Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	husband_n	marriage_n	wife_n	3,594	5	7.6210	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00378	An exhortation to the diligent studye of scripture, made by Erasmus Roterodamus. And tra[n]slated in to inglissh. An exposition in to the seventh chaptre of the first pistle to the Corinthians; Paraclesis. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Roy, William, fl. 1527-1531, attributed name.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut	1529 (1529)	STC 10493; ESTC S109910	70,722	156

vnto an other and taketh also a waye a lively bodye wher apon he lyke wyse hath no power More over Paules wordes be here manyfeste and do not nede moche exposicion Nother dare I now here serche y e pryvetyes of maryage to wryte of thē●ny vnhonest or vnclene thynge A ryght Christian shall here knowe by him sylfe how yt shall become hym to ordre behaue hym sylfe measurably Nother maketh it eny matter how so ever a wicked vng●dly body be enflamed rage Some olde men have vsed this Paganes by worde He that burneth overmoche in love is made an adoutrer in his awne wyfe But by cawse it is a paganes sayenge carnall and lecherous parsones careth not moche therfore And I saye verely that it is contrary vn to the truthe for no man doth committe advoutry in his awne wyfe excepte he other refuse to have hyr or elles to vse hir as his wife And I thinke that this matter can not be better discussed ād entrated of then it is here of Paule whiche affirmeth that mariage is only savegarde and remedy againe lecherye Wherfore that parsone which vseth it to avoyde and do awaye fornication I dare suerly saye that he hath Paule for his advocate and defender Her●of may I iustly gather that it standeth not well to gehter nother is it Christes learninge that the mā and the wife lyke as we see vsed in some places shulde abide separate ne come to gether after the example of Toby vntill the thirde night I do admitte that every man maye vse ●e same maner if so he please with the assent of his wife but to thinke that he is bounde therto So that yf he do folowe it he doth a meritorious dede or elles if he leave it vndone or do contrary wyse that ys to saye if he do vse his wyfe before that thyrde night he shulde therfore synne and do amisse Then I saye this man in very dede thinketh evyll and doth amisse Not bycause he dyd vse hys wyfe contrary to suche a folishe gyse as ys before shewed but for that he hath a wronge enformed conscience And finally soche thoughtes and opinions or y●●ginacyons or scrupulous and voyde of ryght beleve and coming of a conscience evyll encombred or as Paule sayeth in the first pistle to Timothe .uij. Marked with an hote yeron For yf the example of Thoby be of suche greate authorite and power why shall not the example of Iacob the Patriarke be of more whyche did touche and knowe Lya his wife in y e firste nyght This ought therfore to be fre and in mannys lyberty They dote and playe the foles that in these matters do laye snarys and make lawes or bondes The wyfe hath power over the husbande but over hyr awne body she hath none And lyke wyse ys yt of the husbande Here ought men therfore to stinte of their statutes ordināces makīge for a better ordināce thē this can none be brought y e mē with out eny respecte of soche time shall vse ther wifes lyke as god permitteth accordīge as they like and have necessite forthermore they have exempte certen dayes as those whiche we do calle vygilles ād holy evyns also women conceaved with childe I grawnte well that yt were moche profitable and necessary that in all thinges were none excesse or eny thinge done vnmesurably Yet nevertelesse ought he●● not to be made eny vrgente lawe that shulde binde men of necessyte to refrayne And these wordes of Paule ought to be lefte true which doth afferme that nother partye hath power over their awne bodye other in this or yet in eny other daye how so ever god sendeth it And by this waye hath sainte Paule entēded to oppresse put downe fornicatiō and to cut awaye all occasions of the same O what a multitude of lawes doth this litle sayenge of Paule fordo and anulle when he sayeth that nother party hath power over their awne bodyes Yee I saye to you more over that it can not suffer nor abyde any lawe For how shall eny man by eny lawe forbidde me from that body that is geven me both by the lawe ād also by power divine The graunte of god is more than the commaundementes or lawes of all men That whiche he hath geven graunted me ought not sainte Peter pulle fro me ād moche lesse oure holy father which I put it to youre iudgemēt how rightewesly he reioyseth ād clepeth him selfe Peters successor ād vicar and how directly he foloweth his steppes or learninge With drawe not your selves one from an other excepte it be by cōsente for a time for to geve your selves vnto fastinge and prayer and afterwarde come a gayne vnto the same thinge leste Sathan tempte yow for your incontinēcy ¶ That Paule had ●ut lytell truste at all in the Corinthians that they shulde lyve chaste the cause was this he did knowe the devill his snaris and sculkewatche and also the weakenesse or frailte of the flesshe Here you se that maryed folkes are so mightely knitte and coniugate to gether that one ought not to absente or wythdrawe thē selves frō the other with out they both consente No not for cause of fastinge nor of prayer So y t he had rather prayer and fastinge to be lette passe and vndone then one of then shulde absente their bodyes from the other Prayer vndowetedly is an hygh and a precyous dede Neverthelesse it muste of dutye geve place vnto this which as it doth seame is so ●●le a dede And al this doth cause y e lawe of love in whiche they be coupled and ioyned fastinge and prayer owght to be here vnderstande of fastinge and prayer that are taken ordrely and distinctely after dutye requyred in maryage as when the husbande and the wyfe after they have ben conversante the one with the other and have had to do to gether accordinge after the covrse of nature then do ordeyne with agreabille consente to geve them selves iij.iiij.vj or .xiiij. dayes vnto prayer and abstihence Like as also e●very parsone maye for himselve take apō thē suche fastinge for to chastyse y ● body Ellys ●hey that ar maryed as well as other chri●tian people be bounde by the tenor of the Euangely vnto fastinge to prayer for Christe spake indifferently vnto all people That they shulde praye continually with out cessinge This fastinge is mesurabyll vsage of meates ād drinkes And prayer is a criyng sigh desyer and morninge That in our englisshe texte we do here rede withdrawe not yowe selves one from an other it sowndeth rather after the Greke and laten examples if it shulde be translate worde for worde defraude you not or deceave you not one an other Neverthelesse our englisshe texte doth right well and expressely shewe the sense and meaninge of this place lyke as it doth excellently well of all other poyntes For a man or a woman that is maryed for avoyding of fornicacyon hath no power over their awne