Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	lord_n	speak_v	word_n	18,458	5	4.5398	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13287	A heauenly voyce A sermon tending to call the people of God from among the Romish Babylonians: preached at Paules Crosse the 12 of Ianuarie. 1606. By William Symonds.	Symonds, William, 1556-1616?	1606 (1606)	STC 23591; ESTC S100150	20,238	36

estate for her great sinnes Namely first for troubling of states secondly for corruption in doctrine with which shee hath poysoned other Nations thirdly for the immoderate riches of her Merchants who sold both iustice and the soules of men Both Prince and people that obey the Gospell of the kingdome shall bring her plagues vpon her at once by embracing and vrging a double doctrine of exhortation and that is it which is contained in my text Of this doctrine first is shewed the place froÌ„ whence it commeth to wit the Temple of God and his Christ euen the sincere profession of the Gospel which in this booke in a manner continually is called by the name of Heauen Here then all godly men both Prince and people doe ioyne together in those wholsome admonitions of the Lord. So that those of the spirit of S. Iohn who can well vnderstand the things that are spoken do heare these heauenly doctrines enforced by them And this is the meaning of these words And I heard another voyce from that which Princes decreed for their priuate benefite from heauen say The matter of the exhortation is double first to forsake her euen this popish Babylon and then to pursue her with iust reuenge The doctrine or exhortation to forsake her hath the proposition and the arguments to enforce it The proposition hath the parties admonished and their dutie Their dutie is to flie from this confused and cursed Babylon of poperie in these wordes Goe out of her The parties on whom this heauenly voyce doth vouchsafe to bestow these holy things are no deafe Adders but onlie such which by Gods election doe belong to God and by the couenant which they make and holde and by theyr sufferings for his sake are knowne so to do And therefore the voyce of Iesus Christ the Lord by his seruaunts doth call them from heauen My people The reasons why they should forsake her are two both drawne from manifest perill The first is the perill of contagion and defiling themselues with touching this pitch in these words That ye be not partakers of her sinnes The second is the perill of vengeance to be inflicted vpon her and all her complices in these wordes and that ye receiue not of her plagues This argument of her plagues is further enforced is proued to be heauie and certaine first by the iustice of God that requireth great sinnes to be greeuously punished Wherefore seeing her sinnes exceede it is not possible to hope for sparing The greatnesse of her sinnes is expressed in an vsuall prouerbiall speech of the Scripture when it is said for her sinnes are come vp to heauen The second reason to prooue her plagues to be certaine is the diligence that GOD now vseth in laying together her faults that shee may receiue for euery one of them that which shee hath deserued and that is the purpose of these wordes and God hath remembred her iniquities And thus much of the interpretation of the first doctrine of exhortation to the people of God It remaineth that wee proceede to informe our consciences hereby Doct. 1 I heard another voyce from heauen Heere we see that those of the spirit of S. Iohn Doe heare the voyce that requireth men to separate themselues from Babylon and to reuenge themselues of her to come from heauen By heauen in this booke for the most part is not vnderstood the place whether our Lorde and Sauiour is ascended Acts. 1 11 but the coÌ„gregation of the faithfull professing the Gospell of Christ in his Church where himselfe is in the middest For in the fourth chapter where S. Iohn doth see a throne set vp in heauen about which are 24 seates Cap. 4 2 4 and 24 elders sitting vppon them in the 5 chapter these Eders doe praise Christ Cap. 5.10 that had made them Kinges and Priests vnto God that should raigne on the earth And this is proportionable to the rest of the Scriptures which doe call the Church of Christ heauenly Ierusalem Ephe 2 6 and the kingdome of heauen and those that are conuerted thereto are said to be made to sit together in heauenlie places The meaning is that those of the spirit of Saint Iohn doe heare this heauenly doctrine of God generally taught among them that do sincerely professe the Gospell of Christ Come out of her c. Reward her c. Heerevpon it doth followe that the doctrine of seperation from this popish Babylon and the doctrine of reuenge to be inflicted vpon her which is reduced into lawes by godly Princes conuerted to the Gospell and which is dilligently taught by the Preachers of the word and is put in execution by good and godly subiects whether vnder Magistrats or priuate men is to be acknowledged for none other but a voice from heauen And when it is sayd to be a voice from heauen it appeareth that the doctrine is and ought to bee esteemed as effectuall as if God did immediately speake from heauen So that it is all one whether God from heauen doth commaunde Noah to make and enter the Arke or that an Angell bid Lot get him out of Sodom or Moses importune the people to get them from the tents of Dathan and Abiram or the Prophets Isaiah and Ieremie by their prophecies before hand doe instruct both Prince and people to teach and obey this rule Get out of Babylon or the godly Princes and Preachers exhort the people of God to seperate themselues from the Romane popish beast Euery voice in this kind is of like weight and authoritie We knowe that it is blasphemed by these vndutifull Babylonians to be tirrannie in Princes to be affectation of liberty and spoyle in inferior Magistrates to be faction and ignorance and heresie in Ministers and people So doe we also knowe that whatsoeuer the deuill saith in these serpents yet Saint Iohn and those of his spirite doe acknowledge they heare this voice from heauen euen from Iesus Christ teaching and instructing the congregation of all faithfull people out of his holy word in the Church Heere therfore let all Christian Kings Counsailors Bishops and all Magistrates remember the generall Canon of the Apostle Heb 12.25 See that yee dispise not him that speaketh For if they escaped not which refused him that spake on earth much more shal not we escape if wee turne away from him that speaketh from heauen Moreouer seeing this voice is from heauen it followeth that whosoeuer doth teach by writing or preaching or doth aduise in deliberations that any other course is to be held that these popish Babylonians are in some things to be yielded vnto and that some more milde and gentle proceedings towards them would doe better such I say neither can truly nor may iustly be commended that this wisdome descendeth from aboue but it is from belowe Iam 3.15 and is earthly sensuall and diuelish 2 Cor 6.14 c. For they labour to reconcile the things which haue

by the Popish priests which swarme in the Land Insomuch that it is to be supposed not onely by the wit of man but also by the Word of God that except some speedie voyce come from heauen to commaund the people to come out from her and that the Lord send some mightie North wind to take away these Popish frogs which are the spirits of deuils these trayterous Iesuites and Priestes Cap. 16 13 and violently to cast them into the sea without all question Exod 10.19 many subiects will partake in the traiterous sinnes of this Babylonian tyrannie Their sinne is That as many as will not worship the beast the Pope must be killed For this doctrine Reue 13 15 the spirit of the beast dooth continually inforce by all meanes what euer other pretence hee make Doct. 6 Besides when it is said Least yee be partakers of her sinnes heere it is further shewed that the people of GOD must not communicate with the sinnes of this Antichristian Babylon The rule is generall that the godly must not partake with any sinners as the Apostle saith Ephe 5 1â— Haue no fellowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darknes And againe Come out from among them 2 Cor 6 17 and touch no vncleane thing And againe Iude 23 Hate the garment that is spotted with the flesh To this purpose did Christ admonish his Disciples not to partake with the wicked Clergie of his time saying Take heede of the leuen of the Pharasies and Saduces Mat 16 12 meaning their euill doctrine Woluish conditions And Saint Paul requireth to hold an Angell or Apostle Gala. 1 8 9 or any other man accursed that bringeth in any other doctrine then was at first receiued What meruaile is it then if Saint Iohn in so perrilous and damnable a time as this when the holie Cittie is become an harlot yea a Tyrant and head of the Gentiles proude Babylon Rome a Cittie drunken with the blood of the Saints if I say hee forbid all people to partake in her barbarous blasphemous and couetous sinnes directly contrarie to the saluation of body and soule It seemeth a heauie and grieuous thing to depart from the consent of so many Nations and ages and to be esteemed scismaticall But when the commaundement of God doth require vs not to ioyne hand in hand with the wicked to euill but to come out froÌ„ Babylon the commaundement doth minister vnto vs a iust Apologie before men and stablish the conscience before God to be innocent and defensible in this separation What are the sinnes of this popish Babylon is partly to bee gathered out of Daniell Isaiah Ieremiah Ezechiell and other scriptures where mention is made of Babylon For when Rome is heere called Babylon we haue this libertie to impute the cruelties other sius of the former Babylon to this In this booke more especially are mentioned these sinnes Reu 9.20 21. Idolatry murther sorcerie fornication theft and these are further explaned in other places of this booke In the tenth chapter her sinne is when Princes haue rored as Lyons Cap. 10 3 4. to keepe the possession of the people and soyle to cry them downe with thundring execrations and excommunications Cap. 11 7 In the 11 to make war with the witnesses of Iesus when they haue finished their testimonie In the thirteene it is said Cap. 13 6 7 that hauing got power to speake and doe what her lift she abuseth her authoritie to blaspheme and to make warre with the Saints euen to kill all that are not of her faction verse 15. All of her sinnes may be reduced to these twoheades The prophanation of the worship of God and the barbarous ouerthrow of all charitable communion among men WheÌ„ therefore wee are commaunded not to partake with her sinnes we are forbidden to defile the feare of God with any of her abhominations or to dissolue Christian Communion with any of her cruelties and oppressions A man may partake in sinnes eyther by ioyning in the action or by fauouring them that doe it Wherefore Rom. 1. vit we are heere required neither to ioyne with her in any of her sinnes nor to fauour them that doe Wee haue many in our Country that partake manifestly with this Romish Babylon in her fornications and superstitions as dooth appeare by the many ratles idols beades and such other trumperie that are found coÌ„tinually among them Yea we haue many that haue beene willing to minister the cup of the wine of the wrath of her fornication to Prince and people as appeareth by the manie treasons which are attempted and the correspondence of multitudes with the traytors Yea that which is more there are found in England I had almost saide in London schooles to traine vp Gentlemens chyldren in this impious rebellious religion where the Gouernours disclaime his sacred Maiestie King Iames to be theyr King and professe themselues the Popes subiects But the holy Ghost heere speaketh to them all Bee not partakers with her sinnes Others happily there may be euery way as pestilent who publiquely seeme to fauour the Gospell but couertly and vnderhand fauour and much further this vngodly and pestilent religion playing fast and loose with the state Howe perilous this kinde of persons is may be seene in the story of Constantine the great In his time certaine supposed Arian conuerts abusing the singuler lenitie and credulitie of the Emperour insinuated themselues into the fauour of the Prince Socr. 1 10 18 c. wrought themselues into offices and imployments in the common wealth they openly seemed to maintaine the faith of the Nicaene Creede but keeping their old corruption in theyr harts by all meanes they could collaterally with slaunders and iniustice through the sides of godly men wounded the holy and innocent cause I feare among the Iustices of the Land c. may bee be found very many such euery way as preiuditiall to the Gospell Blessed be his mouth that said hee would remooue them and put better in theyr roomes and blessed be his hand that doth it In the meane space this heauenly voyce dooth speake to such Partake not with her sinnes And heerein it is required wee be the more circumspect because her sinnes are so subtile that they enter in and possesse many a man which dooth seeme to himselfe and to others to hold this filthy Babylon in singular abhomination But it followeth in the next place Doct. 7 And that ye receaue not of her plagues For such as will continue in a place to be destroyed must fcele the smart of the same destruction Lots wife beeing deliuered froÌ„ Sodom in compassion would looke back towards her old neighbours and was turned into a piller of salt Remember Lots Wife Luke 17.32 saith Christ As her sinnes are many and foule so are her plagues very many and heauie For the better discouering of her sinnes shee is called the Image of the beast

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