Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	world_n	worship_n	worthy_a	68	3	6.5259	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37035	A commentarie upon the book of the Revelation Wherein the text is explained, the series of the several prophecies contained in that book, deduced according to their order and dependance on each other; the periods and succession of times, at, or about which, these prophecies, that are already fulfilled, began to be, and were more fully accomplished, fixed and applied according to history; and those that are yet to be fulfilled, modestly, and so far as is warrantable, enquired into. Together with some practical observations, and several digressions, necessary for vindicating, clearing, and confirming many weighty and important truths. Delivered in several lectures, by that learned, laborious, and faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, James Durham, late Minister of the Gospel in Glasgow. To which is affixed a brief summary of the whole book, with a twofold index, one of the several digressions, another of the chief and principall purposes and words contained in this treatise.	Durham, James, 1622-1658.	1658 (1658)	Wing D2805; ESTC R216058	1,353,392	814

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of_o ignorance_n darkness_n superstition_n and_o idolatry_n in_o the_o church_n and_o be_v assist_v with_o the_o power_n of_o hell_n for_o that_o end_n for_o as_o christ_n minister_n be_v say_v to_o have_v key_n from_o he_o and_o when_o they_o warrantable_o exerce_fw-la they_o it_o be_v the_o open_n of_o heaven_n so_o promover_v of_o heresy_n be_v minister_n of_o satan_n 2_o cor._n 11._o though_o they_o think_v it_o not_o of_o who_o antichrist_n be_v the_o chief_a he_o have_v the_o key_n of_o the_o pit_n that_o be_v a_o authority_n not_o allow_v by_o christ_n nor_o from_o above_o and_o the_o open_n of_o the_o pit_n with_o the_o key_n be_v the_o put_n of_o that_o assume_v power_n in_o execution_n such_o be_v spread_v of_o corrupt_a doctrine_n call_v therefore_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n 1_o tim._n 4.1_o and_o authorise_v man_n to_o propagate_v these_o without_o christ_n call_n who_o be_v

seditioso_fw-la liceret_fw-la petri_n sedem_fw-la invadore_fw-mi he_o take_v the_o papacy_n by_o force_n for_o this_o be_v the_o custom_n that_o any_o seditious_a person_n may_v by_o violence_n take_v up_o peter_n seat_n and_o in_o the_o life_n of_o sylvester_n the_o three_o eo_fw-la enim_fw-la pontificatus_fw-la devenerat_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la plus_fw-la largitione_n &_o ambitione_n non_fw-la dico_fw-la sanctitate_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la &_o doctrinae_fw-la valeret_fw-la be_v tantummodÃ²_fw-la bonis_fw-la oppressis_fw-la &_o rejectis_fw-la obtineret_fw-la quem_fw-la morem_fw-la utinam_fw-la aliquando_fw-la non_fw-la retinuissent_fw-la nostra_fw-la tempora_fw-la sed_fw-la hos_fw-la parum_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o papacy_n be_v come_v into_o this_o condition_n that_o not_o he_o who_o be_v holy_a and_o most_o learned_a but_o he_o who_o give_v many_a bribe_n and_o be_v most_o ambitious_a obtain_v it_o and_o that_o only_a by_o bear_v down_o and_o cast_v at_o good_a man_n which_o custom_n i_o wish_v our_o time_n have_v not_o retain_v but_o this_o be_v little_a of_o it_o etc._n etc._n 2._o there_o be_v grossness_n in_o their_o person_n for_o adultery_n cruelty_n devilrie_n john_n the_o 13._o omnibus_fw-la probris_fw-la ac_fw-la turpitudinibus_fw-la Ã _fw-la pueritiÃ¡_fw-la contaminatus_fw-la venationibus_fw-la siquid_fw-la temporis_fw-la Ã _fw-la libidinibus_fw-la supererat_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la orationibus_fw-la deditus_fw-la hic_fw-la sceleratissimus_fw-la in_o adulterio_fw-la comprehensus_fw-la confossus_fw-la fuit_fw-la a_o infamous_a and_o vile_a man_n even_o from_o his_o infancy_n what_o spare_a time_n he_o have_v from_o his_o lust_n be_v spend_v rather_o in_o hunt_v than_o prayer_n at_o length_n he_o be_v stob_v in_o the_o very_a act_n of_o adultery_n sylvester_n 2._o malis_fw-la artibus_fw-la sedem_fw-la adeptus_fw-la diabolum_fw-la socutus_fw-la cui_fw-la se_fw-la totum_fw-la tradidorat_fw-la eÃ¢_fw-la lege_fw-la diaboli_fw-la opem_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la ut_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la ejus_fw-la totus_fw-la esset_fw-la sylvester_n 2._o have_v get_v the_o papacy_n by_o unlawful_a way_n give_v over_o himself_o to_o the_o devil_n and_o get_v his_o help_n upon_o that_o condition_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v his_o whole_o after_o death_n 3._o great_a cruelty_n in_o their_o poison_n exhumate_v and_o behead_v after_o death_n their_o predecessor_n rescind_v all_o their_o act_n so_o that_o in_o steph._n 5._o haec_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la invaluit_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v more_o in_o chrystoph_n 1._o boniface_n 7._o hildebrand_n and_o many_o other_o 4._o innumerable_a schism_n some_o of_o they_o reckon_v 26._o decide_v ordinary_o by_o violence_n and_o some_o of_o they_o with_o two_o or_o three_o pope_n continue_v many_o year_n to_o say_v nothing_o of_o john_n the_o 8._o who_o martin_n and_o plat._n call_v a_o woman_n who_o of_o child_n birth_n die_v in_o procession_n from_o what_o be_v say_v also_o we_o may_v gather_v 1._o that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n be_v not_o full_o to_o be_v overturn_v by_o the_o turk_n but_o that_o there_o remain_v the_o great_a part_n undestroy_v by_o that_o plague_n upon_o which_o afterward_o the_o vial_n be_v pour_v forth_o chap._n 16._o god_n restrain_v and_o bound_v that_o destruction_n for_o the_o church_n and_o elect_v sake_n which_o he_o have_v reserve_v lurk_v among_o they_o 2._o we_o may_v see_v the_o tenaciousnesse_n of_o these_o man_n in_o not_o quit_v their_o idolatry_n and_o repent_v of_o their_o sin_n which_o make_v way_n for_o the_o come_n vial_n under_o which_o also_o it_o be_v mark_v chap._n 16.9_o that_o they_o repent_v not_o but_o go_v on_o in_o their_o blasphemy_n against_o god_n 3._o it_o appear_v that_o the_o idolatry_n and_o sin_n mention_v here_o and_o the_o man_n who_o continue_v impenitent_o in_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o idolatry_n and_o sin_n which_o the_o pagan_a world_n be_v guilty_a of_o who_o god_n by_o this_o 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the_o vocatione_n gentium_fw-la cap._n 16._o roma_fw-it per_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la principatum_fw-la amplior_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la arce_fw-la religionis_fw-la quam_fw-la solio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la that_o be_v rome_n through_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o priesthood_n or_o papacy_n be_v make_v large_a by_o the_o castle_n of_o religion_n than_o by_o the_o throne_n of_o power_n from_o which_o passage_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o rome_n before_o the_o papacy_n height_n be_v real_o short_a as_o wound_v in_o respect_n of_o what_o former_o it_o be_v and_o also_o that_o what_o pomp_n rome_n now_o enjoy_v and_o what_o dominion_n it_o have_v it_o have_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n let_v we_o add_v further_o some_o passage_n more_o 1._o out_o of_o socrates_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 11._o who_o speak_v of_o the_o violence_n of_o celestinus_fw-la who_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n say_v that_o he_o in_o exercise_v his_o power_n as_o also_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v go_v jamdudum_fw-la extra_fw-la fine_n sacerdotii_fw-la in_o principatum_fw-la saecularem_fw-la that_o be_v long_o since_o without_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o priestly_a office_n into_o the_o secular_a dominion_n and_o if_o it_o be_v true_a what_o be_v common_o assert_v by_o papist_n concern_v the_o donation_n of_o constantine_n whereby_o he_o give_v rome_n and_o the_o part_n about_o it_o to_o the_o pope_n to_o be_v possess_v by_o they_o as_o the_o patrimony_n of_o peter_n and_o that_o therefore_o purposely_o he_o leave_v rome_n to_o the_o pope_n upon_o that_o account_n think_v it_o fit_a etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la autem_fw-la par_fw-fr esse_fw-la censulmus_fw-la ut_fw-la nostrum_fw-la imperium_fw-la imperiique_fw-la potentiam_fw-la in_o orientem_fw-la transferemus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la principale_v sacerdotium_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la datum_fw-la Ã _fw-la rege_fw-la coelorum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aequum_fw-la ut_fw-la terrenus_fw-la 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constantine_n will_v not_o suffer_v the_o prime_a priest_n of_o the_o christian_n to_o be_v exceed_v in_o glory_n by_o the_o heathen_a priest_n who_o be_v ever_o adversary_n to_o christianity_n and_o these_o privilege_n be_v reckon_v by_o he_o thus_o haec_fw-la erant_fw-la privilegia_fw-la quibus_fw-la templorum_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la Ã _fw-la majoribus_fw-la traditis_fw-la fruerentur_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la eminebat_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la rex_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o conviviis_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la excubare_fw-la solebat_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o pontifex_fw-la maximus_fw-la arbyter_n humanarum_fw-la atque_fw-la divinarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la quod_fw-la breviter_fw-la narratum_fw-la habes_fw-la ex_fw-la festo_fw-la quanta_fw-la autem_fw-la potestas_fw-la in_o augur_n qui_fw-la comitia_fw-la irrita_fw-la reddere_fw-la &_o abdicare_fw-la etiam_fw-la consules_a magistratu_fw-la valeret_fw-la quae_fw-la paulo_fw-la ante_fw-la recitavimus_fw-la ex_fw-la cicerone_n declarant_fw-la vetitum_fw-la iis_fw-la erat_fw-la ait_fw-la plutarch_n equo_fw-la vehi_fw-la sed_fw-la uti_fw-la carpento_fw-la pro_fw-la amplissimÃ¢_fw-la dignitate_fw-la soliti_fw-la erant_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la peculiaris_fw-la mos_fw-la quod_fw-la affirmat_fw-la tacitus_n erat_fw-la carpento_fw-la capitolium_fw-la ingredi_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o videas_fw-la romanos_fw-la pontifices_fw-la quod_fw-la tradit_fw-la ammianus_n per_fw-la urbem_fw-la carrucis_fw-la vehi_fw-la procedunt_fw-la inquit_fw-la vehiculis_fw-la insedentes_fw-la circumspectÃ¨_fw-la vestiti_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o magna_fw-la illa_fw-la dignitas_fw-la esse_fw-la videbatur_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la idem_fw-la ait_fw-la nunquam_fw-la pileum_fw-la insigne_fw-la flaminum_fw-la

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