Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	care_n	child_n	parent_n	3,714	5	8.8140	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43577	The general assembly: or, A discourse of the gathering of all saints to Christ Wherein it appears that all saints in all places and ages, shall be at last gathered together to Christ their head. Together with the time, manner, ends and reasons of this last great congregating of all saints, and what use may be made thereof. Being some meditations upon 2 Thess. II. 1. By O. H. minister of the Gospel.	Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702.	1700 (1700)	Wing H1766; ESTC R221312	62,244	144

of Israel They shall no more be prosecuted by Murthering or scattering Acts they shall now be out of date they shall no more hear the Voice of the Oppressour there have been many such days as those in the Apostles times great persecutions against the Church Acts 8.1 that they were all scattered abroad through forreign Regions But now the storms are blown over the clouds scattered and the glorified Saints shall never be broken up or disturbed by the Sons of Violence any more They shall recount those by past troubles with Songs of Praise 8. The Saints of God that have been confined to Prisons shall be set at liberty and injoy sweet content together The Lord made their very Prisons sweet by mutual Communion but Heaven will be sweeter The imprisoned Bird never sings so sweetly in the Cage as at liberty O blessed inlargement Now they are delivered with the rest of the Creation into the glorious liberty of the children of God Rom. 8.21 They walk abroad at liberty at another rate then ever How shall they with joy and triumph recount their wandring about in Deserts and Mountains Heb. 11.37 38. in Dens and Caves of the Earth Sometimes thrust into dark and dirty Dungeons with Felons and Malefactors yea condemned tortured executed but now they have obtained a better Resurrection O happy deliverance These shall have their proper Mansions in their Fathers House and the Coelestial Pallace will resound sweet Eccho's of their triumphant Praises they shall not now with Paul and Silas sing in the Stocks Acts 16.24 25. but above where they shall be advanced together 9. The Saints that have providentially parted one from another upon any occasion shall meet again and part no more When Paul was to be bound at Jerusalem and the Disciples understood it they took on heavily Paul said what mean ye to weep and to break my heart Acts 21.11.13 Their weeping breaks his Heart But especially saith the Text they sorrowed most of all Acts 20.38 for the words that he spake that they should see his face no more And this is the Case of many Christian-friends but the relief is they shall see each others Faces again and their Faces will shine as the Sun and their Contentment shall be exceeding the bounds of any Capacity in this lower World They parted but for a Season that they should receive each other for ever Philemon 15. when the gracious God hath received them into everlasting Habitations 10. The Saints that divided and could not agree to walk together in one Church upon Earth shall be perfectly reconciled above and then shall mutually embrace each other They shall all speak the same thing and never have the least reflecting Speech or Thought against each other Possibly in this World the Contention or Paroxism betwixt a Paul and Barnabas may be so sharp that they may depart asunder one from another Acts 15.39 As all God's People are necessarily scattered into distinct Societies though uniting in Spirit in the bonds of Peace yet good Persons of different Perswasions may in some cases refuse to hold Communion occasionally one with another some being for greater Latitude others for smaller Bonds or being of different Principles in smaller Matters or through Prejudice or Passion yet in Heaven they shall be all of one Mind and one Heart and all Dissention and Division will be laid aside O what perfect Love sweet Harmony and joyful Delight will there be in the Persons and Graces of each other There will be no saying then I am of this Opinion or of this Party or a Member of this Church and not of another but they shall attain to be in the Unity of the Faith and united Members of the Triumphant Church 11. Christians that had their natural Infirmity shall leave them behind them and their united Spirits shall be made perfect How rough-hewn Natures have some godly Souls How unsociable are some that proves a great Affliction to themselves and all about them still quarrelsom and discontented nothing pleaseth them and sometimes they cannot help it though they strive and fight and pray against it it still recurs and returns and breeds much vexation but upon this blessed gathering together the crooked shall be made streight Isa 40.45 and the rough places and spirits plain when the glory of the Lord shall be revealed O happy day when there will be no envy or discontent but the Saints shall rejoyce in each others Graces and Comfort as their own and lie square to each others Spirits Though some Stars shall out-shine others in luster and glory yet every Vessel shall be full both of Grace and Comfort and not a wry Look or peevish Word shall be found there to all Eternity 12. The Saints that here condoled themselves and each other in their Personal afflictions shall leave their Sorrows behind them and all the occasions and grounds thereof and unanimously thank God for compleat Immunity from all some are sick some are pained some are pinched with Poverty others are tormented with wicked Children and bad Relations Some have troubles of Conscience under darkness hidings of God's Face some assaulted with hellish Infections Fatanical Temptations some are deeply Melancholy and under sad Complaints Now we are required to bear one anothers burthens Gal. 6.2 And Paul saith who is weak and I am not weak 2 Cor. 11.29 Who is offended and I burn not Grace in the Heart commands sympathy with others but that perfect State dischargeth all Compassion as well as Passion They that mourned together shall rejoyce together not a sigh or groan shall ever possess a glorified Spirit 13. The Saints shall lay aside all difficult and self-denying Duties There are many personal Duties that require some cost and it becomes a Christian before hand to sit down and count the cost Luke 14.28 to mortify some special Lusts to maintain a strict watch over Heart and Life to worship God in the Spirit exercise every Grace maintain constant Communion with God these will cost a Soul much care and industry and though these are sweet in managing to purpose Prov. 3.17 for wisdoms ways are pleasantness yet because of the corruption of our Hearts and aversness to any thing that 's good they become difficult and then relative Duties are difficult to discharge trust to Relations Parents to Children Masters to Servants Christians one to another mutual Inspection Admonition giving and taking Reproofs faithfully humbly Christians find these Duties hard and grievous to flesh and blood But the more Spiritual any Man grows the more Easy they grow the more Love is in our Hearts to God the less are his commandments grievous 1 John 5.3 Now in Heaven Love will be perfected And holy Souls will be in their Element while they are serving God and doing the works of that Place But the more you can sing in the ways of the Lord Psal 138.5 Jer. 31.12 the