Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	answer_v	speak_v	word_n	2,632	5	4.2165	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12232	Meditations of the whole historie of the Passion of Christ. Written by the Reuerend Father, F. Franciscus Costerus, Doctor of Diuinity, of the Society of Iesus. Translated out of Latine into English by R.W. Esquire; De universa historia Dominicae Passionis meditationes quinquaginta. English	Coster, Franciscus, 1532-1619.; Worthington, Lawrence.	1616 (1616)	STC 5827; ESTC S114528	155,460	681

I finde no cause in this man But the high Priestes accused him in many things and Iesus answered nothing Then Pilate asked him saying to him Dost thou not heare howe great testimonies they speake against thee dost thou not answere any thing behold in how great things they acuse thee But Iesus answered not him to any word Mar. 15 so as the President wondred greatly COnsider first that Pilate expecting no answere to this question what is the truth went foorth either because he thought that question appertained not to him or else that it was not conuenient at that time To whom thou maiest knowe thy selfe to be like so oft as thou passest ouer lightly heauenly things or as oft as thou shalt thinke that those things which are spoken of euerlasting life of perfection or of christiaÌ„ life appertain not vnto thee or as often as thou dost lightly leaue that which before thy God thou hadst iustly purposed Thinke no time vnfitt for diuine instructions Consider secondly that Pilate found no cause of death in Christ the Iewes a false cause and God the Father a true cause to wit the purging of thy sinnes for the saluation of thy soule Ponder earnestly with thy selfe vpon this cause For the reason why thou louest not Christ so well as thou oughtest nor art so thankfull as thou shouldest be nor art sufficiently moued with this his so great and bitter paine is because thou doest not earnestly acknowledge nor reuolue in thy minde that thou wert the cause of these his bitter paines Consider thirdly the great and manifould crimes obiected against thy Lord in the sight and hearing of all the people who wondred exceedingly at such new and strange things Doe thou patiently suffer for thy Lords sake all slanders iniuries and reproches Consider fourthly the deepe silence of our Lord wherein Pilate the Gentile admired the wisedom of Christ and the Iewes were made more audacious to adde more and more grieuous accusations Admire thou the patience of God who beeing hetherto offended with so many and so grieuous sinnes both of thee and of other men doth not onely still holde his peace winke at them parâ—oÌ„ them but also doth bestowe many benefites vpon thee that thou being moued with his bountifull liberality maist at last remember thy felfe But they were more earnest saying Luc. 23. He moued the people teaching through all Iurie beginning froÌ„ Galilee euen hither COnsider first the clamors of the Iewes who hauing no hope to effect any thing by truth raised vp troubles tumults and clamours like those which defeÌ„d an ill cause wherein they imitate the Deuill who when he can doe nothing by his owne suggestions theÌ„ he stirreth vp friends parents and companions he moueth the inward concupiscâ—nce he hindereth and darkneth the vnderstanding Doe thou nothing impatiently imitating our Lord who was not prouoked nor moued by any iniuries except to loue the more dearly Consider 2. that Christ was heere reputed captaine of the sedicious Thou knowest say they O Pilate the Galilaeans to be factious people whose bloud thou didst lately mingle with their sacrifice behold hee is the head and Ring-leader of all mischiefe borne to raise sedition among the people Verily O Lord thou doest moue the people but not to sedition treason robberies and man-slaughters which is the property of Heretiques which stirre vp such motions in their Sermons but to the change of their life and manners that forsaking their pleasures and sinnes they may all giue themselues to the exercise of vertue Thou fillest the Monasteries with religious people the Deserts with Anchorites the Prisons with Confessors and the gallowes with Martyrs Through thy motion Virgins cast away their braue artyre Rich men choose pouerty Noble men submit themselues to the wills of others and young men by a vowe of religion offer themselues as a Holocaust vnto thee Pray thou also that our Lord may mooue thee Consider thirdly whome he is said to teach to wit the Galilaeans that is Passengers and Iewes that is Confessors and praisers of God But hee began from Galilee For the beginning of Christian doctrine is to passe from sinne the middle is to confesse our dayly defects with sorrowe of heart and purpose of amendment and to praise God in true obedience and the end is to behold the face of God in Ierusalem in the vision of peace Pray our Lord to bring thee to the perfection of this wisedome And Pilate hearing Galilee asked if the maÌ„ wer a Galilaean as soon as he knew that he was vnder the iurisdiction of Herod Luc. 23. he sent him to Herod who also in those dayes was in Hierusalem GAlilaean is heere to bee seperated from the man in this sence whether this maÌ„ be a Galilaean Consider first that either Pilate did not knowe the name of Iesus or else that he disdained to name him Wicked men knowe not Iesus suffering mocked and bound they knowe the honours of the world but not the ignominy of the Crosse Therefore they shall not bee knowne of Iesus that is their Sauiour and they shall neuer reape the fruite of saluation which reiect the Passion being the instrument of saluation Consider secondly that Herode the Iewe came to Hierusalem against the feast of Pasch For sinners vse to celebrate the Feastes of the Faithfull with outward ceremonies onely in brauer Apparrell with daintyer Dishes c. But they doe not receiue the inward fruit of the Feasts neither doe they labour so much for the inward ornament of their Soule to the which they ought to bee caried from the outward ceremonyes Consider thirdly thy Lord is saide to bee vnder the iurisdiction of Herode a wicked man Incestuous Adulterous and a Murtherer that thou mayest willingly obey thy Superiours though they bee not very good hauing respect not to their vices but to the vertue of obedience Consider fourthly the sower Iudges of Christ two Priests Annas Cayphas and two secular men Herode the Iewe and Pilate the Gentile For Christ was adiudged to death by all states of men hee was slaine for the sinnes of all men hee suffered and dyed for the saluation of all men Therefore doe thou confidently lay all thy sinnes vpon him that being free'd from them thou mayest receiue eternall saluation prepared by him The 22. Meditation of the acts in the house of Herode Herode when he saw Iesus reioyced much Luc. 23. for hee was desirous a long time to see him because he had heard many thinges of him and hee hoped to see some signe done by him And he examined him with many questions but hee answered nothing vnto him COnsider first that this Herode neuer came vnto Christ neuer heard his wordes nor neuer saw his miracles but yet hee knewe many things of him by the report of others Wherefore he was glad that hee had occasion to see and behold him but he was not moued with hope or desire of saluation but with a

miserable and so many wayes afflicted canst call thy selfe King of the Iewes Answere thou for thy Lord yea certainly he is King of the Iewes whome the true Iewes doe acknowledge that is such as knowe and confesse their sinnes For they will obey this King that being brought out of sinne and deliuered out of the hand of their enemyes they may serue him Admire thou this King whose beauty consisteth not in golde and precious stones outward ornameÌ„ts but in contempt disgrace and externall ignominy For these things haue both made Christ famous through the whole world and also haue beautified thy soule Consider fourthly the answere of Christ the sence whereof is this did you euer see or heare any thing of mee whereby I might be suspected to seeke for a Kingdome This question signifieth the absurdity of the accusation Ponder heer with thy selfe whether thou dost know thy Lord Christ that is whether thou doest feele Christ raigning in thy minde or else whether thou art a Christian without any outward sweetnes Consider fiftly the proud answere of Pilate disdaining and taking it in euill part that a guilty person durst aske him a question He excuseth himselfe with ignorance of the Iewes causes I knowe not saith hee what your Nation dreameth of the coÌ„ming of a Messias Thou canst not plead ignorance in Gods cause to whom Christ hath made manifest euen the secrets of God And if ignorance did not profite Pilate how can it profite any Christian to whom God hath giuen so great knowledge Consider sixtly What hast thou done the great innocency of thy Lord that when accusations failed hee himselfe must be asked Answer thou what he hath done Hee hath made Heauen Earth and all Creatures hee hath done all good and no euill But for the good done for thy sake which thou doest abuse vnto sinne hee must suffer the punishment which thou didst deserue This place is fit to meditate what Christ hath done for thee and what thou hast done againe for him that admiring his bounty thou mayst giue him thankes detesting thy owne ingratitude thou mayst bee confounded with shame Iesus answered my Kingdome is not of this world If my Kingdome were of this world my Soldiours would fight for me that I should not be deliuered vp to the Iewes but now my Kingdome is not from hence Pilate said vnto him then art thou a King Iesus answered thou sayest that I am a King COnsider first the Christ answered Pilate plainly who dealt sincerely with him but to the Iewes who went about to intrappe him hee would not answere but adiured For our Lord detesteth fiction and with the simple in his speach Consider secondly that hee applyed himselfe to this Ethnicke deriuing his argument from the vse and custome of men You may vnderstand saith hee by this that I seeke not a Kingdom of this world because I haue no Soldiours nor ChaÌ„pions for my defence But with the Iewes that knew the Lawe hee vsed the Scriptures Thou maist learne hereby that God vseth all waies reasons to conuert thee and others If thou wouldst consider those meanes which our Lord vsed to helpe and cure thee thou wouldest admire Gods prudent loue and charity towards thee Consider thirdly My Kingdome is not of this world He doth not say in this world For hee raigneth in his Church and in thee But hee saith of this world that is to say It is not like the Kingdomes of this world neither doth it consist in the multitude of Seruantes and Soldiours nor in solemnity and pompe nor in ryot and brauery of apparrell But in the ornament of the soule in voluntary obedience and multitude of vertues And perhaps in this Kingdome of Christ there are more poore beggerly weake and vnlearned then rich noble mighty and wise people Be thou careful therfore that Christ may rule thee and thy affections and raigne in thee For if to serue Christ is to reigne then Christ reigning in thee will make thee a mighty King ruling ouer thy selfe the whole world I was borne in this and to this I came into the world Ioan. 18 that I may giue testimony vnto the truth And euery one which is of the truth heareth my voyce Pilate saith vnto him what is the truth COnsider first for what cause Christ came into the world to wit first that he might free the world from the falsenes of Idolatry and of diuers errors and of sinne Secondly that he might declare the vanity and folly of those things which the world admireth set before our eies those things as they are indeede and not as they seeme to be Thirdly that by this truth he might rule the mindes of men Thou maist learn hereby First what thou oughtest chiefely to seeke for in the kingdome of Christ to wit to be deliuered made free from al vanity falshood and sinne 2. That they are the chiefe seruants inlargers of the Kingdome of Christ which labour in teaching the truth 3. That it appertaineth especially to the charge of Christian Princes and superiours to keepe increase their subiects in the faith of Christ For they are not superious like Gentiles to maintain their people only in a ciuile peaceable gouernement but they are also Christian Princes ouer Christians that they may enlarge the Kingdome of Christ Consider secondly I was borne in this and to this I came into the world A high sentence which Pilate might haue vnderstood if he had persisted in simplicity I am not borne saith hee like other men for I was now before I was borne of my mother I was borne not thorough the necessity of nature but of mine owne will and for certaine causes which moued me to take humane nature vpon me to wit that I might teach men the truth If therefore thou wilt listen vnto Heauenly Doctrine and deale sincerely with God Christ will reueale vnto thee the secretes of Heauen Consider thirdly I was borne and I came For by his birth he is our Christ and also hath done all his actions for our profite that thou again shouldest referre all thy time thy studies and thy labours to his glory Consider fourthly that Christ did answere secretly to the question propounded by Pilate What hast thou done for I haue taught the truth I haue reprooued vice For this was the onely cause that moued the Iewes to put him to death Doe thou seeke out the truth and pray vnto God to lighten thine eyes that thou sleepe not in death consider earnestly with thy selfe whether thou be of the truth that is whether thou beest mooued with the truth or with pride lust auarice and other passions of the minde For he which is of truth Ioan. 18. he is of God but he which followeth lyes is of the Deuill his Father whose will he fulfilleth The 21. Meditation of the second accusation before Pilate Pilate went forth againe vnto the Iewes Ioan. 18 â—uc 23. Mar. 27. saying

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