Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	bread_n	life_n	manna_n	4,497	5	12.2368	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15386	A sermon preached at North-Hampton the 21. of Iune last past, before the Lord Lieutenant of the county, and the rest of the commissioners there assembled vpon occasion of the late rebellion and riots in those parts committed	Wilkinson, Robert, Dr. in Divinity.	1607 (1607)	STC 25662; ESTC S121043	15,905	38

who thrust vpon the faith of men dreames and fables and meere traditions which is saith Theodoret like the Theodoret. quest 9. in Leuit. sinne of Araons sonnes to bring strange fire vpon the Altar Leuit. 10. but he answereth him by ScriptuÌ„ est It is written if it be not written it is sure no matter of faith but men may choose whether they wil beleeue it or no but if it be written men must beleeue it and build their faith their soules and saluation vpon it for therefore yee erre saith Christ because yee know not the scriptures Mat. 22. but he that knoweth them knoweth also all needful wisdom in them for speake we of matters of faith Fidem Imperator queris saith Hilary to Constance Hilar ad Constant the Emperor Seeke yee to know the faith then must ye vnderstand it not by any new or late writings but by the bookes of God Or seeke yee to know which is the true catholique church Nullo modo cognoscitur nisi tantummodo per scripturas there is no Chrisost homil super Math. 46. way to know it saith S. Chrysost but only by the scriptures or groweth ther any doubt or controuersie of opinion in the church we may say to one another as S. Austin to Aug. contra Maximin lib. 3. ca. 14. Maximinus the Arrian Nec ego NicenuÌ„ tibi nec tu mihi Ariminense debes proferre conciliuÌ„ c. neither wil I obiect to you the couÌ„cell of Nice nor shall you to me the councell of AriminuÌ„ but let the Scriptures end it for eueÌ„ our enemies being iudges wheÌ„ it is in question whether such a thing bee lawfull or no Ad sacram paginaÌ„ recurrenduÌ„ est we must haue recourse to th' holy scriptures saith Stella sup Luc. 6. 3. because in them we may find Sufficienter et veraciter both sufficiently truly Omnia que ad salutem sunt necessaria euen al things whatsoeuer are needfull to saluation saith Bonauentura de profectu religiosor lib. 1. cap. 6. both these men being Friers and fautors of the church of Rome and yet against the church of Rome maintaining sincerely the sufficiencie of the scriptures Therefore these are the weapons of our warfare scriptum est the word of God saith S. Paul is the sword of the spirit Ephes 6. yea this is the sword of the Lord and of Gedeon The substance of this answer is that Man liueth not by bread only but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God The place is found Deut. 8. 3. where Moses exhorting the Israelits in al their wants to depend vpon the prouidence of God putteth them in mind how that being in the wildernes where was neither bread nor water yet were they neither famisht with want nor yet compelled to vse vnlawfull means for their reliefe but they had a bread which they knew not euen Manna sent from heauen as in a tipe to shew that mans life is maintained not by the means of bread nor by the fruitfulnesse of the earth but from the house of Prouidence that is from heauen and this doth Christ oppose as an answer to the Diuil wherin 2. things may be distinctly considered First that man liueth by bread and then secondly that he liueth not by bread onely that is that God hath appointed man to liue by means yet he hath not tied his life vnto the meanes That man liueth by bread is inferred out of the very text for euen where he saith Not by bread onely it followeth of necessitie that amongst other meanes yet by bread for one there be in these words three things likewise to be considered First the subiect of God prouidence which is Man secondly the eâ—d of Gods prouidence that man must liue and thirdly the meanes of his prouidence that he must liue by bread For the first the diuil indeed propounded very cunningly a question concerning the sonne of God If thou bee the sonne of God command c which yet Christ neither denieth nor affirmeth himselfe to bee but cleane beside the matter answereth of man maÌ„ liueth not sure Christ was not bound to giue direct answer to such an aduersary who came not to bee satisfied but to deceiue and therfore to dazell and amaze him the more he answereth him at randome where he asked him of the sonne of God he answereâ—h him of man and to let him see withal what account God did make of maÌ„ whom he in tempting the sonne of God sought fundamentally to ouerthrow And surely man is a great marke in Gods eie for God made man printed his owne image in maÌ„ made the world for man ordained the Angels to gard man was borne for man and in the end dyed for man that Dauid breakes out into admiration VVhat is man that thou art so mindfull of him or the Sonne of man that thou regardest him Psal 8. Onely man to man is vile and of no account man is Anthropomastix one man the greatest scourge plague of another Man liueth sayth Christ therefore prouision is here made for man which may sustaine in this place a two-fold opposition first with the beasts and brute creatures before which in Gods prouidence Man is euer preferred then secondly with particular men for Man is not here taken for this or that man but for Humanum genus Man for all mankind so it standeth with reason that the whole kinde be evermore preferred before any one or a few cormorants in their kinde If yee speak of the beasts surely to that question of S. Paul Doth God take care for Oxen. 1. Cor. 9. We may answer affirmatiuely yes sure euen for Oxen and for sheep for so saith Dauid Psal 36. Thou Lord dost saue Man and Beast yea and for little birds too whereof two are sold for a farthing Deut. 22. 6 euen the great God hath made protectiue lawes that man should not deale vnmercifully with them yet we must take this withall that whatsoeuer God hath done for the beasts yet is it not for their owne sakes principally but for mans for whose vse and seruice they were created not for them selues and is it not then vnnaturall thinke ye to see a man put out to put in a beast and men turned out to bring in sheepe whereas God created the earth for men and not for sheepe therefore if ye will maintaine large pastures and stock them with sheepe then remember what God saith by the mouth of Ezechiel The sheepe of my pasture are men Eze. 34. 31. yea and we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture Psal 100. and the image of God in one man is more worth then all the sheep in the world and it is time yea high time to speake of this the text of it already being written in bloud and no maruell if they which feele it runne madde and wild vpon it since wee which but see it are so

saue mee saith the Psalmist Againe in priuate Families and in domesticall affaires It is in vaine for men to rise earlie and goe to bedde late yea and in the very body of man The Israelites which so lusted for meate yet when they had meate dyed with meate in their mouthes Number 11. yea and many the more they haue the worse they thriue like Pharaohs leane Kine which did eate vp the fatte and yet were neuer the fatter when they had done and therfore though much may be done by bread yet nothing by bread onely Well then If not by bread onely by what then By euery word that proceedeth out off the mouth of God where because mention is made of euery word wee are to consider that the word of God is manifold whereby wee liue for first there is Verbum scriptum the written word of God which feedes vs with wisdom secondly there is the word of his blessing which strengthneth with goodnesse thirdly the word of especiall power which mayntaineth by miracle fourthly the word of promise which supporteth by faith lastly euen the word of deniall which vpholdeth vs in patience If we speake of the written word or of the Scripture it is true that man liueth not by bread onely but by that too for Search the scriptures saith Christ for they are they which testifie of me and in them yee shall haue life euerlasting Iohn 5. And it is a good barre against the Diuells temptation when hee telleth vs of bread and turning stones into bread and all for bread to tell him againe that there is somewhat else to be cared for beside bread that because God hath giuen vs a soule to saue as well as a body to feed and a belly to fill that wee therefore should rather care to feed and instruct the soule then to pamper the body especially to instruct the soule thus farre against the body that we may learne to do no vnlawfull thing for natures necessity nor to hazard an immortall soule for a mortall and dying body And had many of vs beene as well instructed in the word of God and in their duty to God the King Country as they haue beene in the word of the diuill and in vnlawfull meanes of recouering bread I thinke want of bread could neuer haue raised such wicked tumults as it hath but a man may truly say to the most hungry soule of this tumultuous company that wheÌ„ he was most oppressed and most hungry yet euen then he was better fed then taught Secondly if ye speake of Verbum benedictionis the word of his blessing it is true that man liueth not by bread onely but chiefelie by the blessing of God for euery creature saith S. Paul is sanctified by the word of God 1. Tim. 4. that is by the blessing of God as Ambrose and Theodoret expound it And this appeareth to vs three wayes First because the very same thing blessed and not blessed doth shew forth powre accordingly as Exod. 16. when against the commandement of God they reserued of the Mannah till the morning it putrified and stanke yet the very same Mannah being kept by the commandement of God was sweet good many yeares in the Arke the reason of which difference was because God did giue his blessing to the one and denied it to the other Secondly whereas we by proportion feed our families as Dauid when he feasted the people gaue to euery one a peece of flesh a Cake of bread 2. Sam. 6. that is so many Cakes of bread to so many people yet God when hee pleaseth without all proportion feedeth man for Math. 15. with seauen loues he fed 4000. which was much but Math. 14. with 5. loaues he fed 5000. which was much more the miracle was great when it was at the least but with the lesse prouision to feede the greater number maketh it much greater but the strangest miracle is in the fragments yea in the fragments three great miracles appeared first that out of so small a portion feeding so many there should come any fragments at al next that out of the fewer loaues and the greater number to be fed there did arise the more fragments lastly that the redundance of the fragments was more then the first stock or principall store of bread what is all this but the blessing of God Thirdly which the diuill here acknowledgeth God caÌ„ when it pleaseth him put the very strength of bread into a stone yea he that caÌ„ make a maÌ„ of a stone can feed him with a stone nourish him more with meate of lesse nourishment then with the more as Daniel the rest which liued with water pulse had their faces not so faire but fairer then they which liued of the Kings owne table Dan. 1. and what is this likewise but the blessing of God And had we not tied our life to bread and thought God could not haue blessed vs but by filling our bellyes wee should neuer haue forsaken the blessing of God to haue falne into the curse of those conspiring brethren Cursed be their wrath for it was fierce c. GeÌ„ 49. but it seemeth that these meÌ„ when they had bread they had it without the blessing of God wanted grace to vse it and therefore now hauing no bread they want another blessing know not how to want it Thirdly if yee speake of verbum potentiae the word of his powre that word whereof it is said he spake the word and it was done it is true likewise that man liueth not by bread onely but many times by the special powre of God which appeareth also three waies first by raising vp of extraordinary meanes as when the Israelites were in the wildernesse where the earth did yeeld no bread the Lord did cause euen the heauen to do the office of the earth to raine downe bread Secondly as he doth strangely prouide bread so when it pleaseth him hee can preserue life without bread for Moses of faith for to him that beleeueth all things are possible Mark 9. Therefore if yee will haue bread conspire not in mutinies but conspire in mutuall prayers roote not vp harmelesse hedges nor rend vp the bowells of the earth but looke vp to heauen from whence yee shall haue bread and though yee see no meanes how yea though yee see reason to despayre yet yee shall haue bread for hee hath said it who cannot deceiue that hee will not affamish the soule of the righteous Pro. 10. Fiftly and lastly as there is Verbum promittens a word of promise to rest vpon and euery man of ordinary faith can stay himselfe on that so is there likewise Verbum denegans a word of deniall whereby God saith sometimes ye shall haue no bread at all and which is the highest point of religion we must learne to stand fast euen in that too Thus stood Dauid in that great distresse by Absolon If I shall finde fauour in the

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