Early English Printed Sermons


Two assize sermons preached at Bridgnorth for the county of Salop in the year 1657. The first, upon Psalm 58. verse 1. Doe you indeed speak righteousnesse, o congregation? Doe ye judge uprightly, o ye sonnes of men? The second, upon Psalm 37. verse 37. Marke the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace? / By Mich. Thomas; rector of Stockton in the same county.

Thomas, Michael, rector of Stockton
Publisher: Printed by W Wilson for Humphrey Moseley and are to bee sold at his shop at the Prince s Armes in S Paul s Church yard
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1659
Approximate Era: Interregnum
TCP ID: A95723 ESTC ID: R209682 STC ID: T970
Subject Headings: Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms CVIII, 1; Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms XXXVII, 37; 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 2.3% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 1.1% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 84.7% 100.0%
Foreign Percentage of units with foreign text 0.6% -inf%
NonLatinAlphabet Percentage of units with a NonLatinAlphabet placeholder 0.7% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 9.6% -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 0.7% -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) 5.0% -inf%
foreign_italicized Percentage of units with QP and foreign italicized text 0.6% -inf%
foreign_latin Percentage of units with Latin Bible QP and foreign text 0.3% -inf%
foreign_latin_italicized Percentage of units with Latin Bible QP and italicized foreign text 0.3% -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: 0.9
Evenness: 1.0
Part Prominence
Old Testament (Vulgate) 8.317
Apocrypha (Douay-Rheims) 6.597
Old Testament (ODRV) 3.631
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 1.448
Old Testament (Geneva) 0.065
New Testament (Tyndale) -0.022
New Testament (Geneva) -1.058
New Testament (ODRV) -1.138
Old Testament (AKJV) -2.046
New Testament (AKJV) -2.428
Diversity: 0.982
Evenness: 0.995
Book Prominence
1 Samuel (Geneva) 2.932
Luke (Geneva) 2.276
Luke (AKJV) 1.977
2 Maccabees (Douay-Rheims) 1.539
Joel (Geneva) 1.51
Habakkuk (Geneva) 1.507
Amos (Douay-Rheims) 1.463
Habakkuk (AKJV) 1.462
1 Chronicles (AKJV) 1.456
Malachi (AKJV) 1.424
Psalms (Vulgate) 1.422
2 Paralipomenon (Douay-Rheims) 1.416
Amos (AKJV) 1.389
1 Kings (Geneva) 1.381
4 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 1.372
2 Kings (AKJV) 1.355
James (Tyndale) 1.35
Daniel (AKJV) 1.344
2 Thessalonians (AKJV) 1.335
Numbers (AKJV) 1.316
1 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 1.311
2 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 1.27
Galatians (Tyndale) 1.172
Philippians (Geneva) 1.169
Deuteronomy (Douay-Rheims) 1.168
1 Samuel (AKJV) 1.168
1 Peter (ODRV) 1.153
Jeremiah (Geneva) 1.138
1 Peter (Tyndale) 1.098
Genesis (ODRV) 1.041
Job (Douay-Rheims) 1.01
Genesis (Geneva) 0.976
Ephesians (ODRV) 0.936
Ecclesiasticus (Douay-Rheims) 0.909
Job (Geneva) 0.888
Hebrews (ODRV) 0.876
Hebrews (Geneva) 0.845
1 Peter (AKJV) 0.8
Ephesians (Geneva) 0.785
Acts (AKJV) 0.753
John (Geneva) 0.717
1 Corinthians (Tyndale) 0.715
John (Tyndale) 0.71
Genesis (AKJV) 0.689
Isaiah (Geneva) 0.682
Proverbs (Geneva) 0.657
Romans (Tyndale) 0.6
Job (AKJV) 0.594
Hebrews (AKJV) 0.56
Matthew (Geneva) 0.426
1 Corinthians (ODRV) 0.398
Psalms (AKJV) 0.393
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.316
Isaiah (AKJV) 0.305
Proverbs (AKJV) 0.184
Romans (Geneva) 0.127
Matthew (AKJV) 0.073
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.019
Psalms (Geneva) -0.228
Diversity: 0.987
Evenness: 0.99
Chapter Prominence
Psalms 37 (AKJV) 3.885
1 Samuel 31 (Geneva) 2.017
Psalms 62 (AKJV) 1.972
Proverbs 29 (AKJV) 1.954
Luke 6 (Geneva) 1.952
Luke 6 (AKJV) 1.931
Psalms 82 (AKJV) 1.894
Psalms 36 (Vulgate) 1.008
1 Samuel 22 (AKJV) 1.006
2 Maccabees 1 (Douay-Rheims) 1.006
1 Kings 22 (Douay-Rheims) 1.004
Deuteronomy 16 (Douay-Rheims) 1.002
Jeremiah 18 (Geneva) 1.002
2 Kings 17 (AKJV) 1.002
James 5 (Tyndale) 1.0
Genesis 37 (Geneva) 1.0
Job 6 (Douay-Rheims) 0.999
Ecclesiasticus 13 (Douay-Rheims) 0.999
4 Kings 20 (Douay-Rheims) 0.998
1 Samuel 24 (AKJV) 0.998
2 Paralipomenon 19 (Douay-Rheims) 0.998
Isaiah 64 (AKJV) 0.997
Genesis 25 (ODRV) 0.995
1 Kings 21 (Geneva) 0.995
Amos 8 (Douay-Rheims) 0.993
Genesis 4 (Geneva) 0.993
Isaiah 56 (AKJV) 0.992
Isaiah 48 (Geneva) 0.992
Psalms 15 (Geneva) 0.991
Amos 6 (AKJV) 0.988
Joel 2 (Geneva) 0.985
Job 29 (Geneva) 0.984
Habakkuk 2 (Geneva) 0.984
Psalms 64 (AKJV) 0.984
Acts 15 (AKJV) 0.983
Daniel 6 (AKJV) 0.983
1 Chronicles 29 (AKJV) 0.983
Job 21 (Douay-Rheims) 0.98
Acts 16 (AKJV) 0.98
Job 42 (AKJV) 0.979
Proverbs 29 (Geneva) 0.976
Numbers 23 (AKJV) 0.976
Isaiah 32 (AKJV) 0.975
Psalms 41 (AKJV) 0.975
Job 29 (AKJV) 0.974
2 Thessalonians 1 (AKJV) 0.973
Genesis 6 (AKJV) 0.97
Habakkuk 2 (AKJV) 0.97
Galatians 1 (Tyndale) 0.968
Deuteronomy 5 (Douay-Rheims) 0.967
Psalms 32 (AKJV) 0.967
2 Kings 1 (Douay-Rheims) 0.966
Job 1 (AKJV) 0.964
Job 9 (AKJV) 0.963
Hebrews 9 (Geneva) 0.962
Luke 23 (AKJV) 0.961
Psalms 49 (Geneva) 0.959
John 8 (Geneva) 0.958
Psalms 58 (AKJV) 0.957
Malachi 3 (AKJV) 0.955
Ephesians 1 (ODRV) 0.954
Matthew 12 (AKJV) 0.945
Luke 22 (Geneva) 0.945
Job 14 (AKJV) 0.935
Matthew 11 (AKJV) 0.935
1 Peter 1 (Tyndale) 0.93
Ephesians 6 (Geneva) 0.927
Psalms 37 (Geneva) 0.926
Psalms 145 (AKJV) 0.926
1 Corinthians 11 (Tyndale) 0.919
Philippians 3 (Geneva) 0.919
Hebrews 9 (AKJV) 0.911
Matthew 25 (Geneva) 0.906
Psalms 2 (AKJV) 0.904
Hebrews 12 (ODRV) 0.899
1 Peter 2 (ODRV) 0.889
Philippians 2 (Geneva) 0.888
1 Corinthians 11 (ODRV) 0.882
Hebrews 12 (AKJV) 0.881
John 3 (Tyndale) 0.875
Psalms 122 (AKJV) 0.872
Proverbs 14 (AKJV) 0.861
1 Peter 2 (AKJV) 0.845
Romans 13 (Tyndale) 0.844
Hebrews 10 (AKJV) 0.833
Matthew 5 (AKJV) 0.829
Psalms 119 (AKJV) 0.79
1 Corinthians 15 (Geneva) 0.749
1 Corinthians 10 (AKJV) 0.708
Romans 13 (Geneva) 0.685
Diversity: 0.988
Evenness: 0.984
Verse Prominence
Psalms 82.1 (AKJV) 3.34
Psalms 37.37 (AKJV) 3.299
Psalms 37.21 (AKJV) 2.519
Psalms 58.1 (AKJV) 2.518
1 Samuel 31.5 (Geneva) 1.679
Psalms 37.14 (AKJV) 1.679
Proverbs 29.27 (AKJV) 1.677
Psalms 62.9 (AKJV) 1.664
Luke 6.31 (Geneva) 1.652
Luke 6.31 (AKJV) 1.651
Psalms 82.6 (AKJV) 1.597
1 Samuel 22.7 (AKJV) 0.84
1 Samuel 24.11 (AKJV) 0.84
Genesis 37.5 (Geneva) 0.84
1 Kings 22.22 (Douay-Rheims) 0.84
Luke 23.21 (AKJV) 0.84
Luke 6.7 (AKJV) 0.84
2 Kings 1.9 (Douay-Rheims) 0.84
Proverbs 29.27 (Geneva) 0.84
Acts 15.20 (AKJV) 0.839
Psalms 58.2 (AKJV) 0.839
Job 6.29 (Douay-Rheims) 0.839
Isaiah 56.1 (AKJV) 0.839
Proverbs 29.4 (Geneva) 0.839
Job 21.18 (Douay-Rheims) 0.839
Psalms 36.37 (Vulgate) 0.839
Genesis 25.27 (ODRV) 0.839
Acts 16.21 (AKJV) 0.839
Ecclesiasticus 13.23 (Douay-Rheims) 0.839
Psalms 37.12 (Geneva) 0.839
Genesis 4.13 (Geneva) 0.839
Deuteronomy 16.20 (Douay-Rheims) 0.838
Job 29.12 (Geneva) 0.838
2 Paralipomenon 19.6 (Douay-Rheims) 0.838
Job 1.1 (AKJV) 0.838
2 Maccabees 1.3 (Douay-Rheims) 0.838
2 Kings 17.33 (AKJV) 0.838
Joel 2.12 (Geneva) 0.838
1 Kings 21.16 (Geneva) 0.838
James 5.9 (Tyndale) 0.837
Amos 6.12 (AKJV) 0.837
Deuteronomy 5.18 (Douay-Rheims) 0.837
Jeremiah 18.12 (Geneva) 0.837
Isaiah 64.6 (AKJV) 0.837
Daniel 6.5 (AKJV) 0.837
Malachi 3.18 (AKJV) 0.837
Job 9.20 (AKJV) 0.836
Habakkuk 2.11 (Geneva) 0.836
Habakkuk 2.11 (AKJV) 0.836
1 Corinthians 11.31 (Tyndale) 0.836
Matthew 12.34 (AKJV) 0.836
Romans 13.8 (Geneva) 0.836
Amos 8.10 (Douay-Rheims) 0.836
Numbers 23.10 (AKJV) 0.836
1 Corinthians 10.22 (AKJV) 0.835
1 Corinthians 11.31 (ODRV) 0.835
1 Chronicles 29.28 (AKJV) 0.835
Psalms 64.10 (AKJV) 0.835
Genesis 6.9 (AKJV) 0.834
Psalms 32.2 (AKJV) 0.834
John 8.44 (Geneva) 0.834
Job 29.13 (AKJV) 0.833
1 Peter 2.22 (ODRV) 0.833
1 Peter 2.22 (AKJV) 0.833
Psalms 37.25 (Geneva) 0.833
Philippians 3.19 (Geneva) 0.833
Job 42.12 (AKJV) 0.833
4 Kings 20.3 (Douay-Rheims) 0.832
Job 29.17 (AKJV) 0.831
Isaiah 48.22 (Geneva) 0.831
Psalms 119.165 (AKJV) 0.831
Matthew 11.30 (AKJV) 0.831
Ephesians 6.2 (Geneva) 0.83
Deuteronomy 5.20 (Douay-Rheims) 0.83
Hebrews 10.14 (AKJV) 0.83
Psalms 15.2 (Geneva) 0.83
Psalms 49.2 (Geneva) 0.829
Philippians 2.21 (Geneva) 0.829
Matthew 5.48 (AKJV) 0.828
Psalms 2.2 (AKJV) 0.828
Isaiah 32.17 (AKJV) 0.826
Psalms 41.3 (AKJV) 0.826
2 Thessalonians 1.8 (AKJV) 0.825
Romans 13.14 (Tyndale) 0.824
Luke 22.69 (Geneva) 0.824
Job 14.1 (AKJV) 0.823
Hebrews 12.29 (AKJV) 0.823
Hebrews 12.29 (ODRV) 0.823
Psalms 58.11 (AKJV) 0.822
Psalms 145.17 (AKJV) 0.822
Matthew 25.23 (Geneva) 0.821
Ephesians 1.19 (ODRV) 0.821
Hebrews 9.27 (Geneva) 0.821
Galatians 1.5 (Tyndale) 0.82
Psalms 122.1 (AKJV) 0.819
1 Peter 1.15 (Tyndale) 0.817
Psalms 82.7 (AKJV) 0.812
Psalms 37.37 (Geneva) 0.806
1 Corinthians 15.55 (Geneva) 0.798
Proverbs 14.34 (AKJV) 0.795
Hebrews 9.27 (AKJV) 0.795
John 3.13 (Tyndale) 0.785
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: 0.875
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
Zechariah 11.58
1 Samuel 10.717
Revelation 10.374
Job 10.257
Genesis 9.875
Hebrews 9.714
Proverbs 9.452
Isaiah 9.118
Diversity: 0.923
Evenness: 1.0
Chapter Prominence
Zechariah 10 7.676
1 Samuel 22 7.653
1 Samuel 24 7.638
Genesis 25 7.633
Revelation 5 7.629
Isaiah 32 7.624
Job 7 7.624
Job 9 7.604
Isaiah 38 7.597
Proverbs 29 7.585
Genesis 6 7.554
Isaiah 57 7.483
Hebrews 10 7.399
Diversity: 0.917
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
1 Samuel 24.11 8.331
Zechariah 10.8 8.331
Proverbs 29.27 8.33
1 Samuel 22.7 8.327
Genesis 25.27 8.327
Job 9.20 8.327
Job 7.20 8.325
Hebrews 10.14 8.323
Genesis 6.9 8.316
Isaiah 32.17 8.315
Isaiah 57.21 8.312
Isaiah 38.3 8.31
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase