Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04112	A iudicious and painefull exposition vpon the ten Commandements wherein the text is opened, questions and doubts are resolued, errours confuted, and sundry instructions effectually applied. First deliuered in seuerall sermons, and now published to the glory of God, and for the further benefit of his church. By Peter Barker, preacher of Gods word, at Stowre Paine, in Dorsetshire.	Barker, Peter, preacher of Gods word.	1624 (1624)	STC 1425; ESTC S114093	290,635	463

that too rude and carelesse words doe not slubber vp good matter and vnhansome cloathes mishape a good body but I must needs speake sculpta for the substance of my matter speake of that which is carued of that which is grauen of that which is painted Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Image nor the likenes c. in which words the prohibition forbiddeth vs falsely to worship the true God or giue his true worship to a false God condemning such as are stained with their own workes and goe a whoring with their owne inuentions The Iniunction requireth vs to worshippe one true and euerlasting God in sincerity and truth as he hath prescribed in his word commending such as kisse the sonne and washing their hands in innocency doe compasse his altar Tereasons to make vs bow our necks to this yoke are two The first is taken from Gods loue vnto vs I the Lord thy God aâ— a italous God as if the Lord should say my heart did cleaue vnto thee my soule did long for thee I did kisse thee with the kisses of my mouth I entred into a couenant with thee and thou becamest mine neither can I in any case abide that thou shouldest be vnto any other therefore let me bee as a bundle of mirrhe vnto thee let mee and none other lie betweene thy breastes The second is taken from the loue of man to his posterity visiting the sinnes of the Fathers vpon the Children c. As if the Lord should say if you loue your children which are flesh of your flesh bone of your bones deuided peeces of your owne bodies and liuely pictures of your selues then doe not say to the worke of your hands yee are our gods but serue me with gladnes and offer to me the sacrifice of righteousnesse for my song is iudgement and mercy my visitation is like checker-worke blacke and white they which dishonour me shall come to shame they and theirs their children and their childrens children but those that honor me I will honour them and their posterity for euer more The hand of this Commandement leadeth mee to consider First the manner in deliuering it then the matter contained in it each of these hauing such variety of notes worthy to bee obserued that plenty it selfe making mee poore I know not where to beginne but let my first Obseruation in the manner of deliuery be this Our nature is very subiect and prone to this sinne of Idolatry Wee are very ready to erect vp altars vnto Baal and to hold vp our hands to a strange God for otherwise this commandement might haue been as short as that which went before or that which followeth after and the Lord needed not haue giuen a double charge or haue made a double fence hadge and ditch to keepe vs within bounds that wee transgressed not for this cause Ieremy compareth Israell r Ier. 2. 20. 23. 24. to a run-about harlot because she multiplied her fornication and could not be satisfied s to a swift Dromedary because shee did run more swiftly then a horse to the superstition of other Nations t to a wild Asse because shee could not bee wearied or made tame One sin of Israell was couetousnes u Hab. 1. 15 they tooke vp all with the angle they catched it in their net and gathered it in their yarne they loued siluer and were not satisfied with siluer whatsoeuer their measure held it was still capable of more but to set vp idoâ—atry they are content to part not with their siluer onely but with their gold also though they be farre fetcht and deare bought euen with the aduenture of their owne liues x Ier. 10. 9 Siluer plates are brought from â—arshis and gold from Vphaz for the worke of the workeman and the hands of the founder But this mettall was not yet tryed and fined but remained in a rude lumpe and so it was a smaller matter to depart with it and therefore more then so y Iud. 17. 4 Michahs mother toke two hundred shikels of siluer and gaue them to the founder who made thereof a grauen and molten image and more then so In Exodus the women though women commonly loue to braue it more then men and to attire themselues more trimly then stands with their husbands state to whom it is death to goe from their iewels are content to strip themselues of that which is most deare vnto them to make a golden Calfe z Ex. 32. 2. Pluck off saith Aaron hereby thinking to restraine themselues from sinne especially considering a Ex. 30. 13 their taxation lately past and the displeasure that might arise vnto the husbands from their wiues in time to come the eare-rings the golden earerings which to weare was and yet is the faâ—â—ion in the east Countries which are in the eares of your wiues of your sonnes and of your daughters and bring them to mee stay there Aaron goe no further neuer adde that you wilt make an Image of them for thou hast already said enough and more then enough for the women like an arrow out of a bow or a bowle down a hill without commoning hasten about the businesse beeing ready to fulfill thy demande before thou hast ended thy words and to bid the husbands plucke the eare rings was more then needed for they themselues plucke them from themselues and bring them to thee if Aaron hadbut said bring mee some gold though not wrought a man woudl haue thought it had beene as good as a supersedeaâ— to their idolatrous petition if but a little siluer be demanded of vs to buy a Bible make a pulpit repaire a Church or prouide any thing fit for Gods seruice wee play b Mat. 19. 22. the young man in the Gospell and if we cannot possibly slip the coller we goe away sorrowfull but to make an image the women bring gold wrought gold Iewels of gold and and though they loue to be in the fashion yet put themselues out of fashion to fashion an Idoll What great affection and loue doth Nature worke in parents towards their children being liuely pictures and welking images of themselues How neere went this saying to Abrahams heart Cast out the bond woman and her sonne hee knew that the promised seed should come of his sonne Isaac c Gen. 21. 11. yet this thing was grieuous in his sight because of his sonne Iacob supposing that Ioseph had been dead vowed to mourne for him all his life long d Gen. 37. 35. I will goe downe to the graue to my sonne mourning but hearing of his welfare the text saith that as though hee had been as good as dead before e Gen. 45. 27. the spirit of Iacob reuiued Necessity is a sore weapon and what a plague is this when God doth not helpe men with the barne or the wine-presse when they must cut vp nettles by the bushes and Iuniper roots must bee their meat when God giues cleannesse of

his wife or the woman bee false to her owne bosome God punished this sinne in a GeÌ„ 12. 17. Pharoh and b Gen. 20. 3 Abimelech though God kept them that they came not nigh Abrahams c Gen. 39. 9 wife and therefore when Putiphar committed all that hee had into Iosephs hand he barred him of his wife and in this case Xenophon was put to his non plus for being asked if his neighbour had a better house then he whose he had rather haue his or his owne he answered his if he had a fairer horse then he whose had he rather haue he answered his if he had a better or fairer wife then he whose had he rather haue hic Xenophon ipse tacuit at this Xenophon was silent a man must hold his owne wife for better for worse so long as they both shall liue corrupt affections like Eue lie in our bosome and will seduce vs vnruly motions are to our vnderstanding as Dalilah to Sampson they burne within vs as brimstone at the match let this law draw out the burning venome of those fiery serpents that lurke in our hearts if a man bee vpon a horse that flingeth and kicketh and doth what hee can to run ouer all the field the cunning rider will reine him vp and bring him to a good pace so a good Christian will ouer-master his passions and suppresse them when they are miscarried to rebell he will direct humors to their right courses and draw the flood of affections into their owne chanell Wife In that God setting downe the houshold goods and chattles and all that a man hath put the wife in the first place I note that to be true which Salomon saith a Pro. 31 10 the price of a vertuous woman is farre aboue the pearles which teacheth first the husband to loue his wife more then any earthly thing when Alexander had ouercome Darius Darius seemed little to regard his estimation if he were to die he seemed little to regard his life but when he heard his wife was taken prisoner hincillae lacrimae then his eyes did spout forth teares as the conduit waters each teare did ouertake other he did ouerweepe his weeping and sighes did breake from the center of his heart as fast as the teares stoale downe his cheekes againe it teacheth that of all other things a man should not wrong his neighbour in his wife as the wife of Hieron was acquainted with no bodies breath but her husbands for when he his enemie casting in his teeth his stinking breath blamed his wife who neuer told him of it she desired him not to thinke the worse of her for shee thought euery mans breath had smelt like vnto his so on the other side should the husband be acquainted with no bodies breath but his wiues she for her part must be as the Marigold which of all the Plants opens onely to the Sunne let not him for his part be as the sed horse â—eigh after his neighbours wife and croake in the chamber like the froggs of Egipt his eyes must be eyes of Adamant which will turne onely to one point let not his be wandring eyes let him not make the faces of other mens wiues like glasses which the Larke-taker hath in his day net least while like the birds he gaze too much he be taken in the net it is set downe as one of b 2 Sam. 11 4. Davids greatest faults that suffering lust to enter in at the windowes of his eyes he gaue way to his sinne till he did lie with the wife of Vriah and therefore set not the thoughts on fire by affection much lesse follow the lusts of the flesh much lesse fulfill the lust of the flesh much lesse prouoke the lust of the flesh but put the axe of Gods iudgments to the roote of wanton nature and cut it off circumcise the foreskin of the hart that is the true circumcision in the spirit not in the letter whose praise is not of men but of God Nor his manservant nor his mayde As well Salomon the diuine as Aristotle and other Humane Philosophers in their Oeconomicks set downe not the wife and seruants onely but the children also and God commanding to hallow the sabbâ—th sayth in it thou c Exo. 20 10 shalt not doe any worke thou nor thy sonne nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maide a question then may here be asked why sonnes and daughters are not mentioned as well as the wife the manseruant and the maide the reason I take to bee this men are addicted either to their pleasure or their profit Pleasure like â—yrâ—e inchanteth the minde transformeth men into swine and mastereth reason with sensualitie neither was it a greater miracle to see the three children walke vntoucht in the midst of the fiery furnace then to see how Ioseph held his body short of pleasures in the present prouocation therefore couet not thy neighbours wife was a necessary precept againe for profit it is true which the Apostle sayth d Phil. 2. 21 All seeke their owne and therefore like Martha they are e Luke 10. â—0 cumbred with much busines are so farre from serving one another f Gal. 5. 13. by loue as the Apostle aduiseth that as though they did enuâ—e that another should haue a better servant then they they are readie to lay baites to draw him to them and therefore it was not without neede to say thou shalt not couet thy neighbours seruant but children are a charge to him that keepe them must be led into wholsome pastures because they be Gods lambes watred because they be the seed-plot of heauen they must be kept cleane because they be Gods vessels and kept in that after flowers of youth may follow fruits of good liuing they haue no list in age to liue as they should which haue libertie in youth to liue as they list because men are loth to take this care and this charge therefore they neuer couet other mens children nay they will hardly be intreated to take another mans sonne or his daughter nay let a father giue money with his child that another may take him but as his apprentise yet hardly wil he take him and teach him the trade of his way and bring him vp in instruction and information of the Lord in a word therefore as well sonnes as seruants are commanded to keepe holy the Sabbath because both sorts are readie to transgresse it but none are forbidden to couet sonnes as they are to couet seruants because that without a prohibition men are readie to obserue it Manseruant nor his maide As God hath made the seruants lower then the wife so he hath here giuen them place before the Oxe or the Asse which must teach the master to make more reckoning of his seruants then of any Cattell he keepeth he must haue an especiall care of their bodies and of their soules of their bodies in sicknesse and in health in

their land so long by the yarde that they leaue not for themselues a foote who can as easily carry many Oakes and Woods on their backes a as 1 Saâ— 1â— â— Goliâ—h carried in his hand a speare as bigge as a weauers beame to blame are women who tire not themselues as holy women in times past b who trusted in God and were subâ—ect 1 Peâ— 3. 5 Esa 3 1â— to their husbands but like the c daughters of Zâ—on must haue too much variety and cloth their flesh like the Raine-bowe with garments of diuers colours Not but that men of degree and calling may weare sumptuous habits according to the custome of the Country and honour of their place as in Kings houses d they weare soft rayment without reproofe but when Mat. 11. â— Luc. 16. 19 men beyond their degree and place must like the e rich man be cloathed in purple for ostentation and fine linnen for delectation when they must haue their faced and defaced garments when they must apparell their apparell with ruffes on ruffes laces on laces cuts on cuts when they must haue pearles to adorne the body though the soule be robbed of her Iewels when they must haue rich ornaments not so much for vse and profit as for a bragge and to serue other mens eyes this this is lyable to reproofe and they which put on this light attire cannot lightly put on honest and chaste conuersation Now for the fashion attire is as strange in fashion as the Gyants were monstrous in nature and Adam was not so much ashamed of his nakednesse as now men may be of their cloathing Honesty first inuented the seemely garment to couer our vnseemely parts Necessity the profitable garment to defend vs from the iniury of the weather but riches and riot did find out the precious which vanity did fashion to her tricke howsoeuer this land hath giuen other nations the foile yet they haue giuen vs the fashion the pride of all Countreys sits in our skirts the follies of all Nations are fallen vpon vs if there be a new toy or a new fashion men but especially women be sicke of the fashions and neuer well till they haue it though some of them with their fashions grow cleane out of fashion But ad quid perditio hac whereto serueth this waste there is no building to that which is made without hands no ioy to a quiet conscience no cloathing to the righteousnes of Christ put on therefore the Lord Iesus Christ and let Rom. 13. 14 not vnchaste behauiour shew it selfe in the gawdines of attire what are silkes but the excrements of wormes what is gold but the dregges of the earth what are precious stones but the rubble of the sea compound thy garment of all these and make it of the best fashion yet art thou not clothed like g the lillyes of the field Nature hath cladde beasts with an hayre Mat. 6. 29. skin and fowles with feathers but man because he is indued with reason it brings forth naked leauing his couering to good discretion let apparell therefore be such as shall not so much satisfie a curious eye as beare witnes of a sober and chaste minde Now for Diet a full belly makes a foule heart gluttony and drunkenes lead the dance chambering and wantones follow forthwith fulnesse of bread bredde vneleannes in the Sodomites Rom. 13. 13 Ez. 16. 49. when the mouth is a tunnell the throat a winepipe the belly a barrell filled to the full whoredome workes out the rankest weeds grow out of the fattest soyle and therefore as the b Apostle Saint Paul speaking of purity speaketh first of 2 Cor. 6. 6 Ier. 5. 7. 8. fasting so the Prophet i Ieremy speaking of impurity and vncleannes speaketh first of feeding to the full The body is a seathing pot concupiscence is a fire plentifull and costly diet doth kindle the fire Venus in vinis Venus warmes herselfe at the signe of the Iuie bush and sine Cerere Baccho friget Venus not but that Paul and his acquaintance may meete at the market of k Appins and at the three tauernes for as we may eate Act. 28. 15. 1 Cor. 10. â—5 whatsoeuer l is sold in the shambles though Pythagoras would eate of no liuing creature as Essei people of Palestine would neuer eate Pigeons and as the disciples might eate and drinke whatsoeuer was â—et before them ordinary and common victuals Luc. 10. 7. so God hath giuen m wine to make glad the heart of man and oyle to make him a cheerefull countenance onely wee Ps 104. 19 must take heed wee bee not irregulares gulares and making the corps a cloake-bagge and the gut a gulfe abuse Gods good gifts and take thereby occasion to sinne The eight Commandement Exod. 20. 15. Thou shalt not steale AMong other reasons why God would haue his Leu. 11. 1â— people Israel abstaine from fowles liuing vpon prey this was one to teach them they should not prey one vpon another they should not take away one anothers goods and feede themselues by offending him who feedeth all This is also the marke at which this Commandement doth leuell which forbiddeth vs to haue vncâ—s vngues to be light fingered to increase that which is not our owne by putting our hands to our neighbours goods and secondly inioyneth vs to content our selues with our owne estate to get our owne liuing with our sweat and as much as we may to procure the good and the welfare one of another Two sorts of men liue vpon prey the first more publike and these are they which prey vpon Church or common wealth vpon the Church these are either grubbing Patrons of benefices and their sacrilegious brokers who robbe the Clarke whom they intend to present or else greedy Parishoners who spoiling the Lord in Tithes and offerings rubbe the Clarke presented the first of these resembles the horse-leach a Pro. 30 15 which cryes giue giue resembles Iudas who saith b Mat. 26. 15. what will yee giue resembles the diuell who saith c Mat. 4. 9 all these will I giue if and before matters be concluded Magus must offer money the purse must pay for it or else the wings of the benefice must be clipped Tithes must be compounded for or else abated the palmer worme must haue his part the grashopper his part the canker worme his part the caterpiller her part and all that remaine shall be but Reliquiae Danaum atque immitis Achyllis and the quotum shall consist in a great number of small Tithes the Clarke shall haue a Camels skin stuft with straw a great Canon that giues a monstrous cracke and shootes but paper with Ixion he must imbrace a cloud for Inno and with Narcissus make much of a shadow in stead of a water Nimph he shall haue the shell when Ichnewmon hath suckt out the egge of the Crocodill or the shelles of the Oyster when the

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