Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	david_n	heart_n	smite_v	1,341	5	9.6931	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08772	The prentises practise in Godlinesse, and his true freedome Diuided into ten chapters. Written by B.P.	B. P., fl. 1608.; T. R., fl. 1608.	1608 (1608)	STC 19057; ESTC S120852	65,287	210

a godly writer of our time is reconciliation it selfe the desire to beleeue is faith indeed and the desire to repent in a touched heart is repentance it selfe not in the owne nature but in Gods acceptation For if wee being touched througly for our sinnes do desire to haue them pardoned and to bee at one with GOD GOD accepts vs as recoÌ„ciled Only our desire of recoÌ„ciliation must not be a flash but coÌ„stant coÌ„tinued Secondly ernest serious though not alwaies alike yet at sometimes so that we may say with the Prophet Dauid My soule desireth thee O Lord as the thirsty land desireth raine or the chased Hart the riuers of water Thirdly it must be in a touched heart for when a man is touched in conscience the heart is cast downe and as much as it can it withdrawes it selfe from GOD For this cause if then there bee any spirituall motions whereby the heart is lift vp vnto GOD they are without doubt from the spirit of GOD. So then though as yet thou want firme and liuely grace yet art thou not altogether void of grace if thou canst vnsainedly desire it thy desire is the seed conception or bud of that which thou wantest Now is the spring time of the ingrafted word or the immortal seed cast into the furrows of thy heart wait but a while vsing the good meanes to this end appointed and thou shalt see the leaues blossomes and fruit will shortly follow after Thus fare he As for that which the diuel or thine owne flesh shall suggest to mooue thee to despaire of Gods mercie that GOD in iustice cannot receiue such a rebell wretch as thou hast bin aggrauating euery of thy least sinnes and telling thee it is in vaine to repent thou maiest easily beat backe that temptation T' is true GOD is not so mercifull to vse iniustice so he is not so iust to bee vnmercifull He hath suffered mighty and maruailous men to erre that we by their example might haue comfort and not despaire of grace and pardon In holy Scripture who is more commended then King Dauid who was both a King a Prophet a man after Gods owne heart and of whose stocke the Messias came But into how many and grieuous crimes sell so worthy a man yet hearing Nathan pronounce the fearfull threatnings of God cried out I haue sinned and Nathan said But the Lord hath put away thy sins thou shalt not die Hast thou sinned with Dauid repent with Dauid and thou shalt with Dauid finde mercy What should I tell thee of our first parents of Manasses of Zacheus of Mary Magdalen of Peter of Paul of the Theefe on the crosse all which had beene most grieuous sinners vpon earth all which are now most glorious Saints in heauen For where sin aboundeth there grace superaboundeth and therefore let not the multitude nor the magnitude of thy sinnes dismay thee seeing the mercy of that Lord to whom thou turnest is aboue all though thy sinnes were as red as scarlet yet hee will make them as white as snow and though they were of purple hue yet he will make them as white as the purest wooll of the fleece There cannot be a deeper die then scarlet it is a thing vnpossible with men to bring a scarlet into whit yet the Lord saith if we will but talk and come to any reason with him he will make our sinnes though neuer so deep ingraind in any scarlet or bloudy colur to turne white and pure as innocencie it selfe Read the booke of Ionah thorow and there you shall see the propensity of Gods nature to shew mercy liuely set forth And therefore a Father affirmeth the offence of Iudas to be greater in despairing of mercy theÌ„ in betraying the Sonne of God and Caine to haue stirred God to anger more through desperation of pardon then by the murder of his brother Abel many which nailed Christ to the crosse being conuerted and beleeuing in him obtained pardon and are made examples to man that hee ought in no wise to distrust the remission of his wickednes seing the murder of the Lord of glory is forgiuen to the penitent Turne then vnto him and a present pardon is made ready which shall be signed the first houre of thy repentance When therefore thou feelest in thy heart a sorrow for sin and a feruent desire to serue God cherish it and take the opportunity of the first motion Enter presently into thy chamber or into some other secret place and there falling on thy knees beseech the Lord that as he hath giuen thee a detestation of sinne and a minde of godlines so it may please him to perfect the good begun by him to accept thy will and pardon thy many wants and weaknesse in for the al-sufficient merits of Christ Iesus to giue thee grace that thou maiest go on mourning continually for thy sinnes and yet withall to reioice in his sweet mercies to put his feare into thy heart that thou maiest neuer more depart from him and so to enkindle thy zeale that the fire thereof may burne vp and consume euery day more and more thy carnall desires and natural corruptions Continue this course of praying both mornings and euenings at the least but if thou canst oftner it is the better For pray continually saith the Apostle meaning thou shouldest haue alwaies good meditations in thy mind when thou goest to pray striue to pray in the spirit framing thy petitions according to the feeling of thine own wants or Gods mercies towards thee not that I disallow of set praiers for I reuerence the godly authors and vsers of them but because hee that hath the gift of extemporall praying is not so easily caried away with vaine distractioÌ„s which Satan prompts vnto him his minde and vnderstanding being wholly bent to the matter in hand as commonly they be that pray in the booke of another mans conceiuing And if thou feele thy selfe somewhat duller sometimes sound forth thy voice withall it will help much to the awaking of thy deuotion as by mine owne experience I haue many times found But take heed as neere as thou canst that thy praiers bee out of the hearing of others lest thou get the imputation of hypocrisie and cause thy good to be euill spoken of And for the further increasing of thy knowledge vse euery morning after praiers to read a chapter of the old or new Testament and another at night likewise before praiers thou shalt find it by the blessing of GOD in short time to haue cleared thine vnderstanding very much and dispelled the mistes of thy former ignorance Also let me wish thee to read sometimes carefully and aduisedly the 28 chapter of Deuteronomy and the 26 of Leuiticus because they bee parts of Scripture which if we marke them well will help much to containe vs in the doing of our duties When thou art tempted to any sinne carry not in the place but goe doe something else till the

vs men Gods benefits and breathed in vs a reasonable soule whereas wheÌ„ the clay was in his hand hee might haue moulded vs into any other shape hath giueÌ„ vs our seÌ„ses distributed all our limmes according to their proper and seuerall functions he hath put all the creatures in subiection vnder our feet so that from the glorious Sunne in the firmament to the little Emmet that creepeth vpon the dust euery thing doth vs seruice He hath preserued vs hitherto all our life long from innumerable dangers whereinto others haue fallen and whereinto we had fallen if his gracious hand had not vpholden vs And which passeth all this he hath by the death and sufferings of his owne Son redeemed vs from the mouth of hel into which else we euery mothers sonne of vs irrecouerably were fallen Now saith the Apostle this bouÌ„tifulnes of God leadeth vs to repentance Therefore hath he bestowed all these benefits vpon vs and promised many moe thereby to stir vs vp to abandon vicious life and to betake our selues to his holy blessed seruice Trie mee faith the Lord Mal. 3.10 whether I will not open the windows of heauen powre you out blessings without measure if you will returne vnto me O my Brethren if your hearts be not sauage how can it be but this kindnes of so great a Maiesty should binde vs to him for euer what beastly ingratitude is it to turne so many comforts and good things as he hath giuen vs that we might be the better able to serue him to the dishonor and iniury of so louing a giuer by vsing them to serue vs in sinne our dogs are not so vngratefull to their masters the Lions and Beares haue shewed more courtesie thankfulnesse to their benefactors That he hath spred our table with full dishes and made our cup to ouerflow that he hath allowed vs warme clothing by day and a well fethered nest to couch in at night bodily health to make these things sweeter and better tasted to vs are bounties that we can neuer deserue while we liue with all the obedience we are able to performe But that GOD for man should become man and that God for man should die in the flesh and sustaine so many shamefull indignities and intollerable paines in accomplishing the worke of our redemption this onely this wholly this more then all things doth challenge vnto it euen by speciall desert all our life all our labour all our seruice and al our loue That a man fraÌ„kly giueth his goods to another is a token of no small bountie but to bestow his owne life for another and that not for friends but for enemies as the Sonne of God did when he died for vs it is an incomparable and an vncoÌ„ceiueable bountie the Angels of heauen do wonder at it and desire as Peter saith contiually to behold and looke into it and surely if this bountie and gratiousnes of our God cannot win vs to cleanse our waies and forsake our sinnes all the dewes of grace are quite and cleane dried vp in our hearts and there is no hope that any thing will win vs. But it will fall out by vs as Esdras in his second booke and 9. chapter grauely denounceth against some like vs. Such as in their life haue receiued benefits from the Lord and haue not regarded to know him but haue abhorred his law whilest they were yet in libertie and when they had yet leisure of amendment and would not vnderstand but despised it they must be taught after death by paine what it is to recompence euill for good Another good meanes to bring vs to repentance is the consideration of Gods iudgements executed vpon sinners in all ages whoÌ„ God hath made examples for our admonition on whom the ends of the worlde are come The Angels for one sinne were throwne out of heauen Adam for one sinne cast out of Paradise and all his posterity after him condemned to perpetuall miserie Lots wife for one sinne turned into a pillar of salt Moses and Aaron for one sinne debarred from entering the Land of Canaan Michel for one sinne plagued with barrennesse The whole tribe of Beniamin for one sin rooted out Threescore tenne thousand Israelites for one sinne of Dauids in three dayes consumed with pestilence Ananias Sapphira for one struck dead in the place And yet thou after many thousand sinnes criest still God is mercifull and presumest that thy part in that mercy will be as great as the thiefes vpon the Crosse God is mercifull I deny it not So the Physician is skilfull and yet giues ouer his patient sometimes because he sees him to be incurable If thou be damned it is not because the Lord wants mercie but because by deferring repentance thy heart is deaded and thou art past recouerie Tell me not of the thiefe vpon the Crosse for of two theeues one was damned It was a miracle and miracles were no miracles if they were common All the Scriptures thorow there is not one such another example to be found and therefore for thee presumptuously to goe on in thy sins vpon this shaddow of hope is all one as if som good fellow should hope his horse would speake English because once Balaams Asse vttered plainely the language of Moab Surely these be they that destroy themselues with the workes of their owne hands as Salomon saith calling iniquitie vnto them both with hands words when they think they haue a friend of it they come to naught But what should I speake of ancient iudgements when those that haue beene executed at our owne doores haue not wrought vpon our hearts To omit all other what are wee the better for that dreadfull pestilence so lately amongst vs when Death like a mercilesse tyrant thrust all out of doores both old and young before him as if he would take possession of our houses one after another till hee had seazed the whole Citie into his owne vse O my brethren those that be not blinde may see there is not one sinne lesse this yeare then was the last In the Church there is as much carelessnesse and contempt of Gods word In the streetes as much pride In the shops as much lying and swearing In the Tauernes as much drunkennesse and excesse notwithstaÌ„ding his Maiesties act of restraint In other places as much filthinesse and as little conscience and deuotion as euer there was before so that the Lord may complaine of vs as he did of old I haue smitten them and they haue not sorrowed I haue corrected them for amendment and they are worse and worse The Lord grant we be not cast off as a father casts off his vnthrifty sonne when no meanes will reclaime him and that the remouing of his plague from vs seeing wee are not bettered by it be not a kinde of cruell pity and a giuing vs vp to our owne hearts lust till our iniquity be full that wee may then fall

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