Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	commandment_n	heart_n	keep_v	5,595	5	5.5612	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02432	A consultorie for all Christians Most godly and ernestly warnyng al people, to beware least they beare the name of christians in vayne. Now first imprinted, the. xxx day of Ianuarie.	Hart, Henry, fl. 1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 12564; ESTC S109663	31,949	118

our selues therfore are ye cursed w t penurie ye chose ignorance for your guide wylfulnes too be your gouernour as for y e warninges of the Prophetes yee take for winde and the worde of god for a scorne because yee haue no luste thereto and thus they go wrong by reasoÌ„ of wine saith the lorde they fall stacker because of stronge drinke yea the priestes Prophetes them selues go amys they are dronken with wine and weake brained thorow strong drinke They erre in seing in Iudgemente they faile For the lorde hath made Egipte dronken w t the spirite of errour saith Esai and they shall vse it in all maters eueÌ„ lyke as a dronkeÌ„ man gooeth spewinge aboute For Egipte shall lacke good counsell saith he so y t they shall not know what to do neither y e beginning nor thend neither vpoÌ„ y e land nor water then shall the Egiptians be lyke vnto womeÌ„ afraide and astonied at the lyftinge vp of the hande whiche the lorde of hoostes saith Esai shall lyfte vp ouer them c. Myserably shall the worlde be wasted and cleane destroyed for the lorde hath so determyned in hym selfe c. For the earth is corrupte of her indwellers for whye they haue offended the lawes chauÌ„ged their ordinaunces made the euerlastinge Testament of none effects and therefore shal the curse deuoure the earth for they that dwell thereon haue sinned And although these places come dayly vpon you from the lorde for your offences yet yee see it not nor regarde the matter noothinge at all O ye blynde and frowarde nations therefore though ye holde out your handes yet tourn I mine eyes from you saith the lord though ye make many prayers yet here I nothinge at all for your handes are full of bloude and ye deale alway with wyckednes because certeine synne hath no outward punyshment apointed by y e rulers for those that do them Thinke ye therfoore that God wyll forgette them The people in Christes tyme whyle he raygned vppon the earthe thoughte that thoose Galathians whose bloude Pilate myngled with theyr owne sacrifyce and the .xviii. persons vpon whome the towre of Siloah fell and slewe had beene moche greater synners then the other that suffered no such punyshmente but our sauiour Christ sayde playnely nay and excepte the other repeted they shoulde lyke wyse perisshe althoughe they suffered no suche punyshment here therefore remembre thy selfe O thou named Christianytie repente in tyme and tourne to the Lorde wyth thy hole herte Too you do I speake O yee Ignoraunt people gette ye to moornynge quyckely and poure oute your teares befoore hym that hee maye shewe mercye and tourn all wayes hys wrathe frome you c. O tourn you tourne you why will ye dye seyng the lord hath no plesure in the death of a sinner but willeth rather that he conuert and liue c. But yf ye withdraw your eares will not heare to turne froÌ„ your euil wayes then am I sory for your sakes Bee not wilfully blynde but searche the scriptures and ye shal see that no people or nacion that did suche abhominacions and hated to be refourmed since the beginnyng escaped vnpunished and would ye escape Then must ye refuse the euill choose the good seke peace and ensue or folowe it for the eyes of the lord are ouer the righteous and his eares are opeÌ„ vnto their prayers but the face of the lord beholdeth theÌ„ that do euill to destroy the remeÌ„brance of them out of the earth c. yea the cursse of the lorde is in the house of the vngodly but he blesseth the righteous Consider these thynges with your selues in time lest sinne by long custome blind your vnderstandyng so that ye iudge derknes for light and good for euill ye knowe the blynde are easye to leade out of the way wher thei sone fall and be made a pray for the enemy Wherefore beloued geue diligent eare vnto wisedom whiche hath now agayne opened her flouddes and putte forth her voyce in the streetes she booeth call before the congregacion in the open gates sheweth her wordes in the citie O ye chyldren sayeth she howe long will ye loue childishenesse how long will the skorners delite in skorning and the vnwise be enemies to knowledge O turne ye to my correccion saith she lo I will expresse my minde vnto you and make you vnderstand my wordes For who so herkeneth vnto me shal dwelle safely and haue inough w toute any feare of euill Again she saieth my sonne let not these thinges departe from thyne eyes but kepe my lawe my councel so shall it be lyfe vnto thy soule and grace vnto thy mouth theÌ„ shalte thou walke safelye in the way and thy fote shal not stumble if thou slepest thou shalt not nede to be afrayed but y u shalte take thy rest and slepe swetely thou shalt not nede sayeth she to bee afrayed of any soodayne feare neither for the violeÌ„t rushyng in of the vngodly wheÌ„ it cometh for the lord shalbe beeside thee and kepe thy fote that thou be not takeÌ„ O ye beloued children herken vnto wisdom Come no more in the pathes of the vngodly saieth she walke not in the way of the wicked Take fast holde of doctrine and let her not go kepe her for shee is thy life And again she saieth my sonne marke my woordes for the pathe of the rightuouse shineth as the light and is euer brighter and brighter vnto the perfite day but the waye of the vngodly is as the darknes saieth she wherin men fall or they be aware And moreouer she saith heare ye chyldren the fatherlye exhortacion and take good hede that ye maye learne wisdom yea I shall geue you a good reward yf ye wil not forsake my lawe saith wisdom c. The chief poynt of wisedom is to be willing to attain wisdom Therefore let thy hert receyue my wordes saith she and kepe my commaundementes thou shalt liue Obey vnto god and then shall ye receiue a good spirite of hym which as S. Iohn saith wyll loose the woorkes of synne geue you a will to loue him and to kepe his commaundementes for thei that ar born of hym synne not saieth he because they haue the sede remaining in them the earnest of our saluacion I meane the spyrite of truth the ioyfull coumforter whiche god hath promised that shall alwayes abyde with them that looue hym euen vnto the ende of the worlde This is he that losseth the workes of sinne and bringeth a godly desire vnto righteousnes and a longing to fulfull the wyl of god they that haue opteined a mynde to loue god are begotten borne of hym and they are knowen loued of hym And herby know we saith Ihon y e god abydeth in vs euen by the spirite which he gaue vs as it is writeÌ„ To as many as receiue him giueth he

must vnder paine of damp nation so haue beleued thynke ye it wolde haue beene so well accepted at hys hande Where Christe y e Prophetes or Apostles or any other in his name and by his power and spirite did anye miracle wheather it were outwarde or inwarde in healynge of the body or soule the thynge after appeered soo to be and it shewed it selfe that it was doone as theye sayde they set neuer the people to beleue and woonder at thynges wherof thei heard felt nor saw nothing saue only an outward token or signe But your doynges are vncertayn eueÌ„ to your selues but much more to other yet would ye haue al men compelled to beleue theÌ„ thus haue your sinnes ye your wilful sinnes long turned y e eyes of the Lorde from you and made all your doynges as the sacryfice of Cayn For ye haue forsaken the Lorde the onelye well and fountaine of lyfe and haue chosen and dygged you brokeÌ„ pittes that hold no water In euery strete place haue ye burnt swete odoures and offered incens before your Idolles and haue chosen you Goddes after your owne imaginacion and serued theym after youre wyll yea as the Iewes and HeatheÌ„ nacions haue ye inuented and set vp brothell howses to offre in sacrifice to your Idolles the vncleane lustes of your bodyes for many ordinances contrary to the word of God haue ye set vp whiche may neyther bee omitted nor spoken againste but must be continewed as thinges lawdable as ye say for good purposes Haue ye not also as they geuen your seede to Moloch and burnt your chyldren before Idolles in that ye procure by power brybes or flatterye or by any other vngodlye meanes to make theim mynysters or common officers more regardyng the vayne glorye of thoffice the dignitie or y e worldly profit of the same then either the health of the soules of your selues of theÌ„ or of the people whose teachers leaders gouernours ye make them the coÌ„mon welth or the glory and honour of god Thus haue ye vnwisely forsaken the Lord for ye are sick and your mouthes out of taste and therefore so that euery rome and place bee fylled ye thinke it is well although y e persones that be in them haue scarce any one poynt of vertue requisite and nedefull to the office and place they be in Thus haue you set appoynted such to be meanes betwene god and you and to pray for you as be voyde of all honest poyntes of vertue whose doynges ar hatefull and their prayer execrable and before god an abominacioÌ„ Thus is that wooful plage and great miserie happened vnto you for your offences thretned of god by Esay who sayth The lord of hostes shall take awaye from Ierusalem and Iuda all possessions and power al meate and drinke the captain and the souldyer the iudge and y e Prophete the wyse the aged man the worshipfull of fyftye yeres olde and the honourable y e Senatours and men of vnderstandyng the maisters of craftes oratours And I will geue you childreÌ„ to be your princes saith y e lord babes shall haue y e rule of you one shalbe doing violeÌ„ce wroÌ„g to an other y e boy shall presume against y e elder and the vile persoÌ„ against y e honorable for both IerusaleÌ„ Iuda must decay because both their wordes couÌ„cels ar against y e lord and thei prouoke the presens of his maiestie to angre c. And yet neuertheles they say tushe we be safe for we bee all christians we haue gods word and his holye Sacramentes among vs and therfore y e great plagues and threatenynges of god declared by his prophetes and Apostles againste sinners shall not touche vs nor come nigh our dwellyng although thou liue more wickedlye then they O named Christianitie yet saiest thou it is spoken against Iewes Turkes Sarasins and heretikes y t dispise our holy religion and reproue our dooynges it is they that shall peryshe saiest thou for thei are worthye but we bee safe for we ar gods people Thinkest thou that they shalbe preserued and defended of God that continue and delite in stune and wickednes Or thinke ye to escape the punishmente of god due to synners with a face or outewarde apparance of holines The vertue and streÌ„gth therof is away then art thou clearely deceiued for as it is right with god to reward the iuste for well doyng so is it also to punishe y e wicked for euill dooynges God is all good and no euil may come me hym and although his iudgementes be vnsearcheable yet be they al righteouse and true He is no respecter of persoÌ„ nacion lande tyme nor place but loke who doeth right hym wil he accept and he that do the euill hym wyl he punish of what religion tong or nacion so euer he be For God is determyned as he hath plainly declared in his worde to gather together and chose out his elect from the foure wyndes from and out of al nacions vnder heauen therfore deceyue not youre selues with a name but bryng foorthe the frutes of righteousnes forthinke your old wayes and delight no loÌ„ger in vanitie but as S. Paul saith Let it suffise vnto vs that we haue spente the tyme of our lyfe past in vanitie as in eatyng drinkyng chaumbryng and wantonnes and lay from you that olde man which marreth hymself in deceyuable lustes and be ye renued sayeth he in the spirite of your vnderstandyng obey to the voyce of god do iustice and equitie hate the euill chose y e good so shal ye lyue for euer for thei that do these thynges are born of god and are made the belouing sonnes of the highest of what relygion tong or nacion soeuer thei be CircuÌ„cision is nothyng nor vncircumcision saith Paul but the kepyng of the commaundement of god saith he is altogether circumcision verily auayleth saith he if thou kepe y e law but yf thou transgresse then is thy circumcision made vncircuÌ„cision What auayleth then a christen name or baptisyng and receiuyng of Sacramentes although it be neuer so many yf there folowe not amendement of life but that the herte delite in euyll as before Haue ye not theÌ„ made your baptisme which signifieth repentaunce the new regeneracion and amendment of lyfe toward your helth of no value But it is rather an open witnesse against you that ye ar false dissembling christians and suche as haue mocked god pretendyng one thyng in face but the contrary in your hertes yf an infidell turne in his hert froÌ„ his infidelitie and do y e thynge that is equall right although he neuer receiue christen name nor outward sacrament thinke ye that he shal not be saued It is the circumcision and baptysyng of the hert in that we are washed from an euill conscieÌ„ce and the lustes of the fleshe daily foughten against by the power of the spirite that is of value before god whose prayse is not

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