Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	godliness_n	love_n	temperance_n	1,495	5	11.3666	5	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05694	A christall glasse of christian reformation wherein the godly maye beholde the coloured abuses vsed in this our present tyme. Collected by Stephen Bateman Minister.	Batman, Stephen, d. 1584.	1569 (1569)	STC 1581; ESTC S115367	68,767	152

shalt put thine hand with y e wicked to be an vnrighteous witnes The law doth forbid to iudge of a man except he be knowne to be such a one as hath bene before either an extorcioner or a periured person or such a one as hath bene before an vtter enemy to all good lawes and orders he that iudgeth his brother iudgeth the law What art thou that iudgest an other Go to now ye that say to day and to morrow let vs go into such a citie and continue there a yere and buy and sell and winne and yet cannot ye tell what shall happen on the morrow for what thing is your lyfe it is euen a vapour that appeareth for a little tyme and then vanisheth away for that ye ought to say if the Lord will and if we lyue let vs do this or that but now ye reioyce in your bostinges all such reioysings is euill therefore to hym that knoweth how to do good and doth it not to hym it is sinne he that backbiteth or iudgeth his brother doth iudge the lawe to be euil for the law forbiddeth so to do He that knoweth and yet doth not is without excuse for God hath promised no mercy but to theÌ„ that wil do their good will Herein is not onely an excellent admonition vnto worldly iudges but also among all estates so that whatsoeuer he be that by any meanes goeth about to dislike or misuse vnto that person is promised the iust iudgement of God the which hath power to destroy both body soule Thou shalt not fauour y e poore nor honour the mighty but in righteousnes thou shalte iudge thy neighbour thou shalt not go vp and doune as a priuy accuser among y e people neither shalt thou stand against the bloud of thy neyghbour that thou beare no sinne for his sake My sonne forget not thou my law but see that thine hart kepe my commaundements let mercy and faithfulnes neuer go from thee bynd them about thy necke and write them in the tables of thine harte so shalt thou fynde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and man Deliuer him that suffreth wrong from the hand of y e oppressor and be not faint harted when thou sittest in iudgement Be mercifull vnto the fatherles as a father be in stede of an husband vnto their mother so shalt thou be an obedient sonne of the highest and he shall loue thee more then thy mother doth At the mouth of two or thre witnesses shall he that is worthy of death dye and at the mouth of one witnes let no man die Beware of bribery and giftes for rewardes and giftes blynde the eyes of the wise and make him domme that he caÌ„not tell men their faultes The Kite in the ayre knoweth her tyme the turtle the Storke and the swalow do come at their seasons my people knowe not theyr lordes iudgemeÌ„t A good man will not in his frendes cause do against a weale publike against hys othe nor agaynst the trust which is put in hym for he layeth aside the personage of a frend when he taketh on hym a iudges office The emperor Alexander would neuer suffer to be solde the office of a iudge or great authoritie in y e execution of lawes saying nedes must he sel that doth buy And I wil not let that there shal be merchants of gouernance which if I do suffer I may not condemne for I am ashamed to punish a maÌ„ that buyeth and selleth Themistocles being the chief iudge in Athence when there came to hym a great musitian which desired of hym a thyng somewhat against iustice Themistocles aunswered if in singing thou doost not regarde number and tyme thou art not worthy to be called a good musitian nor I a good Iudge if I would preferre before the lawes the priuate fauour of any one person The children of Israell cried out vnto Samuell against his two sonnes the whiche he had made to be rulers of his people because they did peruert y e law and were corrupt with rewardes whose names were Ioell and Abia and required a kyng consider the misery the which hath alwayes happened among cruel and tyrannous iudges and also the happy successe of good godly maiestrates Iudges and other officers and then may it plainely be perceiued to whome Gods mercy is shewed for as he is a god of truth so is he also in vsing hys iustice to the wicked damnation and to the other most happy saluation â§ The description of Veritie CHrist is the truth and he is also called the spirite of truth not onely because he is true but bicause he maketh y e name into whome he entreth true where as all they do without the spirite is none other thing but lies Also S. Peter saith that all diligence ought to be shewed among christians And hereunto geue all diligence in your fayth ministryng vertue in vertue knowledge in knowledge temperaunce in temperance pacience in pacience godlines in godlines brotherly kindnes in brotherly kindnes loue for if these thinges be among you are plenteous they will make you that ye neyther shall be idle nor vnfruitfull in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ. But he y t lacketh these things is blinde and gropeth for the way with his hand and hath forgotten that he was purged from hys olde sinne as many as lacketh these and such like workes are blynde and vnderstandeth not what the faith of Christ meaneth and also without the mercy of Iesus Christ are vtterly secluded from all heauenly felicity which felicitie cannot be gotten of suche with out harty prayers in the tyme of this transitory abode vpon earth and as many as haue in them the motions of these godly and fruitfull vertues may be most assured to be the very elect and that they haue the true faith so long as they coÌ„tinue therin no state no time no florishing power no monarchie nothyng within the circuite of the whole earth may once be compared to the prosperous estate and endeles felicitie of those and such as haue and do obey the liuing God Of Veritie The signification HE which sitteth on the raynebowe signifieth Christ and the sworde in his hande signifieth his wrath against the wycked the round compasse the worlde and those two climing the one a Pope and the other a Cardinall striuyng who shall be higheir and the Diuell which falleth headlong downe is Lucifer whiche through pride fel he which holdeth the world is death standing in the entrance of hell to receyue all such superbious liuers Hezekiah the sonne of Ahaz kyng of Iuda did raigne fiue and twenty yeares olde was he when he beganne to raigne and raigned nine twenty yeares in Ierusalem and he dyd that whiche was right in the syghte of the Lorde and therefore the Lorde prospered hym Teache me and I will holde my tounge and when I doo erre shewe me

Â¶ A christall glasse of christian reformation wherein the godly maye beholde the coloured abuses vsed in this our present tyme. Â¶ Collected by Stephen Bateman Minister Â¶ IMPRINTED at London by Iohn Day dwelling ouer Aldersgate Â¶ CVM GRATIA ET PRIuilegio Regia Maiestatis per decennium 1569. â§ The Epistle to the Reader GEuing thee to vnderstand Christian Reader the manifest power of God in considering the inestimable mercy and long sufferance of vs most miserable creatures who from tyme to tyme proueth whether we will flye from our wickednes and frowarde vsage of lyfe or no and seyng no amendmeÌ„t ceaseth not but forthwith plageth vs yea and at the length geueth vs ouer vnto our owne wretched will and beyng so deuoyd and frustrate from all hope ioy and triumphant glory we are assured as then of nothing but euerlasting death and endelesse sorrow Therefore I wishe all faithfull christians to foresÃ©e and so to prouide in tyme that neither popishe Antichrist nor any rable of false vsurped powers shall once be able to spurne or kicke against the veritie and true professours of the same The holy apostle S. Iames speaketh very louingly vnto all suche as geueth their mindes to godly exercise and study saying these wordes My brethren counte it exceeding ioy when ye fall into diuers temptations forasmuch as you know how that the trying of your faith bringeth pacience and let patience haue her perfect worke that ye may be perfect and sounde lacking nothing Herein the apostle sheweth vnto all men that by patience we must moderate our selues as if the enemy shew rigorousnes ortiranny winne him by patience but vse no superbitie or reuengemeÌ„t but yeld the cause vnto god y t which iudgeth rightly and he will in tyme be a defence vnto all such oppressed Vir duplex animo inconstans est in omnibus vijs suis a waueryng mynded maÌ„ is vnstable in all his wayes But most happy is that man that endureth in temptation for when he is tried he shall receiue the crowne of life which the lord hath promised to those which loue him and erre not my dere brethren Euery good gift and euery perfect gift is from aboue and commeth downe from the father of light with whome is no variablenes neither is he chaunged into darkenes Of his owne will begate he vs wyth the worde of lyfe that we should be the first fruites of his creatures so that as long as we obey his preceptes and be zealous furtherers of his gospell and alwayes continuing then shall all such doers be assured of most happy saluation Herein is plainly shewed vnto all the estate of euery degrÃ©e by order of picture and signification to the intent that therby euery christian Reader may the better sÃ©e the disordred abuses which daily raueth amongest vs and also the state of obedience by euery picture in like sorte signified that thereby euery Christian may the better beware the deceiuable suggestions of Sathan that neither pardon nor mumming massinges or any other popish ceremonies can any thing auayle as touchyng saluation for if it were so then Christes death was in vayne and of none effect Take hede therfore cleaue betyme to Christ his doctrine leaue of froÌ„ such superstitioÌ„ faynings of men vse the counsail of the holy apostle S. Iude which sayth Similiter hi carneÌ„ quideÌ„ maculant dominatorem aut spernuÌ„t maiestates aut blasphemant Likewise these dreamers defile the flesh despise rulers speake euill of them that are in autoritie But these speake euill of those they know not what thynges they know naturally as beasts which are without reason in those thinges they corrupt themselues Woe be vnto them for they haue followed the way of Balaam for lukers sake and perishe in the treason of Chore. These are murmurers complainers walking after their owne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thinges They haue men in great reuerence because of aduauntage But ye beloued remember the wordes which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lorde Iesus Christ how that they tolde you that there should be beguilers in the last tyme which should walke in their vngodly lustes these are makers of sectes fleshly hauing no spirite pray therfore dearely beloued that God so roote out al such enemies which kicke against the truth of his gospell so arme your selues with the armour of God considering that Sathan is moste busiest and full of rage in this oure tyme as Saincte Iohn in hys reuelation dothe manifestly expresse That we all being armed with godlines may bee able to resist in the day of our triall and to be found vigilant watchemen aspectyng the great and second commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christ. In the meane season applying our mindes to the study of vertue may be rich and plentifull in righteousnes and hope of saluation And for that your myndes among many and earnest pensiue and sorowful studies might be reuiued also in vertue I haue put forth vnto your gentle considerations this my simple trauayls which in perusing you shal well espy to be in effect as I haue named it This christall glasse wherein we may learne godly reformation whose brightnes shineth not to the beholders therof in this world a light to euery christian man but in the world to come a most precious and euerlasting brightnes in endles felicitie As I sayd a manifest shew of all couloured abuses that raigne in euery state and set in the frame of most plentiful Christian examples The substaunce wherof is the perfect glasse of godly reformation beautified with y e christall sight of all celestiall vertues right fruitfull for euery man to cary and most nedefull for this our present tyme. Thus gentle reader I bid thÃ©e most hartely farewell in him that liueth for euer By me Stephen Bateman Minister Faultes escaped In the description of Pride the second page the 16. lyne read for Dedalus Icarus and for Icarus Dedalus In the epistle of the 2. part of this boke xx line for so read for In the 30. line of the description of fayth and is God read and maker is God In the description of Ueritie is left out the sword that is signified in the figure Â¶ The description of Couetousnes Aristotle Seneca To delight in treasure is a daungerous pleasure In a lyer doubtles there neuer was goodnes Â¶ The signification of the picture THe deuil is Enuy the swords in his hand betokeneth mischief the purse couetousnes the globe the world the man in fooles weede signifieth carelesse couetousnes a man being ouercome with Enuy and couetousnes may be likened to a foole that is not able to rule himselfe and so the ende is death WHo so is enuious may be likened vnto Sathan who are more foolisher theÌ„ those persons the whiche are neuer satisfied wyth money Money causeth mischiefe mischief destroyeth y e soule For as it is good to y e godly by vsing it by measure so is it euel to

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