Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	master_n	wife_n	2,782	5	6.2775	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05093	A treatise of the excellencie of a christian man, and how he may be knowen. Written in French by Master Peter de la Place, one of the Kings counsel, and chiefe president of his court of aides in Paris. Whereunto is adioyned a briefe description of the life and death of the said authour, to the end that euerie one may knowe what he was. Translated into English by L. Tomson; Traité de l'excellence de l'homme chrestien et manière de cognoistre. English	La Place, Pierre de, 1520-1572.; Tomson, Laurence, 1539-1608.; Farnace, Pierre de. aut	1576 (1576)	STC 15231; ESTC S106746	64,194	137

common weale whiche is to be folowed without his owne house So that as a sonne he rendereth the duetie of obedience and subiection to his father and mother and helpeth them as much as he can as a seruant he sheweth him selfe seruiceable to his master and diligent to please him as of a free and wylling heart seruing God and not man as on the other syde if he be a master hee entreateth his seruantes gentlye and is not to rigorous and churlishe towardes them hauing alwayes an eye to God as to the Lorde and Master of all and if he be a Father he vseth his children louingly and gentlye as is meete for their persones trayneth vp and frameth theyr lyues in good maners and last if hee be an husbande he rendreth that beneuolence that is due vnto his wife for we may not thinke that this man is of the number of those whiche forsake the remedy that God hath established for auoiding of fornication and will nedes vpon an headines ouercome the necessitie of nature rashly assuring them selues that God will helpe them which he promiseth to none but to thē that walke in his wayes ne giueth the gift of continencie at all times to all men Moreouer the order and frame of an houshold is so well perceiued in the house of a Christian that he him self as Pastoure of his familie instructeth it diligently in the feare of God and keepeth it in good and Godly discipline by continual exercise in Godlines So that in his house you shall finde the chast wife the shamefaced plaine modest wife decked without as she is within no painted nor masked thing rendring true obedience to her husband and hauing an eye vpon her familie her seruants her children the master father and husbande euery one in his degree employing him selfe syncerely in his duetie and office approuing his doings as before God. And as for other offices dealings which are not houshold matters and are without his house as an inferiour and subiect he reuerenceth the higher powers submitteth him selfe willingly to them as to Gods ordinances whose minde is by this order to gouerne the worlde and keepe the state of mankinde in peace and tranquillitie payeth them their tributes and dueties and submitteth him selfe freely and frankely to obey their lawes and commandementes not onely for necessities sake because he can not resist thē without danger of being punished for it but also for conscience sake bound to do it by the worde of god He honoreth the Ministers Pastours of the Church as Gods messengers and sheweth him self ready and frameable to their teaching frequenteth the holy assemblies and vseth all meanes he can that are profitable to nourishe and mainteine the seruice of god And againe as superiour and placed in higher roume aboue other he hath a care to execute his charge faithfully to defende the good punish the wicked as al power and authoritie of man is bound to serue the commoditie and profit of the subiects If he be a pastour he ministreth the world of God faithfully and marreth not the doctrine of saluation he keepeth it in his puritie and instructeth the people both in good doctrine in good example of life and vsurpeth no rule or violent tyrānous Lordlines ouer his felowes nor inferiours but seketh the commoditie and profite of all them that hee hath charge of So then the condition of all men is this that they are mutually bounde one to an other so that none of vs may exempt him selfe from subiection and therefore wheresoeuer there is loue of one toward an other there is also interchangeable seruice The highest Kings and Princes that are are not exempt from it for God hath placed them in preeminence to serue as the members of the bodie what preeminence and prerogatiue soeuer the one hath ouer the other yet notwithstanding serue one an other vsing such powers as God hath put in them to the profit of the whole bodie receiuing no other commoditie but that which ariseth of the profite of the whole and is powred out vpon the whole bodie And for this cause the Christiā man hath his eyes alwayes bent vpon his vocation as vpon aprinciple and ground whereby to gouerne him self a right necessarie in al things to keepe the right waye taketh heede he do not ambitiously and rashlye take vpon him many and sondrie charges and offices togither that he attempt not more then his calling will beare and medleth not rashly with those things which do nothing cōcerne him but contenteth him selfe with his present cōdition whatsoeuer it be whether great or smal rich or poore honorable or base he foloweth it and continueth in it constantly and passeth not his bounds nor changeth it without iust cause For his affections are ruled he bridleth his naturall inordinate desires which couet commonly more then mā hath measuring his sufficiēcie by the will of God which he knoweth by that that befalleth him and taketh all as from him and by his prouidence whereunto he referreth the whole cōduct of him selfe and whatsoeuer concerneth him so that he wil do nothing nor take ought vpon him of his owne head but as a simple toole instrument submitteth himself to the conduct of his master and workeman who is the Lord of all And therfore in what state soeuer he finde him self either high or lowe rich or poore he beareth him selfe alwayes moderatly and as it were in an euen balance Hauing aboundance of richesse honours and heauenly blessinges plentifully poured vpon his soule hee easely frameth hym selfe to beare hym selfe after one forte in what so euer state may befall him in this present life making nothyng so great accompt of earthly and transitorie things as men cōmonly do verie vainely and foolishly To be short the Christian man is a vessel of honour sanctified to euerie good worke and a man that walketh after the spirit and not after the flesh and as Iesus Christ sayth that bringeth forth good things out of the treasure of his heart and spirituall vertue that is in him for he is the good tree which is knowē by his good fruite it beareth And a man clad with the garment of light that walketh honestly as at midday in all mens eyes being a paterne of good workes and a lampe lightened with the spirit of God that shineth in the darkenes of the world by purenes of life in whom there is not one piece or portiō of his life but yeldeth a good and sweete sauour of holines loue to the glorie of God and profit of his neighbour whether we marke his talke which is poudred with salt accordingly as the worde of God dwelleth plentifully in him and with such a grace that he is able to draw his hearers by reason of the commoditie and profit that commeth by his talke either to his modest behauiour being very meeke and graue or to his actions which tende to nothing but to