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	like_a	sabbath_n	1,189	5	10.2088	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62538	The lasher proved liar, or, The beadles lash laid open in a short reply to a slight pamphlet ushered into the world with the scurrilous title of A lash for a lyar, discovering the vanity of William Jennison, with his ungodly abuse of Thomas Tillam, minister of Christs Gospell.	Tillam, Thomas.	1658 (1658)	Wing T1165A; ESTC R27149	27,669	46

he tels the world that I bent my self freely and fully in my preaching against the Quakers who had insnared many yea and that to the great and generall satisfaction of my hearers and that I gained esteem of the best and most sound Christians who were taken with the strength of my gifts and plausibility of my deportment c. I think he hath applauded me to purpose But to prove that he contradicted me after some of m● different doctrines were delivered he tels us that he discoursed Lash p. 50. divers times argued the points of Baptism with me which I hope may be done without a spirit of contradiction And that such discourses arguings were without contradiction his own pen proves Lash pag. 48. where it is published that after I was discovered to be against infants baptism divers Christians meaning himselfe for one desired me to wave it being so controversall using this argument that it would but make breaches and they stood in need of healings Now let any ingenious person judge whether such desires discourses or arguments may be termed contradictings if not then here 's full proofe from his own pen that my Lasher is the grosse lyar The ninth falsehood who indeed was so far from contradicting me in the point of infants baptism that there are sufficient witnesses of his saying that for his part he should not dislike it if baptisme were forborn 3. or 4 yeares till the children could answer for themselves His fifth untruth about justifying faith Lash p. 50. reflects upon himselfe seeing I have as sufficient testimony as any can be produced in Colchester that I have published the truth for substance in my Christian account confirmed but lastly The 10th false hood that I helped to uphold the meeting at his house which was almost sunk through his treachery in revenging himselfe of the Town Lecturer is so generally known that if he were not sottishly drunk with delusions he could not gainesay it but this indeed is true that till the Lecturer so vehemently charged him and his wife as implecable persons which I doubt was too true there had been a meeting many yeares in all which time they could never find away to communion and if there be any thing of God in their sacrament since both Presbyterians Independants and separation should give me thanks for rouzing them It is also true Lash p. 50. that since my departure their meeting is grown numerous for it being deserted and forsaken for it by the Towne-Lecturer and secondly by my self the man prostituted his house even to the parish Presbyterians so that in the former season it became too hot to hold them I have omitted very many of his down right untruthes in both parts of his Lash being heartily wearied with digging in his Dunghill I have carefully avoided reproaching terms unlesse his owne language be censured as such The Lord hath marvelously discovered the mans folly ordered his owne pen to vindicate my integrity he hath sufficiently proved himselfe the busie Tobaco-man with his art of a New-England Lasher is fully proved the lyar so let him trudg to Stannaway bowling-green he were better leave his jangling follow his jumping onely let him beware of jumping out of the London waggon any more seeing his last leap so long retarded his lash possible has spoild that sport but he knows how to recreate himself with his shovel-boord-table which he can easily turne to a communion Table upon his first daies fabbath for the fellowship of Fordham and as suddainly turn it again for a Classicall consultation how to be revenged on the Dipper who if the persons of Peters and Dedham preach truth trips up folks heels in the water and is not ashamed to pull off womens stockens and wash their feet Beadle bring out your Lash and do your office lustily upon these egregious Jer. 9.5 But I must be modest and turne to the controversall part of the pamphlet which savoures of a little more sobriety which I would meet with a proportionable spirit The controversall Part. wherefore leaving sorded Will. Jennison with the Beadles in Bridewell I come seriously to contend with the more sollid Mr. Jennison on the battlements of Beth-el And upon our very first encounter we are agreed Lash p. 3. Act. 2. both Master Jennison and my self freely subscribing to the Apostles Pentecost and fully concluding that the same glorious day on which Pentecost then fell was and is that blessed Sanctified day which the Saints did and ought to keep as their Sabbath For although the Authority of the seventh day be firmly established by the Fathers institution 7th day Sabbath sought out ● 68 c the Sons confirmation the spirits Approbation and the Saints observation as I have fully proved in my book of the Sabbath yet since Master Jennison omits three of these impregnable Pillars and singles out the fourth to cast his whole cause upon I am chearfully resolved through the assistance of the promised spirit of truth to embrace that wonderful day of Pentecost and none but that for the undoubted Sabbath of Christians which I shall convincingly and undeniably prove to be Jehovah's certain sanctified seventh day which being performed Mr. Jennison stands obliged in credit and conscience to own it Seeing therefore we are agreed herein I shall with all possible brevity touch and I hope overturn his other Arguments and referre the whole matter to the Apostles Pentecost Lash pag. 2. And first Master Jennison silently yields that he hath neither command from God nor councell from Christ for the observation of the first day of the week In that he flies for his prime Argument to the supposed example of Saints which if he could prove as no man can yet were it not sufficient ground to reject the true seventh day Sabbath setled by clear commands For this must be observed as a general conclusion A General rule That example● do only allow us liberty and nothing but a clear command can oblige us to duty Rom. 4.15 As for instance Community of goods is the Saints liberty because it was practiced But liberality of our proper substance is a duty because it is commanded Saints may freely Feast before Communion because we have Apostical president But all true Disciples must break bread because we have Evangelical Precept Even so we have liberty to meet the first day as freely as any other week-day for we find the Saints at Troas then occasionally assembled But we are tyed in duty to celebrate the seventh day-day-Sabbath as being expresly commanded The Saints example at Troas once doth no more obliege us to their time then their meeting in an upper chamber doth tye us to the like place If examples alone were binding Act. 17.2 and 18.4 we have innumerable for the seventh day Sabbath and this may be sufficient to shew the invalidity of Mr. Jennisons first Argument and that part of his