Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	conscience_n	faith_n	unfeigned_a	2,594	5	11.1136	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05280	The first step, towards heaven, or Anna the prophetesse sacred haunt, to the temple of God. Preached at Standish Church in the Countie of Lancaster. By VVilliam Leigh, Batchillor of Diuinity and paster there. With the second edition of great Brittaines deliuerance, newly corrected and enlarged by the author.	Leigh, William, 1550-1639.; Leigh, William, 1550-1639. Great Britaines, great deliverance, from the great danger of popish powder.	1609 (1609)	STC 15424; ESTC S103610	66,134	240

to Babilon robbed of all thy riches and the virgin Sion mourne to see her sonnes or Eunuches in the pallace of the King of Babell If wee preach peace and they will not receiue peace wee may shake the dust of that place from our feete and bee gone that dust shall iudge dust in the great day Into the citie of Samaria enter ye not they looked for no redemption and therefore the secret therof might not be reueled vnto theÌ„ according to that Secreta domini timeÌ„tibus euÌ„ the secret of the Lord is reuealed to them that feare him If any shall say beeing suncke in sinne wee are no worse then dogs and yet dogs may eate of the crums that fall from their masters table I answere true indeed if you rise out of sin be no such dogs as bite and barke at our deuotions but come in all humility and as the Chananite did sue and seeke in true faith and feeling the cruÌ„mes of mercy that fal froÌ„ your masters table then come and taste with Anna how sweete the Lord is then come speake of him with Anna to all that looke for redemption in Ierusalem And when they had performed all these things according to the Law of the Lord they returned into Galilie to their owne city Nazareth Although this scripture say nothing of Anna whose story hitherto we haue followed for the better manifesting of Christ in the flesh yet it is necessary to be annexed further to make plaine the history of Christ his incarnation by speciall growth in body and strength in spirit with al complements of wisedome fauour and grace both with God and man Wherein I pray you would obserue three things all clearing the truth of the incarnation and prouing our Christ to be perfect man against Ebion Carpocrâ—s Cerinthus and such like who dire the deity in denying some the humanity some the diuinity I say this is cleared in this place by a threefold subiection whereunto the Lord would yeeld himselfe as the Son of man but neuer as the Son of God The first is his subiection to the Law out of these words when they had performed all things according to the Lawe The second was his subiection to persecution which I may terme a iudgement of the Lawe in these words they returned into Galilie to their owne citty Nazareth The third and last is his subiection to increase and growth in body and strength in spirit by little and little infallible proofes of his humanity and no waye applyant to the diuinity out of these words And the child grew and waxed strong c. Christ was subiect and vnder the Lawe 1. Morall 2. Ceremoniall 3. Iudiciall According to that When the fulnesse of time was come God sent foorth his sonne made of a woman and vnder the Law that he might redeeme them which were vnder the Lawe that we might receiue the adoption of sonnes He was subiect to the Lawe Moral when he said Math. 5.17 Thinke not that I came to destroy the Lawe or the Prophets I am not come to destroy them but to fulfill them He was subiect to the Lawe Ceremonial when he was circumcised and presented in the Temple c all ended when the vaile of the Temple rent asunder from the toppe to the bottome which Temple after was ruinated body and all Nepopulus rediret ad Iudaismum He was subiect to the Lawe Iudicial when he endured his painfull passion and vpon the Crosse was cursed for vs all according to that Gal. 3.13 Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the Lawe when he was accursed for vs for it is written cursed is euery one that hangeth on a tree He performed all that he might make an end of all so as no lawe might rise vp in iudgement against vs. When Christ was transfigured vpon the holy mount it is sayde that Moses and Elias talked with him and told of his departure which he should suffer at Ierusalem Luk. 9.30.31 To teache you no other then that ye are here taught to wit that Christ is the end and accomplishment both of the Lawe and Prophets whereof Moses and Elias are chiefe for whereat points the Law but at a bloudy sacrifice whereon stand the Prophets but vpon the Messias sent and slaine and what is their communication with Christ but of his departure which he should accomplish at Ierusalem So then the Lawe and the Prophets do accompany Christ and Christ in person doth accomplish them Christ not Moses not Elias nor one of the Prophets and yet Christ with Moses with Elias and with all the Prophets they to find out his lyne he to finish their course And all this sprung from the endlesse fountaine of his loue which loue I may say with the blessed Apostle is the fulfilling of the Law Rom. 13.10 or end if ye wil for so saith the same Apostle The end of the commandement is loue out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith vnâ—aigned which holy loue streamed with his bloud when it issued from all his veines to redeeme vs from this killing lawe Where by double right and authority he hath conquered First as the sonne of God Lord of the law Secondly as the sonne of man in our person which is as much as if wee had ouercome the lawe our selues for his victory is ours All the iurisdiction of the lawe was executed vpon Christ. First it accused him as a blasphemer and a seditious person Secondly it made him guilty before God of the sinnes of the whole world Thirdly it so terrified and oppressed him with heauinesse and anguish of spirit that his sweate was like drops of bloud trickling downe to the ground Luke 2â— 44 And lastly it condemned him to death euen to the death of the crosse a maruellous combate where the law a creature giueth such an assault to his creator and against all right practiseth his whole tyranny vpon the sonne of God and he most innocent But to proceed it may seeme by the text that the Euangelist doth more specially ayme at some performance of the law done by Ioseph and Mary in that it is sayd When they had performed all those things c. True it is this their performaÌ„ce may be a president to vs whereon to looke in all our deuotions First that we leaue nothing vndone which the Lord hath commanded by his law Secondly that wee performe nothing of our owne deuising but as it is enioyned vs by the eternall law of the eternall God The Babe was crucified Mary was purified and the childe presented according to the law they performed al left out nothing they did it according to no deuice of their owne but as the line and leuell of the same lawe ledde them And here two sorts of people are sweetly taught if not iustly taxed by the spirit of God of intollerable impiety First such as thinke they please

in the truth but wee are blowne away with euery blast of vaine doctrine and there is not the least gale of prosperity or storme of aduersity but it maketh vs to goe back as in the day of Midian or like the children of Ephraim which being harnissed and carying bowes turned themselues back in the day of battaile Nay the Lord is so careful we should noâ— turne back that by his aduertisement wee may not so much as looke back and therfore he said remember Lots wife Yea and Paule went yet a degree further when hee said one thing I doe I forget all behind and hold hard to that which is before c. Where note that not onely our foote and eie but our very thoughts must go forward and not backward You haue begunne well this good newe yeare now what should let you to go forward Let a daughter of Phanuel a child of Ashur gracious Anna teach the perseuerance in this Christian life to end thy widdowhoode in his feare as thou hast begunne thy virginity in his faith And beware of relapse both in the point of faith and fact if thou fall from faith see thy iudgement Heb. 6.4.5.6 If froÌ„ thine obedience which is in matter of fact then see thy iudgement 2 Pet. â— 20.21 No man that taketh the plowe in his hand and looketh back is fit for the kingdome of God obserue O Christian saith one what Christ puts into thine hand Non delicias pecunias et id genus reliqua sed stiuaÌ„ the plow stilt which is thy paines in piety neuer to be left off if thou looke to reape blessednes for thy painfulnes It is said of the powers diuine in the first of Ezechiel Quod non reuertebantur cum ambulareÌ„t that they returned not wheÌ„ they went Eze. 46.9 churchgoers may not returne by the way of the gate whereby they came in but they must go forth ouer against it ye must gaine by your deuotions euer depart better instructed then when ye came This is the day of circumcision ye must be cut not in the outward skinne but in the inward heart and conscience for thus saith the Lord no stranger vncircumcised in heart nor vncircumcised in flesh shall enter into my sanctuarie neither yet the Leuits that are gone back from me when Israel went astray from me after their Idols but they shall beare their iniquity So then for conclusion let Anna her constancy bee your rule who first last followed Christ with perseuerance perseuerantia cuÌ„seueritate be kind to your godly motions and cherish them but be cruel to your bad affections kill them Salomon saith well Pro. 18 9. Hee that is slothfull in his worke is euen the brother of him that is a great waster The Angels vpon the ladder were not seene to rest but either to ascend or descend and Christ in the Canticles is described to haue legs of marble in sockets of gold to teach vs that constancy in Christ is constancy in gold and more precious then the Carbuncle Topas or Chrisolite yea and more sweete theÌ„ all the trees of incense In via viâ—tutis non progredi regredi est qui non proficit deficit Not to go forward in the way of vertue is to go backward and he leeseth that gaineth noâ— Which was of a great age after shee had liued with an husband seueÌ„ years from her virginity c. In the description of Anna her person I haue told you that she was by profession a Prophetesse by name gracious of a religious familie and of an honourable Tribe It now remaineth we come to the maturity of her age and threfold state of her life which she passed in all godlines honesty all to make her witnesse of greater credit to the honour of her Christ whom she published For as the wise man saith Age is a crowne of glory when it is found in the way of righteousnes Pro. 16.31 That is when it is ioyned with religion or else the elder that the wicked are the more they are to be abhorred Her age argued her honesty vertue and godly life for the sinner wicked and vnrighteous liue not halfe their daies Pride auarice wine women are hatchets to cut downe the tree of thy life ere it come to it full growth Dalila in her wantonnesse Baltassar in his bolles Absalon in his pride were all cut off in the middest of their daies sinne goeth before destruction it hasteneth on the iudgement As one flood puts on another till they come to the great Ocean and then they are swallowed vp so one sinne puts on another till we come to the graue then all are swallowed vp in iudgemeÌ„t I say therefore Obsta principijs begin betimes and let thine age thine honesty grow together for what an incongruity is it to bee gray in haires and greene in affection thy yeares to go forward and thy religion backward It is said of Anna Quod haec processerat in diebus multis because with the course of her yeares ran the circle of her religion vertue and honesty as the daies of her youth passed so the vanities of this world euer died in her Erubescat senectus quae se emendare non potest that old age may bee ashamed and blush that knoweth not how to begin to amend I say amend for that manie hauing passed their youth in sinne shame and ignorance deeme it too late to amend when they are old as when they say I am now too old to learne to whom I answere Etiamsi senes magis decet docere quam discere magis tamen decet discere quam ignorare August in Epist ad Heb. Although it be more seemely for old age to teach then to be taught yet is it much more seemely to learne then to bee ignorant The onely thing that letteth in old age to learne and to amend is auarice Cum cuÌ„cta vitia in sene consenescunt sola auaritia iuuenescâ—t WheÌ„ all vices grow old in age onely couetousnesse waxeth young The vse of all is that our old age should euer be a credit to our place and calling As also that as our yeares do increase sin should decrease and neede we had by Anna her exaÌ„ple to weane our affections in youth that they do not ouerule vs in our age Ex peruersa voluÌ„tate facta est coÌ„suetudo et duÌ„ coÌ„suetudini non resistitur facta est necessitas of a froward wil is ingendred an euill custome while custome is not withstood it growes to a necessity Peccata senum praedicantur in quid Old mens sins are essentiall I do further obserue out of the text that she passed the threfold state of her life in all piety and godlinesse A virgin a wife a widow she passed all without staine to any a pure virgin an honourable wife a religious widow so she liued and so she died and for that her

shall finde that from the first conception of Christ in the wombe to the yeelding vp of his Ghost vppon the crosse In articulo mortis the Crosse was euer his companion his life none other then a painfull passion it hath beene euer in the practise of Sathan to maligne the truth and by all possible and potent meanes to bury the Babe in his birth Gabriel no sooner came from heauen with that ioyfulll message but straight waies hee raised a doubt in the heart of Mary so as shee demurred vppon the point and sayd How may this be Being found with child of the holy ghost Ioseph was iealous of his wife What should I say more Herode was cruell and Bethleem was vncourteous when Christ found more humanity kindnesse with the beastes in the cratch then with men in their Courts Sathan stirred vp the Galileans from a high steep hill to cast him downe headlong The Gadorens to driue him out of their cost couÌ„try The Samaritans to deny him lodging His owne brethren to circumuent him Iewes and gentiles to bandy at his death and to conspire against the truth of his resurrection So as I may well say Inter flagella dat filium He gaue his sonne to the tormentors And the child grewe and waxed strong in spirit and was filled with wisedome and the grace of God was with him Being now fallen into the dangerous daies of the world wherein all the creatures of God are in a wofull declination and there is nothing more geason amongst men then growth in godlinesse I am bold to moue your patience in your wonted piety yet once more to beare with mine importunity whilest I make the growth of Christ a president for your practise and so returne againe to the honor of his Priesthood in whom I told you out of this text three things were of speciall note to proue him perfect man incarnate of the blessed Virgin Mary First his subiection to the law Secondly his subiection to persecution and flight into Egypt Thirdly his subiection to increase in that he grew as a child in body spirit and grace both with God and man Of the two former I haue already spoken now of the last if God wil wherin two things are respectiuely to be considered out of my text That as the child grew in our flesh to make him a perfect man so wee must growe in his faith to make vs perfect Christians And that as our humanity was his to make him the son of man so his diuinity must be ours to make vs by prerogatiue the sons of God And as he through our humanity had feeling of our miseries so we through his diuinity must haue feeling of his mercy If the child increase men may not decrease or degenerate the bowe from the boale the member from the body This child is the boale building and body we must grow vp with him till wee come to bee perfect men euen vnto the age of the fulnesse of Christ otherwise we are but blasted bowes pible stones rotten members neither fit for boale building or body In that he grew it proued him a creature of God by generation of a locall being subiect to alteration like vnto vs in all things sin only excepted In that he grew it ouerthoweth a creation of Christ which some vrge without generation like vnto that of Adam who was made perfect at the first as all other creatures were In that he grew in body and waxed strong in spirit it ouerthroweth the Papists monster of transubstantiation and all power of Priesthood to make Christ of bread or of any other matter or mettle for if he make him he either maketh him a man or a child if a man at the first how then did he grow from a child if a child at the first how then did he grow to a man If Christ so made was a child by generation then the priest was his father if by creation then the priest was his God but he is neither of both but their breaden Christ by vsurpation sitting in the holy places We say Christ was made by the powerfull working of the holy ghost by a perfect generation They say they make him by words of consecration without any generation We say the child was incarnate of the virgin and so grew They say Christ is impanate by them and needeth no growth We say body bloud and bone grewe together in this Child They tell vs nay for the child they make and offer vp is Incruentum sacrificium an vnbloudy sacrifice What should I say more the child we preach is quadratus homo ful of fauour and fairer then the sonnes of men The Sauiour they make hath no spirit life liking or grace ether with God or gracious men The heauen of heauens is his habitation whom we preach and hee sitteth in glory at the right hand of his father A poore box must couer and cary your Gods crouding one another till they moule together and fall to rottennesse But good Lord how long how long shall euil men thus deceiue and be deceaued how long shall the child Iesus be hindred in his growth by such vnkind stepdamsâ— Lurida terribiles miscent acconita nouercae How long shal these vnnaturall mothers make all Nations drunke with the poysoned cup of their popish fornicatioÌ„ But leaue we the controuersie and come we to his misery and much mercy which he would effect by weakest means to the consciences of your Christian hearts who heare mee this day and now answere mee in soule as in the sight of God Ballance the iudgments of our God with the inundation of our sins and whilest we see a growth in both let vs grieue vnder the burtheÌ„ that sin hath increased vertue hath decreased in vs old mercies are wearing out new iudgements are comming on The hand of God goeth forward aboue in this vnseasonable weather nor is it much weakened in his stroke of plague and pestileÌ„ce God grant his hand may likewise go forward in the holy worke of our repentance and that we may growe with the child Iesus to the abating of these iudgements Spes est there is hope for that the Lord vsually coÌ„meth to help when our cause is most desperate when all other succours faile then commeth the suckling child in weaknesse to worke our wonders according to that of Esay 8.4 Before the child shall haue knowledge to cry my father my mother he shall take away the riches of Damascus and the spoile of Samaria We haue stood much vppon our owne strength power and puissance and what is that but as Damascus and Samaria All our good must bee wrought by the weakest meanes and in the growth of a child will be all our gaine Lastly Christ his humanity is cleared in this that he did growe in strength and increased in wisedome and fauour both with God and man But his diuine and

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