Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	lord_n	wait_v	watch_v	3,962	5	11.2347	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07289	Saint Peters watch word the end of all things is at hand / digested into eight chapters, and published by R.M. minister ; perused and allowed.	Mavericke, Radford, b. 1561?	1603 (1603)	STC 17683A; ESTC S450	71,286	178

be whome when his Maister commeth shall find waking that is well occupied but if any of these shall say in a carelesse and contemptuous securitie surely my Maister will defer his comming leauing his owne place or dutie shall begin to smite his fellow seruants and to cate and drinke with the drunken his Maister shal come in a time when hee is not aware shall hew him in peeces and giue him his portion with hypocrites there shal be weeping and gnashing of teeth Here hence then we are first taught that euery one in this world aswel the highest as the lowest is but an officer vnto the king of heauen and shall one day giue an account of his office Secondly we are here taught that euery officer hath this peculiarly appropriate vnto him besides his office or worke namely to watch for the comming of his Lord and therefore it is that sometime we are compared vnto porters who must watch at the gates of our coÌ„sciences that the diuell step not in to steale away our soules sometimes vnto souldiers who watch in the field waiting for the coÌ„ming of the enemie sometimes vnto guests as the olde maner was in the east countrey to watch for the comming of the Bridegroome And that all are commaunded to watch least any should think theÌ„selves excepted it is proued by that conclusion of our Sauior in Marke Mark 13.37 And those things that I say vnto you saith Christ I say vnto al meÌ„ watch which watchfulnes is not opposed against naturall sleepe for it is a metaphoricall speech but against that carelesse securitie that vsually doth fall vpon all men in their seuerall callings Thirdly we are hereby plainly taught that there should bee none in this world without one office or other if they will account themselues seruants to this great king for if they haue not some office of their own they must either be idle which is accompanied with many mischiefs or they must be il occupied which is worse or they must be medling with other meÌ„s offices and dutyes which is worst of all Contrariwise here are hardly taxed all those that are called vnto any office and waite not on their office whether in the magistracy or in the ministry nay that indeuor not to do all the good they can in their offices and places not hiding but making some gaine of each talent committed vnto them Secondly all those wheresoeuer they are placed either in church or common weale are reproued what calling soeuer they are of that sleep in security watch not for the comming of their Maister Thirdly those multitudes of people that liue idle as drones haue no calling but flying froÌ„ place to place like flies that wil haue a taste of euery thing or il occupied like filthy duckes that euer liue in the puddle of sinne Fourthly all those are not a little to be blamed neither shall in the world to come escape vnpunished who when they shal heare or do any goodnes are alwaies a sleepe or in a slumber but to hurt or beguile their brethren are euer waking who are very ready to carrouse and play but haue no skill to watch and pray who can most willingly spend daies weekes to winne worldly wealth but thinke one houre in a week to long too much to be spared for the winning of their soules Last of all for a conclusion as euery one of vs are commanded to stand vpon our guard heedefully to watch the Castle of our bodies wherein the treasure of our soules are enclosed so there is not any one of vs but haue a secret watch within vs continually to waken vs and to giue vs warning which is the watchor Clock of our owne consciences spoken of in the Chapter before many are desirous to carry watches or clocks in their bosoms to giue them warning how time passeth away let vs therfore aboue althings haue regard vnto this watch which wee carry with vs wheresoeuer we goe which doth alwayes runne aswell by night as by day and giueth a checke euery minute and doth neuer stand still except it be to rustie and altogether choked with the filth of sinne This watch will both warne vs forewarne vs checke vs and cherish vs warne vs for any fault passed forwarne aduise vs to auoide dangers to come check vs and chide vs for falling into sinne comfort and cherish vs in doing any thing that is good These watches therefore are of more worth then worldlings can account of they are these goodly Geese which alwaies rest in the Capitol or market place of our minds who with their onely crying if it be well marked keepe the cittie of our soules from sacking to these if we hearken diligently we shal not lightly fall into any deadly sleepe of sin Acts. 20. â— as the young man Eutichus did though Paul continue his preaching vntill midnight but rather shall be ready at midnight while the godly slumber and the wicked sleepe 12 7 and when the crie is made come vnto the wedding to strike vs in the side as the Angel did Peter in the prison to wake vs warne vs with the wise Virgines to take our lamps prepared with the oyle of faith and flaming with the fire of loue in our hands and so to enter in with the Bridegroome into that great mariage of the Lambe before it be too late and the doores be shut at what time it shall be said to the foolish virgins that had no oyle in their lampes and vnto al the rest which would not be maried betimes by these clockes of their consoâ—â—ences but would spend all their time in the sleepe of sinne and securitie and had no care to watch for the comming of their Maister to all these I say when they shall stand without and knocke for mercy when it is the time of iustice the Iudge himselfe shal say vnto them depart hence I knowe ye not ye workers of iniquitie Wherefore let vs hearken betimes vnto this gracious watchword and forewarning of Saint Peter Be yee sober and watch But because hee had learned by his owne experience the weakenesse and frailenes of mans nature euen those that are best minded and that we as the Apostles in the Garden are neuer more heauy and sleepie then when daungers are neerest therefore vnto Christian watchfulnes he counselleth to adde faithfull prayer saying Be sober and watch vnto prayer the like counsell he giueth vs in another place when he warneth vs of the comming of our enemie saying Bee yee sober and watch for your aduersarie the Diuell as a roaring Lion seeketh whome he may deuoure whome resist saith he stedfastly in the faith the force of which faith must appeare in our prayers This Lesson also had Peter learned of our Sauiour Christ who tolde him and other the Apostles that though the Spiâ—â— were sometimes willing yet that the flesh is alwayes weake and therefore willeth vs to watch and pray And

almightie Creator being without beginning or ending Alpha Reuel 1.2 and Omega the first and the last hath made this world for a time and appoynted an ende thereunto to cut off all time Man Microcosmos In the creation of man the beautie of the world is to be seen who contayneth as also the Philosophers could say a similitude of the whole world in a verie little continent or body is first an infant theÌ„ a child then a young man after that comes middle age a shorte time more then doting old age then finis dissolutionis properans looke for the ending of this life The world likewise hath had an infancie from the beginning to Noahs floud The ages of the world then childhoode from Noahs floud to Abraham then youthful age from Abraham to Dauid then middle age vnto the captiuitie of Babylon a short time more then came our Sauiour Christ in the beginning of olde age which is also called the last age then high time to consider of the ending or dissoluing of all mortall things For how great folly should it be in any mortall man though neuer so strong by constitution of nature hauing once passed ouer not only his yong and youthfull age but his middle and strong age and entred into olde age if then he should not be mindfull of his ende how fast it stealeth on VVhat maruell then that Saint Peter knowing so many ages of the world passed and the last age of the world wel entred in if in a due coÌ„sideration thereof he breake out into this most Christian-like exclamation or forewarning which may very well be called his Watchword Finis omnium imminet The ende of all thinges is at hande Now if Saint Peter who liued but in the beginning or entrie of this last age were so carefull and regardfull to giue this Watchworde or fore warning of some great daunger ensuing how carefull and regardfull ought we to be that liue as it were in the last poynt of this last age so to receiue and consider of the same forewarning A good Meditation as may be most pleasing to the spirit of God and most profitable for the health of our soules For this cause onely was I incouraged to vndertake this little labour at times of leysure and to leaue this Watch-word with the Centinell of our English campe that euery Christian souldier hereby may be warned to keepe himself within the coÌ„passe of his gard or watch and that at no time he bee found either idle sleepie or ill occupied And that this thing may be the better effected the Watchword it selfe The end of all things is at hand ought throughly to be weighed and considered Our English translations sayth The weight of S. Peters wordes Now the end of all things is at hand euery worde carrying his waight Now the end is at hand The Apostle doth not forewarne of danger long after to be looked for neither dooth hee giue warning that the world shall haue an ende one thousande or two thousande yeares after The meaning of the Apostles wordes but speaking in the presentence saith Nowe the ende is at hand as if he should say now it is time for euery one to waite for the comming of his Maister nowe it is high time for euery one to haue a care of his businesse and to make vp his reckoning and account perfect The end of all things Saint Peter doth not say the end of some thing or the end of many things nor the end of most things but the end of althings the end of all things that are finite to be destroyed is at hand So then there is a double doctrine to bee drawne out of the verie bowels of the Text. A double doctrine First that there is no time of securitie left vnto vs Christians in this world Secondly that there is nothing in this world that can secure vs. For the first Gen. 6.3 though the old world had one hundred and twentie yeares warning before the floud came vpon them though the Cananites and Ammonites spent many hundred yeares in wickednesse before their sinne was at the full Though the Niniuites had fortie dayes giuen them for repentance Ionah 3.4 yet fithence the coÌ„ming of Christ in the flesh it is not read that euer there was any yeare or day No time giuen to liue securely in in this world Math. 4.17 Cap. â— 10 Christ and his Apostles preachers oâ— repentance Rom 13.12 or hour or minute giuen to any man to liue secure in or to deferre his repentance Christ himselfe saith Repent for the kingdome of God is at hand Iohn Baptist his foretunner saith Repent for the axe is laid to the roote of the tree Saint Paul the Doctor of the Gentiles he noteth vnto vs the reason of the time saying It is now time that wee shoulde arise from the sleepe of sinne The night is past the day is now come let vs cast away the workes of darknesse c. Therefore is it that saint Peter is bold to say Now the end is at hand it is high time to bee sober and watching in prayer Neither doth saint Peter onely vrge this argument to keepe vs from security but saint Paul likewise vrgeth the same when he sayth to the Corinthians 1. Cor. 10 11. These things are written for example vnto vs vpon whom the endes of the world are come Iam 3.8 And saint Iames sayth The comming of the Lorde draweth neare And the Iudge himselfe Beholde I come shortly Reu. 22.7.20 And surely I come quickly Out alacke then vpon the securitie of our dayes Duines in heauenly things and the dulnes of our vnderstanding in heauenly things we are verie pregnant to do euill but to doe well we haue no knowledge we are very skilfull to distinguish the seasons of the yeare but haue no skil to know the time of our visitation The Apostles of Christ said and haue put their sayings in writing long agone that the comming of Christ is at hand The Atheists neuer cried out faster then at this day 2. Pet. 3.4 Reu. 21.20 Where is the promise of his comming Christ himselfe sayth Surely I come quickely The vnrighteous Steward euery were sayth Mat. 24.48 Surely my Maister will deferre his comming Now whom must we belieue the Apostles or the Atheist the false Steward or Christ Iesus the Authour of all truth The Scripture hath alreadie decided this question Rom. 3.4 when it sayth Let God bee true and euery man a lier and if euery man be a lier no maruaile that the Atheists and deceitfull Stewards of this worlde deceyue themselues with lies and errors The error of the Atheist The error of the Atheist saint Peter setteth downe to be their ignoraunce in the knowledge of God and his worde measuring Gods eternitie according to their owne capacitie And so like vnto them that deceyue themselues thus they reason It is long sithence

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