Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	father_n	mother_n	5,111	5	7.8086	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23301	Hæc homo wherein the excellency of the creation of woman is described, by way of an essay. By William Austin Esquire.	Austin, William, 1587-1634.	1637 (1637)	STC 974; ESTC S100237	46,771	198

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of which mingled and put together he framed and made a Name for his wife In which by this conjunction he expressed both from whence she was taken and who gave her unto him therby declaring her to be taken from Man and acknowledging JEHOVAH to bee the Author and sanctifier of this marriage and conjunction betweene him and his wife For without the helpe of those two letters 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ish and Isha could not be joyned into one name So that in her name thus framed the Author of this and all other marriages is set downe to be the Lord JEHOVAH who ioyneth both together without whom Isha cannot consist nor any marriage or conjunction bee lawful or blessed Secondly the Persons in marriage are here expressed to bee Ish and Isha man or woman both knit in one name by Adam as they were knit in marriage by JEHOVAH But if we will know more particularly of what quality the persons in mariage ought to bee wee must examine what the estates of the first two were wherein wee shall find First their Freedome Secondly their Perfection Thirdly their Age. Fourthly their Condition First Ish and Isha were free persons and uncontracted before GOD joyned them For man could not find a wife for himselfe untill GOD made him one who though bone of his bone Yet none of his Wife till GOD gave her And therefore Free So should also the conditions of after-marriages bee Man should seeke for his Ribb for his Flesh and Bone yet keepe himselfe free and uncontracted till GOD bring one as free to give him Secondly Ish and Isha were perfect Man and woman both for Age Stature and health For as S. Augustine holds they were created in that health strength and stature of body which wee attaine unto at thirty our best age From whence is taught the perfection of that state as being a thing unfit for the sicke weake or Impotent Thirdly Ish and Isha were neere one age and hee but a little the older Which teacheth the Equality of age in marriage Age and youth in extreames must not match yet the man ought to bee somewhat the older but not much For the yong Woman that is wedded to an aged man is not a married wife but a married widdow So that the persons must not bee children under age nor those that are twice children for age Lastly Ish and Isha were naked were not ashamed Both their minds were so free from Sinne as their bodies were from imperfection or fault Therefore they needed not blush at meeting From whence wee my learne in what naked truth and plaine simplicity mariages ought to be made in the sight of GOD neither of them seeking by dissimulation to cloake or cover any cause or imperfection that should justly hinder or barre that holy Conjunction But as Ish and Isha were married in the same nakednesse they were made so they may also be conjoyned in that naked innocency and modesty of mind and body as they were borne From whence also they may learne how peaceably they ought to behave themselves in this holy estate without fighting or unquiet striving For Ish and Isha were naked Man was made so and men are borne so Nos nudi creati sumus ad nem●nem laedendum saith Zan●hius Wee were made naked that we should hurt no body They that meet and imbrace naked uncloathed and unarmed can intend no hurt for they are neither of them fit to strike or defend Therefore when the married remember their first parents were made so married so and themselves borne so they should live in all love and peaceable concord with themselves For GOD hath neither made nor given them meanes to hurt each other For the married are joyned by love And though Ovid say Militat omnis amans I rather thinke he meanes Militat omnis amens For Propertius held the truth Pacis Amor deus est pacem veneramur amantes Love is a God of peace and lovers love the peace Therefore all strife and contention whereby peace may be broke or hindered must be banished Thirdly in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Duties of marriage are contained Which duties are generally chiefly two Love Propaga●ion of children both exprest by Commodum auxilium Love is first and seasons all the rest And it is properly the marieds vertue as Fortitude is the Souldiers Temperance the Magistrates and Iustice the Princes And this duty is expressed by Adam himselfe when hee saith that for her Man shall leave father and mother and cleave to his wife and they shall be both one flesh And therefore he closed them both in one name to shew that their love that drew them together into one conjunction from all others should never part But that they should continue together in one perpetuall bond and Society as they were taught by their names which are both tied and knit into one in the Name of JEHOVAH the Lord. God is love and the Nam● of God hath made their names one Which teacheth them that there ought to be that love of God and godly love between them as should keep them alwayes in best affection together For the other duty of Procreation injoyned them by the command of increase and multiplie it is herein contained and expressed For as her name Isha though it was taken out of his name Ish containes his also So her body though it was taken out of his containes his also by propagation of the same kind For as the woman is of the man so is the man also by the woman saith S. Paul Which is well expressed in our English Orthography before named of womb-man not dissenting from that of the Prophet Mulier circundabit virum Which though it was specially meant of our Saviour and the B. Virgin yet is it literally true in nature For all men are contained bred and propagated in women which is expressed in this name Isha which in like manner comprehendeth his Name Fourthly in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is contained what may best continue marriage in the most commendable perfection And that is unity Of which they shall alwayes be remembred if they doe but looke on the Womans name For as I said Gods power made their bodies one flesh by conjunction and Gods name made their names one name by interposition God is unity And unity conjoyned them so that if they doe but consider that in their conversation God is in the midst of them it shall alwayes bee a meanes for them to walk as in his presence without contention in all concord and unity Which is able to establish and confirme their holy conjunction in all peaceable and happy continuance unto the end Fifthly and lastly there may be gathered from this name if it bee well considered what may dissolve and unknit this holy knot