Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	husband_n	wife_n	7,705	5	7.0226	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17318	A caueat for suerties two sermons of suertiship, made in Bristoll, by VV. Burton.	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1593 (1593)	STC 4166; ESTC S109542	35,827	94

A CAVEAT FOR SVERTIES Two Sermons of Suertiship made in Bristoll by VV. Burton LONDON Printed by Richard Field for Tobie Cooke dwelling in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Tygers-head 1593. ACAVEAT FOR SVERTIES Prou. 6. 1. My sonne if thou be Suerty for thy neighbour and hast stricken hands vvith the straunger 2. Thou art snared vvith the vvordes of thy mouth thou art euen taken vvith the vvordes of thy own mouth 3. Do this novv my sonne and deliuer thy selfe seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour go and humble thy selfe and sollicite thy friends 4. Giue no sleepe to thy eyes nor slumber to thy eye liddes 5. Deliuer thy selfe as a Doe froÌ„ the haÌ„d of the hunter as a bird from the hande of the fowler THis text is a schoole wherin Suerties are taught to flie such discommodities and annoyaunces as commonly come to Suerties by vndiscretenesse and rashnesse And it may be called the Suerties text because it prouideth for the securitie of Suerties as Suerties prouide for the securitie of others wherein almightie God giueth counsell vnto Suerties as vnto his children which if they follow then are they sure to stand when other are like to fall Therfore as S. Paul saith to Timothy in an other case Take heede to thy selfe to learning and continue therein for in so doing thou shalt saue thy selfe them that heare thee So I say to Suerties take heed to your selues and to your heauenly Fathers counsell and continue therein for in so doing you shall saue both your selues and others The candle that is carried in a laÌ„terne shall light many caÌ„dels yet loose no part of his owne light be the winde neuer so boisterous but that candle that is opeÌ„ to the weather a litle puffe of winde or one drop of raine shal put it out that it can neither giue light to others nor to it selfe So he to whom the word of God is a lanterne a light shall helpe himselfe and others when he that ventureth without it shall put out his owne light and the light of others also Here therefore the Lord doth teach meÌ„ to auoide such discommodities and annoyances as many through rashnesse and for want of discretion do fall into for the Lordes people must be a wise people And God would not haue thee to helpe thy neighbour without any care to saue thy selfe for although he hath said Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe yet he neuer said loue thy neighbour better theÌ„ thy selfe or loue thy selfe lesse then thy neighbour but loue him as thy selfe that is helpe him and saue thy selfe too or else thou shouldest loue him and hate thy selfe which in the same wordes is condemned For this end and purpose it hath pleased the Lord that dwelleth in the heauens to stoupe downe so low as to take order for our businesse here vpoÌ„ earth that we following his orders it might go well with vs and our children for euer And this counsell concerning Suerties though it be an oeconomicall thing yet it is not a base thing as some haue thought the spirite of God to occupie himselfe in base matters But by this we may perceiue how carefull the spirite of God is for vs in all things he is become our ouerseer and would keepe vs euen in the smallest things that we are to take in haÌ„d He hath giuen vs this warning as if he were an ouerseer of our money and our losses but yet he doth not so much prouide for the benefite of the body as of the soule God hath set down a perfect rule for all things which is able to make the man of God perfect yea he hath vouchsafed to stoupe so low as to come home into euery mans familie and to haue a care of our domesticall affaires that though we care not how we go to worke yet our heauenly Father hath a care that we should walke according to his word which he hath set vp to be a lanterne to our feete and a light vnto our pathes This being true as it is most true we may be bold to lay downe these three conclusions following First that the word of God containeth a perfect rule for the ordering of all our affaires And whatsoeuer is requisite either to be beleeued in matters of doctrine or to be practised in matters of manners either towards God or man is from that fountaine to be drawen and in that schoole most exactly and perfectly taught It teacheth the King to raigne the Iudge to giue iudgemeÌ„t the Magistrate to beare rule the subiect to obey The Minister from hence may learne how to preach and the people may learne how to heare Here the Captaine may learne how to pitch his battaile and the common souldier is taught his dutie If thou be a husband here thou mayst learne how to rule thy wife and the wife may see in this glasse how to obey and to please her husbaÌ„d The word of God hath layd downe most absolute instructions for fathers and children for masters and seruaunts for superiours and inferiours and for all estates In prosperitie and aduersitie in sicknesse and in health in warre in peace in youth in old age in the field at home at bed and at bord in all places and at all times thou mayst here learne how to behaue thy selfe Here is order taken for our eating and drinking for feasting and fasting for sportes and pastimes how to recreat the body and how to solace the minde for the apparell we put on and for the very haire of our head for the gestures of our body and the whole behauiour of our life It hath taken order for buying and selling for borrowing and leÌ„ding for giuing taking for finding and loosing there is a rule layd downe in the word of God how to become Suertie and how to escape the daunger of Suertiship here may the man of God be instructed in a word whatsoeuer belongeth to pollicie to ciuilitie or to Christianitie for this life or for the life to come it is most exquisitly most plentifully and most plainly layd downe in the booke of God If thou delightest to read Histories or Chronicles read Gods booke If thou wouldest see the creation of the world and how the same is preserued and the nature of the creatures read Gods booke If thou louest to tell and to heare of famous Kings Captaines of wonderfull battailes and victories of excellent Iudges and Magistrates of renowned Preachers and Prophets of coÌ„stant professours and martyrs peruse the booke of God If thou wouldest see coÌ„mon-wealthes florishing and going to ruine with the causes of both be acquainted with the booke of God If thou wouldest see the Church of God in her infancie and in her riper age in her rags and in her robes clensed and polluted increasing and decreasing with her enemies and her friends be not straunge to the word of God Would any see the

the helpe of thy word for his enlargement brotherly kindnesse wil perswade thee to succour him the law of loue will forbid thee to denie him And if this be not sufficieÌ„t to moue thee then remember that he which thinkes that he staÌ„deth may fall and when his case shall proue thy case thou wilt then plead for thy selfe and say that except thou mayst be at libertie there can be no triall of thy amendement and except thou mayst be bailed by Suerties thou canst not be enlarged and then thou wilt thinke that Suertiship is a dutie both Christian and necessarie in euery common wealth and therefore lawfull and thus we see that Suertiship is proued lawfull by the rule of charitie As this point is sufficiently proued by the rule of charitie so it is no lesse confirmed by sundry examples of holy men which feared God When Iacob was loth to part from his sonne Beniamin first Reuben entreateth him and offreth himselfe to become Suertie for his safe rerurne and for his greater securitie he leaueth his owne sonnes as a pledge instead of Beniamin if his offer would haue bene accepted Afterward coÌ„meth Iudah to entreat Iacob I vvill be Suertie for him saith he of mine hand shalt thou require him if I bring him not to thee and set him before thee then let me beare the blame for euer Againe Paule perswading Philemon to receiue his old seruant Onesimus doth offer himselfe to become Suertie for him If he hath hurt thee saith the Apostle or oweth thee ought that put on mine accountes What is that but thus much if he be not able to pay thee I will pay thee for him Last of all our Sauiour Christ doth not onely approue it but he seemeth also to commaund the same in the parable of the Samaritane and the man that fell amongest theeues For the Samaritane seeing the man wounded by theeues came vnto him powred wine and oyle into his wounds he set him on his beast he brought him to his Inne and made prouisioÌ„ for him he gaue his hoste some money in hand and bad him see that he lacked nothing that was needefull for him and saith he looke what thou prouidest for him take my word for it I will see thee recompenced for it This man did the part indeed of a neighbour saith the Lawyer that came to tempt the Lord Iesus then sayd the Lord Iesus go and do thou likewise By these reasons and examples the lawfulnesse of Suertiship is sufficiently established By which we may easily perceiue what sinne they coÌ„mit against God and how much those meÌ„ do offend against the rule of charitie which do hold it as a thing vnlawfull Such are those men which vtterly refuse it being required thereunto because forsooth they haue made a vow to the contrary or they haue forsworne it or they haue bounde themselues to such a friend of theirs and he againe is bound againe to him that neither of them both shal euer become Suerties for any maÌ„ while they liue so that if their owne father or mother require this dutie at their handes they haue but a cold sute of it for their child hath bouÌ„d himselfe to the contrary But let vs see is it lawfull for a Christian to binde himselfe by vow or by oth or by bond from a dutie so necessarie so charitable and so Christian many good men haue bound themselues from sinne as Iob tooke bonde of his eyes that they should not wantonly behold a mayde and Dauid vowed to serue the Lord his God And Dauid and Daniell both did as it were binde themselues to pray so many times a day to God but we shall neuer read of any man fearing God which did euer binde themselues from seruing of God Men count it a shame and so it is to be bounde to the good behauiour but what a shame is it for a Christian to binde himselfe from performing the duties of a Christian But because many are decayed by Suertiship they say therfore haue they bouÌ„d theÌ„selues froÌ„ being Suerties for any maÌ„ By the same reasoÌ„ why do they not also binde themselues from eating and dringing because many men by eating and drinking do surfet themselues Or why do they not binde themselues neuer to come neare any water because some meÌ„ haue desperately drowned themselues c. but what slauerie do these men endure which haue bound themselues froÌ„ relieuing of others and themselues like the Iewes which vowed neither to eate nor drinke vntill they had killed Paule For how can they with coÌ„mon honestie denie their brother so Christian a dutie so on the other side with what faces can they craue any reliefe of any maÌ„ in their neede seeing as they haue bounde them selues from helping of euery man what need soeuer he hath But as the deuill had Scripture for that he said so haue these meÌ„ too for A man destitute of vnderstanding toucheth the hand and becommeth Suertie for his neighbour saith Salomon Therfore Suertiship is vnlawfull said they for euery one that becommeth Suertie for his neighbour is a foolish man and voide of vnderstanding But the reason halteth right downe and if we shall make such a conclusion in other matters we shall shew our selues to be destitute of vnderstanding indeed for a man voide of vnderstanding pulleth off his clothes and goeth into the water to swimme before he be taught and perhaps is drowned is euery one therefore a foole that goeth into the water to swimme The deuill confessed Christ to be the sonne of God is euery one therefore a deuill that confesseth Christ to be the sonne of God A riotous person borroweth money of his neighbour and is in debt is euery one therefore a riotous person that borroweth and oweth Or a mad man walketh vp and downe with a sword is euery one therefore which walketh with a sword become a mad man Or a scholler of Cambridge goeth in blacke therfore is euery one that goeth in blacke a scholler of Cambridge and many moe such absurde coÌ„clusions might be made like vnto that but how feeble they are who doth not see But indeede Salomons meaning is nothing lesse then to condemne Suertiship but rather to shew that it must be done with aduise and good deliberation not rashly we care not for whom nor for what And if any man thinke that there beloÌ„geth no more to the matter then to touch the hand to become Suertie that man is a man destitute of vnderstanding but yet euery one is not destitute of vnderstanding that becommeth Suertie for wise men are wel aduised in that they do So again on the other side some man that hath no loue to God nor his neighbour refuseth to become Suertie for any maÌ„ shall we now conclude that he which refuseth to become Suertie for euery one hath no loue to God nor his neighbour this coÌ„clusion is but of a bad coÌ„stitutioÌ„

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