Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	call_v	pray_v	prayer_n	2,142	5	6.5517	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31858	Sermons preached upon several occasions by Benjamin Calamy ...; Sermons. Selections	Calamy, Benjamin, 1642-1686.	1687 (1687)	Wing C221; ESTC R22984	185,393	504

have_v forbid_v we_o how_o strange_a be_v this_o for_o man_n out_o of_o a_o dread_n of_o damnation_n to_o neglect_v their_o duty_n and_o yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n not_o to_o be_v afraid_a to_o live_v carnal_a and_o sensual_a life_n never_o therefore_o let_v any_o among_o you_o so_o long_o as_o you_o continue_v in_o your_o sin_n plead_v that_o you_o be_v afraid_a you_o shall_v offend_v your_o saviour_n if_o unworthy_o you_o eat_v his_o body_n and_o drink_v his_o blood_n and_o therefore_o dare_v not_o communicate_v for_o your_o daily_a practice_n confute_v this_o pretence_n whilst_o you_o notorious_o break_v his_o law_n and_o violate_v his_o authority_n and_o scandalize_v his_o religion_n you_o pretend_v fear_n of_o damnation_n no_o such_o matter_n this_o be_v not_o the_o true_a reason_n of_o your_o abstain_v from_o this_o sacrament_n you_o be_v rather_o afraid_a the_o sacrament_n will_v engage_v you_o to_o leave_v those_o sin_n you_o have_v no_o mind_n as_o yet_o to_o part_v with_o that_o it_o will_v put_v you_o upon_o the_o practice_n of_o those_o duty_n which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o your_o profit_n pleasure_n or_o secular_a interest_n you_o be_v not_o afraid_a of_o displease_v god_n but_o of_o be_v too_o strict_o tie_v and_o bind_v to_o please_v he_o you_o be_v afraid_a lest_o that_o solemnity_n shall_v raise_v some_o scruple_n in_o your_o mind_n which_o you_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o consider_v of_o you_o will_v not_o be_v trouble_v with_o such_o a_o serious_a business_n you_o suspect_v you_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o sin_n so_o secure_o and_o quiet_o after_o it_o as_o now_o you_o do_v let_v not_o such_o therefore_o as_o neglect_v this_o duty_n invent_v any_o such_o pitiful_a excuse_n but_o confess_v plain_o that_o they_o love_v sin_n and_o the_o world_n too_o much_o that_o they_o prize_v they_o above_o the_o benefit_n purchase_v by_o jesus_n christ_n that_o they_o resolve_v to_o go_v on_o in_o their_o wickedness_n for_o some_o long_a time_n and_o that_o therefore_o they_o do_v not_o come_v to_o this_o sacrament_n they_o be_v loath_a to_o engage_v themselves_o so_o solemn_o to_o do_v that_o which_o they_o find_v in_o themselves_o no_o heart_n or_o will_n to_o perform_v this_o indeed_o be_v the_o secret_a thought_n of_o many_o man_n though_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o very_a foolish_a one_o for_o they_o be_v very_o much_o mistake_v who_o think_v themselves_o at_o great_a liberty_n to_o do_v evil_a whilst_o they_o abstain_v from_o this_o sacrament_n for_o christian_n be_v engage_v by_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n to_o no_o other_o obedience_n than_o they_o be_v before_o by_o their_o baptism_n it_o do_v not_o so_o much_o oblige_v we_o to_o new_a duty_n as_o enable_v we_o to_o make_v good_a those_o obligation_n which_o our_o profession_n of_o christianity_n have_v already_o lay_v upon_o we_o 5._o and_o last_o if_o the_o receive_n of_o this_o sacrament_n be_v a_o indifferent_a rite_n or_o ceremony_n that_o may_v be_v do_v or_o omit_v at_o pleasure_n than_o indeed_o the_o great_a danger_n there_o be_v in_o receive_v it_o unworthy_o may_v in_o a_o great_a measure_n justify_v our_o omission_n of_o it_o but_o what_o if_o the_o danger_n be_v as_o great_a and_o the_o hazard_n equal_a of_o not_o receive_v it_o at_o all_o as_o of_o receive_v it_o unworthy_o where_o then_o be_v our_o prudence_n or_o safety_n when_o to_o avoid_v one_o danger_n we_o run_v into_o another_o every_o whit_n as_o great_a when_o for_o fear_v of_o displease_v god_n we_o disobey_v a_o plain_a command_n and_o for_o fear_n of_o damnation_n commit_v a_o damnable_a sin_n for_o i_o can_v call_v it_o no_o less_o to_o live_v in_o the_o neglect_n and_o contempt_n of_o this_o holy_a institution_n it_o be_v not_o very_o easy_a to_o determine_v which_o be_v the_o great_a affront_n to_o god_n or_o do_v most_o high_o provoke_v he_o never_o to_o perform_v our_o duty_n or_o to_o perform_v it_o after_o a_o wrong_a manner_n never_o to_o pray_v at_o all_o or_o to_o be_v present_a at_o prayer_n but_o not_o to_o mind_n or_o regard_v what_o we_o be_v about_o never_o to_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n or_o to_o receive_v it_o often_o but_o make_v no_o difference_n between_o what_o we_o and_o drink_v there_o and_o what_o eat_v we_o do_v at_o our_o own_o house_n but_o however_o he_o that_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n although_o it_o be_v after_o a_o undue_a manner_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o show_v somewhat_o more_o respect_n to_o god_n and_o his_o command_n than_o he_o who_o whole_o neglect_v it_o and_o beside_o there_o be_v hardly_o any_o wicked_a man_n that_o dare_v come_v to_o the_o sacrament_n without_o some_o good_a thought_n and_o resolution_n or_o who_o be_v not_o for_o a_o little_a time_n before_o and_o after_o the_o receive_n of_o it_o more_o careful_a of_o himself_o and_o his_o action_n and_o though_o this_o do_v not_o last_v long_o but_o he_o soon_o return_v to_o his_o former_a wickedness_n yet_o however_o this_o be_v something_o better_a than_o continue_v in_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n without_o any_o intermission_n or_o cessation_n moreover_o such_o a_o one_o use_v the_o best_a mean_n of_o become_v better_a which_o by_o god_n grace_n at_o some_o time_n may_v prove_v effectual_a whereas_o he_o that_o cast_v off_o all_o these_o duty_n be_v in_o a_o more_o desperate_a and_o irreclaimable_a state_n in_o short_a be_v there_o neither_o sin_n nor_o danger_n in_o omit_v this_o sacrament_n and_o yet_o so_o great_a hazard_n in_o the_o receive_n it_o unworthy_o prudence_n and_o interest_n may_v engage_v we_o to_o choose_v the_o safe_a side_n and_o not_o to_o meddle_v with_o it_o at_o all_o but_o if_o we_o expose_v ourselves_o as_o certain_o to_o god_n anger_n and_o displeasure_n by_o whole_o neglect_v this_o duty_n as_o by_o perform_v it_o undue_o than_o these_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n can_v be_v no_o pretence_n or_o excuse_n for_o our_o abstain_v from_o this_o communion_n for_o will_v not_o this_o be_v a_o odd_a way_n of_o argue_v because_o intemperate_a eat_n and_o drink_v be_v very_o prejudicial_a to_o our_o health_n and_o often_o breed_v mortal_a disease_n therefore_o it_o be_v better_a never_o to_o eat_v or_o drink_v at_o all_o will_v it_o not_o be_v madness_n lest_o we_o shall_v kill_v ourselves_o by_o a_o surfeit_n to_o resolve_v to_o starve_v ourselves_o by_o obstinate_a fast_v and_o this_o shall_v bring_v i_o to_o the_o four_o and_o last_o thing_n i_o propound_v to_o discourse_v of_o which_o be_v iv_o to_o show_v what_o be_v the_o only_a true_a and_o just_a consequence_n which_o can_v be_v draw_v from_o what_o be_v here_o affirm_v by_o the_o apostle_n he_o that_o eat_v and_o drink_v unworthy_o eat_v and_o drink_v damnation_n to_o himself_o which_o be_v this_o that_o forasmuch_o as_o our_o saviour_n have_v plain_o command_v all_o his_o follower_n and_o disciple_n to_o do_v this_o in_o remembrance_n of_o he_o and_o yet_o on_o the_o other_o side_n there_o be_v so_o great_a danger_n in_o do_v it_o unworthy_o that_o we_o shall_v neither_o omit_v the_o duty_n for_o that_o will_v be_v a_o plain_a transgression_n of_o our_o saviour_n command_n nor_o yet_o be_v careless_a in_o the_o performance_n of_o it_o and_o this_o be_v the_o inference_n which_o the_o apostle_n himself_o make_v not_o that_o the_o corinthian_n who_o he_o blame_v so_o much_o for_o their_o unworthy_a receive_v this_o sacrament_n shall_v therefore_o forbear_v come_v to_o it_o any_o more_o at_o all_o but_o for_o the_o future_a they_o shall_v examine_v themselves_o and_o partake_v of_o it_o with_o great_a reverence_n and_o devotion_n than_o they_o have_v use_v to_o do_v let_v the_o danger_n of_o receive_v unworthy_o be_v never_o so_o great_a the_o consideration_n of_o this_o aught_o only_a to_o make_v we_o so_o much_o the_o more_o careful_a to_o receive_v it_o after_o a_o right_n and_o acceptable_a manner_n and_o to_o put_v we_o upon_o great_a watchfulness_n over_o ourselves_o when_o we_o meddle_v with_o such_o sacred_a thing_n this_o be_v the_o use_n we_o ought_v to_o make_v of_o these_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n not_o rash_o or_o precipitant_o without_o due_a preparation_n or_o consideration_n to_o rush_v upon_o this_o holy_a sacrament_n but_o serious_o to_o mind_v the_o end_n and_o design_n of_o it_o and_o so_o due_o to_o affect_v our_o spirit_n with_o the_o thing_n represent_v to_o we_o by_o it_o that_o they_o may_v make_v lively_a and_o last_a impression_n upon_o we_o and_o we_o may_v bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o all_o in_o a_o holy_a and_o unblamable_a conversation_n in_o the_o world_n to_o end_v all_o i_o will_v not_o have_v any_o thing_n i_o have_v now_o say_v upon_o this_o subject_n to_o you_o so_o interpret_v or_o understand_v as_o in_o the_o least_o to_o take_v away_o from_o the_o reverence_n you_o have_v of_o

this_o institution_n or_o to_o lessen_v that_o awe_n and_o dread_v you_o have_v of_o receive_v it_o unworthy_o only_o i_o will_v not_o have_v man_n afraid_a of_o or_o scruple_n do_v their_o duty_n there_o be_v preparation_n and_o good_a disposition_n of_o mind_n require_v for_o prayer_n and_o the_o right_a performance_n of_o other_o religious_a duty_n as_o well_o as_o this_o of_o the_o sacrament_n we_o ought_v therefore_o to_o be_v afraid_a of_o these_o three_o thing_n 1._o of_o neglect_v to_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n for_o that_o be_v to_o live_v in_o disobedience_n to_o a_o plain_a command_n of_o our_o saviour_n 2._o of_o receive_v it_o unworthy_o without_o reverence_n or_o attention_n to_o the_o meaning_n of_o it_o without_o hearty_a repentance_n and_o sincere_a resolution_n of_o amendment_n for_o that_o be_v to_o affront_v and_o profane_v our_o saviour_n most_o excellent_a institution_n 3._o of_o turn_v to_o your_o evil_a course_n after_o receive_v it_o for_o then_o your_o 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