Early English Printed Sermons


A sermon preached at the assizes held at Chester, September XX. 1681 by N. Stratford ...

Stratford, Nicholas, 1633-1707
Publisher: Printed by A G and J P for Robert Littlebury
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1681
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A61811 ESTC ID: R33811 STC ID: S5939
Subject Headings: Bible. -- N.T. -- Acts XXIV, 25; 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 9.1% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 5.1% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 81.1% 100.0%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 14.2% -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 0.8% -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) 4.4% -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
Apocrypha (ODRV) 9.781
Apocrypha (AKJV) 6.553
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: 0.976
Evenness: 0.99
Book Prominence
Wisdom (AKJV) 3.531
1 Thessalonians (AKJV) 3.396
Acts (Tyndale) 3.312
John (Geneva) 2.976
Luke (Geneva) 2.947
Luke (ODRV) 2.854
Malachi (Douay-Rheims) 1.824
Malachi (AKJV) 1.76
Leviticus (Geneva) 1.749
Wisdom (ODRV) 1.743
Hosea (Douay-Rheims) 1.736
Titus (ODRV) 1.701
2 Peter (ODRV) 1.7
1 Thessalonians (ODRV) 1.63
Ecclesiastes (Douay-Rheims) 1.509
Galatians (Tyndale) 1.508
2 Peter (AKJV) 1.504
Hebrews (Tyndale) 1.472
Titus (AKJV) 1.469
Colossians (AKJV) 1.416
Revelation (AKJV) 1.388
Acts (Geneva) 1.379
Job (Douay-Rheims) 1.346
1 Peter (Geneva) 1.341
Ecclesiasticus (AKJV) 1.283
Ephesians (ODRV) 1.272
Galatians (AKJV) 1.251
Acts (ODRV) 1.235
Hebrews (ODRV) 1.211
Hebrews (Geneva) 1.181
Ecclesiastes (AKJV) 1.174
Proverbs (Douay-Rheims) 1.115
Acts (AKJV) 1.089
2 Corinthians (AKJV) 1.028
Isaiah (Geneva) 1.017
Proverbs (Geneva) 0.993
Romans (Tyndale) 0.936
Hebrews (AKJV) 0.895
Romans (ODRV) 0.673
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.651
Isaiah (AKJV) 0.64
Proverbs (AKJV) 0.52
Matthew (ODRV) 0.51
Romans (Geneva) 0.463
Romans (AKJV) 0.08
Psalms (AKJV) -0.858
Diversity: 0.98
Evenness: 0.991
Chapter Prominence
Wisdom 17 (AKJV) 3.216
Acts 24 (Tyndale) 3.196
Luke 6 (ODRV) 3.166
John 5 (Geneva) 3.163
Luke 6 (Geneva) 3.158
1 Thessalonians 4 (AKJV) 3.124
Romans 13 (Tyndale) 3.06
Leviticus 10 (Geneva) 1.604
Malachi 2 (Douay-Rheims) 1.601
Ecclesiasticus 36 (AKJV) 1.601
Hosea 4 (Douay-Rheims) 1.6
Isaiah 63 (Geneva) 1.599
Acts 24 (Geneva) 1.594
Job 20 (Douay-Rheims) 1.592
Malachi 2 (AKJV) 1.588
Wisdom 5 (ODRV) 1.588
Isaiah 63 (AKJV) 1.585
Acts 17 (ODRV) 1.578
Proverbs 11 (Geneva) 1.577
Ecclesiastes 10 (Douay-Rheims) 1.569
Proverbs 14 (Douay-Rheims) 1.565
2 Corinthians 7 (AKJV) 1.563
Psalms 58 (AKJV) 1.56
Revelation 20 (AKJV) 1.554
Ecclesiastes 10 (AKJV) 1.549
Proverbs 27 (AKJV) 1.548
Hebrews 13 (Tyndale) 1.547
Romans 10 (Geneva) 1.542
2 Peter 1 (ODRV) 1.538
Ecclesiastes 9 (AKJV) 1.536
Romans 12 (Tyndale) 1.535
Romans 12 (ODRV) 1.535
Acts 24 (AKJV) 1.53
1 Corinthians 6 (Geneva) 1.53
Galatians 5 (Tyndale) 1.528
Titus 2 (ODRV) 1.528
Hebrews 4 (ODRV) 1.525
Romans 10 (AKJV) 1.514
Hebrews 10 (Geneva) 1.508
Romans 2 (ODRV) 1.506
1 Peter 1 (Geneva) 1.505
Matthew 25 (ODRV) 1.501
Romans 14 (Geneva) 1.5
1 Thessalonians 5 (ODRV) 1.499
Psalms 73 (AKJV) 1.486
2 Peter 1 (AKJV) 1.476
Colossians 3 (AKJV) 1.474
Galatians 6 (AKJV) 1.471
Hebrews 13 (AKJV) 1.457
Titus 2 (AKJV) 1.456
Ephesians 4 (ODRV) 1.448
Hebrews 10 (AKJV) 1.436
Matthew 5 (ODRV) 1.396
Romans 13 (Geneva) 1.288
Romans 13 (AKJV) 1.252
Diversity: 0.981
Evenness: 0.991
Verse Prominence
Wisdom 17.11 (AKJV) 3.122
Luke 6.31 (ODRV) 3.116
John 5.29 (Geneva) 3.114
1 Thessalonians 4.16 (AKJV) 3.111
Acts 24.25 (Tyndale) 3.11
Romans 13.14 (Tyndale) 3.109
Luke 6.31 (Geneva) 3.097
Leviticus 10.10 (Geneva) 1.562
Isaiah 63.4 (Geneva) 1.562
Isaiah 63.4 (AKJV) 1.562
Malachi 2.10 (Douay-Rheims) 1.561
Acts 24.24 (AKJV) 1.561
Acts 24.25 (Geneva) 1.561
Proverbs 11.17 (Geneva) 1.561
Ecclesiasticus 36.18 (AKJV) 1.561
Job 20.11 (Douay-Rheims) 1.561
Romans 10.7 (Geneva) 1.56
Hosea 4.11 (Douay-Rheims) 1.56
Wisdom 5.4 (ODRV) 1.56
Malachi 2.10 (AKJV) 1.559
Romans 10.7 (AKJV) 1.559
Ephesians 4.4 (ODRV) 1.559
Ecclesiastes 10.6 (AKJV) 1.559
Psalms 73.9 (AKJV) 1.558
1 Thessalonians 5.15 (ODRV) 1.558
Romans 12.14 (ODRV) 1.558
John 5.28 (Geneva) 1.557
Hebrews 13.3 (Tyndale) 1.556
Colossians 3.5 (AKJV) 1.556
Revelation 20.13 (AKJV) 1.556
Hebrews 4.13 (ODRV) 1.555
Proverbs 14.34 (Douay-Rheims) 1.555
2 Peter 1.4 (AKJV) 1.553
Ecclesiastes 10.7 (Douay-Rheims) 1.553
2 Peter 1.19 (ODRV) 1.553
Romans 12.5 (Tyndale) 1.552
Hebrews 13.3 (AKJV) 1.552
1 Corinthians 6.8 (Geneva) 1.552
Galatians 5.16 (Tyndale) 1.552
Romans 13.13 (Geneva) 1.552
Proverbs 27.7 (AKJV) 1.551
Acts 17.31 (ODRV) 1.55
Romans 14.10 (Geneva) 1.549
Ecclesiastes 9.2 (AKJV) 1.547
Matthew 5.13 (ODRV) 1.545
Psalms 58.11 (AKJV) 1.545
Matthew 5.44 (ODRV) 1.54
2 Corinthians 7.1 (AKJV) 1.537
Romans 2.6 (ODRV) 1.534
Romans 13.7 (AKJV) 1.531
Hebrews 10.31 (AKJV) 1.529
Hebrews 10.31 (Geneva) 1.529
Matthew 25.41 (ODRV) 1.529
Titus 2.12 (ODRV) 1.528
1 Peter 1.4 (Geneva) 1.521
Galatians 6.10 (AKJV) 1.509
Titus 2.12 (AKJV) 1.499
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: 0.667
Evenness: 1.0
Part Prominence
Apocrypha 28.862
Old Testament -14.001
New Testament -14.862
Diversity: 0.95
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
Wisdom 4.778
Micah 4.216
Leviticus 4.025
1 Thessalonians 3.922
Hosea 3.803
2 Peter 3.716
Colossians 3.615
Galatians 3.181
Ecclesiastes 3.044
Ephesians 2.838
2 Corinthians 2.698
Proverbs 1.952
Acts 1.797
John 1.794
Luke 1.782
1 Corinthians 1.71
Isaiah 1.618
Romans 1.045
Matthew 0.82
Psalms -0.172
Diversity: 0.964
Evenness: 1.0
Chapter Prominence
Wisdom 5 3.556
Psalms 58 3.504
Proverbs 27 3.501
Matthew 2 3.479
Leviticus 19 3.458
Acts 24 3.451
Micah 6 3.445
Luke 21 3.443
Proverbs 23 3.438
Hosea 4 3.436
Proverbs 14 3.409
Ecclesiastes 9 3.406
Acts 7 3.396
Ecclesiastes 10 3.382
1 Corinthians 7 3.375
1 Thessalonians 4 3.357
Luke 22 3.344
John 5 3.311
2 Peter 1 3.298
Matthew 23 3.292
Galatians 5 3.286
Isaiah 1 3.256
Colossians 3 3.255
Acts 17 3.25
2 Corinthians 5 3.197
Ephesians 4 3.107
Matthew 5 3.015
Romans 13 2.882
Diversity: 0.973
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Luke 22.34 2.702
Matthew 2.10 2.701
Wisdom 5.3 2.701
Proverbs 23.34 2.7
Proverbs 23.35 2.7
Wisdom 5.4 2.7
Proverbs 27.7 2.699
Ecclesiastes 10.6 2.698
John 5.27 2.695
Leviticus 19.18 2.693
Hosea 4.11 2.693
1 Corinthians 7.1 2.693
Ecclesiastes 10.7 2.693
Ephesians 4.26 2.692
Ecclesiastes 9.1 2.688
Ecclesiastes 9.2 2.688
Ephesians 4.2 2.687
Psalms 58.11 2.686
Acts 24.25 2.683
Isaiah 1.18 2.683
Isaiah 1.17 2.682
Romans 13.14 2.682
Galatians 5.24 2.68
Matthew 23.23 2.679
1 Thessalonians 4.16 2.677
John 5.28 2.677
Ephesians 4.4 2.674
Micah 6.9 2.671
Luke 21.34 2.67
Proverbs 14.34 2.666
Acts 17.31 2.666
Ephesians 4.3 2.661
Leviticus 19.17 2.66
2 Peter 1.4 2.655
Colossians 3.5 2.65
Matthew 5.44 2.646
2 Corinthians 5.10 2.641
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase