Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	abound_v	grace_n	zion_n	39	3	8.7711	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15621	An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.	Wither, George, 1540-1605.	1585 (1585)	STC 25888; ESTC S101869	82,014	180

which haue seene him shall say where is he The tokens then of pryde that abound and are plentiful amongst vs do shew sharpe vengeance and iudgementes at hand Because the Daughters of Sion are hautie and walke with stretched out neckes and with wandering eyes walking and minsing as they goe and making a tinckling with their feet Therefore the Lord shal make the heades of the Daughters of Sion balde and the Lord shall discouer their secreat partes For god doth resiste the proud and giueth grace to the humble and meeke Pleasure WHen we see foolishe men drowned in voluptuousnesse and pleasures and not hauing any regarde to godlinesse honesty or comelinesse then are we to remember Salomons admonition that pleasure is neuer comely for a foole and most commonly the immoderate loue of pastime bringeth them to pouerty and beggerie Raine THe Raine maketh the new mowen grasse freshly to spring againe and showers so comfort the earth that it yeeldeth the fruites thereof Euen so shall Christe refreshe foster nourishe and cherishe his people As a raging Raine beateth the Corne downe and washeth away al before it so when one poore man oppresseth an other commonlye it is without pittie or mercy Raine and snow falling from heauen retourneth not thither againe but watereth the earth and maketh it fruitfull Euen so the worde that commeth out of Gods mouth shall not retourne voyde but shall accomplishe and bring to passe that which God will and shall prosper in that wherevnto he sent it The raine falling from Heauen and causing the earth to yeelde her fruit was at all times and is still to all ages an open and a plaine euident testimonye of the goodnesse of God so that no man can excuse him selfe of ignoraunce The earth that drincketh in the raine that commeth oft vppon it and bringeth foorth nothing profitable for the vse and behoofe of man sheweth what is to be hoped of that man whome the knowledge of the Worde doth in no part reforme Rasour AS a sharpe Rasour with the least touch that can be shaueth and cutteth so doth also the tongue of a mischeuous lying man Rebellion WHen we see a stubborne frowarde and vnruly Woman brawle skoulde chide and rebel against her husbaÌ„d we are diligeÌ„tly to look into our selues how y e case standeth betwixt vs God for commonly y t expresseth vnto vs our vnrulinesse rebellion against God but all that resist God shal be confounded for rebellion is as y e sinne of witchcraft and transgression is wickednesse and Idolatry Therefore Samuel saide to Saule because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lord therefore the Lord hath cast away thee from being king To resist man whome God hath set ouer men is to rebell against GOD. Wherefore God him self hath set vpon rebellion and contumacy against magistrates parentes no lesse penalty then death His wonderful iudgments against such are to be seene in Core Dathan and Abiron and also in Absolom Reede A Reede shaking too and fro with euery little small winde declareth the inconstancy and mutability of the common sort of people whome euery small trifle doth cause to alter their minde and iudgement When wee see any passe by a brused reede and not breake it we are to remember that our sauiour Christ did beare with many infirmities in those which were his least hee shoulde breake of or quench those good thinges which began to appeare in them And of him we are also to learne by bearing and forbearing to cherish and foster such good as we see beginneth to liue and growe in our weake brethren Reward AS the price or best game for running cannot bee obtained of any that eyther runne not or else giue ouer afore they be at the end of their race so none canne attayne the celestiall Crowne of glory but they which perseuer in the right trace of Christianity vnto the end And as they which runne in a race hauing onely regard to the reward make them selues as light and as nimble as they can and therefore throw awaye whatsoeuer is heauy or may hinder their swiftnesse so we in our course to heauen hauing that glory onely before our eyes shoulde throw from vs sinne which like an heauy burthen hangeth vpon vs and whatsoeuer else may hinder vs in the way and course to life euerlasting Yet in this course the greatest paines that can bee taken and the greatest perfection which is possible for men to attaine vnto is not meritorious neither can deserue life And therefore our Lorde and sauiour teacheth vs when wee haue done all that is commaunded vs to say and confesse that we are vnprofitable seruaunts though hee of his meere liberality for our better comfort and encouragement in all good things hath promised large and liberall rewards Robbery WHen we see men which haue no conscience in getting liberall to the poore and to other things in common intendment good Then are wee to put them in minde that God hateth and abhorreth to accept robberye or theeuerye for burnt offerings To loue gifts and to hunt after rewardes in princes and men of Authority is cozen germain to robbery Rockes AS y e rocks that are hard to be clambred vnto are good refuges for the afflicted to fly vnto from the face of their pursuers So God is the safetye of all such as in distresse do flye to him for succour As hee that setteth the foundation of his howse vpon a firme rocke may bee sure that the Foundation shall bee able to beare the waight of that which shal be set vpon it and that no raine or floude shall wash it away so hee that buildeth his faith vpon Christe as he is set out and preached vnto vs in the gospell shall be sure that hell gates that is all the power force and cunning of the Diuel shall neuer be able to preuaile against him Rodde SO oft as the childe seeth the rodde he is to cal to minde these lessons following First that it is fit for the back of him that wanteth wisdome and that therefore correction is necessarye for him that is to be enstructed and taught For correction and instruction is the very way and path to life Wherefore they must thinke that if Father or Master spare his rodde that he loueth not his Childe but that then hee loueth him when he beginneth to chasten him betimes For naturally folly is bound to the heart of euery childe But the rod of correction doth driue it or scowre it away Therefore parents should not with-hold correction from their children For as the commoÌ„ prouerb is birtch breaketh no bones neither moderate correction bringeth daunger or death but oftentimes it bridleth and keepeth backe him that otherwise woulde runne headlong into hell and so is a meane to saue his soule For it bringeth him

of theire owne bellies is the cause that men stirre vp diuision and contention in the church of God contrary to the doctrine receiued and deliuered vnto vs in the word Shepheard WHen we see Sheepe well kept by reason that they haue a good diligent painefull Shepheard who carefully prouideth as well to feede them as to folde them Then are wee to remember that the people of God can wante nothing because God is their shepherd For he feedeth his he gathereth his Lambes into his armes and carrieth them in his bosom and guideth them that be with yong But when wee see idle shepheards that suffer their sheepe to runne astray and to scatter and perish Then wee are to lament the state of the church wherein wee see such idol ministers as these idol shepheards doe represent to abound and if we our selues be such then are wee to tremble at the woe and heauye iudgements of the Lorde pronounced against vs by his prophets God him selfe will seeke vp his sheepe he wil find that which was lost and bring again that which was driuen away He wil bind vppe that which was broken and will strengthen the weake hee will cause them to lye in a good folde and to feede in a fat pasture hee will remedy all their euills by setting a shepheard ouer them euen his Christ. Shepheards that doe but beare the name of shepheards shew no care of their flock and do small or no duty to them God shall depriue them both of strength wisedome and iudgement The losse of a good diligent painfull shepheard is the discipation and scattering abroad of the sheepe When wee see numbers of people for want of the word in their owne parishes doe stray and scatter abroade hither and thither to heare the word then are we to lament this present estate and to haue compassion vpon that people because they are as sheepe scattered and dispersed without a shepheard The diligence of a shepheard in seeking vp any of his sheepe y t are gone astray is an example to vs to spare neither paine nor diligence to reduce them which are gone astray froÌ„ God by reason of any error And the ioy of a shepheard in finding of his shepe again sheweth how ioyfull the conuersion of a sinner ought to be vnto vs. Shepheards that refuse no paine nor perill but do endanger that most certainly their life do represent vnto vs the goodnes of our Christ who moste frankly and freely gaue his life for vs. When we see shepheards careful and diligent about their flocks to feede and cherish them then we are to call to minde that it is the cheefe and almost y e only means wherby Christ doth require his ministers to testify their loue towards him namely the feeding of his sheepe It is lawfull for a shepheard that feedeth a flocke to eat of the milk of it Therefore it is lawfull for the ministers of the gospell to bee partners of the temporall blessings of their hearers Sheepe SHeepe driuen to the shambles to be slaine representeth to vs the state of Gods Children and people here vpon earth Sheepe vnrulye to be driuen and running hither and thither astray out of the waye shew to vs our owne vnrulinesse and aptnesse to straye out of those wayes which God hath appoynted for vs to walke in That sheepe brought to be shorne or to be slaine are dumbe and open not their mouth it representeth vnto vs the great and wonderfull patience of our Christ in dying for vs which we are also to learne at his example As sheepe do represent the people of God so the good pastures and pleasaunt waters doe represent the worde of the Lord wherewith he feedeth his and the treading downe of the pasture and the troubling and stirring of the water whereby it is made thicke and foule sheweth foorth the corrupting and mingling of the word with humaine inuentions and dregges of mans braines Sheepe in the countrie which abounde with wild beastes lost or run astray out of the custody of their sheepheard represent vnto vs the dangerous estate of meÌ„ so long as they are not broght or continue not vnder the custody and safe keeping of our Lord Iesus Christ. If it be lawful on the sabboth to pull sheepe or other cattell out of a pit or ditch whereinto it is fallen and wherin it woulde otherwise perishe how much more is it to do good to relieue any kinde of necessitie of our neighboure the same day Further the very sight of sheepe and goates should make vs call to minde the state of men at the last daye of iudgement and make vs carefully to endeuour that the notes and markes of Gods sheepe maye be found in vs that we may be parteners in the sentence come yee blessed c. Amongest other markes this is the principall that as sheepe harken to the voyce of their sheepheard so we giue eare to and obey the voyce of Christ. When we see sheepe in the butchers shop appointed for the slaughter then are we to remember that such is the condition of the godly in this wicked and frayle life When we see sheepe from going astray retourned home to their folde and flocke again Then let vs remember that we lately in y e dayes of ignoraunce were astraye and lately by the benefit of almighty God who hath suffered the sonne of knowledge to shine amongest vs returned to the sheepheard and bishop of our souls Shettle THE sliding to and fro of the shettle in weauing do admonish the weauer how speedely and fast his dayes of this life do slyde away Shield AS a shield defendeth the body from blowes and woundes so the great mercy and fauour of God defendeth those which are his from euil Ships SHips in which men are carryed in safety thorough the raging seas shoulde make vs remember Gods heauy iudgement vpon the world in drowning it for sinne and to giue him thankes for his great mercy that he would not vtterly destroy mankind but taught him to frame the firste ship that euer was for the safegarde of him selfe and his family As a ship beeing neuer so great and huge is turned about with a very small rudder whither so euer it please the maister of the ship to direct it so the the tongue though it be a small member oftentimes ouer-ruleth the whole body and setteth it out of course Shoes WHen we see broomes and other thinges bartered for old shoes then are we to detest the intollerable corruption of bribing officers who for the price of a payre of shoes or such a trifle are ready to peruert iustice and to sell the cause of the poore which is able to giue him nothing The sight of shoes shoulde cause vs to remember how vile and base the moste excellent and moste reuerend ministers of the Worde are

the condemned in the house of their God Wisdome Wisedome is better then al maner of warlike prouision and furniture Yet when in Gods matters and in matters of life to come wee are allured and intised away by worldly wisedome and fleshly reasons then are we to beware and take heed of consenting because the wisedome of the fleshe is enimity against God it is not subiect to the law of God neither can be When we heare in the pulpit Rethoricall flowers of speach and an ouermuch affection and seeking to shew learning Then let vs call to minde that preaching ought not to be in the intising wordes of mans wisedome but in the plaine euidence of the spirite and of power that the faith of the hearers may rest not in the wisedome of men but in the power of God Wise. THe rebukes of the Wise are more profitable to be hearkened vnto then the pleasant songes and melody of fooles The continuall vnkindnesse and vnthankfulnesse of nations for the manifold benefites which God bestoweth vpon them causeth God against the day of deserued destruction to make their wise men fooles and to cause their wisedome to perishe from them When we wonder that so many wise and learned men doe not know nor embrace the euident and cleare truth of the gospell then are we to call to mind that it is not the wisdome of the world but of God and that therefore no man can know it But he to whom God by his spirite doth reueale it But as for all the thoughtes and conceits of the wise of this worlde God knoweth that they are but vaine VVood. WOodes that grow thick are meete for euil men to lurcke in shoulde make vs remember how great a mischiefe disobedience to God is and that that was the firste cause that made men ashamed and afrayd to shew their face and therefore to seeke couert to hide them in Wood serueth to kindle and keepe fier tale-bearers stirre vp and nourishe stryfe Drye wood is apt to burne and greene wood though not so quickly will be consumed with fier so both strong and weake high and low ritch and poore one and an other goe to wracke when God punisheth impietie and wickednesse VVhoore THey that forsake their husbandes and giue them selues ouer to straungers and so become coÌ„mon Whores do represent to vs the state of those which leaue God the truth which some time they professed and commit Idolatrye and cleaue to superstitions VVomen WHen we behold women we shoulde thankfully acknowledge the goodnesse of God who prouided them to be helpes and comfortes vnto men Women also thereby are admonished to be aunswearable to their creation in their doinges and dealinges A woman in trauaile in the middle of her sorrow cryeth in her paynes euen so is the estate of God his Children in the middest of persecution and as a woman then desireth with speede to bee deliuered so God will bee at once auenged vppon the enemies of Gods Church As the heart of a woman faynteth and yeeldeth in trauaile so the hartes of strong men faint when God will bee enemies afflict and scourge their countrie And when women preuayle with men in their suites by great importunitie Then are we to remember that by prayer without ceasing we shall obtayne our requestes of God Wordes WHen we see men giuen to bee full of wordes and delighted with much prating then let vs remember that in many wordes there can not want iniquitie and that for euery idle word that scapeth vs wee shall bee called to account at the last day Howbeit hee that sinneth not in worde must needes bee a perfect man and well able to bridle his affections Wormewood THe bitternesse of Wormewood representeth to vs the bitternes of affliction and oppression Iudgement is as bitter as wormwood when a man by it is vntruely oppressed and condemned Wrestler IF they which runne or wrestle for the best game doe of their owne accorde abstain from all thinges which may eyther make them short winded or hinder their lightnesse strength or nimblenesse much more then we should willinglye cast of and abstaine from all those things which might hinder vs in the way and course of euerlasting life The wrestler obtaineth not the crowne or garland exeept he striue for it according to the lawes of wrestling so ministers are not to looke for any rewarde except they doe their diligent endeuour to do their duties faithfully Wolues WOlues breaking into a flocke of sheepe deuouring some scattering the rest doe resemble false Teachers which creepe into the church of God and bring to destruction those whom they can allure within compasse of their nets and deuide and seperate the rest by dissention and debate World SUch safety as sheepe haue amongest wolues such must the Ministers of God looke for in this Worlde For the loue of the World and the loue of God can not abyde togeather in one and the same man But this is the comfort of the children of God that the World with all the desires thereof shall passe away but they that seeke to fulfill the will of the Lorde shall abide and endure for euer If the Worlde therefore hate vs it is no matter it hated Christ first And there is one and the same cause of hating both because Christ and all his true followers do witnesse vnto the Worlde the wickednesse of their workes For it is a continuall worke of the spirite in all those which are therewith endued to conuince the worlde of sinne Whosoeuer therefore ioyneth in friendship with the world foorthwith becommeth the enemy of God Loue not then the world nor the thinges that are in the world For if any man loue the worlde the loue of the Father is not in him Woork-men AS oft as we paye Woork-men their hire we shoulde thinke how much better doe they which labour in the Church of God for the saluation of our soules deserue the reward allotted and appoynted them for their paines and therefore we should gladly bestow it Wormes THe Palmer Worme the canker Worme the Grashopper the Catterpiller and such like deuouring the fruites of the earth doe inuite and stirre vs to repentaunce seeing they are sent of God to plague vs for our sinnes When we take small Wormes in our handes then we are to remember that God needeth no greater nor mightier souldiers to tame the proudest Prince vpon the earth Yokes WHen we see cattell and Horses strong yong and wanton breake their Yokes and bandes then we are to consider the great estates of this world who being exalted in honour and aboundding in wealth though they knowe the waye of the Lorde and the iudgements of their God yet can not submit their neckes to the yoke of the Lorde or be subiect to his discipline yet

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