Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	family_n	master_n	servant_n	3,657	5	6.8258	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03281	The dignitie of the Scripture togither with the indignity which the vnthankfull world offereth thereunto In three sermons vpon Hose. 8. 12. By Samuel Hieron.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1607 (1607)	STC 13398; ESTC S119045	35,236	48

it or else because though they forgot it not yet they knew not how and in what manner to performe it Now whichsoeuer of all these wee shall thinke wee shall caste a very greate indignity and disgrace not simply vpon the pen-men of the scripture but vpon the spirit of God by whose speciall direction they wrote euery word and title and vpon whome to lay any imputation ether of weakenes or vnwillingnes to performe any thinge for the good of Godes Churche were no lesse then blasphemie Adde hereto for the better opening of this point that looke what is the spirituall necessitie of a christian vpon any occasion either of his calling or of his degree and proceeding and estate in his profession the word of God is not wanting to giue him fulnes of direction If he be a Magistrate it teacheth him how to gouerne if a Mynister it informeth him how to teach if a master of a family it instructeth him for the particular duties of his place whether he be a husband or a father or a master or son or seruant it sheweth him in euery of these how to demeane himselfe as becomes a christian It giues him direction for his apparrell his speach his diet his company his disports his labour his buying and selling yea and for his very sleepe and for those things which may be thought most arbitrary and indifferent It is vnpossible for him to deuise any thing touching which he may not fetch a needfull direction from the scripture Againe conceiue of him how you will in regard of the seuerall degrees of Christianity the word of God is still his councellor if he be ignorant there be plaine principles of religion as milke to feed him if he be better grounded there be points of greater depth to imploy him if there be any case of conscience that troubles him any scruple that disquiets him there is vnfallible certainty to resolue him if he be afflicted either in body sicknesse or in goods with losses or in good name with vndeserued reproches or in mind with the buffeting of Sathan and his owne corruption there is plenty of comfort to releeue him there is store of rules to informe him how to profit by his tryalls if he be zealous there is matter to encourage him if cold and falling backe there is meanes to quicken him if he be stubborne and obstinate there is iudgment to humble him if he be broken hearted there is a salue to restore him if he be turned out of the way by some great sinne there is as it were a bridle to stop him whatsoeuer his occasion be how euer his soule is affected in what perplexitie soeuer he is whether it be comfort or councell or resolution or reprofe or instruction that he needs the word of God is a plentifull storehouse and meets to the full which euery spirituall necessitie so then this is my reason why the law of God the word of God is called greate or large because looke of what extent widenes our spirituall wants are of the same are those holy directions which the Lord hath reuealed in his word Psal 19.96 I haue seene saith Dauid an end of all perfection but thy law it exceeding large Let vs now make vse of this doctrine The vse of this pointe touching the largnes and amplenes of the word of God extending and stretching it selfe to all the spirituall occasions of all Gods people is first to ouerthrow the iudgment and practise of the Churche of Roome which as though there were some defecte in the scripture or some needfull matter receiue the writtē word it self and must be beleeued also as profitable and necessary to saluation Now this opinion and course is plaine against this place of scripture in which the word of God is graced with this title greate or plentifull or large if there be any thing left out of it which is necessary for the information of any mans soule vnto life eternall sure it hath not deserued that honorable name where with it is stiled I meane if a Christian man either for the setling of his soule in a matter of faith or the directing of his course in a matter of conuersation should finde that scantnesse and barrennesse in the scripture that he should be faine to goe seeke direction elsewhere or if there were no want in the word of God why should he be so heauily cursed that puts ought vnto it wheras if there be any point needful to saluation which is not mentioned in it there must of necessity be some addition And therefore wee must for euer separate our selues from that Church which when God hath written his word as a perfect direction full and entire in euery respect thrusts vpon vs the inventions of man daring also to make them in authoritie equall to the scriptures This is the first vse euen to teach vs heartily and vnfainedly to detest all additions to the word of God and al the not reuealed in it hath added to it a pack and rable of vnwritten traditions concerning which it teaceth that they are to be receiued and embraced with the same affection with the likezeale with the same respect as wee doe authors of them whatsoeuer and yet with this caution that wee must beware that wee be not deceiued in the right vnderstanding of that which we call an Addition to the scripture wee must not thinke as some doe that this ordinance of God which wee call preaching is an adding to the scripture it being a course which God in his wisedome hath appointed for the gathering of his Church and for the opening and discouering vnto the sonnes of men the hid treasure But that is called an Addition to the word of God which being commended vnto men as a matter of religion cannot be iustified nor warranted nor made good by the written word but is grounded onely either vpon carnall reason and conceipt or vpon the will of him that vrgeth it All and euery such addition wee must take heede of and remember what the Apostle saith If any man deliuer any other meaning any other for substance Gal. 1.8 though in wordes and manner of deliuery it may differ though he were an Angel c. let him be accursed 2. The second vse of this pointe is to condemne the common neglect and vniuersall contempte of the precepts and rules of holye scripture what occasion soeuer wee haue the word of God is still at hand to counsell vs and it is such a direction as cannot deceiue vs yet in the most of our cases and spirituall needes wee will seeke to any thinge rather then to the scripture In the worship of god wee doe much more esteeme our owne humors and the traditions of our fathers then the prescription of the word In matters of conuersation wee preferre the examples guises of the times the course practise of the multitude before the principles of gods spirite nay wee thinke it too much precisenesse