Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20782	The iaylors conuersion Wherein is liuely represented, the true image of a soule rightlye touched, and conuerted by the spirit of God. The waightie circumstances of which supernaturall worke, for the sweete amplifications, and fit applications to the present time, are now set downe for the comfort of the strong, and confirmation of the weake. By Hugh Dowriche Batch. of Diuinitie.	Dowriche, Hugh, b. 1552 or 3.	1596 (1596)	STC 7160; ESTC S111947	34,879	82

my hope my helpe and all is gon from me It were a lamentable thing that our wilfull and wicked sinnes dayly crying for vengeance to fall vpon vs from the seate of God our couetousnesse vsurie drunkennesse whordome blasphemie periurie contentions pride enuie disobedience should giue our Corne to be meate for our enemies and the fruite of our labours to refresh strangers while we our selues famish yet thus it hath beene in time and thus it may bee againe Some thinke there be too many Books too many Sermons too much preaching too much Printing and I thinke there is too little of eueriesort There is no fault found with too much ease too much pleasure too much negligence too much wantonnesse in behauiour too much pride in apparell too much loue to imitate new Apish toyes and strange fashions we are neuer cloyed with these come as thicke as they can but the poore dispised word sounds too oft comes too thicke vpon vs. O sinne O Sathan Papisticall enuie saith euery boye is become a preacher euerie foole is become a writer Iosua enuiously murmureth against Eldad and Medad for prophecying in the Tent The Disciples Num. 11. 28 Mark 9. 38. Luke 9. 48 Iohn 3. 26. of Iohn enuied at Christ for working of Miracles but I say with meeke Moyses I would all the people of God did prophecie I woulde all were learned I would all were preachers I would all were so perfectly taught of God that euery man were able to preach to himselfe to teach and instruct himselfe and his charge in all things that wee might indeede neede lesse preaching and lesse writing Some woulde haue no Bookes written but such onely as did wade into the depth of Diuinitie and contained the marrow and quintessence of learning such as did profoundly handle deepe points suttle quiddities of Diuine or Phylosophicall controuersies and such as in a manner shoulde speake that which was neuer spoken before This is the verie pollicie of Sathan to take from the simple people their greatest comfort next vnto preaching that they enioy which is the reading or hearing at leasure times some plaine exposition or familiar Sermon penned to their capacitie wherin many and many take great and singular comfort delight and profit Many there be that for age troubles and other occasions cannot often come to heare Sermons where and when they would which hauing at home some good Booke supplies often times the want of a better meanes to bring them to the knowledge and loue of God I speake not this to patronise any lewd wanton or foolish Pamphlets which tend not to edification but rather to destruction neither yet to prefer or compare reading or writing with preaching which is the blessed and ordinarie meanes of our saluation but onely to crop the blossomes of their proud Enuie that despise their weake brothers gifts in respect of theyr own surmised perfections which think that some profit may not redound to the simple by the most simple gift that euer was bestowed of God vpon the most simple man I detest the fantastical humor of them that write or publish any booke to hunt for any priuate praise glorie or profit to themselues and not with a single and simple intent to seeke onely the glorie of God the furderance of the Gospell and the knowledge comfort and saluation of Gods childreÌ„ the weake brethren With this intent and no other as he knowes that knowes my hart I haue perswaded my self to suffer these plaine Countrie notes to subiect themselues to the curious eyes to the sharpe conceites and the quicke iudgements of the learned Readers of this age not intended or adorned for the learned but onely vowed and plotted in the lowest kinde for the capacitie of the simple and ignorant It may bee that I haue studied more to bee plaine briefe and perspicuous then some haue to flie aloft in the mistie cloudes of rolling eloquence be cause I seeke the edification of the simple not the praise of my selfe If I should vauntingly flie so high as the wings of fancie would carrie but a meane Schollers reache I might neither in dutie doe that I should nor in conscience performe that which I would Let the Iaylors and keepers of Prisons in these daies accounte this example the chiefe flower in their garland that there hath beene so honest a man an vndoubted childe of God found in their Corporation of whome I would they would all learne to be more mercifull and courteous to their poore brethren that are in bands to consider the cause of their imprisonment not to hepe miserie vpon miserie but in their punishments to see the anger of God against their owne sinnes to bee sorrie for them that are in Captiuitie to thanke God for their owne freedome not to insult ouer them whom God hath cast downe but in a charitable mind to comfort them that are in heauinesse and relieue the wants of the poore and needie to their powers So God with this Iaylor shall blesse them with the true knowledge of their saluation and the ioyfull spirite of regeneration So shall the Lord comfort them in their distresse and deliuer them from the prison and punishmeÌ„t which their sins haue deserued This is the wourst I wish theÌ„ this the Lord graunt them And so I commit thee gentle Reader to Gods mercifull protection From Honiton in Deuon this 30. day of Iune 1596. Thine in the Lord Hugh Dowriche Verses written by a Gentle woman vpon The Iaylors Conuersion THe man is blest which can indure Whose hart doth neuer slide When for his sinne with fierie scourge His patience shal be tride No daunting feare can once attainte The conscience that is cleare The wicked waile that haue no faith When dangers doe appeare The rod that doth correct our life And sinfull waies reproue Is said to be a certaine signe Of Gods eternall loue No tempting tryall from the Lord No griefe or dire annoye Can seuer once the faithfull hart From Christ his onely ioye Though sinfull flesh doe oft rebell And fancie file our fall Yet happie man that can returne When God beginnes to call Though God permit his chosen flocke Sometimes to walke astraie Yet sets he both the times and meanes To wayne them from their waie How long did Paule with cruell hart The Church of Christ molest Till called home to see the truth His blindnesse did detest How cruell was this Iaylors hart To vex the poore elect Till trembling earth by mightie power His madnesse did detect The God that makes the haughtie hils And Libans Cedars shake When he shall take his cause in hand Will make the prowdest quake To comfort his that be in neede The Lord is alwaies prest And all that haps to his elect Is alwaies for the best Which in this picture here is seene By that which shall in sew Lord graunt vs grace when he doth call To frame our liues anew A. 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forsake renounce and detest for euer this Pharisaicall superstition And seeing this course that I haue taken can doe me no good I pray you whoÌ„ I now know to be the seruaÌ„ts of the liuing God prechers of the truth Tell mee at length what course I must take what I must do that I may be saued By which words wee see that he did not only suspect but vtterly by the spirit of God renounce that which the same spirite had tolde him to be wicked and abhominable And I wish in perfect charitie that all those which are now blinded with Poperie and lie yet drunken with the cursed wine of the great whore of Babilon al what euer they be either in Italy France Spaine or England may if they pertaine to the Lords election feele the like motions the like hartquakes to assault their coÌ„science open their eyes that they may once feele see their blindnes their errors and their sinnes certaine damnatioÌ„ that they may once with this Iaylor perfectly bid farwell vnto al the Romish Pharisies blind guides deceiuing hypocrites that now so monsterously abuse them Againe seeing this Iaylor seekes to be saued let vs consider what saluation it is that he desireth The Greek word signifieth such a kind of sauing as that a man may continually remaine assured and without feare The Syrian Paraphrase hath it what must I doe that I may liue Which is as much to say as to be preserued which teacheth vs that hee sought not for the temporal present sauing of his life the feare of the earthquake being passed and they being that way able to doe him no good neither did he as the wicked are wont to do which seing the iudgements of God for a time tremble quake but the rod being past they return againe vnto their former wickednes But this man being rightly touched and fearing more his sin then the Earthquake earnestly sought for the saluation of his soule the comfort of which might continue with him for euer If he desired the right waye the verie truth and life it selfe whome did he desire but Christ If hee desired Iohn 14. 6. saluation what desired hee but Christ which is the onely Sauiour of the faithfull Blessed saith Dauid is he whose wickednes is forgiuen whose sin is couered If no man Psalm 32. 1 can bee blessed happie ioyfull and saued but they that haue their sins forgiuen then wee see what saluation it is that this man sought namely an assurance that his sinnes should be forgiuen the meanes by which hee might attaine vnto this This saluation the Pharisies coulde not teach this Iaylor then and our Papistes purely without corruption will not haue it taught now Further we learne here if we see any cruell wicked and malicious persecutors of the truth or any other abhominable sinners not to proceede in rash iudgement against theÌ„ to coÌ„demne for reprobates but rather to leaue this iudgment to the Lord who only knoweth what they be that are his because wee know not whether the Lord haue appointed both time and meanes for their conuersion as hee had for this Iaylor c. Lastly we learne that this care and desire of the Iaylor condemneth the cares and desires of many of vs that haue beene longer â—h 10. 41. 42. taught Christ said once to a worldly minded Martha Martha thou carest art troubled about many things but one thing is needefull c. This one needfull thing is to desire to heare the worde of God and the meanes how to bee saued and haue our sinnes forgiuen This one thing had the Iaylor nowe found this one thing he desired no more Whosoeuer therefore neglecting the word of God and care of saluation applyeth his mind to any other exercise pleasure or profit his care is needlesse vaine foolish and wicked For all our cares studies and endeauors wherin we haue not a principal regard vnto the glorie of God and our owne saluation are accursed of the Lord and therefore can neuer bring a blessing vppon vs. The counsels and conspiracies of the wise Achitophels 2. Sam. 17. the Lord for his Dauid shall ouerthrow by his appointed Hushais No prouision counsell or determination for the gouernment or safetie of any common-welth can euer stand long or bring a blessing vpon that land where the principall marke of all their deuises tend not to the establishing and setting forth of the truth the honour of God and saluation by Christ Iesus our onely Sauiour Hospitalitie is good a reasonable prouision of things necessarie is alowable an earnest desire to bee diligent in our vocations occupations and callings is commended but yet to loue follow or be busied so in any of these that we neglect at times conuenient and when occasions be offered to heare the Sermons of Christ or neglect the learning of the knowledge of our saluation is in Martha by Christ greatly reprehended There bee many Marthaes in England which trouble themselues about many vaine pleasures offices and deuises while in the meane time they neglect the best dutie As Gentlemen that trouble themselues to build faire houses gorgeous palaces which yet care not for the building of the Lordes house and as little for their owne saluation countrie men that are careful to prouide for their posteritie yet carelesse for their owne safetie and helpe of their soules Ministers which either for ignorance negligence or contempt of the word leauing the consideration of their calling giue themselues som to be husbandmen farmers grasiers c some to be Physitions Lawyers and other secular officers as though that one blessed calling of theirs were not needful only sufficient to preach the word of God truely and to liue thereafter to bring the simple ignorant to know which way they must be saued c. The fourth circumstance What it was which brought this man to this Consideration The text shews vs that it was the iudgement and hand of the Lord which he felt in the Earthquake and the holy Ghost also inwardly working which wrought this care desire in him and made him to haue a consideration of his sins c. Application and Doctrine First we see that it is a profitable good thing for a man to feel the iudgements rods and scourge of the Lord oftentimes to awaken him out of his securitie and also to cast downe his pride that he may learne to humble himself before the Lord. For ease peace and quietnesse bring vs a sleepe harden our harts make vs to contemne the messengers and worde of the Lord But feare and his rod when it is seene maketh vs more apt to learne and willingly to seeke for comfort helpe Therefore said Dauid It is good for me Psal 119. 67 71 that I haue beene afflicted that I may learne thy statuts For before I was troubled I went astray but now I keepe thy word The worldly mindes which are

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