Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	custom_n	honour_n	tribute_n	1,223	5	11.4735	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26412	A fannaticks mite cast into the Kings treasury being a sermon printed to the King because not preach'd before the King / by Henry Adis.	Adis, Henry.	1660 (1660)	Wing A581; ESTC R28080	68,628	81

either to support or pull down the worst or to set up or maintain the best of men we look not upon it to be our duty in the least much lesse to have a thought of endeavouring to set up our selves either directly or indirectly for were we abilitated and furnished with such endowments as might render us capable of being Rulers yet could we not allow our selves to act as Magistrates because we are a People chosen out of the world John 15. 19. and look upon ou●… selves as Pilgrims and Strangers in the earth Heb. 11. 13. 1 Pet. 2. 11. But this we know to be the mind of God from Rom. 13. the beginning 1 Pet. 2. 13. Tit. 3. 2. that we are to be subject to and not to resist the Powers because they be ordained of God and as God sets them up so he requires his Sons and Daughters to render to them Tribute Custom Fear and Honour Romans 13. 7. And we further declare That it is our bounden duty i●…obedience to our God to pray for Kings and all that are in Authority ●…Tim 2. 22. So that we are so far from opposing them as that we say it is our duty to obey them in all civil things that are agreeable to the mind of God and if they shall require any thing from us that is contrary to his mind and will revealed in his Holy Scriptures of truth we say we are not to resist them but if in conscience we cannot obey them then we are patiently to suffer under them whatever they shall inflict upon us for our non-obedience to their requirements And to this we yet further declare that it is our real Judgment as to things Spiritual not to own them as our Law-givers in the least for there is one Law-giver which is able to save and to destroy Jam. 4. 12. which is the Lord Isa. 33. 22. And therefore if they shall at any time impose upon us Laws in point of worship that is either to worship a False God or the true God after a false manner we by Gods assistance shall tell them with Shadrach Meshach and Abednego Dan. 3. 16. That we are not carefull to answer them in that matter yet shall not violently resist but with them patiently suffer under them as aforesaid To the second That we would destroy the publick Ministry of the Nation that differ from us in some things about Religion We do declare that if there be a destruction intended between us we must leave it at their doors and desire them to Judge between the all-seeing God the searcher of all hearts and their own consciences what they have intended by their so often pressing Parliament men from time to time for a suppression of all that are not of their Judgment in matters of Religion and upon search made if they find themselves guilty of a desire of any such destruction to us we shall beg them in Gods fear to break off that evil by timely Repentance and make their Peace with God as for our parts we are so far from desiring any revenge against them or any other that shal desire or endeavour our ruine as that in the presence of God we shall rather pitty than envy them and according to the requirement of our Law-giver Mat. 5. 44. pray for them and their conversion not at all in the least desiring or endeavouring their confusion That there are many things wherein the publick Ministry of the Nation and we differ in matters of Religion both in Doctrine and Discipline is very clear and that we designe or so much as desire the destruction of them or any other persons whatsoever for such differences or any other matters concerning our selves we hope in our further answer to this and to the fourth and fifth Particulars we shall manifest to be as clear and also therein discover our selves to be the peaceable Lambs of Christ John 21. 15. the great Shepherd and Bishop of our souls 1 Pet. 2. 25. 1 Pet. 5 4. Heb. 10. 20. Who doth require us to learn of him for he is lowly and meek Matth. 11. 29. Yet notwithstanding we do declare when or wherever some of us shall conveniently meet with any of them either in private or in publick we shall resolve God assisting us to contend earnestly with them for the Faith once delivered to the Saints according to that Exhortation of the Spirit of God by his Apostle Jude 3. and 〈◊〉 them and all oppositions and 〈◊〉 whatsoever as good 〈◊〉 of Jes●… Chri●… 2 Ti●… 2 3. fight the good fight of Faith 1 Tim. 6. 12. In which combate we are confident we neither shall hazard life nor draw blood for through mercy we can say with our Apostle 2 Cor. 10. 3 4. That though we live in the flesh yet w●… war not after the flesh for the weapons of our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not carnal To the third That we 〈◊〉 the Peopl●… called Quakers in their irregular practice To this we answer and God is o●… witness we lie not that we are so far from countenancing the Quakers or our selves in any irregular practice as that if we our selves be found i●… any such actings we shall not violen●…ly oppose but patiently subject to such penalties as the breach of such Lawes calls for it would have been well if the Afsertors had declared wherein this Irregular practice doth consist that so we might have given a more particular answer yet we hope by what hath and shall be declared it will be easily judged that w●… for our parts are no such people as the Baptists generally are reported and some ●…hew themselves to be To the fourth That we endeavo●…r a tolleration of all misc●…riages in things Ecclesiastical and Civil under 〈◊〉 of Liber●…y of Conscience If by endeavouring a tolleration of all miscarriages in things Ecclesiastical the Assertors intend amongst our selves in our own Assembles we shall answer them as in the presence of God the searcher of all hearts That we are so far from any such Toleration as that we at this very day go under a reproach by that people we formerly walked withal because in the reallity of our souls and the integrity of our hearts we cannot allow of some things that we judge to be of that nature amongst them we well knowing that the Lord Christ requires a perfect observation of and a universal obedience to all things whatsoever he commanded Mat. 28. 20. And that as well to what hath been laid down by his Apostles given in by the incomes of that Spirit that was to lead them into all truth and to shew them things to come Iohn 16. 13. which are also the commands of Christ 1 Cor. 14. 37. as to those that were laid down by himself Iohn 18. 12 15. So that we positively say that if we shall allow of any miscarriages either in Doctrine or Discipline amongst our selves to 'thwart the mind of Christ revealed in his Scriptures of truth we can expect no better