Early English Printed Sermons


A sermon preached before the King at White-hall July 30, 1676 by John Meriton ...

Meriton, John, 1636-1704
Publisher: Printed for Simon Miller
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1677
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A50683 ESTC ID: R744 STC ID: M1821
Subject Headings: Bible. -- N.T. -- Matthew III, 8-9; Church of England; 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 18.1% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 11.8% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 63.8% 100.0%
NonLatinAlphabet Percentage of units with a NonLatinAlphabet placeholder 0.7% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 17.3% -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 0.8% -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) 11.4% -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: 0.889
Evenness: 1.0
Part Prominence
New Testament (Wycliffe) 9.49
New Testament (Vulgate) 6.303
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 2.559
Old Testament (Geneva) 1.177
New Testament (Tyndale) 1.09
New Testament (Geneva) 0.053
New Testament (ODRV) -0.027
Old Testament (AKJV) -0.935
New Testament (AKJV) -1.317
Diversity: 0.982
Evenness: 0.996
Book Prominence
Philippians (Tyndale) 2.867
Acts (Geneva) 2.735
Luke (AKJV) 2.081
1 Timothy (Vulgate) 1.584
Jude (Tyndale) 1.575
Malachi (Geneva) 1.561
Malachi (Douay-Rheims) 1.541
Malachi (AKJV) 1.476
John (Wycliffe) 1.464
Numbers (Geneva) 1.456
Titus (ODRV) 1.417
1 Corinthians (Vulgate) 1.394
Matthew (Vulgate) 1.366
Colossians (Geneva) 1.262
2 Peter (Geneva) 1.245
Philippians (Geneva) 1.221
Hebrews (Tyndale) 1.188
1 John (Geneva) 1.179
Galatians (Geneva) 1.156
Jeremiah (Douay-Rheims) 1.147
1 Timothy (Geneva) 1.118
1 Timothy (ODRV) 1.116
2 Timothy (AKJV) 1.108
Acts (Tyndale) 1.106
1 Peter (Geneva) 1.057
Galatians (ODRV) 1.055
1 John (AKJV) 1.04
Ephesians (ODRV) 0.988
Jeremiah (AKJV) 0.986
Galatians (AKJV) 0.967
1 Timothy (AKJV) 0.932
Hebrews (ODRV) 0.928
Hebrews (Geneva) 0.897
2 Corinthians (ODRV) 0.885
Philippians (AKJV) 0.878
Ephesians (Geneva) 0.837
Proverbs (Douay-Rheims) 0.831
Acts (AKJV) 0.805
1 Corinthians (Tyndale) 0.767
Isaiah (Douay-Rheims) 0.764
2 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.744
Luke (Geneva) 0.74
Isaiah (Geneva) 0.734
Ephesians (AKJV) 0.688
Romans (Tyndale) 0.652
Luke (ODRV) 0.647
Hebrews (AKJV) 0.612
John (ODRV) 0.584
Matthew (Tyndale) 0.554
Matthew (Geneva) 0.478
John (AKJV) 0.455
Romans (ODRV) 0.389
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.368
Isaiah (AKJV) 0.357
Romans (Geneva) 0.179
Matthew (AKJV) 0.125
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.071
Romans (AKJV) -0.203
Diversity: 0.988
Evenness: 0.992
Chapter Prominence
Romans 9 (ODRV) 2.971
Luke 3 (AKJV) 2.008
Acts 14 (Geneva) 2.004
Matthew 3 (AKJV) 1.951
Romans 10 (AKJV) 1.921
Philippians 3 (Tyndale) 1.899
Romans 5 (AKJV) 1.873
Romans 2 (Geneva) 1.858
Matthew 15 (Vulgate) 1.007
John 6 (Wycliffe) 1.006
Malachi 1 (Geneva) 1.001
Jeremiah 18 (Douay-Rheims) 1.001
1 Timothy 2 (Vulgate) 0.999
Numbers 23 (Geneva) 0.999
Isaiah 66 (Geneva) 0.998
Acts 23 (Geneva) 0.996
Malachi 1 (Douay-Rheims) 0.993
Malachi 1 (AKJV) 0.991
Isaiah 49 (AKJV) 0.99
Hebrews 9 (Tyndale) 0.989
Jeremiah 18 (AKJV) 0.989
Isaiah 66 (Douay-Rheims) 0.987
Proverbs 17 (Douay-Rheims) 0.985
Hebrews 1 (ODRV) 0.983
1 Corinthians 13 (Tyndale) 0.979
Hebrews 1 (AKJV) 0.978
Luke 17 (ODRV) 0.975
Jude 1 (Tyndale) 0.973
Acts 17 (Tyndale) 0.97
Acts 26 (AKJV) 0.969
Luke 1 (Geneva) 0.968
Matthew 3 (Geneva) 0.966
Isaiah 55 (Douay-Rheims) 0.966
1 Corinthians 15 (Vulgate) 0.966
2 Timothy 1 (AKJV) 0.965
John 4 (ODRV) 0.963
Hebrews 9 (Geneva) 0.962
2 Corinthians 7 (AKJV) 0.96
Romans 4 (Tyndale) 0.958
Romans 4 (ODRV) 0.958
Romans 9 (Geneva) 0.957
Hebrews 2 (AKJV) 0.956
Ephesians 3 (AKJV) 0.949
Luke 20 (ODRV) 0.947
Matthew 12 (AKJV) 0.945
Acts 17 (AKJV) 0.942
Matthew 16 (Tyndale) 0.942
1 Timothy 4 (Geneva) 0.939
1 John 2 (Geneva) 0.937
Romans 4 (Geneva) 0.937
Galatians 3 (ODRV) 0.936
Galatians 3 (Geneva) 0.934
1 Timothy 1 (Geneva) 0.934
Matthew 15 (AKJV) 0.932
Romans 2 (Tyndale) 0.931
Romans 4 (AKJV) 0.93
Acts 24 (AKJV) 0.927
Titus 2 (ODRV) 0.925
Romans 3 (Geneva) 0.924
1 Timothy 1 (AKJV) 0.921
Romans 9 (AKJV) 0.919
1 Corinthians 13 (AKJV) 0.917
2 Peter 3 (Geneva) 0.915
Romans 10 (ODRV) 0.914
Colossians 1 (Geneva) 0.912
John 4 (AKJV) 0.909
John 1 (AKJV) 0.909
Galatians 3 (AKJV) 0.906
Romans 2 (ODRV) 0.903
1 Peter 1 (Geneva) 0.902
Romans 11 (AKJV) 0.9
1 John 2 (AKJV) 0.898
Matthew 23 (AKJV) 0.897
1 Timothy 2 (ODRV) 0.893
Philippians 2 (Geneva) 0.888
Isaiah 1 (AKJV) 0.885
Romans 3 (AKJV) 0.881
1 Corinthians 15 (Tyndale) 0.878
Ephesians 2 (AKJV) 0.872
2 Timothy 2 (AKJV) 0.87
Philippians 3 (AKJV) 0.859
Ephesians 4 (ODRV) 0.845
Romans 2 (AKJV) 0.84
Hebrews 11 (AKJV) 0.837
2 Corinthians 5 (ODRV) 0.81
1 Corinthians 15 (AKJV) 0.807
Philippians 2 (AKJV) 0.79
Ephesians 4 (Geneva) 0.752
1 Corinthians 15 (Geneva) 0.749
Romans 13 (Geneva) 0.685
Diversity: 0.99
Evenness: 0.993
Verse Prominence
Romans 9.13 (ODRV) 2.65
Luke 3.8 (AKJV) 1.769
Romans 10.12 (AKJV) 1.769
Acts 14.17 (Geneva) 1.768
Matthew 3.9 (AKJV) 1.767
Romans 5.18 (AKJV) 1.764
Romans 2.28 (Geneva) 1.76
Philippians 3.9 (Tyndale) 1.754
Matthew 15.4 (Vulgate) 0.885
Hebrews 9.9 (Geneva) 0.885
Romans 4.13 (Tyndale) 0.885
Romans 4.11 (Geneva) 0.885
Malachi 1.3 (Douay-Rheims) 0.885
Malachi 1.2 (AKJV) 0.885
Malachi 1.2 (Geneva) 0.885
Malachi 1.1 (Douay-Rheims) 0.885
John 6.44 (Wycliffe) 0.884
Matthew 3.6 (Geneva) 0.884
Luke 1.73 (Geneva) 0.884
Galatians 3.17 (AKJV) 0.884
Romans 9.24 (Geneva) 0.884
Isaiah 49.6 (AKJV) 0.884
Isaiah 55.7 (Douay-Rheims) 0.884
Isaiah 66.3 (Geneva) 0.884
Matthew 15.11 (AKJV) 0.883
Acts 17.26 (AKJV) 0.883
Hebrews 9.9 (Tyndale) 0.883
Romans 2.29 (ODRV) 0.883
Matthew 12.20 (AKJV) 0.883
Romans 4.11 (AKJV) 0.883
Romans 4.3 (AKJV) 0.883
Romans 9.5 (AKJV) 0.883
Ephesians 3.6 (AKJV) 0.883
Colossians 1.26 (Geneva) 0.883
Acts 17.26 (Tyndale) 0.883
Romans 9.13 (AKJV) 0.883
1 Peter 1.17 (Geneva) 0.883
Isaiah 66.3 (Douay-Rheims) 0.883
Matthew 23.25 (AKJV) 0.883
1 Corinthians 15.16 (Tyndale) 0.883
1 Corinthians 15.32 (AKJV) 0.883
Romans 4.12 (ODRV) 0.883
1 Corinthians 13.3 (Tyndale) 0.883
Acts 26.5 (AKJV) 0.882
Romans 9.19 (Geneva) 0.882
Romans 9.19 (AKJV) 0.882
2 Peter 3.9 (Geneva) 0.882
Numbers 23.19 (Geneva) 0.882
Jeremiah 18.12 (Douay-Rheims) 0.882
Romans 10.9 (ODRV) 0.882
Romans 11.21 (AKJV) 0.882
Romans 3.3 (AKJV) 0.881
Romans 3.3 (Geneva) 0.881
Hebrews 1.1 (AKJV) 0.881
Matthew 3.9 (Geneva) 0.881
2 Timothy 1.10 (AKJV) 0.881
Acts 23.8 (Geneva) 0.881
Matthew 16.6 (Tyndale) 0.88
Luke 17.10 (ODRV) 0.88
John 1.17 (AKJV) 0.879
Romans 9.4 (AKJV) 0.879
Ephesians 2.16 (AKJV) 0.879
Jude 1.6 (Tyndale) 0.879
Isaiah 1.11 (AKJV) 0.879
Luke 20.47 (ODRV) 0.879
Acts 17.30 (AKJV) 0.879
Jeremiah 18.9 (AKJV) 0.878
Jeremiah 18.8 (AKJV) 0.878
1 Timothy 1.5 (AKJV) 0.878
1 Corinthians 15.53 (Vulgate) 0.878
Philippians 2.13 (Geneva) 0.877
Hebrews 1.1 (ODRV) 0.877
John 4.14 (ODRV) 0.877
1 Timothy 2.4 (Vulgate) 0.877
1 Timothy 1.17 (Geneva) 0.877
Titus 2.11 (ODRV) 0.876
Romans 3.2 (AKJV) 0.876
2 Corinthians 5.10 (ODRV) 0.876
Romans 2.6 (Tyndale) 0.875
Galatians 3.7 (Geneva) 0.875
Proverbs 17.15 (Douay-Rheims) 0.874
Matthew 23.23 (AKJV) 0.874
2 Timothy 2.19 (AKJV) 0.874
1 Corinthians 13.3 (AKJV) 0.873
Romans 3.27 (AKJV) 0.873
Galatians 3.9 (ODRV) 0.873
Hebrews 2.16 (AKJV) 0.873
Ephesians 4.24 (Geneva) 0.872
Philippians 3.9 (AKJV) 0.871
Hebrews 11.6 (AKJV) 0.871
1 Corinthians 15.12 (Geneva) 0.871
Romans 2.6 (AKJV) 0.868
Romans 13.10 (Geneva) 0.867
1 John 2.2 (Geneva) 0.865
Philippians 2.13 (AKJV) 0.864
Ephesians 4.23 (ODRV) 0.864
2 Corinthians 7.1 (AKJV) 0.86
1 John 2.2 (AKJV) 0.859
1 Timothy 4.8 (Geneva) 0.853
Romans 2.11 (AKJV) 0.84
Romans 2.11 (Geneva) 0.84
1 Timothy 2.2 (ODRV) 0.839
John 4.24 (AKJV) 0.83
Acts 24.16 (AKJV) 0.828
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: 0.955
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
Joel 4.189
Jonah 4.147
Malachi 3.749
Colossians 3.16
2 Timothy 3.103
James 3.038
Philippians 2.798
1 Samuel 2.763
Galatians 2.727
1 Timothy 2.708
1 Peter 2.514
Revelation 2.419
Ephesians 2.383
Jeremiah 2.304
Hebrews 1.76
Acts 1.342
John 1.34
Luke 1.327
1 Corinthians 1.255
Isaiah 1.164
Romans 0.591
Matthew 0.366
Diversity: 0.974
Evenness: 1.0
Chapter Prominence
Jonah 3 2.566
Jeremiah 18 2.566
Malachi 1 2.561
Isaiah 66 2.541
Joel 2 2.527
Acts 14 2.525
Acts 26 2.498
1 Samuel 15 2.498
Luke 14 2.488
Matthew 9 2.486
Matthew 8 2.477
Ephesians 3 2.471
Hebrews 1 2.47
2 Timothy 1 2.462
Romans 4 2.461
1 Samuel 2 2.457
Acts 10 2.453
James 2 2.444
Galatians 3 2.434
Romans 9 2.427
John 4 2.426
Revelation 2 2.407
Colossians 1 2.405
Romans 10 2.404
1 Timothy 1 2.401
1 Corinthians 13 2.401
Hebrews 9 2.399
Romans 3 2.39
Romans 5 2.345
Ephesians 2 2.332
Isaiah 1 2.316
Acts 17 2.31
1 Peter 1 2.306
Philippians 2 2.304
Romans 2 2.298
Philippians 3 2.259
Hebrews 12 2.228
Hebrews 11 2.186
Diversity: 0.979
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Malachi 1.1 2.127
Acts 10.28 2.126
1 Samuel 15.8 2.126
Malachi 1.2 2.125
Ephesians 3.4 2.123
Romans 10.12 2.123
Romans 9.13 2.123
1 Samuel 2.23 2.123
Galatians 3.15 2.122
Colossians 1.26 2.122
Joel 2.14 2.122
Jeremiah 18.9 2.122
Jeremiah 18.12 2.122
Romans 4.13 2.121
Ephesians 3.5 2.121
Malachi 1.3 2.121
Acts 26.5 2.12
Ephesians 2.16 2.12
Jonah 3.10 2.12
Acts 14.17 2.118
Galatians 3.16 2.117
Romans 2.28 2.117
Acts 17.26 2.117
Romans 5.18 2.117
Hebrews 9.9 2.115
Romans 9.18 2.115
1 Peter 1.17 2.115
Isaiah 66.3 2.115
Hebrews 12.9 2.114
Isaiah 1.11 2.114
Romans 4.11 2.113
Jeremiah 18.7 2.112
Jeremiah 18.8 2.112
2 Timothy 1.9 2.112
Romans 3.2 2.111
Romans 9.4 2.109
Romans 10.10 2.109
James 2.19 2.108
John 4.24 2.104
1 Timothy 1.5 2.101
1 Corinthians 13.3 2.098
Hebrews 9.10 2.097
Philippians 3.9 2.096
Philippians 2.13 2.095
Luke 14.26 2.089
Romans 2.14 2.087
Hebrews 11.6 2.071
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase