Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	full_a	good_a	great_a	879	4	2.1025	3	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02545	Holy obseruations. Lib. 1. Also some fewe of Dauids Psalmes metaphrased, for a taste of the rest. By Ios. Hall	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1607 (1607)	STC 12671; ESTC S103654	25,435	209

changeable But all mens natures are equally indisposed to grace and to the common vocation of Christianity we are all borne heathens To do well nature must in the first be obserued and followed in the other crossed and ouercome 43 Good-man is a title given to the lowest wheras all Titles of Greatnesse Worship Honor are obserued and attributed with choice The speech of the World bewrayes their minde showes the common estimation of goodnes compared with other qualities The World therfore is an il Herald and vnskilful in the true stiles It were happie that goodnesse were so common and pity that it eyther shoulde not stand with greatnesse or not bee preferred to it 44 Amongst all actions Satan is euer busiest in the best and most in the best part of the best as in the ende of Prayer when the heart should close vp it selfe with most comfort Hee neuer feares vs but when wee are well imployed and the more likelyhood he sees of our profit the more is his enuie and labour to distract vs. Wee shoulde loue our selues as much as he hates vs and therfore striue so muche the more towardes our good as his malice striueth to interrupt it We doe nothing if we contende not when wee are resisted The good soule is ever in contradiction denying what is graunted and contending for that which is denyed suspecting when it is gayne-saide and fearing libertie 45 God forewarnes ere he try because he would be preuented Sathan steales vpon vs suddenly by temptations because he would soile vs. If we relent not vppon Gods premonition and meet not the lingring pase of his punishmeÌ„ts to forestall them he punisheth more by how much his warning was more euident and more large Gods tryals must be met when they come Satans must bee seene before they come and if we be not armed ere wee bee assaulted wee shall be foyled ere wee can bee armed 46 It is not good to bee continuall in denunciation of iudgement The noyse to which wee are accustomed tho loud wakes vs not whereas a lesse if vnusuall stirreth vs The next waie to make threatnings contemned is to make them common It is a profitable rodde that strikes sparingly and frightes somwhat oftener then it smiteth 47 Want of vse causeth disabilitie and custome perfection Those that haue not vsed to praie in their closet cannot pray in publique but coldely and in forme Hee that discontinues meditation shal be long in recouering whereas the man inured to these exercises who is not dressed till he haue praied nor hath supped till hee haue meditated dooth both these well and with ease He that intermittes good duties incurres a double losse of the blessing that followeth good of the facultie of dooing it 48 Christianitie is both an easie yoke and an hard hard to take vp easie to beare when once taken The heart requires much labour ere it can bee induced to stoope vnder it and findes as much contentment when it hath stooped The Worldling thinkes Religion seruilitie but the Christian knowes whose slaue hee was till hee entred into this seruice and that no bondage can be so ill as freedome from these bondes 49 It is a wonder how full of shiftes nature is Ready to turne ouer all good purposes If wee thinke of death she suggests secretly Tush it shall not come yet If of iudgement for sinne this concernes not thee it shall not come at all If of heauen and our labour to reach it Trouble not thy selfe it will come soone enough alone Addresse thy self to pray it is yet vnseasonable stay for a better opportunitie To giue almes thou knowest not thy owne future waÌ„ts To reproue what neeedest thou thrust thy selfe into wilfull hatred Euery good action hath his lett He can neuer be good that is not resolute 50 All Artes are Maides to Diuinitie therefore they both vayle to her and do her seruice and she like a graue mistresse controlls them at pleasure Naturall philosophie teacheth that of nothing can be nothing made and that from the privation to the habite is no returne Diuinitie takes her vp for these and vpon supernaturall principles teaches her a Creation a Resurrection Philosophy teaches vs to follow sense as an infallible guide Diuinity tels hir that faith is of things not seen Logick teaches vs first to discourse then to resolue Diuinity to assent without arguing Ciuil law teacheth that long custome prescribeth Diuinity that old things are passed Morall Philosophie that tallying of iniuries is iustice Divinitie that good must be returned for ill Policie that better is a mischiefe then an inconuenience Diuinitie that wee maie not doe euill that good maie ensue The Schoole is well ordered while Diuinitie keepes the chaire but if anie other skill vsurpe it and checke their mistresse there can followe nothing but confusion and Atheisme 51 Much difference is to bee made betwixt a reuolter and a man trayned vp in error A Iew and an Arryan both deny Christs deity yet this opinion is not in both punished with bodily death Yea a reuolt to a lesse error is more punishable then education in a capitall heresie Errors of iudgement tho lesse regarded then errors of practice yet are more pernicious but none so deadly as theirs that once were in the truth If truth be not sued to it is dangerous but if forsaken desperate 52 It is an ill argument of a good action not well done when we are glad that it is done To bee affected with the comfort of the conscience of wel performing it is good but meerly to reioyce that the act is ouer is carnall He neuer can begin cheerfully that is glad he hath ended 53 Hee that dooth not secret seruice to GOD with some delight doth but counterfaite in publique The truth of anie acte or passion is then best tryed when it is without witnesse Openlie manie sinister respects may draw from vs a forme of religious duties secretly nothing but the power of a good conscience It is to bee feared God hath more true deuout seruice in closets theÌ„ in churches 54 Words and diseases grow vpoÌ„ vs with years In age wee talke much because wee haue seene much and soone after shal cease talking for euer Wee are most diseased because nature is weakest and death which is neere must have harbingers such is the old age of the World No maruell if this last time bee full of writing and weake discourse full of sectes and heresies which are the sicknesses of this great and decaied body 55 The best ground vntilled soonest runs out into ranke weeds Such are Gods Children Ouer-growne with securitie ere they are aware vnlesse they bee wel exercised both with Gods plow of affliction and their owne industry in meditation A man of knowledge that is eyther negligent or vncorrected cannot but growe wilde and godlesse 56 With vs vilest things are most common But with GOD the best thinges are most frequently giuen Grace which is the noblest of all

be neerer thee in thy last what differs that from this but in time Correct thy dulnesse vpon former proofs or els at last thy deuotion shall want life before thy body 19 Those that come to their meat as to a medicine as Augustine reports of himself liue in an austere Christian teÌ„per shal be sure not to ioy too much in the creature nor to abuse themselues Those that come to their medicine as to meate shall be sure to liue miserablie and dye soone To come to meate as meate if without a gluttonous appetite palate is allowed to Christians To come to meat as to a sacrifice vnto the belly is a most base brutish idolatry 20 The worst that euer were euen Caine and Iudas haue had some â—autors that haue honoured them for Saints And the Serpent that beguyled our first Parents hath in that name had diuine honour and thankes Neuer anie man trod so perilous and deepe steppes but some haue followed and admired him Each master of heresie hath found some clients euen hee that taught all mens opinions were true Againe no man hath been so exquisite but some haue detracted from him euen in those qualityes which haue seemed most worthy of wonder to others A man shall bee sure to be backed by some eyther in good or euil and by some shouldred in both It is good for a man not to stand vpon his Abbetters but his quarrell and not to depend vpon others but himselfe 21 We see thousands of Creatures dye for our vse and neuer doe so much as pitty them why do we think much to dye once for God They are not ours so much as wee are his nor our pleasure so much to vs as his glory to him their liues are lost to vs ours but chaÌ„ged to him 22 Much ornament is no good signe Paynting of the face argues an ill complexion of bodie a worse minde Truth hath a face both honest and comely and lookes best in her owne colours but aboue all diuine truth is most faire and most scorneth to borrowe beautie of mans witt or tongue she loveth to come forth in her natiue grace like a Princely Matrone and counts it the greatest indignity to be dallyed with as a wanton Strumpet She lookes to command reuereÌ„ce not pleasure she would be kneeled to not laughed at To pranke her vp in vaine dresses and fashions or to sport with her in a light and youthful maner is most abhorring from her nature they know her not that giue her such entertainment and shall first knowe her angry when they do know her Againe shee would bee playne but not base not sluttish She would be clad not garishly but not in ragges Shee likes as little to bee set out by a base foyle as to seeme credited with gaye colours It is no small wisdome to know her iust guise but more to followe it and so to keepe the meane that while we please her wee discontent not the beholders 23 In worldly carryage so much is a man made of as he takes vpoÌ„ himselfe but such is Gods blessing vppon true humility that it still procureth reuerence I neuer sawe Christian lesse honored for a wise neglect of himselfe If our deiection proceed from the conscience of our want it is possible wee should be as little esteemed of others as of our selues But if wee haue true graces and prize them not at the highest others shall value both them in vs and vs for them and with vsurie giue vs that honour wee with held modestly froÌ„ our selues 24 He that takes his full liberty in what he may shall repent him how much more in what he shoulde not I neuer read of Christian that repented him of too little worldlie delight The surest course I have still found in all earthlie pleasures To rise with an appetite and to bee satisfied with a little 25 There is a time when Kings goe not forth to warfare Our spirituall warre admitts no intermission it knowes no night no winter abides no peace no truce This cals vs not into a garisoÌ„ where we may have ease and respite but into pitched fields coÌ„tinually we see our enemies in the face alwaies and are alwayes seene and assalted euer resisting euer defeÌ„ding receiuing and returning blowes If eyther wee be negligent or weary wee dy what other hope is ther while one fights the other stands still We can neuer haue safetâ—â— peace but in victory There must our resistance be couragious and constant wheâ—â— both yielding is death and all treatyes of peace mortall 26 Neutrality in things good or euil is both odious and preiudicial but in matters of an indifferent nature is safe and commendable Herein taking of parts maketh sides and breaketh vnitie In an vniust cause of separation hee that fauoureth both partes may perhaps haue least loue of either side but hath most charitie in himselfe 27 Nothing is more absurd then that Epicurean resolution Let vs eat and drinke to morrow wee shall dy As if wee were made onely for the paunch liued that we might liue yet ther was neuer any naturall man found sauor in that meat which hee knewe should be his last wheras they should say Let vs fast and pray to morrow we shall die For to what purpose is the body strengthened that it may perish whose greater strength makes our death more violent No man bestowes a costly roofe on a ruinous tenement That mans end is easie happy whom death finds with a weak bodie and a strong soule 28 Somtimes euen things in themselues naturally good are to bee refused for those which being euil may be an occasion to a greater good Life is in it self good and death-euill Els Dauid Elias and many excellent Martyrs would not have fled to hold life and auoid death Nor Ezekiah haue prayed for it nor our Sauiour haue bidden vs to flee for it nor God promised it to his for a reward yet if in some cases wee hate not life wee loue not God nor our soules Heerein as much as in any thing the peruersnesse of our nature appeares that wee wishe death or loue life vpon wrong causes we would liue for pleasure or wee woulde die for payne Iob for his sores Elias for his persecution Ionas for his gourd would presently dye and will needs outface God that it is better for him to die then to liue wherin wee are like to garrison souldiers that while they liue within safe wals and showe themselues once a day rather for ceremony pomp then neede or daunger like warrefare well enough but if once called foorth to the field they wish theÌ„selues at home 29 Not onely the least but the worst is ever in the bottome what shoulde God doe with the dregges of our age when sinne will admitt thee his Clyent no longer then God shall be beholdeÌ„ to thee for thy seruice Thus is God dealt-with in all other offrings The worst least sheafe must bee

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