Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	call_v	father_n	son_n	18,689	5	5.4157	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04477	A sermon made in latine in Oxenforde in the raigne of King Edwarde the sixt, / by the learned and godly father Iohn Iuel, late Bishop of Sarisburie, and translated into Englishe, by R.V. Dedicated vnto the Bishop of London, as appeareth in the Commentarie of Ma. Caluine, vpon the Galathians, in Englishe.	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Vaux, Robert.	1581 (1581)	STC 14609.5; ESTC S106654	14,237	44

Howe ofte hath Christ himselfe sayde Ierusalem Ierusalem how oft woulde I haue gathered together thy Children as the henne gathereth together her Chickens whereas they turned awaye their eares and would not heare This maladie will easily be taken away if the medicine therefore bee vsed Let vs bring forth the light and God will open their eyes let vs beate at their eares and god will giue them a hart of flesh Lette vs giue the worde and God will giue the spirite let vs plante and water and god in due time will giue the increase For as it is our duetie to instructe the people with wordes so it belongeth to God to ioyne vnto his wordes fayth and force Such is the strength of the word of God that to worke nothing or to profite none it is not possible Much will fall into the bushes into the beaten waye and among stones yet some will fall into good grouÌ„d and bring forth fruite For looke as the rayne commeth downe from heauen and returneth not thither againe but moystneth and watereth the earth and maketh it bring forth and giueth seede to the sower and bread to him that eateth so my worde sayth the Lord whiche goeth forth out of my mouth shall not returne empty vnto me but shall doe whatsoeuer I will But because it is not ynough to speak let vs now consider that which in the seconde place I haue promised namelye what is to bee spoken For some otherwhile speake who had bene better haue helde their peace othersome while they make a noyse and crie out with greate contention speake to no purpose Wherfore regard must be had that we neyther speake vnfruitefullye ne yet hurtfullye For all thinges are not to be hudled out in a sermon before the multitude Wee muste take care what the Religious silence of the people what the reuerence of the place what the greatnesse of our office doe require The truth muste bee spoken not lies the Scriptures not fables the preceptes of the highest God and not the dreames of men For religion is to be ordred not by our iudgement but by the worde of GOD. Wherein if we shall hearken to Moses or to the Prophets or the Apostles or Christe or the Father himselfe wee shall not much goe oute of the waye For Moses whatsoeuer was to be sayde or done in so great a wildernesse when he ledde the people being banished and wandering by a sauage and desert region alwais asked counsaile at y e Lord he neuer brought theÌ„ any thing of his own head The Prophets always say the word of y e Lord the vision of y e Lord the voice of y e Lord this saith the Lord heare the Lord. I sayth Paule haue receaued my Gospell not of man neyther by man agayne I know nothing but Iesus Christ the same crucified And again If an Angell froÌ„ heaueÌ„ shall teach another gospell then y t which you haue lerned let him be cursed christ sayth al thinges which I haue heard of my father I haue deliuered vnto you preach you sayth he not whatsoeuer shal come in your head but y e Gospel to al creatures wheÌ„ as y e Pharises Saduces had moued the questions of diuorcement the resurrection of the dead vnto life he neuer had recourse vnto the Rabins but alwaies to the word of the Lord. God the father crying from Heauen This saith he is my dearelye beloued Sonne He sayeth not Heare your Fathers your Graundfathers or your great Graundfathers but he sayeth Heare him euen him For our heauenly Father woulde haue his sonne his word to be taughte and to bee beate into mens heades in all places And certainly it may not be douted of by any man but that that whiche the most excellent most wise and most liuing father hath giuen vnto vs for our cause is most excellent most wise and to our reasons most profitable This is that riuer of water flowing abrode into life euerlasting This is that flesh this is that blood of Iesus Christ this is that onely both most delicate most wholsome foode of our soules with this only sworde the deuill is ouercome with this onely stone Goliah is layde along with this onelye Maule the roughnesse and hardnesse of hartes is softened and ouercome And were it not for this neither could religion florish nor faith bee confirmed or the Churche kepte within the limites of her duetie Call to remembrance I beseech you for the Lordes sake that as oft as the worde of the Lorde languished howe often and into how many greeuous errors and how great a breakenecke euill did the whole people fall into how oft despised they the mightiest and moste louing God their preseruer and Father how oft worshipped they Astaroth Beliall the Sonne the Moone Calties and beastes and turned away themselues from all religion and godlinesse put their whole hope and confidence in thinges most vain and filthie For when as euery one hatched out of his owne mind a religion and holynesse vnto himselfe superstition and such a multitude of new Gods increased so sodainly that the Prophet was enforced to crie out your Gods are in number as many as your cities For wheÌ„ as they had forsaken the truth life and religion what remayned but that they should fall hedlong into lies into destruction into vngodly worshippinges I had rather make mention of these olde thinges than to bring in examples which are fresh and in memorie There is none of vs that euer was so blinde that he saw not or so blockish that he vnderstoode not the calamitie of former tymes We haue far gon beyonde not only the superstitioÌ„ and vanitie of the Iewes but also of the Egiptians and Grecians For when the authoritie of Councels and the conspiracie of a few Bishops and Monkes was placed aboue y e scriptures when it was douted whether y e Romish bishop were a man or a God and whether he could sin when all thinges were referred to the constitutions of men nothing to the knowledge of Christ when sales of pardons vowes and masses were made openly without al shame when y e sacramentes were miserably torne in peeces when the worde of God was condemned of fraude heresie when nothing was left found pure from superstition when error possessed all things and the truth could not be heard where then or what Church of God was there It was heresie in those dayes not y e disagreede from the scriptures but froÌ„ that which liked a few Bishops For the gospell was thrust into corners nothing was left to the iudgement of Christ Our gods were not then according to the nuÌ„ber of our cities but they were as manye as we had streats yea almost houses So were all thinges vtterly out of frame for that religion depended not on the worde of God but on the wil of man These horrible cases bretheren may warn vs that we neuer vnaduisedlye departe from the word of

Oxenforde the Chauncelor y e Vicechaunceler the Proctors Robert Noruent President of Corpus Christi Colledge Doctor Raynald Maister of Merton Colledge and all the scholers in both these Colledges Ye shall giue thankes vnto God almightie for King Henry the seuenth and Henry the eight Kings of noble memorie for Humfrey Duke of Glocester c. that of his infinite goodnesse he hath kindled those lightes to the nourishing of good letters and spreading abroade of Religion And ye shall praye that it woulde please him to raise vp others hereafter like vnto these to gather vs all to their societie into the bosome of Abraham Let him that speaketh speake as the wordes of God To the end that the pith of these wordes may be the better vnderstanded because I must intreate both of Pastors and before Pastors I haue vsed this diuision To shew first that a Pastor should speake often next of all that hee should speake out of the holy scriptures last of al That he should speake grauely and modestly according to the worthines of the matter And surely concerning the office of Pastors as yet I see not sufficiently what I shold speake or not speak For to speake that which hath bene before so often spoken were not only hatefull but out of season and to speake nothing of so great slouth and dastardie of our times I am much afrayde mighte seeme to shew a sluggard and a dastarde Truely in this case if the voyce of the immortall God might be hearde there were no neede at this time of my voyce For that I maye saye nothing beside all the scriptures doe sufficiently warne vs of our duetie God himselfe hath commaunded nothing at any time eyther more often or else with more weightie wordes than that his people shoulde be instructed to know him themselues and godlinesse Thou son of man sayth God in Esay Crie and cease not crie oute aloude lifte vp thy voyce as a Trumpet and shewe vnto my people their wickednesse How oft doth Christ crie Go yee Teache ye Preache ye the Gospell to euerie creature Wo vnto mee sayth the Prophet because I haue kepte silence Wo vnto me sayth Paule if I preache not the Gospell But such is either our securitie or daintinesse beside that wee haue stopped our eare against wholesome counsaile that we account it as a reproche if a man warne vs of our dutie Neuerthelesse whatsoeuer it seemeth to vs this hath seemed to God a helpe both very firme and verye great to the making vp of his Church For so hath GOD brought vs out of darkenesse into light so hath he restored vs being deade vnto life so hath he broughte vs being prisoners and captiues out of hel into heauen so hath he broken the powers of the Diuell so hath he broughte vs back agayne into his owne power and dominion so hath he spreade abroade the fame of his name into all landes For if Christ if the Apostles if the Prophets had held their peace in what case had we now bene in what religion had there ben any where what worship of God hadde there bene That we beholde the light that we haue escaped out of bondage that wee are accounted and be the sonnes of God all that I saye wee owe vnto the preaching of the worde of God Let vs not deceaue our selues brethren let vs not deceaue our selues Our matters are not so firmly established that they cannot fall Except we take heede excepte we looke about except we put to studie diligence all thinges will easily slide and fall into their former estate A lampe excepte you put oyle oft in it will soone be out The victorie is kept euen by such meanes as it is gotten For what engines doth not the deuill now vse what craftes doth hee not practise what way doth he not take to ouerthrow the Churche of God Hee keepeth scoutwatch alwayes he is neuer weried hee hath broughte in so many vices so much ignoraunce so great blindenesse that there is no place in whiche a Preacher ought to be idle And as if the sunne were taken away from the world all thinges should be left darke disparkled and confounded so if the voyce of the Pastor bee taken out of the Church religion is left at sixe and seuen it is left blinde troubled all thinges are mingled with error susterstition and Idolatrie of so great weight is it to be a stewarde of the house of God The Gospel religion Godlinesse the health of the Churche dependeth of vs alone This is our office this we take vpon vs this we professe And excepte wee doe this wee doe nothing wee serue to no vse It is not ynough to knowe I wote not what learning The Deuils perhappes knowe more then any of vs all It belongeth vnto a Pastor not so muche to haue learned many thinges as to haue taughte muche Lette it shame vs that the basest kynde of men euen Coblars and Porters doe that whiche belongeth vnto them and wee whiche oughte to giue light to al other are idle and do nothing For God would not haue vs idle bellies but hee woulde haue vs both bee interpreters of his minde ministers of Iesus Christe Atturneyes of the people before the Lorde of Sabaoth the lighte of worlde salte Angels and the sonnes of GOD and so to bee called And we are appoynted to gouerne not dumme Cattell not wylde Beastes but the flocke of the Lorde but the sonnes of GOD but the brethren of Christ If any of these shall perishe thorowe our default his blood shall be required at our handes If these thinges alone were stil set before vs in oure eyes and myndes wee woulde not so caste from vs careleslye and vnaduisedlye the safegarde of our Bretheren and of our selues wee woulde not so cast from vs the blood of Christ There is no cause why anye shoulde saye Wee speake to them that are deafe the people giue no eare wee laboure for them whiche are vnthankefull we preuayle not we cast that whiche is holye vnto Dogges Wee giue Pearles to Swine Wee knowe that otherwhile these thinges are truely spoken and it greeueth me exceedingly that they may be so truly spoken against those that be Christian men Yet for all this we may not therfore hold our peace but speake so much the oftener so muche the sharper so much the hotter For looke how muche the disease is more perilous so much the more needeth there a Phisition Neyther can wee iustly complayne of the peoples stubbornesse while we our selues doe all the while nothing Let vs doe our indeauor and leaue the successe vnto the Lorde Then shall they if they be of so frowarde a minde that they will not heare die in their owne sinne But there is no cause why we shoulde bee in dispayre of the peoples saluation God himselfe husbanded the Vine which for Grapes broughte out wilde Grapes GOD himselfe hath all the daye long stretched out his handes to a rebelious and ouerthwarte people

liue filthily and wickedly and bringe into the pulpit nothing but a rolling of the tongue and impudencie whatsoeuer we speake we speake it not either as it shold or else as the wordes of God But to the ende the worde of the Lorde may be handled according to the worthinesse thereof two thinges principallye are by vs to bee taken heed of the one y t we be not weakened nor feebled by feare y e other that out of the Gospel we reape no iote or peece of praise vnto our selues A preachers minde muste be prepared and diligentlye fensâ—â— against eyther of these For the Gospell and the word of God except it be stiflye and manfully vpholden and mainteyned neither wil serue the gospel nor the word of GOD. For error is fearefull base and quaking it feareth all thinges it dreadeth all thinges it flyeth sight and light but the truth and the truth of the Gospel of Iesus Christe neuer abaseth it selfe neuer flattereth any dissembleth nothing fayneth nothing is vnfearefull free bolde to shewe her face and high Wherfore as long as we speak the truth let not the force or authoritie of any man make vs afrayde Let vs call to mynde that wee are the messengers and Embassadors of God Let vs call to mynde that God hath giuen vs power to speake For what courage doth not Christ make vs when he promiseth that he will be the reuenger of the iniurie done vnto vs he saith he that despiseth you despiseth me he whiche hurteth you hurteth the sight of myne eye wherfore let vs speake not dissemblingly not darkely as did the Phariseis but freelye and playnlye as hauing authoritie as meete it is that the Wordes of God should be vttered But neuerthelesse moderation must be vsed that we doe not vnseasonably touche or spot the good name and fame of others For then we shal seeme to taunt or raile and to handle our owne cause rather then to teache the worde of the Lorde But it becommeth tht seruaunte of the Lorde to be modest and circumspecte not to blabbe out any thing rashly or cockishlye leaste wee maye seeme to speake not out of the holy pulpit but out of the carte neither yet to haue cited the Gosple but to haue brought vp again the olde maner of Commodies The nexte thinge is that a preacher haue not to greate a conceite of him selfe but that he think that that function and office hapened vnto him from aboue from God that he shoulde discharge his duetie diligently and with verye great feare and that he shoulde thinke that he is occupied not in his owne businesse but in Gods businesse So Paule sayth hee is nothing Iohn crieth that he is vnworthy to pull of the shoes of Messias And therefore to abate arogancie they are in the holy scriptures called not Princes not Magistrates not Rulers not Kinges but stewardes bailiffes preachers or cryers ministers seruauntes to the end that foras muche as we doe this geare in the behalfe of another we shold not grow proud for another bodyes praise For the Lord hath not therefore committed his talent vnto vs that we shoulde conuert it to our owne commoditie For he would not haue vs preachers and criers of our owne wit and skill but of his will neather doe we for any other cause cary aboute this treasure in Earthen vessels than for that it should be the brightnesse and cleare light of the power of God I will not staye you with any more wordes Yee haue heard that a Preacher must speake both oft and out of the worde of God and also grauelye and modestlye We bretheren eyther are Preachers or will be Preachers let vs beare in minde that these thinges belong to vs and that saynt Peter saith to vs He that speaketh let him speake as the wordes of GOD. There is neede not only of our diligence but also of prudencie and fidelitie Wherfore whatsoeuer wee are able by nature whatsoeuer by counsayle whatsoeuer by wit and cunning lette vs bestow it all to serue the Church of God We are y e stewardes of the house of God let vs not dissipate and scatter the housholde of God If we be the Apostles of God let vs shew Apostolike mindes If we be the brethren of Christ let vs heare Christ let vs feede his Lambes let vs feede his sheepe let vs go let vs preache let vs teache The vniuersall worlde seemeth a good while since to trauayle of Christ lette vs cast about our eyes bretheren How greate is the Haruest euery where how few be the Reapers And this I speake vnto them of whome there is some good hope If there be any that laugh at these thinges or mocke them why shoulde I hope that they will heare me who will not heare Christ himselfe Let the calamitie of our bretheren mooue vs let the curse of God mooue vs namelye Cursed is hee that doth the worke of the Lord negligentlye let that most greeuous threatning moue vs namely Their blood will I require at thy hand Let vs prepare our selues to that most sweete voice speeche of Christ namely Well done seruaunt Goe in Let vs speake in season and out of season let vs speake the word of the Lord let vs speake as the wordes of the Lorde that Gods prayse may be set forth in al things by Iesus Christ vnto whome bee glorye and imperie for euer and euer Amen FINIS

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