Early English Printed Sermons


A description of the natural condition of being in the flesh. A sermon / preached by Nicholas Smyth ... And published at the request of some private friends for the publique good.

Smith, Nicholas, d. 1680
Publisher: Printed by J Owsley for Rich Knowls
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1657
Approximate Era: Interregnum
TCP ID: B10050 ESTC ID: R184316 STC ID: S4138
Subject Headings: Bible. -- N.T. -- Romans VIII, 8; Flesh and spirit antithesis (Pauline doctrine); 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 12.3% -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 74.9% 100.0%
Foreign Percentage of units with foreign text 0.3% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 12.8% -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) 9.6% -inf%
foreign_italicized Percentage of units with QP and foreign italicized 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: 0.844
Evenness: 0.906
Part Prominence
New Testament (AKJV) 20.906
Apocrypha (ODRV) 5.337
Apocrypha (AKJV) 2.109
New Testament (Vulgate) 1.858
Old Testament (ODRV) 0.297
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) -1.885
Old Testament (Geneva) -3.268
New Testament (Tyndale) -3.355
New Testament (Geneva) -4.392
New Testament (ODRV) -4.471
Old Testament (AKJV) -5.379
Diversity: 0.975
Evenness: 0.974
Book Prominence
Romans (AKJV) 6.094
Romans (Tyndale) 3.775
Galatians (Tyndale) 2.759
Galatians (Geneva) 2.691
Galatians (ODRV) 2.59
Galatians (AKJV) 2.503
Luke (Tyndale) 2.399
2 Corinthians (AKJV) 2.28
2 John (ODRV) 1.569
Amos (Geneva) 1.421
Wisdom (ODRV) 1.407
Titus (ODRV) 1.365
Romans (Vulgate) 1.349
1 Timothy (Tyndale) 1.3
Wisdom (AKJV) 1.272
Colossians (Geneva) 1.21
2 Peter (Geneva) 1.193
Philippians (Tyndale) 1.176
Philippians (Geneva) 1.169
2 Peter (AKJV) 1.168
2 Corinthians (Tyndale) 1.144
1 John (Geneva) 1.127
Ephesians (Tyndale) 1.104
Jeremiah (Douay-Rheims) 1.094
1 Timothy (Geneva) 1.066
Job (Douay-Rheims) 1.01
1 Peter (Geneva) 1.005
1 John (AKJV) 0.988
James (AKJV) 0.942
Philippians (ODRV) 0.838
Ephesians (Geneva) 0.785
John (Geneva) 0.717
John (Tyndale) 0.71
Genesis (AKJV) 0.689
Luke (Geneva) 0.688
Isaiah (Geneva) 0.682
Ephesians (AKJV) 0.636
Job (AKJV) 0.594
John (ODRV) 0.532
Matthew (Tyndale) 0.502
Matthew (Geneva) 0.426
1 Corinthians (ODRV) 0.398
Psalms (ODRV) 0.377
Romans (ODRV) 0.337
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.316
Matthew (ODRV) 0.174
Romans (Geneva) 0.127
Matthew (AKJV) 0.073
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.019
Psalms (Geneva) -0.228
Psalms (AKJV) -1.194
Diversity: 0.983
Evenness: 0.977
Chapter Prominence
Romans 8 (AKJV) 5.224
Romans 8 (ODRV) 4.258
Romans 8 (Tyndale) 3.199
Luke 23 (Tyndale) 2.184
2 Corinthians 10 (AKJV) 2.17
Galatians 5 (Tyndale) 2.138
Galatians 5 (ODRV) 2.114
Galatians 5 (Geneva) 2.094
Galatians 5 (AKJV) 2.054
Psalms 13 (ODRV) 1.108
Amos 2 (Geneva) 1.103
Wisdom 15 (ODRV) 1.103
Psalms 14 (Geneva) 1.101
2 John 1 (ODRV) 1.101
Jeremiah 6 (Douay-Rheims) 1.096
Titus 1 (ODRV) 1.091
Isaiah 44 (Geneva) 1.09
Romans 6 (Vulgate) 1.089
Psalms 64 (AKJV) 1.085
Job 21 (Douay-Rheims) 1.081
Psalms 36 (AKJV) 1.078
Psalms 38 (AKJV) 1.078
Wisdom 5 (AKJV) 1.077
Romans 9 (Tyndale) 1.07
2 Corinthians 13 (AKJV) 1.07
John 7 (Tyndale) 1.067
Job 9 (AKJV) 1.064
Romans 8 (Vulgate) 1.063
2 Peter 2 (Geneva) 1.06
Psalms 39 (AKJV) 1.058
Luke 17 (Geneva) 1.057
Ephesians 2 (Tyndale) 1.054
John 12 (ODRV) 1.053
Romans 9 (ODRV) 1.052
Romans 7 (Geneva) 1.051
Ephesians 3 (AKJV) 1.05
1 Timothy 2 (Tyndale) 1.044
Genesis 4 (AKJV) 1.044
Ephesians 3 (Geneva) 1.044
Matthew 16 (Tyndale) 1.043
Luke 16 (Tyndale) 1.039
1 John 2 (Geneva) 1.038
Romans 4 (Geneva) 1.038
Colossians 3 (Geneva) 1.038
Galatians 3 (ODRV) 1.037
Matthew 12 (ODRV) 1.034
Matthew 16 (AKJV) 1.031
2 Peter 2 (AKJV) 1.027
Matthew 7 (Geneva) 1.025
Romans 3 (Geneva) 1.025
2 Corinthians 5 (Tyndale) 1.022
Philippians 1 (Tyndale) 1.021
Romans 10 (ODRV) 1.015
Romans 7 (AKJV) 1.005
1 Corinthians 2 (Geneva) 1.005
1 Peter 1 (Geneva) 1.003
John 3 (Geneva) 1.002
1 Corinthians 12 (ODRV) 1.002
Psalms 44 (AKJV) 1.002
Romans 11 (AKJV) 1.001
1 John 2 (AKJV) 0.999
1 Timothy 2 (Geneva) 0.994
Matthew 7 (ODRV) 0.991
Philippians 2 (Geneva) 0.989
James 2 (AKJV) 0.989
Romans 3 (ODRV) 0.987
Romans 3 (AKJV) 0.982
Philippians 1 (ODRV) 0.956
Ephesians 5 (AKJV) 0.925
Romans 6 (Geneva) 0.924
Romans 8 (Geneva) 0.924
1 Corinthians 15 (AKJV) 0.909
Matthew 5 (ODRV) 0.894
1 Corinthians 15 (Geneva) 0.85
Ephesians 4 (AKJV) 0.759
Diversity: 0.986
Evenness: 0.98
Verse Prominence
Romans 8.8 (AKJV) 4.714
Romans 8.8 (ODRV) 3.768
Romans 8.5 (Tyndale) 2.813
2 Corinthians 10.3 (AKJV) 1.884
Luke 23.30 (Tyndale) 1.883
Romans 8.6 (AKJV) 1.876
Galatians 5.16 (Tyndale) 1.876
Romans 8.7 (AKJV) 1.864
Galatians 5.17 (ODRV) 1.856
Galatians 5.17 (AKJV) 1.851
Galatians 5.17 (Geneva) 1.849
Job 9.31 (AKJV) 0.943
Romans 9.27 (ODRV) 0.943
Philippians 1.24 (Tyndale) 0.943
Psalms 13.4 (ODRV) 0.943
Romans 9.6 (Tyndale) 0.943
Ephesians 3.16 (Geneva) 0.943
John 7.42 (Tyndale) 0.942
Job 9.30 (AKJV) 0.942
Psalms 14.4 (Geneva) 0.942
John 12.19 (ODRV) 0.942
Psalms 38.7 (AKJV) 0.942
Romans 3.15 (Geneva) 0.942
Romans 8.8 (Geneva) 0.942
Psalms 39.11 (AKJV) 0.942
Luke 16.25 (Tyndale) 0.942
Wisdom 5.8 (AKJV) 0.941
Titus 1.15 (ODRV) 0.941
Romans 3.12 (AKJV) 0.941
Psalms 36.1 (AKJV) 0.941
2 Peter 2.5 (Geneva) 0.941
2 Peter 2.7 (AKJV) 0.941
Job 21.14 (Douay-Rheims) 0.94
Jeremiah 6.13 (Douay-Rheims) 0.94
Romans 11.10 (AKJV) 0.94
2 John 1.8 (ODRV) 0.94
Romans 10.16 (ODRV) 0.939
Romans 8.3 (Vulgate) 0.939
Philippians 1.24 (ODRV) 0.939
Romans 7.5 (AKJV) 0.939
2 Corinthians 5.4 (Tyndale) 0.939
Romans 6.12 (Vulgate) 0.939
Wisdom 5.7 (AKJV) 0.939
James 2.19 (AKJV) 0.939
Romans 3.16 (AKJV) 0.938
1 Corinthians 15.50 (AKJV) 0.938
Amos 2.13 (Geneva) 0.938
Psalms 64.5 (AKJV) 0.938
Ephesians 5.7 (AKJV) 0.938
Ephesians 5.3 (AKJV) 0.938
Colossians 3.5 (Geneva) 0.937
Matthew 7.13 (ODRV) 0.937
Wisdom 15.18 (ODRV) 0.937
Ephesians 3.19 (Geneva) 0.936
Isaiah 44.18 (Geneva) 0.935
Romans 3.13 (Geneva) 0.935
Romans 3.15 (AKJV) 0.935
Genesis 4.7 (AKJV) 0.935
Matthew 12.36 (ODRV) 0.934
Matthew 16.26 (Tyndale) 0.934
Ephesians 3.18 (AKJV) 0.934
Romans 3.17 (ODRV) 0.933
Ephesians 2.3 (Tyndale) 0.933
Luke 17.33 (Geneva) 0.932
1 Timothy 2.3 (Tyndale) 0.932
Romans 6.12 (Geneva) 0.931
1 Timothy 2.5 (Geneva) 0.931
Romans 4.25 (Geneva) 0.931
Matthew 7.13 (Geneva) 0.931
2 Corinthians 13.5 (AKJV) 0.93
Philippians 2.8 (Geneva) 0.928
1 Corinthians 2.2 (Geneva) 0.928
Galatians 3.27 (ODRV) 0.928
Galatians 5.24 (AKJV) 0.927
2 Peter 2.10 (AKJV) 0.926
Romans 8.9 (AKJV) 0.925
Galatians 5.19 (Geneva) 0.924
1 John 2.2 (Geneva) 0.923
Romans 8.5 (AKJV) 0.923
Romans 7.24 (Geneva) 0.921
1 John 2.2 (AKJV) 0.918
Matthew 16.26 (AKJV) 0.917
Ephesians 4.19 (AKJV) 0.917
1 Corinthians 12.27 (ODRV) 0.913
John 3.13 (Geneva) 0.908
1 Corinthians 15.53 (Geneva) 0.905
1 Peter 1.4 (Geneva) 0.902
Psalms 44.21 (AKJV) 0.89
Matthew 5.3 (ODRV) 0.889
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: 0.957
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
1 Thessalonians 3.27
2 Peter 3.063
1 John 2.913
2 Timothy 2.905
Galatians 2.529
1 Timothy 2.51
1 Peter 2.317
Exodus 2.233
Revelation 2.222
Ephesians 2.186
Jeremiah 2.106
Job 2.105
2 Corinthians 2.046
Genesis 1.723
Proverbs 1.3
Acts 1.144
John 1.142
Luke 1.13
1 Corinthians 1.057
Isaiah 0.966
Romans 0.393
Matthew 0.168
Psalms -0.824
Diversity: 0.976
Evenness: 0.998
Chapter Prominence
Psalms 7 4.449
Jeremiah 33 2.248
Job 30 2.236
Revelation 10 2.235
Genesis 42 2.226
Exodus 17 2.216
Genesis 5 2.212
Jeremiah 13 2.208
Psalms 23 2.188
Job 31 2.182
Luke 4 2.181
Psalms 101 2.181
Psalms 6 2.18
Acts 23 2.163
Isaiah 6 2.162
2 Corinthians 10 2.159
Psalms 11 2.157
1 Corinthians 5 2.146
Proverbs 20 2.14
Isaiah 9 2.136
John 19 2.129
Luke 24 2.128
1 John 5 2.126
2 Corinthians 7 2.123
Job 14 2.12
Psalms 4 2.114
Proverbs 3 2.091
Psalms 9 2.069
1 Thessalonians 4 2.058
1 Peter 3 2.048
Romans 14 2.041
1 Timothy 4 2.04
2 Timothy 2 2.034
Matthew 28 2.032
2 Peter 2 2.017
Matthew 22 2.013
Romans 6 1.981
Ephesians 2 1.973
Matthew 16 1.965
Galatians 6 1.953
Matthew 26 1.941
Romans 12 1.917
Romans 8 1.67
Diversity: 0.933
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Genesis 42.20 6.665
Proverbs 20.5 6.665
Matthew 22.3 6.662
1 John 5.9 6.662
2 Corinthians 10.3 6.66
1 Timothy 4.10 6.659
2 Timothy 2.5 6.657
Romans 8.8 6.656
1 Thessalonians 4.6 6.654
Romans 6.12 6.653
1 Corinthians 5.7 6.651
1 Peter 3.18 6.649
Ephesians 2.8 6.636
2 Peter 2.10 6.635
2 Corinthians 7.1 6.617
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase