Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	aaron_n	bring_v	moses_n	230	3	7.3611	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06521	Special and chosen sermons of D. Martin Luther collected out of his writings and preachings for the necessary instruction and edification of such, as hunger and seeke after the perfect knowledge and inestimable glorie which is in Christ Iesu, to the comfort and saluation of their soules. Englished by VV.G.; Sermons. English. Selections	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Gace, William.	1578 (1578)	STC 16993; ESTC S108932	436,833	500

did Iesus againe after he was come out of Iudea into Galile AN excellent example of faith is set forth in this text of what sort it is of what nature and qualitie namely that it is not a resting or idle thinge but liuely and voyd of idlenes A true fayth is not idle but increaseth more and more which goeth not backe but proceedeth on and still more and more increaseth Which if it be not done it is no faith but onely a dead opinion of God in the heart For a true and syncere faith which the holy Ghost poureth into the heart can not be idle which I say for this cause that no man be therefore secure albeit he hath obtained faith neither that he stay there It is nothing to beginne vnlesse we increase by continual going forward and come to greater knowledge of God For on the contrarie side it is the nature and qualitie of our aduersarie Satan not to be idle as S. Peter sayth Satan sleepeth not but goeth about as a roring Lion seeking whom he may deuoure If so be that the Deuell is neither idle neither sleepe commeth vpon him neither shall it be meete for a Christian to be idle or put his handes in his bosom forasmuch as he hath the Deuell his enemie who is stronger then himselfe for he is called the prince of the world as it is mentioned in the Epistle appointed to be read in the Church on this day Ephes 6.12 VVe wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the worldly gouernours the princes of the darkenes of this world against spirituall wickednesses which are in hie places This prince gouerneth the world furiously and fiercely rageth and can not suffer the prosperous succes of a Christian Neither is it for his profit to be suffered of him for an entrie being made hereby his kingdome is burst into and his net torne in peeces out of which as much as he is able he suffereth no Christian to escape Moreouer when the fire of faith is kindled and the flame fostered and Satan trieth and marketh that by and by he practizeth deceit against it for he knoweth how much hinderaunce his kingdome shall take thereby wherefore as earnestly as he can euen with all his power he defendeth his kingdome laboureth to keepe all in obedience to him True Christians are not free from teÌ„tatioÌ„ for the deuel beÌ„deth his force especially against them Wherefore it is most certaine that when a Christian hath begon to beleeue by and by tentation and persecution will assaile him Which if it come not to passe it is a signe that his faith is not yet sound and that he hath not as yet truly receiued the Gospell For wicked Satan hath a verie sharpe sight he by and by spieth out where is a true Christian wherefore he applieth himselfe wholy vnto this that he may enforce him to fall and may besiege him and assaile him on euerie side for he can not suffer that any should reuolt from his kingdome It is perilous therefore for a man to beleeue for the Deuill is ready that he may set vpon him and ouerthrowe him which sometime chaunceth euen to verie holy men which vnderstand the word of God well The Saincts of God doe sometimes fall eueÌ„ grieuously when they stand vpright and thinke themselues safe that priuie wicked fende commeth vpon them by litle and litle and wrastleth with them so longe till he ouerthrow them and cast them to the earth Set before thine eyes Moses and Aaron who were guides of the Iewes they had an excellent fayth when they brought the people out of Egypt and all the people in fayth passed through the redde sea death the wide wildernes and many other meruelous thinges whereby they shewed their fayth but at the last they fall grieuously they feare that they shall perish with hunger Is it not a thinge most miserable that by so great signes they shew their faith they goe into death and through death wrastle with it and ouercome it and yet while they thinke them selues surest they fal and suffer themselues to be ouercome of the belly murmure against God and are so grieuously tempted that they fall all togither Wherefore it is not certaine and sure if one begin to beleue and doth not alwayes more and more increase in faith Yea that godly man Moses who had so great and so strong a faith did fall also when as he should bring water out of the rocke with a staffe he douted and talked thus to the people Come let vs see whether we can bring water out of the rocke That good Moses which had shewed so many and so great signes falleth into reason and carnall vnderstanding fearing lest the incredulitie of the people would hinder so great a miracle signe But it had behoued him to cleaue fast to the word of God and to thinke it higher greater stronger and mightier then the vnbeleefe of the people that great man was tempted he stumbled and was ouerthrowne We haue like examples in the newe Testament Let him that thinketh he standeth take heede lest he fall Peter was hardie and firme in faith when he beheld Christ vpon the water he sayd vnto him with a strong faith Lord suffer me to come vnto thee committing him selfe to the water euen as to the ship he thought assuredly that the water would beare him Then was there an excellent faith in Peter and great courage which durst commit him selfe wholy vnto death in the middest of the sea reposing his hope freely boldly in Christ But when he thought him self most safe a storme and tempest ariseth he forgetting the word suffereth his faith to faile and he him selfe also falleth suffering Satan to plucke faith out of his hart Faith truely is a subtill and delicate thing a small thing maketh vs to stumble and fall Satan is alwaies watchfull and circumspect and doth by by obtaine his purpose if we doe not diligently watch How earnestly did the common people followe Christ they thought that he was a Prophet and did so cleaue vnto him and so defend him that the Princes of the people were made astonied neither durst they so much as lay hand on him But when they apprehend him proceede against him fasten him to the crosse the people forsake him all that they may and come no more at him A Prophet is present and no man any more assisteth him but they rather crie out against him crucifie him crucifie him and that which is most detestable of all his owne Disciples reuolt from him What is become now both of their faith and holines So is it at this day in our time at the first when the Gospell began to shine the preaching thereof was acceptable and pleasant then many seemed willing to embrace it but when Munkes sacrificing Priests Nunnes c. began to be spoken against and the Masse to be confuted all a meruelous

vs from the Lawe for this that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes both which come vnto vs by faith Thus therefore we haue those fiue thinges whereof Paul admonished vs in this so plentifull and fruitfull a place A question But here riseth a questioÌ„ Forasmuch as to be vnder the Law is to be subiect to the Lawe by compulsion and to obey the Law no otherwise then vnwillingly so that none of them which are vnder the Lawe are able to satisfie the Lawe why Paul sayth that Christ was made vnder the Lawe The answer I aunswere that the Apostle maketh a verie great differeÌ„ce betweene Christ who was made vnder the Lawe Great differeÌ„ce between Christes being vnder the Law ours and other men which are borne vnder the Lawe For whereas he sayth that Christ was made vnder the Lawe he would signifie that Christ did put himselfe vnder the Lawe of his owne accord and was with his will made subiect vnto it of the Father when as he might not haue bin vnder the Lawe But we were vnder the Lawe being the seruaunts of the Lawe by nature and bearing the dominion thereof vnwillingly as Christ was willingly not by nature and against his will Wherefore there is as great difference betweene It is one thing to be made vnder the Lawe an other to be vnder the Lawe by nature To be made vnder the Lawe and To be vnder the Lawe by nature as betweene these To be subiect to the Lawe of free will and To be subiect to the Lawe by seruile constraint It was free vnto Christ to be vnder the Law or not to be vnder it and he made himselfe subiect to it of his owne accord that he might most diligently do all thinges that the Law requireth but we were vnder the Lawe euen against our will Thou mayst see a resemblaunce hereof in Peter Ours and Christs being vnder the Law and our deliueraunce froÌ„ the same most excellently resembled and the Angell which came into the prison to Peter to deliuer him Both of them were then in the prison but Peter was there being cast into it of Herode not of his owne accord wherein he was also to abide for he could not go forth when he would But the Angell went into the prison of his owne accord whereupon it was free for him also to go forth when he would he was there onely for Peters sake and not for his owne and freely euen at his owne will whom when Peter heard and folowed it was free for him also to go forth of the prison whereas before it was not This prison is the Lawe Peter is our conscience The Angell is Christ Christ being absent our conscience is held captiue of the Lawe and being vnwilling of it selfe is moued vnto good thinges by the threatninges and promises thereof and is tied and bound vnto honest thinges with these as with two chaines The keepers of this prison are the teachers of the Lawe which declare the force of the Lawe vnto vs. So we being bound in the prison of the Lawe Christ commeth vnto vs and willingly maketh himselfe subiect to the Lawe and doth the workes of the Lawe of his owne accord which we did bend our selues to do against our wills yea and doth them for our sake that he may ioyne vs vnto him and also bring vs out togither with himselfe For he may easily go forth who is held in the prison by no necessitie If now we cleaue vnto him and follow him we also do goe forth But this cleauing to him and following him is nothing els then to beleeue in him and not to dout that he became man and was made subiect to the lawe for thy saluations sake Togither with this fayth commeth the spirit he by and by maketh thee ready and willing to do with pleasure all thinges that the Lawe requireth and so truly deliuereth thee from the captiuitie of the Lawe those chaines of threatninges and promises fall of from thee and thou mayst now go whither thou list that is thou mayst liue according to thine owne will or rather according to the wil of the holy Ghost ruling all thinges in thee finally what good thinges soeuer thou doest thou doest them from the heart and with great pleasure Christ made vnder the Law after two sorts Moreouer that it may be made more plaine after what sort Christ made himselfe subiect to the Lawe we must vnderstand that he was made vnder the Lawe after two sorts both for that he did perfectly performe the workes of the Lawe and also for that he suffered and ouercame the curse and punishment thereof for our sake For he was circumcised presented in the temple and the time of the purification being finished was obedient to his parents All which thinges he might haue omitted being Lord of the Lawe and ouer all Howbeit he applied himselfe to these thinges freely of his owne will not being either compelled by any feare or allured by any hope In outward workes he was in the meane season altogether like vnto them which were vnder the Law that is which did the workes of the Law against their wills inasmuch as his free spirit was hidden from others euen as also the seruile and constrained will of others is hidden And so he both was vnder the Lawe and not vnder the Lawe He behaued himselfe outwardly in workes as they which are vnwillingly held vnder the Lawe whereas notwithstanding he was not vnder the Lawe as they but of his owne free will Wherefore in respect of his worke he was vnder the Lawe but in respect of his will he was free from the Lawe How we are vnder the Law But we as well by will as by workes are vnder the Lawe by nature for that we do workes according to the rule of the Lawe of necessitie yea and we do them with that will which the Lawe constraineth and vrgeth in asmuch as we do not endeuour to do them of our owne accord Christ made himselfe subiect to the punishment of the Lawe also for our sakes of his owne will He did not onely performe those workes which the Lawe commaundeth but he suffered the punishment also which was due to vs being transgressors thereof The Lawe condemneth to death and the eternall curse all those that continue not in all thinges that are written in the booke of the Lawe to do them as Paule Gal. 3. reciteth out of Moses Leuit. 18. Now it is declared at large before that the Lawe is fulfilled of no man but that all men are against their willes held captiues of the Law wherefore euerie one is subiect to death and to the curse so that there is no man subiect to the Lawe in respect of workes and will which is not also subiect to it in respect of the curse For it curseth and condemneth all that do not performe it with their whole heart But here Christ maketh intercession for them

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