Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	king_n	leave_v	lord_n	2,600	5	3.6008	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04608	Certaine sermons preached of late at Ciceter, in the countie of Glocester vpon a portion of the first chapter of the Epistle of Iames: wherein the two seueral states, of the riche and poore man are compared and examined, the differences in quality, and duety betwixt them shewed, both directed to such Christian parts and offices, as the sufficiencie of the one may, and ought to performe, and the wants of the other do necessarily require. Penned at the earnest requests of diuers well affected inhabitantes of the place: and now published as wel for the vse of others, as for the further profit of that particular congregation. By Philip Iones, preacher of the word of God in the same towne. Allowed by authoritie.	Jones, Philip, fl. 1589.	1588 (1588)	STC 14728; ESTC S119440	57,767	138

so that in his fall there is no harme The speciall doctrine then that this consideration and matter yeeldeth is not onely a comforte to the poore man to holde himselfe contented with his state because of the benefite and commoditie of safetye which it beareth in diuers respectes but a perswasion counsell also to the rich man not to be caried away with the ytching vayn of ambition not to hunt with greedinesse after promotion not to bee possessed with such vayneglorious humors as were the Scribes Mat. 23.6.7 and the Pharisies who loued the cheife places at feastes and the highest seats in the assemblies and greetinges in the market and to be called of men Rabbi verse 12. Rabbi It is an inreuocable decree that whosoeuer will exalte himselfe shal be brought low and humbled Somewhat it was that Iotham the yongest sonne of Ierubbaal standing in the toppe of mount Gerizim Iudges 9.8 after that Abimelech the Tyrant had vsurped the kingdome and slaine his brethren the sonnes of Ierubbaal about 70. persons vpon one stone in propounding his parable to the men of Shechem affirmed that when the trees went out to consult about the electing and annoynting of a king ouer them it was neither the oliue that would leaue his fatnesse nor the figge tree his sweetnesse nor the vine his wine none of these trees being indeed worthy of prefermeÌ„t would aduance themselues to the gouernement and kingdome but the contemptible bramble and scratching bryer whereunto Iotham likened the same Abimelech he in the pride of his heart and the arrogancie of his stomacke would needes take vpon him the state and be Lorde ouer the rest not contenting himselfe with that place which nature and birth had assigned him but his highe conceite went before his fal and his ambitious spirit was rewarded with a miserable destruction And therefore in this case the answere of Dauid to Michal his wife who despised him because of his dauncing and reioycing and praysing of God before the Arke is generally coÌ„mended I wil be yet more vile said he theÌ„ thus 2. Sam. 6.22 wil be low in mine own sight and of the very same maide seruants which thou hast spoken of shall I be had in honour So that the first steppe to true honour in deed is the practise of lowlinesse and a minde free from the infection of an ambitious appetite by the vse whereof although a man may peraduenture sometimes by the patieÌ„ce of God aspire to dignities and offices of high place yet the same is nothing else but a meane and preparatiue to a greater mischiefe and ouerthrowe So that my meaning in this matter may bee easily conceiued which is not to condemne a lawfull authoritie nor to disswade any man from the vndertaking of such roomes of credit and estimation as are of greate necessitie in the common wealth and profitable for the peace and prosperitie of the same but my purpose onely is by occasion of my terte to reproue the extremitie which consisteth in a thyrst and hunger to be aloft and to exceeded the common state of men when a man following the vnbridled sway of his proud conceit doth disdayne the societie and company of his honest brethren as not brooking any equalitie saying with Adonijah the sonne of Haggith I will be king 1. Kings 1.5 and with Aaman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite all the honour and glory that I haue doth not auaile me Hester 5.13 as long as I see Mordecaye the Iew sitting at the kings gate This is it that I speake of and against a climing humor a brambles spirite a disposition inclining to preheminence not with intent to doe any common good to the countrey but with purpose onely to feede and satisfie the roote of arrogancie and ambition to commaund all men and to be subiect to no man Which I take to be reprooued by him whose life was the spectacle and president of all humilitie ye receiue honour one of another Iohn 5.44 and seeke not the honour that coÌ„meth of God Which is a thing generally founde in these dayes and therefore requires a generall warning For euen amongst vs there are those who although they are not furnished with any excellent gifte or grace of God and haue nothinge in them deseruing commendation saue onely a little more money and welth then their neighbours haue yet they are so vnreasonably ledde away with the force of this insolent conceit as that they vouchsafe not a good looke towards those who albeit they possesse not so much wealth yet they practise more vertue and honestie then theÌ„selues And there are many petty Absolom also florishing amongst vs nothing but the crowne and kingdome I meane the Magistracye and roome of Iustice can content them insomuch that there is no rest of their continuall laborings till they come to sitte downe in the chayre of Dauid in that reuerend place which requireth a great measure of iudgment wisedome experience knowledge and conscience from all which things they are as farre as they are neere vnto the gall and bitternesse of presumption So that I see the date of that auncient prophesie of the holy Apostle out and expired who long agoe foresawe â— Tim. 3.1 that in the last dayes there should come perilous times men should bee louers of their owne selues couetous boasters proud c. intemperate ferce no louers at all of them that are good heady high minded louers of pleasure more then louers of God the full accomplishment of which prophesie whosoeuer seeth not seeth nothing But as the Apostle prophesied of such men so may we prophesie of the ende of them not vndertaking the spirites of prophetes but collecting by the ends of other men who in our remembrance were in such sorte affected and therefore euen in this life tasted the bitter fruite of their owne workes and qualities that the reward whereof the Apostle heere speaketh and promiseth remayning for the brother of low degree which is exaltation and great glorye shal be no parte of their recompence because they smell not of the swete spirite of humilitie which is the beginning and steppe to that high degree of true honour and felicitie which is proper onely to such and reserued onely for such as doe decke themselues inwardly with lowlinesse of mind and humble them selues vnder the mightie hand of God 1. Pet. 5.5.6 to whom there is a promise of exalting made in due conuenient time The Apostle hauing thus vsed the name of the poore man doth nowe proceed to his purpose namely to direct him to that thing which in the time of his pouertie he is to practise that is ioy for so it followeth in the verse Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce He might haue said let him not bee sorie or let him not bee impatient or let him contente himselfe or any such like thing which might well haue agreed both with his intent and with the poore

second part or member of his coÌ„parison heare made and instituted comprehending a special direction for the rich man teaching and schooling him as well as the poore man how he is to behaue himselfe in his good estate and time of prosperitie to wit not to build vpon his wealth as vpon a rocke or foundation thinking that there is no qualitie of weakenes or possibilie of decay therein but rather to consider the naturall incerteinty and slipperines thereof and vppon that consideration to cast off all his vaine trust and foolish confidence reposed in the same and while hee hath his riches in possession so to vse it and dispose of it as God in his worde hath prescribed For suche I take to be the meaning of the Apostle in the woordes Let the riche man reioyce in that hee is made lowe That is let him keepe himselfe within the compasse of his duetie and thinke that as many times after peace comes warre and after fayre weather a storme so a great mutation may happen to and vpon his felicitie whereby it may come to passe that although he be nowe riche yet he may be made poore although he be now mounted aloft and risen vp to the toppe of worldly glorie yet he may be pluckt downe againe to the earth and throwen into the dust of miserie as many haue bin before him And therfore he is to carrie in his heart this poynt of knowledge and consideration and therewith to be armed in such sort as that when this alteration shall come he may bee prepared for it and goe out as it were to meete it saying with Iob to his wife shall we receiue good things at the hand of God Iob 2.10 and not euill also or otherwise these words may be taken and that with good probabilitie and sense to wit that the rich man although by reason of his sufficiencie good measure of wealth he be promoted and aduanced to some high estate and excellent calling yet in his opinion he is to beare a lowe sayle and to carry an humble minde still within him to bee farre from any arrogant and proud conceit of himselfe and although he be high in degree yet to be low in behauiour in gesture meeke and in speeche courteous which thinges are able to winne the generall loue of men yea of enemies in such sort to apply himselfe to the practise of humilitie in his greatest honour as that it may be seene that a gentlens of spirite and lowlines of minde is more regarded of him then the quantitie of his wealth or the qualitie of his calling both these constructions being so reasonable and so agreeable with the purpose of the Apostle and the duetie of the rich man wee will shortly by the grace of God dispatch for your comfort edifying I hope you are not so ignoraÌ„t as not to know nor so frowarde as not to acknowledge the naturall mutabilitie and vncertaintie that is in this life and in the possession of riches to day a king to morowe without a kingdome to day a Queene Reu. 18.7.8 no widdowe seeyng no mourning to morow a fall death sorow famine and burning with fire Salomon in his Booke called the Preacher beeyng written in his latter daies after long experience doeth dwell after a sort vpon this argument proouing largely and strongly that there is nothing of staye and continuance vnder the sunne for the very generations doe passe and goe away and all things haue their ende Who would haue thought reading the beginning of the storie of Iob where it is said that his substance was seuen thousand sheepe Iob. 1.3 three thousand Camels fiue hundred yoke of oxen fiue hundred she Asses his familie verie great no man in all the East part of the world like vnto him not one amongest all the Arabians Chaldeans Idumeans and the rest of the nations comparable vnto him for wealth I saye who would haue thought that notwithstanding all this hee should by and by reade concerning him that in one daye hee had his seruauntes slaine his cattell stollen his sheepe burnt his children murdered all that hee had spoyled destroyed taken away and nothing left him yea his very body also made a spectakle of horror and an image of miserie beeing smitten with sore byles from the sole of his foote to the crowne of his head and no part remaining whole about him It is not almost credible in humane opinion that so sodayne a change so miraculous an ouerturne from so good a state to so vyle a case from so muche wealth to so much woe could possibly haue happened but the storie is true and the accident is nothing impossible and Iob himselfe confessed that as he was borne naked so he should die naked and that as the Lord had giuen him that wealth so he had also taken it away from him at his pleasure But what was Iob an Indfidell and a reprobate No surely Iob. 1.1 an vpright and a iust man and one that feared God and eschewed euill so saith the spirite of God expresly of him and yet this change from riches to pouertie and from good to badde fell vpon him howe much more then are the vngodly sinners and vnrighteous men of the world subiect to the same Iudgement saith Peter begins at the house of God if it first begin at vs what shall the ende bee of them which obey not the Gospel of God and if the righteous scarcely be saued where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare 1. Pet. 4.17.18 Did Iob feele the suddainnesse and the waight of an alteration and shall those in whose hearte there is no feare towardes God in whose handes there is no innocencie and in whose minde there is no desire of any good thing shall they escape the plague of the same no no the Prophet Dauid affirmeth plainely concerning them that they shal be consumed as the fat of Lambes their prosperitie shall passe away Psal 37.20 as a clowde their Bay trees shall not alwaies be greene they stande in slippery places the Lorde will cast them downe into desolation they shal be suddenly destroyed Psal 73.18 perished and horribly consumed how many instances and examples can I giue you of this matter but to leaue all and to remember one who can sufficiently expresse or thorowly describe all the glorie magnificence pompe pleasure prosperitie and wealth of Nebuchadnezar the king of Babel who had power ouer all kingdomes Iere. 2 6.7 and all nations serued him and did put their neckes vnder his yoke and by reason of his conquest ouer Ierusalem and ouer Iehoiakim the king of Iuda 2. King 2.24 and ouer the house of the Lorde his golde and siluer and treasure was mightily increased and yet for all this as high as his estate was and as infinite as his wealth was you know what iustice happened vnto him he was cut downe by the watchman his kingdome was taken from him and

hee from it and hee became both poore amongst men Dan. 4.30 and miserable among beastes This the Lorde our God to whom no maÌ„ is like is able to do he maketh poore and maketh riche as Hanna the mother of Samuel sometime did sing 1. Sam. 2.7 hee exalteth and bringeth lowe it is as easie a matter with him to make a man a caytiffe as a king and a peysant as a Prince for health and sicknesse life and death prosperitie and beggery they are in his handes to giue the one for a blessing and to inflict the other for a punishment when where and how it pleaseth him How many men are there euen among vs within the coÌ„passe of our own knowledge who somtimes florished in the world braued it out in the best sort who but they waÌ„ting nothing that might serue for the fulfilling of their desires and the glorie of their pleasures swimming in silkes abounding with wealth houses grounds sheepe oxen many other things yet nowe they are stript into their dublets and turned as it were to their bag staff not so ful before as now they are miserable and emptie this is the vncerteinty of humane happines who therfore but a foolish or rather mad man will trust this world put any coÌ„fidence in his wealth and proceed to ware proud thereof as though it shold for euer coÌ„tinue with him nay suppose it do staÌ„d with a man a long time yet although his riches leaue not him yet he in the end shall leaue his riches be he as rich as Croesus or as Diues was yet at the last he shal iump with Lazarus and be as poore as hee And therfore it is not in vaine that Paul in his instructioÌ„s to Timothie doth of purpose touch this particular point of the vncerteinety of carnall wealth 1. Tim. 6.17 Charge them that are riche in this world saith he that they bee not high minded that they trust not in vncertain riches but in the liuing God c. Obserue the attribute he doth not say that they trust not in wicked riches deceitful riches or such like words but in vncertayne riches which epithete he doth their vse as a speciall argument to disswade men from the reposing of any trust in the same for it is a great foolishnes to trust to an vncertayne thing who will leaue to a broken staffe in leaping ouer a ditch what mariner wil hazard his ship with a rotteÌ„ cable what maÌ„ wil build a tower vpon a weak fouÌ„dation what distressed persoÌ„ wil in extremitie relie vpon a siccle freinde now if it be a coÌ„sequence of want of wit in a man to do any of these things is it not the like also in him that shal plaÌ„t his affiance in riches being a thing in confessioÌ„ as brittle as a broken staffe as weak as a rotteÌ„ cable as tottering as a sandie foundation as vnconstant as a wauering friend as mutable as the winde and as meltable as the snow let the riche man therefore vpon remembrance of this point if he be carefull of his owne good cast of his immoderate desire of wealth and vnchristian opinion of the strength thereof content himself with lawful means in the vse of his trade if God doth blesse his labors as he hath promised to the righteous man let him conuert his sufficiencie to the inlargement of the kingdome of God his glorie the furtherance of his worde the comfort of the Saintes and the profite of the Churche of God euery way not yeelding to the affections of a foolish heart which will carrie a maÌ„ to ostentation pride and prodigalitie and other vanities but in all his actions seeking the honour of him from whome he receiued his blessings let him carefully consider the vncerteintie for continuance in that he possesseth and thereupon while hee hath his riches before the euill dayes doe come dispose of it according to knowledge and conscience least when the yeres of dearth and necessitie doe approche then he say as a commoÌ„ Gamester and Diceplayer vsually doth who hauing lost his mony at one vnthriftie will then sweare and take on and professe I would I had rather giuen it to the poore saying so when his money being gone is become another mans but when hee had it as his owne he had no such good minde to do it I my selfe haue hearde many who sometime were in good case and state but nowe are in the contrary wishing that when their abilitie was good they had done this and that to the poore to the Church of God to the Preacher and to other good vses but when they were in their prosperitie they had no such good motion nor gracious feeling in them There is no doubt but that Diues when he once felt the torment knewe the cause therof he repented ten thousand times that hee had not releeued Lazarus in his life but then his repentaunce was too late and had I wist is alwayes the naturall and essentiall propertie of a foole For a wise man will prouide a remedie for a mischiefe while time serues but a foole when it is too late Remember therefore the Parable of the talentes and therein the iudgement of that euill and slothful seruant Mat. 25.26 who not imploying his one talent to the aduantage of his maister had the same taken from him giuen to his diligent fellowe himselfe in the ende as an vnprofitable hireling throwen into vtter darknes And surely in this respect that place of Salomon in his preacher is most excelleÌ„t who speaking of the miserable mind of the couetous man not hauing the grace to vse his riches as he should do Eccle. 6.1.2 he doth affirme that he had scene an euill vnder the sun which was much amoÌ„gst the sonnes of man namely a maÌ„ to whom God hath giueÌ„ riches treasures honor hee wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth but God giueth him not power to eate thereof Which indeede is a plague of plagues that a man should haue in his fingers custodie that by the good vse wherof hee might doe singular good in Gods Church to his glorie and the saluation of many soules yet doth abuse his blessinges to the maintenance of his pride bellicheere wantonnes luxuriousnes couetousnes vsurie and other sinnes without any regarde of that duetie whereunto the woorde of God doth binde and direct him If this thing be well marked and aduisedly considered of our riche men Luk. 16.8.9 I doubt not but that by the helpe of God the same good prudent effect which wrought in the vnrighteous steward vpon the reckoning which his master called for at his hands wil followe in them namely a wise and prouident dealing while they are in office a purchasing of friends by the riches of iniquitie that when themselues do want they may be receiued into euerlasting habitations but now if we take these words in

Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Text snippets containing the quad