Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	afraid_a	fear_n	zion_n	21	3	9.0973	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02178	The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.; Works	Greenham, Richard.; Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.; Hill, Robert, d. 1623.	1612 (1612)	STC 12318; ESTC S120843	1,539,296	988

is it to giue vs his truth to enrich vs with his Gospell and to blesse vs with such abundance of temporall things Oh that this were knowne of vs oh that euery man would say Oh Lord what am I that thou shouldest shewe mee such mercie to giue mee the enioying of thy word and Gospell more than any other and giuing it to mee makest me to vnderstand it aboue many oh what am I that thou shouldest offer to mee this goodnesse I was borne and conceaued in sinne I haue multiplied and enlarged my corruptions both before since my calling my vnthankfulnes is great my vnworthines therefore greater and yet thou hast not ceased to preferre me in mercies before many If we consider the fearefull iudgements of God in consuming all hypocrites who will not say that many haue beene called and few chosen When we shall see I say in the day of the Lord his seuere iudgements to tread downe these hypocrites and cause them to goe from his presence to hell oh how wil we esteeme that we are in Christ and say Oh how loue I thy law For I see thy iudgements are equall and thou dealest not with me in iustice but in mercie not in anger but in loue not in wrath but in pittie therfore they couenant is sweete because I haue deserued thy iudgements and thou hast spared me Vers. 120. My flesh trembleth for feare of thee and I am afraide of thy iudgements HEre may seeme at the first to be some contrarietie betweene feare and loue sith loue causeth not but casteth out feare For he had saide in the verse going before that hee loued the testimonies of the Lord and here he saith that his flesh trembled for feare Wherefore at the first sight here is some shew of contrariety but indeed there is none For he saith My flesh trembleth c. whereby he sheweth that as he loued the law of God in his inward man and with his part regenerate so it is the outward and olde man and the part vnrenued which is full of corruption that did feare So that as hee had Gods spirit to renue his minde hee had this witnesse in him that he did loue the promises of God but because his flesh rebelleth against the Spirit and hee found many corruptions of nature remaining in him and threatning him that after hee was like to fall againe if the Lord yea but a little should leaue him he saith I am afraid least for my vnthankfulnes and vnworthie refusing of thy mercie thou shouldest leaue me to my selfe and so shouldest make a way to thy iudgements Thus there is an harmonie in the Prophet for because as the flesh hath a trembling feare so the spirit reioyceth Thus as wee haue often heard Gods children finde to their comfort in themselues faith in Gods promises and a delight in his word sometime they are grieued for the absence of this sweetnes of faith in the same For as the presence of Gods spirit bringeth ioy so the absence thereof feare as faith breedeth a loue of Gods promises so infidelitie maketh vs afraid of his iudgements Although Noah had great cause to loue the promises of God for his wonderfull deliuerance so he had great cause to feare himselfe that he might haue fallen afterward Lot also hauing good cause to beleeue and embrace the couenant of God for his safegard had iust occasion also to haue suspected himselfe that he was subiect to falling It is said Prou. 28. 14. Blessed is the man that feareth alwaies but hee that hardeneth his heart shall fall into euill For where feare is not there is securitie securitie breedeth hardnesse of heart and hardnes of heart bringeth Gods wrath Wherfore the Apostle writing to the Philippians shewing that God worketh in vs both the will and the deede of doing good least hereby they should draw to themselues security addeth that they must fill the course of their saluation in feare and trembling For if wee doe only well by Gods grace working in vs wee are much to feare the absence of it Wherefore wee see how the man of God did iustly feare his part vnregenerate This feare of Gods children differeth much from the feare of the wicked for it bringeth vs to the Lord and driueth vs not from the Lord it helpeth and hindreth not our prayers it hurteth not but furthereth our duties For it maketh vs to feare least wee should lose Gods grace it causeth vs to waite more and more to haue it and hauing it moueth vs by prayer to continue it When Noah had Gods fauour he feared and being warned of God as Heb 11. 7. of the things which were as yet not seene moued with reuerence prepared the Arke c So Habacuk hearing of the iudgement of God which should fall vpon the faithfull by the Chaldeans saith Hâ—b 3. 16. My bellie trembled my lips shooke at the voyce rottennes entred into my bones and I trembled in my selfe Paul said he preached with feare and trembling Thus wee see how the good Saints of God did feare because they knewe that if the Lord should enter into iudgement with vs no flesh should be saued and that there was nothing in them but of mercie and therefore they acknowledge their weaknes vnworthinesse and wretchednesse Wee see also that Gods children haue diuers affects according to their diuers estates and though sometimes they are quickened through faith other times they are most ready to sinne if they doe not sinne No maruell then though the children of God feare when they see that God restraineth their will the greater their feelings are yet are they mixed with a reuerent feare of Gods maiestie and sight of their own corruptioÌ„s least they should not abide his glorie and least they should not continue in their good things We see moreouer that this feare humbled Noah that the Prophets Apostles spake in feare which the Lord gaue vnto them either to prepare them to some grace which they should receiue or else more zealously to keepe some grace which already they haue receiued And where it might be obiected that loue casteth out feare wee must vnderstand of that seruile and excessiue feare which driueth vs away from God And seeing though wee feele Gods loue by faith wee will feare then much more had we neede so to doe when by infidelitie wee feele not this loue So wee must haue both feare to prepare vs to grace and wee must haue loue to continue vs in this grace And surely onely they with whom this thing hath been familiar doe knowe how loue and feare doe dwell together For as blessed experiencâ— hath taught some that by this feare they haue attained to speciall graces and continued in them by the same so also by wofull experience some haue found that for want â—f this they either haue not tâ—sted of the grace of God or else not continued in the same PORTION 15. AYN. Vers. 1â—1 I haue executed iudgement and iustice

diuels yet God is vnchaungeable and maketh them white as snow and as he loueth vs not simply for any wel doing so he doth not cast off his loue simplie for any euil doing We must often listen to that sweete Eccho which is betweene the Lord and our consciences Sinner saith the Lord I am thy saluation Father saith the sinner thou shalt be my saluation That we may be assured hereof it pleaseth the Lord euen to admit vs into his Tabernacle of coÌ„ference and will not only let vs tread in the courts but also giueth vs a stoolâ— to sit in his owne presence before the Arke yea and not onely giueth vs a roome in his Church but also diuideth vs our portion of heauenly consolation by his Spirit truth whereby not only our soules and bodies be holden together but also we grow from glorie to glorie from pleasure to pleasure vntill wee be made perfit in his Syon 34 The heart is God his owne part and that which must goe to the Lord Now as nothing should runne to common vses which was sacrificed to the Priests vnder the Law so the heart which is the Lords title must not be freely giuen to any possession but onely in for and from him 35 As of all mercies of God this is not the least that the Lorde will not let vs thriue in sinne but vouch safeth to crosse vs and meete vs in our way as hee did with Baâ—â—â—m going into an euill way So this of all iudgements is the sorest when the Lord taking away his carefull hand from vs shall suffer vs to prosper and growe cunning in sinne so as wee can rode thorow and cut downe whole woods drie vp whole fountaines and drinke vp manie riuers and ouerthrowe euery mountaine that stands in our way And therefore God his children are quickly espied to be bungerlike workers of sinne that the Lorde may shame them in this life but the wicked knit so close a web that they goe away with art and peace vntill the Lord shame them in the day of shame 36 As many being much diseased in bodie are the more thereby distempered in their mindes So manie troubled in minde bring a disorder of nature euen vpon their bodies And none more then conteÌ„tious persons who not looking to the hand of God but to the weaknes of man doe fret too much which is only to be remedied with considering of the vilenes of our sinne of the wisedome of our God Iob did not fume against the Chaldeans but humbled himselfe before God Dauid fretted not against Shimâ—i but cast himselfe into a searching of his conscience And wee shall finde by proofe that they that are much humbled for their owne sinnes are most meeke to others as also that they who are most contentious with others are not much humbled with their owne sinnes 37 It is one thing to haue our hearts hardening and another to haue them hardened Our hearts are hardened when there is litle hope of repentance or at least hard comming to repentance our hearts are hardening when we are but in the way to the other and this commeth either by wholly refusing of good things or by some carelesse vsing of them or else by doing of euill and suffering our selues to be hardened through the deceitfulnes of sinne This deceiueablenesse of sinne is either an inarching vpon vs after some good fruite or Christian profession when hauing beene any long time well occupied wee haue not through want of feare and priuie pride the former iealouzie ouer our thoughts but wee are ready to giue some larger libertie to our first motions motions breeding consent consent producing the action the action iterated bringing a custome and custome casting vs into hardnes of heart or else it slâ— lie stealeth vpon vs by leauing our exercises of religion by little little when we can leaue off for once without any necessitie one thing and â—notâ—â—r time another vntill at the length our desire die and our good purposes lye buryed â—re we â—e aware 38 Wee may learne to suspect our wisedome in matters concerning a better life euen by the wise men of the world in things concerning this life The Physition whose Arte hath bene fruitfull to manie will not content himselfe being fallen into some sicknes with his owne knowledge but will ioyne in conference with the more learned in that facultie for his recouerie The skilfull Lawyer hauing coÌ„mendablie handled the causes and controuersies of many Clients will not in his purchase or proper case trust to his owne practise but prouideth better for the matter by taking the aduice of many men of experience in that profession and yet in the matter of saluation in the great sicknesse of the soule and purchase of eternall life wee thinke our selues wise enough and that sinne can soone be plaistered and Heauen gotten with ease as though saluation were not worth the labouring for 39 Manie are readie to doe duties and they will also require duties and though they haue not duties answered to them yet they must goe forward in duties Manie will doe no iniurie and they will suffer no iniurie yet they must learne to beare iniuries and bee readier to receiue the second then to reuenge the first It is also true that many see their owne infirmities and will not see other mens and yet they espie not so manie things as they may espie Manie thinke they doe many good things and they doe so yet they doe not many things which they may doe And one may doe many things good in their owne natures and yet corrupt them in the manner of doing and by some blemish in the affection corrupt the beautie of the whole action Manie leaue many sinnes and doe manie good things thinking that all others should leâ—ue many sinnes too and that euery one should goe foote by foote by them and yet God giueth not the like measure to euery one Many rebuke a thing rebukable and when the offenders see it not they growe impatient and yet in wisedome wee should waite for the turning of the sinner Manie will forgiue when they see a man relenting neither is it any great matter yet this is a Christian dutie in deed by faith in God to hope and waite for the conuersion of a sinner in the meane time supporting all infirmities The naturall affection of parents with their children doth by hope vse great longanimitie and why should not we then vse the same and more in Christianitie For Gods children are to put vpon them the affection of fathers of mothers and of brethren and sisters to heare out and sustaine the infirmitie of our brethren Many do duties forbeare want of duties looke to the least infirmitie in themselues not prie into the defects of others and yet cannot away to bee adn onished but if a man can sustaine the rebuke of his friend and the reproch of his enemie not looking so

if we haue no loue of the Sacraments no care of discipline if our hearts be hardened all is not well either some iudgement of God is at hand or else we are to feare to be cast into some heresie or such like euill I finde that after Esay had prophecied a long time The Lord God who would not haue his name plasphemed seeing no amendment in his people comes with a greater maiestie and bids the prophet Esay 6. to tell them that they should heare but not vnderstand they should plainly see but not perceiue hee commandeth him moreouer to make their hearts sâ—t to make their eares heauie and to shut their eyes least they should see with their eyes heare with their eares and vnderstand with their hearts And because they would not make the word of God the sauour of life vnto life it should bee vnto them the sauour of death vnto death As this is especially meant of the vngodly yet surely the godly escaped not but by repentance It is the wisedome of God to vse all meanes and then to vse destruction when his word wil not serue We may be comforted euen at this day that the Lord yet giueth a scattering of his people and giueth vs some good ministers and magistrates but if we coÌ„sider of the Lords long suffering of vs of the peace abundance and many other graces bestowed on vs and yet so small amendment we trust for the remnants sake that the generall iudgement of God shall not as yet come vpon vs yet this sore saying should make vs afraide it is time for thee Lord to put to thine hand c. This may be much for the comfort of Gods children and for the discomfort of the wicked Vers. 127. Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue gold yea aboue most fine gold MArke here the spirit of the man of God Doe wee not see that this is a common rate the lesse religion is esteemed the lesse it is of the most regarded the greater the corruption of manners is the greater is the follie then this is a rare blessing of God when religion is in euery place hated euen then to loue religion when manners are euerie where corrupted euen then to be of good conuersation When in our time then we see so many kinds of religion as papistrie the sect of the Iesuites the family of loue Anabaptists and such like it is a singular grace of God to bee established in the loue of true religion When wee looke into their manners whether we turne vs to Magistrates or subiects wee shall neither finde zealous gouernment nor faithfull obedience If wee liued in a heauen among Angels or in a paradise with Saints and would defile our selues with sinne wee were worthie to be cast out of Paradise with Adam and out of the Church with Cain But to liue with Noah vprightly and to walke before God with him when all flesh hath corrupted his wayes or to liue iustly with Lot in the middest of filthie Sodomits or to keepe a pure religion or worship of God with Elias when not one can bee found that hath not bowed to Baal or to liue in keeping iudgement and iustice with Dauid where are so many oppressors of the truth to haue in this case an heart vpright both in religion and manners oâ— consider this to be an especiall worke of grace This we may also see both by naturall and ciuill reason we see the more generall and contagious a disease is the greater care we vse to watch ouer our health and the greater mercie of God we count it if we be not infected with the rest and shall wee not iudge the same in spirituall and more heauenly matters that the more hot sinne groweth to bee and like to ouerrun all shall wee not grow the more zealous of the saluation of our soules and thinke it the rarer grace of God if wee being subiect to the common sinnes are preserued from them In ciuill matters doe wee not see that now deceite in buying and selling vnfaithfulnes in bargaining is so great euery maÌ„ is circumspect to discerne ill dealings euery man almost is become a lawyer no man is ignorant of the common shifts of the world yet this maketh not men therefore to giue ouer their deedes but they make their deedes more sure neither doth deceitfull dealing keepe them the more from markets and faires but men are more carefull in their bargayning Do we loue the Church theÌ„ though there be so many corruptions of religion and so many corruptions of manners Let vs be more afraide of our selues and more carefull of the word and heedie in our liues than wee haue beene let vs listen to the word before the Lord hath sealed vp the prophecie least the wicked preuaile and the iust man make himselfe a pray Now is the time to repent it may bee that the Lord will mitigate his iudgements when they fal wil make his punishment particular and easier For then we truly feare the publike iudgements of God when wee feare the cause of them in our selues when we carrie not for the height of sinne but submit our selues with reuerence to all meanes of true religion and godly life and speedily iudge our selues for not looking to the least occasion of sinne watching ouer our soules that we become not remisse or with looser conscience of prayer the word sacraments or discipline And as it is a secret iudgement of God to passe from one sinne to another without any remorse of conscience vntill wee come to the contempt of the word so it is a speciall grace of God to be grieued with sinne in the beginning And surely that so many are giuen to ill workes and so few to good it is a manifest token seeing the word wil not moue vs to be zealous that the Lord will shortly send a iudgement vpon vs if not generall yet at the least particular This then is worthie noting in the man of God that the more religion decayed the more religious was hee the more godlinesse departed the more godly was hee which is a thing farre contrarie to our practises who allowe that which most doe and loue that least which most doe like making other mens examples placards for our sins For many will say how I pray liueth such a man how doth he doth not he liue an honest life can I follow a better man wee must not doe as other men doe but as the Lord commandeth by his word Let this then be a sure rule whereby euery man may examine himselfe if the more religion and manners decay thou art the more religious and godly thou shalt not be carried away with the common destruction but if thy zeale and care of godlines be the lesse then feare vnlesse thou repent as thou art wrapped in the common sinne thou shalt also be taken in the common reward of sinne Now that corruptions may not preuaile against vs wee must thinke there is as great

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