Early English Printed Sermons


A sermon wherein is shewed that the church of God is sometimes a subject of great persecution preached on a publick fast at Boston in New England occasioned by the tidings of a great persecution raised against the Protestants in France / by Increase Mather ...

Mather, Increase, 1639-1723
Publisher: Printed for Samuel Sewall
Place of Publication: Boston
Publication Year: 1682
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A50232 ESTC ID: R3671 STC ID: M1251
Subject Headings: Bible. -- N.T. -- Acts VIII, 1; Fast-day sermons; Persecution;
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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 11.9% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 9.7% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 84.8% 100.0%
NonLatinAlphabet Percentage of units with a NonLatinAlphabet placeholder 0.2% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 11.9% -inf%
sim_score Average cosine similarity score of top Bible verse predictions per unit 0.8% -inf%
cross_score Average cross encoder score of top Bible verse predictions per unit 0.8% -inf%
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) 5.2% -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: 0.889
Evenness: 1.0
Part Prominence
Old Testament (Vulgate) 9.429
New Testament (Vulgate) 6.303
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 2.559
Old Testament (Geneva) 1.177
New Testament (Tyndale) 1.09
New Testament (Geneva) 0.053
New Testament (ODRV) -0.027
Old Testament (AKJV) -0.935
New Testament (AKJV) -1.317
Diversity: 0.974
Evenness: 0.995
Book Prominence
Matthew (Geneva) 3.6
Luke (AKJV) 3.564
Amos (Vulgate) 2.378
Nehemiah (AKJV) 2.269
Zechariah (AKJV) 2.184
4 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 2.165
Judges (AKJV) 2.143
1 Corinthians (Vulgate) 2.135
2 Timothy (ODRV) 2.12
Ezekiel (Douay-Rheims) 2.041
Revelation (Tyndale) 2.002
Philippians (Geneva) 1.963
Exodus (Geneva) 1.941
1 John (ODRV) 1.914
Galatians (Geneva) 1.897
1 Peter (Tyndale) 1.892
Revelation (Geneva) 1.869
2 Timothy (AKJV) 1.849
Acts (Tyndale) 1.847
Revelation (AKJV) 1.846
Revelation (ODRV) 1.828
1 Peter (Geneva) 1.799
James (AKJV) 1.735
Galatians (AKJV) 1.709
Acts (ODRV) 1.693
Hebrews (ODRV) 1.669
Philippians (ODRV) 1.631
1 Peter (AKJV) 1.594
Acts (AKJV) 1.547
2 Corinthians (AKJV) 1.486
Genesis (AKJV) 1.482
Romans (Tyndale) 1.394
Luke (ODRV) 1.389
Job (AKJV) 1.387
Hebrews (AKJV) 1.353
John (AKJV) 1.197
Proverbs (AKJV) 0.978
Romans (Geneva) 0.921
Matthew (AKJV) 0.866
Psalms (AKJV) -0.4
Diversity: 0.981
Evenness: 0.997
Chapter Prominence
Luke 23 (AKJV) 3.46
Matthew 5 (Geneva) 3.364
Amos 5 (Vulgate) 1.754
Ezekiel 19 (Douay-Rheims) 1.749
Judges 3 (AKJV) 1.748
Acts 6 (Tyndale) 1.748
Exodus 1 (Geneva) 1.748
4 Kings 10 (Douay-Rheims) 1.747
Nehemiah 2 (AKJV) 1.744
Revelation 12 (Tyndale) 1.743
Revelation 13 (AKJV) 1.742
Acts 26 (ODRV) 1.738
Acts 26 (Tyndale) 1.738
Zechariah 8 (AKJV) 1.738
Revelation 12 (AKJV) 1.732
Psalms 129 (AKJV) 1.731
John 21 (AKJV) 1.729
1 Corinthians 3 (Vulgate) 1.725
Revelation 2 (ODRV) 1.721
Acts 8 (ODRV) 1.719
Revelation 2 (Tyndale) 1.717
Acts 8 (AKJV) 1.708
Revelation 20 (ODRV) 1.704
Galatians 4 (Geneva) 1.703
Acts 7 (ODRV) 1.702
Revelation 20 (Geneva) 1.701
Job 34 (AKJV) 1.7
Philippians 1 (Geneva) 1.698
Genesis 3 (AKJV) 1.697
Luke 21 (AKJV) 1.694
Genesis 4 (AKJV) 1.687
Luke 23 (ODRV) 1.686
1 Peter 4 (Geneva) 1.678
2 Timothy 3 (ODRV) 1.678
Romans 12 (Tyndale) 1.676
Hebrews 11 (ODRV) 1.67
1 John 3 (ODRV) 1.649
Psalms 44 (AKJV) 1.645
Hebrews 12 (ODRV) 1.644
Proverbs 16 (AKJV) 1.642
Psalms 78 (AKJV) 1.637
1 Peter 4 (AKJV) 1.63
Psalms 122 (AKJV) 1.616
2 Corinthians 4 (AKJV) 1.614
James 1 (AKJV) 1.61
Hebrews 13 (AKJV) 1.599
Philippians 1 (ODRV) 1.599
2 Timothy 3 (AKJV) 1.594
1 Peter 2 (Tyndale) 1.593
Galatians 5 (AKJV) 1.587
Hebrews 11 (AKJV) 1.581
Hebrews 10 (AKJV) 1.577
Matthew 5 (AKJV) 1.573
Romans 8 (Geneva) 1.567
Psalms 119 (AKJV) 1.534
Diversity: 0.983
Evenness: 0.997
Verse Prominence
Luke 23.41 (AKJV) 3.276
Matthew 5.11 (Geneva) 3.276
Acts 26.10 (ODRV) 1.639
Job 34.26 (AKJV) 1.639
Judges 3.12 (AKJV) 1.639
John 21.19 (AKJV) 1.639
Exodus 1.12 (Geneva) 1.639
Revelation 12.12 (AKJV) 1.639
Revelation 20.1 (Geneva) 1.639
Amos 5.18 (Vulgate) 1.639
Acts 8.1 (ODRV) 1.638
Psalms 119.157 (AKJV) 1.638
Psalms 129.5 (AKJV) 1.638
Luke 21.17 (AKJV) 1.638
Psalms 78.17 (AKJV) 1.638
Revelation 12.15 (Tyndale) 1.638
Luke 23.2 (ODRV) 1.638
Acts 6.11 (Tyndale) 1.638
Revelation 13.2 (AKJV) 1.638
Revelation 13.7 (AKJV) 1.638
Zechariah 8.2 (AKJV) 1.638
Acts 7.60 (ODRV) 1.637
Acts 26.11 (Tyndale) 1.637
4 Kings 10.19 (Douay-Rheims) 1.637
1 Peter 4.15 (AKJV) 1.637
Ezekiel 19.10 (Douay-Rheims) 1.637
Revelation 2.10 (ODRV) 1.637
Romans 8.36 (Geneva) 1.636
Revelation 20.2 (ODRV) 1.636
Nehemiah 2.4 (AKJV) 1.636
Acts 8.4 (AKJV) 1.635
Galatians 4.29 (Geneva) 1.635
Galatians 5.12 (AKJV) 1.634
1 Peter 4.16 (Geneva) 1.634
Matthew 5.10 (AKJV) 1.634
1 Peter 2.19 (Tyndale) 1.634
Revelation 2.4 (Tyndale) 1.634
1 John 3.12 (ODRV) 1.633
Hebrews 10.34 (AKJV) 1.633
Genesis 3.15 (AKJV) 1.631
Philippians 1.29 (Geneva) 1.631
James 1.3 (AKJV) 1.63
Hebrews 11.25 (ODRV) 1.63
Hebrews 13.3 (AKJV) 1.629
Psalms 44.22 (AKJV) 1.629
2 Timothy 3.1 (AKJV) 1.629
Genesis 4.8 (AKJV) 1.628
Hebrews 11.36 (AKJV) 1.628
1 Corinthians 3.11 (Vulgate) 1.627
Matthew 5.12 (AKJV) 1.625
Revelation 2.5 (Tyndale) 1.625
1 John 3.15 (ODRV) 1.623
2 Timothy 3.12 (ODRV) 1.621
Romans 12.18 (Tyndale) 1.62
Proverbs 16.7 (AKJV) 1.618
Philippians 1.29 (ODRV) 1.605
2 Corinthians 4.17 (AKJV) 1.596
Hebrews 12.14 (ODRV) 1.595
Psalms 122.6 (AKJV) 1.557
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
i
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: 0.5
Evenness: 1.0
Part Prominence
Old Testament 2.666
New Testament 1.805
Diversity: 0.963
Evenness: 0.991
Book Prominence
Mark 4.944
Revelation 4.124
Apocalypse 2.728
Ezra 2.711
Amos 2.448
Matthew 2.07
1 Thessalonians 2.047
Judges 2.027
2 Chronicles 1.889
2 Kings 1.807
Daniel 1.79
Numbers 1.696
1 John 1.691
2 Timothy 1.682
1 Kings 1.648
Philippians 1.377
Galatians 1.306
1 Peter 1.094
Exodus 1.01
Jeremiah 0.883
2 Corinthians 0.823
Genesis 0.5
Hebrews 0.339
Proverbs 0.077
Acts -0.078
John -0.081
Luke -0.093
1 Corinthians -0.165
Psalms -2.047
Diversity: 0.982
Evenness: 0.99
Chapter Prominence
Revelation 2 4.187
Revelation 17 2.865
Mark 10 2.859
Revelation 6 2.841
Hebrews 10 2.648
Matthew 5 2.385
Apocalypse 13 1.457
Psalms 142 1.452
Judges 13 1.452
Daniel 11 1.45
Judges 2 1.441
Ezra 4 1.439
Numbers 24 1.438
Psalms 129 1.431
2 Chronicles 24 1.428
Genesis 21 1.426
Exodus 1 1.426
Genesis 37 1.419
1 Kings 11 1.419
2 Kings 23 1.406
Daniel 7 1.403
Psalms 44 1.401
Amos 6 1.399
Revelation 13 1.393
Acts 6 1.391
1 Kings 22 1.382
Revelation 20 1.372
Matthew 14 1.371
John 21 1.36
Acts 24 1.35
Revelation 12 1.346
Luke 21 1.342
Acts 26 1.337
Psalms 22 1.336
Psalms 122 1.32
Revelation 1 1.319
Jeremiah 5 1.317
Luke 23 1.313
2 Corinthians 12 1.307
Acts 8 1.3
Proverbs 16 1.291
Revelation 14 1.279
1 Peter 4 1.278
Galatians 4 1.269
1 Thessalonians 5 1.268
Revelation 3 1.255
Luke 10 1.252
John 15 1.25
2 Corinthians 4 1.241
1 Corinthians 13 1.24
Philippians 1 1.223
Matthew 13 1.207
Genesis 3 1.203
Galatians 5 1.186
2 Timothy 3 1.174
1 John 3 1.145
1 Peter 1 1.145
Psalms 119 1.075
Hebrews 12 1.067
Hebrews 11 1.025
1 Peter 2 0.975
Diversity: 0.986
Evenness: 0.992
Verse Prominence
Revelation 2.10 3.483
Mark 10.29 2.347
Revelation 17.6 2.344
Revelation 6.9 2.338
Hebrews 10.34 2.331
Matthew 5.10 2.324
Psalms 142.6 1.176
2 Kings 23.20 1.176
Daniel 7.21 1.176
Acts 26.10 1.175
Psalms 119.157 1.175
Luke 23.41 1.175
2 Chronicles 24.21 1.175
Matthew 14.3 1.175
Revelation 13.6 1.175
Genesis 37.2 1.175
Luke 21.17 1.175
Revelation 13.5 1.175
Revelation 13.7 1.175
Acts 6.11 1.175
John 21.19 1.175
Numbers 24.23 1.175
Revelation 20.4 1.174
Psalms 129.5 1.174
Daniel 7.25 1.174
Jeremiah 5.6 1.174
Daniel 11.35 1.174
1 Thessalonians 5.15 1.173
Revelation 1.9 1.173
John 15.18 1.173
1 Kings 11.14 1.173
Luke 10.19 1.173
Exodus 1.12 1.173
Acts 26.11 1.172
1 Peter 4.16 1.172
1 Peter 2.19 1.172
Genesis 21.9 1.172
1 Kings 11.9 1.172
Psalms 44.22 1.171
Revelation 14.9 1.171
2 Chronicles 24.20 1.171
Psalms 22.16 1.171
Ezra 4.15 1.171
Revelation 2.13 1.17
Luke 23.2 1.169
Philippians 1.28 1.169
Matthew 13.21 1.168
Hebrews 12.4 1.167
1 Kings 22.8 1.167
Mark 10.30 1.167
1 John 3.15 1.166
Revelation 12.12 1.165
Galatians 5.12 1.164
1 John 3.12 1.164
Acts 24.14 1.164
1 Peter 1.17 1.164
Hebrews 11.36 1.162
2 Corinthians 12.10 1.161
Galatians 4.29 1.16
1 Peter 4.15 1.159
Revelation 2.4 1.159
Amos 6.6 1.159
Hebrews 11.35 1.158
John 15.19 1.157
Matthew 5.12 1.157
Hebrews 11.25 1.157
2 Timothy 3.12 1.156
Matthew 5.11 1.155
Proverbs 16.7 1.153
2 Corinthians 4.7 1.15
Hebrews 11.37 1.149
1 Corinthians 13.3 1.147
2 Timothy 3.1 1.145
Revelation 2.5 1.143
Genesis 3.15 1.127
Hebrews 12.14 1.12
Psalms 122.6 1.098
Revelation 14.13 1.068
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase