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	master_n	wife_n	4,020	5	6.5961	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42567	The Presbyterian bramble, or, A short discourse of church government by L.G.	L. G.	1661 (1661)	Wing G45; ESTC R40984	7,208	14

is the duty of a faithful servant to give unto his Masters houshould their meat in due season blessed is he whom his Lord shall find so doing A Bishop must be blameless the Husband of one Wife Vigilant Sober of good behaviour given to Hospitality apt to teach not given to wine no striker not greedy of filthy lucre but patient not a brawler not covetous c. I heartily wish that the Ministers of England would leave off to dispute concerning the office and strive rather to obtain the qualifications Neither have the Apostles words been as a rule without any examples but the Primitive and late times have both been pregnant of such Bishops who have taken the degrees of Apostle and Martyr in this world and afterward commenced Saints in another We need to look no further back then Queen Maries reign and there behold the constant sufferings and glorious Martyrdom of Cranmer Hooper Ridly and Latimer all four Bishops And for shining lights in the Church we have John Jewel and John Davenant both Bishops of Sarum Lancelet Andrews Bishop of Winchester Joseph Hall Bishop of Norwich and others now living of whose learned and pious works the greatest of their Enemies daily make use although they cast dirt upon the Authors Base ungratefull Spirits who go about to cut down the trees when they have filled their budgets with the fruit Well say the Zealots of the times we acknowledg all this Bishops with these qualifications we admit but no Lord Bishops it seems then their greatness is their crime and because the height of Grantham steeple makes it look crooked it must therefore be pulled down Thus it hath been alwayes the policy of the Devil and wicked men to keep Ministers poor that they might either sink under their sufferings or be Contemptible in the sight of the people It is not long since black-coats gave the wall to red-coats and old Tullies Cedant arma Togae were out of date and could the malice of men have prevailed those that now serve at the altar of God had been made hewers of wood and drawers of water And there had been as little Lordship belonging to a Bishop as Grace to a Presbyterian But it hath pleased our gracious King to shew his love unto Christ by honouring his Embassadours and unto those to whom God hath given the gifts of Bishops hath he given the titles of Lords And therefore Why do the people rage Why do they imagine a vain thing Let dogs bark at the Moon and fools throw stones against the Wind Yet they that are of God will stand Thus in this great Ecclesiasticall combate we have taken a view of one of our Champions that is David the Bishop or Evangelicall Shepheard and the manner of his coming that is in the name of the Lord. But now enter Goliah a thing of six cubits a priest Rampant Simeon and Levi the word and sword quartered in a shield a long tuck a buffe coat and a white-leather conscience look upon him Reader Is he most like a sheep or wolfe We are commanded not to believe every spirit but have liberty to try the Spirits and there is no other way of trial then by the Scriptures the old and new Testaments The best way of old Testament trial is to take them up into Mount Carmel where Elijah contended with Baals prophets we may there observe two things in Baals prophets which are exactly parallel'd in the Presbyterians 1. Baals Prophets were bauling prophets they cryed out and prophesied from morning to evening So were the Presbyterians witness their Fasts and tedious Lectures which were but like the Jews new Moons and appointed feasts and the Pharises almes and long prayers an abomination in the sight of the Lord for it is a fearfull thing when Mens sins cry louder for Judgement then their prayers for mercy and when the hands which they lift up are full of blood 2. Baals prophets were cutting prophets they cut and slash●t themselves with knives and lancers So were the Presbyterians witness Worcester fight and the rising of Sir George Booth when the very Priests were in actuall armes blowing up the coals of division amongst us which was no other then to make the body Politick of this Nation after the manner of Baals worship to cut and wound her self with swords and instruments of cruelty There is a blessed sentence Mathew 5.9 Beati sunt Pacifici how little share have these men in that Beatitude Be wise now therefore ye men of England If the Lord be God follow him but if Baal be God follow him Halt no longer between two opinions Is there a greater contradiction in Lord Bishop then in Captain Parson do you detest a surplice and hug a coat of mail is not a tippet more decent then a belt of Bandeleers is not Davids musick more pleasant then that of drums and trumpets A true Minister hath no other sword save that of the spirit no other sheild save that of faith yet in his scrip he hath so much learning and piety as like the smooth stones of the brook shall wound the brazen foreheads of all his proud gainsayers But besides this there is a new Testament Trial They who are the disciples of Christ obey their Masters commands the command is to stay there where the place is worthy and where it is not to be gone now I appeal to the experience of the Country whether or no the Presbyterians obeyed this they looked not at the worth of the people but at the value of the yearly stipend how common and frequent was it to see some coveteous young Novice placed amongst worthy Neighbours having a competent allowance had he known what a competence was but hearing of a wealthy personage Praesto Sir John away flyes he and leaves Ninive to go to Tarshish It was therefore an ingenious answer of a North Country Man to Mr. Vicar who asked of him What is the chief end of Man he replyed To run from a small benefice to a great one For surely that hath been the end of these sons of Belial who though they call themselves the Ambassadours of Christ yet they never obeyd their Commission but in Gods livery served Mammon Thus we have spoken of the way of Cain that is their cruelty and of the errour of Balaam that is their coveteousness we shall now consider the gainsaying of Korah What strange fire did they offer at Gods altar How often might you have gone to the place of publick worship and heard neither the Lords prayer the Decalogue of Moses nor the Apostles Creeds without which we know not how to pray what to do or what to believe Our Saviour Christ teacheth us how to pray both negatively and positively Not like the Pharisees but after this manner The Presbyterians pray'd not in the words of Christ but like those Hippocrites used vain Repetitions and therefore it is now time for them to say we have left undone those things which we