Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	enjoy_v	gracious_a	great_a	139	3	2.0885	3	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04906	The triall of truth wherein are discouered three greate enemies vnto mankinde, as pride, priuate grudge, and priuate gaine, ...	Knight, Edward.	1580 (1580)	STC 15047; ESTC S106835	64,206	178

neerely touch theÌ„ being mooued thereunto as it should seeme by that good Emperor AlexaÌ„der Seuerus That the Gentlemen in shorte time did growe into suche a disliking with them selues and of the maner of the dealing betwixt them and the riche Citizens and Vsurers as that they did count it such an abasement to the name of a Gentleman to bee bounde vnto any rich Citizen or Vsurer As rather the Gentlemen dyd choose too take vppon them all painefull exercises suche as were moste consonant vnto the title of Gentlemen both in martial feates other actiuities and to content themselues to fare honestly not delicately too goe apparelled Gentlemanlike comely although not sumptuouly vnlesse it were in case of triumphe for the honour of their Prince and Countrey And so did testifie the true valure which shoulde remaine in Gentlemen whereby the signes and tokens of bearyng of Armes might rightly bee demerited so gained vntoo theÌ„selues through theyr valiaÌ„t stomacks and politike wittes Some by framing themselues to become good Councellors at home And some by atchiuing of worthy enterprises by theyr Martial seruice abroade both tending to the commodity and benefite of theyr natiue Countrey Loe heere you may see what Persons maye condingly beare the signes and tokens of armes Most contrary to one bare reason that the fatnes of the earth doeth put in good liking the seruiceable steede the millers hackney vnagreeable with the true rules and accident of armes which ought to be followed by the steps of vertue and woorthy deseruing without desire of vaine glory A dehortation to priuate grudge as the seconde cause of the destruction of the Romans raigne THis euill is suche as may hardly bee auoided and repressed by reason that the same is couered by many vnder the vile cloake of deepe dissimulation as Hypocrites bearing Hony in theyr mouthes poyson in theyr heartes and deceiptes in theyr deedes and so shall receiue the rewarde with vngodly persons As it is a lamentable age where the people say they cannot liue without the foule vice of dissimulation and that appeareth in this that where wee doe thinke that goodnesse shoulde harbour therefrom proceedeth all kinde of sinne and wickednesse and where wee beleeue trueth to bee lodged there sleepeth deepe deceue I meane out of the frowardnes of the hart of man most contrary to this good doctrine Mercy and righteousnes shold kisse ech other Loue Faith and charitie shoulde ioyne hands with concorde and vnitie which God graunt for his mercies sake speedily to confirme in the heartes of all Christians especially of the people of England according to such examples as are writteÌ„ for our vnderstanding Also it is writen of one Salust who at his death warned his sonnes to agree within themselues alledging vnto them that by concorde and vnitie small thinges may bee increaced but by discorde the greatest thinges that euer were wyll decay and bee brought too naught Also it is noted of one Lycurgus that certaine Citizens writing vnto him too knowe how they might best resist theyr enimies his aunswere vnto them was If you shall be content to liue poore as you are in the feare of God to abstaine from mutuall dissention By which reasons it is apparant and most certaine that to feare God and obey his woorde with a constant faith is not onely the very key of Religion but the same is also an assured waraÌ„tise of the prosperous successe of all Councels and matters so taken in hand without any further distruste of Gods prouidence without the which if a Sparrowe light not vpon the house top howe muche more wyll hee safely conduct the enterprises affaires of all suche as doe not attempt or take any thing in hand but that first the feare of GOD and the aduauncement of his woorde is chiefly regarded in such wise as the good successe of all other our external actioÌ„s ought not to be doubted of For wauering distrusting minds do manyfest the weakenesse of the fayth of the people froÌ„ whom the euil nature of priuate grudge ought to bee abandoned Albeit that the rebellious nature of man is such as that some will not knowe and some wyll not vnderstande that brethren deuided among themselues may not indure Nor a Citie deuided in it selfe cannot stande As for example if a man take a Faggot in his handes and assaye to breake the Faggot being bounde fast togeather it is a thing impossible albeit the same be but little and short But once disseuer the bande and knot where with it is tyed and then the stickes seuerally are subiected to be brokeÌ„ easily which being so then it is behoofull for christian brethren to be firmely ioyned in the baÌ„ds of concorde and vnitie without beeyng acquainted with distrustfulnesse of Gods prouidence and that no man hauing built his faith vpon Gods woorde and truely depending on Christe shoulde not neede to doubt of a perfect peace So long as they continue in the feare of god and do inioy the same our most gracious soueraigne Queene whom God in his mercy hath vouchsafed to place so myraculously to be his chosen of y e seede of Dauid for the deliuerance of his little flocke of England for the preseruation whereof her Maiestie hath had so great a care hitherto as it is euident that the mighty haÌ„d of God froÌ„ time to time hath bin her director And so no doubt of it the same our eternall God will continue his good blessinges towardes her gracious goodnes as to protect her in all the rest of the course of this life to the maintenaÌ„ce of a continuall peace wherof all her louing subiects may the better assure theÌ„selues if they doe abstaine from mutual dissention without murmuring or grudging with the disobedient Israelites what time God wrought so great benefits and wonders for them by the hand of his seruaunt Moyses And againe howe those people notwithstanding by their murmuring and grudging prouoked the highest to bee displeased with them for their disobedience which is included in three speciall pointes or principles The first is that his people shoulde feare too offende and prouoke his omnipotencie in the second principall is conceined the due obedience that all people and nations doe owe vnto theyr naturall Prince Superiours and Gouernours And in the thirde is conteyned the loue which we doe owe vnto our neighbours and no selfe loue to our selues for auoiding the punishmentes threatned for the contrary For where any people or nation are repugning vnto those three principles there God is not duely praysed and the Prince and Rulers are as frowardly obeied and the people doe seeme altogeather to depende vppon theyr corrupt affections But what followed where God at any time in former ages hath so beene contemned and disobeyed Yee shall finde it written in the fourth booke of Esdras And like as the death was in Adam So was the water floods also in the time of Noah namely Noah his housholde being leste of whom came

haue deceitfully sayd lyke Belials childreÌ„ answered that ye woulde goe and worke in your fathers Vineyarde and haue not done it and othersome lyke rebellious haue plainly sayde they would not But what is in this great matter required it onely remaineth that all do repent and returne vnto the Vineyard with the first Sonne For neuer shall ignoraunce excuse any lande or nation as it is plaine in the first to the Romaynes neyther can any people be receiued without the fruit of repentance not onely to acknowledge our sinne to lament them but to amend our liues and to make streight the Lords pathes and to be well garded with obedience vnto God in doyng the workes of righteousnesse in executyng Gods preceptes to the resistyng of Satan and sin But if neyther the meanes of Gods mercyes offered nor his punishement threatned for sinne may not mooue obstinate people to returnyng vnto the Lorde in good earnest and that they will looke for signes lyke vnto the Scribes and Pharises temptyng Christ saying maister giue vs a signe vnto wheme Christe answered The euill and adulterous generation seeketh a signe but there shall no signe be giuen them saue the signe of the Prophet Ionas Insomuch as wee of this age neede to looke after no further signes or wonders then the word of God and daily experience leadeth vnto For Ierusalem and Damasco neuer possessed more greater blessinges then Englande nowe doeth nor none of those Cities neuer enioyed more pompe then London nowe possesseth And it is certaine that Christ preached three yeares in those two famous Cities and the Countreys vnto them adiacent And after fortie yeares Ierusalem was destroyed so long a time dyd God giue vnto them of repentaunce and returning from their froward wayes wherein those people so proudly walked in disobedience And the same God of long tyme hath called his litle flocke of Englande as the remnaunt of Israel by the largenesse of his mercy offered But the same seemeth to haue taken so little effecte as that a great number with the consent of disobedience haue taken occasion by their owne wickednesse to prouoke almyghtie God vnto displeasure in suche lamentable wyse as many are become enemyes and betrayers of their owne soules for which their so greeuous contempt none may escape the punishement As it hath bene declared in all notable punishmentes from the beginning For when the originall worlde perished by water when Sodom and Gomorrha was consumed by fyre And finally when Ierusalem was horribly destroyed doeth any man thinke that all were lyke wicked it is euident that they were not Neuerthelesse although some were young and dyd not know what oppression ment neyther coulde defile them selues with beastly and vnlawfull lustes some were pitifull and gentle of nature and dyd not thirst for the bloud of Christ his apostles But did any in the time of Gods visitation escape the plagues veÌ„geance which did appreheÌ„d the multitude Let the scriptures witnesse and the histories be considered which plainly doe testifie that by the waters all fleshe in earth at that time dyd perishe Noah and his family reserued That none escaped in Sodome and in the other Cities adiacent excepte Lot and his two daughters And euident it is that in that famous Citie Ierusalem in that last destruction of the same none escaped Gods vengeance except so many as before were dispersed And what the cause was of this Gods seueritie we are forbidden to dispute with God But let all men by these examples learne betymes to flee and auoyde to commit such lyke abominations as the proude contemners of God doe prosecute if the residue list not to bee partakers of theyr plagues And yet the causes are euident for which GOD brought so horrible destruction vppon those Cityes manifestyng that wee shoulde bee subiect without grudgyng vnto Gods will and iudgementes which in them selues are most holy and iust Wherefore it behooueth that we of this age should all humble our selues vnder the mightie hande of God in such wyse as he in his mercy beholding our humilitie may bee mooued to turne away his wrathfull displeasure from vs. For in the originall worlde none was found in authoritie that eyther dyd resist tyranny or oppression that vniuersally was vsed eyther yet that earnestly reprehended the same In Sodome was none found that dyd gainstande that furious and beastly multitude that dyd compasse about and besiege the house of Lot None would beleeue Lot that the Citie should be destroied And finally in Ierusalem was none founde that studied to represse the tyranny of the Priestes and therefore of one vengeance temporall were they all partakers Which examples in sundry places before touched ought to mooue euery one that hath any feelyng iudgement in them selues to the deepe consideration of their dueties in this last age perillous tymes Seeyng it is written that those that doe not labour to their power to correct euill doe consent to doyng of euil And let it not be forgotten howe that Ionas the Prophet was but three dayes in his deliueryng of the Lordes message vnto that great Citie of Niniuee That after fortie dayes the same Citie shoulde be destroyed And those people knowyng them selues guiltie of transgression of Gods commaundementes beleeued the Lorde and proclaimed fasting with one accord among them all and put on sackcloth as well the great as the small the rich as the poore The Kyng did cast off his costly aray y t he was wont to weare and put on sackcloth as then the manner was of declaring repentance for he feared God In so much as God beholdyng their contricion in an acceptable tyme turned from his forepurposed destruction which was pronounced to haue falleÌ„ vpoÌ„ that great Citie after fortie daies according to the message of Ionas had not both the King the people bene touched with so zealous affection vnto God his word As they beleeued the Lordes message without any further doubtyng and those people founde fauour in Gods fight As God graunt Englande in rendering of their due obedience to do the like in expressing our vnfeigned repentance by our outward actions for wee can not excuse our selues by ignorance as to say that we want of such like warning For common experience may teache sensible men that if one man receiue a hand writing from an other great credite is giuen therevnto especially when there is fayth and confidence betwixt the partie who sent the writing and the parties vnto whom the same is sent In so muche as euery man and woman ought to examine in them selues what confidence euery one doeth repose in God his written worde and what zealous loue euery one beareth in his heart toward the same And let vs not be vnmindfull that there is a time to laugh and a tyme to weepe a tyme to go forwarde and a tyme to goe backwarde Wherby all are forewarned from goyng backwarde like the frowarde nature of the Sea Crabbe But rather seeing that

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