Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	authority_n	church_n	office_n	1,059	5	7.1206	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07733	The cleansing of the leper discoursed, and opened, first, in certaine lectures within the cathedrall church of Saint Paul, in London; vpon occasion of that great visitation of the plague, in the yeare of our Lord, 1603. And now thought meet to be published, for our present instruction and comfort; as being fitted both to this time of pestilence, and of famine amongst vs. By Henry Morley, Bachelour of Diuinitie.	Morley, Henry, d. 1616.	1609 (1609)	STC 18115; ESTC S112895	120,818	318

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shame_n they_o will_v not_o offer_v to_o one_o of_o their_o servant_n for_o his_o hire_n nor_o to_o a_o poor_a schoolemafter_o for_o his_o wage_n to_o teach_v their_o child_n their_o abce_n and_o to_o learn_v their_o letter_n of_o he_o and_o yet_o forsooth_o some_o of_o these_o will_v look_v to_o rule_v and_o sway_n and_o to_o be_v great_a master_n and_o commander_n in_o a_o parish_n though_o their_o duty_n and_o allowance_n unto_o their_o minister_n be_v just_a the_o same_o with_o they_o that_o take_v the_o charity_n and_o the_o alm_n of_o the_o parish_n this_o i_o say_v be_v not_o that_o allowance_n that_o be_v due_a unto_o god_n minister_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o of_o christian_a prince_n who_o godly_a law_n be_v wrest_v and_o pervert_v by_o the_o fraud_n and_o cunning_n of_o these_o kind_n of_o man_n but_o a_o bountiful_a and_o a_o honourable_a maintenance_n have_v not_o only_a sufficiency_n for_o necessary_a use_n but_o also_o plenty_n for_o delight_n and_o comfort_v 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bounty_n to_o my_o apostle_n and_o minister_n give_v unto_o they_o my_o own_o part_n which_o be_v due_a unto_o myself_o what_o be_v this_o to_o thou_o be_v it_o not_o lawful_a for_o i_o to_o do_v with_o my_o own_o what_o i_o will_v will_v thou_o be_v evil_a because_o i_o be_o good_a go_v to_o tolle_fw-la quod_fw-la tuum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o vade_v take_v that_o which_o be_v thy_o own_o and_o go_v thy_o way_n i_o have_v deal_v well_o and_o bountiful_o with_o thou_o in_o give_v nine_o part_n unto_o thou_o and_o in_o give_v but_o one_o part_n viz._n the_o ten_o unto_o they_o content_v thyself_o with_o it_o and_o do_v not_o envy_v nor_o murmur_v any_o more_o lest_o i_o take_v away_o the_o nine_o part_n from_o thou_o and_o give_v the_o ten_o unto_o thou_o the_o three_o proposition_n be_v that_o the_o ten_o and_o oblation_n with_o other_o profit_n and_o emolument_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n not_o to_o any_o other_o forasmuch_o as_o god_n give_v his_o part_n to_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n for_o their_o maintenance_n and_o therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v divert_v or_o convert_v to_o the_o use_n of_o lay_v man_n who_o have_v no_o right_a nor_o interest_n either_o in_o god_n ten_o or_o in_o any_o other_o good_n of_o the_o church_n for_o see_v that_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o tithe_n and_o oblation_n &_o of_o all_o other_o ecclesiastical_a profit_n there_o be_v a_o mutual_a give_v and_o receive_v as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v phil._n 4._o 4.15_o phil._n 4.15_o the_o minister_n give_v spiritual_a thing_n and_o the_o people_n give_v carnal_a and_o temporal_a thing_n for_o they_o what_o reason_n or_o equity_n can_v there_o be_v that_o those_o that_o may_v not_o nor_o do_v not_o perform_v the_o one_o shall_v be_v partaker_n of_o the_o other_o or_o that_o they_o shall_v live_v upon_o the_o altar_n that_o do_v not_o serve_v at_o the_o altar_n the_o dignity_n and_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n do_v belong_v to_o such_o as_o be_v entitle_v unto_o they_o 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rather_o tempt_v god_n then_o put_v our_o trust_n in_o he_o to_o this_o purpose_n it_o be_v worthy_a of_o observation_n which_o that_o worthy_a and_o learned_a zanchius_n a_o singular_a ornament_n of_o god_n church_n report_v upon_o occasion_n of_o the_o pestilence_n that_o be_v very_o rife_o among_o they_o of_o a_o certain_a conference_n or_o disputation_n between_o he_o and_o a_o minister_n of_o curia_n whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o minister_n to_o absent_v himself_o from_o those_o that_o be_v sick_a of_o the_o plague_n and_o to_o flee_v from_o those_o place_n that_o be_v dangerous_o infect_v the_o minister_n of_o curia_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a and_o zanchius_n on_o the_o other_o side_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v not_o unlawful_a be_v do_v with_o such_o due_a regard_n as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v without_o dishonour_n unto_o god_n neglect_v of_o our_o duty_n or_o fraud_n and_o injury_n unto_o the_o people_n commit_v unto_o us._n of_o which_o point_n they_o have_v reason_v so_o long_o both_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n &_o by_o letter_n till_o at_o the_o length_n the_o minister_n of_o curia_n by_o resort_v daily_o to_o those_o that_o be_v sick_a of_o the_o plague_n be_v strike_v himself_o and_o fall_v sick_a of_o it_o at_o which_o time_n see_v his_o error_n and_o oversight_n and_o the_o danger_n into_o which_o he_o have_v bring_v himself_o and_o his_o family_n he_o bewail_v and_o cry_v out_o to_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o to_o his_o friend_n about_o he_o oh_o utinam_fw-la zanchij_fw-la consilium_fw-la secutus_fw-la essem_fw-la oh_o that_o i_o have_v be_v rule_v by_o zanchius_n who_o give_v i_o counsel_v so_o to_o have_v care_n of_o those_o that_o be_v sick_a that_o withal_o i_o shall_v have_v a_o care_n of_o those_o that_o be_v sound_a viz._n of_o myself_o and_o of_o my_o family_n &_o of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n who_o future_a good_a and_o profit_n i_o ought_v to_o have_v regard_v expect_v a_o better_a opportunity_n afterward_o which_o 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