Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	life_n	natural_a	5,868	5	6.7181	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00991	A nicke for neuters. A most godly and fruitfull sermon, begun and preached at Paules Crosse, the 30. day of October last, and continued & finished in Paules Church, on New-yeeres day at night. / By Thomas Burt, Preacher of the Word.	Burt, Thomas, preacher of the word.	1604 (1604)	STC 4132; ESTC S126041	28,214	88

preferre the peruersnes of our owne wils before the Law of God which is the pleasure of his will lest hee make the law I say his reuealed will to be a trayne to the frowardnes of our owne will to bring vs by the consent of our froward will vnto destruction according to the iust purpose of his vvill And thus haue ye heard both the foulenesse of the cause and of the crime NOw followeth to bee expressed The greatnesse of the payne which is no lesse then to be vomited out of the Lords mouth Whereby if this were only meant that all Neuters for their hypocrisy and dissimulation should be cast out of fauor with the Sonne of God it were a most wofull and importable chastisement if we consider of his diuine nature rightly what the Sonne of God is that is the same God that is vnto vs the cause of all our being the fountayne of all life the founder of all ioy the mirrour of all goodnes for he is the Word eternall that is God almighty by whom all things are made in whoÌ„ is life and of whose fulnesse we receyue whatsoeuer good we haue Whereby it must of necessity follovv that vvithout the fauour of this vniuersall cause vvhich is all in all vvee must needs be annihilated to nothing and being nothing yet remayne such a thing notvvithstaÌ„ding as is vvithout him in death vvithout life subsisting without being desisting vvithout dying in life neuer ioying in death euer dying But now by this vomiting is meant more then a bare eiecting out of fauour for herein is expressed a fearefull and violent casting out in anger For in this Simile the Church is compared to the stomacke the luke-warme Neuter to the luke-warm water and their grieuous disturbance to noysome vomitings The Church is coÌ„pared to the stomacke because as the stomacke by altering and concocting the nourishment receyued feedeth preserueth the parts of the body so the Church by concocting disgesting the food of life doth nourish and preserue the body of Christ euen in such sort as froÌ„ out of food in the stomack the liuer draweth bloud the hart spirit the brayn sence the sinewes strength the veynes nourishmeÌ„t the body life so out of the food of immortality which is the word of God that is in the Church to euery meÌ„ber of Christ doth the hart draw faith the wil obedieÌ„ce the vnderstanding knowledge the conscience comfort the body immortality and the soule all felicity and that also after so rare and stupendious an order that euen as the stomake so doeth it quicken by killing reuiue by destroying grow wise by foolishnes obey by rebelling against its owne flesh obtayne life through death felicity through misery and eternity out of mortality The Neuters are compared vnto luke-warme water which to a tasting stomack being receiued is hurtfull whiles it remaineth is grief-ful being eiected is shamefull because all Neuters are euen such in the Church of God not only by hindring the worke of Gods Spirit in the Church but also by the vnquieting and disturbing of the same Their great and grieuous disturbings are compared to noysome vomitings because as that which breedeth vomiting is cast out with hatred for that it is enemy to nature with violence because it oppresseth the stomacke with shamefulnesse because the defilings thereof are laid open to the eye and finally so eiected as neuer agayne to be receyued So all incorrigible Neuters shall by the LORD himselfe be throwne out of the Church as filthy vomitings out of the stomacke that with hatred because they are enemies vnto Christ and with violence because they hurt and oppresse the Church and vvith shame because their hypocrisy shal be made knowne finally cast out of the Church neuer againe to be receyued because that while they were in the Church they could neuer bee amended where the hatred of eiection doeth shew the detestation of the crime the violence the mightinesse of the payne the shame the horror of confusion and the neuer receyuing the eternity of destruction Then if it be such a wofull thing as it hath bene declared for Neuters to be cast out of fauour with the Sonne of God what is it I pray you thus to endure the fiercenesse of his anger If it be so miserable to be depriued of the comfort of his goodnesse how importable to beare the heauy wrath of his greatnes who is to the wicked in terrour the God of vengeance in nature consuming fire in wrath burning ielousie his face lightning his voyce thunder his displeasure death his breath a riuer of brimstone his lippes a floud of indignation his tongue a deuouring flame as the Lord doeth witnesse of himselfe Deut. 4. 32. Es 30. where the mighty terrour of Gods eternall Maiesty is described to make it knowne that as the peruersnes of sinners is incorrigible so his wrath towards them is implacable and as Neuters faults are intolerable so their punishments are vnmeasureable that so there may be a proportion of iustice betweene their crime and his doome that euen as in this world they would neuer want sin so in the world to come they should neuer want payne Wherefore to conclude seeing that the wrath of God is in this fearefull maner reueyled from heauen against all vngodlines and vnrighteousnes of men how carefully are we here to consider of our selues how neere this repreheÌ„sion may touch vs. All men by the censure of Christ are either hote in ReligioÌ„ or of necessity cold or else only luke-warm so either Saints in piety miscreants in iniquity or Neuters for hypocrisy What may herein iustly be deemed of vs are we Saints I would to God we all were as no doubt but the Lord hath his Let euery man iudge himselfe if wee be Saints where is then our workes if miscreants where is then our comfort if Neuters where is then our conscience when the Sonne of God shall come in flaming fire rendring recompeÌ„ce vnto them that doe not know God and which obey not the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Christ Are wee baptized with the spirit and with fire are we feruent in spirit lucent in life ardent in zeale shining in works burning in loue or in the middest of light remayning in darknes in the time of truth abiding in errour in these dayes of grace liue still in sinne nay are we not cold rather which euery where preferre pleasure before piety that we will take no payne no not to purchase ioy which esteeme of gayne so much aboue godlines that we wil take no losse no not to win heauen in whoÌ„ all affections grow so cold in respect of Lady Money that for her loue men are brought euen vniuersally to be vniust to their owne neighbours vnfaithfull to their owne friends vnkinde to their owne kinne vnnaturall to their owne parents vntrusty to their owne Country vntrue to their owne Prince impious to their owne God mercilesse to all others most miserable

through fayth Acts 15. as fire doth purify gold to bee zealous and feruent in spirit as the fire makes men feruent in heat Ro. 12. to consume our corrupt affections as drosse with flame Ro. 8. to fill vs as full with the fruits of righteousnes as fruit trees are filled with the fruit of the Sunne Phil. 1.11 So that by means of this sacred fire the Saints are made with zeale like S. Ioh. Bap. burning fyrebrands through loue like the Apostles shining lights through faith like the wise virgins shining lamps through grace like the righteous in heauens kingdome euer-shining starres And no maruel for these haue not only cast off the works of darknes by mortifying their own flesh denying their owne selues subduing their owne wils forgoing their owne delights by contemning the glory of the world the flatterings of prosperity the despites of aduersity but are made infatigable against all labours intrepidable against all dangers inuincible against all pleasures and inexpugnable against all power and haue moreouer after a most diuine and heauenly maner put on the armour of light Rom. 13.12 and walke in the light vsing as Cyprian sayth Tanta humilitate in conuersatione stabilitate in fide veritate in verbis in factis iustitia such gouernment in maners and iustice in workes as that their whole liues are nothing else but spectacles of piety their bodies tabernacles of sanctity their mouthes oracles of verity their hearts habitacles of charity and themselues mirrours miracles of all integrity And they that are such may rightly be sayd to be hote in Religion Behold beloued how greatly ought we to be inflamed with the loue of this Excellency as also confounded with the shame of our indignity that the more farre wee are off from the worthinesse of the Saints the more we ought to endeuour to come neere vnto the same Now by the contrary to those that are hote wee may easily discerne what these are that are cold that is such as haue no sparke of this heauenly fire no heate nor comfort of the holy Spirit being without light in darkenesse cold without loue and impure without goodnes therfore such as the holy Ghost noteth 1. Cor. 6.11 as are not washed as are not sanctified as are not iustified in the Name of the Lord Iesus and by the Spirit of our God such as Ephe. 2.12 are sayd to bee without Christ such as hee denounceth in the first to the Corinthians the sixt Chapter to be Idolaters and adulterers c. Whereby we may gather three sorts of these Psukroi key-cold in religioÌ„ Atheists naturall men and Epicures The Atheist the Apostle describeth to be without God the naturall man without Christ the Epicure without any sparke of the blessed Spirit because the Atheist wants the light of nature Ro. 1.20 21. the naturall man the light of grace 1. Cor. 2.14 the Epicure the light of the law Gal. 3. For the Atheist because his hart is darkned saith the Apost Ro. 1.21 When they knew God glorified him not as God The naturall man 1. Cor. 2.11 because he wanteth the spirit of grace cannot know the things that are of God for as no man knoweth the things of man but the spirit of man that is in him so the things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God And the Epicure because he regardeth not to know God according to the law of God God giueth him vp to a reprobate mind to do the things that are not coÌ„uenient Whereby it comes to passe that the Atheist becomes irreligious without hope the naturall man erronious without truth and the Epicure impious without conscience The Atheist in middest of light remayneth still in darknes the naturall man in time of trueth in errour and the Epicure in time of grace liueth still in sinne The Atheist in stead of God honoreth his owne will the naturall man the Idols of his owne heart the Epicure his paunch and his owne pleasure And thus the Atheist because he is without light and without hope is cold in Religion the naturall man because hee is without Christ without grace without truth the Epicure because he is carelesse without feare shameles without honesty and senceles without conscience which are men to vse the words of Peter Iude for all inanity of goodnes as wels without water for instability lightnes as winds without rayne for defilings and filthinesse spots without clensing for fruitles barrennes trees without fruite Starres without light for darknes flesh without spirit for sensualnesse beastes without reason for brutishnes and men without God for prophanenesse Then woe be to vs if wee be without Religion liue as miscreants in the midst of Saints and to the corruption of nature doe adde the contempt of grace But now to come to our Neuters the thing we seeke after we may easily gather by the negation of these two that are in such wise hote and in such wise cold as beforespoken what he is that in religioÌ„ is neither hote nor cold and partly how by partaking of both he is neyther of both for he that neither hath the comfort of the holy Ghost in such degree as a Saint nor is so chill with the coldnesse of iniquity as an Infidell is Neuter that is neither Saint nor Infidell but as betwixt a Horse and an Asse is procreated a Mule betwixt a Lion and a Woolfe an Hyena so betwixt this heat and that coldnes is ingendred a Nullifidian of prophanesse which is neither hote nor cold not cold because hee doth professe to know God not hote because hee doth in workes deny God Tit. 1.16 not cold because hee doth appeare righteous before men not hote because he is full of iniquity before God Mat. 23.13 not cold because hee doth worship God with his lips not hote because he is farre from him with his heart Mat. 15.8 not cold because he loueth in word in tongue not hote because hee doth not loue in deed and in truth 1. Ioh. 3.18 so that he is holy in profession but hollow in conuersation of a good opinion touching truth but of an ill exaÌ„ple touching life such a one indeed as doth hold Religion but yet without zeale as will say he is of the true Religion but is not truly religious as hath knowledge but without loue as professeth the fayth but without workes Iam. 2.14 This is the crue of that surlike company that pretend coÌ„science but without feeling 1. Tim. 4.2 they are come to that poynt of insensibility of sinne that they shame not to sin with delight such as haue a desire but without all performing And as by the negation the luke-warme Christian is a Neuter so is he by participation an Ambodexter These meÌ„ haue their coats made of Linsy wolsey these are they that plowe with an Oxe an Asse these doe sow their land with diuers kind of seeds these are like the Griffin in the war between the birds the

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