 10. 16. or to send out against their enemies and his also for their sakes This Armie was the Israelites comming out of Egypt which are called Gods host and Campe who went vp harnessed their resting places were called encampings and their lodging was in Tents The Lord caused a muster of them and to be numbered and found among them to bee 603550. able men to draw sword all that were 20. yeers old and vpward Hee set them in order in marching and appointed them standards and the seuerall armies to attend the same This Ios 5. 13. Exo. 13. 21. 14. 19. Ps 77. 20. Esa 63. 12. Deut. 33. 5 Ps 18. 32. 34. 38. 144. 1. host was the host of God Christ their Prince and their Conductor His Lieutenant generall Moses who was as a King among them After Moses he set vp Iosua to be generall after him Iudges then Saul and David the King whom the Lord girded with strength to the battell teaching his hands to warre and his fingers to fight so as by hee could by his armes breake a bow of steele Thus he trained him vp to fight his battels This Army of his people is called 1 Sam. 17. 36. Ios 5. 15. Esa 31. 4. Deu 20. 4. 1. Sa. 17. 47 2 Chr. 20. 15. the host of the living God and the Lords host with this he taketh part and for it fighteth as a Lyon with this he goeth to fight against his enemies for the battell is not theirs but the Lords and therfore the Lord was for them to giue them many glorious and incredible victories ouer their enemies And as the Lord was glorified in victories by these so will he assuredly be now also for his Church in his owne good time For albeit the beast must warre with the Saints and for a time ouercome Reu. 11. 2. 13. 7. yet at length shall the lambe with his elect called and faithfull preuaile Reu. 17. 14. He shall ride vpon the white horse with many crownes vpon his head the armies of heauen also following on white horses as triumphing ouer all their enemies for he Reu. 17. 16. is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords And thus of the warres of God with man The III. Chap. Of the warres of man with man and of the lawfulnesse of such warres VVArre is the contention betweene Princes or States by armes or force of men vnder order and good gouernment to obtaine victory and so â—he conquering and subduing of the Dominions bodies and goods of one another to liue the better afterwards in peace and honour For S. Aug ad Bonifac. saith a Father the true seruants of God make warres that the wickâ—d may be restrained and good men be releeued Warre vpon iust cause vndertaken is vndoubtedly lawfull And this is necessary to be knowne and beleeued of all that vndertake warres For there is nothing more for encouragement in any action then to haue conscience satisfied in the lawfulnes thereof Some as the Anabaptists hold it not lawfull for Christians vnder the Gospell to make warre but such are but dreamers for 1. God is pleased to he called a Exo. 15. 3. man of Warre now he neuer admitteth a title of a thing vnlawfull 2. He hath giuen commandement to his people sometimes to fight Numbers 31. 3. 1. Sam. 15. 3. Deut. 2. 24. 3. Hee made lawes for direction to them when they went to warre Deut. 20. 10. 15. 4. Holy men of eminent place and graces haue made warre as

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