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	teach_v	4,178	5	7.2526	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30545	A standard lifted up, and an ensigne held forth, to all nations shewing unto the whole world, and to all people to whom it shall come, by open proclamation, what the testimony of God is ... / ... Edward Burrough.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1658 (1658)	Wing B6030; ESTC R12973	25,852	37

rather than their destruction Yet this we give all to know that the Lord will be avenged on all them who hates the way of righteousnesse and all that opposeth the Lord and his way and despiseth his truth which he hath revealed they shall be confounded and broken to pieces and shall confesse to the Lord and his way and his truth in the day of their destruction Again let all the earth know that against all unrighteousnesse injustice oppression whoredom murder and drunkennesse and all sin whatsoever we do declare and acknowledge our selves to be enemies against all sin and they that commit it and we cannot hide sin and iniquity in any but gives our testimony against it and against all that live in it whatsoever without respect to men or places and cannot flatter any man in his transgressions but saith that lying swearing drunkenness covetousness injustice dissimulation hypocrisie murder and envy lust of the flesh pride and wantonnesse and all the works of the flesh whatsoever are contrary to God and of the devill and they that lives in them and brings them forth are the servants of the devill and must not inherit that kingdome of God who brings forth those works which grieves the Spirit of God and vexes his righteous soul and this is that Government onely which is the Government of sin and death which we declare our selves enemies to which is of the devill and not of God and this is that Government which we testifie against and warrs against by the sword of the Spirit of God and by his power and not by the carnall weapons or subtill conspiracies or violent insurrections for this way and by this means shall not the Government of Satan be overthrown or the kingdom of Christ ever exalted Again let all the world know that we are not such as disanuls or makes voyd the Covenant and bond of Relations or teach any so to do or give any example by our practice to any subjects to be rebellious to their Governors or children to be disobedient to their Parents or that servants be undutifull to their Masters But on the contrary doth say and affirm it that it is the duty of Subjects to be obedient and subject in the Lord to their Rulers and Governours whether Kings Dukes or others who have rule over them and also that Children should be obedient to their Parents and Servants to be dutifull and subject to their Masters in the Lord in all things and that Husbands and Wives live in all unity and peace in the Lord Provided onely where Rulers Parents or Masters or Husbands requireth of their Subjects Children or Servants or any other whatsoever requiring of their relations that which is unjust and contrary to God and his righteous law in such a case we say that Subjects Children Servants and all other whatsoever are free and we say where man requires any thing contrary to God and God requires another thing contrary to man the obedience to God is rather to be chosen and the obedience to all men is to be denyed and this is our judgement which is according to truth and is the mind of God concerning subjection and obedience and the duty of Relations one to another And lastly know ye assuredly that we do not hold and maintain any thing by conversation or doctrine but the very same truth in word and practice as all our fore-Fathers did but bears witnesse of the same salvation by the same Christ as they did and are not setters forth of strange gods for no other God is worshipped by us than he which Abraham Isaac and Iacob and all the rest of the servants of the Lord in every generation worshipped served and obeyed neither are we such as doth maintain Heresie Errour or Idolatry or the worship of any strange god though hereof we are accused falsely yet against us cannot it be proved truly and this we give the whole world to know that no other end or purpose or design is in our hearts but only to fulfil the will of God in all things as it is to us made manifest Even this is the resolution of our hearts and the full purpose of our minds to give testimony through the world as we are moved both by writing and declaring of these Truths which to us is known from the Lord that truth and righteousnesse may come to reign and this may we do as the Lord provideth way for us nor fearing the face of any man nor being afraid of the threatning of high looks and that we may finish the testimony given us of God our life nor any other thing is dear unto us and all ye people every where for your sake is this written to come abroad amongst you to give you warning and true information of the work of the Lord and what he is about to do that you may hear and understand and may receive the knowledge of those things which belong to your peace and may be saved with an eternall salvation or otherwise through this are you wholly left without excuse if you perish And unto this was I pressed in spirit for many daies that all the world may be satisfied what we are and what we hold and what the purpose of the Lord is and I whom God hath warned do warn all people upon the face of the earth that you prepare prepare to meet the Lord for his coming and his day is nigh at hand and his judgements shall be revealed in the Earth and all flesh shall tremble before him and all the inhabitants of the world shall be confounded at his presence The proud shall be abased and the poor shall be exalted the high and lofty shall be brought down and the meek and upright shall be set up Truth shall reign as King and deceit shall utterly be confounded they that now suffer all manner of evill for the Name of Jesus shall possesse everlasting freedome and the dominion shall be in their hands and they that now cause the just to suffer shall go into endless captivity the seed of God shall spring forth and flourish but the seed of evill-doers shall never be renowned And betwixt these two seeds is an enmity put and they can never be reconciled each seed hath his fruit the one is cursed and the other is blessed and each seed is known by its fruit and must receive from the Lord accordingly And this is the testimony of the servants of the Lord and the witnesse which they give unto all the world of those things which we have handled tasted heard seen and felt blessed are all they thar can receive it We are known to God in the Spirit and one to another in his life and are known in the world by the name of Quakers cast upon us through the derision of the heathen But Quaking and trembling at the World of the Lord by the servants of the Lord we do own when the power of God reacheth to the witnesse of God in the creature which brings condemnation upon all high looks and upon the lofty nature which causeth the earthly part to tremble we do own and many of us do witness the Quaking and Trembling which is by the operation of the Spirit of God and the severall operations by the one Spirit we own which brings down proud flesh whose honour God will lay in the dust and bring it to everlasting contempt and when this comes to pass quaking shall not be a strange thing nor the Name reproached as it is at this day by the proud spirits of men who knows not the work of the Lord nor the operation of his Spirit Moreover and besides all this let all the world know that our conversation life and practice is one and the same with what we hold forth in words and that we give as large a testimony of God amongst us by pure conversation as doctrine and doth deny them who gives testimony in words onely and answers not in their conversation for that is hypocrisie and our souls loath it and it is abomination in the fight of the Lord where he is profest in words and not walked to in purity and righteousnesse of life for righteousnesse being brought forth in the heart works of righteousnesse will spring forth in the world and where righteousnesse springs not forth in the world and the fruits of the knowledge of God it shews that righteousnesse is not in the heart and that God is not known Also concerning our Government it is according to Christ whom we own to be head amongst us and no other head we have or do bow unto and we are but members of his body joyned to him through the Spirit as head over us all and the greatest of us is but a member of Christ who is the head alone and we have not another neither can we be subject to any other Government but his or to obey any Government but what is justly according to his whose Government must be set up in the earth and for it we wait and labours and travels and counts nothing hard but all things are easie to us for this prise which is before us even the Government of Christ to be set up and all Governments of men establisht according to it and this is our testimony which we give forth in words and practice and if it be required can seal it with our blood And this is written for no other end but that you may be certainly informed what we are and what we hold and what the Lord hath done and what he is about to do in all the earth who is arisen and hath said Ah! I will ease me of my Adversaries FINIS ERRATA Pag. 3. l. 21. for word r. world p. 3. l. 33. for same r. son p. 25. l. 10. for world r. word p. 25. l. 18. r. and in the heart