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	love_v	parent_n	3,193	5	9.2231	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05311	The sanctuarie of saluation, helmet of health, and mirrour of modestie and good maners wherein is contained an exhortation vnto the institution of Christian, vertuous, honest, and laudable life, very behoouefull, holsome and fruitfull both to highest and lowest degrees of men ... / written in Latin verie learnedly and elegantlie by Leuinus Lemnius of Zirizaa, physitian, and Englished by H.K. for the common commoditie and comfort of them which understand not the Latine tongue ...	Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568.; Kinder, Hugh.	1592 (1592)	STC 15454.5; ESTC S3877	132,793	266

symbole Sacrament and token dooth wash ou● wipe away and abolish the spotts and corruption of our mind by sheading his holy Spirit into our hearts by whome we concei●…ing the assurance of our saluation doo boldly 〈◊〉 Abba Father Which calling on the Father with twise and double repetition of the same word is of such efficacie and so speedie a●…medie that it obtaineth al things at the hand of our bounteous father so that a man direct his desires and praiers his petitions and so has full sighes vnto him by Christ For hee being our Captaine 1. Ioh. 5. Iam. 1. 5 our guide our leader and onely Mediator who by his owne bloud hath deli●…ued and obtained grace for vs verely there is nothing that is expedient for our health safety and saluation but we haue the same granted vnto vs Praier by Christ is effectuall neither shall our praiers at any time be voyde or vnauayleable Neither are the eares of so good and gracious a Father shut vp but are open vnto their praiers for whose redemption he hath giuen and bestowed his onely begottē sonne We must loue God first and chiefely and then our neighbour CHAP. 6. Loue towards God AS our charitie that is our entier Deut. 6. Iosu 22. 23. pure and sincere loue must most specially be shewed vttered and declared towards God to whome we owe whatsoeuer we haue and on whome all mans power and strength which consistes in the minde heart soule and spirit Marc. 12. Luc. 10. ought to be employed fixed and bestowed so consequently also towards our neighbour that is towards him that is of the sal●er nature and condition commune and inciden● alike to euery one of vs our loue must be bent and directed as largely amply and feruently as euery one of vs loue themselfe so that all men willingly and gladly be diligent to help their neighbours and succour them in their necessitie and pouertie Loue towards our Neighbour with their counsaile and riches if at any time the cause so require and occasion offer it selfe which occasion a man also of himselfe ought to seeke and take to doo a benefite to his neighbour euen of his owne accord without any crauing For this is the chiefe fruite of faith and a syncere and vnfeigned testification of the true profession of Christianitie How great the louing kindenesse and 〈◊〉 affection of Children ought to be toward their Parents CHAP. 7. BVt as wee owe all things to God much ●… our countrey and friends so also wee doe owe not a little deale to our parents And albeit it is not needful exactly to prescribe what obseruance and reuerence ought to bee done vnto them for as much as it is naturall in man to haue loue and beare good will toward them that bee his owne yea euen in the heathen people Matth. 5. as Christ our Sauiour saith so that this affection although the dutie thereof bee perfourmed deserueth no praise but escheweth offence and transgression Affection of Children towards their Parents Prouer. 23. yet neuerthelesse euery one euen from his childhood must earnestly and throughly be taught this lesson to loue his parents very entirely and hartily by whose trauaile and meanes he had his first beginning of life and participation of this light so that he obey and followe their will in all things which reason induceth and equitie requireth as we reade how Christ was obedient to Ioseph and Marie his mother Luc. 2. Exod. 20. Deu. 5. Mat. 15. Ephes 6. For that naturall and louing affection obedience and reuerence which is exhibited to parents is acceptable and well pleasing to God which thing also is earnestly prescribed both in the old and new Testament A pretie learned saying is that of Pittacus the Philosopher Such rewards and stipends as thou bestowest on thy parents such doo thou looke to receiue of thy sonnes To which effect belongeth that sacred sentence of Christ hauing a further and more ample signification Matth 7. With what measure ye mete with the same shall other men measure to you Marc. 4. For by transgressing and neglecting of this precept it commonly commeth to passe that parents find their children stiffnecked stubborne and disobedient so that when they are of more age they refuse disdeigne and despise the admonitions of their fore-elders yea and that worthily oftentimes by the iust vengeance of like punishment because they shewed themselues intractable towards their elders and were despiteful against them How euery one should behaue himselfe towards his master that instructeth him CHAP. 8. Honor to be giuen to Schoolmasters EXhibite and giue vnto thy masters which enfourme and teach thee and adorne thy minde with the studies of learning no lesse honour then vnto thy parents For so the Poet Inuenal praiseth those elders and praieth that their soules flitted and departed from their bodies may haue good lucke and prosperitie because they did beare singular fauour and good will towards their masters as well as toward their parents thus he saith Sat. 7. God giue the ghosts of those old men a light thin easie ground And saffron sweete to smell therein and spring in pitcher found Perpetually because that they would haue their master be In parents steed whom to obey they compted equitie Lib. 2. cap. 10. So Fabius admonisheth schollers to loue their masters no lesse then their studies and to accompt them as parents not of their bodies indeed but of their mindes For to be borne and to be instructed are two things of like sort and condition and almost of like nature because the one doth procreate the bodie the other doth informe frame fashion the mind If therfore fathers which be adorned with the studies of humanitie Instruction adorneth the minde doo bestow and employ their diligence and labour in instructing and enforming their owne children or if they being destitute of such ayde and readie furtherance doo vse the helpe of a learned teacher for their children to attaine to wisedome and good discipline surely there is nothing can be more largely and franckly bestowed on the children for the purchasing of renowne and the commendation and ornament of vertue For by such education nurture good bringing vp the mind is not only decked and beautified with most excellent vertues to wit integritie and vprightnesse of life honest good behauiour continencie chastitie lowlinesse gentlenesse meekenesse modestie humanitie righteousnesse temperancie curtesie but also great wealth honour and preferment whereunto learning is the way of aduancement is appoynted assigned and attributed to them without their seeking yea and in a manner oft-times against their will and desire Vnto what persons in humane societie honor and reuerence must chiefely be giuen CHAP. 9. HOnour ought indeed to be giuen to euery man according to his dignitie and order Rom. 13. as S. Paule commaundeth but specially to the olde age full of yeares and hoarie haires to which