Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	full_a	young_a	youth_n	10	3	7.8698	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50403	A memento to young and old: or, The young man's remembrancer, and the old man's monitor. By that eminent and judicious divine, Mr. John Maynard, late of Mayfield in Sussex. Published by William Gearing, minister of the Gospel	Maynard, John, 1600-1665.; Gearing, William.	1669 (1669)	Wing M1451; ESTC R216831	88,644	216

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plenty_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o in_o youth_n be_v more_o abundent_fw-la then_o in_o age_n give_v up_o therefore_o this_o most_o live_a part_n of_o thy_o life_n thy_o young_a day_n unto_o god_n and_o not_o only_o that_o part_n of_o life_n which_o partake_v more_o of_o death_n than_o of_o life_n th●ne_o old_a decrepit_a and_o disable_v age_n the_o hoary_a head_n be_v a_o crown_n of_o glory_n if_o it_o be_v find_v in_o a_o way_n of_o righteousness_n prov._n 16._o 31._o found_n he_n do_v not_o say_v if_o it_o enter_v into_o the_o way_n of_o righteousness_n but_o if_o it_o be_v find_v there_o if_o a_o man_n have_v turn_v to_o god_n in_o his_o youth_n and_o persevere_v in_o upright_o walk_v before_o he_o until_o gray_a hair_n come_v upon_o he_o that_o man_n need_v no_o crown_n of_o gold_n to_o adorn_v his_o head_n his_o hoary_a head_n be_v a_o crown_n of_o glory_n to_o he_o if_o under_o the_o law_n a_o man_n do_v burn_v the_o prime_n of_o his_o beast_n in_o sacrifice_n it_o be_v 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etc._n oh_o then_o remember_v thy_o creator_n in_o thy_o youth_n lest_o he_o forget_v or_o despise_v thou_o in_o thy_o age_n remember_v he_o in_o thy_o youth_n that_o thy_o hoar_a head_n may_v be_v find_v in_o the_o way_n of_o righteousness_n and_o so_o may_v be_v a_o crown_n of_o glory_n and_o not_o a_o spectacle_n of_o reproach_n and_o contempt_n unto_o thou_o 3._o consider_v especial_o the_o unspeakable_a danger_n of_o sin_n confirm_v and_o root_v with_o time_n wrought_v and_o wreathe_v into_o the_o heart_n and_o clasp_v in_o the_o affection_n by_o long_a custom_n in_o sin_n oh_o when_o sin_n have_v be_v thirty_o or_o forty_o year_n in_o grow_v and_o take_v root_n it_o cleave_v like_o the_o skin_n to_o the_o bone_n like_o the_o leprosy_n that_o be_v root_v in_o a_o wall_n which_o can_v not_o be_v take_v away_o until_o the_o wall_n be_v pull_v down_o that_o sin_n which_o be_v in_o grow_v the_o whole_a time_n of_o a_o man_n youth_n during_o the_o best_a of_o his_o strength_n it_o be_v 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already_o observe_v something_o yet_o may_v be_v further_o note_v viz._n obseru._n that_o grace_n and_o holiness_n be_v exceed_o fit_a and_o no_o way_n unseemly_a for_o the_o young_a sort_n man_n life_n have_v in_o some_o regard_v be_v compare_v to_o a_o comedy_n or_o interlude_n act_v upon_o the_o theatre_n or_o sage_a of_o this_o world_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v many_o a_o man_n life_n be_v but_o a_o play_n and_o many_o in_o their_o course_n do_v but_o act_v other_o man_n part_n not_o in_o sincerity_n express_v their_o own_o inward_a disposition_n and_o therefore_o that_o decorum_n which_o they_o suppose_v may_v grace_v they_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n be_v the_o thing_n they_o most_o of_o all_o affect_v and_o aim_v