Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	believe_v	faith_n	holy_a	10,213	4	5.4982	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61500	Three sermons preached by the Reverend and learned Dr. Richard Stuart ... to which is added, a fourth sermon, preached by the Right Reverend Father in God, Samuel Harsnett ...; Sermons. Selections	Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651.; Harsnett, Samuel, 1561-1631.	1658 (1658)	Wing S5527; ESTC R20152	74,369	194

to use his power 1. He hath given us his scriptures the most faithfull Commentaries both of his strength and Wisdom and lest that unbeliefe should keep us stil worse then ignorant he makes it self its Agent that so by the testimony of so familiar an Inâ—ormer his Word may appeare as full of probability as salvation He might have done by Christ as he did by Moses both have interred his Corps and hid his Sepulchre nor yet could the Disciples then have challenged him of concealing the Truth They had variety of Prophecies their Masters own word confirmed by so many miracles all joyntly witnessing That it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise again the Third day Yet such were the Riches of his Goodnesse that he vouchsafed a more apparent testimony This Angel cals their eyes as Iudgeâ— and the Grave gives in so clear an evidence that neither Hatred nor Art can avoid it Do distracted thoughts prevent thy Faith and in despite of Scripture make thee almost deny Then come and see 2 The heavens declare the glory of God â—nd the Firmament sheweth his handy worke Sicut vocibus ita et rebus Prophetatum est saith Turtullian He hath made each Creature a Prophecy and this Article of the Resurrection as legible in the least hearb as in the Word it selfe Had the Athenians as well imployed their Eyes to discover Truth as their Eares to receive Novelties the Resurrection might have found more serious entertainment For throughout the whole Frame of Nature what more visible Come and â—â—e Philosophers Flowerâ— fade and live againe Seeds are not quickâ—ned â—xcept they dye and their destruction is the chiefe cause of their continuance Dies in noctem moritur as the sâ—me Tertullian speaks Each night is the last dayâ—s Funerall and then what is the Morning but a Resurrection Is it not a shame for Athens that Rome should afford more subtle Naturalists For Sâ—neca did there find out this very observation and from his sight concludes Mors intermittit vitam non eripit venieâ— itâ—rum qui nos in lucem reponet diâ—s 't is in the later part of his 36. Epistle Death is an intermission only no loss of life there shall come a day of Restauration and thâ—se eyes shall enjoy their former light With how setled a countenance would this man have harkened to the Resurrection of the dead whom sight it self had made thus Orthodox T is true then sensible speculations may serve as hâ—lps to Faith and have their uses as well in the Schoole of Christ as in that of Nature For Religion admits â—o Sceptickâ— She is indeed a Mistress to sense but not an Enemy Let Rome reâ—ounce her eyes and call the Host the â—ery Body of Christ when yet she sees â—ought but Bread We find no such diâ—ection For what shall we leave off to See that we may Believe or to be Men that we may become Christians We grant Religion to be above our Nature but yet not against it She may Exceed we confess but not contradict our Senses For look here these two are â—t perfect unity The Angel joyneth Gods word and our Senses together and that to the proofe of a divine conclusion He is Risen as he said and yet Come and see too For it is the same God of Peace who is the Author both of our Faith Sight and who dares say that his workes are at variance Had our eyes beene stark blind in these out-sides of Religion Christ had not so often appealed to a deâ—eitfull testimony Go tell Iohn what ye have heard aâ—d seen Matt. 11. Handle me and see a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have Luk. 24. You hear he himself imploys sense in many Articles as first to confirme his Office and then his Resurrection Not that I maintaine these meaner faculties to bee either the Authour or Rule of Faith No we must Believe more then we See and our Faith must issue from a higher fountain otherwise we may know perhaps but we cannot Believe For this Vertue is still Royally descended and acknowledgeth no father under a Deity Sencâ— indeed may beget Knowlâ—dg and that in a most eminent and high degree {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} saith the Philosopher proofs of sense command our assent A Demonstration may be more artifitiall perhaps yet not more powerfull but Faith proceeds from the inward operations of the Holy Ghost and relies only upon the Scriptures Authority yet must we understand what Valentia hath observed Sâ—nse may concur with Faith and so may the same object be both knownâ— and believed and the rather believed because it is known Simeon might both See and believâ— the Messias and the rather Believe because he â—aw him As the meat may nourish though not beget a man so sense may confirme our Faith though not producâ— it And therefore that Text in S. Iohn Because thou hast seen me Thomas thou hast believed Calvin doth thus interpret Non quÃ²d solo aspectu adductus est Thamas ut crederâ—t sed quÃ²d expergefactus This Disciple had before received the Mysteries of salvation only the stormâ— of the late troubles had laid his beliefe asleep T is one thing then to beget Faith another to awaken Faith this may come from our eyes perhaps that from the Word alone Again is it true of sense only as if that brutish faculty were of it selfe able to confirme our Beliefe No t is Ego animus as S. Aug. speaks per sensus corporis mei 'T is I my soule but yet not without my senses Quae per naturalem rationem innotescunt saith Thomas non sunt Articuli Fidei sed praeambula ad Articulos Humane helps are but preparations to Religion and beget rather Introductions of Faith then Articles To behold this goodly Fabrick of the Woâ—ld may soon force a Pagan to confess that there is a Deity But to know that this God is both Three and One or that of these Three One was incarnate here nature is blind and requires help from a clearer light Or that I may instance in our owne circumstances to see the Grave open the Earth trembling the Angels attending did no doubt perswade the Watchmen themselves that Christ was Risen But to believâ— that he rose both God and Man oâ— that his Resurrection was the cause oâ— ours this proceeds from the spirit alone who only can inlighten them that sit iâ— darknes In a word our domestick abilities may some way prepare us to entertainâ—Faith when t is received they may perhaps confirm or awaken it but we must confess the Author of it to be the Holy Ghost alone and the Word his Instrument Notwithstanding where thou mayâ—t use their help neglect not the benefits of such outward testimonies For though Faith come by Hearing yet let Christians be Spectators too and learn as well to see God in his Works as to Believe him in his Scriptures Know that he who made thine

THREE SERMONS PREACHED By the Reverend and Learned Dr. Richard Stuart Dean of St. Pauls afterwards Dean of Westminster and Clerk of the Closet to the late King Charles To which is added A fourth SERMON Preached by the Right Reverend Father in God SAMVEL HARSNETT Lord Arch-bishop of York The second Edition Corrected and Amended {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Isocrat Orat. ad Nicoclem LONDON Printed for G. Bedel and T. Collins and are to be sold at their Shop at Middle-Temple Gate in Fleet-street 1658. TO THE READERS WHat the Great Viscount S. Alban said of Time we have but too just cause to apply to ours Like a River thâ—y conveigh unto us that which is Light and blown up but â—ink and drown that which is weighty and solid Our Pressâ—s crowded with pittifull Scriblers of all Sects and sizes have their Diurnall and Nocturnall sweates yet after much travell and hard labour they bring forâ—â— little else but buzzing swarmâ—s of busie flies and as the best of Satyrists complains Tot pariter Pelues Tintinnabula diâ—as Pulsari Iuvenal Sat. 6. Amidst this confused noise of tinkling Cymbals may it please your distempered eares to entertaine {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} one well-tuned in whom is no jarring nothing but what invites to Harmony Peace and Concord One who being Dead yet preacheth and if men will not still be Adders refusing to heare the voyce of the wise Charmer he may like Davids Harp contribute in some measure at least to the allaying this Nations once Delight but now tormentor the Restlesse spirit of Contradiction For let us but stand still a while if we yet ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ and consider what strange â—essons this Tempestuous Age hath infus'd into us S Paul bids us lift up holy hands without wrath But we have turned Proselyteâ— to Peterâ—sâ—word anâ— there have not beene wanting Masters of Offenâ—e to Teach our hands to war and our fingers to fight As for our Harps we hanged them up as now uselesse upon the Trees and so not curslesse neither because they sounded no Discord and so would not advance on towards our great End Confusion Thus have imprudent men either quite robbed themselves of those holy men and means which God in mercy gave them or else which is but little better exchanged {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Gold for Counters the Cherubins of the Temple for the Calves in Bethel and Aaron's golden Bells for Alexanders sounding Brasse That these Electors may at length see {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Absurdnesse of their choice and how contrary to all shadow of {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} they have sentenced those men as unwoâ—thy of this World of whom this World is not worthy I here presâ—nt unto them three Drops from that pious Head which the cloven â—oote of our pampered Iesurun had kick'd into an Helicon of Tears If I tell you our grave Authors name and it will not be convenient yet to tell you his descent I hope the Truths he here delivers will not suffer because of his Invisum Nomen Truth as it doth not feare so neither begs an Auditor And therefore whether ye will heare or whether ye will forbeare Ezek 2.7 the three Sermons next following were preached by Richard Stuart Dr. of Civill Law Chaplain in Ordinary and Clerke of the Closet to his sacred Majesty King Charls now with God Dean of S. Pauls in London and now after much experince of both fortunes advanced to an higher attendance in the Court of Heaven The latter part of his life was spun out in a kind of banishment for what cause let his first Sermon tell you He had now learnt to be at home abroad and was able to say with patient and therefore valiant Paul {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Phili 4.11 And If we who still sit on the black lips of Euphrates Psal 137. do but seriously contemplate our own faces in that troubled Glasse we may though not sing yet say Poteras jam Cadme videri Exilio faelix Ovid Met 3 As he lived so he died in Exile and lies buried at Paris in France And though wee could not afford him a place to rest his head on here yet we may bestow an Epitaph and let it be without flattery neque enim verendum est ne sit nimium quod esse maximum debet Plin. Lib. 8. Epist. ult. Hic Magna est veritas Hic Invicta jacet Pietas Hic Illaesa manet Patientia The Funerâ—ll being oâ—er let us now see what the party deceaâ—ed hath left behind him These Orphan-Sermons were not for ought I know trusted to the care of either Executor or Overseer Now 't were pity three such elegant children should either by falling into the fierce hands of somâ— hot-headed professor be cast into a fiery Furnace or that at long ruâ—ning some more wary person should by an odd way of prescription force them to â—all him Abba and he publish them as {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} his own Legitimate issue For the preventing of such either mischeife or mistake I have now published these three hoping that others may thereby also be incited to make publick such other pieces of this rare work-man which yet remaine secret in their private hands The first of these three is concerning Scandal I have now placed it first not for it 's subject or birth-right only but because it is the best and it is the best because it is the longest In this Sermon our hasty breâ—hren Sons of the same Fathers with us may as in a plain-dealing Glasse see how causelessly and contrary to all that is either just or sober they have cast those out of the holy places as persons grossely superstitiÃ³us and whom much washing had made unclean These {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} may from this Sermon learn that obedience to their holy Mother is far better then sacrificing and grinding their brethren Let such men read the conclusion of Plutarchs Booke {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} and take heâ—d least while there is such gaping against Gnats Camels doe not slip downe their thâ—oats Excellent is that saying of Mr. George Herbert the devout Bernard of our Church concerning the Injunction for kneeling at the holy Communion Contentiousness in a Feast of Charity is more scandall then any posture 't is in his Country-Parson pag. 92. They oâ—Rome too may here see what a great blocke their Imagâ—-Worship is to the Jewes conversion Let then St. Chrysostome's Fatherly advice be done by us all {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Let us shun offensive wordâ— and scandalous Works let neither our mouths preach {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} scandalous Homilies or Sermons nor our lives exhort others to sinne Let us Give no offence neither to the Iews nor to the Gentiles nor to the Church of

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