Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	faith_n	love_n	overcome_v	2,284	5	9.3905	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02746	A touch-stone of grace Discouering the differences betweene true and counterfeit grace: laying downe infallible euidences and markes of true grace: seruing for the triall of a mans spirituall estate. By A.H. Bachelor in Diuinitie, and Minister of Gods Word at Cranham in Essex.	Harsnett, Adam, 1579 or 80-1639.	1630 (1630)	STC 12876; ESTC S114563	72,897	335

of carnall security the Lord oft stands by lets Satan loose and layes the reines vpon their owne necks whereby they come oft-times to be ouer-taken with grosse and shamefull sins the Lord in wisdome vsing as bodily Physicians oft doe desperate medicines and remedies for the curing of some desperate disease preuailing in them or growing vpon them Again there is another weed to be plucked vp and that is Insinceritie if I may so call it the want of truth and vprightnesse of heart call it Hypocrisie if you wil that stinking weed which like the wilde Gourd sowred all the Pottage 2 King 4. 40. The Lord loueth truth in the inward parts and loathes the contrary Vprightnesse and sincerity helpes forward the worke of grace as appeares Psal 84. 11. The Lord will giue grace and glory and no good thing will he with-hold from them that walke vprightly The want of vprightnesse will make grace to wither It is not possible for that tree to stand long which is rotten at the root it may for a while seeme fresh and greene but as it takes no root downeward so it will not long beare fruit vpward for wheÌ„ the wind begins to blow hard down it falls Wheras a gracious heart which truly delights in the Law of God and meditates therein alone in the night as well as openly in the day is like a tree planted by the riuers of waters that will bring forth her fruit in due season whose leafe shall not fade but be greene and neuer cease yeelding fruit As these weeds must be plucked out of the heart or else grace cannot possibly thriue or prosper so there be certain briers and thornes which must bee stubbed vp or else grace will quickly be choked in vs. These thornes are the cares of this world the deceitfulnesse of riches which while some haue lusted after they erred from the faith and pierced themselues thorow with many sorrowes These things sayes Paul 1 Tim. 6. 11. we must fly and follow after righteousnesse godlinesse faith c. implying that grace will not thriue if loue of money bee not rooted out of vs. What choaked grace if any was in Demas but the loue of the world Oh the multitude of soules that haue miscarried and for ought we know to the coÌ„trary might haue done wel if riches had not been not that riches are the cause but an occasion of their miscarrying What parted Christ that hopeful young man in the Gospell Mat. 19. was it not the loue of riches Many haue begunne well in their youth and giuen good hope but in their age haue growne cold through the loue of the world If once mens hearts begin to goe after their eyes and to be set vpon the world twenty to one but grace goes to decay in them for the world wil afford a man little time to exercise those things which hold vp the life of grace as prayer reading hearing c. If the world hath seazed vpoÌ„ the heart it fumes vp into the head and fills the braine sleeping and waking with restlesse thoughts which way to compasse businesse contriue things and bring ends together so as scarce once in the day a good thought comes to minde but one occasion or other of the world stifles it or shuffles it out so as it comes to nothing Therfore if riches increase set not your heart vpon theÌ„ Psal 62. 10. Vse theÌ„ as thornes for thy weale to stop a gap withall to fence thee from outward harmes or to warme thee but lie not vpoÌ„ them hold them not too hard lest they strike into thee and would thee remember alwayes that they are thornes good in their lawfull vse and when they are rightly husbanded but otherwise noxious and hurtful They are thornes they will ouer-grow and choak all good things that grow neere them if they be let alone Againe there be many bad humours foolish and noysome lusts which must be purged out of the heart or else grace will neuer thriue nor prosper in it to wit enuy hatred malice guile dissimulation filthinesse euill speakings the like which corrupt goodnesse Therefore S. Peter exhorting his brethren to whom hee wrote to embrace the sincere milke of the Word that they might grow therby prepares theÌ„ to this by aduising theÌ„ to lay aside those base distempers for they do much hinder the growth of Grace where they are they take away the glory and beauty of a Christian and make him vnseemely in the eyes of his brethren they darken his lustre and do blot and blemish his holy profession Therefore away with these lay these aside not as a man doth his apparell with a resolution to take it vp againe but as the captiue maid when she was to be maried laid aside the garment of her captiuitie Deut. 21. 13. with a resolution neuer more to put it on Abstaine from all fleshly lusts for they fight against thy soule 1 Pet. 2. 11. As Easterne winds doe nippe herbs and flowers cold stormes doe hinder trees from growing so fleshly lusts nip grace in the bud as it were blast it in the bloome that if it dieth not yet it comes not forward so fast as otherwise it would Last of all take heed beware of the needlesse familiar societie of gracelesse and godlesse persons for they are the quench-coale nay the very bane and poyson of grace vnto many He that is a companion of fooles shal be destroyed or as Iunius hath it He shal be made worse Prou. 13. 20. God hath branded wicked persons for fooles they are fooles in graine therefore come out from amongst theÌ„ lest thou partake of their folly They are pitch if thou touch them they wil defile thee There is a kind of poyson and venome in the words and society of the wicked which will fret as the Apostle sayes like a Gangrene and mens soules are more ready to take the coÌ„tagion of sin than their bodies are to take the infection of the plague It would take vp a long time and proue a large discourse to shew how many wayes by what degrees mischiefe doth grow by haunting wicked company By often hearing filthy and obscene speeches zeale in many is quenched and such language growes in-offensiue By often seeing lewd prankes and wicked practices men can look on without dislike Thus the societie of the wicked quells a mans hatred of their wicked courses so inchants him that if he cast not in his lot amongst theÌ„ yet he hath no power to gain-say or reproue theÌ„ Therefore as you loue your soules loath the company of the wicked Can a man take fire into his bosome not burne liue amongst or delight to be with the wicked and not be vngodly Dost thou not know that a little leauen will sowre the whole lumpe And as the old saying is One scabbed sheepe infects the whole flocke Therefore say as Dauid Away from mee yee

weaknesses doe worke in thee daily deeper humiliation For as grace discouers corruption so the more it growes as a light that comes into a dark roome the more it shewes vs the filthinesse and odiousnesse therof and makes vs more and more ashamed of it Secondly thou mayest know thou growest in grace by thine appetite to Gods ordinances Doest thou taste more and more sweetnesse in the Word Is prayer more and more delightful to thy soule Dost thou receiue more more comfort by the SacrameÌ„t Doth thy soule more and more delight to be in the place where Gods honour dwelleth And are the feet of those that bring glad tidings of saluation more more beautifull in thine eyes Whence arise these fruits but froÌ„ that seed of grace sowne in thy soule I tell thee for a truth that if these fruits be in thee and thy affections to the means of grace be more more intire and hearty thou needest no more doubt of the growth of grace in thy soule then thou wouldest or dost questioÌ„ the growth of thy body wheÌ„ thou findest thy stomack vnto thy daily food fresh quicke and the parts members of thy body euery day more actiue liuely than other more strong and able vnto their seuerall offices For certainly it is only grace which makes the ordinaÌ„ces of God alwayes sweet vnto vs. For to a gracelesse pallet they are for the most part vnsauoury What made Dauid so much to long after Gods SaÌ„ctuary It was the grace of his heart which set an edge vpon his affections and made his soule euen as the Hart brayeth for the reuers of waters to thirst after God Psal 42. 1. WheÌ„ grace growes our loue vnto the meanes increaseth 2 Cor. 10. 15. We hope sayes Paul when your faith shal increase to be magnified by you Therefore consider whether thine appetite to Gods ordinances increaseth Thou mayest know it by these notes First of all if thou findest thy soule maruellously refreshed with them Psal 36. 8. They shall be satisfied with the fatnesse of thy house and thou shalt giue theÌ„ drink out of the riuers of thy pleasure Secondly if Gods ordinances doe raise thee vp to an higher pitch of heauenly-mindednesse doe more and more beat off thine affections from the world and marre thy taste of earthly things through the abundance of sweetnesse which thou findest in holy duties But may not a gracelesse wicked heart find sweetnesse in Gods ordinances Ezekiel had a pleasant voice in the eares of the wicked Chap. 33. 32. So Herod heard Iohn Baptist gladly And the temporary beleeuer who resembleth the stony ground heareth the Word and receiueth it with ioy Mat. 13. 20. And Heb. 6. 4. Some that fall away may taste of the heauenly gift And vers 5. taste of the good Word of God and the powers of the world to come How then is the taste of the godly distinguished froÌ„ the taste of the wicked The taste of the wicked proceeds only froÌ„ tasting of the ordinances of God not feeding vpon them whereas the taste of the godly comes froÌ„ feeding vpon theÌ„ Now you know there is a great difference betwixt a Cookes tasting of meats who dips but his finger in them or toucheth them but with the tip of his tongue and his taste that eates of the meat and takes it downe into his stomackÌ„ A wicked man may taste of Gods ordinances but hee eates them not hee feeds not vpon them hee doth not digest them they make no good bloud no spiritual health or strength in him he quickly vomits them vp againe so as his soule thriues not by them whereas the good heart receiues the Word thriues by it For hee brings forth fruit with patience Fourthly if there be that excellencie in Grace this makes wonderfully for the comfort of all Gods children in regard of many high fauours and singular priuiledges which they haue a right vnto First of al this may comfort them in and against all those tentations whatsoeuer doe or may befall them either in respect of their kind nature or in respect of their strength and measure Euery one feeleth most where and how his shoo doth pinch him and therfore in the agony of his soule cries out I know it to be true Neuer poore soul tempted as I am tempted speaks in the language of the Church Lam. 1. 12. Behold and see if any sorrow be like to my sorrow for thy comfort consider what Paul speaks to the Corinthians as weak as foulely defiled as thou hast been 1 Cor. 10. 13. There hath no tentation taken you but such as appertaineth to men and God is faithfull which wil not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able but will euen giue the issue with the tentation that you may be able to beare it Christ praying that if it were possible the cup might passe from him offered vp prayers supplications with strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to saue him from death was also heard in that which he feared Hee was and he was not heard not heard because not exempted froÌ„ tasting of that bitter cup of his Passion for therefore came he into the world that hee might drinke thereof as himselfe acknowledged and yet heard in that strength and comfort was so abundantly ministred vnto him that by suffering he ouercame And therefore as one that had experience of our infirmities he hath taught vs to pray lead vs not into tentation but deliuer vs froÌ„ euil as if we should say howsoeuer holy Father thou hast determined to expose vs for our triall vnto tentations yet suffer vs not to be vanquished or ouer-come by any euil Now wee know or at the least should know that if we pray in faith God alwayes heares vs if not to be preserued from the tentation yet to be vpheld and assisted with sufficiencie of grace to endure the tentation so as either the power of it shall be weakned and abated or else our strength to beare it so increased that we shal by the help of his grace be able to wade thorow ouercome it For God knows our strength and what our backes are able to beare and therfore doth ballance and proportion the tentation to the strength of his children weaklings or younglings he will not ouer-load with such burthens as may breake their backes or crush them to pieces they shall haue light tentations Whereas his strong ones haue strong trialls yet no other than such as they shall manfully vndergoe without fainting vnder them though not without the feeling of the smart of them So that as they haue iust cause to crie out with S. Paul O wretched man that I am who shall deliuer me from the body of this death So also in experience of Gods gracious assistance no lesse cause to breake forth into thankfulnesse and to triumph with Paul saying I thanke my

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