Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n
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A52357
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The true liberty & dominion of conscience vindicated, from the usurpations & abuses of opinion, and persuasion
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Nalson, John, 1638?-1686.
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1677
(1677)
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Wing N117; ESTC R19982
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not_o give_v they_o those_o great_a advantage_n against_o themselves_o and_o if_o we_o consult_v the_o history_n of_o all_o time_n place_n and_o nation_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o no_o people_n can_v bid_v fair_a for_o their_o own_o ruin_n or_o give_v a_o strong_a invitation_n to_o their_o enemy_n than_o by_o their_o own_o division_n and_o dissension_n nor_o do_v any_o government_n suffer_v a_o dissolution_n without_o these_o forego_n and_o too_o often_o fatal_a prognostic_n of_o its_o approach_a fall_n in_o se_fw-la magna_fw-la ruunt_fw-la now_o there_o be_v nothing_o can_v beget_v maintain_v and_o preserve_v this_o necessary_a unity_n like_o the_o principle_n of_o conscience_n this_o be_v that_o which_o cement_v man_n soul_n together_o with_o so_o close_a and_o indissoluble_a a_o union_n as_o nothing_o be_v able_a to_o divorce_v they_o from_o but_o what_o separate_v the_o soul_n and_o body_n this_o beget_v true_a love_n and_o real_a friendship_n knot_n never_o to_o be_v loose_v but_o with_o that_o of_o life_n last_o let_v we_o take_v a_o short_a turn_n within_o the_o confine_n of_o divinity_n and_o there_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o consciousness_n which_o man_n have_v to_o themselves_o that_o they_o owe_v a_o indispensible_a duty_n to_o god_n as_o their_o great_a and_o almighty_a sovereign_n and_o creator_n and_o to_o all_o mankind_n as_o their_o common_a brethren_n be_v the_o only_a true_a foundation_n of_o all_o the_o religion_n in_o the_o world_n without_o a_o due_a sense_n of_o the_o first_o of_o these_o man_n be_v atheist_n without_o the_o second_o they_o be_v worse_o than_o beast_n without_o they_o both_o they_o will_v be_v worse_o than_o devil_n who_o believe_v though_o it_o make_v they_o tremble_v so_o that_o it_o appear_v that_o without_o this_o inward_a principle_n of_o conscience_n there_o will_v be_v neither_o honesty_n fidelity_n justice_n civility_n morality_n policy_n government_n or_o divinity_n in_o the_o world_n this_o be_v indeed_o the_o foundation-principle_n of_o all_o these_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n without_o but_o inducement_n and_o persuasive_n to_o goodness_n which_o man_n may_v resist_v and_o though_o not_o without_o difficulty_n overcome_v but_o till_o they_o can_v fly_v from_o themselves_o they_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a whole_o to_o subdue_v and_o conquer_v all_o the_o power_n and_o influence_n of_o conscience_n or_o though_o they_o may_v be_v so_o hardy_a to_o rebel_v against_o it_o yet_o can_v they_o never_o be_v able_a to_o escape_v its_o torture_n and_o punishment_n but_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n will_v be_v a_o universal_a truth_n hostu_fw-la evasisse_fw-la pute_fw-la finem_fw-la juvenal_n sat._n 13._o prope_fw-la finem_fw-la quos_fw-la diri_fw-la conscia_fw-la facti_fw-la mens_fw-la habet_fw-la attonitos_fw-la &_o surdo_fw-la verbere_fw-la caedit_fw-la occultum_fw-la quatiente_fw-la animo_fw-la tortore_fw-la flagellum_fw-la poena_n autem_fw-la vehemens_fw-la ac_fw-la multo_fw-la saevior_fw-la illis_fw-la quas_fw-la &_o caeditius_fw-la gravis_fw-la invenit_fw-la &_o rhadamanthus_n nocte_fw-la diéque_fw-la suum_fw-la gestare_fw-la in_o pectore_fw-la testèm_fw-la well_o render_v into_o english_a in_o those_o few_o word_n of_o the_o wise_a king_n solomon_n a_o wound_a conscience_n who_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v 18.14_o prov._n 18.14_o for_o let_v man_n say_v or_o do_v what_o they_o please_v this_o imperial_a principle_n will_v rule_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n either_o with_o the_o golden_a sceptre_n or_o the_o iron_n rod._n chap._n iu._n some_o necessary_a and_o universal_a principle_n lay_v down_o upon_o which_o conscience_n depend_v and_o according_a to_o which_o it_o act_n philosophy_n tell_v we_o corruptio_fw-la optimi_fw-la est_fw-la pessima_fw-la the_o best_a thing_n abuse_v become_v the_o worst_a there_o be_v no_o poison_n so_o invincible_a as_o that_o which_o come_v compound_v with_o a_o cordial_n which_o by_o its_o treacherous_a agreeableness_n to_o 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and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o under_o various_a name_n and_o notion_n have_v yet_o in_o all_o age_n and_o among_o all_o nation_n pass_v for_o the_o most_o bless_a eternal_a and_o by_o all_o to_o be_v adore_v deity_n second_o that_o this_o supreme_a be_v be_v of_o a_o most_o perfect_a and_o excellent_a nature_n infinite_o happy_a in_o himself_o so_o as_o nothing_o can_v add_v to_o or_o diminish_v his_o absolute_a and_o eternal_a felicity_n this_o be_v the_o ancient_n and_o universal_a belief_n of_o the_o world_n concern_v the_o divine_a nature_n nay_o lucretius_n a_o man_n not_o over_o kind_a to_o that_o which_o he_o call_v gravis_fw-la religio_fw-la endeavour_n to_o establish_v his_o demi-atheism_n upon_o this_o foundation_n that_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v transcendent_o happy_a within_o itself_o since_o it_o can_v receive_v neither_o addition_n nor_o diminution_n therefore_o do_v not_o concern_v itself_o with_o the_o management_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n as_o appear_v by_o those_o well_o know_v and_o too_o much_o abuse_v verse_n of_o his_o omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la diuûm_fw-la natura_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la immortali_fw-la aevo_fw-la summâ_fw-la cum_fw-la pace_fw-la fruatur_fw-la semota_fw-la a_o nostris_fw-la rebus_fw-la sejunciáque_fw-la longè_fw-la nam_fw-la privata_fw-la dolore_fw-la omni_fw-la privata_fw-la perîelis_fw-la ipsa_fw-la suis_fw-la pollens_fw-la opibus_fw-la nil_fw-la indiga_fw-la nostri_fw-la nec_fw-la bene_fw-la pro_fw-la meritis_fw-la capitur_fw-la nec_fw-la tangitur_fw-la irâ_fw-la three_o that_o according_a to_o the_o excellency_n of_o his_o nature_n his_o wisdom_n power_n and_o goodness_n he_o make_v all_o thing_n and_o mankind_n especial_o for_o a_o most_o excellent_a end_n four_o that_o this_o end_n be_v primary_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o own_o glory_n in_o his_o wisdom_n power_n and_o goodness_n secondary_o and_o in_o order_n thereunto_o the_o happiness_n of_o all_o his_o creature_n 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fulfil_v his_o word_n and_o praise_v his_o name_n strict_o observe_v those_o law_n which_o at_o first_o he_o do_v impose_v upon_o they_o last_o it_o follow_v from_o the_o justice_n and_o power_n of_o this_o excellent_a nature_n that_o those_o