Early English Printed Sermons

The good of early obedience, or, The advantage of bearing the yoke of Christ betimes discovered in part, in two anniversary sermons, one whereof was preached on May-day, 1681, and the other on the same day in the year 1682, and afterwards inlarged, and now published for common benefit / by Matthew Mead.

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In-Text	And what greater wrong can any one offer to his own soul, than to lay it under a necessity of damnation by a willing subjection to the Yoke of sin, rather than that of Christ? Therefore it is so far from being good, that it is the greatest evil to bear this Yoke, Be not ye the Servants of sin.	And what greater wrong can any one offer to his own soul, than to lay it under a necessity of damnation by a willing subjection to the Yoke of since, rather than that of christ? Therefore it is so Far from being good, that it is the greatest evil to bear this Yoke, Be not you the Servants of since.	cc q-crq jc n-jn vmb d crd n1 p-acp po31 d n1, cs pc-acp vvi pn31 p-acp dt n1 pp-f n1 p-acp dt j n1 p-acp dt vvb pp-f n1, av-c cs d pp-f np1? av pn31 vbz av av-j p-acp vbg j, cst pn31 vbz dt js n-jn pc-acp vvi d n1, vbb xx pn22 dt n2 pp-f n1.

Verse & Version	Verse Text	Text	Is a Partial Textual Segment/Note	Cosine Similarity Score	Cross Encoder Score	Okapi BM25 Score
Romans 6.16 (Geneva)	romans 6.16: knowe ye not, that to whomsoeuer yee giue your selues as seruats to obey, his seruants ye are to whom ye obey, whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnesse?	and what greater wrong can any one offer to his own soul, than to lay it under a necessity of damnation by a willing subjection to the yoke of sin, rather than that of christ? therefore it is so far from being good, that it is the greatest evil to bear this yoke, be not ye the servants of sin	False	0.678	0.179	1.162
Romans 6.16 (AKJV)	romans 6.16: know ye not, that to whom yee yeeld your selues seruants to obey, his seruants ye are to whom ye obey: whether of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnesse?	and what greater wrong can any one offer to his own soul, than to lay it under a necessity of damnation by a willing subjection to the yoke of sin, rather than that of christ? therefore it is so far from being good, that it is the greatest evil to bear this yoke, be not ye the servants of sin	False	0.675	0.181	1.179

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