Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	know_v	think_v	3,328	5	3.8263	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68214	An ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas: made, and vttered before the kynges maiestie, and his moost honorable councell, by Ihon Hoper in lent last past. Comprehended in seue[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.	Hooper, John, d. 1555.	1550 (1550)	STC 13763; ESTC S104203	88,435	388

the office of the kyngs magestye hys councell and al his Magistrates to se y e true boke of God the holye Byble to be tawghte and receyued of hys magesties subiects after the example of Moses Iosua Dauid Iosaphat Ezechias and Iosias the Noble Princes of goddes people Ther was and is one doctryne more in that y â— Mariners dyd not onely praye but also lightened the shyppe That thei praied and were not heard ye learne what a vanitie it is to praye after the opinion of man Nothynge at all it auayleth It neuer commeth before God nor caseth the conscience of hym that prayeth Further y â— they do not onelye praye but also laboure we se our duetye that as GOD freelye geueth healpe so we muste trayuell and do the beste we canne wyth prayer not onelye to receyue and obtayne the free helpe of God but also to kepe it Thus I thought it good to speke before the seconde daunger which is thys Ionas synne is detected by lotts so sayth the texte They sayde one to the other come let vs caste lottes that we maye knowe for whose cause we are thus troubled and so thei cast lottes and the lot fell vppon Ionas When they perceiued the tempest ceassed not with prayer and deuocion euerye manne vnto hys God they vnderstod that suche desperate daunger could not come but onely from the Ire and displeasure of god for some notable and wonderfull cryme And the more was the feare because the crime was not knowen nor no maÌ„ woulde be seene coulpable of it They thoughte it good therefore to serche the gyltye and offender by lottes And missed not of theyr purpose adele but found Ionas the rebellion of God to be the occacion of theyr troble Of thys text we be learned that the cause of all trouble in publick and priuate persones is syn as we rede Deu. xxviii Leuiti xxvi That vnderstode the Marinars And in case we be wyse we wyll vnderstande the same and amend it and not to attribute our aduersities to sunne or mone sterre or planet as fooles do Of thys texte we learne agayne howe so euer synne be hyd for the tyme yet at lengthe it wyll be knowen some by one meanes some by the other By lotts as our Ionas and Ahab Iudicum i. Samuell .xiiii. by theyr owne confession as Dauyd .ii. Samuell Let no man therefore thyncke to kepe alwayes his synne hyd Farther here we learne how euerye kyngedome and commune wealthe maye be apesed when it is troubled If y e chiefe captaynes and principall occasions of the trouble be knowen and remoued then shall peace ioye and quietnes folow in the commune wealth else neuer excepte the Scripture of God be false Men of the best iudgemente in Ciuile matters many tymes vnder the name and similitude of a shyppe vnderstande the commune wealth in case the shyppe whyche is the commune wealthe be troubled the mayster of the shyppe that is the Kynge w t his counsell inquire deligentelye of the authours of the trouble or else the tempeste of trouble shal neuer cease At thys daye gracious Kynge the shyppe of the commune wealthe is sore moued wythe wyndes and tempestes Here youre Magestye and youre mooste honourable Counsell maye not ceasse if ye woulde the shyppe to come to rest but take the payne to fynd out the authours of these troubles In case ye wyll as in dede ye muste by some meanes fynd out the occasions of these troubles and vnquyetnes wythin youre Magisties Realme ye shall not fynde as manye reporte the Gospell to be the cause therof For it is the word of peace and the Dysciples thereof be assured of all grace and goddes fauoure Deutronomye the eyght and tewentye and Christe apesed wyth hys presence the troublous waues of the sea Iohn vi Upon whoÌ„ then wyll the lot of vnquietnes and trouble fal Upon Ionas that is to saye vpon euery man that neglecteth his vocacion and doeth not as he is byd as when he that shoulde stirre the rother in a shyp leaueth her to waues he y t shoulde stricke the sayles stretcheth theÌ„ to more wynde and so to conclude none taketh hede of that he should My gracious Lord and Kynge and ye my Lordes of hys moost honorable councel how many Ionasses shuld there be founde in Englande doubtles to many in euery condicion and sorte of people with in thys realme amonge the nobles lawers Byshoppes priestes and the commune people Examyne al a part and proue the nobilitye make vnprofitable expenses more then theyr habilitye can or is able to sustayne They fede a sorte of Idle and neuer coÌ„mended sort of people neither by gods lawes neither by mannes lawes they them selues lyue Idle and wyl not laboure neyther with hand neyther wyth wyt What must folowe but trouble of the ship that is to say oppression of the pore Esai v. The lawers in al causes hath more respecte to luere and vantage then to iustice in somuche they reioyce and of other foles be reioysed at when they can ouercome in a false cause and so there theuerye catcheth vp the labours and swet of the poore The Byshoppes and priestes vnquyet the shippe of this realme two maner wayes One by the neglecting of theyr true dewtye the other by a defence of a false and damnable supersticion In the primatiue and Apostolicall churche the offyce of a Byshoppe and priest was to teache in the congregacion of the faythfulles the doctrine of the Prophetes and Apostles accordynge to the commaundemente of Christe Mathewe .xxviii. Marke .xvi. Ephesians .ii. Now is this integritye turned into false Idololatrye and deuyllyshe supersticion to synge and saye Masse in the congregacion of God Thus lyke theues murderers they do the abominacion commaundid by man with massyng coniurynge the holy water bucket and suche lyke and leaue the preachynge of goddes worde as God comaundeth and as the Prophetes and Apostelles hath left vs example And saye when godly kynges and magistrats requyre and commaund a refourmacion of their iuells the ministery of the churche is contemned w t such false sclaunders as the Ignoraunt people wyll do more for the Byshoppes and priestes of Ball then for God goddes worde or hys anoynted magistrate as it appered this last somer The people and commonnaltye of thys realme trouble the shyp of this coÌ„mune welth For do the Kynge and Magistrate what he can the people wyll neuer be content Manye of theym lyue in yldenes and wyl not labour and in case thei cannot haue that they woulde they conuert them selues to sedicion and treson and care nomore to kyll and oppresse theyr lawefull kynge and magistrates then the deuyll cared to kyl Adam in Paradise Gene. iii. They should cal vnto the lord for redresse of theyr thynges not to redresse it them selues Psal. l. How is it possible wher euery sort offendeth in the commune wealth but that the Ire and vengaunce of God should sende vnto our ship wyndes of aduersitye I knowe

muste do But before we take vpon vs theyr examination we wyll praye vnto almightye god for his holye spirite of wysdome lest in this necessarye and profitable examination we erre and be deceiued And also that they vpon whome the Lottes do fall and can not iustelye excuse theyr faultes maye learne to amende theym and tourne vnto the Lorde and from hensforth maye lyue in puritie and in nocencye of trueth and vertue all the dayes of theyr lyues So be it â˜ž The ende of the Preface YE haue hearde howe Ionas for the contempte and disobeyinge of hys vocacyon to haue fallen into syxe greate dawngers Of two we haue spoken nowe we be come to the thirde where as he and his factes be deligentlye examined whyche doutles was agreate crosse and trouble vnto hym For there is nothyng that dyspleaseth man more theÌ„ to haue his faults hiddeÌ„ to be brought vnto lyghte and knowledge God notwythstandynge suffereth that manye tymes for oure good and profit that we beyng brought vnto acknowledge of oure synnes myghte hate the same and praie for the remission thereof and so is it better howe so euer the blynde fleshe iudgeth to haue oure synnes if God wyl opened for oure saluacion then hyd to our losse and damnacion In thys examinacion we se not only the dauÌ„ger of Ionas but also the office of euery good maiestrate that meaneth to quiet and rest hys commune wealth beynge in trouble Those shoulde be examined that by any signe or probable suspicion seme to be the authors of tumultes And thys vsynge moderacion in examininge the innocente and good shalbe fre from payne and punyshmente and the Culpable and gyltye founde worthye of correccioÌ„ First therfore let vs examyne the Byshoppes and priestes whether those y t know the wyll of God by hys holye worde diligentlye teache and preache the same vnto other Then whether any maÌ„ of that vocacion teache false doctryne in the churche of Christ. If the one do to litle in the fyrste and the other to much in the secoÌ„d or the one neglect the fyrst and the other to diligente in the second both these be Ionas and occasion y e the shyp is moued Agaynste the negligente sorte speaketh Ezechiell iii.xxxiii Agge i. with vehemeÌ„t wordes and threteneth eternall dampnacion to suche as preacheth not nor buildeth vp the temple of goddes congregacion lykewyse Saynt Paul .i. Cor. ix Agaynste those that teache false doctrine speketh Christe Io. x. and Paull .i. Timo. iiii Hier. xiiii Amonge the noble men Ionas that troubleth the commune wealth may be fouÌ„d amoÌ„g two sortes of them The one of them hathe inoughe gyuen him from God yet is not content there withal but for auarice and loue of him self and his insaciable couetousnes scrapethe and gathereth to gether whither with y e law or against the lawe it maketh no forse so he haue it So this Ionas and trobler of the ship with all iniuries and wronges rather woulde ad somewhat where in deade is to much theÌ„ to depart a litle where as is nothynge at al. And in vaine glorye pride of the manmon of y e world they wyll condemne and disdayne y e verye Image of God in the poore agaynste whome speaketh Salomon Prouerv xiiii he y t calumniateth the pore abraydeth hys creatoure Take exaÌ„ple hereof Out of the. ix of Iohn howe the general couÌ„cel of the Phariseis layde to the pore blynde man his blindnes Theyr reproch of gods worke was reprehended and the insaciable and couetous hartes of theym be condemned by Esaye the Prophet Chapter .v. cursed be ye that Ioyne house to house and feld to feld The experyence of thys curse had Ahab that vngodlye toke from Naboth his vineyard If these men that hath Inoughe wyll not moue the shyppe of youre highnes commune wealth let theym leaue their rauenynge and giue god thankes for that they haue and to theyr abilitye healpe not rob the pore The other sort of noble or gentlemen that make more expeÌ„ce then their reuenues and condicion is able to beare and liueth by dysse Cardes whordome fraude gile deceite thefte and suche like Indifferent examinacioÌ„ not only by gods lawes but also by maÌ„nes lawes wyll proue theÌ„ not only to be disobedient Ionas but also starke theues The lawiers if they be examined diligently there wil be so many found amonge theÌ„ to vnquiet the shyppe of thys commune wealthe that few or none wilbe found clere And among the lawyers I put Iudges and Iustices the one for gaine careth not to defend the faulsest cause and most vniust matter y t can be brought vnto him promiseth like a theyfe y e cause to be good till he haue emptied hys poore Clientes pourse Then washeth he hys haÌ„des with as much foule honestie as he can and referreth the doutfull cause aboue his lerning to the ignoraunt men of y t shire to be iudged at home lyke a fole wher as his pourse can no lenger cause his pratler and ignoraunt lawer to kepe his cause aloofe and out of the shire And in dede suche a subiecte as can not fynde in his herte after gods lawes to ende his contencion without stryfe by the arbitremeÌ„t of those that be his neighboures is worthy to fynde such a Ionas as wyll neuer leaue blowinge at hys pourse till he haue vnladed it euen to the bottome and haue caused him to spend asmuch in recouerye of tweÌ„tie shillinges by lease as he might haue purchased twenty shilinges in fele simple I daÌ„pne not the lawe y t is good but these theues y t abuse y e law for their doinges is nothyng but gile deceate a noble kynd of theuery Against y e which speketh zachari in his v. Chapi And God Exod. xx Deut. v. Thou shalt commit no thefte Thou shall geue no false testimonye agaynste thy neyghboure These Ionasses dothe not only geue false testimony but also for lutre defendeth y â— same And not for a day but for a yere and yeres The more shame it is to be suffred The iustices be also Ionas for they receiue rewardes and Bribes whiche blindeth the eyes De. xvi maketh them to corrupte iustice to theyr eternall damnacion if they amend not Agaynste whom speaketh Salomon Prouerbes .vii. He that quiteth the euyll doer and coÌ„demneth the innocent be bothe execreable and damned before God Among the coÌ„mune people ye shal also find many Ionasses but y t we maye the better espye theÌ„ out we wyl deuide them into the rustikes or people of the contrye into the Citizens Al euery contry or housbaÌ„d maÌ„ that liueth not of his laboure and geueth hym selfe to Idlenes and so moueth seditioÌ„ and treason agaynste theyr lawfull kyng and Magestrate or priuely in theyr conuenticles and assemblyes speke euell cursse or prouoke any thing agaiust their magestrates thei can nor wyll learne nether to knowe god nether to obey ther prince these be those among this sort of people y

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