Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	command_v	law_n	precept_n	1,277	5	9.1164	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67779	A sovereign antidote, or, A precious mithridate for recovery of souls twice dead in sin, and buried in the grave of long custome, to the life of grace. With hopeful means (God blessing the same) to prevent that three-fold (and worse than Ægyptian) plague of the heart; drunkenness, swearing, and profaneness. Wherein is a sweet composition of severity and mercy: of indignation against sin, of compassion and commiseration to the sinner; with such Christian moderation, as may argue zeal without malice; and a desire to win souls, no will to gall them. By R. Younge of Roxwell in Essex.	Younge, Richard.	1664 (1664)	Wing Y191A; ESTC R218572	39,339	35

blasphemed God and pierced your Saviour and never more commit the like impiety Yea do not only leave your swearing but fear an Oath and make conscience of it resolve not to take the glorious Name of God in vain nor place any other creature in his room though the Devil should say unto you as once he did to Christ All this will I give thee For it is not enough that we abstain from evil unless we hate it also and do the contrary good Sanctifie the Lord God in your heart 1 Pet. 3.15 Make a Covenant with your mouth as Job did with his eyes and set a watch before the door of your lips that you thus offend not with your tongue Ps 141.3 Sect. 2. Which if you do rightly the like care to avoid all other sins will necessarily follow because he that fears to commit one sin out of conscience and because God forbids it will upon the same ground fear all that his law forbids and as heartily and unfeignedly desire that he may never commit it as that God should never impute it 2 Tim. 2.19 Neither can a regenerate mind consist with a determination to continue in any one sin as when Christ cast out one Devil we read that he cast out all even the whole Legion Mar. 5.2 c. And he that makes not some conscience of all sin makes no true conscience of any sin And the same is to be understood also of duties commanded for the same law which in joyns us to hate and forsake all sin commands us also to strive after universal obedience to every precept And it is a true Rule He that hath not in him all Christian graces in their measure hath none and he that hath any one truly hath all He that is not sanctified in every part is truly sanctified in no part 1 Pet. 1.15 2 Pet. 3.11 Mat. 5.48 2 Tim. 3.17 2 Cor. 7.1 And the least sin allowed of be it but a vain thought or one duty omitted is enough to cast thee into hell for the wages of sin any sin be it never so little is death Rom. 6.23 Jam. 1.15 Yea admit thou hadst never acted any the least evil in all thy life it were not enough to save thee from hell much less to bring thee to heaven for we need no more to condemn us then what we brought into the World with us Gen. 2.17 Psal 51.5 Rom. 5.12 Whence the new-born child in the law was commanded to offer a sin offering Lev. 12.6 Sect. 3. Wherefore as you tender the good of your own soul set upon the work presently before the Drawbridge be taken up provide with Joseph for the dearth to come With Noah in the days of thy health build the Ark of a good conscience against the floods of sickness Imitate the Ant who provides her meat in Summer for the Winter following Yea do it whilst the yearning bowels the bleeding wounds and compassionate arms of Jesus Christ lie open to receive you Whiles you have health and life and means and time to repent and make your peace with God in Christ as you tender I say the everlasting happiness and welfare of your almost lost and ●●owned soul as you expect or hope for grace or mercy for joy and comfort for heaven and salvation for endless bliss and glory at the last as you would escape the direful wrath of God the bitter sentence and doom of Christ the never dying sting and worm of conscience the tormenting and soul-scorching flames of hell and everlasting separation from Go●s blissful presence abjure and utterly renounce all wilful and affected evil and in the first place this abominable sin of swearing and cursing Sect. 4. The which Grace if you would obtain omit not to pray for the assistance of Gods spirit otherwise thy strength is small yea except God give thee repentance and removes all impediments that may hinder thou canst no more turn thy self then thou couldst at first make thy self We are not sufficient of our selves to think much less to speak least of all to do ought that is good 2 Cor. 3.5 Joh. 15.4 5. We are swift to all evil but to any good immoveable Wherefore beg of God that he will give you a new heart and when the heart is changed all the members will follow after it as the rest of the creatures after the Sun when it ariseth Importune him for grace that thou mayest firmly resolve speedily begin and continually persevere in doing and suffering his holy will Desire him to regenerate thy heart change and purifie thy nature subdue thy reason rectifie thy judgement reform and strengthen thy will renew thy affections and beat down in thee whatsoever stands in opposition to the scepter of Jesus Christ Onely this let me add Be sure you wholly and only rest on your Saviour Jesus Christ for salvation abhorring to attribute or ascribe ought to doing for our very righteousnesses are as filthy rags Isa 64.6 And the sole perfection of a Christian is the imputation of Christs righteousness and the not imputation of his own unrighteousness a rule which we are very apt to swerve from either on the right or left hand wherefore if you would not err observe this golden mean endeavour to live as if there were no Gospel and to die as if there were no Law And now for conclusion If thou receivest any power against this great evil forget not to be thankful and when God hath the fruit of his mercies he will not spare to sow much where he reaps much so having set before you l●fe and death I leave you to choose which of them you like best Onely think what account you shall give of that you have read for if this warning prevail not it is much to be feared the next will be that of the Son of man Mat. 25.41 Depart from me c. POST-SCRIPT YOu that fear God or have any bowels of compassion towards the precious souls of those poor ignorant men women and children whom you hear to swear and curse as Dogs bark that is not more of curstness then out of custom wish them to read these few pages neither count it as a thing indifferent which may either be done or dispensed withal for besides that God hath commanded the duty of admonition Heb. 3.13 2 Tim. 2.25 and commended the practise of it Rev. 1.2.6 and condemned the contrary verse 20. If you do not it or the like you hate your brother Lev. 19.17 and make your self guilty both of his sin and ruine Ezek. 3.18 to 22. For as none but a Cain will say Am I my brothers keeper so these could never continue their cursing and swearing as they do if they were but so happy as to meet with timely and faithful admonition Nor can you love God and patiently hear these miscreants blaspheme his holy Name as they do 2 Pet. 2.7 8. Or manifest your self his by adoption and regeneration for well-born children are touched to the quick with the injuries of their Parents and not to be moved in this case is to confess our selves bastards Yea it is a base vile and unjust ingratitude in those men that can endure the disgrace of them under whose shelter they live Which being so make it a part of your charity to give of them as you meet with occasion as that you shall hourly do even as you pass the streets if you but mind it FINIS