Early English Printed Sermons


The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, Ianuary 27. 1646. at Margarets Westminster, being the day of their solemn monthly fast. / By Obadiah Sedgvvick, B.D. Minister of Gods Word at Covent-Garden.

Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658
Publisher: Printed by M F for Samuel Gellibrand at the Brazen serpent in Pauls Church yard
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1647
Approximate Era: CivilWar
TCP ID: A92855 ESTC ID: R201317 STC ID: S2377
Subject Headings: Bible. -- N.T. -- Revelations XII, 15-16; Fast-day sermons -- 17th century; Heresies, Christian; Sermons, English -- 17th century;
View the Full Text of Relevant Sections



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 3.9% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 2.8% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 91.2% 100.0%
Foreign Percentage of units with foreign text 0.2% -inf%
NonLatinAlphabet Percentage of units with a NonLatinAlphabet placeholder 0.2% -inf%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 6.5% -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) 2.0% -inf%
foreign_italicized Percentage of units with QP and foreign italicized text 0.2% -inf%
foreign_latin Percentage of units with Latin Bible QP and foreign text 0.2% -inf%
foreign_latin_italicized Percentage of units with Latin Bible QP and italicized foreign text 0.2% -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
Old Testament (Geneva) 15.065
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) 3.948
New Testament (Tyndale) 2.478
New Testament (Geneva) 1.442
New Testament (ODRV) 1.362
Old Testament (AKJV) 0.454
New Testament (AKJV) 0.072
Diversity: 0.974
Evenness: 0.983
Book Prominence
Revelation (AKJV) 7.158
Canticles (Geneva) 3.681
Philippians (AKJV) 3.084
Proverbs (Geneva) 2.916
2 John (ODRV) 1.905
Nehemiah (Douay-Rheims) 1.868
Jude (ODRV) 1.837
Mark (Tyndale) 1.768
Leviticus (Geneva) 1.749
2 Peter (ODRV) 1.7
2 Thessalonians (AKJV) 1.671
Colossians (Tyndale) 1.669
2 Peter (Tyndale) 1.665
1 Thessalonians (ODRV) 1.63
2 Timothy (Geneva) 1.581
Colossians (Geneva) 1.545
Revelation (Tyndale) 1.544
2 Peter (AKJV) 1.504
2 Corinthians (Tyndale) 1.48
1 John (Tyndale) 1.474
Titus (AKJV) 1.469
1 John (Geneva) 1.462
Galatians (Geneva) 1.44
Colossians (AKJV) 1.416
Revelation (Geneva) 1.411
1 Timothy (Geneva) 1.401
1 Timothy (ODRV) 1.399
2 Timothy (AKJV) 1.391
Acts (Tyndale) 1.389
Revelation (ODRV) 1.37
Exodus (AKJV) 1.34
Jeremiah (AKJV) 1.27
Galatians (AKJV) 1.251
1 Timothy (AKJV) 1.216
2 Corinthians (ODRV) 1.168
Isaiah (Douay-Rheims) 1.047
John (Tyndale) 1.046
Isaiah (Geneva) 1.017
Matthew (Tyndale) 0.837
Matthew (Geneva) 0.761
John (AKJV) 0.739
Isaiah (AKJV) 0.64
Matthew (ODRV) 0.51
Romans (Geneva) 0.463
Matthew (AKJV) 0.409
Psalms (Geneva) 0.108
Diversity: 0.976
Evenness: 0.985
Chapter Prominence
Revelation 12 (AKJV) 7.12
Canticles 2 (Geneva) 3.539
Proverbs 10 (Geneva) 3.524
Philippians 3 (AKJV) 3.42
Mark 13 (Tyndale) 1.782
Nehemiah 9 (Douay-Rheims) 1.779
Isaiah 37 (Geneva) 1.778
Leviticus 24 (Geneva) 1.777
2 John 1 (ODRV) 1.776
Revelation 12 (Tyndale) 1.774
Isaiah 37 (Douay-Rheims) 1.774
Psalms 10 (Geneva) 1.767
Isaiah 9 (Geneva) 1.758
Revelation 12 (Geneva) 1.757
Revelation 12 (ODRV) 1.756
Acts 24 (Tyndale) 1.756
Exodus 32 (AKJV) 1.75
Colossians 2 (Tyndale) 1.749
2 Peter 2 (ODRV) 1.745
Revelation 18 (ODRV) 1.745
2 Corinthians 13 (ODRV) 1.742
John 7 (Tyndale) 1.742
Jeremiah 5 (AKJV) 1.735
Matthew 24 (Tyndale) 1.731
Galatians 1 (AKJV) 1.73
Jude 1 (ODRV) 1.727
2 Corinthians 4 (Tyndale) 1.727
2 Timothy 2 (Geneva) 1.717
2 Peter 3 (Tyndale) 1.716
1 Timothy 1 (ODRV) 1.713
1 Timothy 1 (Geneva) 1.709
1 John 4 (Geneva) 1.708
Colossians 2 (Geneva) 1.702
Titus 1 (AKJV) 1.702
2 Peter 2 (AKJV) 1.702
2 Thessalonians 2 (AKJV) 1.7
Matthew 7 (Geneva) 1.7
1 Timothy 1 (AKJV) 1.696
Colossians 2 (AKJV) 1.692
John 1 (AKJV) 1.685
Romans 1 (Geneva) 1.683
Matthew 16 (ODRV) 1.677
Titus 3 (AKJV) 1.675
1 Thessalonians 5 (ODRV) 1.672
Galatians 5 (Geneva) 1.658
1 John 4 (Tyndale) 1.65
2 Timothy 2 (AKJV) 1.646
Isaiah 57 (AKJV) 1.64
1 Timothy 6 (AKJV) 1.63
Matthew 6 (AKJV) 1.615
Diversity: 0.979
Evenness: 0.986
Verse Prominence
Revelation 12.15 (AKJV) 6.246
Proverbs 10.11 (Geneva) 3.124
Revelation 12.16 (AKJV) 3.123
Philippians 3.2 (AKJV) 3.121
Canticles 2.15 (Geneva) 3.12
1 Thessalonians 5.4 (ODRV) 1.562
Mark 13.6 (Tyndale) 1.562
2 John 1.7 (ODRV) 1.562
Nehemiah 9.26 (Douay-Rheims) 1.562
Isaiah 37.1 (Geneva) 1.562
Revelation 12.16 (Geneva) 1.562
Titus 1.11 (AKJV) 1.562
Psalms 10.7 (Geneva) 1.561
Revelation 12.15 (ODRV) 1.561
Revelation 12.13 (Tyndale) 1.561
Revelation 12.14 (ODRV) 1.561
Leviticus 24.16 (Geneva) 1.561
Exodus 32.4 (AKJV) 1.561
2 Timothy 2.23 (AKJV) 1.56
Matthew 24.4 (Tyndale) 1.56
2 Corinthians 4.4 (Tyndale) 1.56
John 7.31 (Tyndale) 1.56
1 Timothy 6.4 (AKJV) 1.56
2 Timothy 2.18 (Geneva) 1.559
2 Peter 3.17 (Tyndale) 1.559
Isaiah 37.3 (Douay-Rheims) 1.559
Revelation 12.16 (ODRV) 1.558
2 Timothy 2.17 (AKJV) 1.558
Galatians 5.9 (Geneva) 1.558
Galatians 1.6 (AKJV) 1.558
Colossians 2.9 (Tyndale) 1.558
Jeremiah 5.31 (AKJV) 1.558
Titus 1.13 (AKJV) 1.558
Titus 3.10 (AKJV) 1.557
2 Peter 2.3 (ODRV) 1.557
1 John 4.3 (Geneva) 1.557
1 Timothy 1.19 (ODRV) 1.556
Isaiah 9.16 (Geneva) 1.556
Matthew 7.25 (Geneva) 1.556
Acts 24.14 (Tyndale) 1.555
2 Peter 2.2 (AKJV) 1.555
Matthew 6.23 (AKJV) 1.554
Matthew 16.6 (ODRV) 1.554
Revelation 18.24 (ODRV) 1.552
John 1.5 (AKJV) 1.552
1 Timothy 6.3 (AKJV) 1.551
1 John 4.16 (Tyndale) 1.55
Romans 1.1 (Geneva) 1.548
2 Corinthians 13.8 (ODRV) 1.547
1 Timothy 1.19 (AKJV) 1.547
Isaiah 57.20 (AKJV) 1.545
2 Thessalonians 2.10 (AKJV) 1.542
Colossians 2.9 (Geneva) 1.541
Colossians 2.9 (AKJV) 1.541
1 Timothy 1.19 (Geneva) 1.54
Jude 1.3 (ODRV) 1.53
Matthew 16.26 (ODRV) 1.523
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: 0.934
Evenness: 0.974
Book Prominence
2 Peter 12.352
Leviticus 8.116
Philippians 7.343
Nehemiah 4.0
Canticles 3.849
Titus 3.469
2 Chronicles 3.309
Mark 3.24
1 John 3.111
2 Timothy 3.103
Galatians 2.727
1 Timothy 2.708
Revelation 2.419
Jeremiah 2.304
Acts 1.342
Isaiah 1.164
Matthew 0.366
Psalms -0.626
Diversity: 0.957
Evenness: 0.983
Chapter Prominence
2 Peter 2 9.422
Leviticus 24 6.423
Philippians 3 6.079
Nehemiah 9 3.17
2 Chronicles 32 3.169
Mark 8 3.155
Revelation 18 3.141
Canticles 2 3.137
Isaiah 59 3.136
Acts 24 3.105
Revelation 12 3.101
Jeremiah 5 3.072
Psalms 18 3.069
Galatians 1 3.057
1 John 4 3.055
Titus 1 3.038
2 Peter 3 3.032
Titus 3 3.025
1 Timothy 1 2.996
1 Timothy 4 2.993
Matthew 24 2.991
2 Timothy 2 2.987
Acts 20 2.971
1 Timothy 6 2.967
Galatians 5 2.941
2 Timothy 3 2.929
Matthew 7 2.863
Diversity: 0.97
Evenness: 0.985
Verse Prominence
2 Peter 2.1 6.786
Leviticus 24.16 4.54
2 Peter 2.2 4.536
Philippians 3.2 4.533
2 Peter 2.3 4.529
2 Chronicles 32.17 2.272
2 Chronicles 32.3 2.272
Leviticus 24.15 2.272
Nehemiah 9.18 2.271
Revelation 12.16 2.27
Isaiah 59.19 2.269
Mark 8.15 2.269
Matthew 24.4 2.269
Revelation 18.13 2.269
Revelation 12.15 2.268
Psalms 18.4 2.268
Matthew 24.5 2.267
1 John 4.3 2.267
Titus 1.10 2.266
2 Peter 3.17 2.265
2 Timothy 2.17 2.263
Galatians 1.6 2.263
Jeremiah 5.31 2.261
Acts 24.14 2.261
Acts 20.29 2.26
Titus 1.9 2.258
Titus 1.11 2.258
Canticles 2.15 2.257
Galatians 5.21 2.256
Matthew 7.15 2.255
1 Timothy 4.2 2.255
1 Timothy 1.20 2.253
1 Timothy 6.3 2.252
Titus 1.15 2.25
Titus 3.10 2.249
Titus 1.16 2.248
Galatians 5.20 2.242
1 Timothy 1.19 2.237
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase