Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	believe_v	holy_a	scripture_n	6,955	5	5.9774	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03519	Certayne sermons, or homelies appoynted by the kynges Maiestie, to be declared and redde, by all persones, vicars, or curates, euery Sondaye in their churches, where they haue cure. Anno 1547.; Certain sermons or homilies appointed to be read in churches. Book 1.	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; Church of England.	1547 (1547)	STC 13640; ESTC S110029	106,479	184

examples of holy scripture we maye knowe that as we forsake God so shall he euer forsake vs. And what miserable state doth coÌ„sequently and necessariely folow therupon a man maye easely consider by the terrible threatenynges of God And although he considre not al the sayde miserie to the vttermost beyng so great that it passeth any mans capacitie in this lyfe sufficieÌ„tly to coÌ„sydre thesame yet he shal soone perceyue somuch therof that if his hart be not more then stony or harder then the Adamant he shall feare tremble and quake to call thesame to hys remembraunce Fyrste the displeasure of God towardes vs is commonly expressed in the scripture by these twoo thinges by shewynge hys fearefull countenaunce vpon vs and by turnyng his face or hiding it from vs. By shewyng his dreadful countenaunce is signifyed his great wrath but by turnynge hys face or hidinge therof is many tymes more signified that is to saye that he clerely forsaketh vs geueth vs ouer The whiche significacions be taken of y e properties of mens maners For men towardes them whome they fauour commoÌ„ly beare a good a chearefull and a louing countenauÌ„ce so that by the face or countenauÌ„ce of a man it doth commonly appere what wyl or minde he beareth towardes other So when God doeth shew hys dreadfull countenaunce towardes vs that is to say doeth send dreadful plagues of sword famyne or pestilence vpon vs it appereth that he is greatly wroth with vs. But when he withdraweth from vs hys woorde the righte doctryne of Christe hys gracious assistence and ayde which is euer ioyned to hys worde and leaueth vs to our awne wit our awne wyll and strength he declareth then that he beginneth to forsake vs. For where as God hath shewed to all them that truely beleue his Gospel his face of mercy in Iesus christ whiche doeth so lighten theyr hartes that they if they beholde it as they ought to do be transformed to hys Image bee made partakers of the heauenly light and of hys holy spirite and bee fashioned to him in all goodnes requisite to the childreÌ„ of God so if they after do neglecte thesame if they bee vnthankefull vnto hym if they ordre not their lyfes accordynge to hys example and doctryne and to the settyng furth of hys glory he wyll take awaye from them hys kyngdoÌ„ his holy word wherby he should reigne in theÌ„ because they bryng not furth the fruit therof that he loketh for Neuertheles he is so mercifull of so long sufferauÌ„ce that he doth not shewe vpon vs that great wrathe sodainly But when we beginne to shrinke from his worde not beleuing it or not expressing it in oure liuinges firste he doeth send hys messengers y e true preachers of his worde to admonish vs of our dutie that as he for hys part for y e great loue he bare vnto vs deliuered his awn sonne to suffre death that we by hys death myghte be deliuered froÌ„ death be restored to the lyfe eternall euermore to dwel with hym to be partakers and inheritors with hym of hys euerlastyng glory and kingdome of heauen so agayn that we for our partes shoulde walke in a godly lyfe as becoÌ„meth hys chyldreÌ„ to do And if thys wyl not serue but stil we remayne disobedient to hys worde and wyll not knowyng him not louing him not fearing him not puttyng our whole trust confideÌ„ce in him and on the otherside to our neighbors behauing vs vncharitably by disdayne enuye malice or by coÌ„mittyng murther robbery adultry gluttony deceipt liyng swearyng or other like detestable workes vngodly behauioure then he threateneth vs by terryble coÌ„minacions swearynge in great angree that whosoeuer doeth these workes shall neuer entre into his reste whiche is the kyngdome of heauen Now if this gentle monicion and comminacion together do not serue then god will shewe his terrible countenauÌ„ce vpoÌ„ vs he will powre intollerable plagues vpon our hedes after he wyll take away froÌ„ vs all hys ayde assistence wherwith before he did defend vs from all such maner of calamitie As the EuaÌ„gelical prophet Esaye agreyng with Christes parable doth teache vs saiyng That God had made a goodly vineyarde for hys beloued children he hedged it he walled it rounde about he plaÌ„ted it with chosen vynes made a Turret in the myddes therof therein also a wine presse And when he loked that it should bryng hym furth good grapes it brought furth wylde grapes and after it foloweth Now shall I shew you saieth God what I will do with my vyneyarde I wil pluck doune the hedges that it may perysh I will breake downe the walles that it may be trodeÌ„ vnder fote I wil let it lie wast it shall not be cutte it shall not be didged but briers and thornes shall ouergrowe it I shall coÌ„maunde the cloudes that they shall no more rayne vpon it By these threatenynges we ar monyshed y t if we whiche are the chosen vyneyarde of God bryng not furth good grapes y t is to say good workes y t may be delectable pleasauÌ„t in hys sight wheÌ„ he loketh for theÌ„ when he sendeth his messengers to cal vpon vs for theÌ„ but rather bring furth wyld grapes y t is to say sower workes vnswete vnsauery vnfruictfull theÌ„ wil he plucke away all defence suffre greuous plagues of famyne battaile dearth death to light vpoÌ„ vs. Finally if these do not yet serue he wil let vs lie wast he wil geue vs ouer he wyl turne away froÌ„ vs he will dygge delue no more aboute vs he wil let vs alone suffre vs to brynge furthe euen such fruite as we wyl to bryng furth braÌ„bles bryers and thornes all naughtynes all vice that so abundantlye that they shal cleane ouergrow vs suffocate strangle vtterly destroye vs. But they that in thys worlde lyue not after god but after theyr awne carnal libertie perceyue not thys greate wrath of god towardes them that he wyll not dygge nor delue any more about them that he doeth let them alone euen to them selfes But they take thys for a great benefite of god to haue all theyr awne libertye so they liue as carnall libertye were the true libertye of the Gospel But god forbidde good people that euer we should desyre such libertie For although god suffre sometymes y e wicked to haue their pleasure in thys world yet the end of vngodly liuyng is at length eternall destruction The murmuryng Israelites had that they longed for they had quayles enough yea til they were wery of theÌ„ But what was y e end therof their swete meate had soure sauce eueÌ„ whiles the meat was in theyr mouthes y e plague of God lighted vpoÌ„ theÌ„ sodainely they died So if we liue vngodly God suffreth vs to folowe our awne wylles to haue our awne delightes pleasures correcteth vs not w t some plague it is

and wretchednes of this world and the very entry into rest and a beginnyng of euerlastyng ioye a tastyng of heauenly pleasures so great that neither toungue is able to expresse neither eye to se nor eare to heare them no nor for anye earthly mans hart to conceyue them So excedinge greate benefites thei be whiche God our heauenly father by his mere mercye and for the loue of his sonne Iesus Christe hathe layed vp in store and prepared for theim that humbly submitte themselfes to Gods wil and euermore vnfainedly loue him from the botome of their hartes And we oughte to beleue that death beyng slayne by Christe cannot kepe any man that stedfastly trusteth in Christ vnder his perpetuall tiraÌ„ny and subiection but that he shall ryse from death agayne vnto glory at the last daye appoynted by almighty God lyke as Christ oure head did ryse agayne accordinge to Gods appoyntement the thyrde daye For sainct Augustine saieth The head goynge before the meÌ„bres trust to folowe come after And sainct Paule saieth if Christe be rysen from the dead we shall ryse also from thesame And to comforte all Christen persons herein holye scripture calleth this bodiely death a slepe wherin maÌ„s senses be as it were takeÌ„ from hym for a ceason and yet when he awaketh he is more freash then he was when he went to bed So althoughe we haue our soules seperated from our bodyes for a ceason yet at the general resurreccion we shalbe more freash beautifull and perfite then we be now For now we be mortall then we shal be immortall now infect with diuers infirmities then clerely voyde of all mortall infirmities now we be subiect to all carnall desyres then we shalbe al spirituall desiryng nothynge but Gods glory thinges eternal Thus is this bodiely death a doore or entrynge vnto lyfe and therfore not so muche dreadfull if it be rightly considered as it is comfortable not a mischief but a remedy of all mischief no enemy but a frende not a cruel tyrauÌ„t but a geÌ„tle guide leadyng vs not to mortalitie but to immortalitie not to sorow and payne but to ioye and pleasure and that to endure for euer if it be thankefully taken and accepted as Gods messenger and paciently borne of vs for Christes loue that suffered most paynfull death for oure loue to redeme vs from death eternall Accordynge hereunto saincte Paule saieth our lyfe is hidde with Christ in God but when our lyfe shall appere then shall we also appere with hym in glorye Why then shall we feare to dye consideryng the manifolde and comfortable promises of the Gospell and of holy scriptures God the father hath geuen vs euerlastynge lyfe saieth S. Ihon thys lyfe in is hys sonne he that hath the sonne hath lyfe he that hath not y e sonne hath not lyfe And this I wrote saieth S. Ihon to you that beleue in y e name of the sonne of God that you maye knowe that you haue euerlastynge lyfe and that you do beleue vpoÌ„ the name of the sonne of God And our sauior Christ sayeth he that beleueth in me hath lyfe euerlastynge and I wyll rayse him froÌ„ death to lyfe at the last day Sainct Paule also sayeth that Christe is ordeyned and made of God oure righteousnes our holynes and redemption to the entent that he which wyll glory should glory in the Lorde Sainct Paule did contemne and set litle by all other thynges estemynge them as dunge whiche before he had in very greate pryce that he might be found in Christ to haue euerlasting lyfe true holynes righteousnes and redeÌ„pcion Finally S. Paule maketh a playne argument in this wise If our heauenly father woulde not spare his awne naturall sonne but dyd geue hym to death for vs how can it be that with him he shoulde not geue vs all thynges Therfore if we haue Christ then haue we with him and by him all good thinges whatsoeuer we can in our hartes wish or desire as victorie ouer death sinne and hel we haue the fauor of God peace wyth hym holynes wysedome iustice power lyfe and redempcion we haue by hym perpetuall health wealth ioye and blysse euerlastynge All those therefore haue great cause to be full of ioye that be ioyned to Christ with true faythe stedfast hope and perfyt charitie and not to feare death nor euerlastynge dampnacion For deathe caÌ„not depriue them of Iesu Christ nor any sinne can coÌ„dempne them y t are graffed surely in him which is their onely ioy treasure and lyfe Let vs repent our synnes amend our lyfes trust in hys mercy and satisfaction and death can neyther take hym from vs nor vs from hym For then as s. Paul saieth whether we lyue or dye we be the Lordes awne And agayne he sayeth Christ did dye and rose agayne because he should be Lord both of the dead quicke Then if we be the Lordes awne when we be dead it must nedes folowe that suche temporall deathe not onely caÌ„not harme vs but also that it shall muche be to our profit and ioyne vs vnto God more perfectly And thereof the christian hart may surely be certified by the infallible truth of holye scripture It is God sayeth sainct Paule which hath prepared vs vnto immortalitie and thesame is he which hath geuen vs an earnest of the spirite Therfore let vs be alwaies of good comforte for we knowe that so longe as we be in the body we be as it were farre from God in a straunge countrey subiect to many perils walkyng without perfite sighte and knowledge of almighty God onely seynge hym by faythe in holy scriptures But we haue a courage desire rather to be at home with God and oure sauior Christe farre from the body where we maye behold hys Godhead as he is face to face to oure euerlastyng comfort These be saincte Paules wordes in effecte wherby we may perceyue that the lyfe in this world is resembled to a pilgrimage in a straunge countrie far frome God and that death deliuerynge vs from our bodyes doth sende vs straight home into our awne countrey and maketh vs to dwell presently with God for euer in perpetuall rest and quietnesse So that to dye is no losse but profite and winnynge to all true christeÌ„ people What lost the thefe that hanged on the crosse with Christ by hys bodiely death Yea how much dyd he gayne by it Did not our sauiour say vnto hym thys daye thou shalt be with me in Paradyse And Lazarus that pitifull person that lay before y e richemans gate payned with sores and pined with hungre did not death highlye profite and promote hym Which by the ministery of Aungels sent hym vnto AbrahaÌ„s bosome a place of rest ioye and heauenly consolacion Let vs thinke none other good christen people but Christ hath prepared thesame ioye and felicitie for vs that he prepared for Lazarus the thefe Wherfore let vs sticke vnto his

striken from their bodyes The Athenians punyshed whoredome by death in lyke maner So lykewyse dyd the Barbarous Cartarians Emong the turkes euen at thys day they that bee taken in adultery bothe man woman are stoned streightewayes to death without mercy Thus se we what godly actes were deuised in tymes paste of the high powers for the puttyng awaye of whoredome for the mainteynyng of holy matrimony pure coÌ„uersacioÌ„ And the aucthors of these actes were no christians but Heathen Yet were they so enflaÌ„med with the loue of honestye and purenes of lyfe that for the maintenauÌ„ce conseruacioÌ„ of that they made godly statutes suffering neyther fornicacioÌ„ nor adultery to reigne in their realmes vnpunished Christ sayde to the people The Niniuites shall ryse at the iudgement with thys nacioÌ„ meanyng the vnfaythful Iewes and shal condempne them For they repeÌ„ted at the preachyng of Ionas but beholde sayeth he a greater theÌ„ Ionas is here meanynge hymselfe yet they repent not Shall not thynke you likewise the Locreusians Arabians Athenians with suche other ryse vp at the iudgement and condempne vs for asmuche as they ceased from whoredome at the commaundement of man and we haue the law and manifest preceptes of God and yet forsake we not our filthy conuersacion Truly truly it shalbe easier at the daye of iudgement to these Heathen then to vs except we repent and amende For althoughe death of body semeth to vs a greuous punyshment in this worlde for whoredome yet is that payn nothynge in comparison of the greuous tormentes whiche adulterers fornicatours and all vncleane persons shall suffer after thys lyfe For all suche shalbe excluded shut out of the kingdome of heauen as s. Paule saieth Be not deceiued for neyther whoremongers nor worshippers of Images nor adultrers nor softelinges nor Sodomites nor thefes nor couetous persons nor dronkards nor cursed speakers nor pyllers shall inherite the kyngdoÌ„ of God And S. Ihon in hys reuelacion saieth that whoremongers shall haue their parte with murderers sorcerers enchaunters liars ydolaters such other in the lake whiche burneth with fyre brimstone which is the seconde death The punyshmeÌ„te of the bodye although it be death hath an ende but the punishment of the soule which s. Ihon calleth y e secoÌ„d death is euerlasting there shalbe fyre brimstone there shall be wepinge and gnashing of tethe the worme that shall there gnawe the conscience of the dampned shall neeur dye O whose hart distilleth not euen droppes of bloud to heare and consydre these thinges If we tremble and shake at the hearyng and naming of these paynes oh what shal they do that shall feele them that shall suffer theim yea and euer shal suffer worldes without ende god haue mercy vpon vs. Who is now so drowned in synne past all godlynes that he wyll set more by a fylthy and stynkyng pleasure whiche sone passeth away then by the losse of euerlasting glory Againe who will so geue himselfe to the lustes of the fleshe that he feareth nothynge at all the paynes of hell fyre But let vs heare howe we maye eschewe the synne of whoredome and adultery that we maye walke in the feare of God and bee free from those moste greuous and intollerable tormentes whiche abyde all vncleane persons To auoyde fornicacioÌ„ adultery and all vnclennes let vs prouide that aboue all thynges we maye kepe oure hartes pure and cleane from all euill thoughtes and carnal lustes For if that be once infected and corrupte we fall hedlonge into all kynde of vngodlynes Thys shal we easly do if when we fele inwardly that Sathan oure olde enemy tempteth vs vnto whoredoÌ„ we by no meanes consente to hys craftye suggestions but valiauntly resiste and withstande hym by stronge fayth in the woorde of God obiectinge agaynst hym alwayes in oure harte this commaundemente of God Scriptum est non moechaberis It is written thou shalt not commit whoredome It shall be good also for vs euer to lyue in the feare of God and to set before oure eyes the greuous threateninges of God agaynste all vngodly synners and to consider in oure mynde howe fylthye beastly and shorte that pleasure is wherunto Sathan moueth vs And agayn how the payne appoynted for that sinne is intollerable and euerlasting Moreouer to vse a temperauÌ„ce sobrietie in eatyng drynkyng to eschewe vncleane coÌ„municacioÌ„ to auoyde al fylthy company to flee ydlenes to delight in readynge holy scripture to watche in godly prayers vertuouse meditacions and at all tymes to exercise some godly trauayles shall helpe greatly vnto the eschewynge of whoredome And here are all degrees to be monyshed whether they be maryed or vnmaryed to loue chastitie and clennes of lyfe For the maryed are bounde by the lawe of God so purely to loue one an other that neyther of them seke any straunge loue The man muste onely cleue to hys wyfe and the wyfe agayne onely to her husband they muste so delighte one in an others companye that none of them couit any other And as they are bounde thus to lyue together in al godlines and honesty so likewyse is their duetye vertuously to brynge vp their chyldren and to prouide that they fall not into Sathans snare nor into any vnclennes but that they come pure and honeste vnto holy wedlocke when tyme requyreth So likewyse ought all masters and rulers to prouide that no whoredome nor any poynte of vnclennes be vsed emonge their seruauntes And agayne they that are single and feele in theim selfes that they cannot liue without the company of a woman let them get wifes of theyr awne and so lyue Godly together For it is better to mary then to burne And to auoyde fornicacion saieth the Apostle lette euery man haue hys awne wyfe and euerye woman her awne husbande Finally all suche as feele in themselfes a sufficiency and habilitie throughe the operacion of Gods spirite to leede a sole and contynent lyfe let them prayse God for his gifte and seke all meanes possible to maynteyne thesame As by readyng of holy scriptures by godly meditations by continuall prayers and suche other vertuous exercises If we all on this wyse wyll endeuour our selfes to eschewe fornicacion adultery and all vnclennes and leade oure lyfes in all Godlynes and honestye seruynge God with a pure and cleane harte and glorifiynge hym in oure bodies by leadynge an innocente lyfe we maye be sure to bee in the numbre of those of whome oure sauioure Christe speaketh in the Gospell on this maner Blessed are the pure in harte for they shall see God to whome alone be all glory honour rule and power worldes withoute ende AMEN Â¶ An Homelie agaynst contencion and braulynge THys daye good christen people shalbe declared vnto you the vnprofitablenes and shamfull vnhonesty of contencion stryfe and debate to the entente that when you shall se as it were in a table paynted before your eyes the euilfauorednes

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