Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	lord_n	soul_n	15,609	5	5.1843	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13907	The treasure of the soule Wherin we are taught how in dying to sin, we may attayne to the perfect loue of God, & our neighbour, and consequently vnto true blessednes and saluation. Many yeares since written in the Spanish tonge, & and [sic] now newly translated into English: by A.P.; Spill de la vida religiosa. English.	Poyntz, Adrian.	1604 (1604)	STC 24208; ESTC S121766	64,180	314

to let mee come in to haue accesse vnto thee I cannot tell my Soueraigne what cause hath moued thy maiestie here vnto or wherein thy grace hath neede of me for it would suffice me bee too much that such a one as I am might be the least of the seruants of thy house yet deserue not so much and am altogether vnworthy of it But seeing thy goodnesse hath nowe called me and that inpleaseth thee that I shold dwell heere speake vnto thee open thou my lips and teach mee what I haue to say in thy presence powre in me the spirit of feare reuerence to the end thy Maiesty be not offended or in dishonor serued by me dispised of such a wicked and vile sinner as I am Rather I would be ready to suffer a thousande deathes then to offend and despise thy highnes For hereby I shoulde dishonour and iniury the Angels Archangelles all Celestiall powers who intirely loue thy goodnes serue the with such zeale glorie reuerence Declare vnto me O Lord what I shall speake direct mee in all my doings for I commit my selfe wholly into thy hands yeelding my soule body wholly vnto thy maiesty Giue me O Lord that spirite of Humilitie to the end I may serue thy congregation and children the better and that my seruice may bee pleasant acceptable in thy sight for thy names sake and that thy maiesty may bee honoured praised in me The fourteenth Chapter intreateth of the instruction which our Lorde did giue vnto Desire for to rule and gouerne himselfe ARise quoth the Lord to Desire and feare no more and if thou hereafter wilt become a new man such a one as yâ— oughtest to bee then I will remeÌ„ber no more the iniury which thou hast done me and put out of my memorie all thy misdeedes offences wherewithall thou hast grieued me so oftentimes But because thou inaiest amend and becom better I wil teach thee foure words which will not profit thee a little if thou doest remeÌ„ber and printest them in thy hart Take these two I and thou which are the two first and the other two Slaue and King And if thou canst rightly put these words in practise they will bringe thee to great vertue perfection defende thee against all thy naturall and vnbrideled affections cause thee to remaine and liue with euery man in peace vnitie I pray thee my onely Lord and Soueraigne qd Desire that it may please thee to shew vnto me howe I might best exercise my self with these foure wordes Thou mayest refer all thy exercise to these words for they contain in theÌ„ a great and deepe knowledge whereof one might write great volumes and whereby without bookes one might likewise attain to great perfection Therfore whensoeuer thou coÌ„mest to speak with me or goest about any thing which is commanded thee art altogether faint cold vnwilling then perswade thy self that I do speak to thee these words I Thou no more thus forget al the world think that there is no body in the worlde but I and Thou The other two wordes Slaue King shal serue thee for to deale and frequent with them first of all in imagining that yâ— art Slaue vnto them all and by these meanes thou shalt become humble and obedient Secondly that thou art thine owne King that I make all Kinges rich bestow vpon them pleasure goods aboundantly Let this instruction at this time suffice thee and thus depart in peace Wherefore wilt thou O Lorde that I should goe away said Desire because answered the Lord thou shouldest not thinke that thou hast deserued it and art worthy to remain alwaies with me but ouely as long as I think good or whensoeuer I call or sende for thee to the end thou becom not presumptuous or vaine-glorious Therefore whensoeuer I will haue thee I wil send for thee yet before thou goeft hence leaue thy hart with me to the end in what place soeuer thou commest that the chiefest the best may still remam with me I am herevnto willing my Lord qd Desire I giue thee trancke and freely my whole hart I am content answered the Lord yâ— now it remaine with me but thinke not that thou canst doe it so oftentimes as thou wilt thy selfe and besides I will neuer keep iâ— with me without the profite and furtherance to humilitie But yet of one thing which thou knowest not I will admonish thee which is the more crosses aduersities and miseries I lay vppon my seruantes the wore ioy coÌ„forte blessednes I am minded and endeuour to bestow vpon them But wilt thou leaue thy dogge Good will here to mee for will may he remain here if thou commende him euery day vnto me do not thy selfe take him away from me Wherefore qd Desire is it necessarie to coÌ„mende him euery day vnto thee once would it not suffice No answered the Lord not because I should forget it but because thou shouldst not come to forget mee that thou mightest alwaies haue occasion to haue mee in remembrance to the end I may do thee good and com to succor thee in time of thy trouble necessity For what doth it help or profite me whether thou hast mee in minde or not I thanke thee my Lorde qd Desire that thou doest acquaint me before with thy wil and pleasure wherby onely thou worliest and bringest to passe in vs all things as if thou sholdest seeme to stand in need of vs where it is onely but to our profite and saluation The fifteenth Chapter howe Desire did exercise him in these foure wordes and what profite hee reaped thereby DEsire departed out of the Lordes chaÌ„ber leauinge his hart behind him and did finde to Desire God watching at the doore What hast thou done so long within qd to Desire God Doest thou think that many wordes please the Lorde Sometimes thou shalt doe more with one word with him then with a hundreth Ah Syr aunswered Desire I thinke that I haue not beene long with him Go within answered to desire God seeing thou are nowe entertained here I will go into my chamber saide Desire Go in the name of the Lord quoth he Desire dayly remembred the foure wordes which the Lorde had giuen him oftentimes repeating I and Thou Slaue King and sometimes did part confounde and mingle them together but they fell alwaies right for hee tooke the one and saide I and then the other Slaue Yet I speake right quoth he for I am for the loue of my Lorde a slaue Sometimes hee tooke the other and saide I King I do not misse yet for I am a king said hee being Gods seruante for to serue him is to commande to gouerne and to be a mighty Prince FINIS

do vtterly displease my God and Father who being man in this worlde and hauing taken vppon him our shape and nature sought not with words or deedes to commande but rather to be commaunded of the simplest And whosoeuer keepeth not this way taketh the high way to condemnation missing the right path leading to eternal life Ah poore and miserable wretches that seeke to command and direct others hauing more then inough to command and gouerne themselues whosoâ—uer hunteth after this honour seeketh care griefe trauaile paine distresse and danger O heauie burthen that bringeth to a man but paine and griefe the il will gainesay and murmuring of those that were bounde in duety to recompence labor with thankes and thankfulnesse which thoâ— shalt finde to bee most true if thou remaynest but a while with vs. And because I shoulde satisfie thee vpon thy demande I will not hide froÌ„ thee this secrete but for the loue of God open and disclose to thee my hearte When I came first to this house I humbled my self as a slaue and seruant to all the rest of the damsels which lowlines I haue continually so loued and embraced that the mercy of God did marrye mee to this minde as to a husband by whose means I haue gotten this office although I did vtterlie detest it and refuse it When Desire did hear this be honoied this Ladie greatly in his hart esteemed her to bee very vetuous the wold for the Loue of God becom so humble lowlie and said nowe doe I see whosoeuer will become a gouernour and commander of others must first of all followe your Ladiships steppes and learne to be humble cammanded It is so my sonne answered shee and if thou didst vnderstande â—ne right then thou shouldest perceiue that they are not my wordes but the euerlasting truthes How shoulde I vnderstand theÌ„ quoth Desire Thou must knowe said shee that hee who humbleth himselfe shal be exalted although he doth not humble himselfe to that intent to bee exalted for by these means he shoulde fall into pride and humilitie and pride are contraries one to other For if one humbleth himself in any work which he taketh in hand in on wise may he become proude of it although in his worke consisteth humility yet in himselfe humbling himselfe to such an ende as I haue spoken of shoulde consist pride and ambition And because the worke taketh his name and title from the intent of a mans minde it happeneth that such humilitie is properly termed with the name of pride and arrogancy And to speake more plainly of this humility is not altogether contrary to pride seeing they do remaine at one time in one body together which is contrary to the nature of contraries but the spirite of the one is quite repugnant to the other so that they can not abide one anothers sight for humilitie is onely the worke but the spirite of humilitie maketh a happy end of the same together with the good intent for to humble himselfe The ninth chapter doth prosecute the former words of the battaile between the flesh and the spirit THis my lowe minde sayde Humilitie is my faithfull helper defender in a battaile which I dayly sustaine against a mighty Princesse of an other pallace who hath a great sorte of Ladies vnder her iurisdiction and her court is called the Pallace of Pride and the soueraigne thereof the Pride of life Euery day shee commeth or to contende and quarrel with me couering onely to search out mine eyes And bringeth with her the lifetenaunce of her house commonly called the coÌ„cupiscence of the flesh with her steward the concupiscence of the eyes these three are accompanyed with an other wicked womaÌ„ their mother who hath nourished them all called Obliuion But because she is oftentimes of no force and very weake therefore shee bringeth w e her a foolish idiot and vnbrideled watching maide called Maliciousnes besides 3. other more the one called Wrath the other Slothfulnes and the third Enuy. And with these two last there comes two other named il Suspition false Iudgement these are altogether my mortall enemies against whoÌ„ I am forced to sight to striue whensoeuer they haue made an entrance here in our house then by the lownesse of my minde I driue them out again and doe giue them the foyle But when I my company haue done this then must we be carefull onely but for one thing which is diligently to looke that this damsell called Vaine-glory continually keeping sentinell at our doore doe not enter for when soeuer she cometh within then she doth robbe vs of al the profite delight and pleasure which we take in ouer comming in others so that we can no wise enioy the fruits of our pain and trauaile and when these other Ladies sayd Desire make an entraunce here within for to endamage you wherefore doth not shee that standeth without at the gates come in with them Because aunswered Humilitie that the other Ladies haue wings and neuer enter through the doore but flie alwaies ouer the wals of the house and oftentimes doe hyde themselues in some corner of the house lie in ambush for to assault vs wheÌ„ we think least vpon them Therefore it is most necessary that wee shoulde watch and warde continually that we be not assaulted being altogether vnprouided for to fight Let vs speake some thing more plainer of this point quoth Desire Wherefore doe you contende striue with them seeing it is not well done to giue an euill example to others which happeneth when men see such iars strifes and contentions betweene wise and godly people who should be merciful meeke and bountiful for the Loue of God towards euery body We battell and contend with them saide Humilitie and seeke to driue them out of our house because they are mortal enemies to the Loue of God who is our onely Landelorde in matters which are contrary vnto him we shoulde nor will not contract or enter in league with any body The tenth Chapter doth entreat of the concupisceÌ„ce of the flesh and how to ouercome it THe good will loyalty which Lady Humilitie did bear to the Loue of God did wonderfully delight Desire and saide Madame I woulde be glad that it woulde please your Ladishippe to show and teach mee the meanes whereby you doe vse to ouercome these wicked Ladies your enemies and driue them out of your house I wold to God aunswered shee that thou wert herein satisfied but because I doe not yet know thy nature will and mind but onely by certain external signes whereby one may be deceyued it causeth me somwhat to doubt of your honesty for honny is not sweet to euery body for the diuersity of sundry natures and complexions My Soueraigne quoth Desire euen as I am here and as your Ladishippe doth see me so I yeeld my selfe into your power my reason and will wholly submitting to yours that I might receiue

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