Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	faith_n	godliness_n	temperance_n	4,219	5	11.6041	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08772	The prentises practise in Godlinesse, and his true freedome Diuided into ten chapters. Written by B.P.	B. P., fl. 1608.; T. R., fl. 1608.	1608 (1608)	STC 19057; ESTC S120852	65,287	210

Goliah so that the cause then of both being not much vnlike the answere that followeth shall not vnfitly be applied though not in the same measure of grace wisedome and modesty yet in the same nature of zeale truth and sincerity answer with him in the 29. verse Graue Fathers masters and superiors what haue I done is there not cause But if this Apology seeme vnsufficient obserue with me breefly the benefit that commeth hereby and the fault considered will easily be wiped away In the first place then it bringeth a comfort to the Church of God when they shall see the prophesies fulfilled and those promises performed which long since was declared to fall out in the latter age of the world Esay 11.9 that the earth shall bee filled with the knowledge of the Lord Ioel. 8. as the sea is couered with with waters Againe Your daughters shall prophesie your old meÌ„ shal dreame dreames your yong men shal see visioÌ„s Psalm 8. And also vpon the seruants will I powre out my spirit Againe Out of the mouth of Babes hast thou ordained strength because of their enemies Notwithstanding these prophesies I grant chiefly fulfilled at the comming of Christ yet in respect of the perpetuity of it it is to remaine vntill the number of the elect be accomplished yea and wee that are now liuing haue seene the extraordinary power and operation of it if wee consider since the time of Luther how the Angell flying from the middest of heauen Reuel 14.6 hauing an euerlasting Gospell in his mouth to preach to the nations that dwell vpon the earth saying with a loud voice Feare GOD giue glory to him an vnspeakeable and peculiar fauour of GOD as our Sauiour Christ sayeth Blessed are the eies that see those things which you see and the eares that heare those things which you heare being the onely meanes to bring vs into the fauour of God and men that it may bee sayed of vs Cant. 6.9 as it was of his owne spouse Who is this that loeketh forth as the morning faire as the Moone pure as the Sunne terrible as an armie with banners Yea then we shall bee pretious to the Lord who so toucheth vs toucheth the apple of his eie and hee will say to our enemies Cant. 3.5 I charge you O you daughters of Ierusalem by the Roe by the Hindes of the field that you stirre not vp nor waken my beloued vntill shee please Yea then shall wee be set as a seale vpon his heart and as a signet vpon his arme for loue is stronger then death Ielosie is cruell as the graue the coales thereof are fiery coles and a vehement flame much water cannot quenâ—r loue neither can the flouds drowne it If a man would giue al the substaÌ„ce of his house for loue the world would greatly contemne it Cant. 8.1 Secondly it much aduanceth declareth and setteth forth the power of the Gospell when men are made of Lions Lambs their natures being changed that they come willingly in the day of assembly the loue of God constraining them and the blessing of God vpon them causing their sonnes to bee as the plants growing vp in their youthes their daughters as the corner stones grauen aft r the manner of Apelles c. So that other nations being our Iudges are forced to say of vs Psal 144.7 Happy are the people that are in such a case yea blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Iehoua Thirdly it is exceeding comfortable and no lesse honorable to the graue fathers and faithfull learned preachers of our age when they shall see the blessing of God vpon their labours their children which they haue begotten into the faith by the word of truth Psalm 127 like arrowes in the hand of the strong man and are not ashamed to speake before their enemies in the gate So that they haue no neede of the approbation of men or letters of recommendations their Epistles being written not with inke paper but in the hearts of their children and shineth in the world to the praise and glory of God Lastly a notable motiue prouocation to incite and stir vp the minds of those that are too slacke and negligent in this kinde and may also be vsed as a whetstone to sharpen and set an edge vpon finer wits that so all the members of Christ both learned and vnlearned may meet and ioine foot to foot and shoulder to shoulder opposing themselues against their great common aduersary and being directed by one spirit may vtter their voices both by praier by preaching that we may cause the kingdome of Antichrist to fall downe like the walles of Iericho that so if it be the Lords will we that are now liuing may see that with the eies of our bodies which Saint Iohn saw so long since with the eies of his spirit and so with holy reioycing and gladnesse of heart we may say with blessed Saint Iohn It is fallen it is fallen great Babylon and is become a cage of vncleane birds Now if any shall aske of me who are you and what is your name whose iudgement the reader should so much reuerence In this behalfe I answere If I were one of learning and estimation perhaps I might cary thee away not vsing any great reason or demonstration On the contrary if of no note and quality thou wouldest hardly be brought to embrace it though I bring strong and forceable arguments and reasons I refer thee therefore to the booke it selfe which is able to commend it selfe to the conscience of any indifferent reader whose eares being sanctified trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat Onely this I will say with the Aapostle Iames Iob. 34.3 Haue not the faith in respect of persons and then I dare assure my selfe the Lord shall haue glory and his chiÌ„ldren comfort The which vpon the knees of my soule I craue of his goodnes and that he will increase in the hearts of his Saints sauing faith and with faith vertue and with vertue knowledge and with knowledge temperance and with temperance patience and with patience godlinesse and with godlinesse brotherlie kindnesse and with brotherlie kindnesse loue that you may make your calling and election sure so that you may neuer fall By him that praieth daily for the peace of Sion and longeth to see Ierusalem in her pefect beautie T. R. The contents of the Chapters following in this Booke CHAP. 1. Of Gods graces and benefits in free mercy bestowed vpon man that thereby hee may be moued to serue his diuine maiesty fol. 1. 2. 3. CHAP. 2. Of the infinit and vnspeakable benefit of Christs death mâ—ns great ingratitude notwithstanding which all things whatsoeuer in their kinde condemne fol. 4.5.6 CHAP. 3. Of the most miserable estate of the Reprobate both in this world and in the world to come as also of the most blessed happy condition heere and hence of those

that acquaintance may be renewed and not lost So for our mutuall exhorting one another how vnequally haue we performed it sparing them too much with whom we are inward and reprouing them too tartly whoÌ„ we like not so well and perhaps thinking scorne to be admonished our selues by any How many times when we haue met together for our comforts and to the edifying one of another in godlinesse haue wee burst out into prophane and idle talke letting our mouth loose to all vanity that should haue vttered gracious words giuing proofe of the inward sanctification of our hearts so slie is the diuel the perpetual enemie of all good things wheÌ„ wee goe about to diminish his kingdome to rob vs from our selues and diuert our best thoughts another way I speake this the rather that all those that are the professors of the Gospell might vse these means here after with more care and conscience lest they be ouer-reacht by this slight of Sathan and set a watch before their mouth and keepe the doore of their lips that they giue no example of lightnesse or vanity to them that are new conuerts nor vnto any other but carying theÌ„selues as paterns vnto them in word in conuersation in faith in spirit in loue and in purenesse that euen those that are backwardest in religion may be drawne by their integrity to repentance from the corruptions of the world For vertue shewes so well in whomsoeuer it is that it stirres vp a meruailous loue and desire of it in them that behold it But if neither Gods benefits nor his iudgements nor his word nor godly bookes nor the good counsell and admonition and examples of our brethren who are more carefull of our saluation then we our selues will preuaile with vs let the shortnes and vncertainty of our owne life make vs looke about vs. For what is our life but a vapour a flower a flash a shadow a dreame vanity nothing Haue you euer obserued the bubbles which boyes blow vp in a shell of sope-water how some being swollen to a determinate quantity breake immediatly in the shell some the wind whisleth vp aloft into the aire and are dissolued there some flie alowe by ground till at length they dash against the ground and come to nothing Such things are men and women when you see a thousand of them walking the streetes imagine you see a thousand belles or bubbles of water wandering vp and downe some a high aboue all their fellowes as the gale fauours them some in a lower region and with a thought as high as the highest some beneath that lownes and some as low as the pauement Now stand still a little and marke them and you shall see some times one striking out another sometimes tenne or twenty or thirty popping out of themselues and instantly so many more some of the highest some of the lowest some of the meane ones one amongst another so that anon you cannot see one of the olde men or bubbles left but all are new men or new bubbles call them which you will for all is one blowne vp in the places of the former If this be our best firmenesse if our mettall be thus full of flawes if our life be but a moment and yet vpon that moment depends eternitie of weale or woe in the life to come who would not take opportunitie by the foretop and make hay as the saying is while the sunne shines who would put off his amendment till to morrow when he knowes not what a day may bring forth Man knoweth not his end saith the wisest among men but euen as the fishes be taken with the hooke and the birdes be sodainly intrapped with the snate so are the children of men preuented with the euill day when it comes vpon them sodainly When the tree falleth whether toward the North or South there it lieth and in the same state you die you shall be iudged Learne therefore to number your dayes and consider seriously of your latter end that you may repent betimes for that is wisedome and depart from euill for that is vnderstanding Or if you scorne all other schoole-masters learne of the diuell one rule of policy He knowing his time to be short will doe what mischiefe he can you knowing your time to be short doe you what good you can CHAP. 6 THere remaines yet three other means which I cannot ouerpasse without making mention of them The first is the care of masters Godly carefull Masters and the discipline of a well gouerned house which may set straight the maÌ„ners of a yong man and restraine him from those vices whereto by reason of his age or the corruption of the place he is inclined For the prouerbe holdeth for the most part true LIKE MASTER LIKE MAN If Abraham feare God his seruants and houshold will bee religious If Herod scorne Christ his captaines courtiers wil deride him also In the History of the Apostles Acts when any housholder was conuerted to the faith of Christ you shall finde it said The man beleeued and all his houshold shewing that as they were swaied before of an Idolatrous master to superstition so now they are swaied by a Christian master to the true worship and seruice of God Here therefore I thinke it not amisse to shew the duty of a Master in some measure as God shal enable me not that I would take vpoÌ„ me to teach my elders and betters yet let none disdaine to learne of yong ones seeing euen our cradle sometimes may teach vs wisedome for out of the mouthes of babes and sucklings hath the Lord ordained strength but to the end that we that are yet seruants and prentises may know how to cary and behaue our selues when it shall please the Lord to lay such a charge vpon vs. First my Brethren when the Lord shall call vs to this waightie charge that we come to be rulers of families and that we keep seruants it behooueth vs nay we are bound in duty to God to haue as great a care of their saluation as of our owne and to see they do their faithfull seruice to God as we will looke that they should faithfully serue vs For assuredly that seruant that is not faithfull to GOD can neuer bee faithfull to his master but he that serues GOD with a good conscience wil serue his master with a good conscience The awe presence of his master to ouereie and chide him needes not for his owne heart will check him They doe best serue their Masters that haue learned first to serue God and the feare of God will keep him from vntrustines You may find a kind of pick-thanke officiousnes in seruants of another making but there is no seruice like his that serues man for conscience toward God And beside our duty to God and desire of faithful seruice to our selues the care we should haue of our childrens godly education that they be not corrupted shold double our care to keep

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