Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	holy_a	prayer_n	word_n	7,609	5	4.2667	3	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01189	A dyet for the Christian soule, constantly to be obserued euery day, that it may alwaies reioyce in the Lord..		1600 (1600)	STC 6832.65; ESTC S126272	9,205	78

meane wee haue to fetch power from God to bee preserued from Sathan This faith is our shield whosoeuer shal make themselues shieldes of any other thing that can be deuised to repulse Sathan withal they shal haue but a Spiders web and Sathan will but sport himselfe at such presumption wherfore let vs learne to make faith our buckler that is to say when wee minde to enter into the battell and to hold out in it Let vs consider that God is our father because he hath elected and chosen vs for his children of his owne infinit goodnes Seeing he hath assured vs that he will alwayes bee on our side and that he is greater then al the world and that hee hath put vs in good and safe keeping by ordaining our Lord Iesus Christ to be our sheepherd Let vs gather all those promises togither make a shield of them to set before vs when soeuer we be assailed and let vs defie the diuell because we be in the protection of our God who is of inuin cible power and because our Lorde Iesus Christ hath taken vpon him the charge of our saluation and promised to bee a faithful keeper of our soules to the ende 1 If we bee tempted with couetousnesse because wee bee afrayde least the earth should faile vs let vs remember God hath taken vpon him the charge to nourish and sustaine vs. And therefore let vs rest vpon him and aske our daily bread at his hands 2 If the diuell labour to winne vs to whordome let vs call to minde howe Iesus Christ hath incorporated vs into himselfe and made vs his owne members to be all one with him And shall we go rent our selues froÌ„ Christ to make our selues the members of a filthie Harlot God forbid 3 Are we prouoked to gluttonie And why not Hath not God created victuals to our vse Yes But should we defile and ouerthrow the order that God hath set which is that wee should bee sustained by them thereby to bee directed to the heauenly life And shall wee turne the thing to our hinderance that ought to be our helpe 4 Againe we are tempted with ambitition to glorifie our our selues yea but what example hath our lord Iesus Christ set before vs Howe lowly how meekely did he beare himselfe Moreouer if we couer to be great in this worlde wee shall bec enemies to God for hee resisteth the proud so as their pride and presumption must needes be pulled downe Thus may wee euerie way beate backe the darts of Sathan by faith 5 By the Helmet of saluation is ment our constant hope to enioy in due time whatsoeuer GOD hath promised and therefore with boldnesse wee lift vp our heades agaynst all our enemies looking for the full victorie vnto saluation 6 By the sword of the spirit is ment the worde of God and let vs assure our selues that we haue a good sword when wee can skill to applie Gods woorde to our vse And as aboue is shewed let vs assure our selues that wee haue a good shielde when we haue fayth which proceedeth out of the worde of God Nowe Christian Reader that thou maist keepe this Armour fast vpon thee haue care to practize these rules following 1 His first care in the morning must be that presently after rest before the mynd be intangled with other thoughtes affections and cares he awake with God and therefore that he suffer not his mynd before meditation and prayer to be wandering after the worlde which is founde a greate quencher of grace the whole day after But rather that he stirre vp the grace of God in him by thinking on such heuenly matters as bee most fit for the same As First that shortly he must lie downe in the dust and part with whatsoeuer de light he doth heere enioy that this may breede in him a contempt of the worlde and a longing after the life to come Secondly that he consider to what great preferment hee is come by beeing Gods childe that by the comfortable sight of this high prerogatiue hee may cheere vp his hart to all holy dueties to God and man resoluinge to deal without fraud religiously and simply Thirdly also that hee consider his late preseruation and other mercies receyued from God with thankefull remembraunce of all both earthlie and most especially heauenlye blessinges These meditations ended hee is in the feare of God to addresse himselfe to offer vp vnto God his morning sacrifice of prayer in such sorte as may be accepted taking heed that in any case his prayer be hearty and therein these three principall partes are to bee remembred First Gods mercies bodilie and spirituall with heartie thankes for the same Secondly his sins with harty desire of pardon for them Thirdlie his necessities both of bodie and soule with feruent request to be relieued in all both for himself and others so particularly as conueniently may be Secondlie hee is to watche ouer his thoughts words and deeds al the day that euill may be kept out of them preuenting the occasion and tentation to euill And for such sins wherunto hee is more prone then to others hee must haue more care to auoide them and the prouocations that were wont most to preuaile against him oftner thinking on the foulenesse of those sinnes waying the reasons that should kindle in him a detestation of them vsing all lawful remedies against them And not to enterprise any kind of businesse whatsoeuer without hearty prayer to GOD in the name of Iesus Christ for the obtayning of his holy Spirite and mercifull protection Also hee is to obserue howe sinne dyeth and is weakened in him and must bee carefull to shun one sinne as well as another and must delight in the worde and worship of God and in the fellowship of his Saintes and mourne and striue against his sinnes renewing his couenant with GOD for that end This watchfulnes and care will bee found no more then needefull if we consider First among how many occasions and prouocations wee walke Secondlie howe shiftles wee are to auoide them Thirdly how our lustes and ill affections carry vs head long vnto euill so as we go about nothing but some one or other of them is in our way to molest vs. Fourthly the great hurt that many godly minded haue taken for wante of this watchfulnes as Eue Noah Dauid c. A little diligent practise will so fill his heart with peace of conscience which is more of all true christians desired then any gaine that the labour will bee most pleasaunt sweete delightfull and easie 3 Thirdly hee is faithfully and diligently to follow his lawfull calling yet so that his diligence bee no let from the seruice of God and practising the helpes in this direction sette downe For we must so play the good husbandes that wee become not worldelings and so we must looke to our busines as we bee not careles of our brothers good Wee must vse the world as though wee vsed it

A Dyet for the Christian soule Constantly to be obserued euery day that it may alwaies reioyce in the Lord. IN DOMINO CONFIDO LONDON Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe 1600. CONSTANTIA ET LABORE To the Reader CHristian reader thou hast here prescribed vnto thee a Diet for the Soule which if thou with a faithfull heart be carefull to obserue It shall be a good meane to coÌ„uey thee safely through the troublesome dangerous stormes which do continually arise in the salt Sea of this world till thou come to the hauen of safetie which is the euerlasting Kingdome of God My desire is to adde a Preparatiue to this Diet that it may make it more sauorie to those whome God shall enable with his grace carefully to practise the same with sincere harts to come vnto him And that the rest which do it onely of custome or to some other inordinate end may bee left more without excuse Now the Preparatiue which I adde is none other but such as God hath appointed to bee mixed with euery spirituall dish that hee will haue set vpon his table otherwise the meate will be so farre from nourishing vs that it will turne to our bane and this Preparatiue is faith without which it is vnpossible that any part of Gods ordinance shoulde profite vs. Reade Heb. 4. 2. The word that they heard profited not them because it was not mixed with faith in those that heardit yea without faith it is vnpossible to please God Heb. 11. 6. These are proofes sufficient to shewe vnto vs the necessitie of faith Mine exhortation therfore is that thou looke to thine heart and take heede that thou bring faith with thee when thou entrest into the seruice of God in any part thereof as it is here set downe in this Diet otherwise in vsing of it either thou doest set thy selfe a worke or thou art procured thereunto by some other man but the Lord hath no part in it and therefore thou canst hope for no blessing vpon thy labour because those whom he doth set a worke by the motion of his holie spirit and outwarde ministerie of his worde for that is the ordinarie meane whereby hee doth worke our conuersion Iam. 1. 18. Such when they do rightly enterprise anie part of those duties which here in this treatise thou hast rules of Fiâ—st they come vnto it with feare and trembling because they see with the eyes of faith how pure the Lord is who can abide none impuritie and howe vile and wretched they them selues are whom God doth nowe summon to appeare before him and as they come in the feeling of their own wretchednesse so also they come with greedie appetites to bee taught of God and to bee relieued at his hand yea and they come also with hope that they shall bee relieued howsoeuer the same may seeme small at the first yet by dayly and continuall exercise they doe feele it to grow and increase so receiue comfort because their hope is grounded vppon the promises and nothing else and this is to haue the worde mixed with faith in vs and this fruit will come of it for God doth neuer set vs a worke vpon the meanes to seeke for mercie and grace at his hand but hee doth giue the thing also that wee seeke for because hee is infinitelie mercifull The sea is not fuller of water nor the Sunne of light then hee is of mercie to all these that call vpon him in truth be their sinnes neuer so great And it is al one with him to pardon ten thousand talents as to forgiue ten pence He is as easily intreated to heale a deadly wound as to cure the prick of a pin It is not the greatnes of our miserie that dooth hinder this mercie but a heart of vnbeliefe when wâ—e doe vtterlie distrust the same God dooth many times forgiue great and grieuous sinnes to those that doe beleeue when hee doth impart smal sinnes be they neueâ— so small to those that are voyde of fayth his children doe knowe this and therfore are imboldned to seeke vnto him in their greatest aistresse for whome should the wife seek vnto in her trouble but to her husband and whom should the childe seeke vnto when hee is grieued but to his father By faith we knowe that God is our husband and our Father and therefore hath commaunded vs to call vpon him in the time of neede nay to speake more properly he doth set vs a worke so to doe by his holy spirit whereby hee doth assure vs also that hee will relieue our griefes by ministring comfort vnto vs but as for those who set themselues a worke without the Lord. It is ether of custome to serue the time because they would not bee contrarie to their Prince or else for that they hauing knowledge may be able to talk of it and so seem to others to bee that they are not or else they do it with a mind to merit by the thing done as if there were religion and holinesse in the bare ceremonie as if it were a meritorious worke to reade to heare to pray to medâ—taâ—e or to performe any other part of Gods ordinance bee it neuer so vnfruitfullie and barrenly passed ouer of them Now any of these though they take neuer so great paines yet shall not feele any fruit at all vpon their labors for they are such as the Scripture speaketh of which are euer learning and neuer come to the knowledge of the truth If they who vse the meanes may so vaunt of faith misse the marke of saluaâ—ion they who neglect the meanes must needs fall into damnation Wherefore I do not disswade any from the vse of the meanes still but rather I aduise all to vse the meaâ—es still yea and that more earnestly but with a better mind and to build vpon a better foundation that so they may receiue better fruit from their labours and more certain and sound comfort otherwise all their glory ing will vanish like smoke and that which they seeme to haue shall be taken from them like wise and they left naked what will it boote them then though their neighbors and all other men haue still thought well of them and highly coÌ„mended their waies if God himselfe doe not approue of them but vtterly reiect them and al their doings for as wee are before the Lord so we are in deed and not as men do account of vs and therefore let vs in all things seeke to approue our selues vnto God who searcheth the heart discerneth the verie secret cogitations guile cannot bee hid froÌ„ him be it neuer so close although wee smooth it ouer with neuer so many faire and goodly shewes to the world-ward yet the Lord can easily finde it out and such shall bee accounted of in his sight no better then Hypocrites yea and all their pretended seruing of God none other then the sacrifice of fooles till the Lord of his infinit mercie do purge their hearts

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