Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	father_n	king_n	servant_n	3,226	4	6.7708	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14975	Two sermons of assise the one intituled A prohibition of reuenge, the other, A sword of maintenance : preached at two seuerall times, before the right worshipfull iudges of assise, and gentlemen assembled in Hertford, for the execution of iustice, and now published / by W. Westerman ...	Westerman, William.	1600 (1600)	STC 25282; ESTC S2384	63,408	150

threatneth to destroy all the wicked of the Land If greate mens houses were so purged the citie of God would the sooner be cleansed and the execution the better be furthered It is daungerous for the head when the eyes be deceiptfull when the inferiour officers and agents be as false spectacles to misse informe the conceipt and make that which is straight seeme crooked What a disgrace of Iustice and iudgement is it when attendants and officers bee like the horse-leeches daughters crying euer Proâ— 30. giue giue neuer satisfied or when they shewe themselues light or vncomely in gesture or action The throne of Salomon had lyons carued â— King 7. about it to declare a kinde of maiesty and grauitie in the very steppes not apes nor foxes nor wolues beastes that were eyther toyish deceiptful or rauenous after their prey so should greate mens seruants and officers of Iustice be lyons in shewe for grauitie yet harmelesse as those Images about the seate of Salomon rather terrible to them that stand aloufe then hurtfull to those that haue occasion to come neere That zealous and vpright Ruler Nehemiah amongst other the abuses of his predecessors the gouernours of Ierusalem taxeth this to haue beene none of the smallest that they themselues were not onely ouerchargeable but their seruants bare rule ouer the people also Nehemi 5. 15. As who doubteth but inferiour creatures wil be most imperious when they haue but the cloath or couÌ„tenance of men in authoritie if â— Sam. 2. 13. they may be suffered to make their owne game games Elies boyes were more sawâ—y with their flesh-hookes than became the sons or seruantes of a holy man they smarted for it themselues 1. Sam 3. 13. but their father also and his house for euer was iudged becaâ—se his sons ran into a slaunder and he stayed theÌ„ not Too many not only of the priests boyes but temporall mens officers being but hungry flies at the first bite sore pinch neere making that coÌ„plaint of the Lord in Isay to be true Children are extortioners of my people I know that many godly fathers may haue wicked sons good masters bad seruants Our sauiour Christ had a theefe to his purs-bearer the Iohn 12. 6. 2 King 5. man of â—od Eliseus had Gehezi a lyer but he followed him at an inch till hee found out his priuie brokeage and cast him off for an hypocrite It is a worthy answer made by the heathenish prince Tiberius to a polling customer of his that thought to haue highly pleasured his Prince with racking his subiects exacting great summes Meum tonderi pecus â—im in Tib. volo non deglubi I will haue my sheepe shorne not fleyed It is the propertie of these vnderhand dealers to pretend great husbandry for their maisters and double diligence in their seruice vnder which colour they practise their iniquitie without checke or controlment But because it is not for mee to speake against these except I haue a sound warrant I referre theÌ„ to that threatning of the Lord in the Prophet Zephanie where the Lord saith I will visit â—ophan 1. 8. all such as are cloathed with strange apparrell those that daunce vpon the threshold so proudly which fill their masters houses by cruelty and deceipt Wherein we beholde their apparell to be strange for fashion their gate more like dauncing then going their place to be at the entrance and threshold of their masters dore no man may approch but by their admission their gesture to be full of pride their gettings to be great for they store themselues their masters houses the meanes to be wicked by deceipt and crueltie and the redresse of these inconueniences to be referred to the visitation of the Lord himselfe I will visit As officers so suters doe many times vndermine the frame of sacred iudgement in the gate Suitors are eyther such as seeke for Law or Iustice or such as owe suite or seruice for tryall of right as Iurors and witnesses As for men of our profession I take them rather to be beholders then actors except it be in this place And vnder reformation be it spoken extraordinarie men rather theÌ„ fit Ordinaries to holde the booke and the candle to an old trewant that all his life time hath liued without booke Touching the suitors therefore that seeke for reliefe and righting of wrongs euen they by their crooked sinister dealings by their malicious actions and bad handling their matters with additions of subtiltie and priuate corruptions may poyson and trouble the wholsome streames of Iustice which should refresh theÌ„selues and others Of these I haue spoken largely not long since out of this place in the audience of the most here now assembled for this time let them remember Salomons caueat Goe not forth hastily to strife least thou knowe not what to doe in the end thereof when thy neighbor Prou. 25. 8. 9. hath put thee to shame debate thy matters with thy neighbour As though he counselled to foresee the end before a man beginne and to compound all controuersies at home if it be possible and vse the lawe as men vse Phisicke for necessitie not wantonnesse Against these busie and rash suiters that seeke rather for lawe then right no such approued remedie as the countenance of a Iudge like a Northern wind Pro. 25. 23. blowing them away from the seat of iudgement Next vnto these suiters are such as owe suite and appearance by reason of some good sufficiencie of wealth aboue the common sort Our law intendeth these to be as pettie Iudges and therfore it behooueth them to learne wisdome and the knowledge of equitie aboue the vulgar people It is true that as the wise man speaketh such as only hold the plough or meddle with their cattell or follow their handicrafts Ecclus. 38. 25. are not asked their iudgement in the couÌ„sel of the people but you are they that can labour and yet neede not at all turnes and therefore your sufficiencie of liuelihoode and employment by the lawes of the Realme doe call for some good education of your children ability in your selues to vnderstand and conceiue the order and course of Iustice If the lawe make you Iudges the Lord telleth you that amongst the rest you must be wise that you Psal 2. may see not with other mens eyes but your owne Now it is pitifull to beholde how vnreuerently many take their oathes how slightly they regard them for the most part it is made but a matter of forme and custome As they take the same oath with their foreman so commonly they beleeue as he beleeues thinke as he speakes without further examining the circumstaÌ„ces or els they regard the priuie suggestieÌ„s of a forsworne bailifâ— follow him as a false guide or in the preiudice stubborn partiality of their own affectioÌ„s without reason or coÌ„mon sense dwell in an opinion that though they be braied as

by law they may both go to the diuell togither for their vncharitable mindes as well as other theeues murtherers without law for their vnlawful actions Amongst other faults that the Corinthians are reproued for by saint Paule this was no small one that there were many quarrelles suites and complaints commenced amongst them for small matters and that before heathenish Iudges where they made themselues ridiculous and the Christian profession scandalous to them that were without He tenteth their wound and sheweth what roote those corruptions did spring from For there wanted first wisdome amongst them to compound and decide controuersies Is there not a wise man amongst 1. Cor. 6. 5. you saith he none that can find where the fault is and set downe the right of the cause of so small a moment Secondly there wanted loue for brother with brother went to law and 1. Cor. 6. 6. that vnder Infidels Thirdly they wanted patience Why rather suffer ye not wrong and forbeare 1. Cor. 6. 7. one another forgiue one another let manie faults passe forget many iniuries and commit them to God Fourthly there wanted Iustice Nay ye your selues saith he will do wrong and harme that to your brethren These foure wants must needes be amongst vs beloued who are so litigious and readie to go to the law For want of iustice in foro conscientiae in the Court of our conscience wee doe iniuries for lacke of patience we will suffer none for want of loue we spare neither father nor brother for lacke of wisedome we come to no speedie agreement our selues but the law must trie all Out of Saint Paules reproofe may it not well be thus spoken to you that are such sookers in law suits Though ye haue not a conscience to do right nor patience to suffer wrong nor loue to forbeare your brethren yet if you were wise your selues or had wise neighbours about you your matters might bee determined at home And doubtlesse if meÌ„ would do as they would be done to or if the offender would agree with his aduersarie quickly in the way and the partie Math. 5. offended accept of reconciliation and debate the matter with his neighbour himselfe what quiet of heart and safegarde of monye and godlye loue might bee procured whereas now men dwell in suites tossing themselues as in a sea of troubles enriching the lawyers abusing the lawe and empouerishing themselues It is a token of an vnholsome ayre Si valeans hoâ— mines ars tua Phoebe iaces where the countrie is full of thriuing Physitions And Plato that diuine heathen sayth Signum est profligatae turpisque educationis in ciuitate Danoeus ex Platone cum multis Iudicibus iurisconsultis foris egeat Respub It is a signe of badde and wicked education and ill maners in any countrie when the Common-wealth hath neede of manie Iudges manie Lawyers manie Courtes The multitude of these Physitions of our estate so encreasing and flourishing telleth vs with shame that wee are a sight of wrangling Christians for the most part without iustice without patience without loue and wisedome and therefore it is more then high time that this were amended in those that feare God and respect the peace of a good conscience One great meanes of Reformation herein resteth in you Right worshipfull if you carefullye put in practise that prudent example of Gallio deputie in Achaia who beeing importuned by the clamourous outcryes of Paules aduersaryes draue them all from the Iudgement Acts. 18. 16. seate as men hauing more malice then matter A commendable action in him that was but a heathen but better will it become the place and profession of a Christian Magistrate And thus dearelie beloued haue we opened and serued this writte of prohibition agaynst priuate reuenge wee haue considered the louing title vsed by Saint Paule to allure our heartes to a like proportion of loue a-againe Wee haue heard how daungerous to our bodies and soules how preiudicial to religioÌ„ in both the exercise of hearing praying and what an enimie to God and a friend and follower of the diuell is a heart full of malice And yet when iniquitie hath conceiued and brought forth reueÌ„ge either in words or deeds then is it more daungerous for as it hurteth it selfe first so it mischieueth others being come to that passe We haue gaged the poyson of a wicked tongue and found it vnmeasurable we haue applied meanes of cure if the patients will endure it we haue arrested all those and bound them to the peace that dare vndertake their priuate reuenge or proceede to the raysing of a publike mutinie If they will not obey our writ from heauen we leaue them to you right worshipfull the ministers of Gods vengeance to be bent or broken We haue directed all plaintiffes from their weake anger to the mightie wrath of God for the confirmation royall of our prohibition from heauen we haue brought a true copie warranted by Saint Paule a faithfull Register of that sacred Patent and Charter wherin the Lord maketh knowne his chalenge and threatneth not onely reuenge to all vsurpers and euill doers but promiseth also a recompence to those that abide his leysure and commit their cause to him or his ministers ordained for reuenge recompense Wee haue shewed what Magistrates are and should be Gods they are for God and therefore should not be rigorous nor flouthfull but iust mercifull and diligent We haue declared that subiectes cannot be well gouerned with oppression of the greater nor magistrates amended by rebellion of the lesse We haue examined the absurd opinions of theÌ„ that would haue no superiours but all equalles nothing priuate but all things common no lawes but all lust and libertie We haue merte with those foxes that vse the publike ordinance of God to racke their priuate spight worke their extremities To conclude we haue vsed motiues to disswade men both from priuate courses of reuenge and also from the abuse of that publike vengeance those lawes and that ordinaÌ„ce which the Lord hath planted to preserue the good to maintaine peace trueth right amongst men Now therefore Graue fathers remember your publike callings that your sword and your sentence your iudgement vengeance is the Lords Remember that by title you are Gods but forget not your priuate condition you shall dye like men remember that you are maisters and Iudges here but forget not that you haue a maister and a Iudge in heauen Looke vpon the people and thinke though they be many as the blades of the field yet are they but grasse all flesh is grasse surely Isaie 40. 7. the people are grasse but yet looke againe and beholde that as the grasse is so is the flower also as the people are so are the Rulers there is some difference in beautie and dignitie as there is in the flower and the grasse but the grasse withereth the flower fadeth men dye and mortall Gods

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