Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	jesus_n	sin_n	sinner_n	3,659	5	7.4408	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16000	The prophete Ionas with an introduccio[n] before teachinge to vndersto[n]de him and the right vse also of all the scripture, and why it was written, and what is therin to be sought, and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it, can not vndersto[n]de it, though he studie therin never so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is so opened, that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man, from the true sense and vderstondynge therof.; Bible. O.T. Jonah. English. Tyndale.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1531 (1531)	STC 2788; ESTC S115524	18,397	48

of a vile shrob be or spraye wheron thou bestoweddest no loboure or cost nether was it thyne handwerke How moch moare then shuld greue myne herte the losse of so greate a multitude of innoceÌ„tes as are in Niniue which are all myne handes werke Nay Jonas Jam God ouer all and father as well vn to the hethen as vn to the Jewes aÌ„d mercifull to all and warne yer I smyte nether threte I so cruelly by any prophete but that I wyll forgeue yf they repent aÌ„d ax mercie nether on the other syde what soeuer I promyse wyll I fulfyll it saue for theyr sakes only whych trust in me and submitte them selues to kepe my lawes of very loue as naturall chyldern ON thys maner to read y â— scripture is y â— right vse therof why y â— holy gost caused it to be writteÌ„ That is y t thou first seke out y â— law what god will haue the to doo interpretinge it spiritually with cut glose or coueringe the brightnesse of Moses face so y t thou fele in thyne hert how that it is damnable synne before god not to loue they neyboure that is thyne enimie as puerly as Christ loued the and y â— not to loue thy neyboure in thyne herte is to haue coÌ„mitted all ready all synne agenst him And therfore vn tyll that loue become thou must knowlege vnfaynedly that there is synne in the best dede thou doest And it must ernestly greue thyne hert and thou must washe all thy good dedes in christes bloude yet they can be pure and an acceptable sacrifice vn to God and must desire god y â— father for his sake to take thi dedes a worth to pardoÌ„ y â— imperfectenesse of them to geue the power to doo theÌ„ better and with moare feruent loue Â¶ And on the other syde thou must serch diligently for the promises of mercie which God hath promised the agayne Which ij poyntes that is to wete y â— lawe spiritually interpreted how that all is daÌ„nable synne that is not vnfayned loue out of the grownde and botom of the herte after the ensample of Christes loue to vs because we be all equally created aÌ„d formed of one god oure father and indifferently bought redemed with one bloud of oure sauioure Jesus Christe aÌ„d that the promises be geuen vn to a repentynge soule that thursteth and longeth after them of the pure and fatherly mercie of god thorow oure faith onely with oute al deseruinge of oure dedes or merites of oure werkes but for Christes sake alone and for the merites aÌ„d deseruinges of his werkes deth and passions that he sofered all together for vs not for himselfe whych ij poyntes I saye if they be written in thine herte are the keyes which so open all the scripture vn to the that no creature can locke the out and with which thou shalt goo in and out and finde pasture and fode euery where And yf these lesons be not writtten in thyne herte then is all the scripture shutt vpp as a cornell in the shale so that thou mayst read it and comen of it and reherse all the stories of it and dispute sotilly and be a profounde sophister and yet vnderstond not one Iot therof Â¶ And thridly that thou take the stories liues which are coÌ„teyned in the bible for sure aÌ„d vndowted ensamples y t God so will deale with vs vn to the worldes ende Â¶ Here with Reader farewell and be commended vn to God and vn to the grace of hys spryte And first se that thou stoppe not thyne eares vn to the callynge of god and that thou harden not thine herte begyled with fleshly interpretinge of the law false imagined and ypocritish rightwesnesse and so the Niniuites ryse with the at y e day of iudgement condemne the. Â¶ And secoÌ„darily if thou finde ought amisse when thou seyst thy selfe in the glasse of Gods worde thynke it coÌ„pendious wisdome to amende y â— same betymes moneshed warned by the ensample of other men rather theÌ„ to tary vntill thou be beten also Â¶ And thridly if it shall so chaunce that y â— wild lustes of thy flesh shall blynd the and carie the cleane awaye with them for a tyme yet at the later ende when y â— god of all mercie shall haue compased the in on euery syde with teÌ„ptacioÌ„s tribulacions aduersities coÌ„braunce to bringe y â— home agayne vn to thyne awne herte to set thy sinnes wich thou woldest so fayne couer put out of mynd with delectacioÌ„ of voluptuous pastymes before y â— eyes of thy coÌ„science then call y â— faithfull ensample of Jonas all lylie stories vn to thy remeÌ„braunce aÌ„d with Jonas turne vn to thi father that smote y â— not to cast y â— awaye but to laye a corosie aÌ„d a â—eeatige playlier vn to y â— pocke that laye â—â—o fret inwarde to draw y â— disease out so make it appere y â— thou mightest feale tâ—y seckenes y â— daunger therof come re leaue the healynge playster of mercie Â¶ And forget not y t what soeuer ensample of mercie god hath shewed sens y â— beginninge of y â— world the same is promised the yf thou wilt in like maner turne agayne and receaued it as they dyd And with Jonas be a knowen of thy synne coÌ„fesse it knowlege it vn to thy father Â¶ And as y â— law which freteth thy coÌ„science is in thyne herte is none outwarde thige eveÌ„ so seke within in thine herte y e playster of mercie the promyses of forgeuenesse in oure sauioure Jesus Christe accordinge vn to all the ensamples of mercie that are gonne before Â¶ And with Jonas let theÌ„ that wayte on vanities seke god here there in euery teÌ„ple saue in their hertes goo seke thou y â— testameÌ„t of god in thyne hert For in thyne hert is the worde of y â— law in thyne hert is y â— worde of fayth in the promises of mercie in Jesus Christe So that yf thou coÌ„fesse with a repentynge herte knowlege aÌ„d surely beleue y t Jesus is lorde ouer all synne thou art saffe Â¶ And finally when the rage of thy coÌ„sciâ—â—ce â—â— ceased and quieted with fast faith in the promises of mercie then offer with Jonas the offeringe of prayse and thankesgeuinge paye the vow of thy baptim that God only saueth of his oÌ„ly mercie goodnesse that is beleue stedfastly preach coÌ„stantly that it is God only that smyteth and God only that healeth ascribynge y â— cause of thy tribulation vn to thyne awne synne and y â— cause of thy deliueraunce vn to the mercie of God Â¶ And beware of the leueÌ„ y â— saith we haue power in oure frewill before y â— preachinge of y â— Gospell to deserue grace to kepe y â— law of coÌ„gruite or god to be vnrightwesse And fâ—ie with Jhon in the

Â¶ The prophete Ionas with an introduccioÌ„ before teachinge to vnderstoÌ„de him and the right vse also of all the scripture and why it was written and what is therin to be sought and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it can not vnderstoÌ„de it though he studie therin neuer so moch and agayne with what keyes it is so opened that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man from the true sense and vnderstondynge therof W. T. vn to the Christen reader AS y e eÌ„vious Philistenes stopped y e wesses of Abraham aÌ„d filled them vpp with erth tâ— put y e memoriall out of miÌ„de to y e entent y t they might chalenge y â— grounde even so the fleshly miÌ„ded ypocrites stoppe vpp the vaynes of life which are in y â— scripture w t the erth of theyr tradicioÌ„s false similitudes lienge allegories y â— of like zele to make y â— scripture theyr awne possessioÌ„ marchaundice and so shutt vpp the kingdome of heven which is Gods worde nether enteriÌ„ge in theÌ„ selues nor soferinge them that wolde Â¶ The scripture hath a body with out aÌ„d within a soule sprite life It hath w t out a barke a shell aÌ„d as it were an hard bone for y â— fleshly mynded to gnaw vppon And within it hath pith cornell mary all swetnesse for Gods electe which he hath chosen to geve them his spirite to write his law y â— faith of his sonne in their hertes Â¶ The scripture coÌ„teyneth iij. thiÌ„ges in it first y â— law to coÌ„demne all flesh secoÌ„daryly y â— Gospell y t is to saye promises of mercie for all y t repent knowlege their sinnes at the preachiÌ„ge of y e law coÌ„sent in their hertes that the law is good submitte themselues to be scolers to lern to kepe the lawe to lerne to beleue y â— mercie that is promised theÌ„ thridly the stories liues of those scolars both what chaunces fortuned theÌ„ also by what meanes their scolemaster taught theÌ„ and made them perfecte how he tried the true from the false Â¶ When y e ypocrites come to y â— lawe they put gloses to aÌ„d make no moare of it then of a worldly law which is satisfied with y â— outwarde worke and which a turke maye also fulfill WheÌ„ yet Gods law never ceaseth to coÌ„demne a man vntill it be written in his herte and vntill he kepe it naturally without coÌ„pulsion all other respecte saue only of pure love to God and his neyboure as he naturally eateth wheÌ„ he is an hongred without coÌ„pulsioÌ„ all other respecte saue to slake his hongre only Â¶ And wheÌ„ they come to the Gospell there they miÌ„gle their leuen saye God now receaueth vs no moare to mercie but of mercie receaueth vs to penaunce that is to wete holy dedes y t make them fatt belies vs their captiues both in soule and body And yet they fayne theyr Idole y â— Pope so mercifull y t if thou make a litle money glister in his Balams eyes there is nether penaunce ner purgatory ner any fastiÌ„ge at all but to fle to heven as sweste as a thought and at the twinkellynge of an eye Â¶ And the liues stories and gestes of men which are coÌ„tayned in the bible they reade as thiÌ„ges no moare perteyniÌ„ge vn to theÌ„ then a take of RobiÌ„ hode as thiÌ„ges they wott not wherto they ferue saue to fayne false discaÌ„t tuglinge allegories to stablish their kingdome with all And one y â— chefest fleshliest studie they have is to magnifie y â— sayntes aboue measure aboue y â— trueth with their poetrie to make them greater then euer God make them And if they fix de any infirmite or synne asscribed vn to y â— saintes that they excuse with all diligeÌ„ce diminushiÌ„ge the glorie of y e mercie of God robbinge wretched sinners of all theyr coÌ„ fo te thinke therby to flater the sayntes and to obtayne their fauoure to make speciall aduocates of theÌ„ even as a man wold obtayne y â— fauoure of wordely tirantes as they also fayne the saintes moch moare cruell then ever was any heatheÌ„ man moare wrekefull and vengeable then y â— poetes faine their godes or their furies y t torment y â— soules in hell if theyr eueÌ„s be not fasted their images vifited saluted wyth a Pater noster whych prayer only oure lippes be accoynted with oure hertes vnderstoÌ„dinge none at all and worsheped w t a candell y â— offeriÌ„ge of oure deuocioÌ„ in y â— place which thei haue chosen to heare y â— supplicacioÌ„s meke peticioÌ„s of their clientes therin Â¶ But thou reader thiÌ„ke of y e law of God how y t it is all together spirituall so spirituall y t it is neuer fulfilled w t dedes or werkes vntill they flow out of thyne herte w t as greate loue toward thy neyboure for no deleruiÌ„ge of his ye though he be thine enimie as Christ loued y â— aÌ„d did for the for no desertiÌ„ge of thyne but eveÌ„ wheÌ„ thou wast his enimie And in y e meane time thoroute all our infancie childhod in Christ tyll we â—e growen vpp in to perfecte men in the full knowlege of christ full loue of christ agayne of oure neyboures for his sake after y â— ensample of his loue to vs remenbir that y â— fulfillynge of y â— law is a fastfayth in christes bloud coupled w t our professioÌ„ submyttiÌ„ge ourselues to lerne to doo better Â¶ And of y â— Gospell or promises which thou metest in y â— scripture beleue fast y â— God will fulfill them vn to y â— and that vn to y â— vttemost â—ott at the repentaunce of thyne herte wheÌ„ thou turnest to hym forsakest euell even of his goodnesse fatherly mertie vn to the aÌ„d not for thy flatterlge hym with ypocritish workes of thyne awne fayninge So y t a fast faith only with out respecte of all workes is the forgeuenesse both of the synne which we did in tyme of ignoraunce with luste aÌ„d coÌ„sent to synne also of all the synne which we doo by chaunce of frailte after y t we are come to knowlege aÌ„d have professed y â— law out of oure hertes And all dedes serue only for to helpe oure neyboures to tame oure flesh that we fall not to synne agayne to exercice oure soules in vertue not to make satisfaction to God ward for y e synne y t is once paste Â¶ And all other stories of y e bible with out excepcioÌ„ are y â— practisinge of y e law of the Gospell and are true and faitfull ensamples sure erneste y t God will euen so deale with vs as he did with theÌ„ in all infirmities in all temptacioÌ„s in all like cases

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