Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	john_n	17,081	5	6.2026	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15341	Large letters Three in number, containing much necessarie matter, for the intruction and comfort of such, as are distressed in conscience by feeling of sinne, and feare of Gods wrath. Written heeretofore by T. W. for some deare friends of his, and now published and printed for the raising vp of such as labor vnder the heauie burthen of an affected spirite.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1589 (1589)	STC 25624; ESTC S103076	55,013	150

the holie commandementes of it call vs and in the comfortable promises thereunto adioyned and conteyned therein allowe vs that notwithstanding the haynousnesse and heauinesse of our sinnes yea the rather for that because without the sense of it neither can we well perceiue our owne estate and miserie nor effectually feele the excellencie and riches of Gods mercie and fauour to n Iames. 4. draw nigh vnto God that so he may draw nigh vnto vs who neuer thrusteth them backe much lesse driueth them awaie that come vnto him In the olde testament none seemeth vnto me more plaine and pregnant then these that are in the book of the prophet I say the holie ghost ther saying o Isay i 18 Come now and let vs reason together saith the lord though your sinnes were as crymosin they shal be made white as snow though they were redde as Scarlet they shall be as wooll And in an other place p Isay 55.1 biddeth euery one that is thirstie come ye to the waters and ye that haue no siluer come buy eat Come I say buy wine and milke without siluer and without money In the new Test And in the new Testament these of our sauiour Christ which is the eternall wisedome of the eternall father are most comfortable and sweet sayings q Math. 7.7 Aske and it shall be geuen you seeke and ye shall find knocke and it shall bee opened vnto you and againe r Math. 11.28 Come vnto me all ye that are wearie and heauie laden and I will ease you Take my yoake on you c. and you shal find rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easie my burthen light What can be more lightfull or delightfull By this commandement we knowe that our comming to him shall bee accepted of him for hee commaundeth not the dooing of that which he abhorreth And by the promises wee are incouraged yea assured to receiue because s Mat. 5. â—1 no one iot or tytle of his woord much lesse his faithful promises shal fall to the ground it is yet more and more coÌ„firmed vnto vs in the person of of him that speaketh it I meane Iesus Christ who being t Iohn 1.18 in the bosome of the father hath fully reuealed him al his wil vnto vs. As for the sacraments The Sacraments the end why the they were ordayned the very cause end of their institution doth propound comfort vnto vs in this point they being ordained by God appointed to be administred in his Church not only to put vs in mind of him and his graces but to be as helpes aides to guide our weak faith to Christ himselâ—e yea to make vs partakers of him all his merites specially the forgiuenes of our sins In whoÌ„ sith there is not onely of himselfe all fulnesse but that that also is true v Iohn 1 â—6 which is els where spoken in the Scripture of him that of his fulnesse wee haue all receiued and grace for grace that is grace vpon grace or graces heaped one vppon another or as a man woulde saie all aboundaunce of all manner of grace we may assure our selues that with him and in him we shall finde thys grace of the forgiuenesse of sinnes and eternall life also because as there is no other sacrifice for remission of sinnes but he alone as the Apostle plainelie proueth in the epistle to the Hebrues so ther is no other x Act 4. i2 name geuen vnder heauen wherein men must bee saued but the name of Iesus That which is spoken indefinitlie of both the sacraments together shal better appeare in the particular consideratâ—on of them by theÌ„selues and a part Concerning baptisme Gods spirit in many places affirmeth that it Baptisme saueth vs which yet least any shold ty to the deed done c Mark 16.16 it adioineth with it faith the z Titus 3.5 renuing that is wrought in vs by the holy ghost termeth it a 1. Peter 3.21 not a putting away of the filth of the flesh but a confident demanding that a good coÌ„science maketh to god which yet it could not do without forgiuenes of sins before going b â— Cor. 15.50 for flesh blood cannot inherit eternal life but to what end we vrge this sith Peter Acts 2 saith be baptised euerie one of you in the name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes And that which the seruant sayth yet by the spirite of God touching Baptisme that the maister himselfe d Iohn 4.34 The Supper who hath not the spirite by measure auoucheth in plaine tearmes touching the supper saiing e Math. 26.28 this is my bloud of the newe testament that is shed for many for the remission of sinnes And that the holie Discipline of the Church it selfe Discipline of the Church should affoord vs much comfort against this temptation who is it that either can will or dare denie that will either consider the author of it euen God himselfe in Iesus Christ f Psal 56.5.15 most inclinable to mercy and of great goodnes or the endes whereunto it was ordayned it being appointed not onely for the preuention of euill g 2. Thes 3.14 in the seuerall members and whole bodie but for the h 1. Tim. 5.20 gaining of men vnto God euen after sinne and transgression hath enâ—red or preuailed they being i 1. Cor 5.5 chastised a little in this life that their soules might bee saued in the daie of Christ or the persons exercising or executing the same that is the Church and such woorthie men therein as the Church from among theÌ„selues for their rare excellent graces bestowed vpon them from God haue choout vnto themselues who hauing not onelie the promise of the presence of god that is that k Mark 18.20 whersoeuer two or three are gathered together in his name hee is in the middest of them but also the assistance and direction thereof for where the spirite is there is power also ready to receiue admit vpon repentance euen as the Lord himselfe whereof that we our selues might be the better assured the holy ghost hath bin pleased to coÌ„mit into their handes and to giue vnto them power also l Iohn 20.23 to absolue to loose such as are bruised in spirite and touched with a godlie sorrow for their sin yea for the further strengthening of our weake faith therein hee hath not onelie graunted them and vs together with them his most certaine promise m Mat. 18.18 that whatsoeuer they loose on earth shall be loosed in heauen hee meaning thereby a most sufficient and full confirmation thereof ratifieng it as verelie to our spirites euen as though we had heard hys owne voyce speaking vnto vs out of the cloudes but also hath left vs some example of it in the Woord and that not of one man committing some smal transgression or petie sinor offence as wee

our corruption and sometymes agayne the power of oure iniquitie preuayling and alwayes getting the vpper hand the Lord no doubt thereby prouiding for hys glorye whilest wee attribute all the praise of our well doing vnto him to whome indeede alone all praise and honour belongeth and for our good and that in a double respect not onely whilest by this meanes wee are made humble and lowly before him and men and in our owne eyes especiallie hauing speciall recourse vnto him by praier for heauenly strength and comming to our brethren for such spirituall ayd as they haue receiued from him but also whilest we learne on the one side to loth that which is from our selues as corrupt and defiled and on the other side to cherish and foster that which is from him as good and pure according to that rule of the Apostle o 1. Thes 5.19 20. Quench not the spirits despise not prophesie A similitude The Sunne it selfe a verie glorious creature is not no not in the summer time alwaies alike hote and bright but sometimes is couered with cloudes that keepe backe the brightnesse hinder the heate of the same from vs. The like may we saie of another celestial body the moone it self An other which ouer and besides the ordinarie eclipses that it doth indure somtimes ascendeth higher sometimes commeth sower is many times in the winter season Others especially kept from vs by thicke mists and darke fogs Neither neede we for this to looke so high for from terrestriall or earthly bodies may we perceiue the same The trees in the fields and the plants and hearbs in the gardens all winter long not onely want any good fruite but seeme not so muche as to haue a leafe on them yea the verie truncke and stocke it selfe maketh shewe in mans eyes to be dead and to lacke that life that we call vegetatiue And yet there is a sappe or naturall moysture that lyeth hid in the root which when it is refreshed with the heate of the sinne and comforted as it were with the dewe that falleth from heauen will yet notwithstanding in due time proue vnto vs that the tree plant or herbe was neuer dead whatsoeuer we supposed But what neede we to go out of our selues and from our own bodies to viewe this matter we haue as plaine a demonstration as may be Our bodies to daie fresh and lustie and to morrowe wythered and dried vp p Psal 118.83 as a skinne bottle that hangeth in the smoke Another and yet in time raised vp againe to haue naturall moisture and to performe with strength and agilitie as woorthy deedes as before And euen such doubtlesse for a while is the state of the children of God The application of these similitudes who thorow the heynous offences that they haue committed the strength of temptations that they doe indure speecially when they are pressed vpon them by the sting of their own heart or Satans malice and wherein oftentimes thorow the power of naturall corruption they lie sleeping snorting as it were a great while appeare vnto men yea very many thinke and saie so of themselues as persons forsaken of God and remedie lesse in this life and past hope of recouerie for that which is to come It is true that such mens cases are for the time specially before men in theÌ„selues hard and heauie And if wee shoulde say or thinke otherwise wee shoulde contradict Gods truth which telleth vs that g Heb. 12 1â— no afflictions much lesse this great one is for the present ioious but grieuous rather and stand vp against common sense and reason which plainly prooueth to our faces their condition to be pitifull And yet for all this it is not as they affirme desperate and vnrecouerable but rather thought not as in respect of it selfe yet as in regard of the consolations that God interminglâ—th with it and the good fruites that he bringeth foorth by it very comfortable And therefore how ought you A consolation such as you are to be raised vp I come now to the second point namely consolation vpon whome the Lorde himselfe hath sette such infallible notes of your adoption and election vnto eternall life in Iesus Christ that no cloude that the enemie hath interposed betwixt you and God or no myst that in imagination you haue raysed vp in your selfe to stoppe the comfortable Sunne-shine of Gods fauour vnto you nor no extreame frost or colde of winter howsoeuer it bee harde or sharpe for the tyme and sensibly felt of you can kill the seed that is sowen in your heart by Gods word and spirite or disanull the r 1 Iohn 2.27 annoynting s Ephes 4.30 wherewith you are sealed against the day of Christ so louing so faithfull and powerfull is God in and for his Saintes and that not onelie when they are assaulted with forraigne forces but when they are assayed from within and haue as a man would say the motions of their owne minde and the imaginations of their owne hearts and heades not only to conspire agaâ—nst them but euen to betraie them into the handes of their most cruell and deadlie enemies Obiections answered Howbeit it may bee that you will saie your selfe thinketh otherwise of of your selfe But be not your owne iudge I pray you as wel because iudgement in the especially beloÌ„geth not to you but vnto god t t. Cor. 4 4 to whoÌ„ only it appertaineth to pronouÌ„ce a right sentence as also because the way is slipperie here and men yea otherwise good men may easilie be deceiued For as in persons that are sicke in the bodie it sundry times falleth out A similitude that of som melancholike conceit in themselues or feare that they haue to die they receiue the sentence of death in theÌ„selues yea and sometimes the Phisitions giue him ouer and they are readye to take their leane of them and yet God the Lord of life saith they shal liue and as a proofe of his power restoreth them from deathes doore so is it many times with Gods children in this spirituall disease and sicknesse of their soule wherein as it is much more easie to bee mis-led than in bodily sicknesse so many times when al haue â—orsaken vs and we haue destituted our selues and failed in our own spirites yet God the v 2. Cor. 1.3 God of all mercie and father of all comfort renueth his vnspekeable fauour vpon vs calleth vs backe againe as if it were from death to life Againe Another as men that in their owne iudgments seeme sick vnto death and are so farre from hoping after health that they can not so much as thinke of it euen with imagination as many times wast and weare awaie aâ—d bee brought to deathes dore and yet for all that the standers by as learned phisitions and faithâ—ull friendes for certaine and vndoubted tokens of happie health and good recouerie

diligent obseruation of naturall courses that there is no tempest or storme so greate but there insueth euen in the necke of it as a man would say a verye quiet calme nor any winter so colde and deadlye but there commeth both a springing time and summer also after neither yet by the examples of some worthie partitular persons alone as Abraham Iob Dauid and such like whose endes and issues you haue heard off to bee comfortable and as it were heauenlie but by manifolde experiences in your selfe the Lord making you in your owne hearte to finde that to bee true which as hee had promised in hys woord so hee faithfullye perfourmed to his seruauntes in all ages and hath accomplished to and in you that o 1. Cor. 10.13 he wil not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able to wit to beare thorow him but will euen giue the issue with the temptation that ye may be able to beare it Waite therefore with all christian patience for the Lordes Spring-time and haruest wherein hee will come himselfe being reconciled vnto in Iesus Christ and comfortablie call you foorth yea take you as it were by the hand walke with you into the fieldes and say p Cant. 2.11 Arise my loue my fâ—ire one come thy waie for behold vvinter is past the rain is chaunged and gone away the flovvers appeare in the earth the time of the singing of birdes is come the voice of the turtle is heard in our land meaning vnder these earthlie similitudes and comparisons all spiritutuall and heauenlie graces together with the excellent fruites and effectes that by the same he will worke in you Concerning which as you muste not bee discouraged eyther with the length of time in which they are withhelde from you or the hardnesse and sharpnesse of the instrumentes and meanes whereby they are brought to passe in you so must you assure your selfe that at the length they will come because hee is faithâ—ull and willing and able to perfourme that hath promised and their delaie doubtlesse wil be recompenced with all manner of spirituall aboundance For euen as in husbandrie the daylie moisture harde frostes and thicke snowes that fall in the winter season doo indeede nothing els but season the ground mellowing it and making it fitte for the better receiuing and bringing foorth also of that which is committed to it and shall bee sowen in it howesoeuer it seeme contrarie sometimes vnto mans iudgement So no doubt the raine the frostes the snow and the I se of your afflictions are as it were not onelie prepaparatiues for the grounde of your heart and soule fitting you for yea filling you with the pleasaunt fruites of righteousnesse and religion which are as it were Gods summer and haruest q phil 1.11 fruites and so in Christ shall be accounted and accomplished in you Till which time come assure your self of this that as he r Ioh. 14 18. wil not leaue you alwaies or vtterly no not very long coÌ„fortles for so he hath faithfully promised in his blessed woorde but when you seeme most in danger and dystresse will visite you and replenish you with all heauenlye and holie comfort that being a moste proper and fitte tyme for hym to woorke in for the manifestation of his power in the eyes of the wicked and the declaration of his loue towardes his owne people so hee will not destitute you of all necessarye strength both to vndergoe and to ouercome too whatsoeuer it shal please him as your moste mercifull father nowe or else at anye time hereafter to laye vppon you or to exercise you withall As for mee looâ—e what dueâ—ye it shall please you to prescribe and God shall vouchsafe in mercie to enable â—e to performe I will not God aiding me fayâ—e therein yea I say vnto you not onely vse me but commaund me in the same and if you finde mee not therein readie to my vttermost I am content you shall write me vp with such dissembling and faithlesse friends as abound almost euerie where This I promise and by his strength that must performe all in all I hope I shall accomplish that I will not cease in my poore measure to pray for you till such time as I shall vnderstand that as by manie other meanes so particularly by that God himselfe shal be pleased to bestowe vpon you your full deliuerance and I haue occasion to yeeld him humble thankes for graunting the graces that I others as on your behalfe haue soundly though in weakenesse and wantes prayed vnto him for And thus with hartie thanks for your manifold and continuall kindnesses towardes me and mine and humble salutations in Christ vnto you and your good bedfellowe mistresse H. I doe vnfeignedly commend you to the Lord Iesus whose sith you whollie are and to whome sith your heauenly father hath giuen you to be kept I doubt not but you shal continue fast and remaine sure â—â—en vnto the end not onely because he â—o whom you are coÌ„mitted for custodie s Math. 28.18 s Math 28 18 hath al povver giuen vnto him both in heauen and earth but also because we knowe in the trueth of his worde that is the trueth it self t Iohn 10.12 that he looseth none of those that are committed vnto him u 6.37 nor casteth anie such away as come vnto him At London the last of this May. 1589. Your worships as bounden so readie alwayes in all that he may T.W. the Lords most vnworthy seruant GRACE AND PEACE from God c. WE haue right honorable if my poore iudgement deceiue me not The afflictions of the spirite most grieuous manifolde proofs of this point that the afflictions â—f the spirite are muche more great â—nd grieuous than the diseases or trouâ—les of the outward man For first the â—olie Ghost himselfe in plaine tearmes â—ffirmeth it saying a Prou. 18.14 The spirite of â— man will sustayne his infirmitie meaâ—ing thereby his outward paines and griefes of what nature or kinde soeuer â—ut a wounded spirite who can beare â— vnderstanding thereby the troubles â—f the hart or soule speaking as though â—ee shoulde saie it is not onely a very â—ard thing to performe but that verie â—â—we also are found that can indeede indure it yea none but suche as are indued with some special grace from God himselfe Secondly the verie lamentable complaintes and earnest prayers that Gods Children who indeede are moste I had almost said onely exercised that way this I am sure of with fruite and profite haue especiallie in that distressed case made and powred forth doe plainlie proue it Take Dauid Paul in stead of manie or all if you will the one auouching that there b Psalm 38.3 was nothing sound in his fleshe because of Gods anger neither rest in his bones by reason of his sinne and the other crying out c Rom. 7.24 Oh wretched man that I am who

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