Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	comforter_n	father_n	spirit_n	4,076	5	5.9897	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01207	A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the 3 of Nouember 1594. intreating of the second comming of Christ, and the disclosing of Antichrist. : With a confutation of diuerse coniectures concerning the end of the world, conteyned in a booke intituled, The second comming of Christ. / Preached by Iohn Dove.	Dove, John,	1594 (1594)	STC 7086.5; ESTC S91767	27,513	64

and it was vnpossible to know him but by the eueÌ„ts of things which now are but then were not come to passe Wherefore I admit no interpretation of scriptures concerning this prophesie but onely the euent which is the most faithful interpreter of all prophesies For I am sure there cannot be a more euident demoÌ„stration than this wee see it alreadie come to passe that all the prophecies concerning the reuelation of Antichrist are fulfilled in the Bishops of Rome and can al be verified of none else therfore the Bishops of Rome are Antichrist My antecedent I prooue in this manner All the prophecies wherein he is described are contained in the 2. Thes 2. and the Reuelation of S. Iohn As for Daniel though som of the learned haue allegorically applied his prophecies vnto antichrist which are properly ment of Antiochus I deny that he euer writ of antichrist at all As for S. Paul he prophesieth in this maner That day shall not come vnles there be a departure first that man of sin be disclosed euen the son of perdition which is an aduersary exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he doth sit as God in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God now ye know what with-holdeth that bee might be reuealed in his time for the mistery of iniquity doth already work only that which with-holdeth shal hinder still vntil it be taken away and then shall the wicked one be reuealed whom the Lord shall destroy with the breath of his mouth abolish with the brightnes of his comming euan him whose coÌ„ming is by the work of a Sathan with al power signes lying wonders In which words I obserue 4. things which disclose antichrist vnto vs his pride He exalteth himselfe aboue God a Esay 14 Lucifer did his seat He sitteth in the temple of God as if he were God the time when he shuld begin to reigne when that which with holdeth should be taken away which was the politicall Antichrist the Roman Emperors should depart froÌ„ Rome the maner how he should establish his kingdome by signes and delusions of Satan lying wonders But that the Bishops of Rome take vpon them to be gods and which is more take to themselues authoritie aboue God it appeareth by the Laterane Counsell holden vnder Leo the tenth wherein thus we reade In Papaest omnis potestas supra ownes potestates tam caeli quam terrae the popes power is aboue all powers both in heauen and earth That he sitteth in the Temple of God it cannot be denied because his seat is Rome The Rhemists can not prooue vnto vs that the materiall temple of Salomon is heere to be vnderstood for that temple is destroyed and that temple with the vse wherevnto it was ordained is vtterly abolished by the lawe of God so that if it were reedified it were no more the temple of God but a place of idolatry abomination and if any suspect that that temple may be builded againe let him call to remembrance how the Iewes once obtained leaue of Iulian the Apostata to reedifie it but God shewed manifest signes of his displeasure which caused the fouÌ„dation therof to be shakeÌ„ a sunder with Ruff. li. 10 38. 39. earthquakes and that which was builded in the day to bee burnt vp with lighthing from heauen by night Wherefore the temple which is the seate of Antichrist is spiritually to be vnderstood as also by reason of the wordes which goe before where hee speaketh of an Apostacie and reuoltment from true religion which could not bee among the Iewes among whome true religion then was not and now is not professed so that Antichrist sitteth in the church and indeede hee hath chosen that Church for his seate which was then most famous for the profession of the Gospell as S. Paul himselfe gaue testimony when hee writ to the Romans that their faith was heard of Rom. 1 through the whole worlde And which is more than that he sitteth in the Church of God as if he were God intituling himselfe Christs vicar general ouer the earth which belongeth only to the holy Ghost which is God whome Christ did substitute in his roome at his departure from vs that hee might continue with vs during the time of his absence saying The Comforter which is the holy Ghost the father will send in my name Iohn 14 he shall teach you al trueth the Father shall giue you a Comforter which shal abide with you for euer As for the time of his reuelation hee was then to be reuealed when the hinderance was taken away which hinderance was the abode of the Emperours at Rome which the Apostle spared to expresse in writing for these two reasons first because he made it sufficiently knowen by word of mouth vnto the faithful secondly because it might haue bin dangerous to the church for the Emperours taking offence there at would haue persecuted the Christians as busi-bodies in matters of state But the hinderance was the Romane Emperors which were first to depart from Rome and giue place to the Popes because both Emperors and Popes could not reigne togither in one city And that hinderance was taken away long since when Constantine the great translated his imperiall seate to Constantinople and indowed the Popes with the citie of Rome and a great part of Italy lying about it The emperours then being farre off and by reason of continuall warres with Saracens and enimies in the East not able to maintaine their own right in the West the Popes incroched vpon them too farre and vsurped so much authoritie that they discarded them cleane in Italy and at their pleasure set vp other Emperours in the Weast but such as would take an oathe to be subiect to the Apostolike See of Rome and acknowledge the Popes to be vniuersall Bishops So the hinderance was taken away when Constantine remoued to Constantinople and Antichrist was manifestly disclosed not long after when Boniface the third obtained the title of vniuersal Bishop which was 900. yeares agoe for as Gregorie Lib. 4. epist 38. saith none but Antichrist would assume vnto him such a title As for the power of sathan and signes and wonders whereby his kingdome was established and the ignorant people deceiued I referre you vnto their owne legends of lies Al the prophecies of saint Iohn concerning the disclosing of Antichrist are comprehended in the 13. and 17. chapters of his Reuelation In his 13. chapter he describeth two Antichrists the one Politicall which flourished in his time the other Ecclesiasticall which was not then disclosed but now reigneth and beganne his dominion when the politicall Antichrist was taken away The politicall Antichrist he describeth in this maner By the figure Senecdoche taking Rome which was caput imperij the chiefe Citie for the whole Empire He calleth it a beast following the example of Daniel which called 4. Dan.

Asse in peeces then he bid the Fox mend the diuision the Foxe allotted the greatest part to the Lion and little or nothing to himselfe whereupon the Fox was commended to be the best geometrician As for the second God may now repent him as he did in the dayes of Noah that hee made man vppon the earth for the prophesie of Christ is fulfilled Charitie waxeth colde Luke 13 Mat. 24 iniquitie doth abound faith is not found vpon the earth There is a ripenesse of sinne Apoc. 14 and what can bee expected but an haruest that the Angell thrust his sharpe sickle on the earth and cutte downe the clusters of the Vineyard and cast them into the great wine fatte of the wrath of God Sinne is not now Peccatum habitans but regnans not making his abode with vs but raigning ouer vs it hath gotten a longer and larger iurisdiction ouer the world than Iulius Caesar had ouer the Senat which obtained Perpetuam Dictaturam An euerlasting Dictatorship the like not heard of before The sinnes which now raigne are so generall that it may well be said Vir bonus est animal rarum He which will find a iust and vpright man vpon the earth must take a candle at noone dayes and seeke in the rushes as it were for a pinne or a needle that is lost and say with Diogenes Quaero hominem I seeke a man And which is more they be Clamantia peccata Crying sinnes because the crie of them ascendeth vp into Gen. 4. heauen as did the bloud of Abell for vengeance against vs and the soules of the martirs vnder the altar vsury simony briberie Apoc. 6 Gen. 3 Psal 32 and contempt of the ministers of God pride which was the first cause of the fal of man The prophet Dauid said beati quoruÌ„ iniquitates sunt tectae c Blessed are they whose iniquities are couered and to whom the Lord hath imputed no sin but now it is become a prouerbe among vs Happy is that child whose father goeth to the deuill The Iewes which were accounted the extremest vsurers in the world tooke interest only of strangers and not of their owne nation but our countrimen worse than Iewes spare none and which is the greatest hypocrisie no man maketh more account outwardly of them which preach against vsury than doth the vsurer and those which wil hear 3. Sermons in a day thinke thirty pounds interest in the hundred to be too little And howsoeuer they seeme outwarly zealous yet haue they within them that I may vse the speach of the apostle conscientiam cauteriatam a conscience feared with an hot iron 1. Tim. 4 and notwithstanding their diligence in frequenting sermons and reading the Scriptures they forget what is written there that it shall be harder for any rich man to enter into the kingdome of heauen than it shal be for a camell to passe through the eie of a Luke 18 needle but that no vsurer shall dwell in the Lords tabernacle nor rest vpoÌ„ his holy hill Psal 15 William Rufus once king of England is noted for pride which pride in respect of these dayes were great humilitie His chamberlaine brought him in the morning a newe pair of breeches the best that could be gotten the price was foure shillings The king swore no small oath that he would haue a paire which should cost him a marke in siluer no breeches were theÌ„ of so high a price the chamberlaine to satisfie the kings mind brought a worse paire then the first affirming that they cost a marke I mary quoth Rufus here are a pair of breeches for a king Four shillings theÌ„ sufficed for a pair of breeches for a king but I feare shortly it will be a prouerbe 500. pounds for a paire of pantaples for a subiect Euery man can bee content to goe in soft rayment as they doe in Luke 16 the courts of princes to be clothed with purple as was the rich glutton which is buried in hell euery man can take delight in the Babilonian garmeÌ„t which is framed according to the fashioÌ„ of this world but few will put on the wedding garment which is Mat. 12 charitie and a good conscience men will be clothed like women and women like men not regarding the curse denounced of the Lord. But as for the girdle of truth the brest Deut. 22 Ephe. 6 plate of righteousnesse the shield of faith the helmet of saluation the sworde of the spirit and the shooes of peace they are layde aside as olde shooes and neuer come within our Wardrops You will not bee clothed as the kings daughter which is glorious Psal 41 within but like painted sepulchres which are faire without and within are full of dead mens bones Offices are commonly solde and therefore it is no maruaile though the officers be corrupt Whosoeuer can bee entertayned in the seruice of a noble man is in reputation for his maisters sake be he neuer so base but the ministers of Gods worde which serue the king of kings and Lord of Lords whose seruice is perfect freedome in whose house it is better to bee a doore keeper than to dwell in the tabernacles of princes euen him whome all other kings and lords ought to serue are despised for their seruice sake be they neuer so nobly discended But I haue text for them Whosoeuer Mat. 10 Iohn 10 Luke 13 Luke 21 heareth you heareth me and whosoeuer despiseth you despiseth me and hee that despiseth me dispiseth him that sent me Our Sauiour Christ tolde his Apostles that they should be hated of all men for his sake and at that time it was no great marvaile because they liued among Iewes and infidels but nowe we are in maner hated of christians most of al of them which make the greatest shew of zeale and profession of religion and are the greatest frequenters of sermons They are as cruell as Pharao of Egypt which Exod. 5 woulde compell the children of Israel in their bondage to make brickes and tyles but denied them straw and morter to work withall so they call vpon vs for hospitalitie but detaine from vs our tithes and commodities which are as due to vs as their lands are to them and without which it is as vnpossible to keepe hospiralitie as it was for the Hebrues to woorke without straw I deny not but in som sort the reuenues of the church are competent but they are in the hands of lay meÌ„ to maintain their pride we beare the name and they reape the commodity and yet slander vs because we keepe not hospitalitie Wil. Rufus was wont to say that the Church breade was sweet bread and Iulian the apostata would rob the ministers pretending conscience because so much liuing was a burden vnto them an hinderance vnto their ministerie we haue many as hungry as Wil. Rufus and as conscionable as Iulian the Apostata vpon whom though God doth not presently shew

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