Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	body_n	soul_n	whole_a	1,004	5	5.1794	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00940	A monomachie of motiues in the mind of man: or a battell betweene vertues and vices of contrarie qualitie Wherein the imperfections and weaknesses of nature appeare so naked, that anie reasonable soule may soone see by what spirit he is lead: herevnto also, besides sundrie deuout praiers necessarilie interlaced, diuers golden sentences of S. Barnard are annexed: and also a briefe conclusion of his vpon this theame, that victorie is obtained by resisting temptation. Newlie englished by Abraham Fleming.; De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum. English	Autpertus, Ambrosius, d. 784.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1582 (1582)	STC 11048; ESTC S102283	102,654	342

and thine head out of quiet thou wilt run starke staring mad Againe if thou be called to the trade of a crafts-man or labourer take héed thou hurt not thy selfe with too much paine and trauell be not too earnest be not too quicke be not too carefull be not too diligent be not too busie about thy trade least thou fall into some bodilie infirmitie and sicknes whereby thou pining and consuming awaie shalt come in danger of death And therfore let spirituall exercises alone and as for bodilie busines meddle as little therewith as thou maist 3 A praier against the former vice O Louing God the Father of our Lord Iesu Christ whose will pleasure it is that we should not be wearie of well dooing plucke out of our harts we most humblie beseech thee all maner of carnall and idle motions counselling vs to the contrarie Speciallie good Lord remooue from vs the filthie vice of slothfull idlenes whereby we are made vnfit for anie Christian exercise withdrawne from praieng and fasting which are the meanes to pull downe and tame the wantonnes of this yoong heifer our flesh Suffer not so detestable a sinne to regne in vs to beare swaie in our earthlie members and to carrie vs head-long into securitie and carelesnes least whiles we be lulled asleepe in the cradle of sensualitie and make full reckoning that all is safe we be ouertaken in our sinnes and suffer due punishment Giue vs grace to followe the wholesome aduise of our Sauiour Christ giuen to his disciples namelie to watch and praie which are meanes to preuent auoid temptations taking him for an example to followe whose life was nothing else but a continuall meditation of godlines which if we could frame our selues to imitate we needed no better schoolemaister to instruct vs in the waies of righteousnes and sanctification Let vs be stirred vp we praie thee by the due consideration of thy louing kindnes towards vs to praise magnifie thee incessantlie night and daie in season out of season at home priuatelie abroad openlie secretlie by our selues in companie with others at bed and boord in speech and communication in behauiour and life eating drinking riding running sitting going walking and working that the whole course of our conuersation may be acceptable in thy sight our thoughts words and deeds setting foorth the glorie of thy name with one voice and consent That we may doo this effectuallie to the true worshipping of thy diuine Maiestie the benefit of thy people and the consolation of our owne soules vouchsafe to set strife betweene vs and slothfull idlenes that both our harts inwardlie our bodies outwardlie and so consequentlie our whole man diligentlie addicted to the discharge of our duties both towards thee ô God and all the world we may be reckoned at the last and generall audit euen the daie of doome among thy seruants not through our desarts but thy sonnes our Sauior to whom be praise for euermore Amen 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vertue following THis is the summe of vertuous spirituall exercise this is the forme of godlie endeuour wiselie to dispose and order things present penitentlie and in the bitternes of thy soule to consider thy misdeeds past and carefullie to prouide and fore-see things to come Liue soberlie iustlie and godlie saith the Apostle in this world soberlie in respect of the time present iustilie in respect of the time past which we must redeeme by making amends for the neglect of our former thrift godlie in respect of the time to come setting it as a sheeld to defend vs from all instant dangers and hazards that may happen hereafter I would to God we were wise for the ordering of our life present for the amending of our life past and for leading the rest of our life to come in vnfeined faith to God-ward For this is the thred of three twists whereby we are drawne to saluation namelie an orderlie conuersation an vpright iudgement and a faith vnfeined 2 The REPVLSE giuen by honest and vertuous EXERCISE O Man prolong no time neither driue off from daie to daie but whiles thou hast space doo thine indeuour to liue honestlie painfullie vertuouslie and deuoutlie Folowe thy vocation whether it be secular or ecclesiasticall appertaining to worldlie affaires or belonging to the spirit Canst thou tell O man whether thou shalt liue till to morowe Hast thou a lease of thy life from the Lord Naie marke what I speake art thou able to saie that thou shalt liue one houre to an end Is the saieng of thy Sauiour Christ out of remembrance mentioned in the Gospell Watch for you knowe not the daie nor the houre Wherefore shake off all slothfulnes of bodie and all idle cogitations of mind and let this lesson be fresh in thy memorie dailie that such as offer violence and snatch at the kingdome of heauen by force shall haue it in possession it is none inheritance for such as are luke-warme neither hot nor cold soft and effeminate persons wantous nice idle and slothfull Followe the counsell of the Apostle to praie continuallie to make supplications vnto GOD without ceasing not forgetting this that he which stirreth vp such good motions in thine hart is sufficient able to giue thée strength might to perseuere in the same Be earnest in praier zelous feruent continuall For that which the flesh accounteth too much the spirit contrariwise iudgeth too little considering that Satan is tempting vs dailie and hourelie to sift vs as it were wheate Who preserued the eie-sight of Dauid wéeping and wailing for his sinnes Who strengthened the Niniuets fasting and praieng at the preaching of Ionas Who made Paule able to passe through his long peregrination in Asia Did not the Lord Why then O man doubt not of thine eies of thy lims of thy bodie or of thy mind For God by his grace will worke that in thée which séemeth hard and vnpossible to the nature of flesh and bloud 3 A praier for the former vertue O Almightie euerlasting God who hast placed vs in this world for two speciall ends and purposes firstlie to glorifie thee in our life and conuersation directed by the rule of thy holie lawes and commandements secondlie to doo good one to another as brotherlie loue and charitable affection dooth moue and exhort vs knowing that in these two points the two tables of thy diuine precepts doo summarilie consist according to the testimonie of thy sonne our Sauiour who in few words did knit vp the ten commandements namelie in louing thee ô Lord with all our harts and our neighbours as our selues O vouchsafe vs the assistance of thy holie spirit that we may exercise our selues daie and night in the meditation of thy lawe and frame the course of our life according to the prescript rule of thy word and the good example of thy seruants our predecessors Let thy grace ouershadowe vs yea Lord let it fill vs wholie and solie