Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	law_n	sin_n	transgression_n	2,243	5	10.5323	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01312	A godly and learned sermon, preached before an honourable auditorie the 26. day of Februarie. 1580	Fulke, William, 1538-1589.	1580 (1580)	STC 11434; ESTC S112721	22,921	68

against them By which example we ought to be admonished that we deceiue not our selues after the maner of the world to thinke that the wrath of the Lord shall be turned from vs before we turne from our sinnes wherefore let vs not flatter our selues as the reprobate doe when they haue escaped some particular punishment this daunger is ouercome this brunt is past this storme is blowen ouer c. For so long as we continue in our sinnes and seeke not ro be reconciled vnto the Lorde the wrath of the Lorde will be still kindled against vs yea more and more prouoked to punish vs and if one plague be ceased an other shall beginne when famine is stayed the pestilence shall rage and if that will not reforme vs some other plague shall be sent vpon vs. The Lord can want no whippes so long as his wrath is bent to scourge vs therefore let vs not obstinately set our selues against him to trye whether he will be soner wearied in striking or we in bearing his stripes but let vs humbly and at once cast downe ourselues acknowledge our sinnes be sorie for them and forsake them and then the way to reconciliation shall be opened by our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe in whome the Lorde shall be pleased with vs and his wrath pacified towards vs. We haue further to note the reason of the metaphor when the holy Ghost saith The wrath of the Lord was kindled which kinde of speach is very often vsed in the Scripture to compare the wrath of God to fire whose force when it hath taken strength can not easily be stayed and whose propertie is to consume all things that ministreth matter vnto it and for that cause the Lord him selfe in respect of his iustice is called a consuming fire To the end therefore that we should stand in feare of Gods iustice and that we should be as carefull not to prouoke his wrath against vs as we are carefull not to minister matter vnto fire which will be readie to consume our selues and all that euer we haue our GOD is saide to be a consuming fire and the wrath of the Lord is saide to be kindled against vs. Therefore as there is no dallying with fire when any light substance is neare which is readie to take flame so there is no dissembling before God the fire of whose wrath and iustice is kindled with our sinnes wickednes for as y e Lord hateth abhorreth all sinnes and vngodlines so his iustice is kindled like fire against y e same to purge and cleanse the world of all vnrighteousnesse Let not sinners therfore thinke to stande in his presence which is a consuming fire before whoÌ„ they shall melt euen as waxe and vanish away as smoake before whome they shall be as stubble and chaffe that is set on fire and can not be quenched And let vs which trust in his mercy not be high minded but stande in awe of his iustice and prouoke not his wrath to bekindled against vs through our manifold sinnes and wickednesse whose wrath if it be but a little kindled as the prophet saith no man is able to stand in the presence of his iustice but it will appeare howe happie they are which put their trust in his mercy And if the wrath of God being but a little kindled hath so notable effect what is to be looked for when it is wholy inflamed in furie against vs for grosse manifest contempt of his glorious maiestie For as contempt in men is the chiefest cause in prouoking them to anger and the greatest contempt prouoketh the greatest anger so it is with the Lorde whose iustice is despised in all sinne and disobedience of his lawe but chiefly in that prophane and professed contempt which we see to beare the sway among great numbers of the wicked which openly and without all feare of his iustice haue solde them selues like Achab to commit all manner of sinne with greedinesse Thus we see what the spirite of God meaneth when he saith The wrath of God was yet more kindled against Israel Nowe we haue to consider howe it standeth with the iustice righteousnesse of God that Israel hauing prouoked the wrath of God the heart of Dauid is moued to number the people that the wrath of the Lord being kindled against Israel he stirred vp Dauid against them For it seemeth contrarie to reason that the people hauing deserued punishment the Lorde should deale with the Prince for them But for so much as the Prince is as it were an helme or sterne by which the Lord gouerneth the whole comminaltie of people which the Lord hath committed to their charge it standeth well with his iustice and wisedome also to moue and stirre vp the Prince against them when so euer their transgressions shall prouoke his righteousnesse to chasten them And euen so saith Salomon Prouer. 21. As the streames of waters or as it is nowe translated as a vessell in the streams of waters so is the kings hart in the hand of the Lord whethersoeuer he will he inclmeth and moueth it eyther to the hauen of prosperitie if the people serue him or to the shoare of danger and aduersitie if they prouoke his wrath against them Therefore as the stirring of a shippe by the master directeth the shippe whither he thinketh good euen so the Lord moueth the heartes of all Princes which are as the sterne of the shippe of the common wealth in his hand that they are not carried at all aduentures whither the stream of waters will driue them but whither so euer it pleaseth him either to the great and singular benefite of that people which feareth the Lord or for the correction and punishment of them which transgresse his lawes and contemne his iustice Ye heare nowe howe well it agreeth not onely with the iustice but also with the wisedome of God that he should moue the heart of the king according to the disposition of the people Besides this we must also vnderstand that as Princes are publique persons in respect of their gouernemeÌ„t of whole nations committed to their charge so also before the Lord they are priuate persons to be called to account not only for such things as they do in their publique gouernement but also for such offences as they commit priuatly as the sonnes of Adam Among which there is none found so righteous but that in many things they transgresse the lawe of God and therefore the iustice of God is not to be accused of any vnrighteousnesse when the people haue prouoked his wrath and Dauid can not iustifie him selfe before him if he stirre vp Dauids heart againste the people for their punishment and take occasion of the peoples sinnes to punish Dauid him selfe For although here is no transgression of Dauid expressed wherby he might seeme to haue brought this punishment vpon him yet Dauid him selfe will confesse that there was alwayes sufficient cause in him why the Lorde might

no lesse then the authoritie of Gods word written in the scriptures and the law of nature written in the hearts of all nations is most contrarie and repugnant to their most folish and damnable persuasion The Lord deliuer vs from the deuices practises and doings of the Atheistes as for their witt learning wisedome and reason in which they please them selues aboue other men we are nothing afraide of it they durst take vppon them the defence of their diuelish persuasion and let them assure them selues that the iustice of God which nowe they contemne they shall hereafter feale and howe soeuer they woulde flye from it it shall finde them at the length wherof a restimonie also remaineth stil in their conscience which the prophet in the Psalme forgetteth not to note where he saith There haue they feared where there is no cause to feare For of all other these prophane Atheistes that can so boldlie lustily despise God and his righteousnes in any appearaÌ„ce of daunger yea where no daunger at all is are most fearefull cowardes and trembling dastards and no meruaile for what good courage can there be where there is no hope but in this life nor comforte of helpe but in men which are not able to helpe themselues But I am to blame to vse to much speach against theÌ„ who either heare it not or though thei herd it wold make no accompt of it saying that it is not vnprofitable for the godly and religious to haue the madnesse of these men made manifest that they maye the more deteste them and better beware of them Thus haue you heard the iustice of God deliuered froÌ„ the malice of the gretest enemies therof God graunt that as manie of them as be recouerable maye in time see against whome they haue beene bold to oppose them selues and vnderstanding howe little it is possible for them to preuaile they may no more kick against the pricke nor striue againste the streame but in all humilitie and submission acknowledging their haynous rebellion they may desire rather to bee releeued by his mercie then by contending anye longer to trie the rigor of his iustice One other thinge more to bee noted in this example of Gods iustice which the scripture testifieth that the Lorde in his wrath remembreth his mercie towardes his elect and that appeareth in this history For when the people had prouoked the wrath of the Lorde to bee kindled againste them and that hee in iustice was to procure a punishmet and correction for their amendement yet hee so ordered the whole matter by his merciful deuine prouidence that in the end it turned to y e singuler benefit of his Church so that euen the rod by whiche he scourgeth theÌ„ was a demoÌ„stration of his mercie towardes them For as it appeareth in the 22. Chap. of the booke of Chronicles by occasion of the plague which God sent for the punishment of the peoples sins Dauid found out y e place which y e Lorde had appointed for y e building of his teÌ„ple Marueilous therfore is the prouidence of the Lorde which as the wise man saith extendeth it selfe from ende to ende mightelie and disposeth al things sweetlie and wonderfull is the louing kindnes and mercie of God towardes his electe which euen then when his wrath is kindled against them forgetteth not like a moste louing father in chastening of their faults to seeke their amendement and to change the verie correction and punishment it selfe into a singuler benefite and blessing For what a singuler benefite was it to all the Church of Israel when the Lorde had appointed his resting place in Sion and the building of his Temple in HierusaleÌ„ which place the Lord reueiled by occasion of this punishment and Dauid perceiued that the Lorde had hearde his prayer when he sacrificed in the threshing floure of Aranna the Iebusite so that the angell was coÌ„maunded to put vp his sword and the pestilence was stayed from raging any longer among the people Wherefore we see that although the iustice of god in his punishment bee terrible for the time yet in the ende he turneth all to the benefite of the faithfull By which we learne not to be faint harted or discouraged when the Lordes wrath is kindled against vs but with patience to beare his anger wheÌ„ we haue sinned against him and with the eyes of faith to beholde his mercie which he neuer forgetteth towardes his chosen no not when hee dealeth moste sharply with them For not onely his rodd staffe as the Prophete saith shall coÌ„forte vs as they are the tokens of his fatherly chastisement for our reformation but also the verie meanes whiche he prouideth for our punishment hee conuerteth oftentime to our benefite thus doth faith ouercome the terrour of Gods iustice when it assureth vs that it is so far off that the same should take any place againste vs for our destruction in as much as it is satisfied by the death of Iesus Christ that contrariewise his punishmentes are merciful and his chastisemeÌ„ts are beneficial vnto vs. Onely let vs take heede that we despise not his long suffering in his fauourable correctioÌ„ least with y e wicked we procure his warth to be vpon vs vnto y e end An other lesson we haue to learne in this exaÌ„ple of gods iustice as profitable in all ages so most necessarie in our time The wrath of y e Lord was here kindled against Israel for whose punishment Dauid is moued to number the people whence now proceedeth y e cause of this punishmeÌ„t not froÌ„ y e gouernmeÌ„t of Dauid but froÌ„ the sins of the people For while the people please God serue him according to his word he blessed Dauid for their benefit in all his consultations affaires but when y e people prouoke the wrath of God against theÌ„ then is Dauid made an instrument for their punishment It is not vnlike but the people in Dauids time among other their sinns by which they prouoked Gods punishmeÌ„t were also infected in this vice y t they tooke vpon them as it is vsuall with people that are vnthankful for the great trauel which princes bestow in their gouernment to enter into finding of faulte with y e state of regiment to remoue the cause of their punishments froÌ„ theÌ„ selues vnto him which had lesse deserued it Neuertheles the holy ghost testifieth plainly y t the cause of this plague was not the ill demeanor of Dauid but the sinnes of Israel Let Israel therfore walke in the ways of the Lord serue him with an vpright hart there shall be no error in y e gouernmeÌ„t of Dauid but he shal haue a prosperous raigne ouer them A lesson verie needfull for y e people of our dayes who were neuer so curious to enquire of princes causes and matters of the state of which for want of knowledg they are meet to be no Iudges although they had authoritie as they be in this time But sirs you

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