Early English Printed Sermons


Some notes or heads of a preface and of a lecture Preached at Distinckorn--Hill, in the parish of Gaastoun. April 15. 1688. By master Alexander Shields preacher of the gospel.

Shields, Alexander, 1660?-1700
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Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Publication Year: 1688
Approximate Era: JamesII
TCP ID: A71022 ESTC ID: R184108 STC ID: S3435B
Subject Headings: Covenant theology; Covenanters -- Apologetic works -- Scotland; Martyrdom; Renwick, James, 1662-1688;
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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 2.4% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 1.2% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 93.3% 100.0%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 4.7% -inf%
sim_score Average cosine similarity score of top Bible verse predictions per unit 0.7% -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) 1.8% -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: 0.864
Evenness: 0.983
Part Prominence
Old Testament (Geneva) 12.288
Apocrypha (ODRV) 9.781
Old Testament (ODRV) 4.742
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 2.559
New Testament (Tyndale) 1.09
New Testament (ODRV) -0.027
Old Testament (AKJV) -0.935
New Testament (AKJV) -1.317
Diversity: 0.961
Evenness: 0.984
Book Prominence
Amos (AKJV) 8.892
Ezekiel (Geneva) 5.782
Ezekiel (AKJV) 5.69
Joshua (Geneva) 2.915
Wisdom (ODRV) 2.85
Hosea (Geneva) 2.842
1 Samuel (Geneva) 2.788
Hosea (AKJV) 2.719
Lamentations (AKJV) 2.712
Ezekiel (Douay-Rheims) 2.69
Revelation (Tyndale) 2.651
1 Samuel (AKJV) 2.611
Exodus (Geneva) 2.59
Jeremiah (Geneva) 2.581
1 Thessalonians (AKJV) 2.58
1 John (ODRV) 2.564
Exodus (AKJV) 2.447
Jeremiah (AKJV) 2.377
Acts (AKJV) 2.196
1 Corinthians (Tyndale) 2.158
Isaiah (Douay-Rheims) 2.155
Proverbs (Geneva) 2.1
Job (AKJV) 2.037
Psalms (ODRV) 1.82
Isaiah (AKJV) 1.748
Proverbs (AKJV) 1.627
Matthew (ODRV) 1.617
Psalms (Geneva) 1.215
Psalms (AKJV) 0.249
Diversity: 0.973
Evenness: 0.987
Chapter Prominence
Amos 3 (AKJV) 6.493
Ezekiel 22 (Geneva) 4.339
Ezekiel 22 (AKJV) 4.332
Jeremiah 5 (AKJV) 4.297
Jeremiah 15 (Geneva) 2.169
1 Samuel 9 (AKJV) 2.168
Joshua 22 (Geneva) 2.167
Psalms 136 (ODRV) 2.166
Hosea 13 (Geneva) 2.166
Exodus 17 (AKJV) 2.166
Ezekiel 22 (Douay-Rheims) 2.164
Psalms 78 (ODRV) 2.163
Jeremiah 15 (AKJV) 2.162
Revelation 12 (Tyndale) 2.162
Hosea 8 (AKJV) 2.162
Psalms 64 (Geneva) 2.161
Psalms 44 (Geneva) 2.157
Exodus 17 (Geneva) 2.155
Wisdom 2 (ODRV) 2.154
1 Samuel 15 (Geneva) 2.153
Ezekiel 16 (AKJV) 2.153
Hosea 2 (AKJV) 2.153
Proverbs 26 (Geneva) 2.152
1 John 1 (ODRV) 2.147
Hosea 4 (Geneva) 2.144
Psalms 79 (AKJV) 2.143
Psalms 12 (AKJV) 2.14
Hosea 4 (AKJV) 2.137
Proverbs 7 (AKJV) 2.137
Proverbs 26 (AKJV) 2.133
1 Samuel 15 (AKJV) 2.133
Acts 20 (AKJV) 2.131
Isaiah 59 (AKJV) 2.12
Jeremiah 9 (AKJV) 2.104
Matthew 12 (ODRV) 2.096
Job 21 (AKJV) 2.088
Isaiah 5 (Douay-Rheims) 2.081
1 Corinthians 12 (Tyndale) 2.08
Lamentations 3 (AKJV) 2.061
Isaiah 57 (AKJV) 2.028
1 Thessalonians 5 (AKJV) 2.006
Diversity: 0.976
Evenness: 0.989
Verse Prominence
Amos 3.8 (AKJV) 5.879
Ezekiel 22.30 (AKJV) 3.919
Ezekiel 22.30 (Geneva) 3.918
Jeremiah 5.1 (AKJV) 3.911
1 Samuel 9.15 (AKJV) 1.96
Wisdom 2.25 (ODRV) 1.96
Psalms 44.13 (Geneva) 1.96
Jeremiah 15.2 (AKJV) 1.96
Jeremiah 15.2 (Geneva) 1.96
Hosea 13.11 (Geneva) 1.96
1 Samuel 15.11 (AKJV) 1.96
1 Samuel 15.8 (Geneva) 1.96
1 Samuel 15.12 (Geneva) 1.96
Ezekiel 16.2 (AKJV) 1.96
Ezekiel 22.21 (Douay-Rheims) 1.96
Proverbs 7.14 (AKJV) 1.96
Joshua 22.19 (Geneva) 1.96
1 Corinthians 12.1 (Tyndale) 1.959
Isaiah 59.15 (AKJV) 1.959
Proverbs 26.25 (AKJV) 1.959
Proverbs 26.25 (Geneva) 1.959
Psalms 136.2 (ODRV) 1.959
Psalms 64.3 (Geneva) 1.959
Exodus 17.14 (AKJV) 1.959
1 Samuel 15.13 (AKJV) 1.959
Hosea 2.2 (AKJV) 1.959
Isaiah 59.16 (AKJV) 1.958
Psalms 79.1 (AKJV) 1.958
Psalms 78.4 (ODRV) 1.958
Revelation 12.7 (Tyndale) 1.958
Exodus 17.14 (Geneva) 1.958
Matthew 12.33 (ODRV) 1.958
Psalms 12.8 (AKJV) 1.958
Jeremiah 9.2 (AKJV) 1.957
Job 21.7 (AKJV) 1.957
Hosea 8.4 (AKJV) 1.956
1 John 1.9 (ODRV) 1.956
Psalms 79.4 (AKJV) 1.955
Isaiah 5.25 (Douay-Rheims) 1.955
Hosea 4.17 (Geneva) 1.954
Hosea 4.17 (AKJV) 1.954
Acts 20.26 (AKJV) 1.954
1 Thessalonians 5.3 (AKJV) 1.947
Lamentations 3.40 (AKJV) 1.943
Jeremiah 9.1 (AKJV) 1.939
Isaiah 57.1 (AKJV) 1.906
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: 0.95
Evenness: 0.995
Book Prominence
Deuteronomy 6.96
Ezra 4.132
Micah 3.761
Joshua 3.67
Leviticus 3.57
1 Thessalonians 3.468
Judges 3.448
Hosea 3.348
Daniel 3.21
Numbers 3.117
1 Kings 3.069
Ezekiel 2.942
2 Samuel 2.931
1 Samuel 2.763
Revelation 2.419
Jeremiah 2.304
Hebrews 1.76
Proverbs 1.498
Acts 1.342
Isaiah 1.164
Matthew 0.366
Diversity: 0.972
Evenness: 0.997
Chapter Prominence
Deuteronomy 25 5.38
Joshua 19 2.695
Numbers 9 2.684
Joshua 22 2.681
Ezra 1 2.679
Judges 2 2.673
Micah 3 2.666
Hosea 8 2.666
Jeremiah 14 2.656
Revelation 9 2.656
2 Samuel 20 2.654
Hosea 7 2.654
Leviticus 10 2.651
1 Samuel 24 2.648
Proverbs 26 2.641
Ezekiel 20 2.639
Ezekiel 22 2.636
Acts 28 2.634
Judges 17 2.632
Isaiah 59 2.613
Proverbs 4 2.611
Numbers 14 2.606
Daniel 9 2.605
Ezekiel 16 2.592
Proverbs 25 2.592
Isaiah 2 2.591
1 Kings 18 2.59
Deuteronomy 17 2.586
Matthew 9 2.557
Jeremiah 5 2.549
Revelation 14 2.511
1 Thessalonians 5 2.5
Isaiah 57 2.493
Revelation 2 2.478
Hebrews 6 2.473
Isaiah 1 2.387
Diversity: 0.947
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Ezekiel 20.4 5.261
Hosea 8.1 5.261
Deuteronomy 25.18 5.261
Deuteronomy 25.19 5.261
Ezekiel 16.2 5.26
Jeremiah 14.13 5.26
Matthew 9.14 5.26
Leviticus 10.6 5.259
1 Samuel 24.16 5.259
2 Samuel 20.9 5.259
Daniel 9.5 5.256
Isaiah 59.15 5.255
Hebrews 6.9 5.253
Deuteronomy 25.17 5.253
Hosea 7.14 5.251
1 Thessalonians 5.3 5.249
Ezekiel 22.30 5.248
Jeremiah 5.1 5.233
Isaiah 57.1 5.213
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase