Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	blessing_n	child_n	parent_n	2,162	5	9.2185	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68881	A dialoge or co[m]municacion bytwene the curate or ghostly father, & the parochiane or ghostly chyld, for a due preparacion vnto howselynge ; The werke for housholders w[ith] the golden pystle and alphabete or a crosrowe called an A.B.C.	Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?	1537 (1537)	STC 25413.5; ESTC S105108	117,789	408

louyng chyldrē be euer obedient vnto the iugement and discrecion of your parētes And so be you obedient in all your werkes that you therby may be the chyldren of saluacion that is to saye that youre obedience be done with the very loue of your harte vnfayned without dissymulacion For god hath ordeyned that the father shall haue due honoure amonge his chyldren the mother in lyke maner with lowly obedience Those persones that done loue god wyll pray vnto hym for the forgyuenes of theyr synnes afterwarde wyll beware cōteyne kepe them selfe from them And in the dayly prayer they shall graciously be herde And lyke as a persone for the surete of his lyuynge here doth horde vp gather treasure / so done they ordeyne for the suerte of theyr saluaciō that duely done honoure theyr parentes This worde parentes doth sygnifye bothe the father and mother Who so euer doth duely honoure his parētes shall haue ioy pleasure conforte amonge his owne chyldren And who so euer is duely obediēt vnto the father dothe therby refresshe moche cōforte the mother And these persones that done due honoure vnto theyr parētes shall haue longe lyfe and in the daye of theyr prayer they shall gracyously be herde of our lorde haue theyr petycion Those persones that haue a reuerende drede vnto our lorde god haue in lyke maner a reuerende drede vnto theyr parentes / and done duely honour them and wyll do them suche seruyce and in lyke maner as a bonde seruaunte shuld do vnto his lorde and mayster as well in werke as worde with all pacience and gentylnes Do therfore to your parētes honoure and reuerence that the blessynge of God maye therby lyght vpon you and that blessynge shall remayne and endure vnto your last ende The blessynge of the parentes doth fyrme and make stable the possessions and the kynred of the chyldren And contrary the cursse of the parentes dothe eradicate rotewalt vtterly destroy bothe Chylde neuer take thou pleasure ne pryde in the rebuke disprayse of thy parentes .. For that rebuke is not thy glory boste nor prayse but rather thy confusyon shame rebuke For the glory and prayse of euery persone standeth in the honoure of the parētes And a great shame and rebuke is it vnto the chyldren whan the parentes bene without honoure and reuerence Good chyldren take good pacience with the age of your parentes and neuer displease ne greue them in all your lyfe And if they fayle ī wytte or vnderstandynge therafter speke or do any thynge contrary vnto your reason or wytte / take you pacience with them let the mater passe And in no wyse do you not dispise thē bycause of your owne strēgth or better abilite For the pyte and compassion that you haue vnto your parētes shall neuer be forgoten before God For you shall haue good and profyte of theyr offence synne And in the iustyce ryght you do vnto them shall you be edifyed and encreace in vertue And ī the tyme of your trybulaciō that good dede shal be remembrede For as the yce in the frost doth melte by the clere sonne beames so shall your synnes by your duety done vnto your parētes be wasted and clene losed for gyuē That persone is of euyll name and fame that doth forsake the parentes in theyr nede And those chyldren bene accursed of god that done anger vexe trouble theyr parentes Chylde of what state or degre so euer thou be do euer thy duty with myldenes mekenes and lowlynes than shalt thou be well by loued and praysed aboue other persones And the more hyghe estate thou come vnto the more meke and lowly be thou in all thynges and thā shalt thou in the presence of god haue great merite and encrease in grace For God doth loke vpon thē that done rendre gyue due thankes for the fauoure goodnes done vnto them before Ad verbum ferme translata All this nowe is the very texte and lettre of the holy scripture in the place before rehersed Where you may se perceyue many great commodytes and graces that done come vnto them that duely don honoure theyr parētes And many great ieopardyes and peryles and also the curse of god / that doth lyght vpō thē that wyll not do theyr duety of honour and reuerence vnto theyr parentes Let therfore your chyldrē vse and accustome thē selfe dayly to aske theyr fathers and mothers blessynges For this dare I saye that although in case the father or mother were an abhomynable synner Er Gre. lib. d ▪ alo iii. ca. vii or excommunycate accursed / or an heretyke though the chylde were so also yet myght that crosse of the blessynge of that father or mother saue that chylde frome sodeyne myschefe that els myght haue come vnto that chylde And the crosse may also do flee or chace away euyll spirites that els shulde haue had power vpon that chyld The blessynge of euery good person is good not without greate vertue accordynge vnto the power and degre of the persones therfore teche thē also to aske blessyng of euery bisshope abbote euery preste and of theyr godfathers godmothers with other deuoute persones And let this suffyse for this fourthe commaundemente ¶ yet go ferther vnto the fyfthe cōmaundemente The fyfthe precepte whiche is to kyl or sle no persone Teche thē there / that it is not ynoughe that they put no persone to deth by stroke of hāde or wepē but also that they hurte no persone in name or fame by detraction backebytyng or sclaūderynge or by euyll example of lyuynge nor yet that they curse or banne or wysshe euyll vnto any persone or yet hate any persone in herte i. Ioh. iii. For as scripture sayth who so euer dothe bere in the harte or mynde any hatered malyce euyll wyll or stomacke agaynste any christian is an homicide that is a mansleer or a manqueller Many persones wyll say they ben in charyte and haue no hatered vnto any persone and yet wyll they not speke one to a nother and that is a sygne and token that preuy hatered is in the harte that they do not loue theyr neyghboure as thē selfe in the true and vnfayned charyte of our lorde And sure it is the who so euer dothe not hooly and fully loue his neyghbore i. Iohan. iiii d. whome he may se behold with his bodyly syght he cane neuer loue god / whome he cane not se nor so beholde This is than the commaūdement of God that who so euer doth loue god muste also loue his neyghboure The .vi. precepte The syxthe cōmaundemēt is that no lechery be done / whiche is not mente onely for the vnlawful dede but also for all maner of prouocacion therunto / as wanton and lyght behauyours in kyssynge clyppynge and vnclene touchynge a lyght loke or caste of the syghte Math. v d. with a