Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	fear_n	master_n	servant_n	1,910	5	7.2063	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67467	The life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln written by Izaak Walton ; to which is added, some short tracts or cases of conscience written by the said Bishop.	Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judgment concerning submission to usurpers.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Pax ecclesiae.; Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600. Sermon of Richard Hooker, author of those learned books of Ecclesiastical politie.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judgment in one view for the settlement of the church.; Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663. Judicium Universitatis Oxoniensis. English.	1678 (1678)	Wing W667; ESTC R8226	137,878	542

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upon_o which_o ground_n we_o hearty_o reject_v all_o humane_a tradition_n devise_v and_o intend_v as_o supplement_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n contain_v in_o the_o bible_n and_o annex_v as_o codicil_n to_o the_o holy_a testament_n of_o christ_n for_o to_o supply_v the_o defect_n thereof_o the_o question_n be_v whole_o about_o thing_n in_o their_o nature_n indifferent_a such_o as_o be_v the_o use_n of_o our_o food_n raiment_n and_o the_o like_a about_o which_o the_o common_a action_n of_o life_n be_v chief_o conversant_a whether_o in_o the_o choice_n and_o use_n of_o such_o thing_n we_o may_v not_o be_v sometime_o sufficient_o guide_v by_o the_o light_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o common_a rule_n of_o discretion_n but_o that_o we_o must_v be_v able_a and_o be_v so_o bind_v to_o do_v or_o else_o we_o sin_v for_o every_o thing_n we_o do_v in_o such_o matter_n to_o deduce_v

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proportion_n countervail_v these_o mischief_n in_o which_o case_n that_o man_n must_v needs_o suppose_v a_o strange_a austerity_n in_o the_o lawgiver_n that_o dare_v not_o presume_v of_o his_o consent_n to_o disoblige_v he_o for_o the_o time_n from_o observe_v the_o same_o it_o will_v be_v also_o well_o consider_v whether_o he_o that_o by_o his_o own_o overnice_a scrupulosity_n run_v all_o these_o hazard_n be_v not_o in_o some_o measure_n guilty_a of_o his_o own_o undo_n of_o desert_v his_o station_n and_o of_o betray_v his_o flock_n and_o do_v not_o thereby_o lose_v much_o of_o that_o comfort_n which_o a_o christian_a confessor_n may_v take_v in_o his_o suffering_n when_o they_o be_v lay_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o not_o pull_v upon_o himself_o by_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o more_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o say_v as_o to_o that_o first_o objection_n the_o next_o thing_n object_v be_v scandal_n the_o danger_n of_o the_o scandal_n that_o other_o may_v be_v 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may_v ensue_v thereupon_o when_o the_o duty_n

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