Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	day_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	14	3	8.8039	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16866	The exercise of true spirituall deuotion Consisting of diuers holy meditations and prayers; seruing for the inflaming of mens benummed affections; the quickening and increase of sauing grace; and the better ordering of the whole course of the life of a Christian, in a manner acceptable to God, profitable vnto others, and comfortable vnto his own soule. The first part.; Exercise of true spirituall devotion.	Alliston, Joseph.	1610 (1610)	STC 377; ESTC S117776	98,747	428

paths of mine owne feete let me feare mine owne waies and suspect the worst of my selfe in all my actions being priuie vnto those secret corruptioÌ„s which lie lurking within me and both thinke and hope the best of others because I know not what thy worke is or may be in them yea let me alwaies be ready to iudge accuse and condemne my selfe and euen in my thoughts to excuse and acquit others by making a fauourable interpretation of all their doings vntill such time as thou doest manifest giue cleere euidence that they are such as are not to be approoued Thus I shall please thee and not sinne against those towards whom I ought alwaies to bee charitably affected and free from all ill suspition and wicked surmizes Why the Lord suffereth oft times the infirmities of his children to be knowne to others IT is a meanes oft times to make a maÌ„ the more huÌ„ble to know that others are priuie vnto his wants his weaknesses and infirmities which hee was desirous to keepe secret to perceiue that the sores and blemishes of his soule lie open vnto the view of others which hee could wish rather were couered and kept close And for this end the Lord many times in mercie and goodnes doth suffer the shame and nakednes of his children to bee discouered before the face of others when as they would gladly haue it hid froÌ„ the eyes of all and not seene of any yea hee doth suffer them to fall by many weaknesses and infirmities euen such as are no waies pleasing but grieuous and irksome vnto them that so he may cause them to be the more humble and lowly and not to lift vp their hearts at any time aboue their brethren but so to demeane themselues that it may appeare that they esteem better of others then of themselues which is an excellent and a singular grace whereunto all that are yet defectiue herein should labour by all meanes to attaine O Lord if it seeme good vnto thee at any time to make others to see the weaknes of thy seruant to cause my wants imperfectioÌ„s and infirmities to be knowne and discerned of others as thou knowest how readie I am to faile if thy grace doth not continually sustaine me let it not grieue me so much that others behold that in me which may cause me to be ashamed as make me euery day more carefull to vse al meanes to bee healed and cured of those diseases whereunto my soule is subiect and inclinable through sinne and to increase as in all other graces so especially in true humilitie and meeknes of spirit without the which I can neuer please thee nor haue the light of thy couÌ„tenance shining vpon me The heauen of the godly and the hell of the wicked in this life IF there be a heauen in this world it is the true Christian onely that enioyes it in whose heart that blessed spirit doth dwell comforting and refreshing him continually in an vnspeakable maner If there be any hell in this life it is in the soule and conscience of the wicked and vngodly man whom Satan that euill spirit hath possessed and bereaued of that which should bee the ioy and comfort of his life and not that onely but also euen oppressed with many feares and sorrowes and with much anguish and horrible amazement arising from his hellish and guilty conscience O blessed God who hast giuen me to see the great difference which is betweene the estate of thy children and of the wicked and vngodly euen in this world how that the one is blessed and happie the other wretched and miserable grant that I may not at any time desire to haue the same lot with the wicked though it seeme outwardly to fare well with them but let me alwaies rest in thee and reioyce in that portion which thou hast giuen vnto mee knowing that on earth there can be no better inheritance nor any estate more to be desired The cares of this world what hindrances they are to the sincere and entire worship of God HE that is insnared and intangled with the things of this world or that is not free from all inordinate affectioÌ„s whatsoeuer cannot haue a perfect and an vpright heart before God nor freedome of spirit in his worship and seruice The soule onely that is emptied of the troublesome cares and sinfull desires wherwith most are surcharged and the minde that is set at liberty from all earthly vanities is fit to come before God with truth vprightnes and sinceritie and to offer such sacrifices with which he is well pleased and wherein he most delighteth O Lord let not the excessiue and inordinate desire of any earthly thing cleaue vnto me emptie my heart of the cares of this world banish farre from me the loue of all those things whereby I may any waies bee hindred from the performaÌ„ce of those duties which thou requirest of me and grant that I may be carefull to vse all meanes whereby my affections may be so rightly ordered that I may serue thee with a good heart in integritie and sinceritie all my daies True zeale THey that are trulie zealous are more zealous against themselues then others As they doe not when iust occasion and opportunitie is offered suffer the open sinnes of others to passe vnreproued so they are least partiall towards themselues but are readiest to check themselues euen for their inward and most secret corruptions As they haue an eye vnto the actions of others are carefull to discountenance sinne by fastening a seasonable rebuke and iust censure vpon it wheresoeuer it doth appareÌ„tly shew and manifest it selfe so especially they are alwaies chiefly prying into their own actions and hauing espied a fault are most seuere censorious in iudging and rebuking themselues for it They are grieued at the offences of others but their owne sinnes they doe most gall them yea they caÌ„ neuer be quiet whiles they see the relikes remainders of them abiding in them but euen groane daily vnder the burthen of them and vse all means to haue their hearts purged and freed from them Good Lord increase true zeal daily more and more in me let me not through childish feare nor any other sinister respect bee too slack and remisse in shewing my dislike of the sinnes which others doe commit against thy Maiestie and yet let me not be so readie to censure others as to reprooue and reforme my selfe A dangerous thing to affect the glorie of the world HE that loueth God and seekes his glorie cannot bee altogether carried away with the vaine glor e of this world but will either despise it or at least set very light by it He that loueth the glory of this world and doth not only affect it but is also very eager in the pursuite of it thirsting after the praise and applause of men it is a signe that there is little or no loue of God or of his glorie in him These are things that cannot

it more grieuous vnto me lest I fainted vnder it The liues of the Saints of old and men now a daies how different they are O What differeÌ„ce is there betweene our liues and the liues of the Saints and holie men of God recorded in scriptures and other writings wherin their examples are commended vnto vs as paterns and presidents to follow in so many rare and excellent vertues as they haue gone before vs and left the memorie of them behinde them as a light to shine vnto vs who walke in the darknes of this world in the middest of such a peruerse and crooked generation among whom we should shine as they haue done Sure when I lay our examples vnto theirs and compare our liues with theirs me thinkes that many euen of those who are esteemed as the best Christians deserue little more then the name of halfe Christians or at least but of weake ones and nouices in this holy profession so farre doe they come short of that which wee see to haue been in them and ought to be in our selues Oh where is the holy and religious conuersation of Enoch whose whole life was a continuall walking in the presence of the glorious God and a daily conuersing familiar acquainting himselfe with him in the carefull and conscionable discharge of all those duties which he required of him Where is the faith of Abraham by which as he well deserued to be accounted the father of vs all that are true beleeuers so also he obteined this as a singular prerogatiue and euidence of the extraordinarie grace and fauour of God towards him to be called and reputed in an especiall maner the friend of God Where is the meeknesse of Moses where is the patience and constancie of Iob in the middest of so many and that so fiery trialls for which the Lord did so pleÌ„tifully reward him when there seemed almost to be no hope for him and caused his example to be famous among all them that should heare of him Where is the holy zeale of Dauid whose eyes did not drop but euen gush forth as it were riuers of teares and his heart euen consume within him whiles he sawe the wicked traÌ„sgresse the Lawes of God whom he loued so dearely and euen with iust Lot vexed his righteous soule from day to day whiles he beheld the vnlawfull deeds and wicked abominations whereby the Lord was prouoked euerie day Where is his vprightnes and sinceritie in the worship and seruice of God for which the Lord graced him with this title that he was a man after Gods own heart Where is the delight that he tooke in the commandements of God wherin he found such sweetnes that all things els were nothing so pleasing vnto him nor so much desired of him Where is that holy deuotion which proceeded from his pure minde his sanctified heart and his heauenly affections in such sort that night and day continually vpon al occasions he breathed foorth those sweete hymnes and most pleasant songs and ditties of laud and praise vnto the Lord for all his benefits as to himselfe in particular so to the whole Church and all the Saints in generall prouoking them likewise and all creatures to do the same with the same affection Where is the integritie and vprightnes of Iosiah and Ezekiah who walked before the Lord in truth and with a perfect heart doing that alwaies which was good in his sight without all guile dissimulation Where is that conscionable practise of a godly and of a Christian life that was in Paul whose desire and endeuour was to haue alwaies a cleere conscience towards God and towards men and to haue his conuersation in the world in simplicitie and godly purenes Or where is the heauenly mindednes of the same Apostle who whiles hee liued in the world yet carried himselfe as one that was of another world hauing his conuersation in heauen from thence expecting and looking for continually the glorious appearance of our blessed Sauiour for the accomplishment of his redemption Or where is there that earnest desire of the conuersion and saluation of others which so manifestly shewed foorth it selfe in him in that it was not only the prayer of his heart but that which he aimed at in all his actions and sought for by all meanes and which that hee might attaine vnto hee thought no labour no trauell painfull or grieuous no nor yet esteemed his life it selfe deare vnto him euen that he might win many vnto Christ bringing theÌ„ vnto the knowledge and obedience of the truth that so their soules might bee saued in the day of iudgement Or where is the pietie and deuotion of that religious Gentill who although he wanted the meanes which wee now haue in more plentifull manner yet hath this commendation giuen vnto him that he was a man fearing God himselfe and carefull to haue his whole household and all those that belonged vnto him acquainted with true religion and godlinesse and withal that he caused his prayers and his almes to ascend continually into the presence of God so that the Lord tooke pleasure and delight in him and reuealed himselfe more cleerely and euidently vnto him by the ministerie of his messenger which hee sent vnto him for that purpose Or where is the forwardnes of those noble Beroeans in receiuing the word with all readines and enquiring and searching into the Scriptures from day to day that they might know embrace the truth preached and being well grounded and setled in it continue stedfast and vnmoueable in the profession of it notwithstanding the opposition of all false Teachers and seducing aduersaries Or where is there one like the first Martyr S. Stephen a man full of faith and of the holie Ghost and of that vnfained loue and charitie as to continue praying for his deadly enemies vnto the last breath Or where bee there any that haue that entire and louing affection vnto all the brethreÌ„ euen to all the Saints which that beloued Disciple of Christ and fatherly Apostle S. Iohn breathes foorth as it were thoroughout all his Epistles and whereof no doubt he had receiued so great a measure that he desired nothing more then that as hee did so others also might abound in the same grace and thereby vpon good ground be well assured that they were borne of God and translated from death to life In briefe where are they that with the Prophets Apostles Martyrs and other holie men and faithfull seruants of God in former times addresse themselues with all readines willingnes and cheerfulnes to serue the Lord both day and night in watchings in fasting and praier in diuine and heauenly meditations and in the daily exercise of al the duties of a holie and religious course being content if the will of God bee so to passe thorough that fierie triall with patience and perseuerance to bee reuiled disgraced hated persecuted made a gazing stocke to the world yea euen as the filth of the world

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