Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	ghost_n	holy_a	interpretation_n	2,811	5	9.4838	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16120	An exposition touching al the bokes of holie Scripture, and their excellencie		1553 (1553)	STC 3033.5; ESTC S120619	39,647	110

olde and newe testament For that teachyng wherby our religioÌ„ was taught our forefathers in types and figures is called the olde testament but that which without figures describeth and sheweth vnto vs Christe the perfectioÌ„ of the lawe is called the newe testament not therfore newe because the olde fathers knewe not Christe but by conferryng settyng it together with the olde and because a new people eueÌ„ the coÌ„gregation of gentiles is receiued into this league through Christ preachyng of the gospel And hereby now you maie the better perceiue howe the bible is called the olde new testameÌ„t For the selfe written bookes of the bibles are no more the newe testament it selfe then the tables writinges testamentarie or of leagues are the testameÌ„t or league it selfe and yet of all men be thei called the testameÌ„t league Thus of the thing that thei doo describe thei take this name Because then that in the former bokes of the Bibles be declared preceptes promises factes rites traditions and diuers waies wherby God hath instructed ledde mankinde in his testament in his league true religioÌ„ therfore Olde testameÌ„t saie I thei called it the old testament And because the latter bookes declare vnto vs how in Christ al thinges are fulfilled made new in dede restored again how also a newe people gathered together of the Iewes gentils is ioigned into one bodie in faith charitie worship God in Christ New testameÌ„t therfore were these bookes called the newe testameÌ„t Touchyng the title purpose of our heueÌ„lie philosophie thus moche haue we spokeÌ„ in general After wil we brieflie expoune what matier is coÌ„teined in ech boke seuerallie But first wil I speake somewhat of placyng the bokes of the olde and new testament and how thei stande in ordre S. Hierome in the preface to the bokes of kinges Daniel The numbre and ordre of the bookes of the olde Testament sheweth that the olde testameÌ„t is diuided by the Hebrues into the lawe the prophetes holie bookes writteÌ„ by holie men called in greke Hagiographa So he nuÌ„breth of the lawe .v. bokes Genesis Exod. Leuiti Numeri The first ordre Deutero this he maketh the first ordre In the seconde whiche he calleth of prophetes The seconde ordre he putteth .viij. bookes Iosue Iudges wherunto he ioigneth the little boke of Ruth Samuel Malachim Esaie Ieremie with his lameÌ„tations Ezechiel and the .xij. prophetes He also hath noted that these .xii. prophetes be not nuÌ„bred of the Hebrues and the .lxx. interpretours in al one ordre and the interpretours to reken thus Oseas Amos Micheas Ioel Abdias Ionas NahuÌ„ Abacuk Sophonias Haggeus zacharias Malachias The Hebrues to folow this ordre Oseas Ioel Amos Abdias Ionas Micheas Nahum Abacuk Sophonias Haggeus zacharias Malachias The bookes called Hagiographa he rehearseth .ix. Hagiographa Iob the Psalmes whiche is compreheÌ„ded in .v. particions and one volume the Parables of Solomon his Ecclesiastes the Canticles the booke of Daniel the Chronicles Esdras to whiche is ioigned Nehemias and the boke of Ester Al these put together he thinketh of tholde law to be gathered xxii bokes He warneth vs yet that there be some which count the booke of Ruth and the Lamentations of Ieremie emong Hagiographa and set theim in this ordre First the boke of Paralipomenon whiche with vs is diuided into two bokes then the Psalmes the Prouerbes of Solomon nexte after theim Iob. Ruth foloweth him Ecclesiastes hath the sixte place the LameÌ„tacions of Hieremie the seuenth the Canticles the eight Esther the ninthe Daniel the tenthe Esdras and his coÌ„panioÌ„ Nehemias the last The holie writinges whiche be next in aucthority to the bokes of the first seconde order those by likelihod thei called Hagiographae as first writteÌ„ made by holie men the other ascribe thei to God himself affirming him and not man to be the maker of theim Bullingers minde touching these bookes To speake freely as I thinke I doe not see why by as good reason God maie not bee accoumpted to be the maker of these bookes aswel as of thother and why thei of the firste and seconde order maie not in likewise be called Hagiographa Saincte Peter speaking of all the Prophetes aswell of Dauid Daniel and Solomom as of other No prophecie in the Scripture saieth he hath any priuate interpretacion ii Peter i For the holie Scripture came neuer by the wil of man but holie men of GOD spake as thei were moued by the holie Ghoste Verely that these bee of equall auctoritie with the other it is proued partly by many Argumentes and especially by this that the LORDE Iesus and the Apostles in teaching and confirming true and sounde Religione vsed aswell the Testymonies of the Psalmes of Daniel and other bookes emong those called Hagiographa As of Moses Esaie and other There bee some whiche of the matiers that the bookes treate of In other diuision diuide all the Olde Testamente into fower partes Into the Lawe Histories Preceptes of Wisedome and Prophetes Of the Lawe thei recken fiue Bookes whiche bee well knowen to all menne Thirtene of Histories Iosue Iudicum Ruth fower of the Kinges two of Paralipomenon Esdras Nehemias Hesther and Iob. Of wisedome the count those three moste excellente of Solomon the wiseste of all mortall Menne Into the Prophetes thei putte the Psalmes the fower greate Prophetes and the twelue lesser I wil not kepe from you the Iudgemente of Iosephus touching the bokes of the Olde Testamente The iudgemente of Iosephus touching these bookes disputing against Appion There bee not with vs saieth he innumerable volumes discording one with an other emong theimselues But there be onely twoo and twentte bookes whiche conteine the iuste order of al times whiche also are rightlie beleued to bee written throughe the inspiration of GODDE Of them fiue bee called the Bookes of MOYSES conteinyng Lawes of liuyng the firste Creacione of Manne and his ofspringe vntill the death of Moyses himselfe And from that time vnto Artaxerxes whiche emong the Persians reigned after Xerxes the Prophetes and soche as liued at those daies haue writteÌ„ in thirtene bokes the actes that were dooen The other fower teache Hymnes praises to god wardes preceptes rules of liuyng From Artaxerxes vntill our time all thinges bee written whiche yeat neither are woorthie so greate credite nor so to bee estemed as are the firste matiers Euen for this verelie that the Prophetes folowed not still in one course one after other nor throughly be knowen what thei were To these woordes streight waies he addeth whiche greately setteth foorth the aucthoritie of the Scriptures Hereby therefore it is plaine saieth he how reuerently we vse our scriptures For in so many hundred yeres comming and going neuer durst any man put to take awaie nor chaunge anything but into all men of our nation is this faieth in maner graffed To beleue all these to

is made easie what ioined not wel is wel knit together what was out of course is set in good order brought to good Latine that base was before Now if the Hebruish maners of speaking and endicting do so greatly displease you why doe you not prepare for vs Latine Bibles surely euen because the writinges of Paganes do please you better What a thing is this To encrease our Substaunce wee sende our children into FrauÌ„ce into Italie into the farthest partes of Spaine to learne perfectlie the languages of those nacions that thei may the better the more readilie traffique with the FreÌ„chemen Italians spaniardes Here we spare for no labour we spare for no cost all is counted sweete profitable Only to learne the holie tong to accustome our selues to her maners of speaking whiche bee somewhat straunge vnto vs is thought painfull vnprofitable and a thing in no wise mete for gentle wittes Lo thus in dede doeth our malice shewe it self Verely if to learne holie thinges we did bestowe yea but half the time diligence whiche it greueth vs not to wast vpoÌ„ matiers nothing worth holie scripture shold of vs be lesse despised more should be liked her facioÌ„s of speaking though seldome in vse yeat very cunning cleckelie Now touching the lerning in holi scripture I se not what other thing true learning is then very Wisedome neither what wisedome is other then very philosophie For Cicero himself in his seconde boke De off saieth Thei that desire wisedome are called Philosophers neither is Philosophie anie thing els by interpretation theÌ„ the loue of wisedome And wisedome as it is defined of the Philosophers is a science of Gods matiers and of mens and of the causes wherin those thinges be conteined After which fashion Plato also in the booke that he wrote De Philosophia sheweth that the office of a Philosopher is to know heauenlie thinges and to gouerne worldelie matiers comprehendyng in that one Philosophie contemplatiue and in the other Philosophie actiue For the Platonistes deuide all Philosophie into Speculatiue actiue and Sermocinal Diuision of Philosophie after the Platonistes Vnto Speculatiue thei haue appointed Metaphysike natural Philosophie the Mathematicalles vnto actiue Ethical Political and Economical vnto Sermocinal Grammar Logique and Rhetorique And by Sermocinal thei thought an entraunce to be made into Philosophie actiue and coÌ„templatiue in which staÌ„deth the exercise streÌ„gth of true wisedome Of these thinges Cicero also maketh meÌ„cioÌ„ in his first boke De Academicis questionibus Further if holie writte lacke learnyng then lacketh it wisedome also that is science of godlie and worldlie matiers Againe if the holie bookes teache the knowlege of thinges perteinyng to god and man then teache thei wisedome so consequently true Philosophie But let vs se what thinges be entreated of and taught in the Bibles or this heauenlie Philosophie that therwith also briefelie and as it were by a shewe it maie appere vnto the reader what thing he should loke for by knowyng the Bibles how in theÌ„ the goodnesse of god hath set out to the worlde most aboundauÌ„tlie the great riches of his high knowlege wisdome Biblia in the plural nuÌ„bre onely Biblia are called volumes or bokes For in Greke Biblos or BiblioÌ„ is a volume or boke So this name is borowed of the Grecians and geuen to the holie scripture is as moche to saie as holie bookes or the booke of holie thinges This selfe same holie booke is called a testament and in dede a testameÌ„t both olde and new Sometime in holie writte Testament Testament is taken for the last wille and ordinaunce of him that is diyng And after this speakyng we saie he made his testament that is he testified the meanyng of his minde shewed how he woulde haue all thinges disposed and ordered and by a trope called Metalepsis Testament is taken for the thing it selfe that is bequethed Metalepsis so forgeuenes of sinnes is in holie scripture called a testament This woorde TestameÌ„t is vsed also for a league or couenaÌ„t For God hath bound him selfe vnto vs by a league shewyng the coÌ„ditions therof bothe what we shoulde looke for of him also what we our selues ought to dooe The coÌ„dicions be God wil be a true god that is a father in al sufficiencie pleÌ„tifulnes to al men And ther be bound to reuereÌ„ce and worship this God for their God in faith innocencie charitie And hitherto dooe belong al the promises I am thy God the god of thy seede after the. The sede of the woman shal breake the head of the serpent In thy sede all the tribes of the earth shal be blessed Again hitherto pertein al the preceptes of liuyng inespeciallie the .x. commaundemeÌ„tes Thou shalt haue no strauÌ„g god before my face Be ye holie for I also am holie Loue thy neighboure as thy selfe And this testament and league this ordinacion of God is vnchaungeable is one and euerlasting For there was neuer at any time any moe then one onely churche neuer but one onely true faieth and religion of saintes Question How theÌ„ haue we the names of old new testameÌ„t Verely of the maner of shewyng Solution teachyng deliueryng it vnto vs. As touching the very substaunce it is but one onely For whosoeuer wel considereth what thinges were taughte oure forefathers he shal perceiue that thapostles of Christe haue taught vs none other Entent of the Bible To them it was shewed that there was one God that he onely was to be worshipped that in spirite innocencie and faieth Also that there is one only iustice and redeÌ„ption of the world onely one priest and true sacrifice euen Iesus Christe the sonne of God man Immortalitie also of soules risyng again of the bodies to be hoped for of God And what other thinges haue the Apostles of the Lorde taught vs So then touchyng the substauÌ„ce of faieth and of the Testament al one and the very selfe same thing is taught to vs bothe Now for the maner howe all one and the selfe same thing was taught vnto vs and them Paule writeth and saieth Vnto our forefathers all thinges did chaunce in a figure and to vs be those thinges come without a figure For God hath geuen Christ vnto vs whiche is the perfection of the lawe that now we shoulde worship as present and past that is complete and fulfilled that whiche our forefathers had in a shadowe as yet to be fulfilled or rather to be loked for And thus is sene the diuersitie in the fashioÌ„ of teaching Thei had figures we haue the thing it self Thei reioised in outward thinges and ceremoniales we without figures enioie spiritual thinges that were signified And hitherto perteineth the priest hode of Aaron and the diuers bloudie kindes of sacrifices the figures of the priesthode and sacrifice of Christe And by this diuersitie in teachyng rise these wordes

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