Early English Printed Sermons


Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church; delivered in a sermon at Boston, and now dedicated unto the service of all, but especially of those whose concerns lye in ships. / By Cotton Mather.

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Publisher: Printed by Samuel Green and sold by Joseph Browning at the corner of the Prison Lane
Place of Publication: Boston
Publication Year: 1689
Approximate Era: WilliamAndMary
TCP ID: A88934 ESTC ID: W19646 STC ID: M1177
Subject Headings: Church; Congregational churches; Noah's ark; Sermons, American -- 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 13.5% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 7.7% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 79.7% 100.0%
Foreign Percentage of units with foreign text 0.4% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 20.0% -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 0.7% -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) 4.3% -inf%
foreign_cited Percentage of units with QP, foreign text, and an adjacent citation 0.2% -inf%
foreign_italicized Percentage of units with QP and foreign italicized text 0.4% -inf%
foreign_italicized_cited Percentage of units with QP, italicized foreign text, and an adjacent citation 0.2% -inf%
foreign_latin Percentage of units with Latin Bible QP and foreign text 0.2% -inf%
foreign_latin_italicized Percentage of units with Latin Bible QP and italicized foreign text 0.2% -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: 0.893
Evenness: 0.987
Part Prominence
Old Testament (Geneva) 8.247
Apocrypha (AKJV) 4.533
New Testament (Vulgate) 4.282
Old Testament (ODRV) 2.722
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 0.539
New Testament (Tyndale) -0.931
New Testament (Geneva) -1.967
New Testament (ODRV) -2.047
Old Testament (AKJV) -2.955
New Testament (AKJV) -3.337
Diversity: 0.98
Evenness: 0.993
Book Prominence
2 Peter (Geneva) 2.995
1 Peter (ODRV) 2.956
Genesis (Geneva) 2.778
1 Peter (AKJV) 2.602
Isaiah (Douay-Rheims) 2.514
Nehemiah (Douay-Rheims) 1.64
Hebrews (Vulgate) 1.615
Jonah (AKJV) 1.581
Jonah (Geneva) 1.577
Mark (Geneva) 1.52
Mark (AKJV) 1.482
Leviticus (Douay-Rheims) 1.48
1 Corinthians (Vulgate) 1.449
2 Esdras (AKJV) 1.43
Ezekiel (Douay-Rheims) 1.355
Philippians (Geneva) 1.277
2 Peter (AKJV) 1.276
Exodus (Geneva) 1.255
1 John (Tyndale) 1.246
Ephesians (Tyndale) 1.211
Genesis (ODRV) 1.148
Revelation (ODRV) 1.142
Deuteronomy (AKJV) 1.127
Job (Douay-Rheims) 1.118
Exodus (AKJV) 1.112
Galatians (ODRV) 1.11
Ephesians (ODRV) 1.043
Jeremiah (AKJV) 1.042
Galatians (AKJV) 1.023
1 Timothy (AKJV) 0.987
Hebrews (ODRV) 0.983
Philippians (AKJV) 0.933
Acts (AKJV) 0.861
John (Geneva) 0.825
John (Tyndale) 0.818
Genesis (AKJV) 0.796
Isaiah (Geneva) 0.789
Proverbs (Geneva) 0.764
Hebrews (AKJV) 0.667
John (ODRV) 0.64
Matthew (Tyndale) 0.609
Matthew (Geneva) 0.533
John (AKJV) 0.511
Luke (AKJV) 0.497
Romans (ODRV) 0.445
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.423
Isaiah (AKJV) 0.412
Proverbs (AKJV) 0.292
Matthew (ODRV) 0.282
Matthew (AKJV) 0.18
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.127
Psalms (Geneva) -0.12
Romans (AKJV) -0.148
Psalms (AKJV) -1.086
Diversity: 0.987
Evenness: 0.995
Chapter Prominence
Genesis 8 (Geneva) 2.284
Isaiah 11 (Douay-Rheims) 2.267
1 Peter 3 (ODRV) 2.251
1 Peter 3 (AKJV) 2.209
2 Peter 3 (Geneva) 2.204
2 Peter 1 (Geneva) 2.162
Ezekiel 40 (Douay-Rheims) 1.149
Isaiah 34 (Douay-Rheims) 1.146
Exodus 40 (AKJV) 1.145
Hebrews 12 (Vulgate) 1.144
Leviticus 16 (Douay-Rheims) 1.143
Nehemiah 13 (Douay-Rheims) 1.143
Deuteronomy 20 (AKJV) 1.142
Job 26 (Douay-Rheims) 1.141
Mark 4 (AKJV) 1.14
Genesis 7 (Geneva) 1.14
Genesis 8 (ODRV) 1.14
Isaiah 56 (Geneva) 1.14
Genesis 8 (AKJV) 1.138
Psalms 26 (Geneva) 1.137
Isaiah 66 (AKJV) 1.134
Jeremiah 50 (AKJV) 1.134
Isaiah 56 (Douay-Rheims) 1.134
Psalms 46 (Geneva) 1.132
2 Esdras 8 (AKJV) 1.13
Psalms 95 (Geneva) 1.126
Jonah 1 (AKJV) 1.123
Jonah 1 (Geneva) 1.123
Mark 16 (Geneva) 1.123
1 Corinthians 12 (Vulgate) 1.121
Psalms 69 (AKJV) 1.116
Isaiah 43 (AKJV) 1.113
Proverbs 14 (Geneva) 1.112
Genesis 6 (AKJV) 1.109
Isaiah 58 (AKJV) 1.109
Exodus 20 (Geneva) 1.107
Revelation 14 (ODRV) 1.107
Philippians 4 (Geneva) 1.106
Psalms 97 (AKJV) 1.104
Exodus 20 (AKJV) 1.103
Hebrews 3 (AKJV) 1.102
Psalms 39 (AKJV) 1.097
Psalms 106 (Geneva) 1.096
Ephesians 1 (ODRV) 1.093
Matthew 28 (ODRV) 1.092
1 John 2 (Tyndale) 1.09
Hebrews 9 (ODRV) 1.087
Acts 2 (AKJV) 1.087
Genesis 2 (AKJV) 1.084
Matthew 16 (Tyndale) 1.081
Hebrews 4 (AKJV) 1.081
Matthew 13 (Geneva) 1.077
Galatians 3 (ODRV) 1.075
Matthew 15 (AKJV) 1.072
1 Timothy 4 (AKJV) 1.07
John 10 (ODRV) 1.069
Psalms 18 (AKJV) 1.068
Matthew 24 (Geneva) 1.067
Ephesians 4 (Tyndale) 1.066
John 1 (Geneva) 1.063
2 Peter 3 (AKJV) 1.062
Luke 13 (AKJV) 1.06
John 3 (AKJV) 1.051
1 Corinthians 11 (Geneva) 1.041
John 3 (Geneva) 1.041
Proverbs 16 (AKJV) 1.038
Matthew 25 (ODRV) 1.038
John 6 (Tyndale) 1.038
Romans 6 (ODRV) 1.038
Psalms 78 (AKJV) 1.033
Matthew 7 (ODRV) 1.029
Hebrews 12 (AKJV) 1.021
Matthew 7 (AKJV) 1.017
Galatians 6 (AKJV) 1.008
Matthew 6 (AKJV) 0.979
1 Corinthians 10 (Geneva) 0.967
1 Corinthians 15 (AKJV) 0.947
Romans 6 (AKJV) 0.946
Philippians 2 (AKJV) 0.929
Psalms 119 (AKJV) 0.929
1 Corinthians 10 (AKJV) 0.848
Diversity: 0.989
Evenness: 0.995
Verse Prominence
Genesis 8.19 (Geneva) 1.999
1 Peter 3.20 (ODRV) 1.999
Genesis 6.16 (AKJV) 1.999
1 Peter 3.20 (AKJV) 1.996
2 Peter 3.6 (Geneva) 1.996
Isaiah 11.6 (Douay-Rheims) 1.987
2 Peter 1.10 (Geneva) 1.959
Hebrews 12.15 (AKJV) 1.0
John 10.1 (ODRV) 1.0
Ezekiel 40.30 (Douay-Rheims) 1.0
Genesis 8.6 (ODRV) 1.0
Genesis 8.10 (Geneva) 1.0
Genesis 8.10 (AKJV) 1.0
Isaiah 58.14 (AKJV) 1.0
Isaiah 56.2 (Douay-Rheims) 1.0
Job 26.5 (Douay-Rheims) 0.999
Psalms 97.3 (AKJV) 0.999
Isaiah 66.15 (AKJV) 0.999
Exodus 40.16 (AKJV) 0.999
Psalms 46.2 (Geneva) 0.999
Genesis 6.14 (AKJV) 0.999
Jeremiah 50.23 (AKJV) 0.999
Psalms 26.8 (Geneva) 0.999
Psalms 69.1 (AKJV) 0.999
Psalms 18.4 (AKJV) 0.999
Isaiah 34.9 (Douay-Rheims) 0.999
Isaiah 58.13 (AKJV) 0.999
Isaiah 56.2 (Geneva) 0.999
Nehemiah 13.18 (Douay-Rheims) 0.999
Psalms 95.11 (Geneva) 0.999
Psalms 78.17 (AKJV) 0.999
Hebrews 12.29 (Vulgate) 0.999
Psalms 97.5 (AKJV) 0.999
Psalms 97.4 (AKJV) 0.999
Isaiah 66.16 (AKJV) 0.999
Proverbs 16.25 (AKJV) 0.998
Mark 4.39 (AKJV) 0.998
Philippians 4.6 (Geneva) 0.998
John 10.9 (ODRV) 0.998
John 3.7 (AKJV) 0.998
Psalms 106.15 (Geneva) 0.998
Genesis 8.9 (Geneva) 0.998
Matthew 24.20 (Geneva) 0.998
Revelation 14.11 (ODRV) 0.998
Matthew 6.19 (AKJV) 0.998
Leviticus 16.31 (Douay-Rheims) 0.997
Genesis 7.7 (Geneva) 0.997
Jonah 1.4 (AKJV) 0.997
Jonah 1.4 (Geneva) 0.997
Matthew 25.12 (ODRV) 0.997
Ephesians 4.21 (Tyndale) 0.997
1 Corinthians 15.34 (AKJV) 0.997
1 Corinthians 12.20 (Vulgate) 0.997
Matthew 13.38 (Geneva) 0.997
2 Peter 3.7 (AKJV) 0.997
Proverbs 14.12 (Geneva) 0.997
1 Peter 3.21 (ODRV) 0.996
Acts 2.47 (AKJV) 0.996
Psalms 39.13 (AKJV) 0.996
Romans 6.1 (AKJV) 0.996
Matthew 28.20 (ODRV) 0.996
Matthew 7.22 (AKJV) 0.995
Hebrews 4.2 (AKJV) 0.995
Deuteronomy 20.4 (AKJV) 0.995
Ephesians 1.23 (ODRV) 0.995
2 Esdras 8.3 (AKJV) 0.995
John 3.7 (Geneva) 0.994
Hebrews 9.15 (ODRV) 0.993
Matthew 15.9 (AKJV) 0.993
Psalms 119.105 (AKJV) 0.993
1 Timothy 4.9 (AKJV) 0.993
1 John 2.19 (Tyndale) 0.993
Genesis 2.3 (AKJV) 0.992
Hebrews 3.2 (AKJV) 0.99
Romans 6.4 (ODRV) 0.99
Isaiah 43.2 (AKJV) 0.988
1 Corinthians 11.28 (Geneva) 0.988
John 6.69 (Tyndale) 0.988
Hebrews 12.23 (AKJV) 0.986
Matthew 7.23 (AKJV) 0.985
Galatians 3.27 (ODRV) 0.985
Mark 16.16 (Geneva) 0.982
John 1.9 (Geneva) 0.981
Exodus 20.8 (AKJV) 0.98
Exodus 20.8 (Geneva) 0.98
Matthew 16.18 (Tyndale) 0.971
Matthew 7.14 (ODRV) 0.97
Luke 13.24 (AKJV) 0.967
1 Corinthians 10.11 (AKJV) 0.966
Philippians 2.12 (AKJV) 0.953
Galatians 6.10 (AKJV) 0.946
1 Corinthians 10.16 (Geneva) 0.915
1 Corinthians 10.16 (AKJV) 0.914
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: 0.943
Evenness: 0.989
Book Prominence
Canticles 8.827
Romans 5.569
Nehemiah 4.217
2 Peter 3.478
Galatians 2.943
1 Peter 2.731
Jeremiah 2.52
Job 2.519
2 Corinthians 2.46
Genesis 2.137
Hebrews 1.976
Proverbs 1.714
Acts 1.559
John 1.556
Luke 1.544
1 Corinthians 1.472
Isaiah 1.38
Matthew 0.582
Psalms -0.41
Diversity: 0.979
Evenness: 0.996
Chapter Prominence
Canticles 6 3.869
Romans 6 3.63
Isaiah 34 1.942
Isaiah 13 1.924
Nehemiah 13 1.923
Psalms 26 1.912
Proverbs 12 1.906
Isaiah 14 1.903
Job 22 1.902
Genesis 8 1.9
Isaiah 56 1.9
Isaiah 54 1.898
Psalms 46 1.897
Psalms 69 1.885
Isaiah 60 1.88
Isaiah 43 1.875
Isaiah 66 1.87
Isaiah 63 1.867
Isaiah 11 1.858
Jeremiah 17 1.848
Hebrews 3 1.837
Psalms 106 1.823
Genesis 6 1.822
Genesis 2 1.811
2 Corinthians 11 1.81
Matthew 15 1.8
1 Corinthians 9 1.797
Hebrews 4 1.792
Luke 13 1.787
John 10 1.769
2 Peter 3 1.767
Galatians 3 1.764
John 4 1.755
1 Peter 3 1.736
Matthew 24 1.726
John 17 1.725
Matthew 28 1.72
Matthew 13 1.697
John 1 1.664
Acts 2 1.659
Matthew 16 1.653
1 Corinthians 10 1.635
Matthew 6 1.634
Matthew 7 1.598
1 Corinthians 11 1.593
Luke 12 1.589
Psalms 119 1.565
Hebrews 12 1.557
1 Corinthians 15 1.526
Diversity: 0.985
Evenness: 0.993
Verse Prominence
Genesis 6.16 3.945
Canticles 6.9 2.625
Romans 6.3 2.614
Romans 6.4 2.608
Genesis 6.19 1.315
Genesis 6.20 1.315
Genesis 8.6 1.315
Isaiah 34.9 1.315
Isaiah 34.10 1.315
Genesis 8.8 1.315
Genesis 8.10 1.315
Genesis 8.12 1.315
Job 22.15 1.315
Job 22.16 1.315
Proverbs 12.14 1.315
Genesis 6.22 1.314
Matthew 13.48 1.314
Isaiah 60.9 1.314
Isaiah 56.2 1.314
Jeremiah 17.27 1.314
Isaiah 66.16 1.314
Job 22.17 1.314
Psalms 46.5 1.313
Genesis 6.14 1.313
Psalms 119.80 1.313
Psalms 106.15 1.313
Psalms 69.1 1.313
Psalms 69.2 1.313
Isaiah 34.11 1.313
Matthew 24.20 1.313
Nehemiah 13.19 1.313
Matthew 24.39 1.313
1 Corinthians 15.34 1.312
Hebrews 4.11 1.312
Isaiah 43.3 1.311
John 10.14 1.311
2 Peter 3.7 1.311
Isaiah 54.11 1.31
Psalms 46.3 1.31
Genesis 2.3 1.31
Acts 2.47 1.309
Psalms 26.8 1.309
Hebrews 3.2 1.307
Matthew 24.38 1.307
John 4.22 1.306
1 Peter 3.19 1.306
John 17.9 1.305
2 Corinthians 11.28 1.305
Galatians 3.27 1.305
Matthew 6.19 1.305
Hebrews 4.2 1.304
Hebrews 12.16 1.304
Isaiah 63.9 1.303
Romans 6.2 1.303
1 Corinthians 11.22 1.3
Luke 12.32 1.297
Matthew 15.9 1.295
John 1.9 1.294
1 Corinthians 11.28 1.293
1 Corinthians 9.27 1.293
Matthew 7.22 1.293
Isaiah 11.6 1.293
Hebrews 12.22 1.291
1 Corinthians 10.11 1.288
Psalms 119.105 1.287
Matthew 7.14 1.287
Luke 13.24 1.287
Matthew 16.18 1.275
1 Peter 3.20 1.265
Matthew 28.20 1.264
Matthew 28.19 1.251
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase