Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	child_n	love_v	wife_n	5,735	5	7.1980	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19892	Meditations vppon the passion of our Lord Iesus Christ made by the reuerend father Fulvius Androtius ... ; newlie translated out of Italian into English.	Androzzi, Fulvio, 1523-1575.	1606 (1606)	STC 632.7; ESTC S129	34,195	95

if we doe vnite and ioine our woorkes with those of Christ they become no lesse noble and worthie then doth brasse when it is melted with golde which brasse is by this meane chaunged froÌ„ his owne basenes into the excellencie and worthines of golde It is then a good thing to ioine our woorks with those of Christ that by the value price of his ours be also receaued and esteemed For as the Iuie tree can not of it selfe mount vp on highe but leaning to some other tree it climmeth as highe as the same tree groweth so likewise in a certaine maner doth the basenes of our woorkes ascend mount vp on highe if they leane vppon this tree of life which is our Lord Iesus Christ And euen as a droppe of water is of it self nought els but water but cast into a greate vessel of wine getteth an other kind of being more excellent and noble so our woorkes which be in them selues but of smal value when they be ioined with the woorkes of Christ become more worthie and of greater price by reason of that grace which they receaue from the same Iesus Christ It is therefore a thing verie coÌ„uenient and behofefull that in like sort as men ar called Christians of Christ so in all theire actioÌ„s in their woords in theire thoughts and in all other things they procure and seeke to imitate and follow Christ And so when they speake conuerse with others eate praie or doe anie thing els whatsoeuer they ought to doe it in that sorte in which they maie think that Christ did such things By which practise it wil come to passe as a certaine Doctor saith that theire life and behauiour wil become noble and renued no otherwise theÌ„ a noble bird when he is chaunged from a filthie and ill fauouring place into a good and pure ayre Whence it commeth that Christians doe so little remember Christ and thinke vppon him CHAP. II. THis proceedeth chiefelie of the little loue we beare to Christ because as our Sauiour saith Matth. 6.21 where thy treasure is that is the thing which thou doest loue there is thy hart also to wit all thy thought and care for the nature of true loue is to transforme and chaunge him that loueth into the thing beloued And therefore S. Austen saith that our soule is more where it doth loue then where it doth giue life in so much that with greate reason Dalila said to Sampson Iudic. 16.15 How doest thou saie that thou doest loue me if thy hart be not with me which is as much as if she had saide Thou doest endeauour thy selfe O Sampson to perswade me that thou deest more affect and loue me then all other woomen but how can this be true seeing thou doest nether thinke of me nor remember me nor trust me For the signe of one that loueth trulie sincerlie is to desire ernestlie to become one thing with that which he loueth And therfore he that loueth hath all his powers that is his memorie his vnderstanding his will his imagination and whatsoeuer els wholie imploied in that thing which he loueth in so much that S. Denys of Areopagus saith that loue is a certaine alienatioÌ„ of it self which commeth of this that a maÌ„ is altogether traÌ„sformed into the thing beloued of him And as a man that is inamoured and cast awaie in some vaine and lasciuious loue 2. Reg. 13. as we reade that Amnon was for his sister Thamar doth nether eate nor drink nor sleepe nor repose being alwaies bent and occupied in this thought because the wound of his inward affection doeth not suffer him to take anie rest nether is he fitte to thinke of anie other thinge nor doth feare what soeuer labour so the loue of God which proceedeth froÌ„ a more noble beginning and tendeth to a more excellent end when it is true loue in deede thinketh nothing els esteemeth nothing els desireth nothing els nor seeketh nothing els but God and so accounteth of all trauail and difficultie as of nothing onlie for his loue It is then a thing most euident that it proceedeth of little loue that we thinke so little of our Sauiour Iesus Christ Now if anie one should demaunde whence it commeth that Christians doe soe little loue our Sauiour Christ the aunswere might be that the reason is this which our Sauiour vttered in the ghosple Io. 3.19 when he said The light is come into the world and men haue loued the darknes rather then the light And that which he said in another place Math. 6.24 that No man can serue two masters such as is God and the world the spirite and the flesh heauenlie things and earthlie things A man maie likewise aunswere that which to the like purpose that learned and godlie man Thaulerus awnswered in this pretie question propounded vnto him to wit whence it proceedeth that almightie God being within vs more neere vnto vs then we be to our selues we yet feele him not To this he aunswereth verie wel and yeeldeth the reason in this manner saying that it proceedeth of this Because the grace of God doth not woorke in vs. But whie doth not the grace of God woorke in vs Because we desire not the same with al our hart Wherfore doe we not desire the same with al our hart Because we doe not loue the same with al our hart And whie doe we not loue the same with al our hart Because we know it not But whie doe we not know it Because we know not our selues And what is the reason whie we doe not knowe our selues Because we are negligent in considering our owne life Wherfore doe we not consider our owne life Because the eye of our vnderstanding is blinded But wherfore is the eye of our vnder standing blinded Because it is ful of dust and filthines that is of disordinate loue and delight of creatures of the world of our flesh and of our selues Behold then heere the reason verie manifest and euident And therfore our Sauiour said Luc. 14.26 If anie man come to mÃ© and hateth not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters yea and his owne life besides he can not be my disciple to make vs vnderstand that no man can trulie loue God and think of him as he ought to doe if first he doe not abandone al disordinate loue of him selfe of his owne sensualitie and whatsoeuer creature For as a little dust is sufficient to hinder vs that with oureyes we behold not the heauens so a little disordinate loue is sufficient to hinder vs that we haue no tast of almightie God Luc. 14.33 HeereheÌ„ce it is that our Sauiour said Euerie one of you that forsaketh not al that he possesseth that is al disordinate loue and affection can not be my disciple Certaine aduises wherby to meditate the passion of our Sauiour Iesus Christ with more fruite CHAP. III. 1. THe first

eleuenth is that wheÌ„ thou doest feele thy selfe much coÌ„forted fauoured of almightie God at time of praier thou then persuade they self that thou art prouoked to a greater warre therfore thou must prepare thy self to fight valiauntlie and manfullie or to drink ioifullie that calice that God shal giue the. 12. The twelth is that we must not desite reuelations visions traunces and such like things to th' end we giue no occasioÌ„ to the illusions and deceipts of the diule 13. The thirthenth is that we must not discouer to euerie bodie the fauours that God doth aford vs in our praier but keepe them secreate dissemble them in the presence of others for daunger of vaine glorie because sweete things the more that they be kept close the better they be preserued and therfore in the presence of others it is good to abstaine from weeping sobbing sighing such like things 14. The fourtenth is that albeit almightie God show vs greate fauours yet we must stand before him with greate feare and reuerence considering the goodnes of him that is so delighted with so vile a creature Of which consideration riseth loue and that we put our selues in the lowest place 15. The fifteenth is that at certaine times as at greate solemnities and festiual daies it is good to dilate our selues more in praier 16. The sixteenth is that in the exercises of praier and mortification we must vse discretion to the end we fall not into extremities And therfore it is expedient to giue account of our selues to our ghostlie father 17. The seuenteenth is that manie whoe esteeme it sufficient to giue them selues to praier are withdrawen from other vertues but they must vnderstand that all the vertues are vnited and linked one with an other And therfore in vaine he laboureth for one whoe laboureth not for all 18. The eighteenth is that although manie haue laide downe manie rules how to make praier yet when we haue donne al that lieth in vs we must set aside all considence of our selues and put it all in God 19. The nineteenth is that a man is not bound to be alwaies tied to one onlie sort of meditation but he maie take that for his meditation wherein he findeth more deuotion more tast and more profit 20. The twentith is that if such things as be requisite for deuotion seeme vnto vs to be ouer manie we esteeme with our selues that God doth wel recompenceour labour with the deuotion it selfe which if we perseuer in it doth leaue vs more comforted and strengthned then al maner of contentments and pleasures of the world are able to doe Fruites that come by meditating the passion of IESVS-CHRIST CHAP. IIII. SAint Bonauenture saith that we can not offer vnto almightie God a sacrifice more grateful for the deade a more essectual remedie to the Angels a greater ioie to the most blessed Trinitie a more high signe of reuerence and of thank fulnes then to exercise our selues continuallie in meditating the passion of Iesus Christ Wherfore on a certaine time our Sauiour appeared with his crosse vppon his shoulders to an Hermite whoe desired verie much to know what seruice he might doe that might be most acceptable to almightie God and told him that he could doe him no greater seruice then to beare coÌ„tinuallie in his hart his crosse and passion because the remembrance thereof doth woork in vs that which heere foloweth 1. Compunction and sorow for our sinnes Mat. 27.51 and therfore in the passion of our Sauiour the rockes were rent 2. It induceth vs to confesse our sinnes therfore the graues were opened 3. It moueth vs to make satisfactioÌ„ wheÌ„ we see that Christ doth suffer so much 4. It purgeth our sowle from sinne as the serpent of brasse did heale those that were bitten of the liue serpents 5. It doth illuminate and lighten our vnderstanding verie much as wel to know it self as God 6. It holdeth vp our hope in somuch that S. Austen saith O Lord I can not despaire seeing thee to die vppon the crosse for me 7. It inflameth our charitie and therfore S. Bernard saith Aboue al other things the chalice o good IESVS which thou didst drinke and the work of our Redemption doe make thee amiable vnto me 8. It increaseth our vertues and merites if it be applied so as before hath ben said In the 1. chap. the 9. reason for which cause Albertus the greate writeth that the deuoute and feruent remembrance of the passion of Christ is more meritorious then if without it we should whippe our selues euen til the blood doth come 9. It giueth grace and strength in tribulation wherfore S. Austen saith In al mie aduersities I haue not found anie remedie more effectual then the wounds of Christ in which I sleepe securelie and repose without feare 10. It is of maruelous efficacie against al temptations and so S. Bernard writeth in this sort When anie filthie temptatioÌ„ doth assault me I runne to the wounds of Christ When the flesh doth molest me with this remembrance I rise againe When the diule doth laie waite to intrappe me I haue recourse to the sacred wounds of Christ and he forth with fleeth from me When the heate of carnal lust doth moue mie meÌ„bres it is suddainlie quenched with calling to mind the wounds of mie sweete Sauiour 11. It comforteth vs in euerie heauie burden to which end S. Gregoire saith There is nothing so heauie which we bere not willinglie by remembringe the passion of Christ figured and signified by the woode which made the bitter waters to become sweete 12. It doth incite and stirre vs vp to fight manfullie as the Elephantes doe which when they see theire owne bloud become more coragious and therfore in the primitiue church were so manie martyrs 13. It quickneth a faithful sowle and giueth her life So S. Bernard saith O strength that lieth hidden in the death of Christ which giueth life to the dead 14. It filleth our mind with sweetenes being as it were a honie-combe 15. It inflameth vs to praise God and therfore the children of Israel hauing past thorough the red sea began to sing verie sweetelie 16. It maketh vs gaine glorie because the more that one doth remember the passion of Christ with affection of charitie and loue the more glorie he shal haue in heauen as S. Thomas saith And we reade of a certaine Sainct that he was seene to haue a diamond in his brest for a singular reward because he oftentimes did call to mind the passion of Christ 17. It deliuereth from purgatorie as wel those that be there being offred as a sacrifice for them as also that we our selues goe not thither if this passion be wel applied vnto vs. 18. It doth prouoke vs exceedinglie to al kind of vertue Io. 10.18 Mat. 26.39 Mat. 26.62 for first albeit Christ had in his owne power to die or not to die yet he falling vppoÌ„ his face praieth his father

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