Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	apostle_n	church_n	time_n	1,048	5	3.6359	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10796	The reuenue of the Gospel is tythes, due to the ministerie of the word, by that word. Written by Foulke Robartes Batchelour of Diuinitie	Robartes, Foulke, 1580?-1650.	1613 (1613)	STC 21069; ESTC S115987	99,848	152

for_o as_o under_o the_o law_n it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o levite_n as_o god_n in_o the_o levite_n they_o receive_v god_n tithe_n as_o receiver_n of_o his_o sacred_a tribute_n as_o worthy_a caluin_n do_v call_v they_o even_o so_o before_o the_o law_n not_o so_o much_o melchisedech_n as_o the_o lord_n in_o melchisedech_n do_v receive_v tithe_n and_o now_o under_o the_o gospel_n not_o so_o much_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o he_o that_o be_v our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n do_v receive_v the_o tithe_n if_o man_n will_v not_o defraud_v he_o but_o suppose_v that_o the_o new_a testament_n do_v not_o so_o plain_o avouch_v the_o tithe_n to_o be_v due_a to_o christ_n yet_o i_o trust_v there_o be_v no_o colour_n to_o deny_v that_o they_o be_v even_o by_o the_o new_a testament_n affirm_v to_o be_v due_a to_o the_o priesthood_n of_o melchisedech_n for_o he_o of_o who_o it_o be_v write_v that_o he_o live_v must_v be_v either_o christ_n or_o melchisedech_n a_o other_o thing_n be_v plain_a also_o that_o the_o priesthood_n there_o speak_v of_o be_v a_o eternal_a priesthood_n a_o priest_n for_o ever_o if_o the_o order_n of_o priesthood_n there_o speak_v of_o be_v a_o eternal_a order_n and_o yet_o such_o a_o order_n as_o to_o who_o the_o tithe_n be_v due_a then_o be_v the_o priest_n either_o melchisedech_n the_o type_n or_o christ_n the_o antitype_n yet_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v still_o evince_v namely_o that_o tithe_n be_v the_o due_a of_o a_o eternal_a priesthood_n must_v also_o be_v themselves_o eternal_a that_o be_v to_o continue_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n for_o that_o be_v the_o eternity_n of_o the_o long_a priesthood_n hereunto_o be_v the_o word_n of_o m._n calvin_n upon_o this_o place_n very_o clear_a and_o full_a the_o testimony_n be_v large_a yet_o i_o will_v rehearse_v it_o at_o large_a his_o ●_o 〈◊〉_d in_o heb._n 7._o ●_o verbis_fw-la contendit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la melchisedech_n perpetuam_fw-la esse_fw-la levitici_fw-la verò_fw-la temporalem_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la ratiocinatur_fw-la hi●_n quibus_fw-la decimas_fw-la lex_fw-la assignat_fw-la homines_fw-la sunt_fw-la n●●tales_fw-la quo_fw-la indicatum_fw-la fitit_fw-la abrogandum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la aliquando_fw-la ●●_o sacerdotij_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la finem_fw-la habebat_fw-la corum●uta_fw-la scriptura_fw-la autem_fw-la nullam_fw-la commemorate_fw-la mortem_fw-la melchisedich_n cum_fw-la ●●_o rat_n folutas_fw-la illi_fw-la fuisse_fw-la decimas_fw-la ita_fw-la ius_fw-la sacerdotij_fw-la illiu_fw-la nullo_fw-la terporis_fw-la spit_v to_o terminat_fw-la qum_fw-la potius_fw-la subindicat_fw-la eternae_fw-la esse_fw-la d●rationis_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la ideo_fw-la additum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la videatur_fw-la posterior_n lex_fw-la ut_fw-la moris_fw-la est_fw-la priori_fw-la quiequam_fw-la derogasse_n excipi_fw-la enim_fw-la alioqum_fw-la poterat_fw-la ius_fw-la illud_fw-la que_fw-la potitus_fw-la ulim_fw-la erat_fw-la melchisidech_n esse_fw-la tam_fw-la absoletum_fw-la quia_fw-la aliam_fw-la legem_fw-la deus_fw-la per_fw-la mosem_fw-la iulisset_fw-la qua_fw-la illud_fw-la transferebat_fw-la ad_fw-la levitas_fw-la sed_fw-la occurrit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la cum_fw-la dicit_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la decimas_fw-la levitas_fw-la solut_a as_o fuisse_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la viverent_fw-la melchisedech_n verò_fw-la quia_fw-la immortalis_fw-la sit_fw-la retinere_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la semel_fw-la illi_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la that_o be_v in_o these_o word_n the_o apostle_n avouch_v that_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o priesthood_n of_o melchisedech_n be_v perpetual_a and_o that_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o priesthood_n of_o levi_n be_v but_o temporal_a for_o so_o he_o reason_v these_o to_o who_o the_o law_n assign_v tithe_n be_v man_n that_o die_v whereby_o be_v intimate_v that_o the_o right_n of_o the_o priesthood_n be_v one_o day_n to_o be_v abolish_v even_o as_o the_o life_n be_v of_o the_o man_n shall_v expire_v but_o no_o scripture_n mention_v the_o death_n of_o melchisedech_n when_o it_o report_v that_o tithe_n have_v be_v pay_v unto_o he_o so_o the_o right_a of_o that_o priesthood_n end_v not_o in_o any_o space_n of_o time_n but_o rather_o show_v itself_o to_o be_v of_o eternal_a continuance_n now_o this_o be_v add_v lest_o the_o latter_a law_n shall_v seem_v to_o have_v derogate_a as_o the_o manner_n be_v any_o thing_n from_o the_o former_a for_o else_o it_o may_v be_v expect_v that_o the_o right_n which_o melchisedech_n enjoy_v of_o old_a be_v now_o repeal_v because_o god_n have_v give_v a_o other_o law_n by_o moses_n whereby_o he_o translate_v that_o right_n unto_o the_o levite_n but_o the_o apostle_n do_v prevent_v that_o when_o he_o say_v that_o tithe_n be_v pay_v unto_o the_o levite_n but_o for_o a_o time_n because_o they_o live_v not_o perpetual_o but_o that_o melchisedech_n because_o he_o be_v immortal_a do_v retain_v unto_o the_o end_n that_o which_o be_v once_o give_v unto_o he_o by_o god_n now_o what_o be_v that_o perpetual_a right_n which_o melchisedech_n once_o receive_v from_o god_n but_o right_o to_o be_v the_o priest_n to_o do_v the_o durie_n of_o the_o priesthood_n which_o be_v to_o teach_v to_o bless_v to_o sacrifice_v and_o to_o receive_v the_o due_a of_o the_o priesthood_n assign_v thereunto_o by_o god_n as_o the_o word_n of_o m._n calvin_n former_o cite_v do_v import_n quod_fw-la debebat_fw-la abraham_n deo_fw-la soluit_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la melchisedech_n that_o be_v that_o which_o abraham_n ought_v to_o god_n he_o pay_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o melchisedech_n this_o right_n perish_v not_o in_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o priesthood_n unto_o the_o levite_n but_o continue_v eternal_a unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o do_v the_o apostle_n speak_v so_o plain_o that_o he_o of_o who_o it_o be_v write_v that_o be_v live_v our_o lord_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n do_v receive_v tithe_n and_o so_o tithe_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n even_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v due_a to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o this_o and_o no_o other_o practice_n concern_v tithe_n do_v the_o apostle_n mention_v approve_v and_o commend_v unto_o the_o church_n chap._n viii_o the_o practice_n of_o tthe_v in_o the_o time_n next_o succeed_v the_o apostle_n we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o time_n next_o succeed_v the_o apostle_n who_o practice_n be_v as_o the_o time_n will_v bear_v for_o they_o have_v no_o christian_a magistrate_n to_o order_n thing_n aright_o but_o live_v under_o tyrant_n and_o among_o heathen_a who_o hate_v the_o religion_n persecute_v the_o man_n and_o confiscate_v their_o good_n and_o hinder_v all_o good_a course_n what_o they_o can_v to_o the_o uttermost_a so_o that_o those_o who_o be_v backward_o and_o covetous_a will_v do_v what_o they_o list_v and_o those_o who_o be_v true_o willing_a either_o they_o pay_v nothing_o but_o receive_v alm_n be_v utter_o impoverish_v or_o else_o if_o they_o have_v any_o thing_n they_o give_v all_o into_o the_o common_a stock_n and_o live_v in_o common_a with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v think_v of_o some_o both_o godly_a and_o learned_a that_o tithe_n be_v pay_v in_o those_o primitive_a time_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o ministry_n this_o have_v be_v observe_v and_o testify_v by_o that_o learned_a zanchius_n who_o word_n be_v these_o in_o novo_fw-la 5●_n de_fw-fr redemp_n in_o 4_o praecep_n cap._n 18._o lib_n 5●_n testamento_fw-la post_fw-la ascensum_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la illud_fw-la tempus_fw-la quo_fw-la nullum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la habuit_fw-la principem_fw-la &_o magistratum_fw-la politicum_fw-la qui_fw-la curam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la patrociniumque_fw-la susciperet_fw-la primùm_fw-la penes_fw-la apostolos_fw-la omnium_fw-la pauperum_fw-la erat_fw-la cura_fw-la deinde_fw-la translata_fw-la ad_fw-la diacon●s_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la in_o act_n be_v eoque_fw-la deinceps_fw-la eorum_fw-la erat_fw-la colligere_fw-la à_fw-la fid●●ibus_fw-la tum_fw-la decimas_fw-la more_fw-it levitarum_fw-la tum_fw-la alius_fw-la el●●mosinas_fw-la quae_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la reliquorum_fw-la pauperum_fw-la rerumque_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la pertinebant_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopi_fw-la consensu_fw-la distribuebantur_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la liquet_fw-la in_o ecclesiasticas_fw-la historijs_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la cyprianum_n in_fw-la epistolis_fw-la that_o be_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n after_o the_o ascension_n of_o christ_n into_o heaven_n all_o the_o time_n that_o the_o church_n have_v no_o prince_n and_o civil_a magistrate_n to_o undertake_v the_o care_n and_o defence_n of_o the_o church_n th●_n care_n for_o the_o poor_a la●e_n at_o first_o upon_o the_o apostle_n afterward_o it_o be_v transfer_v unto_o the_o deacon_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o act_n and_o then_o it_o be_v their_o duty_n to_o gather_v from_o the_o faithful_a both_o tithe_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o levite_n and_o also_o other_o alm_n which_o appertain_v to_o the_o necessity_n both_o of_o the_o minister_n and_o also_o of_o the_o poor_a and_o other_o church_n affair_n but_o they_o be_v

self_n than_o we_o must_v think_v that_o abraham_n be_v also_o careful_a not_o to_o offer_v any_o sacrifice_n unto_o god_n of_o the_o good_n of_o the_o heathen_a for_o howsoever_o they_o may_v have_v seem_v cheerful_o content_v for_o a_o time_n while_o their_o deliverance_n be_v fresh_a yet_o afterward_o the_o memorial_n of_o the_o benefit_n receive_v from_o abraham_n will_v have_v decay_v his_o goodness_n will_v have_v be_v extenuate_v and_o his_o sacrifice_n blaspheme_v for_o to_o this_o effect_n in_o time_n unthankfulness_n may_v have_v teach_v they_o to_o speak_v indeed_o abraham_n be_v very_o liberal_a to_o his_o god_n in_o offer_v so_o great_a a_o sacrifice_n as_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o the_o spoil_n but_o he_o be_v frank_a at_o other_o man_n charge_n for_o they_o be_v our_o good_n which_o he_o offer_v so_o abundant_o when_o as_o then_o thus_o may_v they_o have_v blaspheme_v his_o sacrifice_n as_o well_o as_o slander_v his_o estate_n it_o be_v alike_o requisite_a for_o he_o to_o shun_v calumny_n in_o the_o one_o regard_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o other_o and_o as_o not_o to_o enrich_v himself_o so_o also_o not_o to_o sacrifice_v unto_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o good_n of_o the_o heathen_a it_o be_v not_o untrue_a that_o these_o spoil_n be_v now_o abraham_n own_o good_n jure_fw-la belli_fw-la by_o the_o law_n of_o arm_n and_o therefore_o he_o may_v conscionable_o have_v offer_v of_o they_o unto_o god_n what_o part_n he_o please_v without_o any_o just_a imputation_n of_o do_v any_o wrong_n unto_o the_o heathen_a but_o so_o he_o may_v also_o 〈◊〉_d take_v they_o to_o his_o own_o private_a enrich_n yea_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n do_v yield_v they_o most_o free_o v._o 21._o but_o abraham_n intent_n be_v to_o shun_v all_o occasion_n of_o open_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o heathen_a either_o just_o or_o unjust_o to_o speak_v evil_a of_o his_o profession_n and_o therefore_o as_o he_o will_v accept_v of_o no_o wealth_n for_o himself_o but_o such_o as_o god_n give_v he_o free_o without_o be_v any_o way_n behold_v to_o the_o heathen_a for_o they_o as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o the_o burial_n of_o satah_n so_o 〈…〉_o gen._n 〈…〉_o he_o be_v also_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o david_n who_o will_v not_o offer_v unto_o his_o god_n that_o which_o cost_v he_o nothing_o nor_o that_o which_o the_o heathen_a may_v have_v any_o colour_n to_o say_v have_v cost_v he_o nothing_o ●●_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 24._o ●●_o therefore_o the_o tithe_n there_o mention_v be_v not_o of_o the_o spoil_n but_o of_o abraham_n own_o estate_n if_o any_o body_n shall_v say_v that_o howsoever_o abraham_n may_v resign_v his_o own_o right_n unto_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n yet_o he_o can_v not_o resign_v god_n part_n but_o must_v perform_v that_o unto_o god_n in_o his_o priest_n melchisedech_n i_o answer_v that_o howsoever_o this_o conjecture_n be_v not_o so_o agreeable_a to_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o text_n yet_o it_o favour_v the_o cause_n altogether_o for_o if_o of_o necessity_n he_o must_v offer_v unto_o god_n his_o part_n than_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o there_o be_v a_o part_n and_o this_o ten_o part_n for_o of_o other_o determine_a part_n we_o have_v neither_o rule_n nor_o practice_v due_a unto_o god_n and_o to_o be_v receive_v by_o his_o minister_n out_o of_o every_o man_n increase_n for_o if_o the_o tithe_n be_v due_a in_o spoil_n of_o war_n which_o be_v obtain_v with_o such_o charge_n of_o army_n 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o such_o toil_n and_o hazard_v of_o so_o many_o life_n how_o much_o more_o in_o other_o thing_n corn_n wine_n cattle_n merchandise_n gain_n of_o handicraft_n which_o be_v neither_o so_o chargeable_a nor_o so_o dangerous_a but_o peaceable_o and_o plentiful_o arise_v by_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n upon_o honest_a employment_n but_o there_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o text_n another_o inducement_n to_o move_v we_o to_o think_v that_o abraham_n pay_v no_o tithe_n out_o of_o those_o spoil_n for_o where_o abraham_n in_o the_o ●4_n vers_fw-la do_v capitulate_v those_o thing_n which_o though_o he_o will_v not_o have_v yet_o be_v to_o be_v deduct_v out_o of_o the_o spoil_n namely_o the_o part_n of_o aner_n eschol_n and_o mamre_n and_o that_o which_o the_o 〈◊〉_d man_n have_v eat_v the_o catalogue_n seem_v most_o exact_a though_o in_o general_a term_n for_o first_o he_o do_v therein_o mention_v both_o the_o main_a matter_n which_o be_v to_o be_v deduct_v as_o the_o part_n of_o aner_n eschol_n and_o mamre_n and_o also_o that_o which_o be_v of_o the_o least_o moment_n as_o those_o pittance_n of_o victual_n wherewith_o the_o soldier_n have_v refresh_v their_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n certain_o if_o he_o have_v give_v or_o mean_v to_o give_v unto_o god_n any_o such_o share_n as_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o those_o spoil_n we_o must_v think_v it_o have_v be_v worth_a the_o name_n in_o the_o catalogue_n special_o when_o the_o same_o be_v not_o only_o a_o indefinite_a enumeration_n which_o may_v endure_v addition_n or_o diminution_n but_o a_o enumeration_n 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