Early English Printed Sermons


A sermon preached at Bridgwater at an ordination of ministers, August 2. 1698. By J.B. Published at the request of some of the hearers.

J. B
Publisher: printed for J Roberts and are to be sold by him at his shop in Bridgwater and by John Sprint in Little Britain
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1699
Approximate Era: WilliamAndMary
TCP ID: A76163 ESTC ID: R172637 STC ID: B123A
Subject Headings: 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 8.6% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 5.9% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 84.4% 100.0%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 11.8% -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) 4.1% -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: 0.844
Evenness: 0.98
Part Prominence
New Testament (ODRV) 13.862
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 3.948
Old Testament (Geneva) 2.565
New Testament (Tyndale) 2.478
New Testament (Geneva) 1.442
Old Testament (AKJV) 0.454
New Testament (AKJV) 0.072
Diversity: 0.975
Evenness: 0.992
Book Prominence
Nehemiah (Douay-Rheims) 4.2
Malachi (AKJV) 4.092
2 Corinthians (ODRV) 3.501
Matthew (AKJV) 2.741
Malachi (Geneva) 2.049
Nehemiah (AKJV) 2.015
Zechariah (Geneva) 2.001
Titus (Geneva) 1.915
Judges (AKJV) 1.889
Ezekiel (Douay-Rheims) 1.788
Colossians (Geneva) 1.75
Ecclesiastes (Douay-Rheims) 1.714
1 Samuel (AKJV) 1.709
Exodus (Geneva) 1.688
2 Corinthians (Tyndale) 1.684
Titus (AKJV) 1.674
Jeremiah (Douay-Rheims) 1.635
1 Timothy (ODRV) 1.604
2 Timothy (AKJV) 1.596
Acts (Tyndale) 1.594
Acts (Geneva) 1.584
Jeremiah (AKJV) 1.475
1 Timothy (AKJV) 1.42
Hebrews (ODRV) 1.416
Hebrews (Geneva) 1.385
Ephesians (Geneva) 1.326
Proverbs (Douay-Rheims) 1.32
John (Geneva) 1.258
1 Corinthians (Tyndale) 1.255
John (Tyndale) 1.25
2 Corinthians (AKJV) 1.233
Romans (Tyndale) 1.14
John (ODRV) 1.072
Matthew (Geneva) 0.966
John (AKJV) 0.944
Romans (ODRV) 0.877
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 0.856
Isaiah (AKJV) 0.845
Romans (Geneva) 0.668
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.56
Psalms (Geneva) 0.313
Romans (AKJV) 0.285
Psalms (AKJV) -0.654
Diversity: 0.983
Evenness: 0.993
Chapter Prominence
Nehemiah 2 (Douay-Rheims) 2.855
Malachi 2 (AKJV) 2.832
Matthew 28 (AKJV) 2.818
2 Corinthians 6 (ODRV) 2.788
Romans 10 (AKJV) 2.758
2 Corinthians 5 (ODRV) 2.657
Jeremiah 27 (AKJV) 1.426
Jeremiah 15 (Douay-Rheims) 1.423
Judges 3 (AKJV) 1.423
Zechariah 11 (Geneva) 1.422
Exodus 6 (Geneva) 1.42
Nehemiah 2 (AKJV) 1.418
Malachi 2 (Geneva) 1.416
Jeremiah 23 (Douay-Rheims) 1.413
Acts 8 (Tyndale) 1.411
Matthew 28 (Geneva) 1.41
Hebrews 5 (ODRV) 1.402
1 Samuel 2 (AKJV) 1.4
Acts 20 (Tyndale) 1.4
Hebrews 5 (Geneva) 1.398
Jeremiah 23 (AKJV) 1.397
Ecclesiastes 5 (Douay-Rheims) 1.397
John 12 (Tyndale) 1.394
Ezekiel 18 (Douay-Rheims) 1.394
John 12 (Geneva) 1.39
Acts 7 (Geneva) 1.39
Isaiah 3 (AKJV) 1.389
John 9 (ODRV) 1.387
John 7 (Tyndale) 1.385
2 Timothy 1 (AKJV) 1.383
Romans 10 (Tyndale) 1.382
2 Corinthians 8 (AKJV) 1.38
1 Timothy 4 (ODRV) 1.373
Psalms 14 (AKJV) 1.372
Proverbs 1 (Douay-Rheims) 1.371
John 12 (ODRV) 1.37
1 Corinthians 9 (Geneva) 1.369
John 5 (Geneva) 1.366
John 9 (AKJV) 1.364
John 5 (ODRV) 1.362
John 17 (AKJV) 1.359
Romans 10 (Geneva) 1.357
1 Timothy 4 (AKJV) 1.35
Titus 2 (Geneva) 1.348
Ephesians 6 (Geneva) 1.345
1 Corinthians 9 (AKJV) 1.341
John 5 (AKJV) 1.341
2 Corinthians 5 (Tyndale) 1.34
Romans 1 (ODRV) 1.337
1 Corinthians 11 (Tyndale) 1.337
1 Corinthians 1 (Geneva) 1.337
Colossians 1 (Geneva) 1.331
Matthew 6 (Geneva) 1.329
1 Corinthians 2 (AKJV) 1.322
Romans 1 (AKJV) 1.317
Psalms 119 (Geneva) 1.303
1 Corinthians 3 (AKJV) 1.296
2 Timothy 2 (AKJV) 1.289
Psalms 118 (AKJV) 1.285
1 Corinthians 1 (AKJV) 1.282
Titus 2 (AKJV) 1.272
2 Corinthians 5 (AKJV) 1.269
Romans 8 (ODRV) 1.242
Romans 8 (AKJV) 1.097
Diversity: 0.985
Evenness: 0.99
Verse Prominence
Jeremiah 23.22 (AKJV) 3.658
Jeremiah 23.18 (Douay-Rheims) 2.439
Nehemiah 2.4 (Douay-Rheims) 2.438
2 Corinthians 6.3 (ODRV) 2.432
2 Corinthians 5.21 (ODRV) 2.428
Malachi 2.7 (AKJV) 2.427
Romans 10.15 (AKJV) 2.425
Matthew 28.20 (AKJV) 2.419
John 12.49 (ODRV) 1.219
John 12.44 (Geneva) 1.219
John 12.44 (Tyndale) 1.219
John 5.43 (Geneva) 1.219
Ezekiel 18.8 (Douay-Rheims) 1.219
Jeremiah 27.14 (AKJV) 1.219
Jeremiah 23.22 (Douay-Rheims) 1.219
1 Samuel 2.36 (AKJV) 1.219
Titus 2.8 (Geneva) 1.219
1 Corinthians 2.13 (AKJV) 1.219
1 Corinthians 9.2 (Geneva) 1.219
Psalms 119.93 (Geneva) 1.219
John 7.8 (Tyndale) 1.218
1 Corinthians 9.2 (AKJV) 1.218
Jeremiah 23.21 (Douay-Rheims) 1.218
John 5.43 (AKJV) 1.218
Jeremiah 15.10 (Douay-Rheims) 1.218
Jeremiah 23.16 (Douay-Rheims) 1.218
Exodus 6.27 (Geneva) 1.218
Zechariah 11.17 (Geneva) 1.218
John 7.16 (Tyndale) 1.218
Colossians 1.28 (Geneva) 1.218
John 17.18 (AKJV) 1.218
Judges 3.20 (AKJV) 1.218
1 Timothy 4.15 (ODRV) 1.217
Romans 10.15 (Tyndale) 1.217
Hebrews 5.4 (Geneva) 1.217
Acts 8.4 (Tyndale) 1.217
Psalms 14.4 (AKJV) 1.217
1 Timothy 4.12 (AKJV) 1.217
Nehemiah 2.4 (AKJV) 1.217
John 9.25 (ODRV) 1.217
Jeremiah 23.21 (AKJV) 1.216
Matthew 6.7 (Geneva) 1.216
1 Timothy 4.12 (ODRV) 1.216
2 Corinthians 5.20 (Tyndale) 1.216
John 9.25 (AKJV) 1.216
Hebrews 5.4 (ODRV) 1.215
2 Timothy 2.2 (AKJV) 1.215
2 Corinthians 8.7 (AKJV) 1.215
Matthew 28.20 (Geneva) 1.215
Proverbs 1.18 (Douay-Rheims) 1.215
Romans 10.15 (Geneva) 1.214
Malachi 2.7 (Geneva) 1.214
Romans 8.26 (ODRV) 1.214
Ecclesiastes 5.1 (Douay-Rheims) 1.214
John 5.44 (ODRV) 1.213
Acts 20.27 (Tyndale) 1.213
Ephesians 6.18 (Geneva) 1.213
1 Corinthians 3.7 (AKJV) 1.213
1 Corinthians 1.18 (Geneva) 1.213
Romans 1.16 (ODRV) 1.212
1 Corinthians 11.23 (Tyndale) 1.212
2 Timothy 1.6 (AKJV) 1.212
1 Timothy 4.14 (AKJV) 1.211
1 Corinthians 1.18 (AKJV) 1.21
Romans 1.16 (AKJV) 1.209
Acts 7.22 (Geneva) 1.209
Isaiah 3.10 (AKJV) 1.209
Titus 2.1 (AKJV) 1.208
1 Corinthians 9.13 (AKJV) 1.205
1 Timothy 4.16 (AKJV) 1.204
Romans 8.26 (AKJV) 1.198
2 Corinthians 5.20 (AKJV) 1.196
Psalms 118.23 (AKJV) 1.158
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: 0.957
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
Nehemiah 3.803
Malachi 3.551
Zechariah 3.428
Titus 3.271
Judges 3.25
Hosea 3.151
2 Kings 3.03
Colossians 2.963
2 Timothy 2.905
1 Samuel 2.565
Galatians 2.529
1 Timothy 2.51
Ecclesiastes 2.391
Ephesians 2.186
Jeremiah 2.106
2 Corinthians 2.046
Genesis 1.723
Hebrews 1.562
John 1.142
1 Corinthians 1.057
Isaiah 0.966
Romans 0.393
Matthew 0.168
Diversity: 0.968
Evenness: 1.0
Chapter Prominence
Jeremiah 21 3.215
Nehemiah 2 3.201
Hosea 1 3.195
Genesis 24 3.19
Judges 3 3.189
Zechariah 11 3.187
Genesis 21 3.181
Isaiah 52 3.179
2 Kings 23 3.161
Jeremiah 22 3.149
Malachi 2 3.148
Ecclesiastes 5 3.129
Hebrews 5 3.092
Galatians 2 3.067
1 Corinthians 9 3.062
John 12 3.06
1 Samuel 2 3.051
1 Timothy 5 3.043
Titus 2 3.022
2 Corinthians 6 3.003
Colossians 1 2.999
Romans 10 2.998
1 Timothy 4 2.993
2 Timothy 2 2.987
Matthew 28 2.985
1 Corinthians 2 2.984
Ephesians 6 2.981
Matthew 6 2.899
1 Corinthians 11 2.858
2 Corinthians 5 2.852
Romans 8 2.623
Diversity: 0.972
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Hosea 1.3 2.777
Nehemiah 2.6 2.776
Genesis 24.22 2.776
Judges 3.20 2.776
2 Kings 23.29 2.775
John 12.49 2.775
Nehemiah 2.5 2.775
1 Samuel 2.36 2.773
1 Corinthians 9.2 2.773
Zechariah 11.17 2.772
Colossians 1.28 2.772
Titus 2.1 2.771
Titus 2.8 2.769
1 Corinthians 9.13 2.768
1 Timothy 4.15 2.768
2 Timothy 2.2 2.768
Hosea 1.4 2.768
Isaiah 52.7 2.767
1 Corinthians 9.14 2.767
Galatians 2.14 2.767
Genesis 21.12 2.765
Ecclesiastes 5.2 2.764
2 Corinthians 6.3 2.764
Hebrews 5.4 2.763
Matthew 6.7 2.763
1 Corinthians 11.23 2.761
1 Timothy 5.22 2.759
1 Corinthians 2.4 2.759
1 Timothy 4.16 2.757
1 Timothy 4.14 2.756
Ephesians 6.18 2.755
1 Timothy 4.12 2.751
Romans 10.15 2.748
Romans 8.26 2.747
2 Corinthians 5.19 2.747
Matthew 28.20 2.726
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase