Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	case_n	conscience_n	sin_n	1,023	5	4.8063	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49510	The matching of the magistrates authority and the Christians true liberty in matters if religion wherein is clearly stated, how farre the magistrate may impose or restrain in matters of faith and worship, and how far forth the Christian may challenge freedome and exemption : in a sermon preached at the Assizes at Dorchester, Jul. 17. 1651. / by William Lyford ...	Lyford, William, 1598-1653.	1654 (1654)	Wing L3549; ESTC R32907	15,979	27

magistrate_n remit_v only_o the_o penalty_n but_o that_o be_v no_o discharge_n of_o duty_n before_o god_n humane_a power_n may_v mitigate_v penalty_n but_o they_o can_v make_v sin_n to_o be_v no_o siam_fw-it nor_o schism_n to_o be_v no_o schism_n thus_o be_v the_o magistrate_n restrain_v power_n vindicate_v 4._o there_o be_v yet_o one_o thing_n more_o belong_v to_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n and_o that_o be_v a_o power_n to_o regulate_v and_o order_v circumstance_n for_o the_o manage_n of_o a_o ordinance_n which_o in_o their_o general_a nature_n be_v necessary_a yet_o lest_o undetermined_a in_o scripture_n as_o for_o example_n it_o be_v necessary_a in_o the_o general_a that_o some_o place_n for_o public_a worship_n be_v choose_v that_o some_o hour_n be_v appoint_v that_o the_o minister_n use_v some_o garment_n on_o other_o etc._n etc._n see_v in_o such_o thing_n there_o must_v be_v some_o way_n or_o other_o use_v and_o yet_o none_o be_v limit_v in_o scripture_n therefore_o the_o magistrate_n may_v order_v this_o hour_n of_o 9_o and_o 3._o from_o public_a meeting_n rather_o than_o sunrising_n or_o midnight_n and_o for_o the_o place_n the_o church_n rather_o than_o a_o tavern_n and_o for_o habit_n a_o black_a gown_n rather_o than_o a_o white_a cloak_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o that_o circumstance_n which_o i_o may_v choose_v to_o myself_o be_v free_a so_o to_o do_v there_o be_v no_o institution_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o thing_n the_o same_o may_v the_o civil_a power_n ordain_v to_o be_v obseve_v by_o all_o thus_o you_o have_v see_v that_o it_o be_v much_o that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v to_o do_v in_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n 1._o for_o propagation_n 2._o for_o protection_n of_o the_o truth_n 3._o for_o restraint_n of_o idolatry_n heresy_n division_n and_o vicious_a live_n 4._o and_o for_o settle_v outward_a order_n among_o his_o people_n now_o follow_v the_o second_o branch_n of_o our_o doctrine_n viz._n what_o the_o magistrate_n may_v not_o do_v in_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o here_o let_v the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o civil_a power_n may_v impose_v a_o act_n of_o worship_n and_o force_v man_n by_o temporal_a penalty_n to_o act_v against_o the_o conviction_n of_o their_o own_o conscience_n as_o here_o nebu._n do_v the_o 3._o child_n neg._n for_o answer_v 2._o be_v to_o be_v premise_v 1._o this_o question_n be_v not_o right_o resolve_v by_o distinguish_v between_o a_o act_n of_o worship_n lawful_a &_o unlawful_a as_o if_o a_o true_a religion_n may_v be_v impose_v not_o a_o false_a for_o every_o act_n of_o worship_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v good_a in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o imposer_n and_o evil_a in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o refuser_n and_o they_o who_o hap_n it_o be_v to_o live_v under_o contrary_a command_n and_o contrary_a religion_n must_v either_o have_v a_o bad_a conscience_n or_o a_o miserable_a life_n a_o bad_a conscience_n if_o he_o can_v take_v in_o all_o point_n of_o the_o compass_n or_o else_o a_o miserable_a life_n under_o such_o change_n of_o penalty_n 2._o i_o grant_v that_o the_o magistrate_n may_v compel_v such_o as_o do_v hold_v the_o faith_n &_o own_o the_o worship_n yet_o neglect_v the_o same_o out_o of_o a_o athelsticall_a profaneness_n and_o irreligiousness_n to_o present_v themselves_o to_o every_o such_o acknowledge_a act_n of_o god_n worship_n as_o asa_n do_v 2_o chron._n 15.13_o that_o whosoever_o will_v not_o seek_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n etc._n etc._n here_o asa_n make_v compulsive_a law_n about_o religion_n and_o let_v the_o case_n be_v alike_o the_o christian_a magistrate_n may_v compel_v that_o be_v to_o a_o confess_v know_a duty_n because_o in_o such_o compulsion_n the_o magistrate_n do_v not_o pinch_v upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o party_n but_o upon_o his_o disorderly_a outward_a man_n force_v he_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o a_o duty_n which_o in_o his_o own_o conscience_n and_o practice_n he_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o duty_n these_o thing_n premise_v to_o the_o question_n as_o it_o be_v propose_v appendix_n see_v this_o exemplisied_a and_o apply_v in_o case_n in_o the_o appendix_n i_o answer_v that_o the_o magistrate_n may_v propose_v but_o not_o impose_v instruct_v but_o not_o destroy_v man_n of_o a_o different_a judgement_n and_o way_n he_o may_v restrain_v any_o false_a way_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o that_o which_o he_o take_v himself_o bind_v to_o maintain_v but_o not_o force_v to_o a_o positive_a act_n against_o the_o conviction_n of_o their_o own_o conscience_n he_o may_v not_o set_v up_o a_o image_n and_o a_o furnace_n he_o may_v not_o say_v bow_z or_o burn_v reas_n 1._o because_o then_o a_o false_a worship_n may_v be_v impose_v as_o well_o as_o the_o true_a and_o the_o godly_a man_n undo_v by_o refuse_v a_o false_a worship_n as_o well_o as_o carnal_a people_n by_o not_o observe_v the_o true_a john_n huss_n nobis_fw-la catholic_n be_v fuit_fw-la haereticus_fw-la 22._o bell._n de_fw-fr laicis_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 22._o say_v bellarmine_n and_o be_v therefore_o burn_v alive_a at_o constance_n look_v what_o reason_n one_o side_n give_v for_o punish_v of_o another_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v bring_v by_o the_o other_o side_n to_o punish_v they_o again_o for_o the_o like_a refusal_n the_o same_o argument_n be_v use_v against_o paul_n at_o philippi_n act_v 16.21_o viz._n he_o teach_v custom_n which_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o observe_v be_v roman_n and_o at_o athens_n act_v 17.18_o he_o set_v forth_o new_a god_n which_o paul_n himself_o at_o first_o have_v use_v when_o he_o persecute_v the_o christian_n reas_n 2._o it_o be_v against_o the_o nature_n of_o faith_n and_o worship_n to_o be_v force_v sunderi_fw-la non_fw-la cogi_fw-la vult_fw-la fides_fw-la quis_fw-la imponet_fw-la mihi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la credendi_fw-la quod_fw-la nolim_fw-la aut_fw-la quod_fw-la velim_fw-la non_fw-la credendi_fw-la i_o can_v not_o believe_v against_o my_o will_n neither_o can_v i_o disbelieve_v at_o my_o pleasure_n much_o less_o at_o the_o will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o another_o so_o for_o worship_n god_n be_v not_o please_v with_o a_o force_a worship_n god_n be_v to_o be_v serve_v with_o a_o perfect_a heart_n and_o a_o willing_a mind_n and_o whatsoever_o we_o perform_v against_o our_o will_n or_o with_o a_o ill_a will_n grudge_o or_o with_o a_o unbelieve_a heart_n not_o be_v persuade_v of_o the_o lawfulness_n thereof_o it_o be_v sin_n it_o be_v like_o the_o cut_n off_o a_o dog_n neck_n 3._o reas_n to_o impose_v a_o act_n of_o worship_n under_o bodily_a punishment_n to_o come_v with_o a_o image_n and_o a_o furnace_n be_v proper_o that_o which_o we_o call_v spiritual_a tyranny_n over_o the_o conscience_n for_o see_v man_n can_v punish_v the_o conscience_n direct_o by_o a_o immediate_a stroke_n god_n alone_a can_v wound_v and_o heal_v the_o conscience_n therefore_o all_o the_o force_n and_o punishment_n do_v upon_o the_o conscience_n by_o man_n must_v be_v by_o the_o body_n this_o be_v proper_o to_o force_v and_o tyrannize_v over_o the_o conscience_n when_o man_n be_v bring_v to_o this_o strike_v that_o either_o the_o bodily_a estate_n must_v perish_v to_o save_v the_o conscience_n whole_a or_o else_o the_o conscience_n must_v be_v wound_v to_o save_v the_o body_n &_o the_o estate_n whole_a this_o be_v a_o lording_n over_o man_n conscience_n this_o be_v the_o sad_a condition_n of_o our_o father_n that_o live_v under_o the_o lash_n of_o hen._n 8._o his_fw-la six_o knot_a whip_n i_o mean_v the_o six_o article_n he_o come_v with_o a_o image_n and_o a_o furnace_n if_o the_o papist_n refuse_v to_o acknowledge_v his_o supremacy_n they_o must_v be_v hang_v for_o traitor_n to_o the_o protestant_n he_o come_v with_o transubstantiation_n and_o a_o faggot_n if_o they_o refuse_v to_o bow_v to_o that_o breaden_a idol_n they_o must_v be_v burn_v for_o heretic_n thus_o some_o bishop_n require_v subscription_n too_o rigid_o to_o all_o the_o ceremony_n and_o silence_v the_o nonconformist_n though_o man_n otherwise_o of_o quiet_a spirit_n and_o useful_a gift_n be_v deem_v to_o exercise_v a_o spiritual_a tyranny_n over_o man_n conscience_n because_o they_o come_v with_o a_o image_n and_o a_o furnace_n subscription_n or_o deprivation_n the_o like_a thing_n do_v by_o other_o man_n in_o other_o change_n of_o time_n be_v real_o the_o same_o sin_n though_o the_o man_n and_o name_n he_o change_v 63._o hart-divis_a p._n 45._o p._n 63._o hereupon_o mr._n burrough_n break_v out_o into_o this_o prayer_n god_n grant_v we_o never_o meddle_v with_o any_o thing_n answerable_a to_o that_o tyranny_n and_o exhort_v thus_o the_o table_n may_v turn_v one_o day_n wherein_o the_o sufferer_n shall_v have_v the_o great_a ease_n and_o the_o inflicter_n the_o sore_a burden_n but_o god_n forbid_v that_o their_o brethren_n shall_v lay_v it_o upon_o they_o

ver._n 19_o because_o god_n have_v command_v they_o to_o preach_v in_o his_o name_n sol._n then_o remember_v thou_o be_v under_o a_o double_a bond_n of_o conscience_n at_o the_o same_o time_n one_o from_o god_n who_o command_v thou_o to_o preach_v another_o from_o man_n who_o command_v thou_o not_o to_o preach_v but_o here_o in_o this_o case_n thy_o conscience_n be_v discharge_v 1._o unto_o god_n by_o do_v what_o he_o command_v thou_o and_o 2._o to_o the_o magistrate_n by_o submit_v to_o his_o power_n in_o suffering_n and_o so_o thy_o duty_n to_o god_n and_o thy_o reverence_n due_a to_o authority_n be_v both_o preserve_v and_o thus_o i_o be_o bring_v to_o my_o second_o doctrine_n quest_n in_o case_n of_o injurious_a imposition_n what_o be_v christian_a to_o do_v ans_fw-fr rather_o yield_v our_o body_n to_o the_o fire_n than_o our_o conscience_n doct._n 2_o to_o the_o worship_n as_o these_o three_o worthy_n in_o my_o text_n do_v from_o whence_o my_o second_o doctrine_n be_v this_o 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be_v able_a to_o deliver_v therefore_o they_o say_v our_o god_n who_o we_o serve_v be_v able_a to_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o burn_a fiery_a furnace_n and_o in_o a_o humble_a resignation_n to_o his_o wisdom_n whether_o he_o will_v deliver_v in_o such_o a_o strait_n or_o not_o so_o they_o say_v he_o will_v deliver_v we_o cut_v of_o thy_o hand_n o_o king_n scil_n if_o it_o seem_v best_a to_o his_o godly_a wisdom_n we_o be_v not_o sure_a that_o he_o will_v deliver_v we_o therefore_o they_o express_v their_o confidence_n conditional_o but_o if_o not_o as_o if_o they_o have_v say_v he_o can_v if_o he_o will_v if_o it_o be_v for_o his_o glory_n and_o we_o and_o the_o church_n good_a deliver_v we_o but_o for_o that_o we_o resign_v up_o ourselves_o to_o his_o will_n and_o wisdom_n and_o resolve_v to_o stick_v to_o his_o way_n and_o to_o our_o duty_n however_o he_o please_v to_o dispose_v of_o we_o be_v a_o strength_n of_o spirit_n it_n be_v not_o every_o degree_n of_o grace_n that_o can_v 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the_o church_n i_o shall_v attain_v the_o end_n of_o my_o preach_v and_o you_o the_o fruit_n of_o my_o sermon_n finis_fw-la