Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	christian_a	church_n	religion_n	1,340	5	5.5492	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26958	A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord, by the restitution of their primitive purity, simplicity, and charity, II. how that restitution is like to be made, (if ever) and what shall befall them thence-forth unto the end, in that golden-age of love / written by Richard Baxter ...	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1680 (1680)	Wing B1311; ESTC R5743	36,590	70

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to_o have_v their_o kingdom_n and_o commonwealth_n thus_o weaken_v and_o the_o cordial_a love_n and_o assistance_n of_o their_o subject_n make_v so_o loose_a and_o so_o uncertain_a 119._o and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o continual_a vexation_n to_o wise_a and_o peaceable_a prince_n to_o govern_v such_o divide_v discontent_a people_n but_o to_o rule_v a_o unite_a loving_n concordant_a peaceable_a people_n will_v be_v their_o delight_n and_o joy_n 120._o a_o worldly_a covetous_a proud_a domineer_a malignant_a lazy_a clergy_n will_v in_o most_o christian_a nation_n be_v the_o great_a plague_n of_o the_o world_n and_o troubler_n of_o prince_n and_o divider_n of_o church_n who_o for_o the_o interest_n of_o their_o grandeur_n and_o their_o will_n will_v not_o give_v the_o sober_a and_o peaceable_a and_o godly_a minister_n or_o people_n leave_v to_o serve_v god_n quiet_o and_o live_v in_o peace_n and_o the_o impatient_a self-conceited_a sectarian_n spirit_n which_o like_o gunpowder_n take_v fire_n 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privilege_n due_a to_o volunteer_n and_o penitent_n but_o yet_o the_o magistrate_n may_v punish_v man_n with_o fines_n or_o other_o penalty_n for_o the_o same_o fault_n for_o which_o they_o be_v excommunicate_a have_v try_v and_o judge_v they_o in_o his_o own_o court_n but_o not_o quaterus_a excommunicate_a but_o according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o crime_n 17._o the_o school_n of_o learning_n and_o academy_n shall_v not_o educate_v youth_n either_o in_o idleness_n luxury_n or_o hypocritical_a formality_n but_o under_o learned_a pious_a tutor_n in_o learning_n sobriety_n and_o piety_n from_o whence_o they_o shall_v not_o over-hasty_o leap_v into_o the_o pastoral_n office_n 18._o none_o under_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n at_o what_o time_n christ_n himself_o enter_v on_o his_o public_a work_n shall_v take_v a_o pastoral_n charge_n except_o in_o case_n of_o mere_a necessity_n of_o the_o church_n no_o not_o on_o pretence_n of_o extraordinary_a fitness_n but_o till_o then_o shall_v 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