Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	dwell_v	soul_n	7,338	5	5.6475	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02513	The arte of diuine meditation profitable for all Christians to knowe and practise; exemplified with a large meditation of eternall life. By Ioseph Hall.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1606 (1606)	STC 12642; ESTC S118419	30,902	220

Causes or the Appendances of it wee rack not our minds too much with the inquiry thereof which were to striue more for Logique than deuotion But without too much disturbaunce of our thoughts quietly passe ouer to the next If we breake our teeth with the shell we shall finde small pleasure in the kernell Now then for that my onely feare is lest this part of my discourse shall seeme ouer perplexed vnto the vnlearned Reader I will in this whole processe second my rule with his example that so what might seeme obscure in the one may by the other be explaned and the same steps he sees me take in this hee may accordingly treade in any other Theme Chap. 18. FIrst therfore it shal be expedient to consider seriously what the thing is whereof wee meditate What then O my soule is the life of the Saints whereof thou studiest who are the Saints but those which hauing been weakely holy vpon earth are perfectly holy aboue which euen on earth were perfectly holy in their Sauiour now are so in themselues Which ouercomming on earth are truely canonized in heauen What is their life but that blessed estate aboue wherein their glorified soule hath a full fruition of God Chap. 19. THe nature wherof after we haue thus shadowed out to our selues by a descriptioÌ„ not curious alwaies exactly framed according to the rules of arte but sufficient for our own conceit the next is if it shal seeme needfull or if the matter will beare or offer it some easie and voluntary diuision whereby our thoughts shall haue more roume made for them and our proceeding shall bee more distinct There is a life of nature wheÌ„ thou my soule dwellest in this body and informest thine earthly burden There is a life of grace when the spirit of God dwels in thee There is a life of glory wheÌ„ thy body being vnited to thee both shall bee vnited to God or when in the meane time being separated from thy companioÌ„ thou enioyest God alone This life of thine therefore as the other hath his ages hath his statures for it enters vpon his birth wheÌ„ thou passest out of thy body and changest this earthly house for an heauenly It enters into his full vigor when at the day of the common resurrection thou resumest this thy companion vnlike to it selfe like to thee like to thy Sauiour immortall now and glorious In this life there may be degrees there can be no imperfection If some be like the skie others like the starres yet all shine If some sit at their Sauiours right hand others at his left all are blessed If some vessels hold more all are full none complaynes of want none enuies at him that hath more Chap. 20. WHich done it shal be requisite for our perfiter vnderstanding and for the laying grounds of matter for our affection to carie it through those other principall places and heads of reason which nature hath taught euery man both for knowledge amplification The first whereof are the Causes of all sorts Whence is this eternal life but from him which onely is eternall which onely is the fountaine of life yea life it selfe Who but the same God that giues our temporall life giues also that eternall The Father bestowes it the Sonne merits it the holy Ghost seales and applies it Expect it onely from him O my soule whose frecelectioÌ„ gaue thee the first title to it to bee purchased by the blood of thy Sauiour For thou shall not therefore be happie because hee sawe thou wouldest bee good but therefore art thou good because he hath ordained thou shalt be happie He hath ordained thee to life he hath giuen thee a Sauiour to giue this life vnto thee faith whereby thou mightest attaine to this Sauiour his word by which thou might'st attaine to this faith what is there in this not â—is And yet not so his â—â—mply as that it is without thee without thy merit indeed not without thine acte Thou liuest here through his blessing but by bread thou shalt liue aboue through his mercy but by thy faith belowe apprehending the authour of thy life And yet as he wil not saue thee without thy faith so thou canst neuer haue faith without his gift Looke vp to him therefore O my soule as the beginner finisher of thy saluation and while thou magnifiest the Author be rauished with the glorie of the worke which farre passeth both the tongue of Angels and the heart of man It can bee no good thing that is not there Howe can they want water that haue the spring where God is enioyed in whom only all things are good what good can bee wanting And what perfection of blisse is there where all goodnesse is mette and vnited In thy presence is the fulnesse of ioye and at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore O blessed reflection of glorie wee â—â—e there as wee are seene In that wee are seene it is our glorie in that wee see it is Gods glory Therefore doth he glorifie vs that our glory should bee to his Howe worthy art thou Ã´ Lord that through vs thou shouldest looke at thy selfe Chap. 21. THE next place place shal be the Fruits Effectes following vpon their seuerall causes which also affoords very feeling and copious matter to our Meditation wherein it shall be euer best not so much to seeke for all as to chuse out the chiefest No maruell then if from this glory proceede nonspeakeable ioy and from this ioy the sweete songs of praise thaÌ„ksgiuing The spirit bids vs when wee are merrie sing How much more then when wee are merrie without all mixture of sorrowe beyond all measure of our earthly affections shall wee sing ioyfull Hallelu-iahs and Hosannahs to him that dwelleth in the highest heauens Our hearts shal be so full that we cannot chuse but sing and wee cannot but sing melodiously There is no iarre in this Musicke no end of this song Oblessed chaÌ„ge of the Saints they doe nothing but weepe belowe and now nothing but sing aboue we sowed in teares reape inioy there was some comfort in those teares when they were at worst but there is no danger of coÌ„plaint in this heauenly mirth If we cannot sing here with the Angels On earth peace yet there wee shall sing with them Glory to God on hie and ioyning our voices to theirs shall make vp that celestial consort which none can either heare or beare part in and not be happie Chap. 22. AFter which comes to be considered the Subiect either wherein that is or whereabout that is imployed which wee meditate of As And indeede what lesse happinesse doth the very place promise wherein this glory is exhibited which is no other than the Paradise of God Here belowe wee dwell or rather we wander in a continued wildernesse there wee shall rest vs in the true Eden I am come into my gardeÌ„ my sister my spouse Kings vse not to dwell

no practise of others can prescribe to vs in this circumstance It shall bee enough that first we set our selues a time secondly that we set apart that time wherein wee are aprest for this seruice And as no time is preiudiced with vnfitnesse but euery day is without differeÌ„ce seasonable for this worke so especially Gods day No day is barren of grace to the searcher of it none alike fruitfull to this which being by God sanctified to himselfe and to bee sanctified by vs to God is priuiledged with blessings aboue others for the plentifull instruction of that day stirtes thee vp to this action and filles thee with matter and the zeale of thy publike seruice warms thy heart to this other businesse of deuotion No MANNA fell to the Israelites on their Sabaoth our spiritual MANNA fals on ours most frequent If thou wouldest haue a full soule gather as it fals gather it by hearing reading meditatioÌ„ spiritual idlenesse is a fault this day perhaps not lesse than bodily worke Chap. 11. NEither is ther esse variety in the Site and gesture of the body the due composednes whereof is no little aduantage to this exercise euen in our speach to God we obserue not alwaies one and the same position sometimes we fall groueling on our faces somtimes we bow our knees sometimes stand on our feete somtimes we lift vp our handes sometimes cast downe our eyes God is a Spirit who therefore being a seuere obseruer of the disposition of the soule is not scrupulous for the body requiring not so much that the gesture thereof should be vniforme as reuereÌ„t No maruell therefore though in this all our teachers of meditation haue commended seueral positions of body according to their disposition and practise One sitting with the face turned vp to heauen-ward according to the precept of the Philosopher who taught him that by sitting and resting the mind gathereth wisedome Another leaning to some rest towardes the left side for the greater quieting of the heart A third standing with the eyes lift vp to heauen but shut for feare of distractioÌ„s But of all other mee thinkes Isaacs choice the best who meditated walking In this let euery man be his owne master so bee wee vse that frame of body that may both testifie reuerence and in some cases help to stirre vp further deuotion which also must needes be varied according to the matter of our Meditation If we thinke of our sins Ahabs soft pase the Publicans deiected eyes and his hand beating his breast are not vnseasonable If of the ioies of heauen Steuens countenance fixed aboue and Dauids hands lift vp on hie are most fitting In all which the body as it is the instrument and vassall of the soule so will easily follow the affections therof and in trueth then is our deuotion most kindly wheÌ„ the body is thus commaunded his seruice by the spirit and not suffered to goe before it and by his forwardnesse to prouoke his master to emulation Chap. 12. NOw time and order cal vs froÌ„ these circumstances to the matter and subiect of Meditation which must be Diuine Spiritual not euill nor worldly O the carnal and vnprofitable thoughts of men We all meditate one how to do ill to others another how to doe some earthly good to himselfe another to hurt himselfe vnder a colour of good as how to accomplish his lewd desires the fulfilling whereof prooues the bane of the soule how he may sinne vnseene and goe to hell with least noise of the world Or perhaps some better mindes bend their thoughts vpoÌ„ the search of naturall things the motions of euery heauen and of euery starre the reason and course of the ebbing and flowing of the Sea the manifold kinds of simples that growe out of the earth creatures that creepe vpon it with all their strange qualities and operatioÌ„s Or perhaps the seueral formes of gouernement and rules of State take vp their busie heads so that while they would bee acquainted with the whole world they are strangers at home and while they seeke to knowe all other things they remain vnknowen of theÌ„selues The God that made them the vilenesse of their nature the danger of their sinnes the multitude of their imperfections the Sauior that bought them the heauen that he bought for them are in the meane time as vnknowen as vnregarded as if they were not Thus do foolish children spend their time and labour in turning ouer leaues to looke for painted babes not at all respecting the solide matter vnder their haÌ„ds We fooles when will we be wise and turning our eyes from vanity with that sweete singer of Israel make Gods Statutes our song and meditation in the house of our pilgrimage Earthly things profer themselues with importunity Heauenly things must with importunitie bee sued to Those if they were not so little worth would not be so forward and being so forward need not any meditation to solicite them These by how much more hard they are to intreate by so much more precious they are being obtained and therfore worthier our indeuour As then we cannot goe amisse so long as wee keepe our selues in the tracke of Diuinitie while the soule is taken vp with the thoughts either of the Deitie in his essence and persons sparingly yet in this point and more in faith and admiration then inquiry or of his attributes his iustice power wisedome mercie trueth or of his works in the creation preseruation gouernement of all things according to the Psalmist I will meditate of the beautie of thy glorious Maiestie and thy wonderfull workes so most directly in our way and best fitting our exercise of Meditation are those matters in Diuinity which can most of all worke compunction in the hart most stirre vs vp to deuotioÌ„ Of which kind are the MeditatioÌ„s concerning CHRIST IESVS our Mediatour his Incarnation Miracles Life Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension IntercessioÌ„ the benefit of our RedeÌ„ption the certaintie of our Election the graces and proceeding of our sanctification our glorious estate in Paradise lost in our first Parents our present vilenes our inclination to sin our seuerall actuall offences the teÌ„tations sleights of euill Angels the vse of the Sacraments nature practise of faith repentance the miseries of our-life with the frailty of it the certainty and vncertainty of our death the glory of Gods Saints aboue the awfulnes of iudgement the terrors of hel and the rest of this qualitie wherein both it is fit to haue variety for that euen the strongest stomacke doeth not alwayes delight in one dish yet so to chaÌ„ge that our choice may be free from wildnesse and inconstancie Chap. 13. NOW after that we haue thus orderly suited the person his qualities with the due circuÌ„stances of Time Place disposition of body and substance of the matter discussed I knowe not what can remaine besides the maine busines it selfe and the maner and

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