Early English Printed Sermons


The excellency of wisdom, disclosing it self in the virtues of a good life recommended to the natives of Warwick-shire, in a sermon preached to them on their anniversary feast-day, in London, Nov. 30th, 1675 / by Thomas Willis ...

Willis, Thomas, 1619 or 20-1692
Publisher: Printed by J M for Abel Roper
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1676
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A66486 ESTC ID: R18944 STC ID: W2817
Subject Headings: Sermons, English -- 17th century; Wisdom; Wisdom -- Biblical teaching;
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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 11.5% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 6.7% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 77.6% 100.0%
NonLatinAlphabet Percentage of units with a NonLatinAlphabet placeholder 0.5% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 16.3% -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) 9.3% -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: 0.745
Evenness: 0.776
Part Prominence
Old Testament (AKJV) 35.78
Apocrypha (Vulgate) 3.99
Apocrypha (ODRV) 3.018
Apocrypha (Douay-Rheims) 0.944
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 0.144
Apocrypha (AKJV) -0.21
Old Testament (ODRV) -2.021
Old Testament (Geneva) -5.587
New Testament (Tyndale) -5.674
New Testament (Geneva) -6.711
New Testament (ODRV) -6.79
New Testament (AKJV) -8.08
Diversity: 0.933
Evenness: 0.914
Book Prominence
Proverbs (AKJV) 20.597
Wisdom (AKJV) 3.685
Ecclesiastes (Douay-Rheims) 3.586
Proverbs (Douay-Rheims) 3.192
Wisdom (Vulgate) 1.974
1 Chronicles (AKJV) 1.868
Wisdom (ODRV) 1.82
1 Kings (Geneva) 1.794
2 Samuel (Geneva) 1.775
1 Thessalonians (Tyndale) 1.754
Colossians (Tyndale) 1.746
Daniel (Geneva) 1.734
Exodus (ODRV) 1.666
James (Geneva) 1.578
1 Peter (ODRV) 1.566
James (ODRV) 1.541
1 Peter (Tyndale) 1.511
Ecclesiastes (Geneva) 1.505
Revelation (Geneva) 1.488
2 Timothy (AKJV) 1.468
Ecclesiasticus (AKJV) 1.36
James (AKJV) 1.354
Ecclesiasticus (Douay-Rheims) 1.322
Ecclesiastes (AKJV) 1.251
Psalms (AKJV) 1.219
1 Peter (AKJV) 1.213
Ephesians (Geneva) 1.198
Proverbs (Geneva) 1.069
Ephesians (AKJV) 1.049
Romans (Tyndale) 1.013
Job (AKJV) 1.006
1 Corinthians (ODRV) 0.81
Psalms (ODRV) 0.79
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.432
Psalms (Geneva) 0.185
Romans (AKJV) 0.157
Diversity: 0.959
Evenness: 0.939
Chapter Prominence
Proverbs 4 (AKJV) 16.334
Ecclesiastes 2 (Douay-Rheims) 2.976
Proverbs 8 (Douay-Rheims) 2.971
Wisdom 8 (AKJV) 2.971
Psalms 119 (AKJV) 2.765
Wisdom 6 (Vulgate) 1.492
1 Kings 10 (Geneva) 1.486
Exodus 9 (ODRV) 1.485
Wisdom 6 (ODRV) 1.485
Revelation 7 (Geneva) 1.484
Ecclesiasticus 37 (Douay-Rheims) 1.482
Psalms 96 (AKJV) 1.481
Ecclesiasticus 13 (Douay-Rheims) 1.481
Psalms 132 (ODRV) 1.481
1 Chronicles 16 (AKJV) 1.478
Ecclesiasticus 50 (AKJV) 1.474
Psalms 111 (AKJV) 1.474
Wisdom 6 (AKJV) 1.47
Proverbs 2 (Douay-Rheims) 1.469
1 Peter 3 (Tyndale) 1.467
Ecclesiasticus 10 (AKJV) 1.466
2 Samuel 19 (Geneva) 1.465
Job 28 (AKJV) 1.464
Ecclesiastes 8 (Geneva) 1.463
Proverbs 3 (Douay-Rheims) 1.463
James 5 (ODRV) 1.46
Ecclesiasticus 1 (Douay-Rheims) 1.458
Proverbs 11 (Geneva) 1.457
Proverbs 13 (AKJV) 1.451
Proverbs 14 (Douay-Rheims) 1.445
Psalms 2 (Geneva) 1.442
1 Thessalonians 4 (Tyndale) 1.441
Proverbs 16 (Geneva) 1.436
Daniel 12 (Geneva) 1.435
Romans 14 (Tyndale) 1.435
Proverbs 21 (AKJV) 1.429
Colossians 3 (Tyndale) 1.428
James 3 (ODRV) 1.423
James 1 (Geneva) 1.417
Proverbs 11 (AKJV) 1.407
1 Peter 1 (ODRV) 1.405
Ecclesiastes 12 (AKJV) 1.402
Proverbs 3 (AKJV) 1.397
1 Corinthians 2 (AKJV) 1.386
Proverbs 16 (AKJV) 1.381
1 Peter 4 (AKJV) 1.368
1 Corinthians 3 (AKJV) 1.36
James 1 (AKJV) 1.348
2 Timothy 3 (AKJV) 1.332
Ephesians 5 (AKJV) 1.306
Romans 12 (AKJV) 1.292
Ephesians 4 (Geneva) 1.234
1 Corinthians 15 (ODRV) 1.176
Diversity: 0.966
Evenness: 0.936
Verse Prominence
Proverbs 4.7 (AKJV) 12.78
Proverbs 4.8 (AKJV) 5.81
Proverbs 4.9 (AKJV) 5.808
Ecclesiastes 2.14 (Douay-Rheims) 2.324
Proverbs 8.11 (Douay-Rheims) 2.324
Job 28.16 (AKJV) 2.324
Psalms 119.63 (AKJV) 2.323
Job 28.18 (AKJV) 2.323
Wisdom 8.5 (AKJV) 2.321
Exodus 9.9 (ODRV) 1.163
Wisdom 6.1 (Vulgate) 1.163
Proverbs 21.22 (AKJV) 1.163
Ecclesiasticus 1.5 (Douay-Rheims) 1.163
Job 28.19 (AKJV) 1.162
Psalms 96.8 (AKJV) 1.162
2 Samuel 19.27 (Geneva) 1.162
Proverbs 16.16 (AKJV) 1.162
Wisdom 6.21 (AKJV) 1.162
Ecclesiastes 2.13 (Douay-Rheims) 1.162
Proverbs 14.24 (Douay-Rheims) 1.162
Proverbs 2.6 (Douay-Rheims) 1.162
1 Kings 10.23 (Geneva) 1.162
1 Peter 3.2 (Tyndale) 1.162
Proverbs 11.12 (AKJV) 1.162
Proverbs 11.2 (Geneva) 1.162
Romans 14.10 (Tyndale) 1.162
Wisdom 6.1 (ODRV) 1.161
Ecclesiasticus 1.1 (Douay-Rheims) 1.161
Proverbs 3.13 (Douay-Rheims) 1.161
Proverbs 3.35 (AKJV) 1.161
Ecclesiasticus 13.23 (Douay-Rheims) 1.161
Job 28.15 (AKJV) 1.16
Psalms 111.10 (AKJV) 1.16
James 5.12 (ODRV) 1.16
Revelation 7.12 (Geneva) 1.16
Ecclesiastes 8.1 (Geneva) 1.159
Proverbs 13.20 (AKJV) 1.159
Ecclesiasticus 10.30 (AKJV) 1.159
Ecclesiasticus 37.25 (Douay-Rheims) 1.159
1 Chronicles 16.29 (AKJV) 1.159
Psalms 132.1 (ODRV) 1.159
Proverbs 16.16 (Geneva) 1.158
Job 28.17 (AKJV) 1.158
Ecclesiasticus 50.6 (AKJV) 1.158
James 1.5 (Geneva) 1.158
Romans 12.16 (AKJV) 1.157
Ephesians 4.29 (Geneva) 1.157
James 1.5 (AKJV) 1.155
Colossians 3.14 (Tyndale) 1.155
1 Corinthians 3.18 (AKJV) 1.155
1 Thessalonians 4.3 (Tyndale) 1.153
1 Peter 1.9 (ODRV) 1.149
Psalms 2.10 (Geneva) 1.149
1 Corinthians 2.7 (AKJV) 1.149
Ephesians 5.18 (AKJV) 1.149
Proverbs 3.16 (AKJV) 1.145
2 Timothy 3.15 (AKJV) 1.142
1 Peter 4.8 (AKJV) 1.142
James 3.17 (ODRV) 1.137
Ecclesiastes 12.7 (AKJV) 1.123
Daniel 12.3 (Geneva) 1.119
1 Corinthians 15.42 (ODRV) 1.115
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: 0.955
Evenness: 0.995
Book Prominence
Wisdom 3.944
Malachi 3.37
Psalms 3.162
1 Thessalonians 3.089
2 Peter 2.882
Mark 2.861
Daniel 2.831
2 Timothy 2.724
James 2.659
2 Samuel 2.553
1 Samuel 2.384
Ecclesiastes 2.21
Revelation 2.041
Deuteronomy 2.036
Jeremiah 1.925
Job 1.924
Proverbs 1.119
Acts 0.963
Luke 0.949
1 Corinthians 0.876
Isaiah 0.785
Romans 0.212
Matthew -0.013
Diversity: 0.977
Evenness: 0.998
Chapter Prominence
Psalms 111 4.394
Wisdom 3 2.213
Wisdom 1 2.197
Psalms 29 2.176
2 Samuel 14 2.174
Job 28 2.169
Psalms 133 2.169
Job 4 2.169
Proverbs 9 2.166
Proverbs 2 2.159
Revelation 7 2.15
Proverbs 13 2.144
Malachi 2 2.144
Mark 10 2.14
Ecclesiastes 2 2.137
2 Samuel 18 2.128
Isaiah 6 2.111
Daniel 12 2.109
Proverbs 11 2.085
Proverbs 21 2.083
Jeremiah 9 2.079
Isaiah 58 2.07
James 3 2.068
Luke 11 2.062
1 Samuel 2 2.047
1 Corinthians 4 2.045
Proverbs 16 2.043
Proverbs 3 2.041
Proverbs 1 2.041
Ecclesiastes 8 2.034
Proverbs 8 2.021
1 Thessalonians 4 2.008
Deuteronomy 32 1.999
1 Corinthians 2 1.98
Acts 20 1.968
1 Corinthians 3 1.963
Matthew 13 1.958
2 Peter 1 1.948
James 1 1.943
2 Timothy 3 1.925
Romans 12 1.867
Matthew 7 1.86
Matthew 25 1.852
Psalms 119 1.826
Diversity: 0.982
Evenness: 0.998
Verse Prominence
Psalms 111.10 3.494
Proverbs 16.16 1.754
Job 28.17 1.753
Job 28.19 1.753
2 Samuel 18.27 1.752
2 Samuel 14.20 1.752
Proverbs 8.11 1.752
Proverbs 21.22 1.752
Job 28.15 1.752
Job 28.16 1.752
Job 28.18 1.752
Proverbs 2.6 1.752
Proverbs 11.12 1.752
Mark 10.16 1.751
Psalms 119.100 1.751
Ecclesiastes 2.13 1.751
Proverbs 13.20 1.751
Proverbs 11.2 1.751
Ecclesiastes 2.14 1.75
Proverbs 9.10 1.75
Psalms 119.98 1.75
Psalms 119.99 1.75
Psalms 119.63 1.75
Luke 11.9 1.75
Job 4.18 1.75
2 Samuel 14.17 1.749
Proverbs 3.13 1.748
Revelation 7.12 1.747
1 Corinthians 2.7 1.747
Psalms 29.2 1.746
Malachi 2.2 1.746
James 3.13 1.746
2 Peter 1.7 1.745
Proverbs 3.16 1.744
Isaiah 6.2 1.744
1 Corinthians 3.18 1.743
Romans 12.16 1.742
1 Thessalonians 4.6 1.742
Isaiah 6.3 1.74
Acts 20.35 1.739
Proverbs 16.32 1.739
James 1.5 1.737
Jeremiah 9.23 1.737
1 Corinthians 4.7 1.736
Deuteronomy 32.29 1.732
Isaiah 58.7 1.732
Ecclesiastes 8.1 1.731
Proverbs 3.9 1.73
Proverbs 1.7 1.729
Matthew 13.43 1.727
Psalms 133.1 1.724
2 Timothy 3.15 1.721
Matthew 7.7 1.72
James 3.17 1.708
Daniel 12.3 1.704
1 Samuel 2.30 1.689
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase