Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	abide_v	able_a	show_v	23	3	4.1722	3	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08566	The fiue bookes of the famous, learned, and eloquent man, Hieronimus Osorius, contayninge a discourse of ciuill, and Christian nobilitie A worke no lesse pleasaunt then profitable for all, but especiallye the noble gentlemen of England, to vievv their liues, their estates, and conditions in. Translated out of Latine into Englishe by VVilliam Blandie late of the Vniuersitie of Oxeford, and novv fellovv of the middle Temple in London.; De nobilitate civili et christiana. English	Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580.; Blandie, William.	1576 (1576)	STC 18886; ESTC S113632	145,792	234

called wyth whom I haue to deale may not deeme in any wyse worthy of contempt because they had no knowledge of true relligion which he in no wyse woulde haue to be magnifyed and were notwithstandinge partakers of trayterous attemptes the meanes of descryinge whereof hee supposeth worthye of great commendation But how obscure is their constaÌ„cie if it be compared with the valiaunt courage and magnanimitie of Christian men For if you respecte the cause they for hate of the tyraunts by whom they were annoyed paciently endured theyr cruell punishments our men for the loue of Christe of whom they had receyued wonderfull benefits thought all tormentes easye and tollerable If you weighe the exceedinge greatnes of the tormente the continuance thereof you shall finde them not common and vsuall as theyrs were but new and straunge tortures were deuised for Christians which as longe as might be moughte teare their liue bodies and wonderfully beate and bruse them Furthermore they when they were driuen to extreeme miserye and state of desperation seemed outwardlye to beare an externall shewe of their former worthines and hauty minde Christians when they had free election to accepte that they best liked of yet not with vnwilling minds they exchaunged a glorious and honourable death wyth a lyfe stayned wyth ignomye and shame If you regarde the nomber it is a ridiculous thing to set an infinite nomber against a very fewe Dost thou then despyse this holsome discipline oute of which hath bin yelded so manye notable and worthy examples of vertue Canst thou constantly affirme that the mindes of men are induced to thinke beastly and abiectly of themselues by this doctryne which hath with stoutnes far beyonde mannes creditte armed the tender nature of womeÌ„ and the feeble age of childred whiche hath stirren vppe so great a multitude to an ernest desire of prayse and glorye What peruerse ouerthwart perswasioÌ„ of mind is this that thou shouldest haue in admiration the vayn shadow of vertue and shouldest suppose true vertue worthy of no estimation at all But no doubte herehence procedeth this great erroure Thou doste beholde onely the externall forme of the Crosse of afliction that excellente vertue that vnder the forme of the crosse lieth hidden thou dost not beholde For the dull capacity of a simple vnderstandinge ouerwhelmed wyth darknes and with filth defiled is not able to abyde the bryghtenes of so cleare a lighte For the doctryne of Chryste as Paule saythe seemeth to wicked and desperate persons to haue a shew of ignoraÌ„ce and to muche humilitye But to them that are of a milde spirite and confirmed with the grace of God it sheweth a fullnes of heauenly wisedome and most excellent vertue For euen as in the personne of Chryst all men beeholde that face wherin as it was by the prophesie of Esaie foretolde there was no forced bewtye nor semelines and yet all men sawe not the glory of that diuine nature which Iohn beheld euen so manie through the lyke blyndes and wante of vnderstandinge contemne the lyfe of Christians voide of al wordlye pompe and are by no means able to beholde the excellent brightnes of Christian nobility BVt as concerning the Romain Empyre that we may say some thinge thereof albeit it semeth a thing far froÌ„ our intent and purpose hath not this fine fellow which is so expert in all matters of pollecie reade in most learned wryters that euen Cities themselues haue their chaÌ„ges and courses and that all comonwelthes do as it were by the course of nature rise and fal Neyther that it is possible that any thing vnder the Moone should be immortall and contynewe for euer All thynges as they haue a beegynnynge soe necessarye it ys that they shoulde ones decay and through the cruelty of death dispatchinge euerye thynge perishe and come to nothinge For how manye Cityes how many countryes and nations are beaten flat to the grounde and couered with moolde whiche long agoe most of all florished both by reason of their farr stretched Empyre and glory and renoomne purchased by famous and noble actes who hath ouerthrowen the dominions of the Assirians and Persians who hath wasted the wealth of the Athenians who hath abrydged the power pompe of the Macedonians Truely no other thinge can be alleaged as cause thereof but the natural course of the worlde then the which nothinge is more britle and vncertain For if Cirns had not vtterly extinguished the Assirians Empire if AlexaÌ„der had not as it were crushed in peces the power of the Persians if the Macedonians al Greece by the warres of the Romaynes had not beene vtterlye vanquished yet notwithstandinge it muste be graunted of necessitye that al these Empyres shauld haue bene destroyed with some other power or declyninge with age at last shoulde haue perished and decayed Wherefore it falleth oute that no wyse man doth wonder at the vtter subuersions and destruttions of common wealthes and on the contrary part they thinke nothing so worthy admiration as the continuaÌ„ce of a City established indued with great principallityes And therfore they suppose the question is rather to be asked why Sparta so many yeares continued in the selfe same maner of gouernmente and in the selfe same order of disciplyne then why the glorye and wealth of the Athenians so soone decayed And this also is soe much the more wonderful in the Romaines coÌ„mon wealth by howe mutch more this Cittye excelled all other that euer were in worthines both of glory and dominion For many thinges easelye beare vp themselues but the highest thinges by their owne peyse waight are come in sunder and fall doune to the grounde Therefore wheras this fareth it with all Cityes and countryes that no wyse maÌ„ wondereth at their fall but thinketh the cause of their longe continuance with greate studie to bee considered of as a thing very incredible This man well skilled as he himselfe thinketh in ciuill pollicie lamenteth the decaye and ruinous fall of Rome and as thoughe it shoulde haue beene perpetuall excepte it had beene hindered by the religion of Chryste hee argueth of cryme the sonne of God himselfe O thou man in madnes exceedinge all other dost thou aske what other thing hath decayed the welth of the Romayne Empyre First I answere that as that Citye was happely erected then grue to a more parfecte state and by noble actes florished theÌ„ confirmed with lawes and ordinaunces came to a perfecte rypenes of DominioÌ„ and was wonderfully aduaunced so was it necessary that it now yeelding to stooping olde age should at the length haue as it weere a laste daye to liue in and shoulde feele the heauy strok of the hand of death Furthermore this I affirme that all those good meanes by the which the Empyre was first established by the which it moughte haue beene mayntained in the same estate long before the birth of Chryste was lost and oute of their handes Canste thou in any wyse thinke

Greeke that Vngi in latine whyche in oure tonge is to bee annoynted THere was in tyme past an oyntment of greate holines and vertue white wonderfull solemne ceremonyes made wherwith they that were ordeined Pryestes Princes and Prophets were wont to be annointed And that it was lawfull for no man to enter into priesthode eyther to take vppon him the maiesty and aucthority of a Kinge except he were anoynted with this holye oyntment it is a thinge more commonly known then that itne deth by any man more amply to be discoursed And how Prophets should haue the same poured vpoÌ„ them it appeareth by the histories of kinges For ther God commaunded Elias to annoynt Ahael and Iehu and to create one king of Siria the other of Samaria Further he addeth Thou shalt anoynt Helizeus the soÌ„ne of Saphat and appoynt him a Prophet in thy roome It was not therefore at that time lawfull neyther to execute the office and dutye of a kinge nor to enter into holy orders of Pryesthode nor for Prophettes sometimes by diuine inspiration to foretel things to come or to enterprete any difficulte or secrete misterye except they had beene before with this oyle anoynted and consecrated Not truely because there was that vertue in Cassia or Cinamome or other sweet odoures tempered with oyle that without them wee should thinke no man able to attayne honour and soueragnetye But no doubte ther was another kynd of oyle secret and spyrituall wher of this compounde deuised by Moses was but a shadowe and outwarde signe without whiche no man could as his estate required gouern a kingdome no man vncorruptly exercise the most holy functioÌ„ of Priesthode no maÌ„ through the diuine spirite of Prophesie foretel things to come For no other thinge is this kynde of oyle but the ayde and assistance of the holy spyrite alwayes at hand and a heauenly gift by Gods gratious goodnes bestowed vpon pure and vndefyled myndes by the power whereof many abydinge here in earth haue after a sort obteyned the estate and condicion of heauenly wightes This is that oynment wherewith Christe was washed from top to toe as it is written The spirite of God resteth vppon me for that he hath anoynted me But Daniell doth not onelye Prophecye of the annoyntinge but sheweth that it is limitted within the space of iii. score and x weekes within which tyme it should come to passe that the stayne of sinne should be cleane washed away and the gilte of impyetye satisfied and the chefe of theÌ„ which are called holy should be annoynted not with any such oyle wherwith the bodye mought be for a shorte tyme through the swete smell and pleasant sauoure delighted but whereof the soule should receiue endles comforte euerlasting ioye and pleasure Which is more plainly in another place declared in this wise WhoÌ„ God hath anoynted saieth hee with the holy ghost and vertue And whereas al those functions which haue bene of olde time in some signe signifyed bestowed on diuers men were after a most excellente order and all at ones to be bestowed on Christ For his euerlastinge kingdom his most high priesthode was by diuine oracles foretoulde and he was called many hundred yeares afore the excellent Prophet seyng therfore he was after a wonderfull order to bee magnified with all glory and to be aduaunced aboue all men to the higheste estate of honoure meete it was that aboue all other partakers of the same inheritance and glory he shoulde be annoynted As it is wrytten in the boke of Psalmes Thovv hast loued rightuousnes and hated iniquity therfore God euen thy God hath annoynted the vvith the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felows A drop of Myrrh and Cassia hath destilled from thye garmentes He therefore aboundinge with sweete smelles and precious oyntmentes and therefore called by the name of Christ beyng appoynted kinge of kinges and aduaunced to the higheste dignity of Priesthode partaker of all determinations and purposes of God being the dealer and worker in them so gouerneth all thinges that he obteineth for vs at Goddes handes peace attonement and inspyreth into our myndes all good lessons and precepts of wisedome things far beyond the reach and capacity of mannes knowledge Therfore all those worthy tytles of Power holines and spirituall perfection in this one name of Chryste are conteined Seeynge therfore of that whiche plenteously abounded in Christe or kinge some parte was also deriued vnto them that walked in his wayes and folowed his aucthoritye whom he calleth bretheren companions pertakers of all those good thinges that should be geuen vnto himself therefore of good right the name of Chryste was applyed to theym and they were tearmed Christians eyther because they worshipped Christe or because they weere partakers of the same annoyntinge For thus it is written in Iohn You haue the annoyntinge from the holye one and you knovv all thinges And agayne shortlye after hee sayeth The annoyntinge that you receyued of him remayneth in you no neede haue you of anye man to teache you but his annoyntinge shall teach you all thinges Wheras therefore the vertue and efficacie of this annointment is suche that it is able to creat kinges to make Priestes to inflame the harts of al men with heauenly motions it is no doubte but that al true Christians are partakers of the perfection of all those worthye and honourable functions for they are not onelye kinges or chosen to bee pryestes as Iohn wryteth in his Apocalipse but they haue also a wonderfull knowledge of the hidden and secrete misteryes of god For more iustly maye you cal hym a kinge that here I mought omitte to speake of the incomparable riches of that eternall and spirituall kingdome which vseth the restraint of the Law of God to moderate his lustfull desires and to brydle the euyll affections and vices of the minde and directeth all his actions to the princely precepts and royall rules of Christ then hym that liueth in Princely aucthoritye and lyke a vyle drudge is a bond slaue to shame and sin More iustlye may youe call hym a pryeste whose holye and deuoute prayers doth farre and by a great many degrees excell in respecte of the perfection of pure relligion the sacrifice eyther in morning or euening vsed in old time then Caiphas who wyth sinfull hands did celebrate most detestable and horrible sacrifices More iustly maye you terme him a prophete which by the instinct of God knoweth many things which are aboue mans capacitie and knoweth the ready and most certayne way to saluation then Balaam who being blinded with desire saw not destruction for him prepared Diuinely therefore was spoken that Godly saying of Moses when he disputed of the worthines of Christian men You are quoth he a chosen people a Princely or peerles Priesthoode See how he ioyneth wyth the dignitie of a kinge the authority of Priesthoode For hee by no meanes would haue those auctorities seuered For he cannot wyth a good conscience exercise

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