Early English Printed Sermons


Blessed unions an union with the Son of God by Faith, and an union in the Church of God by love, importunately pressed in a discourse which makes divers offers for those unions : together with a copy of those articles where-upon a most happy union ha's been lately made between those two eminent parties in England, which have now changed the names of Presbyterians and Congregationals, for that of United Brethren / by Cotton Mather.

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Publisher: Printed by B Green and J Allen for Samuel Phillips
Place of Publication: Boston
Publication Year: 1692
Approximate Era: WilliamAndMary
TCP ID: A50114 ESTC ID: R31225 STC ID: M1084
Subject Headings: Christian union; Church polity; Congregational churches; 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 7.0% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 4.8% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 84.3% 100.0%
Foreign Percentage of units with foreign text 0.2% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 15.3% -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) 3.8% -inf%
foreign_italicized Percentage of units with QP and foreign italicized 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: 0.861
Evenness: 0.953
Part Prominence
New Testament (Geneva) 13.942
New Testament (Wycliffe) 6.712
New Testament (AKJV) 4.239
New Testament (Vulgate) 3.525
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) -0.219
Old Testament (Geneva) -1.601
New Testament (Tyndale) -1.688
New Testament (ODRV) -2.804
Old Testament (AKJV) -3.713
Diversity: 0.98
Evenness: 0.989
Book Prominence
Ephesians (Geneva) 4.116
1 Corinthians (ODRV) 3.728
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 1.711
Habakkuk (Geneva) 1.559
Matthew (Wycliffe) 1.557
1 Chronicles (AKJV) 1.508
1 John (Vulgate) 1.493
Amos (Geneva) 1.473
Hosea (Douay-Rheims) 1.452
Amos (AKJV) 1.441
3 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 1.412
Canticles (AKJV) 1.398
1 Corinthians (Vulgate) 1.394
Colossians (Tyndale) 1.385
Ezekiel (Geneva) 1.361
1 Timothy (Tyndale) 1.352
1 Thessalonians (ODRV) 1.347
Colossians (Geneva) 1.262
Colossians (ODRV) 1.226
Galatians (Tyndale) 1.224
Philippians (Geneva) 1.221
Deuteronomy (Douay-Rheims) 1.22
1 John (Tyndale) 1.191
1 John (Geneva) 1.179
1 John (ODRV) 1.173
Revelation (Geneva) 1.127
2 Timothy (AKJV) 1.108
Acts (Tyndale) 1.106
Revelation (ODRV) 1.086
1 John (AKJV) 1.04
Ephesians (ODRV) 0.988
1 Timothy (AKJV) 0.932
2 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.891
Philippians (ODRV) 0.89
Philippians (AKJV) 0.878
Proverbs (Douay-Rheims) 0.831
John (Geneva) 0.769
Isaiah (Douay-Rheims) 0.764
John (Tyndale) 0.762
2 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.744
Genesis (AKJV) 0.741
Luke (Geneva) 0.74
Ephesians (AKJV) 0.688
Job (AKJV) 0.646
Hebrews (AKJV) 0.612
John (ODRV) 0.584
Matthew (Tyndale) 0.554
John (AKJV) 0.455
Luke (AKJV) 0.441
Romans (ODRV) 0.389
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.368
Isaiah (AKJV) 0.357
Proverbs (AKJV) 0.236
Matthew (ODRV) 0.226
Romans (AKJV) -0.203
Psalms (AKJV) -1.142
Diversity: 0.988
Evenness: 0.992
Chapter Prominence
1 Corinthians 6 (ODRV) 2.978
Ephesians 3 (Geneva) 2.963
John 15 (ODRV) 1.973
1 Corinthians 3 (AKJV) 1.888
1 Corinthians 1 (AKJV) 1.874
1 Chronicles 13 (AKJV) 1.006
1 Corinthians 6 (Vulgate) 1.006
Matthew 24 (Wycliffe) 1.005
3 Kings 3 (Douay-Rheims) 1.005
Ezekiel 19 (Geneva) 1.0
Hosea 12 (Douay-Rheims) 1.0
1 John 1 (Vulgate) 0.998
Isaiah 6 (Douay-Rheims) 0.997
Matthew 1 (ODRV) 0.996
Genesis 13 (AKJV) 0.996
Job 32 (AKJV) 0.995
Acts 26 (Tyndale) 0.994
Isaiah 6 (AKJV) 0.988
Amos 3 (Geneva) 0.988
Revelation 22 (ODRV) 0.986
Habakkuk 2 (Geneva) 0.984
Revelation 3 (Geneva) 0.983
1 Thessalonians 2 (ODRV) 0.982
Amos 3 (AKJV) 0.982
Luke 19 (Geneva) 0.981
1 Timothy 5 (Tyndale) 0.981
2 Corinthians 13 (Geneva) 0.981
Acts 4 (Tyndale) 0.98
John 10 (Tyndale) 0.98
Psalms 24 (AKJV) 0.979
Canticles 5 (AKJV) 0.979
Colossians 2 (Tyndale) 0.973
Proverbs 26 (AKJV) 0.969
Colossians 1 (ODRV) 0.967
Psalms 102 (AKJV) 0.967
Deuteronomy 5 (Douay-Rheims) 0.967
Matthew 18 (ODRV) 0.964
Canticles 2 (AKJV) 0.962
John 10 (Geneva) 0.962
Proverbs 14 (Douay-Rheims) 0.962
Psalms 55 (AKJV) 0.959
2 Corinthians 11 (AKJV) 0.958
Galatians 2 (Tyndale) 0.957
Hebrews 2 (AKJV) 0.956
Psalms 14 (AKJV) 0.954
John 7 (ODRV) 0.953
John 10 (AKJV) 0.951
Revelation 3 (ODRV) 0.95
Proverbs 22 (AKJV) 0.948
2 Corinthians 11 (Geneva) 0.945
Psalms 50 (AKJV) 0.938
John 14 (AKJV) 0.937
1 Corinthians 3 (Geneva) 0.936
1 John 4 (Geneva) 0.933
2 Corinthians 6 (Geneva) 0.933
Matthew 12 (ODRV) 0.933
John 10 (ODRV) 0.929
2 Timothy 4 (AKJV) 0.928
Colossians 2 (ODRV) 0.928
Matthew 25 (Tyndale) 0.928
Ephesians 2 (ODRV) 0.926
Galatians 5 (Tyndale) 0.926
1 Timothy 3 (AKJV) 0.924
Luke 13 (AKJV) 0.921
1 John 5 (ODRV) 0.919
Romans 14 (ODRV) 0.915
Colossians 1 (Geneva) 0.912
John 6 (Geneva) 0.908
1 John 2 (AKJV) 0.898
1 Corinthians 6 (AKJV) 0.895
1 Corinthians 12 (AKJV) 0.89
Philippians 2 (Geneva) 0.888
Ephesians 2 (Geneva) 0.887
1 Timothy 2 (AKJV) 0.884
Psalms 144 (AKJV) 0.883
Hebrews 12 (AKJV) 0.881
Philippians 3 (ODRV) 0.875
1 John 4 (Tyndale) 0.874
Ephesians 2 (AKJV) 0.872
Philippians 3 (AKJV) 0.859
1 Timothy 6 (AKJV) 0.855
2 Corinthians 5 (AKJV) 0.851
Romans 14 (AKJV) 0.843
Philippians 4 (AKJV) 0.836
Romans 8 (ODRV) 0.824
Ephesians 5 (AKJV) 0.824
Romans 12 (AKJV) 0.81
Psalms 119 (AKJV) 0.79
Ephesians 4 (Geneva) 0.752
1 Corinthians 15 (Geneva) 0.749
Romans 8 (AKJV) 0.678
Ephesians 4 (AKJV) 0.658
Diversity: 0.989
Evenness: 0.992
Verse Prominence
1 Corinthians 6.15 (ODRV) 2.716
Ephesians 3.17 (Geneva) 2.705
John 15.5 (ODRV) 1.814
1 Corinthians 3.23 (AKJV) 1.804
1 Corinthians 1.10 (AKJV) 1.786
Romans 12.5 (AKJV) 1.771
John 14.20 (AKJV) 0.909
Psalms 102.26 (AKJV) 0.909
Acts 26.15 (Tyndale) 0.909
Job 32.10 (AKJV) 0.909
Matthew 24.11 (Wycliffe) 0.908
3 Kings 3.5 (Douay-Rheims) 0.908
1 Chronicles 13.14 (AKJV) 0.908
1 John 1.4 (Vulgate) 0.908
Luke 13.25 (AKJV) 0.908
Psalms 14.5 (AKJV) 0.908
1 Corinthians 6.17 (Vulgate) 0.908
Habakkuk 2.5 (Geneva) 0.908
Proverbs 22.10 (AKJV) 0.908
Hebrews 2.11 (AKJV) 0.907
Colossians 1.3 (ODRV) 0.907
Colossians 1.19 (Geneva) 0.907
Colossians 2.6 (Tyndale) 0.907
Psalms 144.1 (AKJV) 0.907
Isaiah 6.3 (AKJV) 0.907
Matthew 25.41 (Tyndale) 0.907
Acts 4.32 (Tyndale) 0.907
John 10.30 (Tyndale) 0.907
Proverbs 26.21 (AKJV) 0.907
1 Timothy 2.8 (AKJV) 0.907
1 Thessalonians 2.18 (ODRV) 0.906
Romans 14.10 (AKJV) 0.906
1 John 4.16 (Geneva) 0.906
1 Corinthians 15.45 (Geneva) 0.906
Psalms 102.27 (AKJV) 0.906
Psalms 55.13 (AKJV) 0.906
Philippians 3.16 (ODRV) 0.906
2 Corinthians 11.28 (AKJV) 0.906
Ephesians 2.22 (ODRV) 0.905
Matthew 1.23 (ODRV) 0.905
Psalms 24.7 (AKJV) 0.905
Revelation 22.12 (ODRV) 0.905
Luke 19.9 (Geneva) 0.905
Colossians 2.6 (ODRV) 0.905
Amos 3.3 (AKJV) 0.905
Genesis 13.8 (AKJV) 0.905
Ezekiel 19.13 (Geneva) 0.904
Romans 14.19 (ODRV) 0.904
Ephesians 2.21 (AKJV) 0.904
1 John 2.23 (AKJV) 0.904
Amos 3.3 (Geneva) 0.904
Ephesians 5.32 (AKJV) 0.903
Isaiah 6.3 (Douay-Rheims) 0.903
Canticles 2.16 (AKJV) 0.903
John 6.46 (Geneva) 0.903
Proverbs 14.30 (Douay-Rheims) 0.903
Matthew 18.3 (ODRV) 0.903
Psalms 119.18 (AKJV) 0.902
Hosea 12.5 (Douay-Rheims) 0.902
1 Corinthians 6.17 (AKJV) 0.902
Revelation 3.20 (Geneva) 0.902
Psalms 50.22 (AKJV) 0.902
John 10.30 (Geneva) 0.902
John 10.30 (AKJV) 0.902
1 Timothy 5.17 (Tyndale) 0.902
1 Corinthians 12.27 (AKJV) 0.901
Canticles 5.2 (AKJV) 0.901
Philippians 2.2 (Geneva) 0.901
Philippians 3.15 (AKJV) 0.901
Romans 14.13 (AKJV) 0.901
Romans 8.11 (ODRV) 0.9
1 John 5.7 (ODRV) 0.9
2 Corinthians 11.2 (Geneva) 0.9
2 Corinthians 11.29 (AKJV) 0.9
2 Corinthians 11.29 (Geneva) 0.9
Hebrews 12.14 (AKJV) 0.9
2 Corinthians 13.11 (Geneva) 0.9
John 7.46 (ODRV) 0.899
Deuteronomy 5.20 (Douay-Rheims) 0.899
Ephesians 2.12 (Geneva) 0.898
1 Timothy 6.3 (AKJV) 0.898
Ephesians 4.31 (Geneva) 0.897
Romans 12.10 (AKJV) 0.897
1 Corinthians 3.3 (Geneva) 0.897
1 Corinthians 3.3 (AKJV) 0.897
John 10.30 (ODRV) 0.896
Matthew 12.25 (ODRV) 0.896
Revelation 3.20 (ODRV) 0.895
Romans 14.13 (ODRV) 0.895
2 Corinthians 5.17 (AKJV) 0.894
Colossians 1.18 (Geneva) 0.893
Ephesians 4.2 (AKJV) 0.89
2 Timothy 4.7 (AKJV) 0.889
Galatians 5.15 (Tyndale) 0.889
1 Corinthians 12.25 (AKJV) 0.888
Romans 8.26 (AKJV) 0.888
2 Corinthians 6.2 (Geneva) 0.887
Galatians 2.20 (Tyndale) 0.884
1 Timothy 3.16 (AKJV) 0.877
Romans 12.18 (AKJV) 0.876
Philippians 4.8 (AKJV) 0.872
1 John 4.11 (Tyndale) 0.859
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: 0.947
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
Canticles 4.567
Mark 3.957
Colossians 3.878
1 John 3.829
Philippians 3.515
Revelation 3.137
Ephesians 3.101
2 Corinthians 2.961
Genesis 2.638
Hebrews 2.477
Proverbs 2.216
Acts 2.06
John 2.057
Luke 2.045
1 Corinthians 1.973
Isaiah 1.882
Romans 1.308
Matthew 1.083
Psalms 0.092
Diversity: 0.975
Evenness: 1.0
Chapter Prominence
Genesis 13 2.451
Psalms 24 2.439
Isaiah 54 2.437
Canticles 5 2.432
Mark 14 2.431
Psalms 55 2.419
Canticles 2 2.411
2 Corinthians 13 2.398
Isaiah 6 2.389
2 Corinthians 2 2.383
Revelation 22 2.355
1 John 5 2.353
2 Corinthians 11 2.349
Ephesians 3 2.34
Hebrews 1 2.339
1 John 4 2.329
Luke 13 2.326
Acts 9 2.323
Proverbs 1 2.318
Hebrews 2 2.314
John 10 2.309
1 Corinthians 12 2.298
Acts 4 2.285
Revelation 3 2.284
John 15 2.279
2 Corinthians 6 2.277
Colossians 1 2.274
Colossians 2 2.272
Romans 14 2.268
1 Corinthians 3 2.241
Matthew 23 2.22
1 Corinthians 6 2.214
Ephesians 2 2.201
Acts 2 2.198
Philippians 2 2.172
1 Corinthians 1 2.162
Romans 12 2.145
2 Corinthians 5 2.126
1 Corinthians 15 2.065
Romans 8 1.898
Diversity: 0.979
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Mark 14.14 2.127
1 Corinthians 12.17 2.125
Luke 13.25 2.124
2 Corinthians 2.10 2.124
Canticles 2.16 2.122
Isaiah 54.5 2.122
2 Corinthians 11.29 2.122
1 Corinthians 15.45 2.121
Ephesians 2.21 2.121
Psalms 55.13 2.121
Proverbs 1.22 2.12
John 10.30 2.12
Psalms 24.7 2.119
Colossians 1.27 2.119
1 Corinthians 6.15 2.119
Acts 9.5 2.119
Hebrews 2.11 2.118
1 John 5.7 2.118
Revelation 22.12 2.117
Psalms 55.12 2.117
2 Corinthians 11.28 2.116
Romans 12.10 2.116
2 Corinthians 11.2 2.115
1 Corinthians 3.23 2.115
2 Corinthians 5.15 2.114
Colossians 2.19 2.113
Isaiah 6.3 2.113
1 Corinthians 3.21 2.11
Acts 2.38 2.109
Genesis 13.8 2.108
1 John 4.16 2.107
John 15.5 2.104
Matthew 23.37 2.104
Romans 14.6 2.104
Philippians 2.2 2.103
Ephesians 3.17 2.102
Ephesians 2.12 2.102
2 Corinthians 13.5 2.101
2 Corinthians 6.2 2.1
Revelation 3.20 2.098
Acts 4.32 2.098
1 Corinthians 3.22 2.097
Philippians 2.1 2.096
Romans 8.11 2.092
Hebrews 1.3 2.092
Romans 12.18 2.092
1 Corinthians 1.10 2.05
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase