Early English Printed Sermons


A sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament: at their late solemne fast, Januar. 26. 1647. at Margarets Westminster. / By Steven Marshall, B.D.

Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655
Publisher: Printed by Richard Cotes for Steven Bowtell at the signe of the Bible in Popes head Alley
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1648
Approximate Era: CivilWar
TCP ID: A89583 ESTC ID: R204300 STC ID: M780
Subject Headings: Bible. -- N.T. -- Matthew XI, 12; Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Religious aspects; Fast-day sermons -- 17th century; 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 5.3% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 3.1% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 82.2% 90.9%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 12.5% 3.0%
sim_score Average cosine similarity score of top Bible verse predictions per unit 0.7% 0.7%
cross_score Average cross encoder score of top Bible verse predictions per unit 0.7% 0.6%
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) 2.3% -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: 0.903
Evenness: 0.988
Part Prominence
Old Testament (Geneva) 6.732
New Testament (Wycliffe) 6.712
Apocrypha (Douay-Rheims) 4.93
New Testament (Vulgate) 3.525
Old Testament (ODRV) 1.964
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) -0.219
New Testament (Tyndale) -1.688
New Testament (Geneva) -2.725
New Testament (ODRV) -2.804
Old Testament (AKJV) -3.713
New Testament (AKJV) -4.094
Diversity: 0.974
Evenness: 0.994
Book Prominence
Daniel (Geneva) 4.279
Revelation (Geneva) 4.033
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 2.978
Luke (Wycliffe) 2.173
Zechariah (Geneva) 2.146
Titus (Tyndale) 2.139
Judges (Geneva) 2.121
2 Chronicles (Geneva) 2.109
2 Timothy (ODRV) 2.012
Matthew (Vulgate) 2.0
2 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 1.955
Exodus (ODRV) 1.939
Revelation (Tyndale) 1.894
Philippians (Tyndale) 1.861
Galatians (Tyndale) 1.857
Hebrews (Tyndale) 1.822
Acts (Tyndale) 1.739
Ecclesiasticus (Douay-Rheims) 1.595
Job (Geneva) 1.573
1 Timothy (AKJV) 1.565
2 Corinthians (Geneva) 1.524
Philippians (ODRV) 1.523
2 Corinthians (ODRV) 1.518
Philippians (AKJV) 1.511
Luke (Tyndale) 1.497
John (Geneva) 1.403
John (Tyndale) 1.395
Luke (Geneva) 1.374
Genesis (AKJV) 1.374
Isaiah (Geneva) 1.367
Proverbs (Geneva) 1.342
Luke (ODRV) 1.281
Job (AKJV) 1.279
John (ODRV) 1.217
Matthew (Tyndale) 1.187
Matthew (Geneva) 1.111
Luke (AKJV) 1.075
Psalms (ODRV) 1.062
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 1.001
Matthew (ODRV) 0.859
Matthew (AKJV) 0.758
Diversity: 0.973
Evenness: 0.948
Chapter Prominence
Matthew 11 (Geneva) 9.808
Matthew 5 (ODRV) 6.377
Matthew 11 (ODRV) 4.348
Matthew 19 (AKJV) 3.242
Revelation 12 (Geneva) 2.169
Daniel 12 (Geneva) 2.14
1 Corinthians 9 (AKJV) 2.11
Matthew 5 (Geneva) 2.053
Matthew 5 (AKJV) 2.017
2 Chronicles 24 (Geneva) 1.094
Matthew 11 (Vulgate) 1.092
Ecclesiasticus 6 (Douay-Rheims) 1.091
Judges 6 (Geneva) 1.091
Zechariah 13 (Geneva) 1.091
Luke 7 (Wycliffe) 1.09
Job 30 (Geneva) 1.088
2 Kings 22 (Douay-Rheims) 1.087
Matthew 10 (Vulgate) 1.084
Exodus 32 (ODRV) 1.083
Acts 8 (Tyndale) 1.082
Job 28 (Geneva) 1.082
Luke 7 (Tyndale) 1.081
2 Corinthians 2 (ODRV) 1.078
1 Corinthians 16 (Geneva) 1.077
Luke 14 (Tyndale) 1.076
Proverbs 23 (Geneva) 1.074
Job 11 (AKJV) 1.073
Luke 14 (Geneva) 1.072
Job 28 (AKJV) 1.071
Psalms 18 (ODRV) 1.07
Luke 13 (ODRV) 1.069
Isaiah 58 (Geneva) 1.069
Matthew 4 (AKJV) 1.065
Luke 7 (ODRV) 1.061
Revelation 2 (Tyndale) 1.061
Luke 1 (Geneva) 1.057
Titus 1 (Tyndale) 1.057
Hebrews 11 (Tyndale) 1.056
Matthew 3 (Geneva) 1.055
Galatians 4 (Tyndale) 1.054
Job 9 (AKJV) 1.052
Matthew 19 (Tyndale) 1.05
Matthew 22 (Geneva) 1.046
John 14 (Tyndale) 1.042
1 Corinthians 9 (Geneva) 1.04
2 Corinthians 3 (Geneva) 1.038
Genesis 4 (AKJV) 1.031
Luke 16 (Geneva) 1.031
Matthew 3 (AKJV) 1.03
Matthew 13 (Geneva) 1.027
Matthew 13 (ODRV) 1.026
Matthew 11 (AKJV) 1.024
Luke 1 (ODRV) 1.022
2 Timothy 3 (ODRV) 1.022
Matthew 11 (Tyndale) 1.021
John 1 (Geneva) 1.012
Matthew 13 (AKJV) 1.011
Luke 1 (AKJV) 1.01
John 3 (ODRV) 0.999
John 3 (Geneva) 0.99
John 1 (Tyndale) 0.989
Matthew 7 (ODRV) 0.979
Philippians 3 (Tyndale) 0.977
1 Timothy 2 (AKJV) 0.973
Matthew 7 (AKJV) 0.966
Philippians 3 (ODRV) 0.964
Philippians 3 (AKJV) 0.948
Philippians 2 (ODRV) 0.882
Diversity: 0.977
Evenness: 0.953
Verse Prominence
Matthew 11.12 (Geneva) 9.07
Matthew 5.3 (ODRV) 6.006
Matthew 11.12 (ODRV) 4.038
Matthew 19.14 (AKJV) 3.019
Matthew 5.10 (Geneva) 2.014
Revelation 12.1 (Geneva) 2.01
1 Corinthians 9.24 (AKJV) 2.009
Matthew 5.3 (AKJV) 1.996
Daniel 12.3 (Geneva) 1.976
John 1.29 (Geneva) 1.01
Luke 7.29 (ODRV) 1.01
Ecclesiasticus 6.21 (Douay-Rheims) 1.01
2 Chronicles 24.16 (Geneva) 1.01
1 Corinthians 16.10 (Geneva) 1.01
Job 28.13 (AKJV) 1.01
Job 28.23 (Geneva) 1.01
Zechariah 13.3 (Geneva) 1.01
2 Kings 22.10 (Douay-Rheims) 1.01
Job 30.14 (Geneva) 1.01
Matthew 10.7 (Vulgate) 1.01
Luke 7.25 (Wycliffe) 1.009
Luke 7.30 (Tyndale) 1.009
Luke 1.67 (AKJV) 1.009
Isaiah 58.12 (Geneva) 1.009
Luke 1.16 (Geneva) 1.009
Genesis 4.22 (AKJV) 1.009
Luke 1.16 (AKJV) 1.009
Luke 16.16 (Geneva) 1.009
Matthew 11.12 (Vulgate) 1.009
Matthew 4.20 (AKJV) 1.009
Job 28.7 (Geneva) 1.009
Judges 6.31 (Geneva) 1.009
Matthew 11.12 (AKJV) 1.009
Proverbs 23.21 (Geneva) 1.009
Luke 1.67 (ODRV) 1.008
2 Corinthians 2.15 (ODRV) 1.008
Galatians 4.15 (Tyndale) 1.008
Matthew 5.10 (ODRV) 1.008
Hebrews 11.26 (Tyndale) 1.008
Exodus 32.32 (ODRV) 1.008
Luke 14.26 (Tyndale) 1.007
Acts 8.4 (Tyndale) 1.007
Job 28.13 (Geneva) 1.007
Job 28.14 (AKJV) 1.007
Job 28.15 (AKJV) 1.007
Matthew 5.3 (Geneva) 1.007
Psalms 18.3 (ODRV) 1.006
Philippians 2.30 (ODRV) 1.006
Matthew 22.2 (Geneva) 1.006
Revelation 2.4 (Tyndale) 1.005
Job 9.26 (AKJV) 1.005
Philippians 3.11 (AKJV) 1.004
Matthew 13.11 (ODRV) 1.004
Luke 13.24 (ODRV) 1.003
Job 11.7 (AKJV) 1.003
Matthew 13.46 (AKJV) 1.002
Matthew 13.45 (Geneva) 1.002
Luke 14.26 (Geneva) 1.001
John 3.13 (ODRV) 1.001
Philippians 3.8 (ODRV) 1.0
Matthew 3.2 (AKJV) 0.999
John 1.9 (Tyndale) 0.998
Matthew 3.2 (Geneva) 0.998
1 Corinthians 9.24 (Geneva) 0.998
1 Timothy 2.6 (AKJV) 0.997
Matthew 19.23 (Tyndale) 0.994
Titus 1.16 (Tyndale) 0.993
2 Corinthians 3.18 (Geneva) 0.992
John 14.6 (Tyndale) 0.992
2 Timothy 3.16 (ODRV) 0.991
Matthew 11.30 (Tyndale) 0.99
Matthew 7.21 (AKJV) 0.987
Matthew 7.14 (ODRV) 0.98
John 3.13 (Geneva) 0.975
Philippians 3.8 (Tyndale) 0.973
Philippians 2.8 (ODRV) 0.9
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: 0.944
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
Nehemiah 5.01
Zechariah 4.636
Titus 4.479
Hosea 4.359
Daniel 4.22
Philippians 3.808
1 Samuel 3.773
Galatians 3.737
Revelation 3.429
Job 3.313
2 Corinthians 3.253
Genesis 2.931
Hebrews 2.77
Luke 2.338
1 Corinthians 2.265
Isaiah 2.174
Matthew 1.376
Psalms 0.384
Diversity: 0.963
Evenness: 0.989
Chapter Prominence
Luke 16 9.057
Nehemiah 3 3.118
Zechariah 2 3.087
Job 28 3.072
Job 11 3.07
1 Samuel 24 3.07
Psalms 110 3.057
Isaiah 60 3.045
Daniel 12 3.011
Luke 17 3.01
2 Corinthians 2 3.008
Revelation 12 3.0
Luke 15 2.995
Hosea 4 2.989
Isaiah 49 2.986
Luke 14 2.981
Isaiah 26 2.979
Isaiah 58 2.972
Galatians 2 2.967
1 Corinthians 9 2.961
Genesis 4 2.959
Matthew 19 2.924
Titus 2 2.921
2 Corinthians 6 2.902
Matthew 13 2.861
Matthew 11 2.845
Philippians 2 2.797
1 Corinthians 1 2.787
Philippians 3 2.752
Hebrews 11 2.679
Diversity: 0.96
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Nehemiah 3.20 3.999
1 Corinthians 1.6 3.998
Philippians 2.30 3.998
Hosea 4.9 3.997
Luke 14.17 3.997
Job 11.8 3.997
Luke 16.16 3.996
1 Samuel 24.16 3.996
Isaiah 60.8 3.995
Luke 14.33 3.995
Isaiah 58.12 3.993
Isaiah 49.5 3.992
Revelation 12.11 3.992
Zechariah 2.5 3.992
Galatians 2.14 3.989
2 Corinthians 2.15 3.989
Matthew 19.29 3.989
Matthew 11.12 3.987
Hebrews 11.24 3.986
1 Corinthians 9.24 3.984
Job 11.7 3.983
2 Corinthians 6.1 3.979
Titus 2.14 3.966
Daniel 12.3 3.949
Philippians 3.8 3.948
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase