Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	good_a	minister_n	1,289	5	6.5274	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47813	The casuist uncas'd, in a dialogue betwixt Richard and Baxter, with a moderator between them, for quietnesse sake by Roger L'Estrange.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1680 (1680)	Wing L1209; ESTC R233643	73,385	86

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scandalous_a minister_n destroy_v monument_n of_o idolatry_n rise_v etc._n etc._n july_n 10._o 19●3_n fol._n 240._o a_o order_n for_o divine_n that_o attend_v the_o assembly_n to_o go_v into_o the_o country_n to_o stir_v up_o the_o people_n to_o rise_v for_o their_o defense_n aug._n 10._o 1643._o fol._n 285._o a_o ordinance_n for_o take_v away_o of_o superstitious_a monument_n aug._n 28._o 1643._o fol._n 307._o a_o ordinance_n to_o examine_v witness_n against_o scandalous_a minister_n sep._n 6._o 164●_n fol._n 311._o soldier_n to_o take_v the_o covenant_n octob._n 10_o fol._n 359._o a_o order_n for_o the_o assembly_n of_o divine_n to_o treat_v of_o a_o discipline_n and_o government_n the_o present_a to_o be_v abolish_v and_o to_o prepare_v a_o directory_n octo._n 1●_n 16●●_n 〈…〉_z a_o order_n for_o return_v the_o name_n of_o such_o as_o take_v not_o the_o covenant_n to_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o nou._n 30._o 1643._o fol._n 390._o a_o order_n for_o diverse_a person_n to_o take_v 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165._o by_o this_o time_n i_o hope_v you_o be_v satisfy_v that_o it_o be_v a_o presbyterian_a war_n according_a to_o the_o very_a letter_n war._n or_o if_o the_o nonconformist_n do_v not_o begin_v the_o war_n pray_o who_o bid_v ri._n our_o calamity_n begin_v in_o difference_n about_o religion_n religion_n and_o still_o that_o be_v the_o wound_n that_o most_o need_v close_v &c_n &c_n r._n b_n fast_o sermon_n 1660._o p._n 41._o ba._n do_v not_o you_o know_v that_o write_v about_o the_o cause_n law_n that_o the_o war_n be_v not_o found_v in_o theological_a difference_n but_o in_o law_n difference_n r._n b_n letter_n to_o mr._n hi●ckly_o p._n 25._o ri._n the_o first_o open_a beginning_n be_v the_o militia_n militia_n non._n conf._n plea_n p._n 126._o ba._n i_o know_v how_o unsatisfy_a many_a be_v concern_v the_o lawfullnesse_n of_o the_o war_n reformation_n i_o can_v yet_o perceive_v by_o any_o thing_n which_o they_o object_n but_o that_o we_o undertake_v our_o defence_n upon_o 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disobedience_n to_o their_o guide_n and_o of_o schism_n and_o do_v much_o more_o to_o the_o hurt_n of_o the_o church_n a_o very_a great_a sin_n peter_n lot_z and_o it_o be_v like_a david_n do_v oft_o commit_v great_a sin_n r._n b_n five_o disdute_n of_o right_a to_o sacrament_n p._n 329._o but_o a_o man_n must_v be_v guilty_a of_o more_o sin_n than_o peter_n be_v in_o deny_v and_o forswear_v christ_n ungodly_a that_o be_v notorious_o ungodly_a yea_o then_o lot_n be_v who_o be_v drink_v two_o night_n together_o and_o commit_v incest_n twice_o with_o his_o own_o daughter_n and_o that_o after_o the_o miraculous_a destruction_n of_o sodom_n of_o his_o own_o wife_n and_o his_o own_o miraculous_a deliverance_n nay_o a_o man_n that_o be_v notorious_o ungodly_a in_o the_o sense_n in_o hand_n or_o unsanctify_v must_v be_v a_o great_a sinner_n than_o solomon_n be_v with_o his_o seven_o hundred_o wife_n three_o hundred_o concubine_n and_o gross●_n idolatry_n p._n 326.327_o mo._n and_o be_v 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thus_o they_o divide_v the_o kingdom_n and_o family_n of_o christ_n religion_n destroy_v first_o the_o love_n of_o brethren_n and_o neighbour_n in_o themselves_o and_o then_o labour_v to_o destroy_v it_o in_o all_o other_o by_o speak_v against_o those_o that_o be_v not_o in_o their_o own_o way_n with_o contempt_n and_o obloquy_n another's_o to_o represent_v they_o as_o a_o unlovely_a sort_n of_o man_n and_o if_o the_o interest_n of_o their_o cause_n and_o party_n require_v it_o spirit_n perhaps_o they_o will_v next_o destroy_v their_o person_n and_o yet_o all_o this_o be_v do_v in_o zeal_n of_o god_n and_o as_o a_o acceptable_a service_n to_o he_o ibid._n p._n 12._o an_o they_o think_v it_o a_o resist_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o resist_v their_o judgement_n p._n 13._o i_o have_v know_v too_o many_o very_a honest-hearted_a christian_n especial_o melancholic_a person_n and_o woman_n who_o have_v be_v in_o great_a doubt_n about_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o millenaries_n the_o separatist_n the_o anabaptist_n the_o seeker_n and_o such_o like_a and_o after_o earnest_a prayer_n to_o god_n zeal_n they_o have_v be_v strong_o resolve_v for_o the_o way_n of_o error_n and_o confident_a by_o the_o strong_a impression_n that_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n answer_v to_o their_o prayer_n and_o thereupon_o they_o have_v set_v themselves_o into_o a_o course_n of_o sin_n ibid._n p._n 162._o and_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v very_o ordinary_a with_o poor_a phancyfull_a woman_n revelation_n and_o melancholy_a person_n to_o take_v all_o their_o deep_a apprehension_n for_o revelation_n ibid._n p._n 167._o mo._n well_o but_o these_o people_n all_o this_o while_n take_v themselves_o to_o be_v in_o the_o right_n ba._n ru●e_n but_o as_o for_o that_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o scripture_n i_o be_o sure_a it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n church_n divis._n p._n 166._o mo._n it_o out_o of_o all_o doubt_n but_o what_o if_o they_o expound_v the_o scripture_n one_o way_n and_o you_o 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