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	provoke_v	1,966	5	10.4177	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08305	A sinfull mans solace most sweete and comfortable, for the sicke and sorowful soule: contriued, into seuen seuerall daies conference, betweene Christ and a carelesse sinner. Wherin, euerie man, from the highest, to the lowest: from the richest, to the poorest: and aboue all, the sorowfull sinner: maye take such sweet repaste of resolution, to amendment of lyfe, and confirmation of fayth: that (in respect of the heauenlie solace, therin faithfully remembered:) all the pompes and pleasures of this wicked worlde, shall be plainely perceiued to be meere miserie. Writcen [sic], by Iohn Norden.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1585 (1585)	STC 18634; ESTC S110181	160,012	334

my desertes and meere merites The sinfull man This sweete conclusion cōforts me who can not but confesse That these thy Lawes like wicked wretch I daily doe transgresse But sith thou freely doest obtaine the loue of God for me Uouchsafe me grace to mortifie my sinnes to come to thee And sith the night drawes on so fast passe to the rest in haste I will attend vnto the ende forgiue offences paste Solace THen remember thou that these foure commaundementes which thou hast alreadie heard doe perfectly instruct thee to the seruice of myne heauēly father and wherein his glorie and true worship doeth consist namely to acknowledge him the author of all thy welfare both of body and soule and by his mercies to be stirred vp to do those things y t may please him and to beware of ioyning any in worship with him or to giue him other worship thē is warranted prescribed by his word To be carefull in doing those things y t may be to the glory of his name to auoyde that y t by any meanes may dishonour y e same And lastly to hūble thy selfe truely acknowledging the corruption of thine heart condemning thine owne wayes works and to endeuour thy selfe to subdue the same for that it is the free mercie and goodnesse of mine heauenly father through the merites of me his sonne that sanctifieth and iustifieth thee and not thine owne workes In which foure former Commaundements is directly set downe the sūme of thy duetie appertaining to God mine heauenly Father Who to the ende that thou shouldest witnesse thine obedience vnto himself outwardly he hath prescribed vnto thee those dueties which thou oughtest to performe towards other men for that seruice worship of God is not accepted which is not ioyned with the loue of thy brethren neither is thy charitie to other men any thing accompted of where it is not grounded vppon that vnfayned loue of God which proceedeth of a true fayth and sincere seruice of him for he that loueth mine heauenly father keepeth his commaundements sheweth a sufficient witnesse that he loueth the children of God and as Iohn saith We know that we are trāslated from death to life because we loue the brethren So y t it apeareth to bee a sufficient testimonie of a blessed estate when thou for his sake doest truely performe those dueties which he hath commaunded thee vnto men The first whereof is to honour thy father and thy mother for who so curseth father or mother let him die the death but he that truely obeieth them and behaueth himself reuerently aswell inwardly heartely endeuouring him self to ayd them to helpe them and submitting his will vnto their willes in thinges honest as in outward reuerence nurture and seemely behauiour such a one I say hath a blessing promised namely to haue his daies prolonged vppon the earth and to be filled with al good thinges And on the contrary the stubborne stife-necked and gracelesse children shall be rooted out and taken away by vntimely death from the lande which mine heauenly father hath giuen them In which Comaundemēt thou must vnderstand thy selfe not onely to be inioyned to vse reuerence and to giue honour vnto thy parents namely to those that were the ministers of the bringing thee into this life but vnto all Magestrates Superiours and Ministers whō he hath ordeyned as Instruments by whom to conueye such graces and benefites vpon thee as are necessary expedient for thee towardes whom this Commaundement willeth thee so to behaue thy selfe in all thine actions as may witnesse of thine inward loue and reuerence towards them It behoueth thee not lightly to way the benefite proceeding from the due execution of the office of the Magistrates who are the messengers and ministers of God to administer Iustice to punish those that are wicked in this world and to stoppe their violence wherin they daylie seeke to rush in and to ouerthrowe the estate of the good by them is the tyrannouse and bloodie sworde of the wicked kept and held backe from the throates of the godly By them are the righteous defended and the vngodly punished And therefore must thou accept them as the ministers of God for thy wealth and to become subiect vnto them not onely for feare of punishmēt but for conscience sake in respect of the benefite thou receiuest by their aucthoritie The Elders sayth mine Apostle are worthie of dubble honour especially they which labour in the worde and doctrine whereby it appeareth that thou art not discharged of thy duetie required by this Commaundement when thou hast done thy duetie to thy father that begat thée and thy mother that bare thée but that thou owest a dubble duetie to such as open the will of mine heauenly father vnto thee which is the preacher and minister of his sacred word who are the Nurces and foster fathers of thy soule breaking vnto thee the bread and giuing thee the water of life whome thou must heare with reuerence for that they are the messengers of myne heauenly father to inuite thee to the banquet of eternall saluation By which Commaundement now thou mayst perceiue that thou art bounde to honour thy father and mother al Magestrates and ministers of God and to afforde them reuerence not onely in outward conuersation but in inward desire of their welfare And further thou must vnderstande that as children by this Commaundement are bounde to vse all reuerence to their Parents subiects to their Prince and Magestrates and all men vnto the ministers of the worde of my heauenly father so belongeth there a care to be in Parents to see their children and seruauntes to be brought vp and instructed not in wantonnesse not in careles proceeding from pleasure to pleasure from vice to vice but in the due knowledge sincere seruice and true worship of his holy name And the like care to rest in the hearts of all Magestrates to execute their dueties iustly to shewe them selues sharpe in the punishment of vice and subduing of the wicked members of the Realme and to extoll and defende with the sworde of their aucthoritie the godly vertuous which godly care also there ought especially to bee in the Preachers of his worde not onely as they haue freely receiued euen so freely to giue vsing their tallentes to the increasing of the knowledge of his worde where and into what Citie Towne or place soeuer they shall come by the preaching of the worde onely but to expresse and shewe forth the same likewise in life in conuersation and maners that men seeing their good workes may glorifie my father which is in heauen But the negligence of Parents in instructing their children and seruaunts in my fathers will or rather their fond foolish and vnparentike loue which they through a blind affection beare vnto their children they suffer them nay thrust them forward by their peeuish pampring them vp

in pride to runne into all wilfull wickednesse to kicke against God and their Superiours giuing them the raynes of libertie seldome or neuer restraining them with the bridle of correction vntill too late when neither fayre wordes will winne them stripes stoope their stubbornesse nor any correction call them from their loosenesse of life vntill the Magestrate who beareth not the sworde for nought euen of Iustice turne them ouer to the scourge of the lawe which to the great greefe and heart-breaking of the Parents when it is too late taketh them out of the lande which the Lorde had giuen them by an vntimely death And so both the children and parents in daunger of the curse which followeth the not regarding to fulfill this Commaundement whereby it appeareeh that this Commaundement bindeth the Parents aswell of duetie to see their children brought vp in feare and knowledge of my heauenly fathers will as it doth the children to doe reuerence vnto them And therfore ought Magestrates likewise to looke vnto their charge and office wherein their negligence is y e cause of many euilles their parcialitie in punishing the wicked pricketh the vngodly forwarde to many noysome attemptes not onely preiudiciall to their owne soules or to the hurt or losse of one particular or priuate man but to the hazard of the disturbance of an whole Commonweale So daungerous is the sparing of Iustice vpon iust deseruinges wherein sometimes affection sometimes countenaunce and oftentimes Bribes doe stoppe the passage of iust execution to the clering of the offender and oppressing the offended whereby they deserue not onely the iust sentence of death against them selues but incourage the wicked to wallowe in their wickednesse and take as it were the good opinion of the good from that which deserueth the ill opinion of none It remayneth as a parte of this Commaundement that as the ministers and Preachers of the word are allowed such due reuerence in respect of their high function and office so it behoueth them especially to execute the same according to the deuine will of him whose ministers they are called And that is to preach his worde truely and to answere that in their outward conuersation and life which they pronounce with the mouth that the good fruits which spring of their good life may testifie before men that they are sent and that they bee true messengers trees that haue not onely leaues but fruite least that when my heauenly father commeth he wither them vp with y e breath of his mouth and so from thenceforth serue to no other purpose but for the fire which neuer shalbe quenched Thou seest therefore the cause for which this Commaundement was giuen was to teach thee not only thy duetie towards thy father and mother but also towardes Magistrates and other Superiours and Ministers and wherein Parents are put in minde of their due regard of the godly erudition of their children Magestrates of the due execution of their office and Ministers of the worde to declare the glory of mine heauenly father aswell by their life as by their doctrine The second commaundement of the second Table forbiddeth thee to kill the meaning whereof is not onely that thou shouldest not by open violence runne vpon thy neighbour and bereue him of his life but also forbiddeth thee to vse any kinde of rigorous dealing against him yea and further it bindeth thee to loue him in such sort as whatsoeuer he wāteth thou art by this commandement bound to helpe him releeue him so farre forth as by any meanes lieth in thy power or abilitie to doe This commaundement I say doth not onely prohibit violence wrong and hatred against thy neighbour but mooueth thee vnto compassion and mercie whereby thou mayst appeare and shewe thy selfe to be the childe of my heauenly father in being mercifull as he is mercifull And not to be so farre from pittie and compassion as being mooued by some occasion haue shut vp the bowels of thy compassion against such as stand in neede and craue reliefe at thy hands and so rather increasing their miserie and griefe then mittigating the same through their aide which hardnes of thine heart argueth litle humanitie and lesse christianitie to remaine in thée Those I say that are not mooued nor touched with the wantes and griefes of heart of a nother man nor mooued to compassion with the lamentable opening of the poore mans estate fulfilleth not this commaundement much lesse doth he whose heart is so hardened or his mind so choaked with the coueitous desires of this world that he witholdeth the laborers hire and the workemans wages against whome the Prophet crieth out and sayeth Woe vnto him that buildeth his house by vnrighteousnes and his Chambers without equitie He vseth his neighbour without wages and giueth him not for his worke But this is euerie wealthy mans case he thinketh his poore Neighbour or Tenant to bee bound of duetie to worke with him without wages and to labour without any hire at all Yea though his neighbors businesse be vndone and want wherwith to releeue himselfe which is flatly against this Commaundement But let this commandement driue thee to the considerattion of thy former life wherein thou shalt see thy selfe to haue manifestly offended in not only winking as it were and stopping thine eares to the ende thou wouldest not see thy poore neighbours wantes nor heare the begging pitifull ●ries of the poore hardening thine heart in such sort as thou didst not onely shewe no compassion but madest a pray and spoyle of other men and in 〈◊〉 of releefe thou gauest them increase of their miseries and wants As for example thou cāst not denie but thou tookest away that poore liuing which Simple thy Tenaunt had and thrust him cleane out of all that hee possessed which crueltie of thine stucke so nere his heart that he thought himselfe or rather wished himself to haue beene bereft of his life and yet thou thoughtest he should haue yeelded of duety such crueltie yea such ordinary and daylie crueltie ascendeth vp into the sight of mine heauenly father who beholdeth the same with an angrie countenaunce and is displeased with such extremetie which is now in these daies accompted honest and lawfull meanes when in deede nothing is accompted crueltie that can be cloked with any cunning deuise to defraude poore men of their liuing no mere murther is oftentimes set at libertie and innocencie suppressed But who so flattereth himselfe with this friuolous and vayne imagination that nothing can be committed against this Commaundement but onely murther and in the meane time runneth into hatred of his brother witholdeth the workemans hire oppresseth the poore by extortion and vsurie feedeth not the hungrie releeueth not the needy nor helpeth his brother in his necessitie Let him assure himself that his carelesse conceite will cause the curse due for the breach of this Commaundement deseruedly vpon

done all that thou canst thou art an vnprofitable seruant He that breaketh one commaundement is guilty of all 2 Cor 3 5. Rom 8.8 The first cōmaundement Gen 1·1 Act. 14.15 Gen 56 2.4 Exod 12.2 Rom 6.20 Heb 2.14 By the death of Christe are we deli●ered from the bondage of Sathan Christ hath answered that discharged vs of that we remaine accursed for Mat. 4.10 Act. 2·20 21 Heb. 11.6 Luk. 4.8 Psal. 44.20.21 Mat. 4.10 We must worship God as we are cōmaunded in his worde In all our sutes we must flie vnto god through Christ. It darkneth the mercies of Christ to ioyne anye with him in prayer Esa. 45.21 Heb 1.3 Esa. 44.21 Reuel 22.9 The 2 commaundemēt Deut. 4.15 We muste make vs no grauē Image Psal. 97.7 Wis. 15.4 A foolysh obiection Sap. 11.5 Rom. 1.23 The naturall deuises and foolish conceites of men preuayle not with God Luke 8.12 The true worship of God is hearing and doing his word God is a ielous God Hos. 2.4 God is merciful vnto thousands of thē that loue him and keepe his commaundements The word of God is the onely rule whereby wee must direct the worshiping of him Rom. 8.15.10 Gal. 5.4 Iohn 14.23 2. Cor. 3 The lawe the ministrie of death The third cōmaundement Not onely periured persons but all those that vnaduisedly vse the name of God are guiltie of the taking of his holy name in vaine The tongue bewrayeth the affe●●ion of the heart The Lord wil not hold him 〈…〉 abuseth his name A lamentable thin● that one man will not beleeue another without swearing In things that we are allowed to sweare we must sweare by none other then by God himsel And why Mat. 5.34 Heb. 6.16 Iohn 1.1 1. King 8.31.32 Proueb 13.13 The 4. Commandement Gen. 2.2.3 What wee ought to doe vpon the Saboth day Esa. 56.2 Esa. 5 8.13.14 The chiefe hallowing of the Sabboth day is ceasing from sinne Housholders are bound to see their families vpon the Saboth day to serue God and to auoyde euill The vntowardnesse of children and seruāts doth argue the fathers and masters coldnes in the seruice of Cod. we must serue God not onely on the Saboth day but euery day howe Gal. 5 24. Col 3.5 We may accompt the Saboth onely ordeined to take our bodily rest in The Saboth day abused We haue free passage to God through Christ. It is the free mercie of God in Christ that iustifieth vs. The seruice of God that is not ioyned with the loue of our neighbour is not acceptable 1. Io. 5.2 A testimonie who are the children of Cod. 1. Ioh. 3.15 The fifth cōmaundemen● Mat. 15.4 Mar. 7.10 Disobedient children God will punish Rom. 13. ● Whome we ought to reuerence The office of a Magistrate most necessarie being duely execucuted The benefite that the Mag●strate bringeth vnto the common-wealth by executing his authoritie Rom. 13.4 1 Tim. 5.17 〈◊〉 ministers of the word of G●d worthy double honour Preachers the 〈◊〉 of our soules The father ought to haue a care to the bringing vp of his Children and seruanrs Magistrates ought to haue a care to execute their dueties The Ministers Preachers ought to shewe the wil of God not only by word but in life The negligence of Parents dangerous Magistrates ought to haue a care to their dueties Sparing of Iustice dangerous Three things lets vnto iustice Ministers 〈◊〉 Preachers ought to regard their calling Mat. 21.19 Mar. 11.13.14 Preachers must beware least they showe themselues as trees that beare onely leaues and no fruite The 6. Commaundement We must not kill the m●aning thereof We must releeue our brethren wherin we are able Hardnesse of heart an argument of little christianitie Ier. 22.13 we ought not to withhold the workemās hire An error in the wealthy We must auoyde this crueltie to theit brethrē This now a dayes not accompted crueltie ●hat can be cloaked with some cūning deuise A vaine imagination 1 Ioh 3 2● Mat 5.20 A notable example of cōpassiō in Iob. Iob. 19.12 mat 25.41 The 7. Commaundement 1. Cor. 10.8 Adulterie an henous offence against God Iob. 31.11.12 Pro. 6.31 1. Thes. 4.3 1. Cor. 6.9 A vaine and wicked excuse The excuse of the frailtie of our flesh a vaine excuse 1. Cor. 6.15 The principal meanes that drawe vs to lust That which we little suspect soonest ouercōmeth vs. Math. 5.28 Euil thoughts forbidden Mariage a meane to auoyde fornication· 1. Cor. 7.36 Chaste wedlocke pleaseth God Idlenes must be auoyded The companie of the wicked to be auoyded The shameles slaues of Sathan Their examples pernicious They that cā roll out an howres talke of his filthy behauiour are nowe reckoned merrie and pleasant conceated fellowes and more esteemed then the ciuill men 1. Cor. 15.33 Mar. 7.21 Ephe. 5.6 The eight cōmaundemēt whereby we are forbiden to steale What is ment by stealing We may vse no meane to enrich our selues to the losse of another man Our owne vnwi●lingnes to be ill dealt withall shuld guyde vs to deale well with other Our priuate gaine hangs in our light that we can not see when we do wrong to other men 〈◊〉 were good 〈◊〉 euery rich 〈◊〉 would consider this The couetous man robbeth many Loue the be●● rule to measure our doing with other men Men of occupation must looke vnto their dealing● Vsurie cannot excuse it selfe Pro. 28.8 Psal. 15.5 Mat. 6.34 The ninth Commaundemēt wherin we are forbidden to beare false witnesse Mat. 19.18 We may not hurt the credite or good fame of our neighbour Deut. 19.18.19 A punishmēt prouided for such as did hurt their neighbour in goods or good name The tongue an vnruly euill The Iudge must be circumspect in giuing iudgement Things to be auoyded of a iudge A great offence before God yea a most execrable offence to g●●e iudgement against the trueth Pro. 14.23 wresting mēs words and writings to a cōtra●ie meaning is to be auoyded Mat. 26.61.62 The wordes of Christ wrested to a wrong sence A pernicious practise A foolish and mod wicked deuise to ou●●throwe a mans owne deede when his consciēce can accuse his meaning to be so Many spend great summes of money in Law to proue them selues to swerue frō their true meaning The tenth cōmaundement wherein we are forbidden to couet any thing that is our neighbours Luke 10.27 We may not suffer our thoughts to wander after vaine desires Although thoughts are free God will one day take accompt of them Our thoughts although thei be not accompanied with a resolute intent to doe the thing is to be auoyded in euill 1. Cor. 5.6 Loue thinketh not euil Thought bringeth fo●●h desire and the desire neuer leaueth vntill the purpose be brought to passe By the lawe is our corruption reueiled The righteousnesse of Christ reputed ours By the lawe we see that without Christ we can not be saued We may not grudge or murmure when we are in any trouble we must arme our selues to fight against Sathan his wicked

thou art forbidden to sweare by heauen or by earth but for the confirmation of the trueth and determining of strife and controuersies betweene men hee hath vouchsafed the vse of his owne name which is his word to be taken as a witnesse of the trueth wherein thou must haue a speciall regard that thou take not him as a witnesse in an vntrue matter but with great reuerence to vse it to the decyding and manifesting of matters of great importaunce hauing onely the superioritie ouer all creatures to iustifie righteousnesse and to bring the wickednesse of the wicked vpon their owne pates Wherefore it behoueth thee to examine thy former life and to consider whether thou haue not taken the name of myne heauenly father in vaine either by neglecting and not performing his precepts and thy dueties commaunded thee by his word whether there haue bene such a due regarde in thee of the fulfilling that which the worde hath directed and appoynted thee to doe and auoyded that which by the same word thou were forbidden whether thou haue refrayned thy tōgue from blasphemous othes and from taking any other to witnesse in matters of doubt then my heauenly father wherein if thou be guiltie thou shalt not escape vnpunished vnlesse in my name thou speedely returne to the true seruice of my heauenly father againe whose mercy extendeth vnto thousandes of them that loue him and obserue his will Wherefore leaue of to walke any longer in the waies that may lead thee frō y e reuerent honoring of God mine heauēly father and from a godly feare to offend him for he that dispiseth his worde shalbe destroyed but he that feareth the Cōmaundement shal be rewarded The fourth commandeth thee to keepe holy the Saboth day which is the seuenth day wherin mine heauely father after the finishing of all his Creatures rested from his worke and sanctified it vpon which day hath he commaunded thee to cease from thy labours and daily businesse and to referre thy selfe to such godly exercises as may bee to the glory of his name namely deuout praiers and giuing of thankes hearing his word as also which is the principal misterie of this Saboth day thou must rest from the workes of the olde man as the fulfilling of the lustes of the flesh to tame thy peruerse affections of thine heart and wholy to imploy thine endeuour to the wil of mine heauenly father For the Prophet saith that he is blessed that doth this and the sonne of man that taketh holde on it hee that keepeth the Saboth and polluteth i● not and keepeth his hands frō doing any euill If thou abstaine from thine owne wicked waies vpon the Saboth day and consecrate it as glorious vnto the Lord honouring him not seeking thine owne wil nor speaking a vaine worde Then shall hee lift thee vp vpon the high places of the earth and blesse thee for the true obseruation and hallowing of the Saboth day is ceassing from sinnes which are thine owne waies by reason of that corruption which is rooted in thy peruerse Nature whereby thou bringest foorth the fruites of wickednes Thou must therefore remember that the Saboth or seaueth day as it is a day wherein thou must cease from thy worldly and bodily labours so to ceasse from doing things displeasing mine heauenly father which may not bee for that day onely but all thy life Thy Seruants thine Oxen thy Cattell and all which is within thy gates must likewise that day leaue their labors and referre them selues to reste wherein thou haste to consider that it is thy charge and duetie to see vnto and haue regard vnto thy seruants and family this day to keepe them from wantonnesse and loosenesse of life and to exhort and prouoke them to the Seruice of mine heauenly father to spende aswell that day therein as all other dayes in the weeke in thine owne priuate businesse and labour whom if thou suffer to runne and gad abroad to wantonnesse and sinne like vntamed Coltes and like str●y sheepe that seeme to haue no guyde It can not but bewray thine owne coldnesse in the true seruice of God and then vngodly behauiour growing by thy carelesse regard to see them to performe their dueties to GOD and man will be a witnesse against thee that thou hast not hallowed the Saboth day in such decent maner as is commaunded thee It pleased myne heauenly father to giue thee the vse of sixe daies in seauen to labor thy selfe thine in thy worldly businesse contenting himselfe with one day to bee serued in not to the ende that in these sixe daies there should bee no regard of him or wherein he expecteth no seruice at thine handes but thou must serue him daylie and continually in prayers and supplications and in executing thy vocation with trueth and honest dealing which hee accepteth as a pleasaunt seruice of him and in the seuenth to imploye thee wholy to the truely keeping holy thereof As ceasing from doing thine owne will which is corrupted with Couetousnesse and vncleannes and to mortefie thyne owne euill desires and inordinate affections euill concupiscence and couetousnesse which is Idolatry wherein thou hast to take heede that thou accompt not this day ordeined onely for corporall rest as too many doe or the ende thereof to bee for a time of banquetting playing sporting wantonnesse excesse vnreuerent meetings and vndecent behauiour as the more parte by their vngodly conuersations bewray their opinions to bee quite contrary to myne heauenly fathers most gr●●ious institution thereof for where it ought to be a time for the body to refresh it selfe with rest and the soule to bee comforted with hearing the word and seruice of God mine heauenly father the same day is made more wearisome to the body by vnseemely practises and pastymes and the soule more intangled with vices then before in so much as the remembraunce of that daies wantonnes holdeth their mindes subiect to desire that day againe wherein to fal to their wonted wallowing in wickednesse In which Commaundement thou hast to consider how thou hast resisted and suppressed thine euill affections and vngodly desires And how thou hast endeuoured thy self to the seruice of myne heauenly father And whether according to the trueth and prescript rule thereof thou haue led thy life wherein as thou canst not excuse thy selfe but acknowledge thy selfe guiltie and worthy of reproofe so hast thou free passage vnto mine heauenly father through me by whose death and bitter passion the curse which was due for the not performing thereof is taken away and his mercie ready if in a true faith thou betake thy selfe vnto mee thyne onely Mediatour anv Sauiour carefully suppressing thine euill affections and so much the more cosidering that my righteousnes is made thy righteousnesse wherein thy godly and zealous endeuour shall please mine heauenly father and be acceptable not for the worthinesse thereof but through