Early English Printed Sermons


Several short, but seasonable discourses touching common and private prayer relating to the publick offices of the church / by a divine of the Church of England.

Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651
Publisher: Printed by L Lichfield for Richard Sherlock
Place of Publication: Oxford
Publication Year: 1684
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A61499 ESTC ID: R7767 STC ID: S5525
Subject Headings: Prayer;
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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 24.4% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 18.6% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 70.9% 100.0%
Foreign Percentage of units with foreign text 1.2% -inf%
NonLatinAlphabet Percentage of units with a NonLatinAlphabet placeholder 0.6% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 26.2% -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) 10.5% -inf%
foreign_cited Percentage of units with QP, foreign text, and an adjacent citation 0.6% -inf%
foreign_cited_exact Percentage of units with QP, foreign text, and an adjacent matching citation 0.6% -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 0.6% -inf%
foreign_latin_italicized Percentage of units with Latin Bible QP and italicized foreign text 0.6% -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: 0.88
Evenness: 0.985
Part Prominence
New Testament (AKJV) 7.572
New Testament (Vulgate) 5.191
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
Diversity: 0.975
Evenness: 0.995
Book Prominence
2 Corinthians (AKJV) 3.756
Matthew (Geneva) 3.489
Malachi (Geneva) 2.247
Malachi (AKJV) 2.162
Mark (ODRV) 2.138
1 Samuel (Geneva) 2.083
1 Corinthians (Vulgate) 2.08
Ezekiel (Douay-Rheims) 1.986
2 Timothy (Geneva) 1.983
Deuteronomy (Geneva) 1.915
1 Samuel (AKJV) 1.906
1 Thessalonians (AKJV) 1.875
2 Timothy (AKJV) 1.794
Acts (Geneva) 1.781
1 Peter (Geneva) 1.743
Galatians (ODRV) 1.741
James (AKJV) 1.68
Ephesians (ODRV) 1.674
Jeremiah (AKJV) 1.673
Hebrews (ODRV) 1.614
2 Corinthians (Geneva) 1.577
Philippians (AKJV) 1.564
Luke (Tyndale) 1.55
Ephesians (Geneva) 1.524
Acts (AKJV) 1.491
John (Geneva) 1.456
1 Corinthians (Tyndale) 1.453
John (Tyndale) 1.448
Genesis (AKJV) 1.427
Ephesians (AKJV) 1.375
Luke (ODRV) 1.333
Hebrews (AKJV) 1.298
John (AKJV) 1.141
1 Corinthians (ODRV) 1.136
Psalms (ODRV) 1.115
Romans (ODRV) 1.075
Matthew (ODRV) 0.912
Matthew (AKJV) 0.811
Psalms (Geneva) 0.511
Romans (AKJV) 0.483
Psalms (AKJV) -0.456
Diversity: 0.98
Evenness: 0.997
Chapter Prominence
2 Corinthians 11 (AKJV) 3.652
Matthew 5 (Geneva) 3.559
Mark 11 (ODRV) 1.849
Ezekiel 13 (Douay-Rheims) 1.845
Deuteronomy 33 (Geneva) 1.844
Psalms 131 (ODRV) 1.844
Psalms 5 (Geneva) 1.841
Malachi 2 (Geneva) 1.839
Psalms 132 (Geneva) 1.836
1 Samuel 2 (Geneva) 1.834
1 Samuel 8 (AKJV) 1.834
Deuteronomy 17 (Geneva) 1.831
Acts 20 (Geneva) 1.828
Malachi 2 (AKJV) 1.827
John 21 (AKJV) 1.826
Genesis 28 (AKJV) 1.825
1 Samuel 2 (AKJV) 1.824
1 Corinthians 12 (Vulgate) 1.823
John 10 (Tyndale) 1.822
1 Thessalonians 2 (AKJV) 1.817
Hebrews 7 (ODRV) 1.816
Acts 20 (AKJV) 1.809
Luke 22 (Tyndale) 1.809
John 10 (Geneva) 1.803
Jeremiah 5 (AKJV) 1.801
John 10 (AKJV) 1.793
Luke 10 (ODRV) 1.792
Matthew 12 (Geneva) 1.79
2 Corinthians 11 (Geneva) 1.786
Hebrews 13 (ODRV) 1.786
Romans 15 (AKJV) 1.781
Psalms 50 (AKJV) 1.779
1 Corinthians 3 (ODRV) 1.779
1 Peter 5 (Geneva) 1.772
2 Timothy 4 (AKJV) 1.769
Matthew 24 (Geneva) 1.769
Matthew 22 (AKJV) 1.762
2 Timothy 4 (Geneva) 1.758
1 Corinthians 12 (Tyndale) 1.758
John 6 (Geneva) 1.75
Galatians 5 (ODRV) 1.744
Matthew 24 (AKJV) 1.743
Romans 3 (ODRV) 1.728
Romans 3 (AKJV) 1.723
Matthew 22 (ODRV) 1.712
James 1 (AKJV) 1.707
Hebrews 13 (AKJV) 1.696
Ephesians 4 (ODRV) 1.687
Matthew 5 (AKJV) 1.671
Philippians 2 (AKJV) 1.632
Ephesians 4 (Geneva) 1.593
Ephesians 4 (AKJV) 1.499
Diversity: 0.982
Evenness: 0.997
Verse Prominence
Matthew 5.13 (Geneva) 3.444
2 Corinthians 11.13 (AKJV) 3.442
Psalms 131.7 (ODRV) 1.724
Mark 11.17 (ODRV) 1.724
John 6.33 (Geneva) 1.723
Deuteronomy 33.25 (Geneva) 1.723
John 10.1 (Geneva) 1.723
John 10.1 (AKJV) 1.723
Psalms 132.7 (Geneva) 1.723
Ezekiel 13.3 (Douay-Rheims) 1.723
Matthew 24.26 (Geneva) 1.722
Matthew 24.26 (AKJV) 1.722
Matthew 5.13 (AKJV) 1.721
1 Peter 5.3 (Geneva) 1.721
1 Thessalonians 2.7 (AKJV) 1.721
2 Timothy 4.4 (AKJV) 1.721
Psalms 5.7 (Geneva) 1.721
1 Corinthians 12.20 (Vulgate) 1.721
Matthew 12.25 (Geneva) 1.721
John 21.16 (AKJV) 1.72
Acts 20.28 (Geneva) 1.72
Deuteronomy 17.12 (Geneva) 1.72
Hebrews 13.17 (ODRV) 1.72
Jeremiah 5.31 (AKJV) 1.72
Hebrews 7.26 (ODRV) 1.719
1 Samuel 2.17 (Geneva) 1.719
John 10.1 (Tyndale) 1.719
Matthew 22.39 (AKJV) 1.718
Malachi 2.7 (Geneva) 1.718
1 Samuel 8.7 (AKJV) 1.718
Romans 3.29 (ODRV) 1.718
2 Timothy 4.3 (AKJV) 1.718
Ephesians 4.6 (ODRV) 1.718
Luke 22.32 (Tyndale) 1.717
Acts 20.28 (AKJV) 1.716
Genesis 28.12 (AKJV) 1.716
Psalms 50.14 (AKJV) 1.716
1 Samuel 2.17 (AKJV) 1.716
Romans 3.29 (AKJV) 1.716
1 Corinthians 3.4 (ODRV) 1.715
Malachi 2.7 (AKJV) 1.712
Galatians 5.24 (ODRV) 1.712
Romans 15.6 (AKJV) 1.712
2 Timothy 4.3 (Geneva) 1.711
1 Corinthians 12.12 (Tyndale) 1.711
Ephesians 4.14 (AKJV) 1.71
1 Corinthians 12.20 (Tyndale) 1.709
Luke 10.16 (ODRV) 1.706
James 1.17 (AKJV) 1.704
Hebrews 13.17 (AKJV) 1.704
Ephesians 4.13 (ODRV) 1.7
Matthew 22.39 (ODRV) 1.699
2 Corinthians 11.14 (Geneva) 1.698
Philippians 2.21 (AKJV) 1.693
Ephesians 4.3 (AKJV) 1.611
Ephesians 4.3 (Geneva) 1.611
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
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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: 0.96
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
Canticles 3.303
Malachi 3.203
Leviticus 3.025
Mark 2.694
Numbers 2.571
2 Timothy 2.557
1 Kings 2.523
James 2.492
Ezekiel 2.396
Philippians 2.252
1 Samuel 2.217
Revelation 1.874
Deuteronomy 1.869
Ephesians 1.838
Jeremiah 1.758
2 Corinthians 1.698
Genesis 1.375
Hebrews 1.214
Acts 0.797
John 0.794
Luke 0.782
1 Corinthians 0.71
Romans 0.045
Matthew -0.18
Psalms -1.172
Diversity: 0.975
Evenness: 1.0
Chapter Prominence
Leviticus 13 2.486
Deuteronomy 14 2.476
Mark 11 2.474
Ezekiel 13 2.465
Numbers 22 2.464
Deuteronomy 12 2.451
Psalms 132 2.444
1 Samuel 8 2.43
Canticles 1 2.424
Genesis 28 2.424
Malachi 2 2.422
1 Kings 8 2.414
Luke 4 2.408
John 21 2.389
Psalms 5 2.386
Deuteronomy 17 2.383
Romans 15 2.353
2 Corinthians 11 2.349
Jeremiah 5 2.346
1 Samuel 2 2.325
John 10 2.309
2 Timothy 4 2.293
Luke 19 2.289
Luke 10 2.281
Matthew 18 2.279
Revelation 2 2.276
Matthew 12 2.275
Luke 22 2.272
Matthew 24 2.265
John 6 2.253
Psalms 50 2.25
Acts 20 2.246
James 1 2.221
Matthew 6 2.173
Philippians 2 2.172
Hebrews 13 2.139
1 Corinthians 11 2.132
Philippians 3 2.127
Ephesians 4 2.036
Matthew 5 1.944
Diversity: 0.98
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Leviticus 13.43 1.96
Deuteronomy 14.27 1.96
Numbers 22.1 1.96
Psalms 132.7 1.959
1 Kings 8.29 1.959
Deuteronomy 12.19 1.958
Luke 19.46 1.958
Luke 4.23 1.957
Revelation 2.8 1.957
Revelation 2.12 1.957
Mark 11.17 1.957
John 6.33 1.956
Ezekiel 13.18 1.956
2 Timothy 4.4 1.956
John 10.1 1.956
Matthew 5.2 1.955
Matthew 24.26 1.954
Psalms 5.7 1.954
1 Corinthians 11.20 1.954
Ezekiel 13.3 1.954
Luke 10.30 1.953
Canticles 1.6 1.952
Revelation 2.1 1.951
Deuteronomy 17.8 1.951
2 Corinthians 11.13 1.951
Genesis 28.12 1.95
1 Corinthians 11.7 1.95
Matthew 12.20 1.948
Matthew 6.5 1.948
Romans 15.6 1.948
1 Samuel 2.17 1.947
Luke 4.18 1.946
Matthew 5.13 1.944
1 Corinthians 11.10 1.944
2 Corinthians 11.14 1.944
2 Timothy 4.3 1.943
Luke 22.32 1.941
Philippians 2.21 1.941
John 21.15 1.939
Matthew 18.20 1.937
Malachi 2.7 1.935
Ephesians 4.13 1.935
Luke 10.16 1.933
Ephesians 4.4 1.932
1 Samuel 8.7 1.928
Psalms 50.14 1.926
Ephesians 4.14 1.925
Philippians 3.20 1.919
James 1.17 1.908
Acts 20.28 1.906
Hebrews 13.17 1.905
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase