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	husband_n	wife_n	2,839	5	7.4256	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29443	A Briefe discourse declaring and approving the necessary and inviolable maintenance of the laudable customes of London namely, of that one, whereby a reasonable partition of the goods of husbands among their wives and children is provided : with an answer to such objections and pretenced reasons, as are by persons unadvised or evill perswaded, used against the same.		1652 (1652)	Wing B4579; ESTC R36620	17,189	31

those_o holy_a duty_n and_o good_a observance_n that_o be_v commend_v and_o command_v in_o holy_a scripture_n 5._o read_v the_o epistle_n to_o the_o ephes_n ca._n 5._o if_o then_o these_o custom_n bear_v sway_n in_o sundry_a place_n and_o be_v public_o approve_v by_o judicial_a sentence_n what_o citizen_n will_v be_v so_o senseless_a what_o londoner_n so_o loose_a what_o merchant_n or_o other_o free_a man_n so_o inconsiderate_a and_o unregardfull_a of_o his_o own_o good_a estate_n and_o so_o ready_a to_o defile_v his_o own_o nest_n as_o once_o to_o attempt_v or_o practice_v the_o violation_n or_o breach_n of_o so_o good_a a_o custom_n what_o be_v he_o who_o see_v the_o estate_n of_o london_n be_v prefer_v before_o other_o city_n of_o the_o land_n by_o the_o benefit_n and_o mean_n of_o their_o most_o profitable_a custom_n that_o will_v give_v a_o dangerous_a example_n to_o abrogate_v the_o same_o and_o to_o call_v their_o usage_n in_o question_n a_o custom_n if_o it_o have_v be_v once_o notorious_o discontinue_v or_o interrupt_v lose_v the_o title_n and_o appellation_n of_o a_o custom_n and_o by_o instance_n give_v of_o the_o time_n when_o it_o be_v disuse_v lack_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o authority_n then_o unnatural_a or_o at_o least_o wise_a unadvised_a be_v that_o citizen_n which_o to_o serve_v his_o private_a humour_n bring_v a_o general_a custom_n either_o into_o question_n by_o his_o fraud_n etc._n see_v before_o in_o the_o case_n of_o robbery_n how_o careful_a the_o city_n be_v to_o avoid_v this_o danger_n and_o to_o preserve_v their_o custom_n and_o and_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o attaint_n before_o 7_o h._n 6_o etc._n etc._n or_o by_o his_o example_n into_o contempt_n pernicious_a also_o be_v the_o precedent_n of_o one_o custom_n call_v in_o question_n to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o rest_n namely_o when_o as_o the_o city_n by_o their_o counfell_n in_o her_o majesty_n court_n of_o westminster_n claim_v the_o benefit_n of_o their_o custom_n may_v be_v encounter_v and_o confront_v with_o a_o counter_a plea_n give_v by_o themselves_o that_o such_o of_o their_o own_o alderman_n and_o commons_o have_v by_o their_o deed_n and_o devise_n either_o disaffirm_v or_o disannul_v the_o same_o a_o practice_n as_o of_o great_a condemnation_n in_o they_o that_o do_v it_o so_o no_o doubt_n of_o great_a oversight_n and_o incircumspection_n in_o they_o that_o suffer_v it_o but_o somewhat_o to_o satisfy_v the_o idle_a cavil_n pretend_v to_o the_o contrary_a say_v some_o one_o be_v not_o the_o general_a law_n of_o england_n sufficient_a to_o manage_v the_o government_n of_o london_n as_o well_o as_o of_o all_o other_o subject_n but_o that_o londoner_n must_v have_v private_a custom_n and_o usage_n of_o their_o own_o this_o objection_n make_v by_o the_o enviers_fw-mi or_o enemy_n of_o the_o wealth_n of_o london_n howsoever_o they_o make_v show_v to_o the_o contrary_a rather_o deserve_v a_o hiss_n then_o a_o reply_n and_o be_v sufficient_o confute_v in_o the_o former_a discourse_n but_o it_o be_v further_o urge_v by_o some_o hard_a husband_n my_o wife_n be_v froward_a and_o undutiful_a and_o have_v not_o deserve_v it_o she_o be_v a_o fool_n and_o can_v rule_v it_o she_o will_v marry_v again_o and_o enrich_v some_o other_o with_o the_o fruit_n of_o my_o travail_n wherefore_o i_o think_v it_o necessary_a to_o abridge_v she_o of_o that_o liberality_n which_o the_o custom_n do_v extend_v also_o my_o child_n be_v evil_a incline_v disobedient_a or_o untractable_a or_o some_o of_o they_o be_v wherefore_o i_o may_v with_o reason_n deprive_v they_o of_o the_o benefit_n of_o this_o custom_n first_o to_o answer_v the_o undutifulness_n i_o wish_v thou_o whosoever_o thou_o be_v to_o summon_v and_o convent_n thyself_o to_o the_o tribunal_n seat_n of_o thy_o inward_a mind_n as_o saint_n augustine_n say_v confess_v aug._n in_o lib._n confess_v and_o to_o make_v conscience_n thy_o judge_n thy_o cogitation_n the_o witness_n thy_o action_n the_o accuser_n thy_o memory_n the_o register_n or_o record_v to_o give_v in_o evidence_n and_o let_v it_o be_v discuss_v in_o all_o due_a circumstance_n whether_o thou_o do_v not_o likewise_o forget_v the_o office_n of_o a_o good_a husband_n and_o defraud_v she_o of_o her_o duty_n as_o saint_n paul_n say_v or_o provoke_v she_o to_o impatience_n which_o the_o same_o apostle_n forbid_v in_o these_o word_n 3._o 1_o corinth_n ca._n 7._o col._n ca._n 3._o you_o husband_n be_v love_v to_o your_o wife_n and_o no_o way_n be_v bitter_a unto_o they_o 1._o peter_n epist_n 1._o ca._n 1._o which_o also_o s._n peter_n remember_v in_o advise_v husband_n to_o dwell_v with_o their_o wife_n sincere_o and_o according_a to_o knowledge_n in_o do_v honour_n unto_o they_o as_o to_o the_o weak_a vessel_n let_v it_o i_o say_v be_v examine_v in_o the_o consistory_n of_o thy_o conscience_n whether_o thou_o either_o by_o thy_o fault_n witting_o or_o negligent_o by_o thy_o default_n or_o by_o thy_o unkindness_n undue_o have_v cause_v she_o be_v the_o weak_a vessel_n to_o be_v the_o more_o intolerable_a if_o thou_o find_v thyself_o condemn_v by_o thy_o conscience_n let_v remorse_n be_v thy_o executioner_n and_o amendment_n with_o kindness_n towards_o thy_o wife_n be_v thy_o penance_n but_o if_o thou_o find_v thyself_o guilty_a of_o no_o want_n of_o affection_n love_n or_o good_a carriage_n of_o thyself_o towards_o she_o so_o that_o her_o undutifulness_n proceed_v of_o herself_o yet_o i_o pray_v thou_o remember_v the_o benefit_n which_o god_n have_v give_v thou_o by_o her_o mean_n whether_o they_o be_v gift_n of_o fortune_n in_o better_v of_o thy_o estate_n or_o eschew_v of_o sin_n by_o her_o lawful_a and_o comfortable_a company_n or_o the_o blessing_n of_o child_n a_o sovereign_a good_a in_o this_o world_n thy_o child_n be_v the_o monument_n of_o thy_o life_n and_o be_v upon_o earth_n and_o the_o repayrer_n of_o thy_o decay_n and_o let_v these_o favour_n and_o grace_n enjoy_v by_o her_o company_n cover_v and_o countervail_v she_o other_o imperfection_n whatsoever_o follow_v therein_o the_o example_n of_o the_o wise_a socrates_n who_o be_v demand_v how_o he_o can_v endure_v the_o continual_a scold_n and_o vexation_n of_o his_o wife_n xantippe_n likewise_o ask_v of_o the_o other_o why_o he_o suffer_v the_o cackle_a and_o unpleasant_a noise_n of_o hen_n and_o turkeye_n in_o his_o house_n because_o say_v the_o other_o they_o lay_v egg_n and_o breed_v chicken_n for_o i_o and_o so_o say_v socrates_n xantippe_n bear_v i_o child_n which_o good_a turn_n alone_o cover_v and_o dispense_v with_o infinite_a defect_n callicratides_n the_o athenian_a be_v demand_v why_o he_o a_o man_n so_o noble_o descend_v but_o have_v match_v with_o a_o base_a thessalian_a woman_n yet_o by_o his_o last_o will_n bequeath_v unto_o she_o all_o his_o substance_n leave_v his_o other_o friend_n and_o kinsfolk_n unregarded_a because_o say_v he_o she_o be_v my_o wife_n mean_v that_o she_o who_o be_v by_o his_o judgement_n and_o choice_n make_v worthy_a to_o be_v his_o wife_n shall_v be_v unworthy_a of_o nothing_o that_o be_v he_o which_o may_v also_o satisfy_v that_o second_o point_n of_o suppose_a folly_n in_o the_o wife_n &_o want_v of_o discretion_n to_o marshal_v so_o great_a a_o proportion_n of_o wealth_n as_o the_o custom_n will_v give_v she_o wherefore_o will_v thou_o marry_v with_o a_o fool_n if_o thou_o think_v she_o unworthy_a of_o the_o right_n of_o marriage_n then_o see_v thy_o choice_n have_v estop_v thy_o testimony_n of_o her_o folly_n thy_o duty_n towards_o thy_o wife_n shall_v bind_v thou_o to_o favour_n and_o conceal_v her_o weakeness_n and_o to_o perform_v that_o which_o the_o custom_n pronounce_v to_o be_v convenient_a it_o can_v be_v evil_a bestow_v upon_o she_o who_o right_a by_o custom_n demand_v it_o and_o who_o estate_n and_o imperfection_n have_v need_n of_o it_o whereas_o if_o the_o husband_n may_v be_v permit_v by_o this_o colour_n to_o defeat_v his_o wife_n many_o inconvenience_n and_o disorder_n may_v ensue_v first_o a_o general_a custom_n bartolus_n leges_fw-la se_fw-la accommodant_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la frequentius_fw-la non_fw-la quae_fw-la raro_fw-la accidunt_fw-la bartolus_n which_o be_v as_o also_o a_o general_a law_n never_o provide_v for_o such_o rare_a accident_n as_o seldom_o fall_v in_o experience_n but_o for_o thing_n that_o ordinary_o and_o common_o happen_v shall_v be_v break_v to_o the_o general_a scandal_n and_o offensive_a example_n of_o all_o through_o the_o inhability_n of_o one_o which_o be_v a_o thing_n unreasonable_a likewise_o then_o may_v husband_n if_o that_o be_v admit_v for_o a_o just_a allegation_n easy_o devise_v and_o publish_v that_o or_o some_o other_o imperfection_n to_o be_v in_o their_o wife_n and_o thereby_o bereave_v they_o of_o their_o right_n no_o more_o than_o it_o be_v a_o just_a counterplea_n or_o bar_v to_o a_o woman_n dower_n