Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	sin_n	spiritual_a	6,216	5	6.8219	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18693	The vvarfare of Christians concerning the conflict against the fleshe, the world, and the deuill. Translated out of Latine by Arthure Golding.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1576 (1576)	STC 5201; ESTC S116490	35,443	84

Flesh they that are after the spirite do mind spiritual things Surely to be fleshly minded is death but to be ghostly minded is life peace bycause that Fleshlymindednesse is enmitie against God for it is not obedient to Gods law neither can be They therefore that are in the Flesh cannot please god The same Apostle to the Galathians sayth thus Walke in the spirite yee shal not fulfil the lustes of the flesh For the Flesh lusteth against the spirite the spirit against the flesh And those two are at strife one against another so as yee cannot do what yee woulde And again They that are Christes haue crucified the Fleshe with the affections lusts therof To be short the Apostle warneth vs almost euery where to kepe coÌ„tinual battel against the Flesh when we be once regenerated and to stryue with al earnestnesse to holde downe and subdue the sinfulnesse and corruption of our nature sticking still in our Flesh by the spirite of God to crucifie that old man of ours with Christ to clenze away the olde leuen dayly more and more and that I may vse the Apostles owne words to mortifye our earthly members as lecherie vncloanesse nycenesse and euil concupisence Therfore let vs not promise ourselues rist safetie in this life we must stand always as it were in battelray so long as wee carrye the olde man about vs and we must fyght against the Fleshe without ceassing that the bodye of sin may be done away and perish as the Apostle saith to the Romans And they that are sanctifyed by the spirite must not in any wise so deale as sinne may raigne and beare swaye in them but they must with all force withstande the sinfulnesse and forewarde inclination to offend which is bred in them and as S. Peter sayeth they must absteyne froÌ„ fleshly lustes which mayntaine warre against the spirit â–ª and they must not abandon their members as seruants too vncleannesse vnrighteousnesse from leaudnesse to leaudnesse but as seruants of rightuousnesse vnto holines Nother must they runne forwarde with blinde brayde whither so euer the flesh driueth them nor heape sinne vppon sinne but they muste fight I say continually against the fleshe as long as they liue They must subdue theyr naughtie affectioÌ„s and not cocker themselues in their ouerteÌ„dernesse nor giue head to their lustes Finally we must by al meanes endeuor to put off the old man according to that former coÌ„uersatioÌ„ which is corrupted w deceitfull lustes to be renued in the spirit of our mind so as we put on the new man which is created to Godward in true holinesse rightuousnesse as Paule saith to the Ephesians I say to put off the olde man with his deeds and to put on the newe which is renewed to the knowledge and image of him that made him as the same Apostle sayth to the Colossians and lastly to forsake all vngodlynesse worldly lustes and to liue soberly vprightly and godlily in this present worlde wayting for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and sauiour Iesus Christ who gaue him selfe for vs to redeeme vs froÌ„ all vnrightuousenesse and to clenze vs for a peculiar people to himselfe that we myght be followers of good workes as the same Apostle writeth to Titus I will adde this one thing more before I make an ende There hath bin some stryfe in our dayes who are rightly to bee taken for fleshly and who for ghostly I wil touch the matter shortly He therefore is sayde to bee Fleshly whiche strayneth not himselfe to the vttermost of his power to keepe downe the corruption and naughtie affections that are in the fleshe and as it were to purge away the old leuen but is caried by them into al kind of leaudenesse and wickednesse and rusheth wittingly and willingly against the precepts of the ten commaundements and shaking off the force of god beareth too muche with him selfe being a seruant to his bodie and that I may vse the words of the apostle Iude walking after his own lusts Contrariwise he is spirituall which being stirred vp by Gods spirite endeuoreth with all his harte to liue a holye life to obey Gods commaundements to kepe himselfe vndefyled of the world to put off the old maÌ„ to subdue the sinfulnes that is bredin him as saith the Apostle to kil the deeds of the body thorow the spirit and which feeling his fâ—esh striuing ther against doeth yet after a sorte offer violeÌ„ce to his owne nature and suffereth not him self willingly to be ouercome of his owne lustes in so muche that if he can doo no more at leastwise he suffereth not sinne to reigne in him but vpon trust of Gods hope indeuoreth to liue out of the flesh being in the flesh in the meane while bewayling his own infirmitie and weakenesse and bicause he cannot put away the renants of sinne that sticke fast in his flesh he prayeth too haue them pardoned for Christes sake For let no man looke too plucke vp quite and cleane or too remoue whole away the inbred corruption whiche is as the roote of all sins Alwayes there remains some behind vntill the flesh be brought again into dust and consumed to nothing For only death is it that dispatcheth that mischiefe In respect whereof Augustine sayeth thus there is alwayes a fighting in the bodie of this death bicause the coÌ„cupiscence wherwith we be borne cannot be ended as long as wee liue It may dayly be diminished but ended it cannot bee Concerning this difference between the fleshly the spiritual man I will cyte a few things out of Irenaeus who in his fifth booke against the Heresies of Valentine writeth in maner thus They that haue the pledge of the spirit serue not the lusts of the flesh but submit theÌ„selues to the spirit leade their life in all poynts agreingly too reason them doth the Apostle rightly call spirituall bicause Gods spirite dwelleth in them And after a few other words the vnion of the soule and bodie saith hee taking Gods spirit vntoo it maketh a man spirituall But as for them that reiect and forsake the counsell of the holy Ghost serue the lustes of the flesh liue not according too reason but are caried headlong into all sensualitie and being vtterly destitute of the breath of Gods spirit doe liue after the maner of Swine and Dogges them doeth the Apostle iustly call Fleshely bicause they mynd nothing but Fleshly things so foorth The same Authour anon after sayth thus For they that are such doe beare men in hande that they beleeue in the father and the sonne but yet doe they neuer set their myndes vppon Gods woord as they should doe neyther are they bewtifyed with the workes of righteousnesse but as I sayd afore they liue like swine and dogges giuing themselues to vncleannesse gluttome and all other vyces Iustly therefore doth the Apostle terme all such men fleshly and sensual forasmuch as

vs come to the vice which also is reckened of the Apostle among the workes of the flesh namely to wrathfulnesse or desire of reuenge wherwith there is no man but he is sometime yea that very often cumbered some man more and some man lesse according as euery mannes nature is For partly al men but specially those in whom choler aboundeth are most of al subiect to that vice Therfore let euery man endeuor with al earnestnesse to represse that affection as much as he can And bycause as one saith the minde is commonly ouertaken of anger before reason can prouide to disapoint it let euery man reclayme him selfe long afore continually bethinke himselfe how to resist the affection not to doe any thing in anger Let him cal to minde this saying to the Romans â–ª Derely beloued aueÌ„ge not your selues but brydle your anger And this to the Ephesians Be angrie and sin not let not the sun go downe vppon your wrath And sith we reade that many of the heathen men of old time were woont to brydle their anger with incredible modestie and grauity were it not a shamefull vnseemely thing for vs christians if Gods will should not winne that thing at our hands which reason wonne at theirs namely that we shuld not yeld to that incumberaÌ„ce of minde For although this affection cannot bee plucked vp by the roote and quite and cleane taken away it is so depely planted in vs yet must such rage be euer restrayned as it were brydeled and not let loode And that lyeth partly euen in a certaine willingnesse inforcing of the minde by earnest indeuer and diligent heedetaking for exercise myndfulnesse and custome and much rather reason and discretion doe greatly preuayle in this behalfe but specially in Gods helpe and grace if a man craue them humbly with earnest supplicatioÌ„ and prayer And anger is to be restrayned and with stood at the first brunt so much the more bycause other euils do breed and grow of it as hatred enimitie and stryfe which fyght ful butte against the christian profession and wherewith the sonne of God would haue his to be vtterly vnacquainted teaching them almost euery where to mayntaine mutuall loue charitie There are yet other vices of the flesh wherof I will treate in their due place and specially carelesnesse ouerlustinesse in prosperity whereby it commeth to passe that our harts forget God so as we indeuor not neither to call hartily vpon him nor to giue him thanks for his benefits nor finally feele his wrath towards vs for sinne ne giue our selues to the furthering of our saluatioÌ„ in feare and trembling by minding the amendmeÌ„t of our life In this case the godly man must strayne himselfe both to shake off that carelesnesse which accompanieth prosperitie and also to retaine modestie and to represse his ouerlustinesse by considering with him selfe that all things may be turned vpside down in the twinckling of an eye if God list And bycause that like as the fleshe becommeth proude of prosperitie so it droupeth in aduersity or else taketh it vnpatiently Let the maÌ„ that feareth God kepe some measure in that behalfe also not shrinke in hart nor pyne away with sorrow heauines nor yet storme and chafe against god But let him euer behight himselfe amendment of his state vppon trust of Gods goodnesse cal vppon God with greate assurednesse through the mediator Iesus Christ. Among the vices or rather as the Apostle termeth theÌ„ works of the flesh we must chiefly recken couetousnesse which is a lusting after another mans goods not after his owne For the flesh doth willingly seke hir own aduauntage and couet other mens goods Hence spring wylinesse crafte deceitfulnesse cousenage extortion theuerie such other naughtinesse But the godly man beareth in minde how it is forbidden in the ten commaundementes that he shoulde not couete any other mans goods neither house nor wife nor man seruaunt nor maydseruant nor Oxe nor asse nor aught els that is his neyghbours Neither is he ignoraunt howe the Apostle saith that couetousnesse is the roote of all mischiefe And therefore be laboureth by al meanes to keepe downe his affection lust of the fleshe so hee haue meate drink cloth to couer his body he is fully perswaded that he ought to holde himselfe contented with them Thus much concerning the Fleshe which is woont to stir men vp and to thrust theÌ„ forewarde to followe enioye al manner of pleasures to deale vnhonestly naughtily and finally to giue theÌ„selues to ouercome all vices and leudnesse Whose vntameable pronenesse to concupiscence whosoeuer hath ouercome hath doutlesse attained the greatest and most glorious victorie that can be concerning which matter one of the ancient diuines writeth thus There is no greater victorie saith he thaÌ„ that which is gotten of a mans owne lustes He that hathe ouercome his enimie â–ª is stronger howbeit thaÌ„ another man but he that hath ouermaystred hys own lusts is stronger than himselfe He that ouerthrown his enimie hath vanquished but a forrayner but he that hath tamed his owne lust hath subdued a houshold enimy It is easier to ouercome any mischief than voluptuousnesse For al other are terrible but this is fayre spoken He that vanquisheth his lustes triumpheth ouer sin c. The Apostle willeth to mortifye the deeds of the Flesh by the spirite that is too say to fight with all our harte and with all earnestnesse of minde against the sinfull lusts wherevnto our Flesh is naturally foreward so as we indeuer to bridle the fleshe whiche is prone to all vices and runneth headlong to al sensualitie and after a sorte offer violence to our owne nature in crucifying the Fleshe with the affections lustes therof as the same Apostle saith For if ye liue after the Fleshe sayth hee yee shall dye but if ye mortify the deedes of the flesh through the spirite ye shall liue For they that are gods childreÌ„ are led by Gods spirit Wherby he sheweth that such as follow wicked lusts restraine not their sinful motions with the feare dread of God as it were by bridling them shal be in danger of gods wrath of endlesse death For we must fight fiercely against the motioÌ„s of the flesh not do any thing against conscieÌ„ce For that do they which witingly willingly rush forth of set purpose into sin wickednesse breaking Gods coÌ„maundementes shrinking through faynthartednesse driuing away as saith the Apostle discoraging the holy spirite of god Hereto belongeth this saying of the same Apostle let not sinne reign in your mortal bodie that you should obey it in the lustes therof nother yeelde yee your members to sinne as weapons of vnrightuousnesse But giue ouer your selues to god as raised from death and gyue ouer your members as weapons of rightuousnesse vnto god And again They that are after the fleshe sayth he do minde the things that belong to the

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