Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	flesh_n	put_v	stony_a	3,688	5	11.7128	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12506	The admirable convert: or the miraculous conuersion of the thiefe on the crosse With the finall impenitency of the other. By Samuel Smith, minister of the word of God.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1632 (1632)	STC 22834; ESTC S101704	154,074	540

contemned and despised to finde life the particulars whereof now follow in order But whence was this that he is become such a worthy confessor excusing Christ and pleading his cause who so lately before by his sinfull and wretched life had so dishonoured him No question this proceeded from the Lords free grace and mercy shewed vnto him giuing him to see his sins to be humbled for the same and by a liuely faith to lay hold on Christ It was Christ that had first looked on him with the eye of mercy that had in him no merit before he could behold his godhead now at this time vailed and he himselfe so much abased He was by nature in the same estate and condition with the other malefactor guiltie of the same sinne ouertaken with the same punishment and so had perished euerlastingly had not the Lord Iesus of this stone made a sonne of Abraham and framed his heart anew making a difference through grace where there was none by nature for so was it his good pleasure The instruction we may learne Doct. 2 hence then is this All men are alike by nature vntill God make a diâ—ference by grace that by nature there is no difference betwixt Gods children and wicked men vntill the Lord make the difference by grace we are all hewed out of the same rocke that the vildest wretch and cursedst Canibal was that euer breathed vntill the Lord doe frame the heart anew wee are all folded vp in the state of nature and are the children of wrath as well as others Doe but consider what the Scripture speaketh of this particular that we are all by nature the children of wrath Eph. 2.3 Eze. 16. that our father was an Aramite and our mother a Hittite such as wee are indeed without the couenant without God in this world Corrupted with iniquity from the womb Psal 51.7 conceiued of vncleane seed Iob 14.4 yea all the faculties of our soules how are they depraued through this originall corruption Eph. 4.18 The vnderstanding is blinde Hauing their vnderstandings darkened being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them The will is froward and rebellious Rom. 7.15 what I would that doe I not but what I hate that I doe hauing not so much power to thinke that is good And the same is true of our affections 2. Cor. 3.5 which are likewise disordered being set vpon transitorie things which profit not and altogether auerse from heauenly things inasmuch as the Apostle saith Rom. 3.23 We are depriued of the glory of God Hauing in vs no inclination at all to any thing which is good but rather indeed an inclination to all things that are euill Gen. 6.3 And in this miserable estate and condition doth the Lord finde vs when he is pleased to call vs as we may see in Saul Zacheus Acts 9. Luke 19. Ioh. 7. Mary Magdalene this penitent Thiefe and of all the faithfull it is God Who worketh both the will and the deed Phil. 2.13 and that of his owne good pleasure 1. Cor. 4.7 Who separateth thee saith the Apostle or who causeth thee to differ It is the Lord that makes this difference betwixt vs and wicked men Yea wee shall finde the whole worke of grace of Conuersion and saluation to be wholly attributed vnto him he is the Alpha and Omega the first and the last the beginning and the end that is all in all in the worke of our saluation First Election which is the ground foundation of al grace Election this comes from him Hee hath predestinated vs to bee adopted through Iesus Christ in himselfe Epees 1.5 according to the good pleasure of his will Secondly vocation and a Christian mans effectuall calling Vocation outwardly by the word and inwardly by the Spirit this proceeds likewise from him and his free and vndeserued grace and fauour alone 2. Tim. 1.9 He hath saued vs and called vs with an holy calling Gal. 1.6 Not according to our workes but according to his owne purpose and grace Thirdly Faith is the instrument or the hand Faith by the which we come to lay hold vpon and apply Christ and his righteousnesse vnto our owne soules in particular Heb. 11.6 and without which we cannot please God Now from whence haue we this grace truly to beleeue Ephes 2.8 for By grace ye are saued through faith and that not of your selues it is the gift of God Fourthly Obedience from him alone proceedeth what will what power or abilitie soeuer we haue for any holy duty Ezek. 36.27 28. A new heart saith the Lord will I giue you and a new spirit will I put into you I will take away the stony heart out of your body and I will giue you a heart of flesh I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walke in my statutes Fifthly to haue the Word and Sacrament effectuall vnto vs this comes from him otherwise Paul may plant 1. Cor. 3.6 and Apollo water but all in vaine I haue planted and Apollo watered but God gaue the increase 6 Perseuerance Finally the gift and grace of perseuerance to hold out in our Christian race vnto the end this is likewise from him I will giue them one heart and one way Ie. 32.4.41 that they may feare me for euer I will put my feare in their hearts and they shal not depart from me And That God who hath begun that good worke Phil. 1.6.29 will performe it vntill the day of Iesus Christ So that it is he that is the Alpha and Omega the first and the last that is all in all in the matter of grace and saluation So as we must say with the Church Isa 26.12 O Lord thou hast wrought all our works for vs. And it must needs be thus For Reas 1 First God will haue the whole glory of this worke of our conuersion and saluation and none other That all matter of glorying in our selues might bee taken away and that we might say with the Psalmist Not vnto vs Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy Name giue the praise He will haue the glory of his owne worke and the praise of his owne mercy and will teach vs to go out of our selues and to say with Paul By the grace of God I am that I am Secondly we haue nothing of Reas 2 our owne or within vs that should moue the Lord to elect vs vnto life or to adopt vs as sonnes wee are miserable orphans and haue naught else to plead vnto God to commiserate our misery we are beggers and destitute of all good things Our penury is such as that we are faine to begge at his hands Our daily bread he oweth vs naught and they are but his owne gifts and graces giuen vnto vs that he crowneth with glory Vse 1 This serues first of all to humble vs

Land-lord or some great man in the Country that is a Papist or an Atheist vpon whom he hath some dependency whose displeasure he is not able to beare doth make him pull in his head that he dares not bee too forward that way These men are like Symon of Cyrene who bare the Crosse but suffered nothing So these weare the cognizance of Christ but will suffer nothing for Christ O this is a grieuous and a fearefull sinne I would commend vnto such a one these places of Scripture to bee duely thought vpon Heb. 10.38 The iust shall liue by faith but if any man draw backe my soule shall haue no pelasure in him Reu. 21.8 The fearefull and vnbeleeuing shall haue their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Mar. 8.38 Whosoeuer shall bee ashamed of me and of my words among this adulterous and sinfull generation him shall the sonne of man be ashamed of when hee commeth in the glory of his Father with all his holy Angels O that these things were duely thought vpon how would they make vs tremble to consider how vpon euery light occasion we are ready to pull in our heads euery threat euery mocke and disgrace euery frowne of a mortall man that is but dust is ready to make vs stagger in the good way of righteousnesse and to abate our zeale in our holy profession An euident demonstration that the zeale of the Lords house hath not yet consumed vs. Secondly learne from this Penitent thus clearing Christs innocency pleading his cause and acknowledging his Deitie when all besides scorned and derided him neuer to thinke thou hast profited aright in the Schoole of Christ if either feare or shame abate thy zeale or cause thee to deny that truth thou hast professed or any way to estrange thy selfe from the professours of the same especially in time of their afflictions Heb. 11.25 It was Moses praise and an argument of his loue to God and his people that he could chuse rather to share with them in their present afflictions then to enioy the pleasures in Pharaohs Court There is no one thing that doth yeeld more sound comfort vnto a mans owne soule then this that he hath stood for Christ and his truth and howsoeuer such a one may meet with troubles and persecutions here hee is faithfull that hath promised Great shall be your reward in heauen Mat. 5.12 Hee that loseth his life for my sake shall finde it saith Christ And therefore as Caesars eye made his souldiers prodigall of their bloud so Gods eye that alwayes is vpon vs and his cause which principally ought to affect vs should cause vs stand to his truth aboue our owne credit libertie life and all But this man hath done nothing amisse Text. It came not to passe but by an extraordinarie prouidence that this Penitent Theefe should in this wise giue testimony vnto Christs innoceÌ„cy especially at this time of his wonderfull abasement when all contemned and despised him Iudas betrayeth Pilate condemneth the Scribes and Pharisees and Elders mocke and reuile him the common people and passers by wagge their heads at him the other Thiefe reproacheth him yet in the middest of them all here is one that will take his death on it that Christ dyed an Innocent Note we hence That in all ages and from time to time In all ages God hath had some witnesses of his truth God hath had some that haue giuen testimonie vnto his truth At all times hee hath had some to defend him and cleare his innocency in times of the hotest persecution some that sticke fast to the truth when others denie him No doubt this could not but be a corrasiue at the very heart of the high Priest and Elders and people that pursued Christ to this death to haue this man thus to acknowledge Christ For it is commonly a matter of great weight whereon one taketh his death So in rebuking exhorting admonishing or any other dutie when one vrgeth it dying it leaues the greater impression behinde it The brethren of Ioseph can pleade this to their brother Gen. 50.16 Thy father say they commanded a little before his death that thou shouldest forgiue the trespasse of thy brethren Here wee haue the last words of a dying man now leauing the world and going to giue vp his last account and behold this is the testimonie he giues of Christ This man hath done nothing amisse When Gods truth hath beene most of all oppugned and resisted God hath had at all times some witnesses of his truth When Antichrist should most of all flourish I will giue power saith the Lord vnto my two witnesses c. Reu. 11.3 Let Ieremy be cast into the dungeoÌ„ Ie. 38.8 the Lord hath a Ebedmelech to plead his cause to the King and to be a meanes of his delivery If the Scribes and Pharisees go about to condemne Christ Nichodemus will pleade his cause whatsoeuer come of it Let Christ be mocked and derided of all yet this poore Penitent confesseth him to be the Lord of life Luk. 23.50 and will take his death vpon it that Christ dyeth an Innocent Yea when they sat in councell to condemne Christ there is in the company one Ioseph a good man and a iust That consented not vnto his death When Christ was risen againe from the dead he appeares to the two Disciples that went from Ierusalem to Emaus that they might giue testimonie of the truth of the same So are Mary Magdalene Luk. 24. and Mary the mother of Ioses made witnesses likewise of the truth thereof And for the further clearing of this truth the Apostle Paul saith 1. Cor. 15.6 Hee was seene of moe then fiue hundred brethren at once The Reasons are Reas 1 First the Lord will haue wisedome to bee iustified of her children though others regard it not and his truth to flourish and to remaine to posterities 1 Pet. 1.24 All flesh saith the Apostle is grasse and the glory of man as the flowre of the field The grasse withereth the flower fadeth away but the Word of the Lord endureth for euer Secondly he it is that hath the Reas 2 hearts of all men in his hand to turne them at his pleasure and can when it pleaseth him make of a persecuting Saul a preaching Paul Acts 9.15 and appoint him to bee a witnesse of his truth to beare his Name vnto the Gentiles that had beene a persecuter of the same yea as Christ saith Luk. 19.40 If these should hold their peace the stones would crie But why should Christ make choice of such meane witnesses to giue testimonie to him and his truth Quest Answ Why Christ chuseth such weake witnesses to giue testimony to him and his truth For two respects First that he might haue the glory of the worke who commonly chuseth the weake and foolish things of the

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