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	parent_n	provide_v	2,735	5	9.0893	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40658	Two sermons the first, Comfort in calamitie, teaching to live well, the other, The grand assizes, minding to dye well / by Thomas Fuller ...	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1654 (1654)	Wing F2420; Wing F2476; ESTC R210330	100,765	342

which Dinah like go only to see the Customes of severall Countries and make themselves the L●ckie● to their own humorou● curiosity henc● commeth it to p●sse when they returne it is justly questionable whether their Clothes be disguised with more foolish fashions or bodies disabled with more loathsome Diseases or souls defiled with more notorious vices having learned Jealousie from the Italian Pride from the Spaniard Lasciviousness● from the ●rench Drunkennesse from the D●tch and yet what need they go so farre to learn so bad a lesson when God knows w● have too many Schooles where it is taught here at home Now if any do demand of me my opinion concerning our Brethren which of late left this Kingdome to advance a Plantation in New England surely I thin● as St. Paul said concerning Virgins He had received no comma●dment from the Lord so I cannot find any just warrant to incourage men to undertake this removall but think rather the counsel best that King Ioash prescribed to Amaziah tarry at home yet as for those that are already gone farre be it from us to conceive them to be such to whom we may not say God speed as it is in 2 Ioh. vers 10. but let us pitty them and pray for them for sure they have no need of our mocks which I am affraid have too much of their own miseries I conclude therefore of the two Englands what our Saviour saith of the two wines Luk. 5. 39. No man having tast●d of the old presently desireth the new for he saith the old is better He and his wife and his two sons Vers. 2. And the name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion Ephrathites of Bethlehem-Judah and they came into the Country of Moab and continued there THese words contain first The principall party that undertook the journey 2ly His company described by their relations his Wife and Children and by their names Naomi Mahlon and Chilion 3ly The successe of his journey When he came into the Land of Moab he continued there Now whereas Elimelech took his Wife and Children along with him from his practise we gather this Observation Observ. It is the part of a kind Husband and of a carefull Father not onely to provide for himselfe but also for his whole Family Gen. 2. 24. A man shall cleave to his wife and they two shall be one flesh Ephe. 5. 25. Husbands love your wives for no man as yet hated his own flesh 1 Tim. 5. 8. If any one provideth not for his own Family he denyeth the faith and is worse than an Infidell this made Abraham to take with him at his removal his meek Sarah Isaac his wife Rebecca Iacob his fair Rachel and fruitfull Leah and Ioseph Mat. 2. took with him Mary his espoused wife and our Saviour his supposed Sonne And when Pharoah Exod. 10. 9. offered Moses with all the men of Israel to go out of Egypt but on condition they should leave their Wives and Children behind them Moses refused the proffer he would either have them all go out or else he would not go out at all Vse It confuteth such cruell Husbands and carelesse parents who if so be with Iobs Messengers they onely can escape alone they care not though they leave their wives children to shift for themselves like the Ostridge Job 39. 14. who leaveth her Eggs in the sand and so forsakes them Surely the two Kine which drew the Arke of God out of the Land of the Philistines to Bethshemesh 1 Sam. 6. 12. shall rise up at the day of Iudement and condemn such cruell Parents for it is said of them That as they went along the high way they did pittifully low by that querulous ditty as nature afforded them utterance with witnessing and expressing their affection to their Calves shut up at home O that there should be such humanity as I may terme it in Beasts and such beastlinesse in many men Remember this you that fit drinking and bezzling wine abroad whilst your Family are glad of water at home and think thus with your selves To what end is this needlesse wast might it not have been sold for many a penny and have been bestowed on my poor Wife and Children Observ. Secondly Whereas we find Naomi and her Sons going with Elimelech we gather It is the duty of a dear Wife and of dutifull Children to go along with their Husband and Parents when on just cause they remove into a forraign Country It was an unmanly and cowardly speech of Barak to Deborab Judg. 4. 8. If thou wilt go with me then will I go but if thou wilt not go with me then will I not go but it would be a gracious resolution of a grave Matron and her Children Husband if you be pleased to depart I will be ready to accompany you Father if you be minded to remove I will attend upon you but if you be disposed to sta● I will not stir from the p●ace where you abide otherwise if ●he wife refus●th to go along with her Husband what Abraham Gen. 24. 8. said to the Servan● in another case is true in this respect but i● the Woman will not be willing to follow thee then thou shalt be clear from thine Oath if the wife be so peevish and perverse th●t she will not go along with her Husband who propoundeth lawfull means unto her to relieve her wants then is he acquitted from the Oath he made her in Marriage when he plighted his troth unto her in sicknesse and in health to maintain her Question But methinks I hear the Widows and Orphants crying unto me as the Souldiers to Iohn Bapti●● But what shall we do Luk. 3. It is true saith the Widow that kind Husbands a●e to provide for their Wives but alas we have no Elimelech's to carry us into a forraign Country in the time of Famine indeed saith the Orphant it is the Fathers duty to provide for his Children but my Parents are dead long ago I have not as Samuel had a Mother Hannah every year to bring me a new Coate what shall we do in this our distresse Answer Answer Use the best means you can and for the rest relie on Gods providence who is said Psal. 10. 20. To help the fatherlesse and poor to their Right Psal. 68. 5. To be a father to the fatherlesse and to defend the cause of the Widow even God in his holy habitation who will deale with thee as he did with David When my Mother and Father forsooke me the Lord cared for me So much for Elimelech's company described by their relations we should come now to speak of their names where we might take occasion to speak of the Antiquity and use of Names but that hereafter we shall have better conveniency to treat thereof in those words Call me not Naomi but call me Marah We come therefore to the successe of Elimelech's journey

augmentation of their owne Estat●s from the diminution of their Masters Bountie Question But some may say Why did not Boaz bestow a quantitie of Corne upon Ruth and so send her home unto her Mother Answer He might have done so but he chose rather to keep her still a working Where we learne that is the best Charitie which so relieves peoples wants as that they are still continued in their Calling For as he who teacheth one to swimme though happily he will take him by the Chinne yet he expecteth that the learner shall nimbly ply the Oares of his hands and ●eet and strive and struggle with all his strength to keepe himselfe above water so those who are beneficiall to poore people may justly require of them that they use both their hands to worke and feet to goe in their Calling and themselves take all due labour that they may not sinke in the Gulfe of Penurie Relieve an Husbandman yet so as that he may still continue in his Husbandry a Trades-man yet so as he may still goe on in his Trade a poore Scholar yet so as he may still proceed in his Studies Hereby the Common-wealth shall be a gainer Drones bring no Honey to the Hive but the painfull hand of each privat man contributes some profit to the publike good Hereby the able poore the more diligent they be the more bountifull men will be to them while their bodies are freed from many diseases their soules from many sinnes whereof Idlenesse is the Mother Lazinesse makes a breach in our Soule where the Devill doth assault us with greatest advantage and when we are most idle in our Vocations then he is most busie in his Temptations A reverend Minister was wont to say that the Devill never tempted him more then on Mondayes when because his former Weekes Taske was newly done and that for the Weeke to come six dayes distant he tooke most libertie to refresh himselfe Since therefore so much good commeth from Industrie I could wish there were a publike Vineyard into which all they should be sent who stand lazing in the Market-place till the eleventh houre of the day Would all poore and impotent were well placed in an Hospitall all poore and able well disposed in a Work-house and the common Stocks of Townes so layd out as they thereby might be imployed So she gleaned in the field untill evening The Night is onely that which must end our labours onely the Evening must beg us a Play to depart out of the School of our Vocation with promise next Morning to returne againe Man goeth out to his labour untill Evening Let such then be blamed who in their working make their Night to come before the Noone each day of their labour being shorter then that of S. Lucy and after a spurt in their Calling for some few houres they relapse againe to lazinesse And she threshed what she had gathered The Materialls of the Temple were so hewed and carved both Stone and Wood before that they were brought unto Hierusalem that there was not so much as th● noyse of an Hammer heard in the Temple So Ruth fits all things in a readinesse before the goes home What formerly she gleaned now she threshed that so no noyse might be made at home to disturbe her aged Mother Here we see Gods servants though well descended disdaine not any homely if honest worke for their owne living Sarah kneaded Cakes Re●eccab drew Water Rachel fed Sheepe Thamar baked Cakes Suetonius reporteth of Augustus Caesar that he made his Daughters to learne to spinne and Pantaleon relates the same of Charles the Great Yet now-adayes such is the pride of the World people of farre meaner qualitie scorne so base imployments And it was about an Ephah of Barley An Ephah contained ten Omers Exod. 16. 36. An Omer of Mannah was the proportion allowed for a mans one day meat Thus Ruth had gleaned upon the quantitie of a Bushell such was her Industry in diligent bestirring h●r selfe Boaz his Bountie in scattering for her to gather and above all God his Blessing who gave so good successe unto her Ruth having now done gleaning did not stay behind in the field as many now-adayes begin their worke when others end if that may be termed worke to filch and steale as if the darke Night would be a Veyle to cover their deedes of Darknesse but home she hasteneth to her Mother as followeth Vers. 18 19. And she tooke it up and went into the Citie and her Mother in law saw what she had gathered also she tooke forth and gave to her that which sh● had reserved when she was sufficed Then her Mother in law said unto her Where hast thou gleaned to day And where wroughtest thou Blessed be he that knew thee And she shewed her Mother in law with whom she had wrought and said The mans name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. And she tooke it up SEe here the shoulders of Gods Saints are wonted to the bearing of Burthens Little Isaac carryed the Faggot wherewith himselfe was to be sacrificed our Saviour his owne Crosse till his faintnesse craved Simon of Cyrene to be his successor Yet let not Gods Saints be dis-heartened if their Father hath a Bottle wherein he puts the teares which they spend sure he hath a Ballance wherein he weighs the Burthens which they beare he keepes a Note to what weight their Burthens amount and no doubt will accordingly comfort them Those are to be confuted who with the Scribes Math. 23. 4. binde heavi● burthens and grievous to be borne and lay them on the backs of others but for their owne part they will not so much as touch them with one of their fingers Yea some are so proud that they will not carry their owne Provender things for their owne sustenance had they been under Ruths Ephah of Barley with David in Sauls Armour they could not have gone under the weight of it because never used unto it And her Mother in law saw what she had gathered Namely Ruth shewed it unto her and then Naomi saw it Children are to present to their Parents view all which they get by their owne labour otherwise doe many Children now-adayes As Ananias and Saphira brought part of the Money and deposed it at the Apostles feet but reserved the rest for themselves so they can be content to shew to their Parents some parcell of their gaines whilest they keepe the remnant secretly to themselves Also she tooke forth and gave to her Learne we from hence Children if able are to cherish and feed their Parents if poore and aged Have our Parents performed the parts of Pelicans to us let us doe the dutie of Storkes to them Would all Children would pay as well for the partie-coloured Coats which their Parents doe give them as Ioseph did for his who maintained his Father and his Brethren in the Famine in Egypt Thinke on thy Mothers sicknesse when thou wast conceived sorrow when

the Country of Moab THese words containe a Journey or Removall wherein observe Who went a certai● Man Whence from Bethlehem-Iudah Whether to sojourn● in Moab We shall have a fitter occasion to speak of the party removing hereafter I begin with the place from whence he went Bethlehem-Iudah This w●● the place nigh to which ●●chel as she was travelling fell into Travail and ended her journey to Heaven in the midst of her journey on Earth there was another of the same name in Z●bulo● 〈◊〉 19. 15. and therefore Iu●●h is added for difference and distinction Observ. The Holy spirit descends to our capacity and in S●ripture doth multiply words to make th● matter the plainer let thi● teach the Sons of Levi when they deliver one doubtfull and ambiguous Doctrine which may admit of severall constructions so that there is danger 〈◊〉 that peopl● may mistake their meaning to de●ur a while on such a point and not to be niggardly of their words till they hav● blotted all doubt and difficulty out of it Herein they shall follow God for their pattern who least Bet●lehem i● my T●●● should be confounded with Bethlehem in Zab●lon addeth for distinction BethlehemI●dah Went to Sojourne in Moab The Prodig●ll Child complained Lu● 15. How many hired Servants of my Father have bread enough and I die for hunger So here we see that the uncircumcised Moabites Gods slaves and vassalls had store of plenty whilest Israel Gods Children but his prodigal Children which by their sinnes had displeased their heavenly Father were pinched with penurie Observ. Hence we gather God oftentimes denyes outward blessings to his Children when as he vouchsafeth them to the wicked the wicked mans eyes start out with fatnesse Davids bones scarce cleave to his flesh Ahab hath an Ivory House th● Godly wander in Dens and Caves of the Earth the Rich Glutton fareth deliciously every day whilest the Godly Psal. 107 ●ere hungry and thirsty their s●ul fainted in them H● was clothed in purple and fine linnen whilest the Godly wander up and down in sheep skins and well may they wear their skins without them that carry their innocency within them and the reason thereof is Because judgement begins at the house of the Lord whilst the wicked have their portion in this world Vse Let us not judge according to outward appe●rance but judge righteous judgement least otherwise we condemn the Generation of Gods Children if we account outward blessings the signs of Gods favour or calamities the arguments of his displeasure neither let the afflicted Christian faint under Gods heavy hand but let him know to his comfort God therefore is angry in this world that he may not be angry in the world to come and mercifully inflicteth temporall punishment that he may not justly confound with eternall torment But here ariseth a question Whether Elimelech did well to go from Bethlehem-Judah into the Land of Moab for the better satisfaction whereof we will suppose a plain and honest Neighbour thus disswading him from his departure Dissw●sion Give me leave Neighbour Elimelech to say unto thee as the Angel did to Hagar whence commest thou and whether goest thou wilt thou leave that place wher● Gods worship is truly professed and go● into an Idol●trous Country Woe is the● that must dwell in Moab and be an inhabitant amongst the w●rshippers of Melchom Indeed our Father Abraham came out of Vr of the Chaldees an idolatrous Country to come into the Land of C●n●an but why shouldst thou go out of the Land of Canaan into an idolatrous Country where thou shalt have neither Priest nor Pr●phet nor Passeover Yea what most is to be feared your frequent conversing with the People of the Country will at length bring you into a love and liking of their Superstitions and so draw Gods anger against you wherefore reverse your intent of removing least while thou seek ' st to store thy Body thou starve●t thy Soul rather venter the breaking of the Casket then the loosing of the Iewel and go not from Bethlehem-Iudah unto the Land of Moab Answer To this Elimelech might answer your disswasion doth somewhat move me but not remove my resolution I do not forsake my Country but am forced from it God hath with-holden the Wine and the Winepresse and if I stay I am likely to starve I conceive it therefore to be my bounden duty to provide the best means for my Family and following the examples of Isaac's going into Gerah and Iacobs going down into Egypt in the time of Famine I intend to remove to Moab And though I shall be divided from the visible Congregation of Israel yet shall I with my Family still remain the lively Members of Gods true Church For first I intend to carry with me the ●ive books of Moses they will be no great burthen being comprised in so small a Volum and according to my poor ability out of them will I instruct my Family whilst my deare wife Naomi and dutifull children Maclon and Chilion will be diligent to heare and practise what I propound unto them I confesse we shall have no outward sacrifices because I am not of the Tribe of Levi yet may we offer unto God prayers and praises which God no doubt will as graciously accept as of a Bullock that hath Hornes and Hoofes thus hope I to have a little Church in mine own House and I know where two or three are met together in th● name of God there he will be in the midst of them Whereas you object I should be in danger of being defiled with their Idolatry I will be by Gods grace so much the more warie watchfull and vigilant over my wayes we see the flesh of fishes remaineth fresh though they alwaies swim in the brackish waters and I hope that the same God who preserved righteous Lot in the wicked City of Sodome who protected faithfull Ioseph in the vicious Court of Pharaoh will also keep me unspotted in the midst of Moab whether I intend speedily to go not to live but to lodge not to dwell but to soj●urne not to make it my habitation for ever but my harbour for a season till God shall visit his people with plenty when I purpose to return with the speediest conve●iency Thus we see Elimelech putting the dangers of his removall in one scale the benefits thereof in another the beam of his judgement is ju●●ly weighed down to go from Bethlehem-Iudah into the Land of Moab Observ. It is lawfull for Men to leave their Native Soyle and to travell into a forraign Country as for Merchants provided alwaies that while they seek to make gainfull Adventures for their Estates they make not sheepwrack of a good Co●science 2ly For Embassadors that are sent to see the Practises and Negoci●tions in forraigne Courts 3ly For private persons that travell with an intent to accomplish themselve● with a better sufficiency to serve their King and Country but unlawfull it is for such to travell