Early English Printed Sermons


A sermon preached in a congregation in the city of Exon on the thanks-giving day, Thursday, April 16, 1696 / by a minister of the Gospel.

Minister of the Gospel
Publisher: Printed for Robert Osborne
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1696
Approximate Era: WilliamAndMary
TCP ID: A59274 ESTC ID: R35167 STC ID: S2638
Subject Headings: Bible. -- O.T. -- Samuel, 1st, XII, 24; 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 8.5% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 5.9% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 87.5% 100.0%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 10.6% -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: 0.86
Evenness: 0.974
Part Prominence
New Testament (Geneva) 8.942
New Testament (AKJV) 7.572
Old Testament (ODRV) 3.631
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 1.448
Old Testament (Geneva) 0.065
New Testament (Tyndale) -0.022
New Testament (ODRV) -1.138
Old Testament (AKJV) -2.046
Diversity: 0.944
Evenness: 0.951
Book Prominence
1 Samuel (AKJV) 16.248
Judges (AKJV) 5.317
Matthew (Geneva) 4.394
Matthew (AKJV) 4.041
Micah (Geneva) 2.665
1 Paralipomenon (Douay-Rheims) 2.658
Daniel (ODRV) 2.642
Micah (AKJV) 2.615
2 Kings (Geneva) 2.61
Numbers (Geneva) 2.595
4 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 2.562
1 Samuel (Geneva) 2.535
1 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 2.502
Deuteronomy (Geneva) 2.368
Deuteronomy (Douay-Rheims) 2.358
Jeremiah (Geneva) 2.329
Jeremiah (Douay-Rheims) 2.285
Deuteronomy (AKJV) 2.21
Hebrews (ODRV) 2.066
Proverbs (Douay-Rheims) 1.97
John (Geneva) 1.908
Matthew (Tyndale) 1.692
John (AKJV) 1.594
Psalms (ODRV) 1.567
Isaiah (AKJV) 1.495
Matthew (ODRV) 1.364
Psalms (Geneva) 0.963
Psalms (AKJV) -0.004
Diversity: 0.967
Evenness: 0.968
Chapter Prominence
1 Samuel 12 (AKJV) 11.719
Judges 2 (AKJV) 3.913
Matthew 4 (Geneva) 3.893
Matthew 4 (AKJV) 3.888
Jeremiah 19 (Douay-Rheims) 1.96
Jeremiah 19 (Geneva) 1.96
Deuteronomy 27 (Douay-Rheims) 1.957
1 Paralipomenon 28 (Douay-Rheims) 1.955
1 Kings 8 (Douay-Rheims) 1.955
2 Kings 17 (Geneva) 1.954
Psalms 123 (ODRV) 1.954
Deuteronomy 10 (AKJV) 1.952
4 Kings 17 (Douay-Rheims) 1.952
Micah 3 (Geneva) 1.952
Deuteronomy 10 (Douay-Rheims) 1.951
Deuteronomy 12 (AKJV) 1.951
Deuteronomy 11 (Geneva) 1.951
Daniel 14 (ODRV) 1.949
Micah 3 (AKJV) 1.948
Numbers 14 (Geneva) 1.947
1 Samuel 12 (Geneva) 1.944
1 Samuel 8 (AKJV) 1.943
Isaiah 42 (AKJV) 1.941
Deuteronomy 6 (AKJV) 1.941
Deuteronomy 6 (Douay-Rheims) 1.934
Deuteronomy 4 (Douay-Rheims) 1.931
Psalms 33 (Geneva) 1.929
Psalms 9 (Geneva) 1.928
Proverbs 23 (Douay-Rheims) 1.924
Psalms 50 (Geneva) 1.917
John 4 (Geneva) 1.91
Psalms 106 (Geneva) 1.908
Matthew 15 (ODRV) 1.906
Deuteronomy 5 (AKJV) 1.901
Hebrews 13 (ODRV) 1.895
Matthew 15 (AKJV) 1.883
Psalms 126 (AKJV) 1.883
Psalms 18 (AKJV) 1.879
Matthew 22 (Tyndale) 1.878
Deuteronomy 32 (AKJV) 1.878
Psalms 34 (AKJV) 1.867
John 4 (AKJV) 1.859
Matthew 22 (ODRV) 1.821
Diversity: 0.97
Evenness: 0.97
Verse Prominence
1 Samuel 12.24 (AKJV) 10.699
1 Samuel 12.19 (AKJV) 3.569
Judges 2.13 (AKJV) 3.568
Matthew 4.10 (AKJV) 3.561
Matthew 4.10 (Geneva) 3.559
Deuteronomy 10.12 (AKJV) 1.785
Isaiah 42.8 (AKJV) 1.785
4 Kings 17.16 (Douay-Rheims) 1.785
1 Kings 8.19 (Douay-Rheims) 1.785
1 Samuel 12.17 (Geneva) 1.785
1 Samuel 12.10 (Geneva) 1.785
Jeremiah 19.5 (Douay-Rheims) 1.785
Jeremiah 19.13 (Geneva) 1.785
2 Kings 17.16 (Geneva) 1.785
Deuteronomy 27.1 (Douay-Rheims) 1.785
Deuteronomy 4.2 (Douay-Rheims) 1.784
Deuteronomy 11.7 (Geneva) 1.784
Deuteronomy 6.13 (AKJV) 1.783
Deuteronomy 10.12 (Douay-Rheims) 1.783
Psalms 18.41 (AKJV) 1.783
Deuteronomy 12.32 (AKJV) 1.783
Psalms 106.7 (Geneva) 1.783
Psalms 123.6 (ODRV) 1.783
1 Paralipomenon 28.9 (Douay-Rheims) 1.782
Psalms 33.15 (Geneva) 1.782
Numbers 14.4 (Geneva) 1.782
Hebrews 13.15 (ODRV) 1.782
1 Samuel 12.23 (AKJV) 1.781
Psalms 34.9 (AKJV) 1.781
John 4.22 (AKJV) 1.781
Micah 3.10 (Geneva) 1.781
Micah 3.10 (AKJV) 1.781
Deuteronomy 5.7 (AKJV) 1.78
Matthew 15.8 (ODRV) 1.779
1 Samuel 8.7 (AKJV) 1.779
Daniel 14.24 (ODRV) 1.779
Matthew 22.37 (ODRV) 1.778
Psalms 9.16 (Geneva) 1.778
Proverbs 23.26 (Douay-Rheims) 1.777
John 4.24 (Geneva) 1.776
Psalms 50.15 (Geneva) 1.775
Matthew 15.8 (AKJV) 1.775
Deuteronomy 32.6 (AKJV) 1.775
Deuteronomy 6.5 (Douay-Rheims) 1.774
Matthew 22.37 (Tyndale) 1.755
Psalms 126.3 (AKJV) 1.748
John 4.24 (AKJV) 1.731
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: 0.444
Evenness: 0.918
Part Prominence
New Testament 18.472
Old Testament -14.001
Diversity: 0.908
Evenness: 0.982
Book Prominence
Deuteronomy 12.155
Matthew 10.106
1 Chronicles 6.534
Micah 6.359
2 Kings 5.825
Numbers 5.714
1 Samuel 5.36
Jeremiah 4.901
Proverbs 4.095
John 3.937
Isaiah 3.761
Psalms 1.971
Diversity: 0.957
Evenness: 0.992
Chapter Prominence
Deuteronomy 10 7.349
Matthew 4 7.248
Jeremiah 19 3.687
Deuteronomy 11 3.673
1 Chronicles 28 3.669
Micah 3 3.667
Micah 4 3.667
Psalms 124 3.66
Deuteronomy 12 3.654
2 Kings 17 3.635
1 Samuel 8 3.634
Isaiah 42 3.626
Deuteronomy 6 3.623
Psalms 126 3.623
Numbers 14 3.607
Deuteronomy 4 3.6
1 Samuel 12 3.592
Proverbs 23 3.571
Psalms 34 3.57
Matthew 15 3.543
1 Samuel 2 3.529
Psalms 9 3.5
John 4 3.498
Deuteronomy 32 3.481
Psalms 50 3.454
Diversity: 0.964
Evenness: 0.993
Verse Prominence
Matthew 4.10 6.439
Deuteronomy 10.12 6.426
2 Kings 17.16 3.225
Deuteronomy 11.7 3.225
Jeremiah 19.5 3.224
Jeremiah 19.13 3.224
Deuteronomy 11.8 3.224
Micah 3.10 3.222
Psalms 34.9 3.221
Numbers 14.4 3.221
Deuteronomy 4.2 3.219
Deuteronomy 12.32 3.219
John 4.22 3.216
Psalms 124.6 3.215
Micah 4.4 3.215
Deuteronomy 6.13 3.214
1 Chronicles 28.9 3.212
Psalms 9.16 3.21
1 Samuel 12.24 3.209
Matthew 15.8 3.209
Proverbs 23.26 3.208
Isaiah 42.8 3.207
Deuteronomy 32.6 3.206
Matthew 15.9 3.205
Psalms 126.2 3.205
John 4.24 3.202
1 Samuel 8.7 3.193
Psalms 50.15 3.191
1 Samuel 2.30 3.161
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase