Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	father_n	mother_n	parent_n	2,884	5	8.2414	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00467	A brothers gift containing an hundred precepts, instructing all sorts of people to a godly, honest, and morall life.	Everinden, Humphrey.	1623 (1623)	STC 10601; ESTC S114633	13,510	42

thou procurest thine owne harme and sufferest rather as an euill doer then as an innocent and so losest the recompence of thine afflictions if thou prouokest an enemie thou stirrest vp his rage and by consequence art a meanes to prouoke his wicked and iniurious dealing and so also by necessary consequence his iudgement which is contrary to Charitie Charitie commandeth to be a meanes to help not to hurt the body much more the Soule 37 Beware of the violence subtilty of thine aduersary that it hurt thée not but if thou must needs be wronged of him rather yeeld that his force hurt thy body then that his allurements or thy impatience hurt thy Soule the dammages of the Soule are more irreparable then the harmes of the body that his oppressions endammage thy goods then that his reports disparage thy fame For a good Name is to be chosen aboue great Riches 38 When thou beholdest Gods iudgmēts fall on thine aduersary giue God thanks for thy deliuerance but yet reioyce not at his affliction for this displeaseth God to whom vengeance belongeth and it is a iust iudgement of God to thrust him into the stead that is glad of his enemies fall Charity rather desireth deliuerance with the safetie of the persecutor then with his destruction 39 Fret not at the riches honor or prosperitie of thine enemie alas they are but snares they may be his portion which he hath only in this life thy portion is farre greater peace of Conscience in this world euerlasting blisse in the world to come A folly that the leane Cow should fret at the fat Shee being leane is reserued for encrease the other being fat is appointed to the slaughter 40 Obey thy parents yea although they be wicked As is the King vnto his Subiects so is the Father to his Children set ouer them by God and Gods ordinance as therefore wée must obey euen euill Princes for conscience sake as the ordinance of God so also must wée bée obedient euen to wicked Parents as set ouer vs of God And he that disobeyeth them cannot be excusable 41 Yet obey not thy parēts in that which is contrary to the Word of God who commandeth things vnlawfull commandeth not as a Father but as an enemy not as the substitute of God but as the instrument of Sathan in this case thou must Forsake Father and Mother and all for Christs sake and professe that thou hast but one Father which is in Heauen 42 Yéeld vnto thy Parents not only honour and obedience but reliefe also in their necessities thou hast receiued from them next vnder God thy body thy béeing thy maintenance and canst not requite their kindnesse whatsoeuer thou doest since Thou canst not beget beare and bring forth them as they haue thee 43 Contemn not thy step-father or step-mother thou owest them duty as thy naturall parents As I will make it plaine by instance First thy mother hauing marryed another man he and she by mariage are made one flesh thou owest therefore to one and the selfe same flesh one and the selfe same duty And so if thy Father marry another woman Secondly thou hauing married a wife art by mariage with her one flesh and therefore one flesh hath also one father and one mother how can one flesh although in two persons not honor one and the selfe same parents So is it to a woman that hath married an husband 44 Regard thy master as the instrument of God to teach thée that knowledge which God himselfe without the ministry of any master did teach thy forefathers Arts and Sciences are the gifts of God and Masters are the ministers of God as from him to impart them to vs. 45 Loue obey and honour thy Master thy Mistresse acknowledge Gods ordinance in them that he hath set them ouer thée thy parents hauing giuen thee vnder God thy being They also vnder him giue thee thy being skilfull 46 Behaue thy self to thy fellow seruāts as to thy yoake-fellowes willing to helpe them beare the burden as thou wouldest be holpen if any be more skilfull then thy selfe and thy elder respect the gifts of God in him if lesse skilfull and thy iunior regard him as in the hopefull way to knowledge crow not ouer nor oppresse such a one but remember that when thou thy selfe hadst thy beginnings thou wouldest haue beene loth to haue beene oppressed 47 Accompany not with a lewd fellow-seruant otherwise then in your necessary labours lest thou lose thine owne recompence receiue of his stripes The gentle Oxe draweth with the vnruly but rangeth not with him when he is out of the yoke lest also with him he be turned off to the slaughter 48 Learne rightly to distinguish betwixt Faith and Presumption for as there is no meanes without the one vnto saluation so there is but one meanes beside the other to damnation 49 As before the fact to say The Lord doubtlesse wil be mercifull to me in this is presumption so to say after the fact The Lord doubtlesse will shew mercy if ioyned with repentance is faith if without repentance is also presumption 50 Make vse of Gods mercy with reuerence not with malepartnesse Though God be mercifull yet he is mighty iust 51 Continue not in sinne for God is iust yet despaire not though thou hast often sinned for God is also mercifull 52 When thou hast grieuously offended be not lesse confident to obtaine Gods mercy then when thou hadst lesse offended for By how much the more thou hast sinned by so much the more thou art in thy selfe miserable and by how much the more miserable thou art by so much the more pittifull is God and by how much the more pittifull by so much the more mercifull is hee 53 Make not light of sinne because God is mercifull a Kings pardon is not to be played withall but with reuerence to be receiued Gods grace by how much the more abundant by so much the more to be respected and not abused 54 Procure the loue of all men so far as with a good conscience thou maist but if thou must néeds incur hatred be hated of the euill rather then of the good for The hatred of the euill is a probable signe of Gods loue the hatred of the good of Gods displeasure 55 The hatred of the good may many wayes endammage thee the hatred of the euill cannot hurt thée though for a time it may afflict thee for God for whose sake thou art hated shall turne their curse into a blessing 56 Loue whom thou louest vnfainedly the good for Gods sake and as the children of God to whom let thy loue be without dissimulation as it is to their father the euill either by kindnesse or reprehensions to amend them so shalt thou shew thy selfe a builder in Gods worke and not a plucker downe a planter in Gods Garden not a supplanter 57 If thou féelest the swéetnesse of Gods mercies abundantly be not carelesse and héedlesse of his