Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	work_n	work_v	young_a	20	3	6.2848	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72181	[A commentarye vpon the prophet Malaky. M.D.LIII]	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1553 (1553)	STC 11885.5; ESTC S125398	35,692	100

all other to be entreated and taughte amonge the vnlearned yet because I haue my selfe thereby attayned to suche fealynge of the myghtye god hys maruelous woorkynge to suche a feare of hys maiestie reiecting and refusynge electyng and chewsyng whome it lyketh hym Euen as the potter may make and breake withoute resistaunce of the vyle claye which he with his handes formeth and fashyoneth as the Prophete speaketh Therefore haue I thoughte it my dewty not to enuy vnto anye but to vtter the same vnto other my brethren children of the same father seruaunte of the same Lord and pottes made of the same moulde and mettall that I am and by the same onlye workemaster Nether do I thyncke the vnlearned so vnmeete to receyue heauenlye doctryne as we doe make them Onlesse it be throughe their negligence whyche wyll no more dylygently teach them for lyke as they denie this doctrine to the vnlearned in the Latyne tonge thoughe some suche hath as muche fealynge of the excellencye of the knowledge of God in Iesu Christ as any Doctor that euer I dyd knowe yet I saye as they do denye this and saye that it is perylous for the vnlearned so haue they within this fewe yeares denyed the word of God the testament of oure heauenlie father to the laye men vnlearned in the tounges And yet wee all doe see and knowe at thys daye the Lorde oure God bee praysed that there be manye vnlearned in the tonges eyther Latyne or Greeke who hath attained to such a deap knowledge of God his wil pleasure opened in his scriptures that they maye be coÌ„pared not with the meanest but wyth manye of the great learned sorte And I pray you had it bene well donne that suche bees hadde benne prohybyted theese flowers of these comfortable pastures Because that some poysoned spythars hadde gathered poyson in the same Nay Doutelesse For by the same reason Christe shoulde not be preached at all Because he is a stomblynge stone vnto some and the sauour of death vnto deathe But Consyder that it hurteth onlye the wycked and theÌ„ it driueth towarde theyr Iornayes end to the pytte of hell whether they be learned in the Latyne tonge or no for amonges both the learned and vnlearned wee muste knowe that there be both good and bad holy and wycked electe and reprobate wherfore vnto nether ought the truthe of God hys holye woorde to bee denyed But that it maye be a testemonye towards condempnacion to the one and the gladde tydynges of saluacyon to the comforte of conscyences to thother it oughte vnto al to be offered opened and publyshed Wherefore by the good will of GOD we entende to speake of thys greate matter none other wayes neyther in anye other sorte then the open-scriptures shall approue oure sayinges And wee doe saye wyth the holye Apostle Sayncte Paule as it is wrytten Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christe whyche hathe blessed vs wyth all spyrytuall blessynges in heauenlye thynges vnto Christe lyke as hee hathe elected and chosen vs in hym him before the foundations of the world were layd that we shoulde be holye and blamelesse before hym by loue who hath predestinate vs that hee myghte freelye chewse vs to bee hys chyldrene by Iesu Christ Ephes i. And thoughe there come some wycked men which were long before apoynted to thys iudgement whych do tourne the grace of oure god to lasciuiousnes and wantonnes as holye Iudas sayeth yet knowe wee that wee are chosen by Iesu Christ that the glorye of hys grace his fauoure and mercye towardes vs myght be praised For we are the electe and chosen kyndred and hys people by purchase that we shuld shewe the vertue of hym whyche hathe called vs forth of darcknes into thys marueylous lyghte For thys Electe people onlye was Christe sente into thys worlde To theym onelye is the woorde of saluatyon sent as Peter sayeth to the electe by the for knowledge of God the father i. Peter i. Then to knowe what thys election of God is and what in the scriptures it doothe sygnyfye We describe and defyne Eleccyon to be the fre choise of the good wyll of the almyghtye God appoyntynge and prescrybynge in the booke of lyfe before the begynnynge of the world whome he wyll haue to be saued and accompted amonges the iuste Thys choyse this chewsynge this afore appoynted purpose and ordynaunce of God is a boundantlye set forthe in the fyrste chapter to the Ephesians That thys commeth of the fre wyl of god and hys only grace freely wythout our deseruynge Contrarye to the vayne oppinion of the scole men the same chapter and the nexte chapter followyng dothe playnelye testyfe Ephe. i. ii And moste euydentlye the Lorde in hys Maiestye speaking to hys seruaunte Moyses Exodi .xxxiii. declareth all thys to stand of hys mercy sayinge I wyl haue mercye vpon whome it lyketh me and I wil shewe mercye where it shall be my pleasure for so is the meanynge of those wordes I wyl haue mercy vpon whom I wyll haue mercye Paule also declarynge thys place the worcke of God betwixte theese two chyldren Iaacob and Esau Romaynes .ix. Sayeth thus of thys free Election when Rebecca was wyth chylde wyth one and the same father Isaac before the chyldrene were borne when they hadde neyther done good nor badde that the purpose of god whiche is by Election myghte stande it was saide to her not for the cause of woorkes but by the grace of the caller the elder shall serue the yonger As it is wrytten sayeth he Iaacob I loued but Esaw I hated Of the boke of lyfe Moses speaketh Exodus xxxii And Christe hym selfe Luke x. Sayinge to hys Apostles Ioye you and be gladde for youre names are wrytten in the booke of lyfe in the heauens And in the lxix Psalme it is spoken agaynst the wycked Let theÌ„ not be wrytten amonges the Iuste and put theym foorthe of the booke of lyfe And agaynst the false Prophet Ezechyell xiii He shall not be in the counsayle of my people nor wrytten in the booke of the house of Israell Nowe it is to bee noted and marked dylygentlye that thys woorde eleccyon is taken after twoo sortes in the scrypture some tymes as it sygnyfyeth absolutelye the free choyse wyl and appointment of God wythoute the respecte of the reuelacyon of the woorde and message of saluacyon And thus speaketh the holye Apostle Sayncte Paule of eleccion sayinge of the carnall Iaacob They were ennemyes concernynge the gospell for your cause but concernynge the eleccion they are beloued for theyr parentes For the gyftes of God and hys callynge are suche that he can not repente Euen as you once were mysbeleuers from god but nowe haue attayned mercye by theyr mysbelyefe that they shoulde attayne mercye also Thys eleccion expresseth absolutelye the course of god hys woorkeyng wythout the respect of reuelacion of the word or anye of oure woorkes folowyng Vnder thys fyrste kynde of eleccyon were those hundreth

whiche thinges semeth not to be nedefull say they seing the elect shal be saued and the reprobate condempned by decree and sentence geuen vppon them before they be borne To this we do answer that these exhortacions and comninations are very necessarye to bothe twain because God leadeth vs men alwayes lyke reasonable creatures not lyke in sensible stockes or stones And to the electe they are mooste necessarye Pryckes and spurres to styrre the dull flesh toward his deuty as all good men fealeth and can beare wytnesse To the reprobate they are testymonies of the good wyl of the almighty God to them opened and vttered but openly resisted refused and reiected accordinge to the saying of our sauioure Christ If I had not come and spoken to them they had had no sinne but now they haue no pretense or excuse for their sinne Peraduenture you wyl aunswer me they can not obey vnto it What is the cause thereof I pray you because they lacke the spirite of Christe to leade them you wyll saye I dare easely grant you but wyl they graunt thys wyl they thinke you submytte theym selfe vnder poore Christe and the folyshenes of the crosse and not rather boaste and bragge their wisdom theyr knowledge and theyr vp ryght dealyng and rightousnes Ar not these the men that dare thus boste We knowe aswell as the Preacher can tell vs. Is the sprite of God departed from vs to speake wyth hym as was said to Micha .ii. of the kynges .xxii. chap. Or as the Phariseis dyd aunsweare vnto Christe are we blinde to whome our sauioure saythe agayne If you wer blind you had no sinne but now you say you see therefore your synne remayneth Io. ix Thus doubtles they are so farre from the submission and subieccyon to poore Christ that contrarye wyse they dooe willinglye and naturallye followe theyr father Lucifer Who dyd lyft him self arrogantly aboue Christ the sonne of ryghteousnesse and euermore fyghteth agaynste Christe though the mightye power and hyghe wysdome of God turneth hys euell wyll and al theyres to hys glory and good purposes None other wayes then bodilye and naturall darknes whiche by the wonderful wysdome of God clearelye setteth forthe the bright sonne shine and yet laboreth by continual course to shadow the soÌ„ne to couer the whole earthe Wherfore the Lord God to dryue a waye this natural darcknes from manne exhorteth to iustice equitye which is his nature and the image which man ought to couÌ„terfait And alwaies coÌ„maundeth thinges therunto agreable And forbiddeth that he is not that is to sai iniquiti and behorteth there from by his Prophetes and preachers publishing his wil pleasure which is the light and law most perfit to man his noble creature whome he hathe made for his honoure and glorye whome he hath appoynted to beare hys Image vpon earth of iustice rightousnes and innocency But because this image colde by no creature parfytlye be expressed onles the same were fully replenished with the selfe same godhead because that all things besydes forth had some inperfection bewraying their originall the darcknes as Iohn calleth it the Tohu and Bohu as Moises dothe it name The vayne vanitie and wylde deformite whence they were by creacyon altered recouered and brought into lyght and lyfe as apeared in Adam falling from truthe to lyes streyght at the beginning now of necessity the soÌ„ne of God who only is good of nature becoÌ„meth maÌ„ and taketh this office to beare the image of god inuisible Col. i. And to be the head of that spiritual perfection which was to be wrought in mankynd by his a fore appointed purpose and becometh the first begoteÌ„ of al creatures for bi him wer al things created both in heauen and earth visible and inuisible maiestye Lordship rule and powre by whom and in whom al things are created and he is before all creatures and in him al thinges haue their being And he is the head of the bodye he is the beginning and first begotten of the dead that in al things he might haue preeminence For it pleased the father that in him shuld dwel al fulnes and by him to reconcyle al things to him self And to set at peace by him through the bloud of his cros both things in heauen and thynges in earth for eueÌ„ you sayth Paule which in times past were straungers because your mindes were set in euel works hath he now recoÌ„siled in the bodi of his flesh through deathe to make you holy and vnblameles without faulte in his sight Seing then that thys cannot be denyed to bee the course of god hys holy woorking to dryue awaye thys darknesse to bryng maÌ„ to hys light to take away synne to brynge man to a lyfe blameles the state of innoceÌ„cy his own liknes shal it not be most nessessarye to haue preachers teachers to tel vs this same and admonyshe vs wherunto we be called seynge of our selues and our owne reasons no suche thyng can be perceiued Therfore haue we preachinges and exhortacions as Paule sayeth for when the worlde through wisdome knew not God in the the wysedome of God it pleased God through the foolyshnes of preachynge to saue them that beleue .i. Corin. i. And as he also sayth of hym selfe in another place We doe preache thys rytches in Christ the hope of your glory warnyng al men teachyng al men in al wisdom to make al men parfyt in Christ Iesu Thus serueth then exhortacions dehortacions coÌ„minations and publicacions of the lawes and wyl of our Lorde God that he may be knowen the Lord and gouernour ouer all the thynges he hath created and the only law maker amonges hys creatures publyshyng vnto al that parfyt equitie iustice whiche ought in no case to be resisted Wherevnto yf they cannot attayne they must confesse and knowledge theyr owne infyrmytye and weakenesse and submyt theym selues vnder the myghtye hande of God and so doynge they shall be receyued as chyldren of the most louynge and most mercyfull Father in such degrees of parfection as he hath appointed to the beawtefying of the bodye of hys sonne our heade So that the Lorde God dothe teache all and lyghten all men that come into the world both chosen and reprobate wyth such a knowledge as doth the good Prynce whyche vnto all hys subiectes proclaymeth hys statutes and publysheth his lawes but lyke a good tender father he leadeth hys chyldren regenerate and borne a newe neyther of fleshe nor bloude nor the wyl of man and guydeth them with hys fatherly spirite in the pathes of the same lawes wrytynge in theyr hartes what is hys good wyll and pleasure In the whych course of God hys woÌ„derfull woorke the wycked hathe no cause to complayne for as theyr father whom they do follow is named the prince of thys worlde so they haue the worlde at wyll and are rytche roysters and wealthye worldelynges tramplynge vnder theyr feete poore Abell and the despysed Christians neyther wyll

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