Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	day_n	heart_n	lord_n	2,687	5	3.9369	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34673	The covenant of Gods free grace most sweetly unfolded and comfortably applied to a disquieted soul from that text of 2 Sam. 23. Ver. 5. : also a doctrinall conclusion that there is in all such who are effectually called, in-dwelling spirituall gifs [sic] and graces wrought and created in them by the Holy Ghost / by that reverend and faithful minister of Gods word, Mr. John Cotton, Teacher of the Church at Boston in New-England ; whereunto is added, A profession of faith, made by the reverend divine, Mr. John Davenport, in New-England, at his admission into one of the Churches there.	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Davenport, John, 1597-1670. A profession of faith.	1645 (1645)	Wing C6424; ESTC R30971	35,301	46

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notwithstanding_o all_o this_o when_o david_n look_v back_o and_o consider_v his_o own_o way_n and_o find_v many_o disorder_n and_o fail_n his_o house_n be_v not_o so_o with_o god_n therefore_o you_o may_v take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o no_o godly_a man_n do_v keep_v so_o good_a a_o house_n as_o to_o walk_v answerable_a in_o his_o call_n to_o the_o mean_n of_o grace_n offer_v unto_o he_o no_o house_n walk_v according_a to_o their_o calling_n first_o concern_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n in_o your_o christian_a calling_n in_o every_o family_n there_o be_v some_o of_o these_o vice_n 1._o eye-service_n child_n and_o servant_n be_v more_o careful_a to_o approve_v themselves_o to_o their_o parent_n and_o master_n then_o to_o god_n 2._o in_o every_o family_n you_o shall_v find_v pride_n and_o haughtiness_n of_o mind_n and_o spirit_n contrary_a to_o god_n spirit_n rom._n 11.20_o 3._o you_o shall_v find_v drowsiness_n of_o spirit_n in_o the_o performance_n of_o good_a duty_n which_o imply_v likewise_o a_o want_n of_o the_o true_a fear_n of_o god_n and_o this_o you_o may_v find_v in_o the_o family_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n they_o can_v not_o watch_v with_o he_o one_o hour_n notwithstanding_o his_o call_n upon_o they_o and_o stir_v they_o up_o thereunto_o matth._n 26.40_o 4._o you_o shall_v find_v a_o slowness_n and_o dulness_n of_o capacity_n and_o understanding_n to_o apprehend_v any_o thing_n that_o good_a be_v luke_n 24.25_o o_o fool_n and_o slow_a of_o heart_n to_o believe_v etc._n etc._n 5._o you_o shall_v find_v hardness_n of_o heart_n the_o disciple_n of_o our_o saviour_n though_o they_o be_v continual_o with_o he_o enjoy_v his_o glorious_a presence_n daily_o converse_v with_o he_o see_v many_o strange_a vision_n and_o great_a miracle_n and_o thereby_o have_v many_o sweet_a shower_n from_o our_o saviour_n himself_o fall_v upon_o they_o yet_o notwithstanding_o after_o all_o this_o what_o say_v our_o saviour_n unto_o they_o as_o yet_o perceive_v you_o not_o nor_o understand_v have_v you_o your_o heart_n yet_o harden_v matth._n 8.17_o so_o likewise_o in_o our_o outward_a calling_n we_o be_v fail_v many_o way_n in_o righteousness_n one_o towards_o another_o the_o husband_n be_v want_v to_o his_o wife_n in_o not_o give_v she_o her_o due_a of_o love_n or_o the_o fruit_n of_o love_n and_o she_o back_o again_o to_o he_o parent_n and_o master_n want_v to_o child_n and_o servant_n and_o so_o likewise_o those_o back_n again_o to_o their_o superior_n not_o give_v and_o render_v to_o one_o another_o that_o which_o god_n require_v of_o they_o you_o shall_v see_v sarah_n want_v to_o abraham_n gen._n 16.5_o when_o she_o see_v that_o hagar_n have_v conceive_v by_o her_o husband_n and_o she_o come_v thereby_o to_o be_v despise_v of_o she_o she_o impute_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o wrong_n offer_v to_o she_o by_o her_o handmaid_n whole_o to_o her_o husband_n and_o call_v the_o lord_n to_o judge_v between_o they_o notwithstanding_o she_o be_v most_o faulty_a herself_o in_o it_o gen._n 16.5_o so_o likewise_o be_v husband_n want_v to_o their_o wife_n in_o love_n kindness_n provision_n protection_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v a_o want_n of_o righteousness_n so_o child_n be_v want_v to_o their_o parent_n and_o one_o another_o as_o absolom_n adonijah_n and_o amnon_n in_o true_a natural_a affection_n to_o his_o sister_n sometime_o they_o be_v malicious_a one_o to_o another_o as_o joseph_n brethren_n of_o jacob_n family_n so_o likewise_o idleness_n and_o lie_v as_o in_o gehezi_n 2_o king_n 15.25_o david_n have_v not_o deal_v well_o with_o his_o son_n nor_o his_o son_n with_o he_o neither_o eli_n with_o his_o in_o their_o young_a day_n we_o shall_v not_o so_o complain_v in_o our_o general_a call_n of_o hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o want_v of_o life_n and_o unprofitablenesse_n in_o good_a duty_n towards_o god_n if_o we_o be_v not_o so_o much_o want_v to_o one_o another_o in_o love_n and_o righteousness_n if_o we_o therefore_o will_v not_o have_v 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nor_o wife_n their_o husband_n parent_n their_o child_n nor_o their_o servant_n and_o though_o peradventure_o they_o may_v bring_v in_o some_o yet_o not_o all_o neither_o this_o without_o many_o a_o cloud_n many_o sinful_a corruption_n lie_v profaneness_n unprofitablenesse_n and_o when_o they_o have_v bring_v they_o forward_o in_o any_o good_a way_n they_o have_v many_o time_n such_o fear_n and_o doupt_v of_o their_o estate_n that_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o forsake_v all_o and_o fall_v back_o again_o and_o if_o they_o come_v on_o to_o any_o profitable_a performance_n of_o good_a duty_n yet_o be_v they_o so_o wonderful_o unsettle_a in_o their_o estate_n and_o condition_n that_o many_o time_n the_o further_a the_o day_n grow_v the_o more_o cloudy_a it_o appear_v such_o ado_n and_o trouble_n be_v there_o to_o come_v to_o any_o settledness_n in_o

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