Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	according_a	judge_v	speak_v	1,408	5	4.6246	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15346	The summe of a sermon, preached at Sowthell the thirtith of March. 1596. By T.W.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1597 (1597)	STC 25630; ESTC S111705	37,554	76

law and vnder the gospell all leading vs not onely vnto Christ but vnto all those sweete graces and heauenly comfortes that we receiue from him To omit to speake of the sacraments of the olde testament which yet notwithstanding were for substance and matter the same to the fathers that ours are to vs and to come to theÌ„ of the newe Testament yea and but to touch one of them onely namely the Lords supper What wonderfull and vnspeakeable comfort doth God in Christ offer vnto vs therein To say nothing of those that we receiue there the pledges of his death and bloud sheading and of all the graces that flow vnto vs therefrom as forgiuenesse of sinnes sanctified vse of the creatures reconciliation to God and sundry such like what a maruailous mercy is this that vnder those elements of bread and wine hee should seale vp in our hearts not onely the spirituall strength wee haue from him to die the death of sinne and to liue the life of righteousnesse thorow his power but also the heauenly comfort that he coÌ„municateth vnto vs bread no more effectually or liuely strengthning our hearts nor wine more effectually making vs to be of cheerefull spirits than Christ partaken of by fayth filleth vs with all manner of heauenly and holy ioy And by arguments taken from priuation if I may so say wee may proue this point The comfort that we speake of is no where else to be sound therefore it must of necessitie be in him alone If we would looke to Angels and saints departed out of this life there is a double exception against them for first we are vncertaine of their good will and sounde affection towards vs as in this behalfe then we are sure they cannot afford vs that we desire as who neither haue that power in theÌ„selues because it properly onely belongeth vnto the Lord and besides are sundred so farre from vs in respect of distance of place that they are not able to stretch out their ayd though they could helpe As for the rest of the creatures they are as farre vnable and weake for this worke as the other if not more The diuelles and damned spirits will rather do what they can to torment vs then yeeld any consolation Man and woman that liue with vs in the world are infirme and stand in neede as we our selues and not able in the greatnes of their distresse to comfort themselues much lesse vs vnreasonable creatures are tainted with our sinnes and sith the wicked enioy them in greater portion than we cannot yeelde consolation Our owne things that we haue in our owne power as our wiues our children and friendes either in hard heartednesse against vs will become miserable comforters vnto vs as Iobs wife and friendes were all the sort of them or else when we shal consider what iniuries and indignities we haue offered them will increase our sorrow And the like may wee say of our health wealth strength c. which beeing abused will cast downe rather then comfort But whither am I carried in confirmation of this point It is time as I take it to make vse of it and so to proceed to the handling and hearing of some other doctrines We may see by it as if it were in a cleare true looking glasse the miserable estate and wofull condition of all in the worlde that be without the knowledge and feeling of Christ I say both knowledge and feeling and I beseech you ioyne them both together for they cannot be sundred no more then the soule and the body because as all without the knowledge of him are vnder condemnation so many that know him yet feele him not in faith and obedience shall certainely perish For if that bee true which Christ himselfe sayth Ioh. 17. This is life eternall to know thee to bee the onely true God and him whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ then this by the contrary must needs be true also that those that knowe not God and him whom he hath sent Iesus Christ rest vnder eternall condemnation because Christ sayth hee that beleeueth in the name of the onely begotten Sonne of God shall not come into iudgement but hath passed out of death into life and againe he that beleeueth not is condemned already because he beleeueth not in the name of the onely Sonne of God By which we see what sentence to giue not only of the heathen and gentiles of whom the Apostle speaketh Ephes 2. that they were without God in the world neither yet of the Iewes Turks others who though they acknowledge God the Father yet obstinately deny and refuse the person of the sonne but also of many thousandes of Christians whereof some as hereticks deny his natures as the Anabaptistes who deny his humanitie and our popish aduersaries defacing his offices of Kingdome in erecting and exercising another gouernement theÌ„ he hath prescribed of priesthood in placing their dayly vnbloody sacrifice in stead of it of prophecie in bringing in new docirines and establishing traditions and other such trash and trumpery Other some againe knowing him but denying him thorow loose and lewd life of whom we may say as the Apostle saith of some other not much vnlike them that When they knew the power of godlines they denied it notwithstanding in their deeds and of whom also we may say though it bee to their terror as Christ sayth Luk. 12. He that knoweth the will of his master and doth it not shall be beaten with many stripes And yet let no man thinke this a hard or hasty iudgement for heere wee speake not the wordes of our owne heart or mouth but of God and may in some measure in this behalfe say euen as Christ himselfe sayth Ioh. 12. I iudge no man but there is one that iudgeth such euen the word that he hath spoken it shall iudge them according to which when we iudge we cannot but iudge righteous iudgement because it being all and onely trueth it can giue no sentence saue according to the same But to drawe it more neere to our present purpose and occasion We may learn from hence what is the reason why so many distressed spirits ly as it were broiling in the flame fire of a troubled and disquieted he art Sure he either they know not Christ and the power of his grace and spirit and then no maruell though they boyle and broile indeed when they are touched with the sting of conscience for sinne and condemnation therfore For how can it be otherwise seeing there is neither forgiuenesse of sinnes nor ouercomming of condemnation nor any comfortable continuall feeling of any fauor but by him Or els they feele him not with his force and effect that way though they knowe their owne sinne the punishmentes due vnto them therefore with the manifold vnworthynesses they find in themselues hindring them from comfort and consolation As for the former sort I would wish them carefully painfully to labour

exceedingly merciful as sometimes to disgrace a base colour or to make a colour that is perfect indeed to appeare more beautifull and orient wee set by it another that is nothing so glorious and good But to our purpose I say howe comfortable is that of Isaiah 41. where the Lord commaundeth his ministers to comfort yea to comfort his people and to seeke out for them and to speake such things vnto them as may delight and affect their heattes and to proclame vnto them that the set time is accomplished that their iniquitie is pardoned and that they haue receiued double at the Lords hands for all their sinne And this is yet further made plain by this that though al the word generally be the obiect of our faith teaching vs indeed what wee should beleeue and do for Gods glory heer and our endlesse glorification els where yet the principal props and stayes of our consciences for comfort consolation indeed are no where els to befound but in the gracious and sweet promises contayned therein which also is manifest euen by the very practise of God himselfe euery where propounding them to an afflicted and distressed heart as the principall and peculiar remedie against the sicknes of our soules that way In the 103. Psalme he saith that look how much more high the heauens are ouer the the earth so much doth his goodnes preuaile vpon them that feare him Againe he remooueth our sinnes as farre fromvs as the East is from the West By two fit similitudes taken froÌ„ things that are subiect to our fight amplifying the grace and mercie of God opposing the same against our transgressions And in Isaiah 1. he saith thus Though your si nes were as skarlet they shall be as snow and though they were as crimosin yet they shall be whiter than wooll And fearing least men woulde not willinglie come how doth he there intereat vs saying Come now I pray you and let vs reason the caus together as though he should say let vs friendly conferre of the matter If you will but lend and bend your care and be touched with the true sense of my righteousnes and your owne sinnes I promise faithfully that I will for mine own mercies sake put away all your transgressions whatsoeuer though they be neuer so great or grieuous That shall not let my worke in you my mercy shall surmount all yea your misery if you soundlie turne shall magnifie the greatnes of the abundant riches of my mercy The newe couenant that God maketh with his people in the 31. chap. of Ieremie and to the end that we might know it indeed to be a promise of the new testament it is repeated by the Apostle Heb. 8. how comfortable and full of sweet promises is that After those dayes saith the Lord I will put my law in their inwarde partes and write it in their heartes and I will be their God and they shall bee my people and they shall teach no more euery man his neighbour and euery man his brother saying know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least of them vnto the greatest saith the Lord for J will forgiue their iniquity and will remember their sinnes no more And if the olde testament be so plentifull what shall we thinke of the new which doth as of purpose propound and handle this point or question Christ himself saith Mat. 7. Aske and it shall be giuen vnto you seeke and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened vnto you And in the 7. of Iohn in the last and great day of the feast he stood crying out said He that beleeueth in mee as saith the scripture out of his belly shall flow riuers of water of life and in the 12. of that Gospell He that beleeueth in me yea though he were dead yet shall he liue and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in me shall neuer die Is not that of the same nature which hee speaketh of in another Euangelisst The whole need not the Physition but they that are sicke I am not come to call the righteous but the sinners to repentance And what may we think of that which is alleaged in the 12. of the Gospell after Mathewe out of the prophet Isaiah A bruised reed shall he not breake and smoking flaxe shal he not quench till he bring foorth iudgement vnto victory Out of Paules epistles wee haue spoken somewhat before in the first point of doctrine that was gathered out of this text yet take one or two In the 2. to the Corinth chap. 6. he saith We are the temples of the liuing God as God hath said I will dwel amongst them and walk there and I will be their God and they shal be my people Yea I will be a Father vnto you and ye shall bee my sons and daughters saith the Lorde almighty And the same Apostle deliuereth a notable promise with a glorious comfortable preface prefixed before it also 1. Tim. 1. This is a true saying and worthy to be receined of all men that Christ Iesus came into the world to saue sinners of whom I am the chief May we not of these and thousandes such like say as the Apostle Peter doth that most great precious promises are giuen vnto vs that euen for that end which he expresseth there namely that by them wee shoulde bee partakers of the diuine nature whilest we fly the corruption that is in the world thorow lust Are not these great promises and may iustly bee so called because they proceed from the great God propounde vnto vs great and excellent matters May wee not esteeme them precious not only for the raritie and excellencie of them but also because they vnderprop our precious faith Are wee not made in a double respect by them partakers of the diuine nature 1. that as in regard God is ioyfull and chearefull we are also become comfortable and replenished with spiritual ioy 2. That as be ceaseth from sin and is continually occupied in well doing so we learne thereby in our measure and maner to die the death of sinne and to liue the lâ—fe of righteousnes What other men may think I know not but to me it seemeth that God thus in his worde setting promises against sin mindeth nothing els but to shew that as sin is it that most stingeth the conscience so the meane to heale that byting as if it were the brasen Serpent set vp to cure the bytinges of fierie Serpents to bring comfort against the same is the promises of God propounded vnto vs in the word and selt in our hearts by faith And this is so plaine and euident a truth that euen there where God seemeth most to terrifie I meane in denouncing the threats of his law or iudgments against sinne he yet thinketh vpon not only his mercy in himselfe but as it is manifested vnto men he euen there either plainly expressing promises of blessing grace and fauor or els

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