Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	good_a	sin_n	sinner_n	3,410	5	7.5691	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16327	Helpes to humiliation. By R.B.	Bolton, Robert, 1572-1631.; I. S., fl. 1631-1638.	1631 (1631)	STC 3235; ESTC S115297	19,071	176

1 His Iustice 2 His mercy His Iustice to terrifie sinners His mercy to allure vs to him His Iudgements His Promises Thirdly from logicall places See Rogers on meditations and in each particular consider of thy sinne As 1 The definitioÌ„ As 2 The division As 3 The causes As 4 The effects As 5 The subject As 6 The adjunct As 7 The comparison As 8 The contrary Fourthly from places of Scripture From examples in Scripture How shall I do this so sin against God saith Ioseph From your former estate Yee were darknesse but now yee are light c. From the end of all things Seeing all things must be dissolved what manner of men ought wee to be Fiftly from thy selfe Thy soule is immortall all the Devils in hell cannot kill it Thy body is fraile all helps cannot long vphold it Sixtly from Christ Looke vpon him weeping nay bleeding on the crosse and saying thus Sinne brought mee from the bosome of my Father to dye for it Seaventhly from the incomprehensible excellencie of God against whom thou sinnest Ninth Act. Get a sincere opposition in thy life to sinne Helpes thereto Helpe 1 When any bait of Sathan or old companions would allure thee to sin take this dilemma Either I must repent and then it will bring more sorrow than the pleasure did good or not repent and then it 's the damnation of my soule Helpe 2 Consider thy madnesse which layest most desperately in one scale of the ballance heaven the favour of God the blood of Christ and thine owne soule in the other a little dung pelfe base lust c. And lettest this oversway which bringeth rottennesse to thy bones perhaps losse of thy good name c. Helpe 3 And that thou maist yet be further armed to withstand the assaults of thy three grand enemies the world the flesh and the devill which dayly seeke the destructioÌ„ of thy soule coÌ„sider these twelue Antidotes Consider the shortnes of the pleasure of sin with the length of the punishment the one for a moment the other everlasting Consider the companions of sinne for one sinne never goes alone but being once entertained it sets all the faculties of the soule also in a combustion and so procures a spirituall judgement if not temporall vpon estate and person Consider thy life is but a span a breath a blast soone gone now if wee had all the pleasure in the world yet being so soone to loose it it 's not worth esteeming Consider sin causeth vs to lose a greater good than that can be as the favour of God interest in Christ guard of Angels right to the creatures c. Consider the vncertainty of repentance thou maist never haue motion to repent after thou hast sinned and so art damned Consider the nearnesse of death to thee some haue liued out aboue halfe their time others almost all of it young and old dye suddenly many times Consider one moment in hell will be worse then all the pleasure in the world did good though it should haue lasted a thousand yeares twice told So on the contrary one moment in heaven doth more good than all the hardnesse and paines in good duties or persecution for them did hurt Consider the dignity of thy soule it 's more worth then a world Lose it not then for any sinne Consider the preciousnesse of a good conscience which is a continuall feast This thou losest by sinne Consider thou sinnest against a world of mercies which God hath sent to thee as to soule body good name estate others that belong to thee Consider nothing can wash away any sinne but the blood of Christ And wilt thou now pollute thy selfe againe as it were to haue him kill'd afresh to wash away thy sinne Consider the ancient Martyrs and Worthies chose rather to burne at a stake than they would sin and wilt thou soe easily be drawne to it or rather runne to it Anselme sayd if the flames of hell were on the one side and sinne on the other side I would rather lye in those flames than sinne And others would rather be torne in pieces with wild horses Wee haue as precious meanes as they and if our hearts were as good wee should haue the like affections Tenth Act. Get a sincere grieving that thou canst do these things no better as considering Though thou hadst a thousand eyes and could weepe them all out and shed rivers of teares and a thousand hearts to burst yet all were not sufficient for the least sinne or vanity either of the eye or heart How much more when our hearts are barren and dry had wee neede to labour for this sorrow Considering when thou hast made the best praier or watched most diligently over thy selfe for the right and due sanctification of the Sabbaoth or spent thy selfe in a day of humiliation thou hadst neede to crye and burst thy heart againe for the imperfections and failings thereof In this sorrow that thou canst performe good duties no better Weaue vp the web what 's lacking in any of the rest here make it vp and to incourage thee thou hast this happinesse joyned with it that though thy griefe be small if it be true to cause thee to sell all that is to part from every sinne for Christ and take him as a husband and a Lord both for protection and government Then by the consent of all Divines it it godly sorrow and certainly accepted in Christ â‚ FINIS

sinners though hee is wonderfull ready and easie to be intreated whilst hee vouchsafeth a day of visitation But if men will withstand the day then he comes in devouring rage and his wrath being once kindled shall burne to the bottome of hell theÌ„ his Arrowes shall drinke blood and eate flesh Hosea 13.8 then will hee meete them as a Beare robbed of her whelpes teare in pieces when there is none to helpe Psal 7.2 And Esay 66.15 is set downe the manner of his comming with fire and Chariots like a whirlewinde Helpe 4 Gods holinesse which opposeth sin and is contrary to it that hee lookes not on the least sinne with the least allowance Third Act. Get a sense of the vnspeakeable misery thou art lyable vnto by reason of sinne for which purpose consider all thy sins with their circumstances as of times past present and to come Time past Looke backe vpon all thy sinnes past that ever thou committedst all thou hast beene guilty of ever since thou wast borne originall or actuall knowne or vnknowne of thought word and deede They are written with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond not to be raced out they are all vpon Record and now lye as so many sleeping Lyons gathering strength and vigour against such time as the Lord shall awake the conscience and then they will appeare rent thy soule in pieces I say let naturall men coÌ„sider of this point and they shall see themselues miserable for there are some for a small sin put to such frights as they could not be comforted in a long space as some who hauing an adulterous project without any actual pollution and others who hauing found a trifle and made no conscience to restore it by the light of naturall conscience knowing they did not as they would be done by were put into vnspeakable horrour and some who hauing an vnworthy thought of God were put into such amazement that they wisht they had never beene If these for such small things in mens account haue come to such a passe that they tooke no delight in any earthly thing but are put to their wits end ready to make away themselues wishing themselues annihilated theÌ„ what tearing of haire what horrour of conscience will seize vpon thee on thy bed of death with what a gashly countenance wilt thou looke vpon that blacke and hellish Catalogue of all thy sins as lies oathes raylings scoffings at Gods people rotten speeches bedlam passions goods ill gotten time ill spent prophanatioÌ„ of Sabboaths and killing Christ at every Sacrament as all naturall men doe These shall be summoned before thee charged vpon thy conscience by the just God then consider in proportion what horror will be in thine heart no heart can conceiue it nor tongue of men and Angels vtter it Now then attend and let none blesse themselues say I never felt this misery therfore it shall never hurt mee I tell the it is the perfection of thy misery that thou art insensible of it to be soule-sicke and feele it not is the complement of miserie and the reasons why thou canst not see it are these seaven Reas 1 The divell while thou art his will not trouble thee hee is a Politician of almost sixe thousand yeares experience knowes if once thou see thy sinnes hee shall loose thee therfore hee blindes thee Reas 2 Thy conscience is lull'd asleepe with carnall pleasure and worldly contentments Reas 3 A bucket of water is heavy on earth in its owne place it is not soe When men are meerely naturall sinne is in its owne place and the weight is not felt Reas 4 The conscience of a naturall man is like a wolfe in a mans body while it s fed with carnall friends good fellowship some great busines of the world c. it s quiet but take this away and then it s felt Reas 5 A naturall man is spiritually dead Ephes 2.1 a dead man feeles no weight you know Reas 6 Hee lookes on sin through false glasses as vpon covetousnes vsury through the glasse of good husbandry so prodigality through the glasse of liberality Reas 7 For want of consideratioÌ„ If we would by our selues consider when the Minister presseth Sabbath breaking or any other sinne and say this is my case but now by the mercy of God I will be humbled this would much helpe vs to see our misery Thou hast had thy hand in murthering many a soule all thy drunken companions thy brethren in iniquity many peradventure with whoÌ„ thou hast conversed are dead and in hell long agoe thou art guilty of the damnation of their soules Cain was a cursed man had a brand vpon him for killing but a man then how will the murthering of soe many soules affright thee if thou hast beene a meanes to set them to Hell as For thy wife thou shouldst haue liued with her as a man of knowledge For thy Children thou shouldst haue catechised them and brought them vp in religion For thy servants it may be thy example hath made them swear lye c How wil their soules curse thee in the pitte of hell and curse that time that ever they first saw thee but no carnall man will beleeue this till they feele it Thou hast beene the slaue of Sathan worse then a Turkish Gally-slaue all thy life for wheÌ„ thou mightest haue beene Gods Free-man and wouldest not the divell hath bid thee lye sweare breake Gods sabboath c. thou hast obeyed him and beene thee divels drudge The Turkish fetters are but cold iron at the worst but thine be invisible chaines of eternall damnation Hee scourgeth thy naked soule with invisible scorpions feeds thee every day with fire and brimstone When thou art out of the Turkish slavery thou mayest be a man againe but here Sathan scourgeth thee and thou seest it not hee feedeth thee with poyson and thou tastest it not And shortly he will locke thee vp in perpetuall torments where thou shalt never be freede from Divels First For present time now thou art in health thou thinkest all is well but know to the contrary whilst thou art but naturall and vnconverted Thou doshonourest God in a high degree thou provokest the glory of his pure eye every day by every sinne thou committest Thou tramplest vnder foote the blood of Christ in every Sacrament if thou beest not a convert The Spirit puts good motions into thy heart as at this time it may be thou resoluest by the mercy of God to leaue all thy former wayes and be Gods servant but presently thou stiflest it by worldly talke and thy old companions The Angels offer to guard thee but thou refusest their attendance and denyest to be vnder their protection while thou waÌ„drest out of thy wayes To Gods children thou art as a goade in their sides Thou drawest wife and children neighbours and all thou canst to Hell by thy ill example c. 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