Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	world_n	wrath_n	young_a	33	3	5.4895	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96830	Arcana dogmatum anti-remonstrantium. Or the Calvinists cabinet unlock'd. In an apology for Tilenus, against a pretended vindication of the synod of Dort. At the provocation of Master R. Baxter, held forth in the preface to his Grotian religion. Together, with a few soft drops let fall upon the papers of Master Hickman.	Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.	1659 (1659)	Wing W3336; Thomason E1854_2; ESTC R204117	284,533	643

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101._o 3._o mehnius_n justify_v faith_n can_v never_o be_v lose_v because_o it_o be_v peremptory_o give_v to_o the_o faithful_a in_o perpetuum_fw-la in_o anchor_n animarum_fw-la pag_n 107_o 4._o whitaker_n this_o be_v that_o justify_v faith_n with_o its_o necessary_a fruit_n which_o we_o maintain_v that_o we_o can_v never_o whole_o lose_v in_o cygn._fw-la cant._n 20._o 5._o piscator_fw-la it_o be_v impossible_a true_a believer_n shall_v fall_v from_o the_o faith_n the_o decree_n and_o federall_a promise_n of_o god_n withstand_v it_o in_o resp_n ad_fw-la duplic_fw-la vorstii_fw-la pag._n 246._o &_o pag._n 326._o the_o natural_a infirmity_n of_o the_o flesh_n whereby_o they_o may_v lose_v faith_n be_v so_o restrain_v and_o hinder_v by_o the_o absolute_a and_o effectual_a decree_n of_o god_n that_o it_o can_v break_v forth_o into_o act_n et_fw-fr pag._n 238._o there_o be_v a_o fatal_a necessity_n of_o the_o perseverance_n of_o the_o faithful_a because_o it_o depend_v upon_o god_n absolute_a decree_n 6._o contra-remonstrantes_a they_o who_o have_v once_o believe_v have_v no_o need_n to_o fear_v perdition_n in_o collatine_n hagi_n p._n 32._o 7._o gomarus_n they_o who_o have_v receive_v the_o gift_n of_o faith_n and_o charity_n though_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o humane_a frailty_n it_o be_v possible_a they_o may_v total_o lose_v they_o yet_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o his_o gracious_a conservation_n by_o his_o spirit_n it_o be_v impossible_a in_o declar._n sententia_fw-la suae_fw-la pag._n 33._o 8._o d._n damman_n the_o elect_n can_v never_o fall_v total_o nor_o final_o de_fw-fr persevere_v pag._n 169._o &_o pag._n 27._o we_o know_v though_o the_o spirit_n may_v be_v grieve_v in_o the_o faithful_a yet_o can_v he_o not_o be_v total_o excuss_v or_o quench_v 9_o thysius_n but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o elect_n who_o though_o they_o do_v fall_v yet_o they_o can_v but_o be_v renew_v ad_fw-la sum._n baron_n pag._n 73._o and_o because_o m._n baxter_n call_v that_o addition_n notwithstanding_o the_o most_o enormous_a sin_n they_o can_v commit_v a_o perverse_a insinuation_n behold_v the_o author_n of_o it_o be_v 1_o contra-remonstrants_a it_o be_v not_o true_a that_o they_o who_o may_v fall_v into_o grievous_a sin_n and_o commit_v the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n may_v fall_v whole_o from_o the_o faith_n in_o coll._n hag._n in_o 5._o artic._n 2._o zanchy_a though_o by_o their_o grievous_a sin_n they_o may_v trouble_v the_o spirit_n and_o weaken_v faith_n yet_o the_o spirit_n do_v not_o whole_o depart_v from_o they_o nor_o be_v faith_n whole_o extinguish_v l._n miscel_n in_o depul_n calum_fw-la pag._n 305._o 3._o rennercherus_fw-la those_o who_o god_n have_v once_o receive_v into_o favour_n their_o sin_n and_o guilt_n be_v abolish_v they_o he_o preserve_v in_o his_o grace_n as_o just_a person_n so_o that_o they_o can_v fall_v from_o grace_n and_o perish_v through_o any_o sin_n because_o they_o be_v and_o remain_v pardon_v in_o they_o in_o catena_n cap._n 27._o 4._o piscator_fw-la the_o ten_o head_n of_o doctrine_n object_v to_o our_o divine_a be_v that_o the_o regenerate_v can_v lose_v their_o faith_n through_o any_o heinous_a sin_n but_o this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n that_o john_n teach_v contra_fw-la schaff_n pag._n 12._o 5._o mehnius_n the_o son_n of_o god_n though_o they_o fall_v into_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o solomon_n commit_v they_o be_v always_o convert_v before_o the_o day_n of_o death_n in_o anchor_n anim._n p._n 125._o 6._o perkins_n the_o foundation_n of_o our_o salvation_n be_v lay_v in_o the_o eternal_a election_n of_o god_n so_o that_o a_o thousand_o sin_n yea_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o all_o the_o devil_n that_o be_v in_o hell_n can_v never_o make_v void_a god_n election_n it_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o sin_n may_v harden_v our_o heart_n and_o weaken_v our_o faith_n and_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o we_o but_o they_o can_v take_v away_o faith_n nor_o 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bertius_fw-la it_o follow_v that_o if_o the_o elect_n can_v die_v in_o mortal_a sin_n then_o if_o they_o always_o go_v on_o in_o mortal_a sin_n they_o shall_v never_o die_v to_o this_o doctor_n damman_n answer_v i_o grant_v it_o but_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o elect_n can_v always_o go_v on_o in_o sin_n and_o pag._n 144._o the_o decree_n of_o election_n do_v imprint_v upon_o man_n and_o his_o affection_n a_o inevitable_a necessity_n both_o of_o believe_v and_o persevere_v and_o therefore_o we_o think_v the_o righteous_a do_v always_o persevere_v and_o can_v but_o persevere_v pag._n 146._o and_o therefore_o he_o conclude_v they_o need_v not_o consult_v about_o their_o perseverance_n nor_o fear_v fall_v from_o grace_n pag._n 123._o thus_o we_o see_v the_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v make_v evident_a throughout_o every_o one_o of_o the_o five_o article_n and_o i_o hope_v this_o be_v more_o than_o abundant_o sufficient_a to_o clear_a tilenus_n from_o the_o guilt_n of_o the_o 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absolutam_fw-la tantum_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la an_fw-mi deus_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la una_fw-la statuatur_fw-la insipiens_fw-la ex_fw-la altera_fw-la injustus_fw-la fusque_fw-la deque_fw-la habent_fw-la salvo_n tantum_fw-la fato_fw-la syncretismus_fw-la orthodoxus_n constat_fw-la hoc_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la admittit_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la verissima_fw-la dicat_fw-la in_fw-la spongiam_fw-la incumbat_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la albo_fw-la orthodoxorum_fw-la deleatur_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la absolutum_fw-la decretum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la fatum_fw-la tessera_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la dignoscitur_fw-la a_o quis_fw-la sit_fw-la orthodoxus_n etiamsi_fw-la id_fw-la dicat_fw-la unde_fw-la necessario_fw-la consequitur_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la insipientem_fw-la stulium_fw-la injustum_fw-la tyranno_fw-la quovis_fw-la crudeliorum_fw-la peccati_fw-la authorem_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quae_fw-la alia_fw-la ejus_fw-la generis_fw-la blasphema_fw-la sunt_fw-la exam._n cens_fw-la p._n 63._o b._n sive_fw-la apol._n pro_fw-la confess_v remonstrant_fw-la supralapsarian_o of_o all_o sort_n as_o well_o as_o sublapsarian_o conspire_v in_o this_o but_o it_o be_v the_o test_n of_o their_o calvinisme_n that_o we_o be_v to_o bring_v they_o to_o and_o where_o shall_v we_o find_v such_o a_o test_n as_o will_v secure_v we_o of_o the_o sincerity_n of_o these_o man_n judgement_n calvin_n himself_o be_v not_o such_o a_o test_n he_o sometime_o personate_v the_o sublapsarian_a as_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n m._n dort_n act._n synod_n ed._n in_o fol._n 1._o part_n p._n 203._o m._n have_v dress_v he_o up_o otherwhile_o he_o act_v the_o part_n of_o a_o supralapsarian_a as_o he_o be_v bring_v upon_o the_o stage_n by_o the_o remonstrant_n 65._o remonstrant_n apolog._n pro_fw-la confess_v remonstr_n p._n 64_o 65._o and_o beza_n tread_v in_o the_o very_a footstep_n of_o his_o master_n in_o this_o art_n of_o double_a deal_n as_o will_v plain_o appear_v to_o any_o that_o 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such_o strength_n and_o accoutrement_n as_o be_v leave_v they_o according_a to_o the_o notice_n they_o have_v of_o the_o prince_n his_o pleasure_n but_o be_v unable_a naked_a wretch_n as_o they_o be_v to_o subdue_v their_o prince_n enemy_n he_o be_v inform_v that_o now_o he_o have_v a_o just_a cause_n to_o fall_v upon_o they_o and_o take_v away_o their_o life_n and_o according_o sentence_n be_v give_v and_o the_o fatal_a block_n and_o axe_n employ_v for_o a_o present_a execution_n if_o any_o shall_v complain_v that_o this_o be_v great_a severity_n towards_o poor_a wretch_n make_v miserable_a by_o their_o father_n miscarriage_n which_o they_o can_v no_o way_n hinder_v or_o consent_v unto_o be_v no_o way_n privy_a to_o it_o master_n baxter_n be_v a_o able_a advocate_n to_o justify_v these_o proceed_n he_o will_v tell_v we_o if_o one_o shall_v say_v these_o man_n be_v appoint_v to_o death_n without_o any_o regard_n to_o their_o disobedience_n it_o be_v for_o their_o disobedience_n and_o neglect_n of_o duty_n that_o the_o prince_n decree_v to_o behead_v they_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o behead_v though_o not_o of_o the_o decree_n itself_o here_o it_o will_v be_v seasonable_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o a_o subtle_a distinction_n which_o some_o of_o this_o party_n make_v use_v of_o to_o maintain_v that_o horrible_a decree_n as_o master_n calvin_n call_v it_o 38._o antid_v p_o 38._o and_o yet_o to_o free_a god_n justice_n supralapsarian_o supralapsarian_o as_o they_o suppose_v from_o the_o imputation_n of_o severity_n it_o be_v one_o thing_n say_v they_o to_o predestinate_a and_o create_v unto_o damnation_n another_o thing_n to_o predestinate_a and_o create_v unto_o destruction_n god_n say_v they_o have_v reprobate_v and_o create_v to_o destruction_n the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o mankind_n without_o any_o respect_n at_o all_o to_o sin_n in_o they_o but_o he_o have_v not_o preordain_v or_o doom_v any_o one_o man_n to_o eternal_a damnation_n and_o the_o synod_n make_v a_o great_a use_n of_o this_o word_n damnation_n without_o respect_n to_o sin_n come_v between_o what_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o this_o opinion_n or_o distinction_n when_o god_n condemn_v the_o world_n he_o perform_v the_o office_n of_o a_o judge_n who_o pronounce_v sentence_n upon_o the_o guilty_a and_o therefore_o he_o have_v in_o that_o capacity_n a_o respect_n to_o forego_v sin_n as_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o that_o his_o sentence_n but_o when_o he_o do_v reprobate_a to_o eternal_a destruction_n he_o use_v his_o right_n of_o dominion_n of_o vid._n act._n syn._n dort_n part_n 3._o pag._n 67._o of_o as_o a_o absolute_a independent_a and_o supreme_a lord_n who_o be_v bind_v to_o none_o deal_v thus_o by_o his_o creature_n without_o any_o intuition_n or_o sight_n of_o sin_n and_o transgression_n in_o they_o as_o himself_o please_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o so_o many_o man_n make_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n power_n and_o sovereignty_n 7._o sovereignty_n see_v the_o assembly_n confess_v of_o faith_n chap._n 3._o thes_n 7._o rather_o than_o that_o of_o his_o justice_n the_o end_n of_o reprobation_n finis_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la est_fw-la gloria_fw-la dei_fw-la nam_fw-la sic_fw-la deus_fw-la demonstrat_fw-la liberam_fw-la svam_fw-la potentiam_fw-la &_o jus_o summum_fw-la faciendi_fw-la de_fw-la suis_fw-la creaturis_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la say_v the_o divine_n of_o embden_n in_o their_o suffrage_n de_fw-fr artic._n 1._o thes_n 2._o hypothe_n 4._o pag._n 76._o and_o that_o now_o mention_v distinction_n do_v enable_v the_o supralapsarian_o to_o hold_v their_o own_o opinion_n and_o yet_o to_o subscribe_v to_o the_o decree_n and_o article_n that_o define_v damnation_n to_o be_v in_o consideration_n of_o sin_n only_o and_o this_o be_v a_o great_a help_n to_o accomplish_v that_o harmony_n and_o consent_n not_o so_o much_o of_o mind_n and_o meaning_n as_o of_o mode_n of_o speech_n and_o phrase_n which_o we_o find_v in_o that_o synod_n and_o now_o be_v not_o this_o decree_n notable_o calculate_v to_o set_v forth_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o divine_a attribute_n first_o god_n reprobate_n and_o create_v the_o great_a number_n of_o man_n to_o destruction_n to_o set_v forth_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o sovereign_a power_n so_o say_v the_o supralapsarian_o and_o then_o that_o the_o divine_a justice_n may_v have_v her_o share_n in_o glory_n order_n be_v take_v by_o the_o same_o decree_n which_o comprehend_v the_o mean_n as_o well_o as_o the_o end_n 57_o end_n see_v gomar_n th._n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la disput_fw-la 1604._o th._n 23._o and_o m._n norton_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la pag._n 56_o 57_o that_o sin_n shall_v fall_v in_o to_o make_v those_o person_n guilty_a that_o they_o may_v be_v a_o object_n fit_a for_o justice_n to_o triumph_v over_o under_o a_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n and_o though_o this_o be_v a_o very_a common_a doctrine_n among_o the_o great_a light_n as_o they_o be_v repute_v of_o those_o church_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o 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evenisse_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la transeunte_fw-la in_o rem_fw-la permissam_fw-la h._n e._n deum_fw-la voluisse_fw-la ut_fw-la adamus_n laberetur_fw-la d._n twiss_n in_o vind_z grat._n l._n 2._o p._n 1._o sect._n 2._o c._n 12._o vigr_n 3._o p._n 142._o col_fw-fr 2._o what_o ever_o public_a profession_n they_o have_v make_v to_o detest_v it_o a_o four_o doctrine_n which_o the_o synod_n do_v purposely_o disow_v and_o public_o profess_v to_o detest_v be_v that_o reprobation_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o infidelity_n and_o impiety_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o election_n be_v the_o fountain_n and_o cause_n of_o faith_n and_o piety_n that_o sin_n follow_v the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n by_o a_o unavoidable_a necessity_n be_v the_o express_a affirmation_n not_o only_o of_o piscator_fw-la zanchy_a etc._n etc._n but_o of_o many_o synodist_n also_o reprobationem_fw-la tria_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la privatio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la peccata_fw-la &_o poenae_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la say_v gomarus_n otten_n disp_n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la resp_n otten_n there_o be_v three_o thing_n which_o follow_v reprobation_n the_o denial_n of_o grace_n sin_n and_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o they_o do_v follow_v it_o as_o the_o fruit_n of_o it_o be_v the_o affirmation_n of_o festus_n hommius_n 216._o hommius_n thesaur_n catech._n pag._n 216._o fructus_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la sunt_fw-la desertio_fw-la vel_fw-la privatio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o mediorum_fw-la induratio_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o fruit_n of_o reprobation_n be_v desertion_n or_o the_o deprivation_n of_o god_n grace_n and_o mean_n sufficient_a and_o necessary_a induration_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o divine_n of_o wedderau_n do_v confess_v that_o a_o necessity_n of_o sin_n do_v follow_v from_o the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n 2_o de_fw-fr 3_o &_o 4._o art_n in_o corol._n p._n 134._o par_fw-fr 2_o and_o this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o whole_a synod_n in_o their_o canon_n for_o they_o say_v man_n can_v but_o sin_n without_o god_n regenerate_v grace_n which_o he_o have_v decree_v to_o deny_v or_o deprive_v they_o of_o as_o be_v show_v above_o even_o master_n baxter_n himself_o do_v acknowledge_v and_o profess_v that_o

conditum_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la conditum_fw-la sed_fw-la adhuc_fw-la integrum_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la lapsum_fw-la peccatoque_fw-la corruptum_fw-la idem_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr gratia_n dei_fw-la pag._n 173._o etc._n etc._n cap._n 1._o artic._n 7._o and_o although_o these_o several_a party_n differ_v huge_o in_o fix_v the_o object_n of_o the_o decree_n yet_o there_o be_v no_o considerable_a difference_n among_o they_o touch_v the_o mean_n and_o manner_n of_o carry_v it_o on_o from_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n to_o the_o final_a execution_n of_o it_o of_o which_o the_o synod_n canonical_a declaration_n be_v this_o that_o election_n be_v the_o unchangeable_a purpose_n of_o god_n by_o which_o before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n according_a to_o the_o most_o free_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n and_o of_o his_o mere_a grace_n out_o of_o all_o mankind_n fall_v through_o their_o own_o fault_n sin_n fault_n so_o they_o call_v adam_n sin_n from_o their_o first_o integrity_n into_o sin_n and_o 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tantum_fw-la sunt_fw-la castigationes_fw-la paternae_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la illorum_fw-la they_o be_v nothing_o but_o fatherly_a chastisement_n design_v for_o their_o good_n and_o such_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o divine_n of_o drow_v f._n par._n 3._o pag._n 275._o f._n insert_v among_o the_o act_n of_o the_o synod_n whereas_o say_v they_o the_o remonstrant_n do_v maintain_v that_o the_o faithful_a may_v fall_v from_o grace_n there_o be_v a_o thousand_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n against_o it_o and_o present_o after_o we_o will_v add_v but_o one_o testimony_n more_o it_o be_v say_v rom._n 8.28_o that_o all_o shall_v work_v together_o for_o good_a to_o they_o that_o love_n god_n if_o all_o the_o evil_n wherewith_o they_o be_v chastise_v then_o their_o very_a sin_n also_o quae_fw-la peccata_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la in_o impiis_fw-la interdum_fw-la habent_fw-la rationem_fw-la poenae_fw-la sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsissima_fw-la peccata_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o fidelibus_fw-la 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shall_v be_v a_o pensioner_n to_o he_o during_o life_n he_o that_o know_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v enlist_v and_o to_o have_v fight_v against_o the_o enemy_n though_o he_o be_v for_o the_o present_a a_o captive_a in_o the_o

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