Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	father_n	kingdom_n	lord_n	9,649	5	3.9173	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02668	A Christen exhortacion vnto customable swearers What a ryght [and] lawfull othe is: whan, and before whom, it owght to be. Item. The maner of sayinge grace, or geuynge thankes vnto God.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed name.	1543 (1543)	STC 1280; ESTC S122477	30,233	63

Rendre it not ageyn vnto hym deformed with vyce and defyled with fynne But seâ—â— to be founde in the daye of his commynge with out spotte that thou mayst receyue the inestimable rewarde prouyded for them that loue hym trewlye Amen The maner of sayenge grace after the doctryne of holy scripture Â¶ Grace afore meate THe eyes of all loke vnto the o lord and thou geuest them their foode in due season Thou openest thine hand and fyllest euery lyuinge creature with thy blessynge O oure father which art in heaueÌ„ c. Â¶ Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the o Lorde god almyghtye moost deare father of heauen for geuyng vs oure foode in due season for openynge thy mercyfull hande and for fyllinge vs with thy plentefull blessing And we beseche the for thy sonnes sake Iesus Christ not onely to preserue vs alwaye from abusinge of the same but also to lende vs thy grace that we maye euer be thanful vnto the therfore Amen Â¶ Another grace Â¶ Grace afore meate I knowe sayth the Apostle and am full certifyed in the lorde Iesu that ther is nothinge vncleane of it selfe but vnto hym that iudgeth it to be vncleane to hym is it vncleane But yf thy brother be greued ouer thy meate then walkest thou not now after charite Destroye not with thy meate hym for whoÌ„ Christ dyed O oure father which art in heauen Â¶ Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the o lorde God almyghtye moost deare father of heauen for certifyeng vs by thy blessed worde that all kyndes of meates are cleane And we besech the lende vs thy grace that we maye alwaye thankfully receaue the same not onely without supersticion or scrupuloâ—ite of conscieÌ„ce but also without greuynge or offendinge our brethren And so to walke in the waye of godly loue and charite that with our meate we neuer destroye hym for whoÌ„ thy sonne Iesus Christ dyed aswell as for vs. Amen Â¶ Another grace Â¶ Grace afore meate Let not oure treasure therfore be euell spoken of For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke but ryghteousnesse and peace and ioye in the holy goost O oure father which art in heaueÌ„ c. Â¶ Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the o Lorde god almyghtye moost deare father of heauen for openyng vnto vs thy blessed worde which is oure treasure oure perle yee oure ryches more precyous then ether golde or precious stone And we beseche the though corporall meate and drynke be no parte of thy kyngdome yet ordre thou vs so in receauynge the same that we neuer geue occasyon of slaundringe thy worde or offending the weake AmeÌ„ Â¶ Another grace Â¶ Grace afore meate Meate doth not further vs vnto God yf we eate we shall not therfore be the better â—yf we eate not we shall not therfore be the worse But take hede that this youre libertye be not an occasion of fallyng vnto the weake O oure father Â¶ Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the o lorde God almyghtye moost deare father of heauen for layeng vp our saluacioÌ„ onely in thy selfe and not in anye kynde of meate And we beseche the gyde vs so in the vse therof that we maye folowe such thinges as make for peace and wherby we maye edifye one another And neuer to geue vnto the weake anye occasyon of fallynge from thy worde Amen Â¶ Another grace Â¶ Grace afore meate Meates hath God created to be receaued with thaÌ„kes of them which beleue and knowe the trueth For euery creature of God is good and nothing to be refused that is receaued with thankesgeuinge For it is sanctifyed by the worde of God and prayer O oure father c. Â¶ Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the o lorde God almyghtye moost deare father of heauen for ordeyninge thy creatures to be meate foode sustenaunce vnto oure bodyes hast sanctifyed them by thy blessed worde c. We beseche the make vs so to increace in stedfastnesse of thy fayth in perfecte knowledge of thy trueth in coÌ„tinnaunce of feruent prayer vnto the That to vs also they maye be sanctifyed holy that we maye euer both thankfully receaue them vertuously vse theÌ„ to the good ensample of other Amen Â¶ Another grace Â¶ Grace afore meate The father of mercye God of all consolacion geue vs grace to consent to gether in to the knowledge of his truthe that we maye with one mynde and one mouthe glorifye God the father of oure lorde Iesus Christ. Amen O oure father c. Â¶ Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the o lorde God almyghtye moost deare father of heauen for brynginge agayne from death oure lorde Iesus Christ the greate sheperde of the shepe through the blood of the euerlastinge testament And we beseche the to make vs perfytt to do his wyll workynge in vs that which is pleasauÌ„t in his sight that we be not only the speakers of his worde but the vnfayned folowers of the same Amen Â¶ Another grace Â¶ Grace afore meate Christe which at his last supper gaue hym self vnto vs promysinge his body to be crucifyed his bloode to be shed for oure synnes blesse vs oure meate Amen O oure father c. Â¶ Grace after meate Thankes be vnto the o Lorde god almyghtye moost deare father of heauen which at this tyme hath fedde vs with meate not only that perisheth but with thy worde which abydeth in to euerlastinge lyfe Graunte most marcyfull father that we hauinge the knowledge of thy worde may also practise the same in oure conuersacion that we bothe intyer lye louynge and vnfaynedlye lyuynge thy holy worde may after this lyfe lyue with the for euer Amen Receaue your meate without grudging Take hede ye neuer abuse the same Gene thankes to god for euery thing And alwaye prayse his holy name Who so doth not is sore to blame No euell ensample se that ye gyue Thus doth gods word teach you to lyue What so euer ye do in worde or dede do all en the name of our lorde Iesu Christ geuyng thankes vnto God the father by hym A shorte instruction to the worlde Â¶ To Kynges and Princes Be letned ye kynges and vnderstond Enbrace the trueth of Christes worde your hertes be all in Gods hond He is youre kynge your prince lorde Stablish no lawe that maketh discorde But do as dyd kynge Ezechias Dauid Iosaphat and Iosias Â¶ To Iudges Accepte no personne in iudgment Wrest not the law kepe well your syse To wrong for brybes do not consent For they do blynd the eyes of the wyse Thus scripture biddeth you more then twyse And for to haue such properties As Iethro tolde to Moyses Â¶ To Councelours A faythfull man wyll kepe councell And ther is welth where many such be Beware of false Achitophel The councell of God must stand trulye ye can it not destroye verely Kepe trueth and faith with secretnesse And further the cause of godlynesse Â¶ To Chamberlaynes Beware of Thares and

place these vngentle frutes doest thou ministre and none other to do thy master the deuyâ—â— ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ pleasure with suche a trewe seruaunte arte thou vnto him that where as thou accompaniest Christ shall haue but dishonoure Consequently whan thou swearest vppon the Bybel or Gospell conteyninge the scriptures and wordes of God thou comparest the truth of thy matter to the truth of them and woldest haue it so alowed than yf thou be a lyar thou hartely desirest him not to accomplyshe vnto thy behoue his promyses of mercy therin conteyned But contrarye vnto it to bringe vppon the the hole vengeaunce curses and plages therin threttened to all yll doers whaÌ„ thou swearest by the body of Christ thou greatly dishonourest his glorified nature includinge thy hole health iustification redemption attonemente in God And thou doest as moche as in the lyeth lyke as the holye doctours confesse to plucke him oute of heauen with violence to crucifie him agayne a fresh Whan thou swearest also by the Sacrament of God as it is a common othe with the both the swete frutes of thy Baptyme and of the holye soupper of the Lorde doest thou handle so vnreuerentlye as thou ware at defyâ—unce with them both In lyke case whan thou swearest by anye creature as by this sonne by this ayre by this light or by this good daye thou doest not only breake the commandement of ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Lorde God but also thou doest bynde those creatures whiche he hathe mouyded to serue thy neades to serue thy wycked vanite rendring him no thankes but blasphemye for his gyftes Whan thou swearest by other creatures of God as by this breade drinke meate or salt with such lyke Dost thou any other than blaspheme the gyuer of them my surely And besydes that thou destreste him to auenge them of the yf thou lye PeraueÌ„ture thou wilt yet aske me this question may I than sweare no maner of othe for my pastyme yes and yf thou wilte in thy pastymee gyue thy selfe hole vnto the deuyll But Christe hath gyuen the a straight commaundement to the coÌ„trary that thou shalt not sweare at all and shewed the that yf thou he his seruaunt thy communicatioÌ„ shall be none other but yea yea naye naye All other saith he is of euyll Now yf thou thinke thy witte better than his or that he is no holesome teacher for the thou maist do it for thy pleasure and go to the deuyll for it who can let the. not thus contented hapely thou wilt yet reason further and saye For so moche as I knowe swearinge is a blasphemye I will for my pleasure sweare by the deuylt or by an Idolle to spyght them with it I am glad thou haste ones graunted me that swearinge is a spytefull blasphemy let it not than defyle thy Christen lippes neither spyght thy lord God with it frome henceforthe nor yet his holy sainctes and creatures consydre firste that it is thy Christen dewtye to be no blasphemare And nexte vnto this that God by his expresse commandement hath vtterly forbidden the that kynde of swearing you shal nor sweare saith your lyuinge God by the names of straunge Goddes neyther let any maÌ„ heare theÌ„ procede out of your mouthes Neyther make mencion saith Iosue nor yet sweare by the names of their Goddes c. God wil refuse them for his children sayth Hieremye yea and vtterly forsake them which sweare by theÌ„ that are no Goddes I will destroye all them sayth God by his Prophete Sophonye that sweare in Melchon ce Thinke thaÌ„ it is lawful for the to swear by no maner of thinge for thy pleasure neyther by heauen nor earth deuyll nor Idolle for all that is more than yea and nay is playnly of wyckednes Our wordes are the outward testimonies of our inward hartes And therfor they ought to be so substanciall as to be worthye a beleue without an othe So syngle and pure ought our loue to be towardes our neighboure in oure dayely occupyenge that no maner of crafte shuld be founde therein Damnable it ware to deceyue oure brother with alye and moche more dampnable to seale it with a false othe They of the olde tyme thought it no faute to sweare in a matter of truth but we haue now a newe scole master and ought by his owne doctryne to be no longer babes but to be moche more perfyght then they ware Now ought suche brotherly loue to reygne amonge vs that one shulde haue no stomake harte nor desyre to hyndre hurte or displease another The eye shuld seke the profyte of the hande and the hande the commodite of the foote as membres of one bodye in Christ the one beynge carefull for the other The one shuld be so faythfull to the other that neyther shuld he nede to sweare nor the other nede to put hym to an othe And suerlye ther is none othe made betwene neyboure and neyboure but one of them or bothe offendeth dedly And it is he that heareth the trewth and wyl not beleue hym withoute an othe and so compelleth hym to sweare or elles the other that without all occasyoÌ„ inforceth him self lyghtlye to sweare or both for companye sake Customable swearinge is verye dangerous though we ded not lye at al for so moche as it doth depriue the name of the lord of his dewe reuerence and feare And so moch vanite of wordes is in our dayly commoninge occupienge that we haue one with another that we can not chose but lye in many thinges Which to confirme with an oth though we intende no fraude is to take the holy name of God in vayne and vnreuerently to vse it against the second commaundemente If it be dampuable of it selfe to lye of purposse to deceyue howe moche mâ—â—e dampnable is it than blasphemousâ—â—e to coloure it with with the name of God besydes the callinge vnto him for swyfte vengeaunce vppon our owne selues for so doynge truly we lytle knowe what we do iÌ„ such customable swearinge Therfore account we it necessary to admonysh you yet farther as concerninge your priuate swearinge For accordinge vnto that is sayd afore willed vs Iesus the sonne of Sirach which wrote the booke of Ecclesiasticus that we shulde in no case accustome oure selues in swearing least we fall into more depe inconuenientes and so taste the plages belonginge thervnto For of custemable swearinge commeth the damnable vice of peruicy If a man shal vse commonly to sweare he can not chose but many tymes daÌ„nably forsweare him selfe As he that customablye â—â—nyteth sometyme he shall smyre vnto deaâ—he That a man hath in custome he shall do at all tymes but he shall not at all tymes refrayne it What the fearfull sentence of God is against swearers the scriptures plentuously sheweth The Lorde sayth Moyses will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne The man that vseth moche swearinge saith Iesus Syrach

shal be full of iniquire and neuer shall the plage depart frome his house All theues and swearers are vnder one curse of God after zacharie Stoned was he by the lawe that blasphemed the name of the Lorde in Israel If the plage goeth neuer from them which are continuall swearers how can it go frome them that are continuall periures Tell vnto me my frynde saith IohaÌ„ Chrisostome what doest thou profyt by thy swearing If thyne aduersary shuld thinke the to sweare aright he wolde neuer compell the to it But because he thinketh the therby to become a periure therfore enforceth he the to an othe Seldome hath the priuate othe a good conclusion But happly thou wilt saye I caÌ„not sell my wares onlesse I do sweare or my detter beleueth me not onless I make him an othe Whervnto I answere Rather be contented to haue thy wares vnsolde and to lose thy money than thy saluacion in Christ. Reason faithfully with thy conscience and let thy sowle be more dere vnto the thaÌ„ thy corruptible substaunce For thoughe thou lose part of thy substaunce yet mayst thou lyne but yf thou lose God thou canst not lyue A greater rewarde shalt thou haue for losinge of it in the feare of God than yf thou haddest gyuen it in almes For that is done with peyne for the loue of the Lorde requireth a more worthye crowne than that is done without peyne Moreouer I councell the as my frinde saith Chrysostome yf thou be a true Christen that thou neuer compell anye other man to sweare For whether he sweareth right or wronge thou arte not without daunger afore God coÌ„sydering that Christ whose â—eruaunt thou oughtest to be hath gyuen the here a sore coÌ„maundement to the contrary Besydes that thoughe his othewere true yet is not thy conscience cleare frome peruiry for so moche as the matter beyng doubtful vnto the thou puttest him to the danÌ„ger therof And yf it were false thaÌ„ hast thou enforced him to periury and so for lacke of Christen charite loste both his sowle and thyne owne for whom Christ suffred his death Worse is he sayth S. Austyn than an homicide that compelleth a man to sweare whoÌ„ he knoweth to forsweare him selfe For the homicide sleeth but the body wheras he sleeth the sowle yea two sowles rather That is to saye his sowle whom he coÌ„pelled to sweare and his owne sowle for so coÌ„pellinge him O vndiscrete personne what so euer thou arte that compellest an other man to swear Lytel knowest thou what thou doest therby Moche more is it to his profyt than to thyne For that periurye is to his lucre and to thy losse For he hath the mony nothinge remaining vnto the but thy part in the perâ—urye with the curse and plage thereof He that careth not to lye regardeth as lytle to forsweare him selfe And lyke as he that lyeth offendeth sore the verite so doeth he that is periured forsake both God and all godlynesse Thus are the commaundmentes neglected and neyther God nor our neighbour regarded No maruele therfore thoughe the Lorde knowinge our infirmite and how swyst we are to cast awaye our sowles did first inhibite vs periury and than all maner of swearinge He hathe forbydden swearinge saith Saint Gregory that we shoulde the more easely auoyde all maner of occasion to periurye He that feareth God without an othe confesseth the verite He that feareth him not will not with an oth confesse it He therfore that doubteth not to breake Goddes commaundement in swearinge doubteth not to forsweare him selfe for a vauntage Take hede also sayth Chrisâ—stome you that will be rekened for spirituall men Uery swyft ye are to offre the sacred Gospell vnto theÌ„ that sweate where as ye ought to reach the contrarye If a man maye not saith Origene in euery light matter sweare no more maye they that haue aucthorite for euery light matter compell a man to sweare Howe can you be cleare frome periury that ministre the occasioÌ„ Maye he that beareth fyre to the burninge of an house be fre from the burning of it Or he from the slaughter of a man that bringeth the weapon wherewith he is slayne Naye surely But he that gyueth occasion to periury must nedes be a partener in the same Withdrawe the fyre and there shall be no burninge CoÌ„uaye awaye the swearde and there shalbe no murther committed Seqnestor swearinge and there shall be no periurye Oft swearinge saith IuÌ„dorus bringeth man to an vse And that vse leadeth to a custome which bringeth in periurye No nede hath the verite of an oth where the promes is faithfull and sure All this is spoken for theÌ„ that sweare by the Lorde temerously Moche more erectable is the wyckednesse of them that sweare by the creatures and more greuous the offence than of them that swere by him onely For heauen earth the elementes and creatures hathe he made to serue him in mans occupienge and not that men shulde sweare by theÌ„ In the lawe is it also straightlye commaunded that non shuld be takeÌ„ to witnesse in the truthe but God the auctor of all truthe He therfor that sweareth by heaueÌ„ by earthe or by anye other thing els he maketh it equall to the verite so alloweth it for his god For of no lesse value maye that thinge be that is taken to witnesse than is the verite yt self which standeth in tryall A shame full idolatour therfor becoÌ„meth he that taketh anye other thinge than God to wytnesse in the verite yea though it be neuer so trewe that he sweareth For he perfourmeth not vnto the lorde his othe but vnto the elementes creaturs and so synneth double First he offendeth in breakinge the commaundement secondlye in that he maketh a god of that he sweareth by This caused S. Hierome to saye in his coÌ„mentarye vpoÌ„ saynt Matthewes Gospell that our sauiour ded not inhybitt swearing by god before a iudge so that it were in a faythfull cause but by heauen and earthe by Hierusalem and our head with suche lyke For it was graunted to the peple in Moyses lawe for a rule that lyke as they were commaunded to offre ther sacrifyces vnto God because they shuld not offre them to idols so were they permitted to sweare by ther lorde God Because it was thought better for them to geuâ— ther faythe which is therin requyred vnto God than vnto deuyls For the Iewes vpon a corrupt custome were inâ—che geuen to swearinge by the elementes Consydre therfor that it was not for nought that Christe commaunded you neyther to sweare by heauen nor earthe cyâ—ye nor temple nor yet by the heare of your owne heades Where as the bisshoppes spirituall lawers sytteth in consystorye a small matter is it rekened to sweare by the lorde and therfor compell they menne to sweare by the gospel as by an

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