Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	harden_v	let_v	pharaoh_n	4,715	5	11.0616	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08356	Eight sermons publikely preached in the Vniversity of Oxford the second at St Peters in the East, the rest at St. Maries Church. Begunne in the yeare 1595. Decemb. XIIII. Now first published by Sebastian Benefield ...	Benefield, Sebastian, 1559-1630.	1614 (1614)	STC 1868; ESTC S101614	129,711	164

he said and shall he not do it and hath he spoken and shall he not accomplish it Num. 23.19 It was Samuels confessioÌ„ Indeed the strength of Israel will not lie nor repent for he is not as man that he should repent 1. Sam. 15.29 It was Gods own protestatioÌ„ my couÌ„sel shall stand my wil shall be done as I haue spokeÌ„ so wil I bring it passe as I haue purposed so wil I do Esai 46.10.11 If for Balaams confession if for Samuels confession if for God his owne protestation we will not beleeue the certainety of Gods promises what shall I say Surely that the spirit of incredulity which possessed Pharaohs heart hath also possessed ours He was preached vnto not only in the name of the Lord and with kinde exhortation as a Exod 5.1 Let my people go not only by threats sentences of iudgment but also by apparent plagues and what preaching can be more effectuall by b Ex. c. 8. c. frogs by lice by flies by grashoppers morraine botches darknesse hailestones blood death it selfe were arguments of perswasioÌ„ But could all these things moue him No but the first time he returned into his house and hardned his heart the second time wheÌ„ he saw he had rest he hardned his heart againe the third time his heart remained obstinate so likewise the fourth time though especial warning was given him as Let not Pharaoh from hence forth deceiue me any more yet this fourth time he returned into his house and hardned his heart againe We also haue been daily preached vnto not only in the name of the Lord and with kinde exhortation as Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand not only by threats and sentences of iudgement but also by apparent plagues what preaching can be more effectual by warre by sickenesse by famine as so many arguments of perswasion But could al these things moue vs No but the first time from this place and the like we returned to our houses hardned our hearts the second time when we saw wee had rest we hardned our hearts againe the third time our hearts remained obstinate likewise the fourth time Gal. 3.10 though especiall warning were given vs as Cursed is every man that continueth not in all things which are written in the booke of the law to do them yet this fourth time also haue we returned to our houses and hardned our hearts againe and so returne we still and harden our hearts still as if we meant to build vp incredulity as high as ever Babel was intended eveÌ„ vp to Heaven and there to defie God to his face What may be thought of this Even what S. Paule hath said 2. Thess 3.2 All men haue not faith If we looke to the infancie of the world God sent his Patriarches and found not faith if to the generation following God sent his Prophets and found not faith if to the succeeding age God sent his own Sonne and found not faith And when the Sonne of man commeth againe shall he find faith on the earth Luk. 18.8 So contrary is it to our corrupt natures to beleeue any thing which by discourse of reason we cannot comprehend or wherewith by custome and experience we haue not beene invred In this generall defect what shall we doe It is no bad counsell to lay before our eies the example of our Father Abraham for imitation A promise was made to him Gen. 15.5 thy seed shall be in number as the starres in heauen Faithfull Abraham considered not his owne body even now dead being almost an hundred yeares old neither the deadnesse of Sarahs wombe but beleeued the promise of God Afterwardes this promise was more particular In Isaac shall thy seed bee called Genes 21.12 here also was he strengthned in faith and gaue the glory vnto God At last a charge is given him Take now thine onely sonne Isaac whom thou lovest and get thee vnto the land of Moriah and offer him there for a burnt offering vpon one of the Mountains which I shall shew thee Gen. 22.2 What must he in whose loynes the treasure of the whole world lieth hidden must he of whom the promise was so lately made must Isaac now bee slaughtered Yea Abraham perswades himself it must be so is ready to lay the knife to the childs throat and yet beleeueth he that in this same Isaac all nations of the earth shall be blessed and yet beleeueth he vnder hope against all hope that in this same Isaac his seed shall be called hee perswades himselfe that God will rather raise Isaac out of the ashes then faile of his promise See we not in this patterne how we ought to be affected towards the promises of God we must beleeue them even against hope being fully assured that he who hath promised is able also to performe What if tentations assayle vs What if sinne dwel in vs What if the Law accuse vs What if death it selfe doe even devoure vs Shall we therefore doubt of Gods promises No we must beleeue them even against hope being fully assured that he who hath promised is able also to performe not that only but willing also to performe Hee is a Lord of mercy Psal 130.7 with him is plentifull redemption Redemption a thousand waies redemption by nature and redemption against nature redemption by hope and redemption against hope redemption by things that are Psal 105.8 redemption by things that are not He hath alwaie beene mindefull of his covenant and promise that hee made to a thousand generations He promised salvation to Israel and effected it in the midst of the redde Sea promised salvation to his children and brought it to passe in the fierie oven promised salvation to his Prophet and wrought it in the Lions den O! let the willingnes of so powerfull a God moue you to beleeue his promises Hath he PROMISED to lift you vp He will lift you vp Nor Sea nor fire nor al the Lions in the Forrests nor al the lets in the world shall withstand him he will lift you vp but you must stay a time then And this is my third note Dwell in this land and I will be with thee and blesse thee saith the LORD vnto Abraham Gen. 26.3 Without doubt it is a great blessing of God vpon his children when they abide where God appointeth them If wee carue vnto our selues it shall be vnto vs according to our boldnesse But if we tarry Gods leasure if we follow his calling and vse his direction surely it shall be vnto vs there wheresoever we shal be according to mercy So was it to Barzillai when he would bee exalted 2. Sam. 19.33 So was it to the Shunamite when shee cared not for preferment 2. King 4.13 So was it to the Disciples when they were willing to leaue all Luk. 5.11 It may be thou art poore So were the Smyrnians dwell in thy povertie and be content as

t Ioh. 8.46 accuse me of sinne he made speed for he spake and did more good things in 33. yeares then might be contained in all the u Ioh. 21.25 bookes in the world and hee continued vnto the end for he x Mat. 27.50 died y Act. 8.32 like a lambe z Luk. 23.34 prayed to his father and forgaue his enemies See here those foure notes to which my desire is you should well listen because they may be much for instruction in this Christian imitation wherein you are to begin betime to keepe the right way to make speede and to continue to the end And first begin betime Know yee not that man assone as he was created had a law given him Hence may we learne that every one of vs from the first day of his birth is to liue vnder obedience to the great lawgiver Doth not experience teach you that in infancie yee are baptized in the name of God Hence are we taught that when we are not able to runne to Christ yet should we as well as we may creepe vnto him Is it possible for you to forget your dayly praier Therein you pray first that Gods will be done and then you aske your dayly bread to shew vs that the very food whereby we liue is no way to be preferred before the blessed will of God God requirest the first borne for his offering and the first fruits for his service and dare we presume to present him with our second labours He requireth a morning sacrifice as wel as an evening Abraham rose early in the morning to sacrifice his sonne to God Gen. 22.3 So should we rise early in the morning of our liues even in our youthfull daies and sacrifice our selues to God We should giue vp our bodies a Rom. 12 1. living sacrifices holy and acceptable to him For why should not he that is b Rev. 1.8 Alpha the first the beginning in every thing be the first and the beginning in our conversion too Manna was to bee gathered betime before the rising of the sunne otherwise it would melt away Exod. 16.21 So fareth it with him whom yee ought to follow if you come not to him betime but stay till businesse pleasures arise vnto you well may you seeke him but you shall not find him For wisdome her selfe hath said they which seeke me early shall find me Prov. 8.17 but of them which are slow in seeking her she hath also said they shall seeke mee but they shall not find me Prov. 1.28 The guests are bidden yet no man commeth all things are ready yet no maÌ„ regardeth One saith I haue bought a c Mat. 22.5 Luk. 14.18 farme and must needs goe out and see it O let me be excused a second saith I haue bought d Luk. 14.19 Oxen and I goe to proue them I pray thee haue me excused another saith I haue e Vers 20. maried a wife and therefore I cannot come if our f Mat. 8.21 Luk. 9.59 fathers bee vnburied if our friends be not g Luk. 9.61 bidden farewell then in reason wee thinke wee may be excused for not comming O saith one were I a freeman and another were I a rich man and a third were I an olde man then should we be at leasure to come to Christ but yet till then let vs be excused Thus the whole h Esai 1.5 head is sicke and the whole heart is heavie and within vs is nothing but i Vers 6. wounds and swelling and sores full of corruption For although wee perswade our selues that Christ ought by vs to bee followed yet can wee not by any meanes accord of the time when to beginne to follow him Wherein we are not much vnlike those Iewes spoken of Agge 1. 2. who knowing that the Lords house ought by them to be builded did notwithstanding sing alwaies this song The time is not yet come that the Lords house should be builded And did they for this escape vnpunished Read yee but the 6. verse of the same chapter and you will say no for they did sow much but brought in little they did eate but had not enough they dranke but were not filled they cloathed themselues but they were not warme they did earne wages but the wages was put into a broken bagge We knowe that the Lord is k Ioel. 2.13 gratious and mercifull slow to anger and of great kindnesse otherwise doubtlesse ere this his scepter of l Psal 2 9. Iron should haue crushed and bruised vs in peeces For what is he among vs all that in his heart hath not said the time is not yet come that the Lord Iesus should be followed How long how long o yee sonnes of men will yee m Psal 4.2 turne Gods glory into shame by louing vanitie and seeking lyes you say the time is not yet come that the Lord Iesus should be followed but the holy Ghost saith behold now the acceptable time behold now the day of salvation 2. Cor. 6.2 To day if yee will heare his voice Psal 95.7 To day even this day if yee will heare his voice harden not your hearts There was at Ierusalem the poole Bethesda where the sicke the blind the halt and the withered lay once in the day an Angel came and stirred the water then whosoever stept in first was made whole of whatsoever disease he had Ioh. 5.4 He which stept in first was made whole saith Iohn none but hee which stept in first This is the acceptable time this is the day of salvation this is the day wherein we may heare Gods voice take we then this opportunitie while it is offered let vs not forslow the time for the strongest of vs all is not able to assure himselfe that he shall liue till to morrow Elias would be serued before the widow although shee had but a little cruse of oyle although she had not enough for her selfe 1. King 17.13 And can we be so senselesse to thinke that God will bee serued after vs after the flesh after the Divell God would not haue the labourers hire stay in thy hands all night but would haue thee pay him before thou sleepe Levit. 19.13 Yet wee dare keepe Gods due from himselfe shall I say day and night I may say many daies and many nights many weekes many months yea perhaps many yeares too Thus haue we cast behind vs the first lesson which Iohn Baptist taught that was repent for the kingdome of Heaven is at hand Mat. 3.2 Thus haue we set at naught the first lessoÌ„ which the Disciples taught and that was repent for the kingdome of HeaveÌ„ is at hand Mat. 10.7 Thus haue we spurned against the first lesson which Christ himselfe taught and that was REPENT too for the kingdome of Heauen is at hand Mat. 4.17 n Mat. 11.15 He that hath eares to heare let him heare REPENT is the first lesson to be learned both

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