Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	hand_n	soul_n	5,920	5	4.8872	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16598	A godly sermon preached before the right worshipfull Edvvard Cooke Esquier Atturney Generall vnto the Queens most excellent Maiestie, and others of worship, in Tittleshall in Norfolke: by F.B.	Bradley, Francis, fl. 1600.	1600 (1600)	STC 3505; ESTC S116905	21,385	48

Princes are said to come vnto the King Now followeth the second which is the maner of their comming and they did reuerence vnto the King which is a certaine outward obedience which they shewed vnder the colour of submission which humilitie and obeysance of theirs was vsed partly after an hypocriticall manner to steale away the heart of the King vnto Idolatrie which hath bin a perilous practise in all ages and therefore the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Colossians admonisheth them to take heed of those false brethren Col. cap. 2.4 who vnder the colour and pretence of humilitie labour to estrange and drawe them backe froÌ„ Christ But I wil giue you the words as they are set downe in the Epistle which are these And this I say Col. 2.4 least any man should beguile you with inticing words and agayne Let no man at his pleasure beare rule ouer you by humblenesse of mind If you reade the whole Chapter you may see how carefull the Apostle is least they should be corrupted by false brethren and so depriued of their Crowne by the subtiltie and counterfeit humilitie of some who laboured to draw them to the worshipping of Angels or to tie them to ceremonies and types in the Law which were abrogated and ended in Christ and were but shadowes of things to come If the Apostle had this care that hee would not haue them to receiue any thing seeme it neuer so little contrary to the Analogie of faith in the professioÌ„ of the Gospel and the true worship of God how much more ought we to haue a special care that we fal not away from grace in Christ Iesus Well let vs now see further how dangerous these flattering hypocrites be in the Church of God and in the common wealth surely it many times falleth out that the very conceit and good opinion that we take of some doth much blind our eyes that wee seldome or neuer examine their peeuish counsell giuen vnto vs whether it be of God or no but their speeches they are as authenticall with vs almost as the articles of our faith 1. Iohn 4.1 This is not to trie the spirites whether they be of God or not Thus was King Darius circumuented by the flatterie of his nobles in making and sealing a decree against his subiect Daniel they no doubt perswading him that it would be a matter of great policie for the trying of the obedience of his new subiects and that by that meanes he should finde out those that were disobedient which would tend greatly to his good when as indeed their purpose was nothing els but to destroy Daniel The Prophet Dauid complaineth of those flatterers which were in his time as appeareth in the twelueth Psalme saying They speake deceitfully euery one vnto his neighbour Psal 12. flattering with their lippes and speaking with a double heart but in the next verse he saith The Lord cut off all flattering lippes and the tongue that speaketh proud things Ier. 9. Also Ieremie the Prophet cryeth out against these deceiuers Let euery one take heed of his neighbour and trust you not in any brother for euery brother will vse deceit and euery friend will deale deceitfully and euery one will deceiue his friend and will not speake the trueth for they haue taught their tongues to speake lyes and take great paynes to do wickedly By which place of Scripture wee may see how common a thing it is for men to worke wickednesse and how hard a matter it is for men to deale faithfully one with another This was not only the sinne of the Iewes which were then the people of God and whom the Lorde had chosen vnto himselfe from amongst all the nations of the earth but it is now as commoÌ„ amongst vs that are Gentiles who haue taken vpon vs the profession of the Gospell Also wee reade that our Sauiour Christ was betrayed by the flatterie of Iudas for the Euangelist saith that he came vnto his Master with these wordes Mat. 26.49 Mark 14. Luke 22. God saue thee master and kissed him We may reade also how Dauid that holy man was seduced by the flatterie and deceiueable speeches of Ziba who accused Mephibosheth his good subiect 2. Sam. 16.4 and by him hee was moued to giue away the lands of Mephibosheth vnto that fawning and flattering sycophant Ziba And surely if we will take a litle paynes in reading the Scriptures we shall find how these flatterers crept into Princes Courtes as into the Court of King Saul who was the first King that raigned ouer Israel 1. Reg. 12. who had Doeg and others ready to accuse Dauid vnto the King Also king Roboam had his flatterers who caused him to speake roughly vnto his people and so Darius as we haue heard before had many about him that sought the death of Daniel Amos. 7.10 We reade also of Ieroboam who had Amaziah at his elbow to accuse Amos the Prophet Ezra 4.8 Also wee reade in Ezra of Rehum the Chauncellour and Shimshay the Scribe with the rest of their companions who writ vnto Artahshashte the king accusing the inhabitants of Iudea Ierusalem of rebellion against the King and Princes of the land But what should we speake of more examples out of the Scripture when we haue daily experience that teacheth vs that there is nothing more common at this day then flatterie and deceipt which men carry vnder the cloake of humilitie and vse it as the chiefest weapon to fight against the children of God The olde prouerbe being verified in them that vnder green leanes lieth hidden the viperous Serpent of whom if we take not heed and be very warie we may be stung vnto death So if we take not heed of these flattering Sycophants which are the diuels instruments we may be brought to confusion of bodie soule which many times commeth to passe by their smooth perswasions and sweet in chantments And yet they are such as beare the world in hand the they are friends to religion when as their purpose is no thing else but the ouerthrow of the same These men they shroud themselues in the very bosome of the Church so that they may well be compared to these false brethren which seduced the Galathians after that they had receiued the Gospell from the Apostle Saint Paul which false teachers corrupted the pure doctrine of the holy Ghost and ioyned with it the obseruing of diuers ceremonies Gal. 1. which they taught as necessarie to saluation Wherefore the Apostle Saint Paul seemeth to wonder at their sodaine chaunge and therefore in his Epistle to them after his salutation he reprehendeth them after this manner I meruaile saith he that you are so soone remoued away vnto another Gospel from him that hath called you in the grace of Christ which is not another Gospell saue that there be some that trouble you and intend to peruert the Gospell of Christ Therfore if we or an

Luke 8 there being a throng of many people it should seeme shee stood not vpon her disparagement or discredit which shee might reape by her going to the Sermon of Christ and that also to the sea side neither yet did she much respect her own case for we do not read of any pewes stooles or cushins that were prepared for her No no shee stood not vpon any of these things as many of our tender dames doe now a daies who may if they will heare the word of God in our publique assemblies in the Church and not trauell as they did farre for it but this must be the worke of the spitit of God in theÌ„ as no doubt it was in this Ladie and the other woman who went with an earnest desire to profit themselues by the doctrine of Christ which desire if it be wanting in any that vseth to heare the word they shall hardly profit by it And therefore as it is said that Simeon came into the Temple by the motion of the fpirit and found Christ so if we will finde Christ to our saluation Luke 2 let vs craue at the hands of God the assistance of his holy spirit when we frequent the exercises of religion and thus much for the fourth point Now it followeth in the last circuÌ„stance And wrath came vpon Iuda Ierusalem because of their trespasse The wrath of God as one saith is not an heat of a troubled mind as it is in vs poore wretches but a iust reuenge and punishment of our sinnes and the scripture doth very notably speake vnto vs according to our capacitie in attributing vnto God wrath furie and indignation and it is because that we for the most part are so blockish as that we cannot apprehend as we ought the greatnesse of his diuine Maiestie neither yet seare his iudgements the wrath of God is so fearefull a thing that no consuming fire or the most terrible things that are vsed of the Lord to correct his people cannot at the ful sufficiently informe vs of the great vehemencie thereof the Prophet saith If a man will not turne he will whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it readie he hath prepared the instruments of death Psal 7.12 he hath prepared his arrowes against the persecutors c. The Lord will not suffer the wicked to goe scotfree and vnpunished for so it standeth with his iustice and yet he is slow to anger and such a one as is sorie for our offences We haue many excamples in the scripture how hee meeteth with all sorts of sinners yea the Lord spared not our grand parents Adam and Eue but for their offences he banished then out of Eden which was a most fruitfull and delightfull place and also inflicted a grieuous punishment vpon them first saying to the woman I will greatly increase thy sorrowes and thy conceptions In sorrow shalt thou bring forth thy children Gen. 3. and thy desire shal be subiect to thy husband and he shall rule ouer thee Also vnto Adam he said Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree whereof I commaunded thee saying thou shalt not eate of it cursed is the earth for thy sake c. And further he saith In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eate bread till thou returne to the earth Gen. 7. For sinne the old worlde was destroyed with the flood Gen. 18. Sodom was consumed with fire and brimstone Corah and his company went downe into the bowels of the earth The Israelites were grieuously punished many times for their disobedience and manifold rebellions as appeareth in the books of Moses and the Prophets Dauid lost threescore and ton thousand men Chro. 1. chap. 21. whom the Lorde destroyed with the pestilence Saul was deposed from his kingdome afflicted and vexed with a diuell and after slaine as also his owne sonnes his armour bearer and his men in one day Roboam the sonne of Salomon of 12. tribes lost ten Sedecias was ledde captiue into Babilon 2. King 4. Exod. 14.27 and his eyes put out Pharaoh with his chariots ouerwhelmed in the red Sea Herod came to a horrible end Senacharib slaine by his owne seruants Chron. 2. chap. 32. Iesabell cast out of the window Ionas cast into the sea Ionas 1. A certaine Prophet slaine by a lyon 1. Kin. 20. The children that mocked the man of God Elizeus were torne with Beares Infinite are the examples of Gods wrath and heauie displeasure vpon the wicked and prophane as wee may reade of Esau Absolon Achitophel Iudas with many other Yea the Lorde hath punished many Kingdoms for sinne the Romaines the kingdom of the Chaldeans the kingdome of the Persians the kingdom of the Macedonians the Carthaginians nay the Lord hath not spared the famous citie of Ierusalem with the holy temple where his Namedwelt But as he did often afflict the Iewes his chosen people so at the last he made Ierusalem eueÌ„ with the ground neuer to be reedified againe which was especially for the contempt of his word which hee sent vnto them by his Prophets and also for reiecting of our Sauiour Christ with his doctrine and myracles which he wrought among them and therefore our Sauiour prophecyeth of their perpetuall destruction Paul preached to the Colossians Hierapolitans and Laodiceans but they contemned his doctrine and therefore one witnesseth Oriofius lib. 7. cap. 5. that the earth opened and swallowed them vp But what should I say the reward of sinne is death and the soule that sinneth shal die and to draw to an end this punishment which the Lord laid vpon Ioash the Princes and people may be sufficient to admonish vs to beware of Idolatrie or any other sinne least we pull the like iudgements vpon our owne heads and let vs remember what one saith the punishment of one is an example for all then it remaineth that as we haue heard that God is iust in punishing of sinne as well in his children as in the wicked that we labour to preuent his wrath by turning vnto him before wee feele the like iudgement and let vs not passe by any affliction or trouble which hee vseth to lay vpon any or vpon our selues but rather to lay them to our hearts making that vse of them for the which they are sent which is that we may by them he made more fitte for God this vse made Dauid of his troubles when he said Psal 119. Ecclc. 7. It was good for me that I was in trouble c. and Salomon saith It is better to go to the house of mourning then to the house of feasting for the liuing will lay it to his heart So it is better sometime to be inaduersitie then in prosperitie for good men will make vse of it but it is the policie of Sathan that wee should neuer apply God his iudgements which we see to be vpon others vnto our selues in such sort as wee

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