Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	master_n	obedience_n	servant_n	2,872	5	7.2086	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73731	The institution of a Christen man conteynynge the exposytion or interpretation of the commune Crede, of the seuen Sacramentes, of the .x. commandementes, and of the Pater noster, and the Aue Maria, iustyfication [and] purgatory.	Church of England.	1537 (1537)	STC 5164; ESTC S107820	135,176	202

damage and peryll to the common weale And that all subiectes do owe vnto theyr pryncis and gouernours suche honour and obedience as is before sayde it appereth euidently in sondry places of scrypture but specially in the Epistles of saynct Paule and saynct Peter For sayncte Paule sayth in this maner Rom. xiii Euery man muste be obedient vnto the hyghe powers for the powers be of god And therfore who so euer resisteth the powers resysteth the ordynaunce of god And they that resyste shall get to them selfes damnation i. Pet. ii And saynt Peter sayth Obey vnto all sortes of gouernours for goddis sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chiefe heed or vnto rulers as vnto them that be sent of god for to punysshe euyll doers and to cherysshe them that do well And shortely after it foloweth Feare god Honour thy kynge And there be many exaumples in scripture of the greatte vengeaunce of god that hath fallen vpon rebels and suche as haue ben disobedient vnto theyr pryncis Num xvi But one princypall example to be noted is of Chore Dathan and Abiron Whom for their rebellyon almyghty god soo punysshed that Whan they and two hundred and fyftye capitaynes mo with other people to a great nombre were all to gyther the erthe opened and swalowed them downe with their houses their wyfes and theyr chyldren and all their substaunce And they went downe quycke in to hell with all that they had ¶ Fyftely we thynke it conuenient that all bysshoppes and preachers shall instructe and teache the people commytted vnto their spirituall charge that this commaundement doth also conteyne the honour and obedience that seruauntes do owe vnto theyr maysters and the office and duetie agayne of the maysters vnto their seruauntes ¶ Item that the honoure and obedyence of the seruauntes vnto theyr maysters is to loue theyr mayster to be reuerente and lowly vnto hym in al theyr wordes and gesture to suffre and forbeare hym to be redy and with a good wyll without murmuration or grutchynge to obey all his lawfull or reasonable commaundementes to feare hym and to be lothe to displease hym to be faythfull and true vnto hym and to theyr power to procure and do that whiche is to theyr maisters honestie and profyt and that as well in theyr maisters absence and out of his syght as whan he is present and loketh vpon them accordynge to the wordes of sayncte Paule Ephe. vi where he sayth Seruantes be you obedyente vnto your maisters with feare and tremblyng with symple and playne hartes as vnto Christe not seruynge onely in theyr syght as pleasers of men but as the seruantes of Christe doynge the wyll of god from the harte and with good wyll thynkyng that you serue god and not men And be you sure that of all your good seruyce you shall receyue rewarde of god Tit. ii And agayne to Titus he wryteth thus Exhorte the seruantes to be obedyent vnto theyr maysters to please them well in all thynges not to be patterers and praters agaynst them nor pyckers or pryuey conueyers of theyr maysters goodes but to shewe all trouth and faythfulnes i. Pet. ii Saynte Peter also byddeth seruauntes to obey theyr maysters with all feare not onely yf they be good and gentle but also though they be frowarde ¶ Item that the offyce and duetie of the maysters vnto theyr seruauntes is to prouyde suffyciently for them of all thynges necessary To se them instructed in the lawes of god and that they obserue the same not to be ouer rygorouse vnto theym to correcte theym whan they do amysse and to cōmende and cherysshe them whan they do well accordynge to the sayinge of sayncte Paule You that be maysters Collo iiii doo vnto your seruaūtes that is right and reason know that your selues haue also a mayster in heuen And in an other place he saythe Ephe. vi Be not rygorous vnto your seruantes for you haue a mayster in heuen that regardeth all persons indifferently Ecclesi xxxiii And the wyse man sayth Meate correction and worke is due vnto the seruauntes Sette thy seruaunt to labour that he be not idell For idelnes bryngeth moche euyll Sette hym to worke for that belongeth vnto hym Yf he be not obedyent correcte hym ¶ Item that in this commaundement is also implyed that chyldren and yonge folkes shulde gyue due honoure and reuerence to olde men and to all suche as be theyr maysters and tutours to brynge them vp in lernynge and vertue whiche be in this behalfe as fathers vnto them and soo as fathers muste be honoured and obeyed ¶ Fynally we thynke it conuenient that all bysshoppes and preachers shall instructe and teache the people commytted vnto theyr spiritual charge that al fathers ought diligētly to consider and remembre howe moche and howe greuousely they do offende god and of howe many euylles they be the cause whiche eyther brynge vp theyr chyldren in wantonnes and ydelnes and do not put them forth in tyme to some facultie exercyse or labour wherby they may after get their lyuynge or occupie theyr lyfe to the profyte and commoditie of the common weale or els do suffre theyr chyldren in youth to be corrupted for lacke of good teachynge and bryngynge vp in the true knowlege of god and of his wyll commaundementes or commytte in worde or dede suche thynges in the presence of theyr chyldren wherof the yonge tender hartes of theyr sayde chyldren whiche lyke a smalle twigge is inclyneable euery waye and by fraylenes of youth is inclyned to euyll do take so euyll example and corruption of vices and worldly affections that harde it woll be for them after to eschewe the same ¶ The declaration of the syxte commaundement AS touchynge the syxte commaundement we thynke it conuenyente that all bysshoppes and preachers shall instructe and teache the people cōmytted vnto theyr spyrytuall charge Fyrst that in this commaundement is forbyden not onely bodely kyllynge and all maner of violent layinge of handes vpon any man as strikynge cuttyng woundynge and all maner of bodely hurtynge by acte and dede but also al malyce angre hate enuy dysdayne and al other euyll affections of the harte and also all sclaunder backbytyng chidyng bannynge raylynge scornyng or mockynge and all other euyll behauiour of our tongue agaynst our neighbour Whiche all be forbydden by this cōmaundement For they be rotis occasions of murder or other bodyly hurt ¶ Item that the contrary of all these thynges be commanded by this cōmandement that is to say that we shuld with our hartis loue our neyghbours and with our tongues speke well of them and to them and in our actes and dedes do good vnto them shewynge towardes them in hart word and dede pacience mekenes mercye and gentylnes yea thoughe they be our aduersaries and ennemyes And that this is the true sense and meanynge of this commandement it appereth by the exposition of our sauyour