Early English Printed Sermons


The true way of uniting the people of God in these nations· Opened in a sermon preached in the chappel at White-Hall, Jan. 1. 1659. By Peter Sterry.

Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672
Publisher: printed by Peter Cole printer and book seller at the sign of the Printing press in Cornhill neer the Royal Exchange
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1660
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A93881 ESTC ID: R213121 STC ID: S5486A
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 8.4% -inf%
cited_exact Percentage of units with QP and an adjacent matching citation 5.5% -inf%
originality Percentage of units that do not exhibit scriptural text reuse 79.8% 100.0%
Italicization Percentage of units with italicized spans of text 16.2% -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 0.7% -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) 5.8% -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: 0.875
Evenness: 0.973
Part Prominence
Old Testament (Geneva) 6.732
New Testament (Geneva) 5.608
New Testament (ODRV) 5.529
New Testament (Vulgate) 3.525
Old Testament (ODRV) 1.964
Old Testament (Douay-Rheims) -0.219
New Testament (Tyndale) -1.688
Old Testament (AKJV) -3.713
New Testament (AKJV) -4.094
Diversity: 0.973
Evenness: 0.987
Book Prominence
Galatians (Tyndale) 3.666
1 John (Tyndale) 3.633
Ephesians (AKJV) 3.131
John (ODRV) 3.026
1 Corinthians (Geneva) 2.81
Isaiah (AKJV) 2.799
Romans (Geneva) 2.621
Psalms (Geneva) 2.267
Philemon (ODRV) 2.031
Philemon (Tyndale) 2.015
Hebrews (Vulgate) 1.961
2 Corinthians (Vulgate) 1.938
Zechariah (Douay-Rheims) 1.903
Leviticus (Geneva) 1.867
Canticles (AKJV) 1.8
2 Kings (Douay-Rheims) 1.723
James (Geneva) 1.619
James (ODRV) 1.582
1 John (ODRV) 1.574
Galatians (Geneva) 1.557
Ephesians (ODRV) 1.389
Galatians (AKJV) 1.369
2 Corinthians (ODRV) 1.286
Ephesians (Geneva) 1.239
1 Corinthians (Tyndale) 1.168
Isaiah (Douay-Rheims) 1.165
John (Tyndale) 1.163
Luke (Geneva) 1.142
Genesis (AKJV) 1.142
Isaiah (Geneva) 1.135
Job (AKJV) 1.047
Matthew (Geneva) 0.879
John (AKJV) 0.857
1 Corinthians (ODRV) 0.851
Luke (AKJV) 0.843
Psalms (ODRV) 0.83
Romans (ODRV) 0.79
Proverbs (AKJV) 0.638
Matthew (ODRV) 0.628
1 Corinthians (AKJV) 0.473
Psalms (AKJV) -0.74
Diversity: 0.982
Evenness: 0.989
Chapter Prominence
Psalms 133 (Geneva) 2.692
Isaiah 61 (AKJV) 2.692
Isaiah 4 (Geneva) 2.691
Genesis 50 (AKJV) 2.691
John 13 (ODRV) 2.661
Romans 15 (Geneva) 2.648
Galatians 5 (Tyndale) 2.618
1 John 4 (Tyndale) 2.567
Ephesians 4 (Geneva) 2.444
1 Corinthians 15 (Geneva) 2.441
Ephesians 4 (AKJV) 2.35
Leviticus 3 (Geneva) 1.351
2 Corinthians 10 (Vulgate) 1.346
Philemon 1 (ODRV) 1.346
Isaiah 7 (Douay-Rheims) 1.345
Hebrews 9 (Vulgate) 1.344
Psalms 132 (ODRV) 1.34
Zechariah 12 (Douay-Rheims) 1.339
Isaiah 4 (AKJV) 1.339
Psalms 104 (ODRV) 1.336
Genesis 45 (AKJV) 1.334
Psalms 27 (Geneva) 1.332
Canticles 6 (AKJV) 1.331
Philemon 1 (Tyndale) 1.329
2 Kings 19 (Douay-Rheims) 1.328
Luke 7 (Geneva) 1.322
Isaiah 58 (Geneva) 1.321
Canticles 1 (AKJV) 1.316
John 19 (Tyndale) 1.316
Job 7 (AKJV) 1.306
Proverbs 6 (AKJV) 1.305
John 15 (ODRV) 1.304
Proverbs 17 (AKJV) 1.303
Psalms 55 (AKJV) 1.301
Psalms 133 (AKJV) 1.299
Matthew 28 (ODRV) 1.294
Matthew 24 (ODRV) 1.294
John 11 (AKJV) 1.292
John 13 (AKJV) 1.291
James 4 (Geneva) 1.289
James 4 (ODRV) 1.288
Luke 22 (Geneva) 1.287
Luke 22 (AKJV) 1.285
1 Corinthians 3 (Tyndale) 1.281
John 14 (ODRV) 1.281
1 John 4 (ODRV) 1.28
1 Corinthians 3 (Geneva) 1.278
Matthew 23 (Geneva) 1.277
John 15 (AKJV) 1.274
Galatians 6 (Geneva) 1.274
2 Corinthians 4 (ODRV) 1.274
1 Corinthians 12 (Geneva) 1.262
Romans 1 (ODRV) 1.259
1 Corinthians 12 (Tyndale) 1.257
John 4 (AKJV) 1.25
1 Corinthians 12 (AKJV) 1.231
Ephesians 2 (Geneva) 1.228
1 Corinthians 3 (AKJV) 1.219
John 3 (Tyndale) 1.216
1 Corinthians 10 (ODRV) 1.211
Ephesians 4 (ODRV) 1.186
Galatians 5 (AKJV) 1.184
Matthew 5 (ODRV) 1.135
Diversity: 0.984
Evenness: 0.989
Verse Prominence
Isaiah 61.11 (AKJV) 2.439
Genesis 50.17 (AKJV) 2.438
Romans 15.7 (Geneva) 2.436
Psalms 133.3 (Geneva) 2.433
Isaiah 4.5 (Geneva) 2.432
John 13.34 (ODRV) 2.43
1 John 4.16 (Tyndale) 2.426
Psalms 133.2 (AKJV) 2.42
Galatians 5.15 (Tyndale) 2.419
1 Corinthians 15.42 (Geneva) 2.381
Ephesians 4.3 (AKJV) 2.326
Ephesians 4.3 (Geneva) 2.326
Isaiah 7.5 (Douay-Rheims) 1.219
Hebrews 9.17 (Vulgate) 1.219
Leviticus 3.7 (Geneva) 1.219
Romans 1.4 (ODRV) 1.219
Matthew 28.10 (ODRV) 1.219
1 Corinthians 12.13 (Geneva) 1.219
Psalms 104.14 (ODRV) 1.219
2 Kings 19.22 (Douay-Rheims) 1.219
Philemon 1.12 (Tyndale) 1.219
Philemon 1.11 (ODRV) 1.219
John 15.17 (ODRV) 1.218
Ephesians 2.21 (Geneva) 1.218
Proverbs 6.16 (AKJV) 1.218
Isaiah 58.12 (Geneva) 1.218
2 Corinthians 4.10 (ODRV) 1.218
Canticles 1.3 (AKJV) 1.217
Psalms 133.3 (AKJV) 1.217
Psalms 27.13 (Geneva) 1.217
2 Corinthians 10.3 (Vulgate) 1.217
Isaiah 61.4 (AKJV) 1.217
Canticles 6.4 (AKJV) 1.217
John 14.13 (ODRV) 1.217
Genesis 45.5 (AKJV) 1.217
Luke 22.62 (AKJV) 1.216
Luke 22.62 (Geneva) 1.216
Psalms 132.3 (ODRV) 1.216
John 15.12 (ODRV) 1.216
Proverbs 6.19 (AKJV) 1.216
John 11.25 (AKJV) 1.216
Matthew 24.31 (ODRV) 1.216
Job 7.10 (AKJV) 1.215
Zechariah 12.10 (Douay-Rheims) 1.215
Ephesians 4.32 (ODRV) 1.215
Galatians 5.15 (AKJV) 1.214
John 4.23 (AKJV) 1.214
James 4.1 (Geneva) 1.214
1 Corinthians 3.3 (Tyndale) 1.213
Psalms 55.14 (AKJV) 1.213
Proverbs 17.14 (AKJV) 1.213
Isaiah 4.5 (AKJV) 1.213
John 19.37 (Tyndale) 1.211
Galatians 6.5 (Geneva) 1.211
1 John 4.2 (ODRV) 1.211
Luke 7.47 (Geneva) 1.21
1 Corinthians 12.4 (Tyndale) 1.209
1 Corinthians 3.3 (Geneva) 1.208
1 Corinthians 12.13 (AKJV) 1.208
1 Corinthians 3.3 (AKJV) 1.207
Matthew 23.9 (Geneva) 1.206
John 15.13 (AKJV) 1.204
James 4.1 (ODRV) 1.204
John 13.35 (AKJV) 1.201
Matthew 5.44 (ODRV) 1.197
Ephesians 4.32 (AKJV) 1.194
1 Corinthians 10.16 (ODRV) 1.192
Psalms 133.1 (AKJV) 1.185
1 John 4.11 (Tyndale) 1.169
John 3.13 (Tyndale) 1.164
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: 0.938
Evenness: 1.0
Book Prominence
Obadiah 6.202
Esther 5.794
Canticles 5.553
1 John 4.816
James 4.742
2 Samuel 4.636
Galatians 4.431
1 Peter 4.219
Ephesians 4.088
Genesis 3.625
Proverbs 3.202
John 3.044
1 Corinthians 2.96
Isaiah 2.868
Romans 2.295
Psalms 1.078
Diversity: 0.963
Evenness: 1.0
Chapter Prominence
Psalms 134 3.692
Obadiah 1 3.686
Psalms 60 3.68
Esther 4 3.666
Genesis 50 3.66
Psalms 20 3.659
Genesis 45 3.656
Canticles 6 3.651
Canticles 5 3.635
Isaiah 61 3.633
Isaiah 7 3.629
Psalms 105 3.623
2 Samuel 19 3.616
Canticles 2 3.615
Proverbs 6 3.598
Romans 15 3.556
Genesis 49 3.548
1 John 4 3.533
John 11 3.515
1 Peter 4 3.511
James 4 3.507
1 Corinthians 12 3.502
John 13 3.499
John 15 3.483
1 Corinthians 3 3.444
Galatians 5 3.419
Ephesians 4 3.239
Diversity: 0.967
Evenness: 1.0
Verse Prominence
Isaiah 61.11 3.333
Psalms 60.4 3.332
Esther 4.5 3.332
Genesis 45.4 3.332
Genesis 50.17 3.332
John 15.17 3.331
Romans 15.7 3.331
Proverbs 6.15 3.33
Psalms 134.3 3.329
Psalms 105.14 3.329
Psalms 20.5 3.328
2 Samuel 19.22 3.326
Canticles 2.4 3.325
Genesis 45.5 3.325
1 Peter 4.14 3.324
Isaiah 7.9 3.323
Canticles 5.10 3.322
John 15.12 3.321
Ephesians 4.32 3.321
Galatians 5.15 3.316
John 13.34 3.315
1 John 4.16 3.313
Genesis 49.10 3.312
Psalms 105.15 3.311
1 Corinthians 3.3 3.304
1 Corinthians 12.13 3.301
James 4.1 3.296
John 11.25 3.296
Ephesians 4.3 3.291
John 13.35 3.281
Segment No., Location Possible Citation Adjacent References Phrase