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	jew_n	sabbath_n	1,247	5	9.6654	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77975	The vvofull cry of unjust persecutions, and grevious oppressions of the people of God in England, through the injustice of some of her rulers, and wikednesse of teachers and people, who hasten to fulfil the measure of their forefathers cruelty. With a lamentation over them all who rewards the Lord evill for good, and is a warning to them all for repentance; shewing that the coming of the Lord is nigh. And this may serve for an answer in full, to all such who have persecuted by violence, by word or writing the innocent people in scorn called Quakers. With a short addition, which shewes unto all, the ground of persecution; in its first cause, and the enmity which is betwixt the two seeds, is clearly discovered, by a friend to the suffering seed of God, E.B.	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing B6058; Thomason E927_1; ESTC R207590	26,005	39

Word of the Lord was even a reproach unto Jeremiah daily and they smote him with the tongue and the chief governour of the house of the Lord smote him and put him in the dungeon and Amos which had been no Prophet not the son of a Prophet but a herdsman he was persecuted by the Priest of Bethel and was commanded not to Prophesie in the Kings Chappel and Amaziah the Priest complained to Jereboam the King against Amos the Prophet and Ezekiel the Prophet could not be received of the people for saith the Lord they will not hear thee for they will not hear me and they were a rebellious house and impudent and hardhearted and would not receive the Prophets words and thus it was in the time of the Apostles and Christ Jesus they were persecuted and some of them put to death for bearing testimony unto the father whom they were witnesses of and against the World what reproaches slanders beatings buffetings scornings tumults uproars and all manner of evil did they suffer in their generation by the seed of the Serpent from the hands of the Rulers and Priests and people Christ was accounted a deceiver and called a devil and a blasphemer and the Apostles were called heretiques deceivers and pestilent fellowes movers of sedition destroyers of the Law and turners of the World upside down and such like All these were of the seed of God that were persecuted and the persecuters were of the seed of the Serpent which brought forth violence and wickednesse and false judgement against the innocent and some were put to death upon the false account of being deceivers and blasphemers If you search through the whole Scripture you may read how the just were persecuted even from Abel who was of the seed of God and all that ever were persecuted for righteousnesse sake were persecuted upon the account of being evil doers and the persecuters judged themselves to be righteous He was the chief Governor of the house of the Lord that persecuted Jeremiah and the people that smote him with the tongue said They knew the Law should not perish from the Priest nor Counsel from the Honourable and it was Amaziah the Kings Priest that persecuted Amos and it was they that seeemed to be religious that persecuted the Prophets and it was the wise Scribes and Pharisees and the chief Priests that handled the Law and that offered Sacrifice that persecuted Christ and the Apostles How zealous were the Jewes in their traditions and observations in their sabboth-keeping and in the dayes of their humiliation in their Temple-worship and in all the Commandments of God They were zealous according to their own thoughts yet were they of the seed of the Serpent and persecuted the seed of God in blind zeal upon false judgment and the persecutors had a name to be righteous and the persecuted were accounted unrighteous and so darknesse was put for light and light for darknesse and them that were well-doers were accounted evil doers and them that were evil doers were accounted righteous And such was the blindnesse of Rulers and people such as prophesied falsly and came in their own name were received for the people loved to have it so when the great abomination was committed but they that came in the fathers name could not be received but were persecuted the Prophets Christ nor his Apostles could not be received of the World but were persecuted in it and lawes and decrees were made against them whereby they suffered unjustly upon grounds suspitions and jealousies for that way was called heresie in which the true God was worshiped Christ was called a deceiver and the wisdom of the World could not receive the knowledge of the things of God and as it was then so is it now in every particular if any man hath an ear to hear he may hear and a heart to understand he may perceive for now is the seed of God and the seed of the Serpent at enmity striving one against the other and the one persecutes the other in this generation as ever it was we are persecuted upon the false account and false judgement of being evil doers and deceivers and our persecuters accounts themselves righteous and zealous for Gods waies and such as are false Prophets and deceivers are accounted true Ministers of Christ even them that preach for hire and seek for their gain from their Quarter and through convetousnesse by feigned words makes merchandise of soules such were and such are deceivers and were never sent of God and yet such in this generation are accounted Ministers of Christ and such as are Ministers of Christ who walk in the Doctrin of Christ as they have received freely so do they freely give and seek not advantage themselves but are persecuted and reviled for righteousnesse sake such are accounted and falsly judged deceivers and so true judgment is turned backward good is called evil and evill good deceivers are called Ministers of Christ and Ministers of Christ are called deceivers and thus people in this generation erres in judgment and persecutes the righteous who are of the seed of God And it was ever the Ministers of Christ that were persecuted and never any of them persecuted any nor ever any of the deceivers persecuted for righteousnesse sake but they ever persecuted the just and sought to the Rulers and to the Elders of the people for violence to be done unto them that feared the Lord and witnessed against their wickednesse it was the Chief Priests and them that handled the law which caused Christ and the Apostles to be persecuted Amaziah sought to Jereboam to have Amos persecuted and as it was then so it is now How doth the Teachers of this Nation seek to the Magistrates to have the innocent persecuted and yet these men are zealous for their performances and duties in the set dayes of humiliation and lectures and even they think they do God good service in imprisoning the innocent they have great zeal without knowledge as the Jewes had and they are strict in their Sabboth keeping in their singing and praying c. But yet is violence done to the just and true judgment and justice neglected and therefore all that which they perform to God is abomination in his sight Oh what complaining is by the Teachers of this N●tion to the Magistrates What crying out for defence shewing that they want the spiritual armour and dare not trust the Lord What plotting and contriving against the seed of God by the seed of the Serpent who ever was a persecutor and never was persecuted What lawes and decrees are brought forth against the Lords people as traps to ensnare their fee like as it was in the dayes of old even like unto Artaxerxes the King who made a Decree and gave commandment that the City of God should not be builded and this was from the information and complaining of Rhehum the Chancellor and Shimshai the Scribe who brought certain accusations to the King