Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	let_v	lord_n	praise_v	3,254	5	9.4067	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08356	Eight sermons publikely preached in the Vniversity of Oxford the second at St Peters in the East, the rest at St. Maries Church. Begunne in the yeare 1595. Decemb. XIIII. Now first published by Sebastian Benefield ...	Benefield, Sebastian, 1559-1630.	1614 (1614)	STC 1868; ESTC S101614	129,711	164

minds as that they thinke all externall fact al outward observance altogether needlesse And thus haue they thought because they find that many haue beene said to haue done the will of God to haue walked in his waies to haue done iudgement and iustice to haue kept their feet from treading in any evill path and so to haue beene reputed for Saints who notwithstanding haue manie waies and most grievously fallen For they can tell you of Peters deniall of Lots incest of Salomons Idolatry of Noahs drunkennesse of Davids murther of Sarahs lie of Rebeccahs perswading her sonne Iacob to beguile his owne father of the theft of Onesimus of the many Concubines of the patriarchs and the like of whose obedience to the will of God we may not doubt because we may not doubt of their salvation Which opinion of theirs as I may not altogether reiect so will I not simply allow of for wee haue two propositions of certaine truth 1 Externall obedience is necessary to the doing of the wil of God and therefore that which they thinke is not simplie to be allowed 2 The fulfilling of the wil of God consisteth chiefly and especially in our hearty and earnest desire of doing it and therfore what they thinke may not altogither be reiected That outwarde obedience is necessary for our doing of Gods will is so plaine that it needs no proofe For to whoÌ„ gaue God his commandements to be done Was it not to man Now who knoweth not that man consisteth of a body as well as of a soul The body then is bound to obey as well as the soule The inward desire serues not the turne outward obedience must be practised Outward obedieÌ„ce I say not perfit for that is impossible do we all we can do we shal be vnprofitable servaÌ„ts yet I say outward obedience must be practised And therefore S. Paule hath beseeched you to giue your bodies to God Rom. 12.1 shewing that your bodies should be Gods servants as wel as your souls Both are too little one cannot be enough Will you glorifie God in your souls you shal do wel but glorifie him in your bodies too 1. Cor. 6.20 Do your hearts beleeue yet that is not enough your monthes must coÌ„fesse too Rom. 10.10 your tongues must be kept from evill and your lips that they speake no guile too Psal 34.13 your eares must heare too Matt. 11.15 your eies must behold the right too Prov. 4.25 your hands must be lift vp to his sanctuary too Psa 134.2 your feet must be removed from evill too Prov 4.27 The summe of all is you must giue your bodies a sacrifice to God Now a Sacrifice as you know is wherein all the members are offered together Levit. 1.9 13. Therefore must you giue your members also to God Your eies your eares your tongues your hands your feet with all the rest must be emploied in the service of God For he who commanded you to loue the LORD with al your soule and with al your minde Deut. 6.5 hath commanded you also to loue him with all your strength to teach you that the strength of your handes eies and eares and every other part of you must wholy be emploied in his service And therefore as we would be changed in our thoughes so must we also be changed in our wordes so must we be changed in our works we must be carefull that our tongues speake no more idely that our eies behold no more vanity that our eares heare no more folly that our hands worke no more iniquitie and as oft as we shall go about the service of God which we cannot do to oft everie one of vs should cal all his powers togither and saie with David Psal 103.1 My soule praise thou the Lord and all that is within me praise his holy name And thus much of the first proposition of the necessity of our outward obedience The second proposition if you remember was this The fulfilling of the will of God consisteth cheifly and especially in our hearty and earnest desire of doing it The proofe hereof is easy The chiefest part of man is his minde therfore the fulfilling of the Law especiallie consisteth in the desires and intents of the minde and it so consisteth in these affections that touching the elect who only beleeue in Christ and alone may be said to do Gods will God resteth contented with this inwarde desire as long as this flesh encombreth them All other imbecilities are not imputed vnto theÌ„ This godly purpose earnest desire of doing Gods wil stands them in steed For it is so gratefull to God as that he accepteth this begun obedience for most perfit And reckons of theÌ„ that are thus obedient as if they had kept the whole law which he so doth not for this their desire not for this their begun obedience but because by faith they are engrafted into Christ So chiefly the fulfilling of Gods wil consisteth in our inward obedience but not wholy I deny not but that Hezekiah trusted in the Lord God of Israel so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Iudah neither were there any such before him for hee claue to the Lord and departed not from him but kept his commaundements which the Lord had coÌ„manded Moses for so we read 2. Kin. 18.5 6. yet we read also that this same Hezekiah did some things which pleased not the Lord 2. King 20.13 Neither may I denie but that Iosiah did vprightly in the sight of the Lord for so it is written 2. King 22.2 yet it is written also that this Iosiah would not obey the word of God 2. Chron. 35.22 Neither will I denie but that David fulfilled the will of the Lord for he is bold to saie of himselfe O Lord I haue refrained my feete froÌ„ every evil way haue not declined froÌ„ thy iudgements O Lord Psal 119.101 102. yet his notorious murther and adultery are witnesses of his not fulfilling the will of God So then of Hezekiah of Iosiah and of David I may say that they haue fulfilled the will of God because with integritie of inward affections they haue desired the fulfilling thereof but to say that absolutely and simply they haue done this will of God I may not I dare not open my mouth If thou O Lord shalt mark what is done amisse O Lord who is able to abide it Let this then be our resolution concerning this point the holy Scriptures by this speech by this phrase to doe the will of God doe signifie perfect obedience of the whole man towards God perfect obedience both of body and soule yet because the chiefest part of this obedience is rooted in the minde the Almightie by the same phrase signifieth that hee is willing to accept the readinesse of our minds if it bee ioyned with faith in Christ for most perfect obedience to the Law And I adde this howsoever the Lord will accept the integritie of our mindes when it is

Could any in that great want of bread in the wildernesse haue looked for * Exod 16.15 Ps 105.40 Manna from Heaven Many a dewe and frost had they seene vpon the ground before but never the like Durst any presume to thinke that Iordan should run back that the red Sea should devide it selfe never did they so before yet now * Ps 114.3 5. Iordan runneth backe the red * Ps 136.13 Ex. 14 21 22. Sea devides it selfe The Babylonians woulde haue sworen that the Lions shoulde haue devoured Daniel and the fire the three children yet against nature the a Dan. 6 18. Lions became meeke and the b Dan. 3.26 fire merciful when they were to deale with the servants of the most Highe Excellent is that of CHRIST sleeping in the ship on a pillow suffring his disciples to be so long tossed with the violence of the Sea till they cried out LORD saue we perish for now in this extremity hee awaketh rebuketh the windes stilleth the stormes of the Sea and causeth a peaceable calme to follow Mat. 8.23 I shal not need to trouble you with the remeÌ„brance of Sampson of Iob of Peter of Paule of Lazarus and manie others miraculously aboue all hope freed from thirst from miseries from imprisonmeÌ„t from shipwracke from the graue it selfe and the like out of that which is before delivered the truth of the second proposition may be inferred God oftentimes differreth his helpe till greatest necessity Both these laide to our heartes and consciences and duely thought vpoÌ„ wil affoord comfort to our most fainting spirits for that they will stay our mindes on the leasure of the Lorde Thus should we thinke with our selues are we better then the spouse of Christ better then David better then any other the children of the Lord If not then in our greatest afflictions in the deepest griefe of our consciences voide of all spiritual coÌ„fort learne we of the spouse to seeke and never leaue seeking til we finde our best-beloved learne we of David to waite and never leaue waiting till our God encline to vs and heare our crie learne we of the rest of Gods children to request never leaue requesting with vnexpresseable sighes till God come with his right hand stretched-out to lift vs vp Why should we at the first looke to haue our desires Abraham was old before he had any children and so was Zacharie and yet in the end the Lord promised and also performed It is a certainety when we haue lest hope for obtaining our desires we may soonest receiue them God vseth not at the first to grant our requests but differreth them for the triall of our faith and patience that like as the wheat corne groweth not til it be dead so his workes may not answere our expectation till they seeme to vs vnpossible And therefore as Iudeth chap. 8.14 spake vnto the governour of Bethulia so let me to you my brethren provoke not the Lord our God to anger the words are in the latter end of the 14. verse My brethren provoke not the Lord our God to anger it followeth for if he will not helpe vs within these fiue daies he hath power to defend vs when he will even every day or to destroy vs before our enimies Do not you therefore bind the counsels of the Lord our God bind not the counsels of the Lord our God For God is not as man that he may threatned neither as the sonne of man to be brought to iudgement therfore let vs waite for salvation of him and call vpon him to helpe vs he wil heare our voice if it please him he wil heare our voice if it please him Therfore be of good comfort you that now sorrow for you shal be comforted you that now be hungry for you shal be satisfied you that now weep for you shal laugh The Lord wil shortly come beare but a little and in his time all shall be well with you all teares shall be wiped from your eies and be you assured that whatsoever he hath promised to you so true is he so good is he so himselfe is he so constant so vnmoueable is he it shal be fulfilled the LORD will rise earely to do it he will set wheeles as it were to his power and goodnesse that he may speedily bring it to passe And hath he promised in his good time to lift you vp So will he lift you vp Now a word or two of the thing he promised vnto you it is your exaltation your lifting vp Where we must be warned not to dreame of any temporary exaltation of any worldly lifting vp like the Iewes who dreamed of the restitution of Davids kingdome Mark 11.10 or like the Apostles who looked that Christ should shortly restore the kingdome to Israel Act. 1.6 Preferments should not be aimed at ambition should be put apart from vs for our exaltation is spirituall we shall be lifted vp but in a spiritual sense I deny not but it is God that advanceth the heads of the mighty over their brethren by him kings reigne and true it is preferment is neither from the * Psal 75.6 East nor from the West nor froÌ„ the South God is iudge he maketh low and he maketh hie he is the bestower of all temporall blessings Yet withall I know that such his blessings are bestowed in common as well on the wicked as the godly the Sunne shineth as well on the evil as on the good the raine falleth as wel on the vniust as the iust God bindeth not himselfe either to one or other but storeth vp his blessings for both health wealth honour and whatsoever else this world may affoord he storeth vp for both iust and vniust good and evill according as himselfe shal dispose to both Certaine it is he will dispose to both sorts but to whom of both sorts he will dispose it is not in man nor in any sonne of man to discerne Set we then our hearts at rest for any assurance wee haue of these temporall blessings without doubt our exaltation is spirituall and so shall we be lifted vp The holy are vouchsafed to enter into the kingdome of God but wee know this entrance must be through many afflictions Act. 14.22 Through persecutions and tribulations 2. Thess 1.4 All that will liue Godly in Christ Iesus shall suffer persecution 2. Tim. 3.12 Giue care yee faint spirits be strengthened yee weak hands yee feeble knees receiue comfort Is it true indeed that the godly must be known by the badge of afflictions of tribulations of persecutions Yet be yee not dismaide Be the burdeÌ„ you beare never so vnwildy be it never so heavy there is one in Heaven he can come a pace for he flieth vpon the wings of the winde who is able to master it to lighten it And therefore though we walke in the very shadow of death we must not take discomfort at it The Lord sitteth aboue the water flouds hee

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