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	lord_n	parent_n	6,861	5	8.9911	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85176	The new non-conformist; who having obtained help of God, doth persist unto this very day; witnessing, both to small and great, some of those glorious things which the Apostles, the prophets, & Moses, did say should come to pass. Or, the voice of a careful shepherd, crying from his watch-tower at W.C. unto his little flock at W.L. with a loud voice.	Feake, Christopher, fl. 1645-1660.	1654 (1654)	Wing F571; Thomason E737_1; ESTC R202090	39,800	63

MY hearts desire and prayer to God for you all is that as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord so you may walk in him rooted and built up in him and stablished in the faith as you have been taught abounding therein with thanksgiving for otherwise Satan will get an advantage against you and prevail upon you so as to put you to shame and me also in the sight of this present evil old world Oh! how will it tend to the glory of our God and Father and of our Lord Jesus Christ for you to remain unmoveable and unshaken in the midst of all the present temptations both on the right hand and on the left considering that the subtil old Serpent hath doubtless a most mischievous designe against you as you are the Temple and Habitation of the living God Oh! how shall we rejoyce together when we meet to bless and to praise the Lord for preserving us unto his heavenly kingdom notwithstanding the strong endeavours of all adversaries to keep us asunder to scatter us and so to rejoyce and glory in our desolation But our God will come and will not keep silence yea he will come with vengeance and make a most wonderful discovery of that notorious falsehood and hypocrisie of that prodigious perfidiousness whereof this adulterous generation is so deeply guilty before the Lord and his people In the interim possess your souls with patience watch and pray lest you also enter into temptation lest you also being led away with the error of the wicked fall from your own stedfastness Remember it is Jeho●ah your righteousness who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy Great are my hopes many are my fears concerning you and especially concerning those among you who shall think within themselves when they hear this You are more fearful or he is more fearful then he needs to be we shall do well enough let such an one think if any such there be that such thoughts nourished and cherished in his heart are certain symptomes of an uncertain Spirit and of a treacherous heart Oh consider consider what relicks of unbelief what remainders of lusts what members of the old man are yet unmortified in the best of us Who made us to differ from the World Oh lean lean upon your Beloved that hath made a difference between you and those poor creatures that are yet in their blood yet in their sins Are you not believers are you not Disciples of the Lord are you not Saints by calling have not you every one seen the Lord have not you as others beheld as in a glass with a face unveiled the glory of the Lord then Brethren why are we not transformed from glory to glory why are our hearts narrow cold heavy why are our Spirits carnal earthly and staggering why do not our souls mount aloft Great is my boldness in writing as it used to be in speaking to you I have a great interest in you and among you I have a great part a large share in the good or evil that befals you your comforts are my comforts also your discomforts are my discomforts also Oh that I might warm your hearts at this distance by the power of God! setting these expressions of love and truth strongly and effectually upon all your hearts How doth the inward pulse of your hidden man beat what secret workings walkings and communications in the inmost holy place Do you can you set your feet upon the necks of your wost enemies the cursed corruptions of your nature Verily Christians if you do not grow into intimate acquaintance with the Almighty if you attain not to holy familiar communion with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ you will be of little use in the publick service of the Lambe against the Dragon the Beast and the false Prophet Beg with ardent supplication to live and to be kept under the glorious ministration of the Spirit Do not so minde the work within doors as to neglect the work abroad Do not give up your strength and the might of your Spirits for the carrying on the publick work of Christ abroad to the disadvantage of the concernments of your souls but as I have formerly advised you touching the graces and the gifts of the Spirit so I perswade as to this matter carry on the great affairs within and without In conjunction and in proportion But remember as I have told you often Therefore doth the Lord dispatch the business of your salvation and particular happiness giving you a full assurance of eternal life that so his people having their own inheritance secured to them for ever they may be capable of serving the Lord Jesus in their generation upon the most noble account Now my Beloved I shall conclude with a few words unto you as you are assembled together in the Name of the Lord ponder your paths study the duty of your relations Consider what families you live in and what eyes are upon you let the believing Husband endeavour to gain the unbelieving wife and the believing wife the unbelieving husband by a holy wise loving dutiful conversation both in word and deed let parents and children that fear the Lord carry themselves as becometh the Gospel so masters and servants that was the great care of the Apostles in the primitive Churches Study the Epistles that were sent to all the Congregations You have lately testified your love to me beyond my expectation accept of this and such-like tokens of my love to you Oh that I might finde you when my God brings me among you a people mightily improved in holiness and purity in brotherly kindeness and love in self-denial and heavenly mindedness in zeal and spiritual magnanimity in every grace in every gift walking in the most excellent waies of truth and peace that God in all things might be glorified by us through Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever Amen This Epistle and Salutation is sent in much affection unto you From my prison-house this 4 of the 1 Moneth 1654. From your faithful shepherd through grace still in bonds for Christ Christoph Feake POSTSCRIPT My fellow-prisoner and my yoke-fellow salute you and we earnestly desire a continual mention in prayers and supplications before the Lord withal desiring that the Lord may be magnified in the Congregation for all the loving kindnesses and tender mercies wherewith he hath crowned us since we were made the prisoners of Jesus My dearly Beloved BEhold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the Sons of God! If the Lord Jesus will confess us to be such before his Father and the holy Angels yea and before the faces of our proudest adversaries What ground of joy unspeakable and full of glory will be hereby administred unto us even in the midst of all those reproaches and slanderous reports that the men of the world who minde