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.

Location	Text	Standardized Text	Parts of Speech
In-Text	and therefore the earlier he takes it up, the sooner he begins to be happy. It is good for a man that he bear the Yoke in his Youth.	and Therefore the earlier he Takes it up, the sooner he begins to be happy. It is good for a man that he bear the Yoke in his Youth.	cc av dt av-jc pns31 vvz pn31 a-acp, dt av-c pns31 vvz pc-acp vbi j. pn31 vbz j p-acp dt n1 cst pns31 vvb dt n1 p-acp po31 n1.

Verse & Version	Verse Text	Text	Is a Partial Textual Segment/Note	Cosine Similarity Score	Cross Encoder Score	Okapi BM25 Score
Lamentations 3.27 (Geneva)	lamentations 3.27: it is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.	and therefore the earlier he takes it up, the sooner he begins to be happy. it is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth	False	0.822	0.91	0.066
Lamentations 3.27 (AKJV)	lamentations 3.27: it is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.	and therefore the earlier he takes it up, the sooner he begins to be happy. it is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth	False	0.822	0.91	0.066
Lamentations 3.27 (ODRV)	lamentations 3.27: it is good for a man, when he beareth the yoke from his youth.	and therefore the earlier he takes it up, the sooner he begins to be happy. it is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth	False	0.789	0.838	0.066

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