Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	good_a	place_n	990	5	4.1917	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04256	Flores regij. Or, prouerbes and aphorismes, diuine and morall. As they were at seuerall times vpon sundry occasions, spoken / by his most excellent Maiestie, Iames, of famous memory King of Great-Brittaine. ; Collected by I.L.S.	James I, King of England, 1566-1625.; I. L. S., fl. 1627.	1627 (1627)	STC 14375; ESTC S107606	13,052	178

requests may stand with their honour and suretie to accord vnto it 103. The cause of Assembling all Parliaments are two for Lawes or Money The one being the sinewes of Peace the other of Warre 104. Good purposes aswell in Princes as priuate Men haue many hinderers therefore when the Cōmoditie or Discommodities of taking or refusing are once throughly weighed a speedie resolutiō is the best to cut off such inconueniences that delay of time commonly bringeth 105. As the Naturall bodie is delighted in Change so is also the Politique bodie greedie of Alteration 106. As a whole man meanely able may doe as much as a halfe man better able So an inferiour wit bent and Conuersant vpon one subiect shall many times with patience and meditation dissolue and vndoe many of those knots and doubts which a greater wit distracted with many matters would rather Cut in two then vnknit 107. Such as are bent to hold with the Difficulties of effecting any thing are Commonly against it 108. Many neglect the wisdome to mainetaine themselues that GOD hath bestowed vpon them and so worthily suffer by their own follie 109. In Ciuill Actions hee is the greater and deeper Politick that can make other men the instruments of his will and ends and yet neuer acquaint them with his purpose So as they shall doe it and yet not knowe what they doe Then he that imparteth his meaning to those that hee imployeth 110. GOD made Angels pure mindes bodylesse Beastes bodyes mindelesse but Man both bodie and minde the Horizon betweene both 111. Errours by mistaking should not bee too rigorously censured but errours that bee wilfull should not bee spared 112. The dutie of a Magistrate consisteth in three especiall points in Ruling Teaching and Iudging that he be Wise to Gouerne Vertuous to giue Example and Impartiall to Iudge 113. It is not fit that any thing should succeed well with the wicked for it is a punishment of his fault 114. As it is a principle of Nature that Putrifaction is more contagious before maturitie then after so it is a position of Morall Philosophie that men abandoned to vice doe not so much corrupt manners as those that are halfe good halfe euill 115. The end of mans Creation is not for the slaughter nor education of Armes to make men castawayes 116. Vertuous Men will vse their education military as wise-men doe their weapons for ornament amongst their Freinds against their Enimies for Defence 117. Those Actions that are intended for Opinion are carried with more ceremonie then ordinarie 118. Dolus versatur in generalibus Generals dwel too much in the ayre therefore hee that will not bee deceiued must descend to particulers 119. When IVPITER speakes hee vses to Ioyne Thunder to it So a King should not speake except hee maintaine it by Action 120. CHRIST recommends vnto vs the wisedome of Serpents not thereby to Deceiue or betray others but to arme our selues against the Deceit and treason of Hypocrites 121. There is a Heauen and a Hell Praemium Paena for the Elect and the Reprobate but how many other roomes there bee we are not on Gods Counsell 122. Prayer is one of the worthiest Actions wee doe for wee speake with GOD and as it were enter in a reasoning with him it brings downe GOD from Heauen makes him to grant our will and dwell with vs and wee with him Eternally 123. Of Temporall goods wee should pray only for those that are necessarie for our being or at least wel-being and not for those things that are for Luxurie and Superfluitie for such are commonly baites to sinne But if GOD grant vs also these we should be thankefull and soberly vse them according to our calling 124. It was neuer found that blood and too much seueritie did good in matters of Religion GOD neuer Louing to plant the Church by violence and bloodshed 125. The whole Scripture chiefely containeth two things a Command and a Prohibition to doe such thinges and to abstaine from the contrarie it is our Dutie to obey in both 126. It becomes euery Officer and Commander to know what belongs to his place not to encroach vpon his Superiors so shall good order be best kept in a great Familie 127. In two Degrees standeth the whole seruice of GOD by Man interiour vpward by Prayer exteriour or downeward by Workes flowing ther-from before the world 128. Hee that nourisheth a faction between his seruants in his owne family doth nothing else but helpe to set his owne house on fire 129. Although a wicked King is sent by GOD for a Curse to his people and plague for their sinnes yet it is not lawfull for them to shake off that Curse at their owne pleasures that GOD hath laid vpon them 130. The safest guard a King can haue is the Loue of his subiects his greatest honour their prosperitie 131. As Law is to a well gouerned Cōmon wealth so are good orders in household gouernment without which no household can stand 132. Heauen is gouerned by order all good Angels there nay Hell it selfe could not well subsist without some order and the very Deuils are deuided into Legions and haue their Captaines how can any Societie then vpon earth subsist without order or Degrees 133. Though MOSES were instructed inspired and Conducted by Almighty GOD himselfe yet he refused not the good Councell of IETHRO for the manner of his gouerment which also Almightie GOD allowed in him 134. It is a certaine rule in all darke Prophesies that they are neuer clearely vnderstood til they be accomplished 135. Many respects may Lawfully let in Admission that will not be sufficient causes of Depriuation 136. No wise man can think him a fit man to Counsell him or to gouern vnder him that cānot gouerne himselfe and his owne Familie and therefore BASILIVS aduised his Sonne to take such Counsellors who had giuen proofe and experience of their wisedome in the good Conduct and Direction of their owne affaires 137. Emulation is the baite of Vertue for looking into the sweetnes of the Reward men vndertakes takes the Labour 138. It is lesse difficult for persons of indifferent estates to make their choise of Friends then for Great men yet only safe to Pouertie For there hee must bee in Loue with himselfe or nothing 139. Better it is that matters be not stirred at all then after they be once a foot and in motion to giue the Truth leaue to lye gasping and sprangling vnder the violence of a Forraine faction 140. Sometimes there is as good vse to be made of dishonest as honest Friends for Poysons are as necessarie as wholsome Simples if they bee in a hand able to prepare them 141. Suggestions are needlesse from abroad when the mischiefe is felt at home 142. Although particular men of all profession of Religion haue beene some theeues some murtherers some traitors yet euer when they came to their end and iust punishment they cōfessed their fault to