Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	let_v	lord_n	see_v	4,698	5	3.6890	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16529	A treatise ful of consolation for all that are afflicted in minde, or bodie, or otherwise Which armeth vs against impatiencie vnder any crosse. By Nicolas Bovvnde Doctor of Divinitie.	Bownd, Nicholas, d. 1613.	1608 (1608)	STC 3441; ESTC S114772	58,110	182

to destroy and make an ende of him thereby for he could do that in a moment at once but let him rather thus thinke with himselfe and reason but of the word of God Now I know assuredly that the Lord loueth me indeede because hee purposeth to doe me good by all things euen by affliction according to his promise and therefore whereas I through the vntowardnes of my nature haue not profited sufficiently by his former chastisements according to his good meaning towards me he hath sent me a new fatherly correction thereby at the last to worke my further good and whereas I thorough the crookednesse and vntowardnesse of my sinnefull disposition doe not yet profit by them as hee would haue me therefore I see that in much mercie and louing kindnesse he continueth it that so I might get good by it at the last Wherein the Lord dealeth with vs like a wise and conscionable Physitian who purposing not so much to giue physicke vnto the sicke patient and to practise on him for his owne gaine as to cure him by those medicines that he applieth to him and so seeketh his health and recouerie if the first medicine will remooue the disease theÌ„ there he leaueth him and goes no further if not he ministreth an other medicine after that and it may be the third the fourth because he hath a care of him and seekes his health And if at any time he maketh any intermission in the course of his physicke and ceaseth to practise any further on him it is not because he meaneth to leaue him to giue him ouer but because of the patients weaknes that he might gather some further strength and haue a breathing time to that ende Euen so the Lord purposing according to his gratious promise to doe vs good by affliction and he hauing sanctified it by the crosse of Christ to that ende when by the first crosse we profit not as we ought theÌ„ either he letteth the same lie the longer vpon vs that it might do vs good at the last or els taking it away leaueth an other in stead of it to the same ende Which though hee doe not presently because we were not then able to indure yet sometime afterwards when it seemeth best to his heauenly wisdome Therfore the best thing for euery man is soone to profit vnder the crosse that God hath laid vpon him that so it might speedily be remooued and not to labour so much for the remoouing of it as for the fruit of it least it going away without profit and not working that in vs for which God did send it the Lord bring vpon vs some greater afterwards seeing it is his purpose thereby most assuredly to doe vs good Moreouer by this we know that whereas euery man naturally desireth that which is best for him and yet most men erre in the particulars they desiring that which is most pleasant profitable and honourable c. in this world which desires of theirs the Prophet expresseth in these words Psal 4 6. Many say who will shew vs any good By this I say we know that that thing indeede is best for vs at all times whatsoeuer it be which maketh most for the glorie of God for our owne saluation and for the edifying of our brethren which because the Lord worketh many times by afflictions as we haue heard and often more by them then by his benefits we must be perswaded that eueÌ„ they are then best for euery man which though it be contrarie to mans reason yet it is agreeable to the word of God which we ought to beleeue Euen as when a mans bodie is greatly distempered with abundance of blood or ouerladen with superfluous and grosse humors or hath some member greatly putrified then and in these respects it is best for him to haue his blood taken away and his humors that his flesh may be abated and fall away yea it is best for him in these cases to be launced and cut to be seared and to haue a part cut off that the rest might be saued Which though they be grieuous in themselues yet at this time they are most profitable and to be desired Therefore when any affliction or calamitie doth befall vs let vs not be discontented therewith as with that that is hurtfull for vs neither be too impatient and wearie as of a thing that we would faine be ridde of but submitting our iudgements and wills to the iudgement and will of God reuealed in his word let vs quietly indure seeing that euen now the Lord giueth vs that not which we fondly desire as the best but which he knoweth to be and is indeede at this time the best Seeing then it is so for the further clearing of this truth what I pray you is the cause why not onely the wicked and vngodly who are not able to iudge of this matter by all the wit and reason that they haue but euen the very godly who beeing enlightened by the spirit of God ought to know this doctrine to be true and to beleeue it that they I say doe so grieuously complaine of their afflictions as those which are the worst for them that can be and as those that should not onely doe them no good but much hurt when as wee haue seene alreadie how many waies they worke their good and therefore are the best for them indeede Why did Iob seeing his afflictions were sent vnto him by God for his triall and for his good why did he so complaine of them Iob 6.2 Oh that my griefe were well waied and my miseries were laid together in the ballance for it would now be heauier then the sand of the sea therefore my words are swallowed vp For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me the venime thereof doth drinke vp my spirit and the terrours of God fight against me c. Why doth David also make so grieuous complaints in respect of the affliction that did befall him when he beginneth the Psalme thus lamentably O Lord Psal 38. â— rebuke me not in thine anger neither chastise me in thy wrath for thine arrows haue light vpon me and thine hand lieth vpon me there is nothing sound in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there rest in my bones because of my sin My wounds are putrified and corrupt I am bowed and crooked very sore I go mourning all the day for my reines are full of burning and there is nothing sound in my flesh my heart panteth and my strength faileth and the light of mine eyes euen they are not mine owne c. If these afflictions of theirs did worke their good why did they thus complaine of them Truely it cannot be denied but that men for the most part doe more complaine of their afflictions then they ought to doe and are more full of murmuring and impatiencie vnder the hand of God then they should be and they doe not so comfortably beare their crosses

said seeing that God is with vs in all our afflictions by his prouidence and power and by the assistance of his holy Spirit none of them shall be able to doe vs any harme And the truth of Gods loue and meaning towards vs this way he confirmeth by a most excelleÌ„t proof when he addeth 32. Who spared not his owne Sonne but gaue him for vs all to death how shall he not with him giue vs all things also In which words he sheweth that we haue no cause to feare no not in any crosse that the Lord will not giue vs whatsoeuer is profitable for vs seeing that he hath not spared his owne Sonne to saue vs. Therfore when he saith All things worke together for the best to them that feare God it is most true whether we take it generally as the words may be expounded namely not onely prosperitie but aduersitie also not onely health but sicknes not onely libertie but imprisonment not onely honour but dishonour make for the best to those that loue God Or whether it be restrained to this particular purpose of his namely to affliction of what nature or kind so euer It is no doubt the intent of the Apostle to speake of this latter and to shew that all afflictions doe not onely not hinder the saluation of the godly but doe greatly further the same Which saying of his though it containeth an whole and entire matter by it selfe yet beeing inferred vpon the former wordes he seemeth therein to answer a secret obiection which might arise in mens mindes from thence namely that it seemeth many times that the Lord doth not heare the praiers of the afflicted because their afflictions be not onely not remooued according to their praiers but somtimes increased contrarie to their earnest desire Therefore wee must remember what hath beene alreadie said touching this matter namly how the Lord in graunting our requests looketh not so much to the particular things which we desire as to the meaning of his Spirit in vs and granteth that in turning our afflictions to our singular good wheras if they were presently remooued the Lord seeth that it would be far worse with vs though we imagine the contrarie For as if one in a burning feauer should in the middest of his fit impatiently desire to be washed with colde water and then the skilfull Physitian standing by beeing his friend also should giue him some wholesome conserues or other cooling thing hee should in denying that particular thing demaÌ„ded graunt vnto his generall meaning which was that he might haue some thing giuen him that might do him most good though now beeing disteÌ„pered he was not able to iudge of it but did mistake one thing for an other and thought that to be best as to be plunged into the colde water which indeede is the worst So wee whatsoeuer we aske in our distresse by praier vnto God our meaning is and must be if it be ruled by Gods spirit that we would haue that giuen vnto vs which might procure our best good and further our saluation most of all Therefore if the Lord suffer our crosses to remaine and turne them to our good though we in particular praied for the cleane taking of them away hee fulfilleth both these promises vnto vs at once namely he giueth vs according to the measure of his spirit in vs and hee also causeth them to worke together for the best to those that loue God Thus then Paul besought the Lord thrice that is very often 2. Cor. 12.8 that the messenger of Satan might depart from him and yet the Lord suffered him stil to buffet the Apostle least he should bee exalted out of measure through the aboundance of reuelations that were giuen vnto him and the Lord gaue him this further answer that his grace should be sufficient for him to vphold and strengthen him and that the power of God should be seen in the Apostles weaknesse The Lord in denying this request of his did giue him according to the meaning of his spirit in him which was that the Lord would deale with him this way as it should make most for his owne glorie and for the furtherance of Pauls saluation and also did cause this affliction to worke together with other things for his best good for this did him more good remaining then if it had beene taken away for hereby he had more experience of his owne weakenesse and of the power of God then otherwise he could haue had And thus also the Lord hath verified from time to time vnto the rest of his seruants the truth of that promise of his which is vttered by the mouth of the Prophet Salomon Pro. 10.24 God will fulfill the desire of the righteous that is God will not onely blesse those that serue him but hee will bestowe those blessings vpon theÌ„ most of all which they especially desire and do most earnestly pray vnto him for according to that that is said in the Psalme Psal 145.19 Hee will fulfill the desire of them that feare him Which promises are so to bee vnderstood not that he will alwaies giue them euery particular thing that they aske for many times through ignorance or beeing distempered with some teÌ„ptation they aske that that is hurtfull and then God denieth them but he giueth them some other thing that is more profitable for them according to the generall meaning of the spirit of God in them And so doe parents vnto their little children whom they loue full dearely when they aske kniues and such hurtfull things in stead of them they in wisedome giue them some other thing that they shall delight in as much and so still their frowardnesse and giue them their desire in another kind Euen so the Lord fulfilleth the desire of his seruants by making an exchange when as they name one thing and he giueth them an other as good or better as it is saide in the Psalme Psal 21.4 He asked life of thee thou gauest him a long life euen for euer and euer where in the person of Dauid he sheweth how God dealeth with his Church they aske life of him and he giueth not onely that but eternall life as he did to Hezekiah but yet sometimes they that are weake and sicke and desire life they haue it not graunted but linger and pine away euen vnto death and so God taketh them into his blessed kingdome and giues them eternall life which is better then that life that they desired And thus did he deale with many of the Corinthians 1. Cor. 15.32 whoÌ„ he did by death iudge and chastise in this world that they might be saued in the world to come And this was the case of his faithfull seruant Moses Deut. 3.25 who in the wildernesse desired earnestly of the Lord that he might goe ouer and see that good land that was beyond Iorden and that goodly mountain Sion and Lebanon but he would not heare him in

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