Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	behold_v	joy_n	servant_n	2,068	5	8.3981	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07186	Sions svveets, or, The spouses spikenard; and mysticall myrrhe / by Thomas Barnes, preacher of Gods vvord at St Margretts in New-fifth-street. London..	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1624 (1624)	STC 1477.5; ESTC S124289	64,452	85

ordinary friend into his house how ioyfull he is how much more joyfull then must wee conceiue them to be who haue testimony in their consciences that the Lord of glory hath come in by their gates and taken vp his lodging in their soules Vse 1 As the former so this Doctrine also serues 1. to lay open the miserable and wretched estate of all carnall and vnregenerate ones who are no members of the true Church For no sound ioy belongs vnto them Their abundance of wealth their places of honour their great friends their merry companions c. may peradventure giue them some kind of contentment and delight but alas it is but for a moment and * Namque malâ— quanquam interduÌ„ gauderâ— videtur Aestiâ— at ipse tamen medijs vt stroâ—gylos vndis Marcell Arie l. 1. p. 4. mingled many times with much heauinesse and sorrow That joy which springs from Iustification is too sweet too excellent for them to attaine to There is no peace to the wicked sayth my God h Isa 57.21 That that I say is Sions peculiar An vngodly man may indeed heare the promises haue the sweet Doctrine of iustification by the free loue of Christ sounded in his eares and abuse the same he may as those that make an idoll of Gods mercy to further himselfe in his desperate disease of securitie or a kinde of i Mat. 13.20 hypocriticall ioy he may haue which a temporall faith may afford him but to draw out the right sweetnesse of this heauenly Doctrine to the true comfort of his soule he wants nostrills he hath no true iustifying and sauing faith Let then an vnregenerate person be he what he will or can be for wit learning wealth friends dignitie c. come and put forth that Question which Ioram put forth to Iehu Is it peace Iehu is it peace It may be answered him as Iehu answered Ioram What peace so long as the Whoredomes of thy Mother Iezebell and her witch-crafts are so many k 2 Kin. 9.22 What peace so long as thy luxurious fruits thy couetous fruits extortions oppressions vsuries deceitfull tricks thy oathes lyes enuyings backbitings Sabboth breakings neglects of Gods worship in the Temple in the familie in the closet contempts of Gods seruants and Ordinances contentments with thy meere ciuill courses c. are so many What peace I say appertaines vnto thee so long as these things remaine in thee as so many testimonies against thee that thou art not yet a true member of Christs Spouse the Church Thou man thou woman art like those whom the Lord complaines of by the Prophet l Isa 65.11 Yee are they that forsake the Lord and forget mine holy Mountaine Thou hast playd the Harlot and runne away from Christ and hast m Vers 12. chosen that wherein the Lord delighted not And therefore must I conclude to the terror of thee and all such as thou art with that sentence which the Lord denounceth by the same Prophet n Isa 65.13.14 Behold MY SERVANTS shall reioyce but YE shall be ashamed Behold my servants shall sing for ioy of heart but YE shall cry for sorrow of heart and shall howle for vexation of spirit Vse 2 Againe still we see comfort to flow out of this Text to the people of God by occasion of this point also They may peraduenture haue heauie hearts drouping spirits and goe mourning all the day long and by reason or outward crosses or inward distresses they may with Rachell refuse to be comforted because their comforts are not and in their owne apprehension haue no being no existence but let them be of good cheere The ioy that springeth from the roote of iustification belonges vnto euery member of the Church As sure as can be light is sowen for the righteous and ioy for all them that are of an vpright heart As they haue this bundle of Myrrhe this sweet-ball of Christ his righteousnesse in free mercy bestowed vpon them so the Lord in his due time will open the nostrills of their faith and make them sensible of the sweetnesse of the same and the time shall come when in the sence and ioyfull perswasion of the same they shall be able with all confidence and boldnes to say as the Church here doth A bundle of Myrrhe is my Well-beloued vnto mee now I know it finde it and feele it Stay thy selfe with this then thou mourner in Sion and goe thy wayes Eate thy bread with ioy and drinke thy wine with a merry heart for God now accepteth thy Workes o Eccles 9.7 Being a member of the Church thou art acceptable to God in Christ Iesus and being acceptable to him He will reveale his comfortable presence vnto thee be thy distresse what it can be And let this suffice thee against despayre that though heauinesse may endure for a night yet ioy shall come in the morning Such ioy is thy portion such ioy shalt thou get into thine owne possession when God sees fit Waite therefore for it on the God of thy saluation and be not like a comfortles creature Vse 3 Thirdly Hence we see how the world is deceiued who thinke Christians to be melancholy persons whom no mirth no comfort belongs to imagining that of all others they are the saddest and heauiest creatures What sayd I deceiued yea grossely deceiued For there are none vnder heauen haue more cause of ioy then they haue nor are more sensible of true ioy then they are when God comes to lift vp the light of his countenance vpon them The ioy that the couetous man hath in his bags the ambitious man in his honours the voluptuous man in his pleasures are but sorrow and vexation of spirit in comparison of that sweete content that a poore honest soule findeth in his Christ in his Sauiour How can his life be a melancholy life that was condemned to death but is now restored to life that had lost heauen but hath it now purchased for him that was the heyre of damnation but is now the heyre of saluation that was naked and abhominable in the eyes of God but is now cloathed and acceptable vnto him How can this life I say be altogether vncapable of comfort of consolation If thou thinkest it is when as Christians haue this priuiledge to reioyce in the assurance of their iustification thou thinkest amisse and art in a grosse error LET vs now passe on to the effect which the sence of The second branch in the second part of the Text. and ioy from this sweetnesse of iustification worketh in the desires and vowes of the Church And that is a continuance of this benefit in these words He shall lodge all night betwixt my breasts or as some reade It shall lodge all night betweene my breasts or as others Optatiuely Oh that he would that is oh that my Beloued or oh that IT may that is this bundle of Myrrhe may lodge all night betwixt my breasts Howsoeuer

that with the couetous whom Dauid speakes of d Psal 10.3 blessest thy selfe and blasphemest God and with Goliah e 1 Sam. 17.9.10 cursest God and his people * 5. Contempt of authoritie Thou that with the sonnes of Belial f 1 Sam. 10.25 contemnest the powers that be ordained of God * 6. Vaine confidence Thou that trustest with Goliah g 1 Sam. 17.45 in thy sword and buckler with the wicked of Dauids time in the h Psal 49.6 Psal 52.7 multitude of thy riches with the i Isa 43.14 Chaldeans in the treasures thy shippes bring in by Sea with the old Israelites in thy pleasant pictures k Isa 2.16 that is in thy houshold furniture and riches l So Scultet expounds pleasant pictures * 7. Hypocriticalnes Thou that canst the Art of dissembling hauing Butter in thy mouth and warre in thy heart m Psal 55.21 that canst blesse with thy mouth but curse with thy heart n Psal 62.4 * 8. Loue to defence of bad company Thou that louect the company of the vngodly o Psal 1.1.2 and magnifiest the wicked which forsake the Law p Pro. 28.4 * 9. Malice to the Saints Thou that with the enemies of Gods Israel treadest downe the inheritance of the Lord q Isa 63.18 circumventing them as the Sodomites did Lots house r Gen. 19. spreading Net for their feet Å¿ Psal 140. reioycing at their hurt t Psal 35.15 drawing out the sword bending the bow that thou maiest suddenly hit them that are vpright in heart u Psal 37.14.32 * 10 Carnall securitie Thou finally that art at ease in Sion drowned in the depth of carnall securitie thinking thou shalt neuer be remoued x Psal 10.6 who hast made a couenant with death and art with hell at agreement thinking that when the ouer flowing scourge shall passe through it shall not touch thee and so making lies thy refuge and vnderfalshood hiding thy selfe * Isa 28.15 Thou I say that carriest of all these or any of these blacke brandes of the false Church these non euidences of the true Church heare thou this word of terror thou art not iustified by the Lord Iesus and not to be iustified by him desperate and fearefull must thy condition needes be yea so fearefull that neither can my capacitie reach it nor my tongue relate it For besides the absence of those admirable soule rauishing effects springing from iustification which thou shalt reade off afterwards y Page 67. it is an argument of Gods displeasure conceiued against thee it doth prognosticate wrath abiding for thee insomuch that if the Beloued of the Church be not this bundle of Myrrhe TO THEE TO ME and become our Righteousnesse the stinch of our sinnes will daily prouoke the Lord the smell of our courses will daily distast him the sauour of our very Sacrifices are a burthen vnto him neither are our sinnes remitted nor our sutes receiued nor our persons respected nor our good deedes rewarded nor can our soules if wee so continue be eternally saued Iudge thou then whither this poynt as sweete as it is to the godly doth not bring if thou beest not altogether hopelesse and helpelesse a sound of terror to thy eares and oh that it might but be a meane to produce an holy trembling in thy soule vpon the thought of thy great misery Vse 2 Secondly this is not so terrible to the wicked but it is as comfortable to the godly Is it their peculiar to be iustified by Christ Doe they alone participate of that righteousnesse which many thousands in the world neither haue nor are like to haue any share in What bountie what loue is this from Christ to them Myrrhe it selfe should not more refresh the smell then the consideration of this accheere their soule And accheere them it doth at sometime or other let the Deuill doe his worst as the next Doctrine shall declare which without any longer delay I come vnto And this it is That as the Church alone is capable of Christs righteousnes Doct. Christians alone haue the ioy of iustification so shee onely is sensible of the sweetnesse of the same Onely Beleeuers doe truely reioyce in the assurance of free iustification by Christ What saith Dauid to this purpose The RIGHTEOVS shall be glad in the Lord and all the VPRIGHT in heart shall glory z Psal 64.10 What saith the Prophet Esay also The RANSOMED of the Lord shall returne and come to Sion with Songes THEY shall obtaine ioy and gladnesse and sorrow and sighing shall flie away a Isa 35.10 Againe My SERVANTS shall reioyce my servants shall sing for ioy of heart I create IERVSALEM a reioycing and HER people a ioy b Isa 65.14.15.18 Of whom speakes the Church when she saith We will be glad in the Lord and reioyce in his saluation c Isa 25.9 I will greatly reioyce in the Lord my soule shall be ioyfull in my God for he hath cloathed me with the garments of salvation he hath couered me with the robes of righteousnesse d Isa 61.10 Of whom I say speakes the Church there but of her selfe I confesse that literally those speeches of the Prophet are to be referred to the reioycing of the Iewes at their returne from captiuitie But mystically they are to be interpreted of the ioy which beleeuers alone conceiue vpon their returne from spirituall bondage and vpon their iustification by the merits of Christ and free mercy of the Almightie Wherefore it was not without cause that Christ sayd to the Man sicke of the Palsey Sonne be of good cheare thy sinnes are forgiven thee e Mat. 9.2 And Elihu in Iob He that can say I haue found a Ransome especially such as Christs righteousnesse hath procured shall see Gods face with ioy f Iob. 33.24 6. compared â—ogether Reas 1 That which was the ground of the former poynt may be the first ground of this also Christians onely haue faith Now faith is not onely an Hand to plucke this Myrrhe the meanes to apprehend the righteousnesse of Christ that it may become ours but also it is the Nostrills to smell the sweetnesse of this Myrrhe Looke as the nostrills doe conuey sweete odours to the braine to refresh the animall spirits which are there so doth faith conuey the assurance of iustification to the rauishing and delighting of the soule If the Church alone then hath the nostrills of faith no wonder is it if shee alone be sensible of the sweetnesse of Christs righteousnesse Reas 2 Secondly Christ Iesus onely lodgeth and dwelleth in them whom he hath iustified but where Christ lodgeth there must needes be great ioy g Nonne videis cum amicuÌ„ lomi quispiam â—ccipit quom â—raese ferat â—atitiam c. â—hrys in Iohan. â— 1. Hom. 19. Doe you not see if a man doth but receiue an

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