Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	holy_a	lord_n	sabbath_n	2,282	5	9.1465	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07428	God wooing his church: set foorth in three godly sermons. / By William Burton preacher at Reading.	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1596 (1596)	STC 4174.5; ESTC S91261	71,970	150

haue tenne talents some haue but one yet all must occupie for their Lords aduantage Some come at the first houre some at the last yet all sent of God Some are like Iames and Iohn the sonnes of thunder 〈◊〉 4.36 〈◊〉 4.7 Cor. 4.1 some like Barnabas the sonne of consolation yet all the messengers of God Some haue receiued a greater measure of g●fts some a lesse yet all according to the measure of the gift of Christ And therfore let vs esteeme of them as of the ministers of Christ and the disposers of the secrets of God Men they are as we are that is our benefite for if God himselfe should send forth his voice we must yeeld vp our liues Sinfull they are as others 〈…〉 that is because they are men mortall they are as others are and that is because they are sinfull yet still the messengers of God and beseech vs in Christ his stead to be reconciled vnto God 2. Cor. 5 2● If this were regarded then Gods ministers shoulde be more regarded and lesse despised more beleeued lesse disgraced better prouided for lesse pinched and not so shamefully slandered and abused of so many as now they are But alas it is not once thought vpon of many and therefore euerie churlish Nabal denieth them maintenaunce euerie couetous Achab is sicke for their liuings 1. King 21. ● euery proud minion and minsiing damsell longeth for their heads in a platter Mat. 26.15 1. King 22.4 euerie Iudas is ready to betray them Zidkijah the kings claw backe will not sticke to take his fist from their cheekes Act. 24.4 5. Tertullus the oratour dareth call them pestilent fellowes and troublers of the state if any man of his courtesie will giue thē the hearing Festus in his mad mood Act. 26.24 will call them mad men and lay the fault if there be any vpon their learning too 2. Tim 4.10 Demas the wordling will giue them the slip 1 King 17 9. onely the poore widdow of Sarepta is founde releeuing poore banished Eliah And some thanks be to God but not many in respect of the multitude haue the ambassadours of the Lord Iesus in that good account which they should especially for their works sake for do not many grudge our meate number our morsels and reckon our liuings to euery farthing Christ commanded his to carry neither bread nor money 1● nor to put on two coates he is a rich man nowadayes that hath two coates to put on except some that haue twoo or three benefices for many in the world are turned out of all and yet God be thanked they are deliuered We may say as Paul saide we are afflicted on euery side in pouerty 〈◊〉 4.8 yet not ouercome of pouerty as dead yet aliue as sorrowing yet reioycing as possessing nothing yet hauing all things In the time of popery one congregation did maintaine many masse-priests now many congregations will hardely maintaine one good preacher of the gospel and no maruell for then there were too many foolish Bees that brought all their honny into the popes hiue and nowe wee haue too many droanes that sucke all the hony out of the churches hiue yea too many horse-leaches which alwaies cry 〈◊〉 30.15 Giue giue but neuer say Ho. One crieth giue me the college landes another crieth and mee the landes of cathedrall churches another longeth for the impropriations the fourth must haue an other benefice or two for to buy him bookes withall one is sicke for a deanry and some are sicke of a consumption and a bishoprike or twoo would restore them againe or some other thing that should go to the church and some will not leaue till they haue the deuill and all or till the deuill haue them If men take paines some will rewarde them with a thistle the reward of an Asse others would send away their pastours in worse case then the basest officer in their kitchin without either warning or wages I blame not all but all such Why say some of these men can you not liue as the apostles liued Why say I againe Act. 4.35 Act. 4.2 let them lay downe their goods at the Apostles feete and then let them aske that question Truely many dee as Ananias did if they giue one groat they will brag of two Many aske from whence commeth the fall of the church Indeede it is a question to be moued though the disease wil hardly or neuer be remoued It is said that seuen ilfauoured leane kine deuoured seuen fatte kine and this was Pharaoes dreame Gen. 41.10 but now seuenty times seuen ilfauoured leane kine haue deuoured seauen hundred fatte kine and this is no dreame but a very troth but wherefore I pray you are Gods messengers thus handled Doe they demaunde their dueties No they dare not for the earthen potte dareth not striue against the brasen vessell and menne are nowe like drunken guests which hauing filled their bellies are loath to pay their reckoning What is the cause Any cause will serue the turne in this point Facile inuenias baculum quo canem cedas It is an easie matter to find a staffe to beate a dogge withall When the Pharisies could not abide the doctrine of Christ nor his disciples 〈◊〉 24. they quickly found a iust defence of their quarrell They do that on the sabboth daie which is not lawfull And wot you what that was they plucked the eares of corne Our Pharises also haue taken vp the same accusation against vs for say they we do that on the saboth day that is not lawful And first to begin withal they crie out vpon him rebell he wil not weare the surplis euerie sunday and holy day Againe he will not reade all seruice at all times and therefore whether lawe dispence with him or no for his preaching we haue found sufficient cause to denie him his dutie Againe he will not reade diuine seruice to the walles and the windowes to the stooles and the stones is not this cause sufficient to denie him his dutie Againe they preach against papists Atheists vsurers drunkards swearers lords of missc-rule abuse of apparrell and other profanings of the sabboth day and such like comendable and common excercises of good neighbourhood and is not this a sufficient cause also Lastly if they should pay the minister his dutie the lone of so much money were lost which in many yeares would amount to some round summe and are not all these or any of these sufficient causes thinke you to handle Gods poore ministers and seruaunts as hath beene shewed before But what hath good queene Elizabeth done that she can get nothing of some of them I hope it is not because she hath banished idolatrie and brought in the gospel Some can rob Peter to pay Paul they say but these men can cunningly rob both Peter and Paul too and pay neither of both Well we haue beene all this while but among the eares