Early English Printed Sermons


A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the vvonderfull conception, birth, and life of Christ, who in the fulnesse of time became man to satisfie divine iustice, and to make reconciliation betweene God and man. Preached to the honourable society of Grayes Inne, by that godly and faithfull minister of Iesus Christ, Richard Sibbes. D.D.

Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635
Publisher: Printed by E dward G riffin and John Norton for Iohn Rothwell at the signe of the Sunne in Pauls Church yard
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1638
Approximate Era: CharlesI
TCP ID: A12187 ESTC ID: S117264 STC ID: 22499
Subject Headings: Jesus Christ; Sermons, English -- 17th century;
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Textual Features and Statistics

Nota Bene: QP stands for "quotation/paraphrase." A "unit" stands for a segment produced by EEPS' segmentation unit or an individual marginal note. Adjacent references are those that are located in the same or adjacent segment or note. Chapter-level citations are relevant if the chapter matches that of the query. For book-level queries, all references to the same Bible book are relevant. A "Latin Bible QP" is a quotation or paraphrase of any verse from a Bible that follows the Latin Vulgate tradition: the Vulgate, Douay-Rheims Version, the ODRV, and Wycliffe's version.
Feature Description In-Text Marginal
cited Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent citation 2.2% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 1.2% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 83.6% 98.1%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 11.5% 1.9%
sim_score Average cosine similarity score of top Bible verse predictions per unit 0.7% 0.7%
cross_score Average cross encoder score of top Bible verse predictions per unit 0.6% 0.8%
near_quotations Percentage of units that have high lexical similarity with their Bible verse predictions (any type of score greater than the mean + standard deviation of that score type) 2.4% -inf%



Quotations and Paraphrases

Rather than examine the frequency or proportion of references, it is far more useful to determine which references are most prominent for a citing entity. The visualizations below show the most prominent scriptural references within all publications per year. Prominence, displayed as the value below each label, is measured using the metric of Outgoing Relative Citational Prominence (ORCP) proposed by Wahle et al. (2023). In this case, a positive prominence value for a reference R in a given year means that R constitutes a greater percentage of all the references cited by publications in that year than the average citation percentage of R per year. A negative value indicates that a given reference constitutes a proportion lesser than average. A value of negative infinity means that the query reference does not occur in the citation or QP of a citing entity. A value of "%" (without any numeral value) means that there are no citations or QP corresponding to the query reference.

For quotational prominence, only the predictions with the highest cosine similarity scores for each subsegmented or whole unit of a segment or note are included for consideration. The average quotational prominence for a citing entity is the mean of the prominence percentage points for all references R_ALL that are relevant to the query reference such that each reference R in R_ALL has the highest cosine similarity score with a part or the whole of its covering body segment or marginal note. The percentages of top predictions from each Bible version are displayed in a table below.

For citational prominence, only pluasible scriptural citations and ones where the original phrase does not begin with a lowercase word are included for consideration. A scriptural citation is plausible if its numbering exists in any of the Bibles considered by this project. There are over 76 thousand such excluded candidates out of 1.2 million parsed citational units in total. Each of the four side-by-side tables below also have associated diversity and evenness scores; Simpson's Diversity Index ranges from 0 to 1 such that a higher score indicates a greater species diversity. Likewise, the Shannon Index indicates more evenness in the distribution of individuals in a group when its value approaches 1.


Diversity: 0.827
Evenness: 0.896
Part Prominence
New Testament (ODRV) 24.576
New Testament (Wycliffe) 5.522
New Testament (Vulgate) 2.334
Old Testament (ODRV) 0.774
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) -1.409
Old Testament (Geneva) -2.792
New Testament (Tyndale) -2.879
New Testament (Geneva) -3.916
Old Testament (AKJV) -4.903
New Testament (AKJV) -5.285
Diversity: 0.963
Evenness: 0.938
Book Prominence
Matthew (Tyndale) 12.803
Luke (ODRV) 5.952
Romans (Tyndale) 3.179
Philippians (ODRV) 2.028
Hebrews (Vulgate) 1.309
Matthew (Wycliffe) 1.307
Philippians (Vulgate) 1.307
Ephesians (Vulgate) 1.29
Judges (Geneva) 1.237
Lamentations (Geneva) 1.167
1 Thessalonians (Tyndale) 1.143
1 Corinthians (Vulgate) 1.143
Matthew (Vulgate) 1.116
Leviticus (AKJV) 1.114
Colossians (Geneva) 1.011
Philippians (Tyndale) 0.977
Galatians (Tyndale) 0.974
2 Corinthians (Tyndale) 0.945
1 Thessalonians (AKJV) 0.939
Romans (AKJV) 0.935
1 John (Geneva) 0.928
1 John (ODRV) 0.922
Ephesians (Tyndale) 0.905
Jeremiah (Douay-Rheims) 0.896
Revelation (Geneva) 0.877
Revelation (AKJV) 0.854
Genesis (ODRV) 0.842
Genesis (Geneva) 0.777
Ephesians (ODRV) 0.737
Jeremiah (AKJV) 0.736
1 Timothy (AKJV) 0.681
Hebrews (ODRV) 0.677
Hebrews (Geneva) 0.647
Philippians (AKJV) 0.627
Luke (Tyndale) 0.613
Isaiah (Douay-Rheims) 0.513
John (Tyndale) 0.512
Genesis (AKJV) 0.49
Isaiah (Geneva) 0.483
Ephesians (AKJV) 0.438
Job (AKJV) 0.395
Hebrews (AKJV) 0.361
John (ODRV) 0.334
1 Corinthians (ODRV) 0.199
Luke (AKJV) 0.191
Romans (ODRV) 0.139
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.117
Isaiah (AKJV) 0.106
Proverbs (AKJV) -0.014
Matthew (ODRV) -0.024
Romans (Geneva) -0.071
Matthew (AKJV) -0.126
1 Corinthians (AKJV) -0.179
Psalms (Geneva) -0.426
Psalms (AKJV) -1.392
Diversity: 0.976
Evenness: 0.954
Chapter Prominence
Matthew 1 (Tyndale) 10.516
Luke 1 (ODRV) 5.186
Romans 8 (Tyndale) 3.024
Isaiah 8 (AKJV) 2.06
Hebrews 2 (AKJV) 2.052
Matthew 18 (AKJV) 2.028
Philippians 2 (ODRV) 1.889
Romans 8 (AKJV) 1.774
Matthew 1 (Wycliffe) 1.052
Leviticus 9 (AKJV) 1.051
Jeremiah 33 (Douay-Rheims) 1.049
Genesis 11 (ODRV) 1.047
Isaiah 7 (Douay-Rheims) 1.047
Genesis 33 (Geneva) 1.047
Isaiah 7 (Geneva) 1.046
Hebrews 9 (Vulgate) 1.046
Matthew 4 (Vulgate) 1.044
Isaiah 7 (AKJV) 1.043
Matthew 1 (AKJV) 1.041
Isaiah 8 (Geneva) 1.041
Matthew 1 (ODRV) 1.038
Psalms 48 (AKJV) 1.032
Jeremiah 13 (AKJV) 1.028
Isaiah 9 (Geneva) 1.025
Hebrews 1 (ODRV) 1.025
1 Corinthians 12 (Vulgate) 1.024
Judges 5 (Geneva) 1.023
Luke 1 (Tyndale) 1.022
Luke 2 (Tyndale) 1.022
Philippians 1 (Vulgate) 1.022
Ephesians 4 (Vulgate) 1.018
John 20 (Tyndale) 1.017
Philippians 2 (Tyndale) 1.016
1 Corinthians 4 (ODRV) 1.015
2 Corinthians 1 (Tyndale) 1.011
John 13 (ODRV) 1.011
Hebrews 4 (Geneva) 1.01
Genesis 2 (Geneva) 1.007
Matthew 27 (AKJV) 1.006
Job 9 (AKJV) 1.006
Psalms 2 (Geneva) 1.002
1 Thessalonians 4 (Tyndale) 1.001
Galatians 2 (Tyndale) 1.0
Ephesians 2 (Tyndale) 0.996
Revelation 22 (Geneva) 0.996
Genesis 3 (AKJV) 0.995
Revelation 22 (AKJV) 0.992
Hebrews 9 (ODRV) 0.99
Ephesians 1 (AKJV) 0.989
Proverbs 21 (AKJV) 0.989
Romans 5 (ODRV) 0.988
1 John 4 (ODRV) 0.982
Colossians 3 (Geneva) 0.979
Romans 12 (Tyndale) 0.975
1 John 4 (Geneva) 0.975
Ephesians 5 (Tyndale) 0.975
1 Timothy 3 (AKJV) 0.967
Hebrews 4 (ODRV) 0.965
Philippians 1 (Tyndale) 0.963
Lamentations 3 (Geneva) 0.959
Hebrews 9 (AKJV) 0.954
1 Thessalonians 4 (AKJV) 0.951
Luke 2 (AKJV) 0.943
John 1 (Tyndale) 0.942
1 Corinthians 12 (AKJV) 0.932
Ephesians 2 (AKJV) 0.915
Ephesians 5 (ODRV) 0.896
1 Corinthians 11 (AKJV) 0.867
Romans 8 (ODRV) 0.867
Ephesians 5 (AKJV) 0.866
Romans 8 (Geneva) 0.865
Romans 6 (AKJV) 0.85
Philippians 2 (AKJV) 0.833
1 Corinthians 15 (Geneva) 0.791
1 Corinthians 10 (AKJV) 0.751
Diversity: 0.98
Evenness: 0.96
Verse Prominence
Matthew 1.23 (Tyndale) 9.254
Luke 1.57 (ODRV) 4.623
Romans 8.32 (Tyndale) 2.762
Isaiah 8.8 (AKJV) 1.851
Isaiah 8.10 (AKJV) 1.844
Hebrews 2.16 (AKJV) 1.84
Matthew 18.20 (AKJV) 1.837
Romans 8.31 (AKJV) 1.828
Philippians 2.8 (ODRV) 1.741
Isaiah 7.14 (Geneva) 0.926
Genesis 11.30 (ODRV) 0.926
Isaiah 7.12 (Geneva) 0.926
Leviticus 9.15 (AKJV) 0.926
Matthew 1.23 (Wycliffe) 0.926
Genesis 33.12 (Geneva) 0.926
Philippians 2.10 (ODRV) 0.926
Isaiah 7.12 (AKJV) 0.925
Isaiah 7.14 (Douay-Rheims) 0.925
Jeremiah 13.15 (AKJV) 0.925
Luke 1.57 (Tyndale) 0.925
Matthew 27.51 (AKJV) 0.925
1 John 4.12 (Geneva) 0.925
Matthew 4.1 (Vulgate) 0.925
Hebrews 9.24 (ODRV) 0.925
Ephesians 2.16 (Tyndale) 0.925
John 13.4 (ODRV) 0.925
Romans 5.8 (ODRV) 0.925
Job 9.33 (AKJV) 0.925
1 Corinthians 12.18 (Vulgate) 0.925
Hebrews 9.22 (Vulgate) 0.925
1 John 4.13 (ODRV) 0.924
Isaiah 7.13 (AKJV) 0.924
1 Corinthians 4.11 (ODRV) 0.924
Isaiah 9.6 (Geneva) 0.924
Jeremiah 33.16 (Douay-Rheims) 0.924
Isaiah 7.14 (AKJV) 0.924
Matthew 1.18 (AKJV) 0.923
Isaiah 8.10 (Geneva) 0.923
Genesis 2.23 (Geneva) 0.923
Luke 2.21 (Tyndale) 0.923
1 Corinthians 12.12 (Vulgate) 0.923
John 20.17 (Tyndale) 0.922
Matthew 1.23 (ODRV) 0.922
2 Corinthians 1.9 (Tyndale) 0.921
Luke 1.27 (ODRV) 0.921
Philippians 2.6 (Tyndale) 0.921
Hebrews 4.16 (Geneva) 0.921
1 Thessalonians 4.18 (Tyndale) 0.921
Genesis 3.18 (AKJV) 0.92
1 John 4.13 (Geneva) 0.92
Hebrews 1.4 (ODRV) 0.92
Ephesians 4.10 (Vulgate) 0.919
Romans 8.32 (ODRV) 0.919
Lamentations 3.39 (Geneva) 0.919
Judges 5.23 (Geneva) 0.919
Psalms 48.14 (AKJV) 0.919
1 John 4.2 (ODRV) 0.918
Proverbs 21.30 (AKJV) 0.918
Ephesians 5.23 (AKJV) 0.917
Romans 6.8 (AKJV) 0.917
Ephesians 2.12 (AKJV) 0.916
Psalms 2.4 (Geneva) 0.916
Colossians 3.4 (Geneva) 0.916
Ephesians 5.29 (ODRV) 0.916
Romans 8.31 (Geneva) 0.916
Romans 12.5 (Tyndale) 0.915
Ephesians 1.22 (AKJV) 0.915
Ephesians 5.30 (Tyndale) 0.914
1 Corinthians 12.4 (AKJV) 0.914
Hebrews 9.22 (AKJV) 0.912
Romans 8.39 (Geneva) 0.91
Philippians 2.10 (AKJV) 0.909
John 1.29 (Tyndale) 0.908
1 Thessalonians 4.17 (Tyndale) 0.908
Luke 2.14 (AKJV) 0.906
Revelation 22.20 (AKJV) 0.905
1 Thessalonians 4.17 (AKJV) 0.905
Philippians 1.23 (Vulgate) 0.903
Galatians 2.20 (Tyndale) 0.901
Revelation 22.20 (Geneva) 0.9
1 Corinthians 11.26 (AKJV) 0.894
1 Timothy 3.16 (AKJV) 0.894
Philippians 2.8 (AKJV) 0.89
Philippians 1.23 (Tyndale) 0.886
Hebrews 4.16 (ODRV) 0.88
1 Corinthians 15.42 (Geneva) 0.868
1 Corinthians 10.16 (AKJV) 0.84
Segment No., Location Verse & Version Verse Text Text Is a Partial Textual Segment/Note Adjacent References Cosine Similarity Score Cross Encoder Score Okapi BM25 Score



Citations
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The index of citation indicates its position within the text of the segment or a particular note of the segment. For example, if 'Note 0' (i.e., the first note) of this segment has three citations, the citation with index 0 is its first citation, inclusive of all its parsed components.

Diversity: 0.444
Evenness: 0.918
Part Prominence
Old Testament 19.333
New Testament -14.862
Diversity: 0.88
Evenness: 0.985
Book Prominence
Isaiah 16.618
1 Timothy 8.162
Revelation 7.874
Ephesians 7.838
Jeremiah 7.758
Job 7.757
2 Corinthians 7.698
Romans 6.045
Psalms 4.828
Diversity: 0.918
Evenness: 0.99
Chapter Prominence
Isaiah 7 14.211
Job 9 7.054
Jeremiah 2 7.037
Isaiah 8 7.027
Isaiah 9 7.006
Revelation 22 6.998
Psalms 10 6.994
1 Timothy 3 6.985
2 Corinthians 1 6.97
Psalms 9 6.939
Ephesians 5 6.839
Romans 2 6.809
Romans 8 6.54
Diversity: 0.844
Evenness: 0.98
Verse Prominence
Isaiah 7.14 24.964
Job 9.3 12.495
Isaiah 8.8 12.495
Jeremiah 2.3 12.491
Revelation 22.20 12.49
Romans 2.8 12.486
Isaiah 9.6 12.431
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase