Early English Printed Sermons


Spiritual vvisdom improved against temptation. In a sermon preached at Stepney Septemb. 16. 1660. And now made publick to obviate misrepresentation. By Matthew Meade.

Mead, Matthew, 1630?-1699
Publisher: printed for Thomas Parkhurst at the Three Crowns in the lower end of Cheapside overagainst sic the Great Conduit
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1660
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A89018 ESTC ID: R202905 STC ID: M1559
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 15.1% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 9.7% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 79.2% 100.0%
Foreign Percentage of units with foreign text 0.3% -inf%
NonLatinAlphabet Percentage of units with a NonLatinAlphabet placeholder 0.3% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 17.7% -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) 6.8% -inf%
foreign_cited Percentage of units with QP, foreign text, and an adjacent citation 0.3% -inf%
foreign_cited_exact Percentage of units with QP, foreign text, and an adjacent matching citation 0.3% -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: 0.889
Evenness: 1.0
Part Prominence
New Testament (Wycliffe) 9.49
Old Testament (ODRV) 4.742
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: 0.977
Evenness: 0.992
Book Prominence
Ephesians (ODRV) 5.231
Colossians (Geneva) 3.544
John (Wycliffe) 1.785
Daniel (AKJV) 1.717
1 Timothy (Tyndale) 1.673
Revelation (Tyndale) 1.582
Deuteronomy (Geneva) 1.551
Galatians (Tyndale) 1.546
1 Peter (ODRV) 1.527
1 John (Tyndale) 1.512
Galatians (Geneva) 1.477
Revelation (Geneva) 1.449
Acts (Tyndale) 1.427
Revelation (AKJV) 1.426
Acts (Geneva) 1.417
Genesis (ODRV) 1.414
Exodus (AKJV) 1.378
1 John (AKJV) 1.361
Genesis (Geneva) 1.349
James (AKJV) 1.315
Acts (ODRV) 1.273
Job (Geneva) 1.261
Hebrews (ODRV) 1.249
Ecclesiastes (AKJV) 1.212
2 Corinthians (Geneva) 1.212
Philippians (ODRV) 1.211
2 Corinthians (ODRV) 1.206
Philippians (AKJV) 1.199
Luke (Tyndale) 1.185
1 Peter (AKJV) 1.173
Proverbs (Douay-Rheims) 1.153
John (Geneva) 1.091
John (Tyndale) 1.083
2 Corinthians (AKJV) 1.066
Genesis (AKJV) 1.062
Proverbs (Geneva) 1.03
Ephesians (AKJV) 1.01
Matthew (Tyndale) 0.875
Matthew (Geneva) 0.799
John (AKJV) 0.777
Luke (AKJV) 0.763
Proverbs (AKJV) 0.558
Matthew (ODRV) 0.547
Matthew (AKJV) 0.446
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.393
Psalms (Geneva) 0.146
Romans (AKJV) 0.118
Psalms (AKJV) -0.821
Diversity: 0.983
Evenness: 0.994
Chapter Prominence
Ephesians 5 (ODRV) 4.389
Colossians 2 (Geneva) 2.947
Deuteronomy 22 (Geneva) 1.509
Acts 21 (Tyndale) 1.508
Deuteronomy 13 (Geneva) 1.508
John 9 (Wycliffe) 1.503
Exodus 1 (AKJV) 1.501
Job 41 (Geneva) 1.5
Acts 19 (Geneva) 1.497
Psalms 56 (AKJV) 1.497
Matthew 4 (Tyndale) 1.496
Revelation 3 (Tyndale) 1.494
Luke 4 (AKJV) 1.493
Genesis 22 (AKJV) 1.489
Revelation 3 (Geneva) 1.488
Proverbs 6 (Douay-Rheims) 1.488
Matthew 4 (Geneva) 1.486
Daniel 3 (AKJV) 1.485
Matthew 4 (ODRV) 1.483
Luke 9 (Tyndale) 1.482
Proverbs 6 (Geneva) 1.482
Matthew 4 (AKJV) 1.481
Acts 19 (ODRV) 1.481
Luke 23 (Tyndale) 1.477
Proverbs 28 (Douay-Rheims) 1.475
2 Corinthians 10 (ODRV) 1.475
Revelation 2 (AKJV) 1.474
Luke 22 (Tyndale) 1.472
Hebrews 2 (ODRV) 1.472
1 John 5 (Tyndale) 1.47
Proverbs 6 (AKJV) 1.469
Psalms 106 (Geneva) 1.462
2 Corinthians 12 (AKJV) 1.459
Ephesians 6 (ODRV) 1.457
Genesis 3 (AKJV) 1.457
Genesis 3 (Geneva) 1.456
Genesis 3 (ODRV) 1.455
Galatians 3 (Tyndale) 1.452
1 Timothy 2 (Tyndale) 1.448
Matthew 26 (AKJV) 1.446
Matthew 26 (ODRV) 1.443
John 14 (AKJV) 1.442
Matthew 23 (Geneva) 1.44
Ephesians 6 (AKJV) 1.425
1 Corinthians 13 (AKJV) 1.422
Ecclesiastes 3 (AKJV) 1.421
John 6 (Geneva) 1.413
Matthew 6 (ODRV) 1.411
2 Corinthians 5 (Geneva) 1.394
1 Peter 2 (ODRV) 1.394
Galatians 5 (Geneva) 1.387
1 Peter 1 (AKJV) 1.383
Psalms 106 (AKJV) 1.38
John 3 (Tyndale) 1.38
Matthew 10 (AKJV) 1.373
James 1 (AKJV) 1.37
Romans 5 (AKJV) 1.368
Philippians 3 (AKJV) 1.364
1 John 3 (AKJV) 1.346
Ephesians 5 (AKJV) 1.329
1 Corinthians 15 (AKJV) 1.313
Philippians 2 (ODRV) 1.299
Romans 8 (AKJV) 1.183
Diversity: 0.985
Evenness: 0.994
Verse Prominence
Ephesians 5.16 (ODRV) 3.913
Ephesians 5.15 (ODRV) 2.624
Colossians 2.15 (Geneva) 2.622
Matthew 26.58 (AKJV) 1.316
Deuteronomy 22.25 (Geneva) 1.316
Acts 19.35 (ODRV) 1.315
Psalms 106.35 (Geneva) 1.315
Luke 4.13 (AKJV) 1.315
Acts 21.14 (Tyndale) 1.315
Proverbs 6.28 (Douay-Rheims) 1.315
Luke 4.4 (AKJV) 1.315
1 Peter 2.19 (ODRV) 1.315
Job 41.12 (Geneva) 1.315
Psalms 106.36 (AKJV) 1.314
Luke 9.35 (Tyndale) 1.314
Matthew 4.1 (ODRV) 1.314
John 9.33 (Wycliffe) 1.314
Matthew 26.35 (ODRV) 1.314
Deuteronomy 13.3 (Geneva) 1.314
Genesis 22.1 (AKJV) 1.314
Acts 19.15 (Geneva) 1.314
Exodus 1.12 (AKJV) 1.314
Genesis 3.12 (ODRV) 1.314
Genesis 3.13 (AKJV) 1.314
John 14.30 (AKJV) 1.313
Galatians 5.9 (Geneva) 1.312
Proverbs 28.26 (Douay-Rheims) 1.312
Matthew 26.35 (AKJV) 1.312
Proverbs 6.27 (AKJV) 1.312
Proverbs 6.27 (Geneva) 1.312
1 Timothy 2.14 (Tyndale) 1.312
2 Corinthians 12.8 (AKJV) 1.312
Psalms 56.3 (AKJV) 1.312
Daniel 3.17 (AKJV) 1.311
Hebrews 2.18 (ODRV) 1.311
1 John 5.4 (Tyndale) 1.311
Revelation 3.21 (Tyndale) 1.311
Luke 23.31 (Tyndale) 1.31
Matthew 10.36 (AKJV) 1.31
Matthew 4.4 (Tyndale) 1.31
Matthew 4.7 (ODRV) 1.31
Daniel 3.18 (AKJV) 1.31
Revelation 3.20 (Geneva) 1.309
Genesis 3.11 (Geneva) 1.309
Matthew 26.41 (AKJV) 1.309
Ephesians 6.16 (AKJV) 1.309
Luke 22.32 (Tyndale) 1.308
Ephesians 5.15 (AKJV) 1.308
John 6.69 (Geneva) 1.307
1 Corinthians 15.33 (AKJV) 1.306
Revelation 2.10 (AKJV) 1.306
Matthew 4.10 (AKJV) 1.305
Ephesians 6.10 (AKJV) 1.305
James 1.13 (AKJV) 1.305
Romans 5.19 (AKJV) 1.305
2 Corinthians 10.4 (ODRV) 1.304
James 1.14 (AKJV) 1.304
Matthew 6.13 (ODRV) 1.304
Matthew 4.10 (Geneva) 1.303
Philippians 2.15 (ODRV) 1.303
1 Corinthians 13.9 (AKJV) 1.303
1 Peter 1.5 (AKJV) 1.303
Matthew 23.9 (Geneva) 1.302
Ephesians 6.17 (ODRV) 1.301
Galatians 3.13 (Tyndale) 1.301
Ecclesiastes 3.1 (AKJV) 1.3
1 John 3.8 (AKJV) 1.299
Philippians 3.8 (AKJV) 1.298
2 Corinthians 5.14 (Geneva) 1.291
Romans 8.37 (AKJV) 1.286
James 1.15 (AKJV) 1.284
John 3.13 (Tyndale) 1.26
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: 0.965
Evenness: 0.994
Book Prominence
James 4.742
John 3.044
Canticles 2.428
2 Chronicles 1.889
Mark 1.819
Daniel 1.79
Colossians 1.74
1 John 1.691
2 Timothy 1.682
Philippians 1.377
1 Samuel 1.342
Galatians 1.306
Ecclesiastes 1.169
1 Peter 1.094
Exodus 1.01
Revelation 0.999
Deuteronomy 0.994
Ephesians 0.963
Job 0.882
2 Corinthians 0.823
Genesis 0.5
Hebrews 0.339
Proverbs 0.077
Acts -0.078
Luke -0.093
1 Corinthians -0.165
Isaiah -0.257
Romans -0.83
Matthew -1.055
Psalms -2.047
Diversity: 0.981
Evenness: 0.997
Chapter Prominence
John 14 3.231
James 1 3.23
Deuteronomy 22 1.733
Psalms 56 1.713
Exodus 1 1.71
Mark 13 1.701
2 Chronicles 32 1.698
Acts 21 1.69
1 Samuel 17 1.685
Deuteronomy 13 1.683
Psalms 17 1.674
Matthew 1 1.667
Canticles 2 1.666
Ecclesiastes 3 1.665
Luke 4 1.663
Genesis 22 1.663
Proverbs 6 1.649
2 Corinthians 10 1.641
Acts 19 1.64
Luke 17 1.64
Daniel 3 1.639
Job 5 1.637
Isaiah 9 1.618
Proverbs 28 1.599
Acts 15 1.597
Romans 16 1.596
Psalms 4 1.596
Matthew 4 1.595
Hebrews 1 1.593
2 Corinthians 12 1.591
Job 1 1.586
Matthew 3 1.58
Galatians 3 1.557
Revelation 3 1.538
John 15 1.533
Revelation 2 1.53
Luke 22 1.527
Colossians 2 1.526
Hebrews 6 1.525
John 17 1.518
Romans 3 1.512
Ephesians 6 1.51
Galatians 5 1.469
Romans 5 1.468
2 Timothy 3 1.458
Ephesians 5 1.45
1 John 3 1.429
1 Peter 1 1.428
Philippians 2 1.426
Matthew 26 1.423
1 Corinthians 1 1.417
Hebrews 13 1.393
Psalms 119 1.358
1 Corinthians 15 1.32
Romans 8 1.152
Diversity: 0.984
Evenness: 0.999
Verse Prominence
John 14.30 3.069
Daniel 3.11 1.538
Acts 15.27 1.538
Psalms 119.117 1.538
Matthew 1.12 1.537
John 14.10 1.537
Proverbs 6.28 1.537
1 Samuel 17.9 1.537
Deuteronomy 22.23 1.537
Job 5.4 1.537
Psalms 17.5 1.536
Acts 21.14 1.536
Proverbs 6.27 1.536
Acts 19.16 1.536
Galatians 5.9 1.535
2 Chronicles 32.31 1.535
Proverbs 28.26 1.535
1 Samuel 17.40 1.535
Exodus 1.12 1.535
Luke 4.13 1.534
1 John 3.5 1.534
Job 1.12 1.534
Matthew 26.33 1.534
Revelation 2.26 1.534
John 17.15 1.533
Genesis 22.1 1.532
Matthew 3.16 1.532
Deuteronomy 13.3 1.531
1 Corinthians 15.33 1.53
Canticles 2.4 1.53
Mark 13.37 1.53
Luke 17.32 1.53
Matthew 4.4 1.528
Ecclesiastes 3.1 1.526
Ephesians 6.17 1.524
Revelation 3.21 1.524
Luke 22.31 1.524
Romans 16.20 1.524
Ephesians 5.16 1.522
James 1.15 1.522
2 Corinthians 12.8 1.52
Colossians 2.15 1.519
Luke 22.32 1.519
Ephesians 6.16 1.519
Ephesians 5.15 1.517
Romans 5.19 1.517
Hebrews 6.5 1.517
Ephesians 6.18 1.516
Ephesians 6.10 1.515
2 Corinthians 12.7 1.514
Philippians 2.15 1.513
Psalms 4.7 1.513
1 Peter 1.5 1.511
Hebrews 1.14 1.511
Ephesians 6.12 1.51
Hebrews 13.5 1.51
2 Corinthians 10.4 1.507
Galatians 3.13 1.506
2 Timothy 3.15 1.506
Romans 8.37 1.498
Revelation 2.10 1.493
Romans 3.8 1.479
Isaiah 9.6 1.469
1 Corinthians 1.10 1.461
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase