Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	flesh_n	life_n	spirit_n	9,701	5	5.4408	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09946	A preparation to the due consideration and reverent comming to the holy communion of the body and blood of our Lorde The contentes whereof followe in the next page.	Barker, Christopher, 1529-1599.	1580 (1580)	STC 20203; ESTC S106589	16,377	96

sinne and wickednes in whose sight no vncleane or filthie person may abide to stand but such as are holy righteous cleane and pure in heart are acceptable before him The place whereunto a Christian man is called when he is required to be partaker of the holy Sacrament is the Lordes Table whereof this earthly corruptible table is but a figure shadowe for euen as he that calleth vs which is God our Father and that whereunto we are called which is the body and blood of Christ is in heauen at the right hand of God in glory maiestie eueÌ„ so the Lords Table on which we shall be partakers of the same is lifted vp aboue all height of the visible skies into that place of Gods eternall glory and maiestie where Iesus Christ is resident in the throne of his magnificence The holy feast banquet whereunto a Christian man is called consisteth not of earthly dainties prepared by the arte of man to please the bodily taste which as soone as they are receiued into the body tende to putrifaction and corruption but of that liuely bread which came downe froÌ„ heauen and giueth life to the world euen the flesh blood of our Sauiour Christ the immaculat lambe of God which gaue himselfe an holy and vndefiled sacrifice vnto God his Father once for all and found thereby euerlasting redemption of which most holy and heauenly meate and drinke whosoeuer is partaker shall liue for euer The ende wherefore a Christian man is called to be partaker of this holy Sacrament is that hee might be assured that hee is regenerate and borne againe by the holy Ghost to be the child of God and inheriter of the kingdom of heauen notwithstanding that hee remaineth still as yet subiect vnto death of his body and that which is more to be feared through infirmitie falleth often times into sinne the reward whereof by the iustice of God is death both of body and soule yet being nourished and fedde with the foode of immortalitie and euerlasting life which is the flesh blood of our Sauiour Christ as hee him selfe testifyeth in the sixt Chapter of Iohn hee shall by the diuine vertue and quickening spirite of our Sauiour Christ be raysed vp in the last day vnto euerlasting felicitie These thinges if a Christian man doe duely consider before hee presume to come to the Lordes Table he will not thrust forwarde himselfe rashly vnaduisedly contemptuously but with such reuerence preparation and examination as is meete for him that is called by so great a person vnto so high a place to be partaker of so holy and so fearefull mysteries for so waighty and necessarie an ende and purpose For in respect of him that calleth which is most holy and righteous he will remember that it is his part to cleanse his soule from all vncleannesse of sinne and wickednesse by true and hearty repeÌ„tance he dare not appeare in his presence which seeth and knoweth the secrets of his heart with an outward shewe of fained holinesse and counterfet sorowfulnesse for his sinnes which he purposeth not to leaue and forsake but to continue in theÌ„ after the receite of the Sacrament and to delight in them as much as euer he did before He will not presume to deride and mocke the Iudge of al the worlde with a faigned countenance of modestie taken vpon him for a few houres while he is in the Church and laide aside againe almost assone as he steppeth ouer the threshholde of the Church doore to returne no lesse to his former lightnes vanitie pride lust couetousnesse and other vngodlines then to his priuate house and lodging And when hee considereth that hee is called into heaueÌ„ where no vncleannesse or corruption can abide where holinesse righteousnesse doth dwel he will call to mind the answere which God maketh to Dauid in the 15. Psalme where hee inquireth who shall dwell in his Tabernacle and rest in his holy hill Euen hee that leadeth an vncorrupt life without hypocrisie without fraude and guile couetousnes or oppressioÌ„ that dealeth iustly faithfully and mercifully with all men such a one shall neuer be remoued Hee that is called into heauen where Christ is sitting at the right hand of GOD and willingly obeyeth his calling acknowlegeth that he must forsake the earth with all earthly affections and set his minde vpon heauenly thinges vpon those thinges that are aboue and not vpon the earth as S. Paul exhorteth Colossians the 3. Chap. hee must mortifie his meÌ„bers that are on earth fornication and all vncleannesse couetousnesse and deceitfulnesse wrath malice blasphemie and filthie speaking and putting off the olde man with his workes he must put on the newe man which is renewed according to the image of him that created him in holinesse and righteousnesse in mercifulnesse humilitie meekenesse long suffering and forgiuenes of all them that haue offended vs euen as God hath forgiuen vs in Christ Iesus And for as much as the distance betwene the earth where we are strangers and the Heauen whereunto wee are called as to the place of our inheritance is so great that it is not possible for our heauy lumpish bodies to ascende thither before they be made conformable like to the glorious bodie of our Sauiour Christ which is gone thither before vs to prepare a place a Christian man will consider that as yet he can no otherwise bee lifted vp into heauen but in heart and soule by the winges of faith And therefore he wil seeke to confirme and strengthen his faith by the often and diligent meditation of the most comfortable promises of God conteined in the holy Scriptures and by earnest and feruent prayer vnto God for Christ his sake to increase his faith by the vertue of his holy Spirit as well in this time of his participation of the heauenly mysteries as at all other times vnto the ende of his life Yea that spirituall foode of the body blood of Christ whereof he is called to be a partaker wil admonish put a Christian man in minde as well of repentance purpose of ameÌ„dment reuereÌ„ce humilitie with which hee ought to bee prepared that shall receiue the Sacrament worthily as also that faith and constant beliefe in the promises of God is necessarily required of him that shal be nourished with so wonderfull heauenly foode For were it not that the sonne of God which is trueth it selfe hath promised by his holye worde to giue vs his body and blood to bee meate in deede and drinke in deede to feede vs vnto euerlasting life and for assurance of this his promise doth giue vs his seale in bread and wine which therefore hee calleth by the name of his body and blood because they do truely and not vainely represent vnto vs the trueth of his promise and effectuall performance of the same howe should we differ from the vnbeleuing Iewes which vnderstanding carnally that which our Sauiour Christ spake

spiritually demaunded howe it were possible to giue his flesh to be eaten and his blood to be drunken But being instructed by faith although the mysterie farre passe the reache of any mans vnderstanding yet doe we nothing doubt but according to his holy word and promise after a heauenly and spiritual maner he giueth to al them that are worthily partakers of that holy Sacrament his very body and blood to be spirituall meate and drinke whereby they are fed nourished vnto that life which is immortall and incorruptible Which faith of ours receiueth strength and increase by worthie participation of this holy mysterie for which ende and purpose it was instituted and ordeined to our comfort In consideration whereof and of all euery the respects before mentioned a Christian man is compelled to fall down before the throne of Gods grace and from the bottome of his heart to yeelde most humble and vnfeigned thanks to God the Father with the sonne our Lord Iesus Christ the holy Ghost by whose infinit mercy and goodnesse without al merite and desert of himselfe hee is called to so high honor and dignitie that he is admitted to be a ghest at the Lords Table in which hee is made partaker of the flesh and blood of the sonne of GOD who so loued the worlde that hee gaue his only begotten sonne to suffer most cruell shamefull death for the redemption of mankinde to satisfie the wrath of God to reconcile vs againe into his fauour of his enimies to make vs his children and of his children to make vs ioynt heyres with his onely begotten sonne Iesus Christ our Sauiour Last of all a Christian man thus assured that hee is made partaker of the body blood of Christ his head of whom hee is nowe made a liuing member must acknowledge purpose with himself that it is his bound duetie not onely to be more circumspect watchful of himselfe that he bee not forgetfull for so high and incomparable a benefite nor vnthankfull to so mercifull a Lord that hath thus loued saued him But also to shewe all loue tender affection towardes all them which by the same meanes are made fellow meÌ„bers with him of the same mysticall body and as occasion and abilitie shall serue like a liuing member to feele ioye and comfort at the prosperitie of his fellowe members and to be so grieued at the hurt or affliction of any of them that he be redie to relicue comfort them to ayde and assist them as we see by the example of the members and partes of our naturall bodye Hee therefore that examineth him selfe after these rules shall be rightly prepared to receiue the Sacrament worthily to his euerlasting comfort Â¶ Howe dangerous a thing it is to come vnwor thily or vnaduisedly to the holy Communion VNworthily they come to the holy CoÌ„munion not whosoeuer are vnworthy of that high honour which GOD vouchsafeth them whom hee calleth to his holy Table for then should all men euen the most righteous come vnworthily For no man is worthy to stand in the Lordes presence much lesse to sitte as a bidden gheste at the mariage of his Sonne or rather as a childe at the high Table of Almightie God the Father but that hee of his infinite mercie whereby hee accepteth them to bee his children vouchsafeth also to giue them this heauenly nourishment But all they come vnworthily not onely which come like hypocrites with fained hearts and contemptuous mindes against the Lord whoÌ„ they pretende to worship but also euen as many as presume rashly negligently and vnaduisedly to receiue the holy Sacrament without due examination of themselues and consideration of the excellent benefite whereof they come to be partakers Of them S. Paul writeth that they eate and drinke not the body of Christ whom they despise in his holy mysteries but their own damnation because they discerne not the Lordes body from other bodily meates drinkes For seeing our Sauiour Christ hath adorned these holy mysteries with the name of his most precious body blood whosoeuer conteÌ„neth or lightly regardeth the fame must needes deserue such punishment and condemnation as they which abuse not only the name of GOD of whom hee protesteth that he wil not hold theÌ„ guiltles but also the seale of God whereby hee offereth theÌ„ assurance of their redemption and euen the very bodie and blood of Christ whereof this Sacrament is a true and liuely representation Wherefore the Apostle sayth Whosoeuer eateth this Bread and drinketh of this Cuppe of the Lord vnworthily shall not be guiltie of abusing of bread and wine and other such like creatures the abusing whereof is neuerthelesse vnanswerable before GOD but he shal be guiltie of the body and blood of Christ Which sinne howe horrible and gricuous it is in the sight of God to be guiltie of the body blood of Christ we may easely perceiue if we call to remembrance the example of those who moste cruelly and despitefully betraied condemned scourged and crucified his most holy and innocent bodie when hee liued vpon the earth The guiltinesse of whose treason false witnessing vniust condeÌ„ning cruel scourging and crowning with thornes most dispitefull crucifiyng and shedding of his most precious blood beside spitting scorning and reuiling the guiltinesse I say of all which iniuries and villenies they do most iustly heape vpon themselues which vnworthily vnaduisedly rashly or negligently presume to come to the Lords Table and so become guiltie of the body blood of our Sauiour Christ whereby they procure vnto themselues if GOD should deale with theÌ„ in iustice such punishment as was deserued by Iudas Iscarioth the false suborned witnesses Annas and Caiaphas with the rest of the high Priestes and Pharises Pilate with his souldiers and the people that cryed out vpon him Crucifie him Crucifie him And more worthily deserue they such punishment then many of these before named for of them the holy Ghost testifieth that they did it ignorantly for if they had knowen him they would not haue crucified the Lord of glory But these men contemne and despise him whom they knowe and confesse to be the Lord of glory and the eternal Sonne of God the other despised him in the estate of his humilitie when his Godhead was couered with the shape of a seruant but these men set light by him and contemne him nowe hee sitteth in his throne of magnificence and maiestie Therfore much greater is their guiltinesse more grieuous is their condemnation if the Lorde shoulde deale with them according to their desertes But although hee be ready to pardon and forgiue such as haue so despised him vpon their heartie and earnest repentance euen as hee was ready to pardon them which crucified him yet doth he not suffer his children to bee altogether without chastisement but that they may more deeply consider howe grieuously they haue trespassed against him hee punisheth them oftentimes with sharpe sicknes and

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