Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	ephraim_n	hand_n	left_a	2,932	5	12.0419	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09086	The seconde parte of the booke of Christian exercise, appertayning to resolution. Or a Christian directorie, guiding all men to their saluation. Written by the former authour. R.P.; Booke of Christian exercise. Part 2.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610. Christian directory.; Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610. First booke of the Christian exercise.	1590 (1590)	STC 19380; ESTC S110194	217,337	475

of hys descendents offended God more greeuously theÌ„ euer did Saul who was put out before and albeit ten Trybes at once brake from Iuda and neuer returned to obedience agayne but conspired wyth the Gentiles and other enemies on euerie side to extinguish the said kingdome regimeÌ„t of Iuda yet for the fulfilling of this prophecie the gouernment of Iuda held out styll for more then a thousand two hundred yeeres together vntyll Herods tyme as I haue alreadie saide which is more then any one familie in the worlde besides can shew for his nobilitie or continuaunce in gouernment The prophecie for the greatnesse of Ephraim aboue Manasses THE same Iacob when he came to blesse hys little Nephewes Manasses Ephraim that were Iosephs children though himselfe were nowe dimme of sight and coulde not well discerne them yet did hee put hys right hande vpon the heade of the younger and hys left hande vppon the elder and that of purpose as it prooued afterwarde For when Ioseph theyr father misliked the placing of theyr Graund-fathers handes and woulde haue remooued the right hand from Ephraim haue placed it vpon the head of Manasses that was the elder brother Iacob woulde not suffer him but aunswered I knowe my sonne I knowe that Manasses is the elder he shal be multiplied into many people but yet his younger brother shall be greater then hee Which afterwarde was fulfilled for that Ephraim was alwaies the greater stronger Trybe and in fine became the heade of the kingdome of Israel or of the ten Tribes wherof there was no suspition or likelihood when Iacob spake thys or when Moses recorded it And howe then came Iacob to fore-see this so many hundred yeres before as also to fore-see and fore-tell the particuler places of his childrens habitations in the land of promise as Zabulon at the sea side Aser in the fertile pastures and other the lyke that fell out by casting lots after foure hundered yeeres and more Wherehence had he thys I say to fore-tell what lots so long after should appoint but onely from GOD who gouerned theyr lots The fore-sight of Moses THE like may be asked concerning Moses who before his death in the desert deuided out the Lande of Canaan to euerie Tribe euen as though he had beene in possession thereof and as afterward it fell out by casting of lottes as in the booke of Iosua it dooth appeare And could any humaine wit or science thinke you fore-see what eache Trybe shoulde attaine after his death by drawing of lottes Againe the same Moses fore-saw and fore-tolde in publique hearing of all the people howe in times to com long after hys death the Iewes shoulde forsake God and for theyr sinnes be cast into manie banishments and finally be forsaken and the Gentiles receiued in theyr roome as indeede it came to passe And whence trowe you could he learne thys but from God alone The prophecie for the perpetuall desolation of Iericho IN the Booke of Iosua there is a curse laid vpon the place where Iericho stood and vppon whatsoeuer person should goe about to rebuilde the same to wit That in his eldest sonne he should lay the foundations and in his youngest sonne should he build the gates therof which is to say that before the foundations were laide and gates builded he shold be punished with the death of all his chyldren Which thing was fulfilled almost fiue hundered yeeres after in one Hiel who presumed vnder wicked King Achab to rebuilde Iericho again and was terrified from the same by the suddaine death of Abiram and Segul his children as the booke of kings reporteth according to the words of the Lord which he had spoken in the hande of Iosua the sonne of Nun. And since that time to thys no man eyther Iewe or Gentile hath taken vpon him to rayse againe the saide Cittie albeit the situation be most pleasant as by relation of stories Geographers appeareth The prophecie for the byrth and acts of Iosias IN the thyrde Booke of Kings it is recorded that when Ieroboam had withdrawn tenne Trybes from the obedience of Roboam King of Iuda to the end they might neuer haue occasion to reunite themselues againe to Iuda by theyr going to sacrifice in Ierusalem as by the Law they were appointed he builded for them a goodly gorgious high Altar in Bethel and there commanded them to doe theyr deuotions And when he was one day there present himselfe and offering his incense vppon the said Altar and all the people looking on there came a man of God saith the scripture and stoode before the Altar cryed out aloude spake these wordes O Altar Altar this sayth the Lord behold a childe shall be borne of the house of Dauid whose name shall be Iosias and hee shall saâ—rifice vpon thee these idolatrous priestes that nowe burne francumsense vpon thee and he shall burne the bones of men vpon thee Thus spake that man of God in the presence hearing of all the people more then three hundred yeres before Iosias was borne and it was registred presently according to the manner of that tyme which I haue noted before wyth the same were registred also the miracles which happened about that fact as that the Altar cleft into vppon the mans words and Ieroboam extending out hys hand to apprehende him lost presentlie the vse and feeling therof vntill it was restored againe by the sayde holy mans prayers who notwithstanding for that he disobeyed Gods commaundement in hys returne and eate wyth a Prophet of Samaria which was forbidden him he was slaine in hys vvaie home-warde by a Lyon and hys bodie vvas brought backe againe and buried in Bethel nygh the said Altar amongst the sepulchers of those Idolatrous Priests of that place but yet with a superscription vpon hys Tombe contayning his name and what had happened There passed three hundred yeeres and Iosias was borne and came to raigne in Iuda and one day comming to Bethell to ouerthrowe the Altar and to destroy the sepulchers of those Idolatrous Priestes that had beene buried in that place when hee began to break theyr Tombes he found by chance the sepulcher of the sayd man of God wyth the superscription vpon it By which superscription and relation of the Cittizens of Bethell when he perceiued that it was the Sepulcher of him that had foretolde hys byrth his name and his dooings so many hundred yeeres before he was borne he let the same stande vntouched as the fourth Booke of Kings dooth declare Now consider whether among any people in the world but only among the Iewes there were euer any such prophecie so certaine so particuler so long fore-tolde before the time so exactly fulfilled But yet the holy scriptures are full of the like and tyme permitteth me onely to touch some fewe of the principall The prophecie for the destruction of

as hath not onelie giuen lyfe and beeing vnto hys chyldren but also as S. Paule saith hath poured into theyr harts the diuine spyrite of hys onelie eternall Sonne styrring them vp to most assured confidence and inuincible hope in hys fatherlie goodnes and protection And vpon assuraunce of thys hope haue as well sinners as Saints from the beginning fledde vnto him confidently vnder this tytle of paternitie and neuer were deceiued So the Prophet Esay as well in his owne name as in the name of the sinfull people of Israel doubted not to cry Thou art our father Abraham hath not knowne vs and Israell is ignorant of vs Thou O Lorde art our father thou art our redeemer And to confirme thys assuraunce vnto vs Christ sent that most sweete and comfortable embassage vnto his Disciples presently vpon his resurrection Goe tel my brethreÌ„ that I doe ascend vnto my father and vnto your father vnto my God and vnto your God By which two wordes of Father and God the one of loue and the other of power the one of will the other of abilitie he tooke away all doubt of not speeding froÌ„ each man that should make recourse to thys mercifull Lord Father God himselfe also after many threates vsed by the Prophet Ieremie against the people of Israel for their sins in the end least they shoulde dyspaire turneth about his talke and changeth hys style assuring them of many graces and fauours if they would returne vnto him telling the house of Israel that hee had loued her from the beginning and had sought to drawe her vnto him by threates to the ende hee might take mercie vpon her and that now he intended to builde her vp againe to adorne her with ioy exultation to gather her children from all corners of the earth to refresh them wyth the waters and riuers of life and all thys sayth he Quia factus sunt Israeli Pater for that I am become nowe a Father to Israel And in the same place to wicked Ephraim the heade Cittie of the rebellious kingdom of Samaria he saith Ephraim is becom my honorable son my delight deerely beloued child therefore my bowels are moued with compassion vpon him in aboundance of mercy wil I take pitty of him So much attributed God to this respect of being a father vnto Israel Ephraim of theyr beeing his children that for this cause only notwithstanding their infinite enormous sinnes hys bowels of endlesse mercie were mooued wyth loue and compassion towardes them And these are those tender and mercifull bowels which holie Zacharie father to Saint Iohn Baptist protesteth to be in almightie God towardes mankinde that had offended hym These are those which were in that good olde father mentioned in the Gospell who beeing not onely offended but also abandoned by his younger sonne yet after he sawe him returne home againe notwithstanding he had wasted all his thrift and substaunce and had wearied out his bodie with wicked life hee was so farre off from dysdaining to receiue him as he came forth to meete with him fell vpon his necke and kyssed him for ioy adorned him wyth newe apparrel rich iewels prouided a solemne banquet for him inuited his freendes to bee merrie with him and shewed more exultation and tryumph for hys returne then if he had neuer departed from him By which parable our Sauiour Christ endeuoured to set forth vnto vs the incomprehensible mercy of his heauenly father towards sinners in which respect hee is trulie called by his Apostle Pater misericordiarum the father of mercies For that as Saint Bernard well noteth thys sea and Ocean of mercies doth flowe peculiarly from the hart of a father which cannot be said so properlie of the gulfe and depth of his iudgments For which cause he is called in Scripture the God of iustice and reuenge and not the Father And finally thys blessed name of Father in God dooth import vnto vs by Gods owne testimonie all sweetnesse all loue all freendshippe all comfort all fatherly prouidence care and protection all certaintie of fauour all assuraunce of grace all securitie of mercie pardon and remission of our sinnes whensoeuer vnfainedly we turne vnto him And in thys poynt his diuine Maiestie is so forward and vehement to giue vs assurance that beeing not content to sett foorth his loue vnto vs by the loue of a fathers hart he goeth further protesteth vnto vs that hys hart is more tender towardes vs in thys behalfe then the hart of any mother can bee to the onely childe and infant of her owne wombe For thus he saith to Sion which for her sinnes beganne to doubt least he had forsaken her Can the mother forget her owne infant or can she not be mercifull to the childe of her owne wombe if she could yet can I not forget or reiect thee beholde I haue written thee in the flesh of mine owne hands And thys for so much as God is called our father There remaineth yet a third consideration which more setteth forth Gods inestimable loue then any of the other demonstrations before handled And that is that he gaue the life and blood of his onely begotten and eternal sonne for purchasing and redeeming vs when we were lost a price so infinite and inexplicable as no doubt his diuine wysedom wold neuer haue giuen but for a thing which hee had loued aboue all measure Which our Sauior himself that was to make the payment doth plainly signifie and therefore also seemeth as it were to wonder at such a bargaine when hee saith in the Gospell So deerely hath God my father loued the world that he hath giuen for it his only begotten sonne In which wordes hee ascribeth this most wonderfull dealing of his Father vnto the vehemencie and exceeding aboundance of loue as dooth also his deerest disciple and Apostle S. Iohn saying In thys appeareth the great loue charitie of God towards vs that he hath sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde to purchase lyfe for vs. In thys I say is made euident his exceeding charitie that we not louing him he loued vs first and gaue his own sonne to be a raunsome for our sinnes Whereunto also the holy Apostle S. Paule agreeth admiring in like manner the excessiue loue of God in these wordes God doth meruailously commend and set forth his great loue vnto vs in that we beeing yet sinners he gaue his sonne to the death for our redemption And in an other place framing out as it were a measure of Gods mercy by the abuÌ„dance of his loue saith thus God who is rich in mercie thorowe the exceeding loue which he bore vnto vs wee beeing deade in sinne he reuiued vs in Christ and raysed vs vppe euen vnto heauen making vs to sitte downe there with him to the ende he might declare to al ages and worlds ensuing the

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