Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	adoption_n	cry_v	father_n	9,732	5	5.0154	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09946	A preparation to the due consideration and reverent comming to the holy communion of the body and blood of our Lorde The contentes whereof followe in the next page.	Barker, Christopher, 1529-1599.	1580 (1580)	STC 20203; ESTC S106589	16,377	96

sisters Therefore if we be such whatsoeuer we be in the estimation of the worlde wee are most honourable And if wee haue all the vaine titles of worldly honour heaped vpon vs be not such we are most vile and contemptible in the sight of God for God maketh more accompt of his children then of all the creatures of the worlde beside as euery father more esteemeth his naturall sonnes and daughters then any other thing hee hath in the world yea for them the world was made for them the sonne of God became man and suffered death for their redemption for them the worlde is continued that their full nomber out of all ages might bee gathered in which God hath appointed them to liue and when the nomber of them is once accomplished and fulfilled this worlde shal be at an ende and Christ shall come to giue theÌ„ all together that perfect rewarde which God hath promised he for them hath deserued What worldly dignitie haue it neuer so swelling titles of honour and glory can be comparable to this high dignitie of true Christians If we should speake of the soÌ„nes of Knights Lordes Earles Dukes c. they are all surmounted and excelled by the childreÌ„ of Kings Emperors and for what cause but that the maiestie of Kings and Emperours so farre passeth those meaner titles of honor before rehearsed It followeth then of necessitie that the more excellent the parents are the greater is the dignitie of the children and consequently by howe much the eternall glory and maiestie of God excelleth the honor dignitie of earthly Kinges and Emperours by so much the dignitie and honour of Gods children exceedeth the honour and dignitie of Kings and Emperours children Wherefore if in respect of worldly honor we worthily esteeme those happy which haue bin borne of earthly princes much more ought we to accompt them blessed in heauenly spirituall dignitie vnto whom this prerogatiue is graunted that they should be called the sonnes of God For thereby they are assured not onely to bee mainteined and protected by the gouernour of all things in heauen and earth but also they are certainly perswaded to receiue such an inheritance as it is meete for the Almightie creator of al things to bestowe vpon them whom he accepteth taketh for his welbeloued children yea such is his bountifull goodnesse towardes vs his adopted sonnes and daughters that as his chosen vessels S. Paul doeth testifie he hath made vs assurance and by the earnest of his holy Spirit put vs in possession though not yet in full fruitioÌ„ of that most roial inheritance which he giueth to his onely naturall sonne our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ Rom. 8. And as the Spirit of adoption by which we crie Abba father which is the Spirite of trueth and therefore can not deceiue vs beareth witnes inwardly to our spirits that we are the sonnes of God So it hath pleased our heauenly Father outwardly by holy signes and Sacraments to testifie the same vnto vs which Sacraments as seales of his promises which are dayly preached vnto vs out of his holy worde he hath giuen for a further and more full confirmation and strengthening of our faith and most perfect assuraÌ„ce of those things which hee hath promised by which Sacraments also he doeth not onely signifie and shewe what he hath purposed to doe for vs but also worketh effectually in those that bee his true children the same thinges which he doeth signifie and teache by them For as by his holy worde hee teacheth vs that after he is reconciled with vs for Christ his sake hee accepteth vs for his deare children and assureth vs that he will neuer forsake vs but continue his mercie and loue towardes vs for euer and euer euen so he testifieth and ratifieth the same by his holy Sacraments For in as much as it is necessary that if we be the childreÌ„ of God we must know that wee are borne of God it hath pleased him in the Sacrament of Baptisme which is the lauer of regeneration or newe birth to testifie vnto vs that by vertue of the blood of Christ washing away our sinnes as water doeth the vncleannesse of our bodies by the grace of his holy Spirite working wonderfully in our soules our olde man is abolished and we borne anewe of water and of the holy Ghost to be the children of God Being thus assured of our spirituall birth that we shoulde not doubt of our euerlasting preseruation in the same state of Gods deare children hee hath prepared vs also a spirituall nourishment of meate and drinke by which we should be fedde to euerlasting life namely the flesh blood of Iesus Christ which was broken and shedde for vs vpon the crosse that it might be spirituall foode to all them that shal be partakers of it by faith Of which euerlasting foode and nourishment hee hath giuen vs a seale or sacrament in his holy Supper that receiuing that bread and cup of the Lorde worthily according to his holy institution we shoulde no more doubt that our soules are spiritually fedde and nourished with the precious body and blood of Christ to the forgiuenes of our sinnes and life euerlasting then wee doubt that the outwarde elements which wee haue taken into our bodies according to their quantitie doe feede and nourish the same vnto the maintenance of this temporal life Whereby wee may easely see vnto howe great honour wee are called of our Sauiour Christ wheÌ„ we are made partakers of that most holy and heaueÌ„ly Table wherein he setteth forth vnto vs most vnworthy wretches of our selues to sitte at his high Table no meaner foode then his owne flesh blood to be a spirituall nourishment vnto our soules whereby wee are made one body with him and members one of an other and an holy temple of GOD through the Spirite of Christ dwelling in vs and Kinges and Priestes do reigne with him and praise his holy name for euermore â§ An instruction how a Christian ought to be occupied before he presume to come to the Table of the Lord. SALOMON in the 23 Chapter of his Prouerbs exhorteth them which shal be partakers of an earthly princes table to haue due consideration of their behauiour thereat to be vsed and of such meates as shal be set before them how much more ought a Christian diligently to weigh with him selfe when he is called vnto the high Table of the Lord by whom hee is called whither he is called vnto what he is called and for what end he is called Verely a Christian man when hee is bidden to this royall banket is called by no person of meane estate in this life nor by any of the highest dignitie in this worlde but by him that made them all and in comparison of whose excellencie they all are but dust and ashes It is euen the Lord our GOD the creator maker of all things most holy most righteous hating and abhorring all

A PREPARATION TO THE DVE CONSIDERATION AND REVERENT COMming to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Lorde THE CONTENTES whereof followe in the next page IMPRINTED AT LONdon by Christopher Barker Prin ter to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1580. The Contents 1 What an high dignitie it is to bee a Christian and partaker of the holy Sacraments of Christ 2 An instruction howe a Christian ought to bee occupied before he presume to come to the Table of the Lord. 3 Howe dangerous a thing it is to come vnworthily or vnaduisedly to the holy Communion 4 A prayer to bee truely penitent for our sinnes before we receiue the holy Sacrament of our Lord. 5 A prayer to be sayde immediatly before the receiuing of the holy Communion and in the time of the celebration therof 6 A thankesgiuing after the receiuing of the holy Communion 7 An excellent Psalme of King Dauid 8 A prayer for our Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth To the most excellent vertuous and our dread Soueraigne Lady Elizabeth Queene of England France and Ireland c. Grace mercie and euerlasting peace from God the Father through Iesus Christ our Lorde HAVING CONsidered and called to memorie most gracious Soueraigne the manifolde blessings and benefites giuen by the incomparable mercie of God to vs your subiects by your ministerie and the execution of your Kingly office and vnder your Maiesties protection and most peaceable gouernement wherein we doe not onely enioye and quietly possesse the fruite of our labours and all other our temporal commodities but that which is many thousaÌ„d times more worth euen the libertie of conscience the preaching and hearing of Gods most sacred trueth the fruition and vse of the most holy Sacraments of our Lord Iesus Christ which are seales vnto vs of the assurance of our inheritance in the kingdome of GOD. And on the otherside hauing throughly weighed our contempt and ingratitude to Almightie God to his sonne Iesus Christ and to your Maiestie by whom as the onely meane from God we reape all these good things and are defended and mainteined in this our happie state I cannot inough wonder nor sufficiently lament to see for the most part how litle we regarde and how seldome we come to the hearing of Gods most holy worde and to the celebration of these his most holy mysteries and when we do come howe rudely vnaduisedly and vnreuerently it is cannot be but most feareful and most pitifull to beholde Wherefore most gracious Queene and dread Soueraigne the zeale and duetie I owe to the glory of GOD and to the honour of your Maiestie who cannot but be greatly dishonoured in this our negligence hath enforced me to procure the ayde of an excellent learned and godly man to compile three short instructions or admonitions vpon the three first titles or contents in the seconde page of this litle manuel whereunto are added certaine most needefull praiers and thankesgiuing all which may properly be entituled A preparation to the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Lorde to the ende wee may be moued with better consideration of the benefits we receiue in these sacred mysteries and also with the greatnesse of the danger for the abuse and contempt of the same Most humbly beseeching your Maiestie according to your accustomed goodnesse to accepte in good parte this my simple and vnskilfull seruice that by your good acceptation hereof many of your Maiesties most honorable housholde and others also may be drawen and procured to the exercise of the same to their further instruction comfort and consolation by the working of Gods holy Spirit to whom with the Father the Sonne be all glory for euer and to your Maiestie a most honorable long and prosperous raigne ouer vs with all other his mercifull blessings in this life and in the life to come ioy felicitie and continuall dwelling with all the blessed Angels and Saints in the kingdome of God world without ende AMEN Your Maiesties most lowly subiect and seruant C. Barker What a high dignitie it is to be a Christian and partaker of the holy Sacraments of Christ SAINT IOHN the Euangelist in the first Chapter of his Gospel writeth that our Sauiour Christ comming into the worlde which was made by him was vnknowen of it yea comming among his owne of his owne was not receiued but yet to as many as receiued him he gaue this dignitie that they should be called the sonnes of God which are borne not of flesh nor of blood nor of the will of man but of God By which testimonie of the holy Ghost wee may vnderstande howe great and excellent is the dignitie of true Christians namely that they be the children of God begotten not carnally but spiritually of God himselfe And that we should not deceiue our selues by a false imagination of christianitie as it is commonly called and reputed in the blinde world the same scripture teacheth vs who be true ChristiaÌ„s in deede not euery one that is so called or would be so accounted not euery one which hath taken vpon him the outward signe and badge of christianitie which is the Sacrament of Baptisme but onely those which receiue Christ are true Christians and the children of God But who are they that haue receiued Christ that they may be partakers of so high a dignitie euen they which seeing acknowledging and confessing their owne shameful miserable and damnable estate which they haue not onely receiued by propagation from their parents but also haue wilfullye incurred through the iust iudgement of God for their owne sinnes do willingly ioyfully and thankfully heare obey this voyce of our Sauiour Christ Mat. 11. and 28. Come vnto mee all ye that labour and be heauy laden and I will refresh you And so reposing their whole trust and confidence in the mercie of God whose iustice they know to be satisfied in the merites and sufferings of his onely begotten sonne our Lorde and Sauiour Christ their whole and onely Redeemer doe willingly take vpon them the sweete easie yoke of Christ which he requireth in the next verse to bee taken of all them that come vnto him looke to be refreshed by him which yoke of obedience vnto the rule of Christ though it seeme harde and vnpleasant to bee borne vnto the corrupt nature of man yet vnto the children of God whose weakenes is assisted by the holy Ghost their faults coÌ„mitted of weaknesse are washed away with the blood of Christ there is nothing more sweete pleasant and delectable insomuch that Dauid vpon this consideration preferreth the Lawe of God before hony and the hony combe in sweetenesse protesting that it is more to bee desired then all iewels of gold and precious stones Beholde these are true ChristiaÌ„s which haue receiued Christ by faith and gladly bring out the fruits of faith in all godlinesse of life to the glory of God their Father and the profite of Gods children their brethren and

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