Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	conscience_n	good_a	life_n	1,961	5	4.7606	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51565	A bemoaning letter of an ingenious Quaker to a friend of his wherein the government of the Quakers among themselves (as hath been exercised by George Fox, and others of their ring-leaders) brought to light : wherein their tyrannical and persecuting practices are detected and redargued [sic] : also a preface to the reader, giving an account how the said letter came to the hand of the publisher / by G.I.	Mucklow, William, 1631-1713.; J. G.	1700 (1700)	Wing M3033; ESTC R41268	23,318	45

tree mentioned in Luke without efficacy without Fruit only destructive to the particular Members who discharge their Duties and Consciences whereas they should be like the good Old-man who ●ieth in a full age after he hath fought a good ●ight and overcome the Evil one they should be ●●ke the Shock of Wheat which cometh in in due ●ason to uphold our lives with the staff of Bread ●nd not unjust Judges to overthrow our Liberties or proud Elders to overthrow the Gospel One ●ing more to add and perhaps thou hast not alto●●ther forgotten it it is this G. F. being very sick and weak for a long time tender Love rose in the heart of W. Gosnal to give ●m a friendly Visit and when he came into his ●amber G. was transported into such an high ●assion and uttered such vehement and violent words against him that many there present in the ●oom were almost astonished thereat It was for is cause W. G. long before signified unto Samuel ●ewton his apprehensions that G. F. would have ●●ukcen him of this more hereafter and he being ●●ted up in his Spirit like Lucifer he uttered words this effect Friends Although I have not yet 〈◊〉 it you I do now declare it I have power to bind and to loose whom I please How hath Solomon ●celes fed this exalted spirit who puts forth these ●ords Stand up Muggleton the Sorcerer whose ●outh is full of Cursing Lies and Blasphemy who ●●llest thy last Book a Looking-Glass for G. Fox whose name thou art not worthy to take into thy ●●outh who is a Prophet indeed and hath been faithful in the Lord 's Business in the beginning It ●as said of Christ that he was in the world ●nd the World was made by him and the ●orld knew him not So it may be said of this true ●rophet whom John said He was not but thou wilt feel this Prophet one day as heavy as a milstone upon thee and although the World knows him not yet 〈◊〉 is known Certainly such Expressions are not fit to be given unto man and to lift up one in this nature above his Brethren is of dangerous Consequence Sure 〈◊〉 this mortal hath been greatly puft up by such fa●●●ing flattering Parasites Or else he would ne●●● suffer persons to kneel before him It is done up●● two occasions tho' in a very private manner a●● but by a few The one is when he sends you fo●● to Administer the other is upon some misdemeanour committed by a Minister and upon the acknowledging of his fault upon his bended Knee then G. absolves him Such is the absolute power which he takes to himself That he will break one● Letters and alter the Contents One of the m●●eminent Ministers amongst them being of a mod●●rate spirit writ as in the name of the Lord judging both those that kept the Hat off or on in a wi●●ful opposite contentious spirit But as for tho●● that kept it off or on as to the Lord those he 〈◊〉 the Spirit of the Lord did not judge or words to this purpose he blotted out a line or more and writ over it clearly another sense to wit That be did judge those that kept it on and not those that kep● it off and John Whitehead who writ the Letter knew not of it My heart is often-times grieved within me and my spirit oppressed with Sorrow when I call to mind their Lowliness and their Plainness in Apparel Ah how did their Countenances and Garments suit with their Preaching of the Cross of Jesus and very many were brought by their Ministry out of Rich-clothings But behold a Wonder These Ministers in a short space got into the Rich-Habits to wit Beaver Hats Camlet Cloaks the finest of the Cloath not inferiour to the Merchants of the City setting aside their Lace and Ribbands It hath been their lot to be haled with violence out of the Assemblies of Professors bearing of faithful Testimonies and thrust into ●ison Did I think to see the same violence offered our Assemblies Nay but with Sorrow mine ●●●●s have seen pulling down haling out and ●usting forth of our Meetings and they went to ●●e utmost as far as their power And doubtless they wanted not Will but Power to Punish These waning Wolves which worry and prey upon ●●e Flock boast themselves to be Peers in this Se●●ted Body and affirm That if any of them ommit a fault their Peers or their equals are only to be their Judges and not the Laity or Commo●●●ty so that in their Selected Assemblies these ●p the Inferiours at so great a distance and their ●●its are so over-awed that they dare not but ●●●dom contradict the sayings of the most emi●●●t Elders It fell out that poor James Claypoole contradicted ●●d that with much moderation the imperious ●lder John Bolton for saying unto a maid That 〈◊〉 was first to see the evil in her self before she judged and not saith he because we say it This poor ●an for this presumption was first to acknowledge is Error Yet he in private confest it to be no Error But being a man of peace would rather ●ar his burthen then to stand against or contend with so great an Elder How is it possible the Young ones can speak their minds freely when they are thus curbed and overawed By this means a few will sway a Meeting which way they please unless the Peers are in Competition then they meet as two great waters ready to overwhelm one another with their asserting both in the Name of the Lord. To prove this I shall give thee a few pregnant instances The First is concerning the Marriage of John Osgood who is well known to be a man of Moderation Sobriety and of a deep Judgment owning and holding forth as occasion offered the Principles delivered and he was held in such reputation that I know no mans Counsel had a greater influence upon and acceptance with the Meeting than his But after he came to forbear the Exercise of the Hat in Prayer The Zealots for that practice did use their utmost endeavour to screw him out of that power and authority which he had in the Meeting as the Paper signed by Eleven Ministers doth clearly demonstrate It came to pass that it was his purpose to take Rebecca Travers the Younger to be his Wife first lie went to the Womans-Meeting according to Custom to acquaint them with his Intentions and there they past it with so great an Acceptation that a very considerable part of them went along with him to the Mens-Meeting to justifie and stand to their procedure towards him if occasion offered whereas others have seldom above two He liked wise acquainted the Men with it and after a short space one there charged him for opposing a Serval of the Lord that had declared a thing in the Name of the Lord. He presently cleared himself from this aspersion by proving the person to be in a notorious falsity which he asserted in the Name of