Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	lord_n	people_n	word_n	7,267	5	4.0951	3	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14191	The true remedie against famine and warres Fiue sermons vpon the firste chapter of the prophesie of Ioel, wherein the councell that the holy Ghoste gaue the Israelites to redresse the famine which they felt and preuent the warres that were threatened to come vpon them; is applied in particular vnto our present time: Preached in the time of the dearth. 1586. By Iohn Vdall, preacher of the worde of God at Kingston vpon Thames.	Udall, John, 1560?-1592.	1588 (1588)	STC 24507; ESTC S100743	79,508	182

The true remedie against Famine and warres Fiue Sermons vpon the firste chapter of the prophesie of Ioel wherein the Councell that the holy Ghoste gaue the Israelites to redresse the famine which they felt and preuent the warres that were threatened to come vpon them is applied in particular vnto our present time Preached in the time of the dearth 1586. By Iohn Vdall preacher of the worde of God at Kingston vpon Thames IEREM 2.29 VVherefore vvil ye plead vvith me ye al haue rebelled against me saith the lord I haue smiten your children in vaine they receiued no correction AT LONDON Printed by Robert Walde-graue for T. Man and T. Gubbins TO THE RIGHT HONOrable Lord AMBROSE DVDLEY Earle of Warwicke Baron Lisle Master of hir Maiesties Ordinance Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and one of hir Highnes priuie Councell And to the right Honorable and godly Lady his wife Iohn Vdall wisheth increase of all true Honor and comfort in this life euerlasting happines in that which is to come IT hath euer bene the naturall disposition of man right Honourable in all those miseries that fall vpon him to turne his minde a contrary way and thinke amisse of the cause of his estate and condition therevpon to vse such means for the redres thereof as shal neuer amend but rather make worse that whiche they would helpe or if they take in hand any of the wayes that be lawfull yet it is that which shoulde bee the laste as their owne pollicie and wisdome and neuer thinke of their sinnes that haue procured Gods displeasure against them that they might begin by repentance to seeke reconciliation with him which prepostrous dealing doth not only possesse the hart of perticular men but also beareth the swaye for the most parte euen in common-wealthes and gouernements For we see that when any thing is amis in the same there is great consultation and prouident aduising how things may be redressed but the wayes that be taken are for the most part framed in the shop of humane pollicy only therefore the effect thereof is but as the loppinge of some boughes or twigges from the toppe of a tree after which it doth rather flowrish the more then wither away wheras it shoulde bee considered that all ennormities and disorder doe proceed from sinne and euerie breach in a state from the displeasure of the Lorde for the contempte or neglect of his holy commaundements and therefore if euer wee looke to haue our policies prosper to search more narowly into the wil of God to the end it may be established with more authority and practized with more holy obedience and then shoulde those wise plots that the guiftes of nature or experience doe teach vs when once they com in their place attendinge vppon that Souereigne scepter of Gods most blessed word receiue a blessinge from the Lorde and haue a good issue whiche else shall bee as the winde that beeinge long trauelled of wheÌ„ it is brought forth doeth vanishe as the smoake in the sight of the sunne This lesson doth the holy Ghoste by this his Prophet IOEL teache vnto vs in his firste chapter more at large the doctrine wherof as neere as I could remember according as the Lorde did inable me to vtter it I haue penned being drawne thereunto both by the importunitie of some whom I might not well denie in so honest a request as also by the conueniencye of the doctrine for the instruction of moe then heard it Nowe among many other notable instrumentes that the Lorde in his mercie hath stirred vp not onely to wishe well vnto but also to trauayle for the good of that poore people his faythfull seruauntes among whom it hath pleased him to place me not onely I but they also doe stand bound in dutie and shall so remaine still vnto your HH for that carefull diligence that it pleased you both to vse then to intreat for vs when if God had not beene on our side the floodes of malicious mens practises had runne ouer our heades to the vtter vndoing of all good beginninges among vs so that whatsoeuer good it shall please the LORDE to dooe in his Churche by my weake laboures wherevnto I thought an ende had beene added your Honours may iustly bee reputed the instrumentes of the same In regarde whereof I desiringe too haue some opportunitye to shewe the thankfulnesse of our hearts haue especially made choyce of youre Honours vnto whome I might dedicate these my poore laboures most humblye intreatinge the same to accept heereof not accordinge to the valewe that it caryeth whiche is verye small but accordinge to the affection of the giuer whoe acknoweledging him-selfe together with that people whiche haue the benefit of my ministery to be bound to pray vnfeignedly vnto the Lord for your Hh. that it would please him to increase al the graces of his sanctifying spirite vppon the same to the further aduauncement of his glorie the greater benefite of hys poore Church and fuller consolation of your owne soules Sobeit Your Hh. most humble to commaund in the Lorde Iohn Vdall IOEL 1. vers 1 2. Â¶ The word of the Lord that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel Heare ye this O elders and hearken ye all inhabitants of the land whether such a thing hath bin in your days or yet in the dayes of your fathers COncerning the time when this Prophet liued and prophecied diuers men haue shewed their diuers iudgements and opinions whereof if the best and most probable be receiued yet it is but a coniecture and therefore I will leaue it as doth the holie ghost in this place vndetermined and so much the rather for that the ignoraunce thereof bringeth neither anie dammage to the truth of the prophesie nor yet any darknesse vnto the vnderstanding of the same This onely is to be obserued that the time when he liued and the age wherevnto hee did prophesie had great need of the doctrine which he taught them for that as appeareth by the course of his wordes they were growne vnto great extremitie in rebellion against the Lord and besotted so senslesly in their iniquitie that albeit the hand of God was heauie vppon them yet they considered it not but to the ende that those on whome God had ordained to bestowe his grace might be rowzed out of their sleepinesse and they whom in his heauie and eternal displeasure he had cast off might be made the more without excuse the Lorde stirred vp this prophet to speak vnto them which teacheth vnto vs this doctrine for our instruction that in those places and among that people where in any maner his name is called vpon the Lord wil euer in more or lesse measure make knowne his iudgements for their particular sinnes and shewe vnto them the way to escape the same and meanes howe to preuent it to this end that when either in any one priuate person the matter shall be discoursed in the

body that will haue his meate dressed if he can choose by him that either for want of skill can not or of curious vanitie will not vse it as hee should least by the rawnesse thereof or by some euil and vnwholsome mixture it bring poison in stead of nourishment euen so no man that hath care in deede of his owne soule will commit it indifferentlie without any choice to the riffe-raffe and common sorte of Popish priests but to such a one as both for knowledge is able and willingnes wil be careful to diuide vnto him the worde of God aright and giue him his portion in due season The word of the Lord that came vnto Ioel that is y e doctrine which is to be deliuered is that which God determining to make knowen vnto the people of Israel did first reueale vnto his seruaÌ„t Ioel that he might speake it vnto them which wordes beeing diligently marked doe affoorde vnto vs diuers doctrines for our instruction the first is that wherein the calling of the prophet is prooued both vnto his owne conscience and also to the people to his owne conscience thus that when hee should enter into the triall of himselfe and into the consideration of his estate and seeing his course to be such as fewe woulde like of yet this might be his comfort the Lord had set him aworke surely this is a thing most needful to be examined considered of in these our dayes of the ministers of God not onlie in generall in respect of their calling and the manner of their dealing in it that is almost euery where gainesaid but especially in those particular things for which they are often called into question coÌ„demned and as malefactors punished by the worldlings that vsurpe vpon them for as on the one side if we shall take that course which is displesant vnto God and wherby wee doe also come into disgrace with men our estate is most wretched miserable so on the other side if we do nothing but that which is come vnto vs by the worde of the Lorde that is inioyned vs from God that hath placed vs in our calling though the world think hardly of vs for it we suffer ignominie losse and smarte because of it yea though it bring tediousnesse vnto our owne flesh and wearisomnesse to our spirits yet this shall be vnto vs as an inuincible fortresse as a brazen wall against our aduersaries and as a thousand witnesses to testifie with vs and giue vs comfort in the middest of all extremities Againe the calling of the prophet is approoued by the fame euen vnto men for if they shoulde haue denied y t which he spake to be true or him to be the prophet of God he had wherwith to answer conuince them in both respects in the first that that which he said must needes be true for that it came from God on the behalfe of the second that he was the prophet of God for that the word came not in generall to all or to many but particularly to him for that he was furnished and euery way inabled not onelie in the vnderstanding of that which hee was to deliuer but also in his owne conscience perswaded to be the man forsomuch as GOD sending the message vnto him did thereby assure him that he had alotted and called him to that function Which if we marke it well and gather a generall doctrine for our instruction out of it doeth teach vs how to knowe the most reall and essentiall markes of those whome wee are to esteeme the messengers of God sent vnto vs for if it be true that God sendeth first his word vnto him that is furnisheth him with knowledge of his wil and care to aduance his glorie in the deliuerance of it vnto his people then must it needes follow that they who by reason of lacke of knowledge diligently imploy themselues in an ordinarie and lawfull calling to breake vnto the people of GOD the bread of life and train them vp to the knowledge of the gospell were neuer sent of God into that place and therefore are not of his people to bee receiued esteemed as ambassadors from his maiestie but as wolues bursting in and rauenners sent of Satan to the keeping from them the kay of knowledge and so fore-closing vnto them as much as in them lieth the passage and entry into the kingdome of heauen for Gods people who are to think as the Lord hath taught them in his word must acknowlege and receiue onely them that are found to be qualified with the giftes of his ministers the first wherof is euery where in the word of god saide to be the gift of teaching the knowledge of his mysteries which caused the Lord before he sent the prophet Ezech. to preach vnto his people denounce those iudgementes that he meant to inflict vpon them to shew to him a booke command him to eat it which signified y e knowlege present readines that he should haue in executing his office it is alwaies said y e word of the Lord came to y e prophets our sauior christ saith that a Scribe taught vnto y e law must be as one that bringeth out of his tresury old new S. Paul describeth a B. by which he meaneth euery Minister of y e gospel that he must be apt to teach coÌ„uince the gainsaier but I wil not stand on this point that is so clear to theÌ„ that haue eies as the sunne at noone-daye Euerie man will confesse that no earthlie prince will send an ambassador that wanteth eyther knowledge or vtterance to deliuer his message is not God far wiser than men Againe in that it is said The word of the Lord came vnto Ioel we must note to what ende it was namely as followeth in hys practise that he might make it known vnto the elders of the land which is to be noted for many there be in the world who if they haue any more vnderstanding than the common sort haue do by by persuade theÌ„selues that they are as they are termed learned ministers albeit they haue neither vtteraÌ„ce to deliuer that which they know neither if they haue any gift that way yet make smal coÌ„science whether they imploy themselues in painfull preaching or no the end for which y e word came to Ioel condeÌ„neth both the sorts of theÌ„ For the first we must note that y e holy ghost when he requireth of a Minister to be apte to teach wee must not thinke that he meaneth him that hath it within him is as a tub without any vent for that is but as a candle lighted after couered with a bushell but he meaneth him that is so prepared and furnished thervnto that he is also set on work in the same and therefore it is that the prophet Esay saith that God had geuen vnto him a learned toong that hee might know to minister

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