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	owe_v	wife_n	3,983	5	8.4283	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17662	The institution of Christian religion, vvrytten in Latine by maister Ihon Caluin, and translated into Englysh according to the authors last edition. Seen and allowed according to the order appointed in the Quenes maiesties iniunctions; Institutio Christianae religionis. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Norton, Thomas, 1532-1584.	1561 (1561)	STC 4415; ESTC S107154	1,331,886	1,044

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i_o shall_v lay_v my_o hand_n upon_o the_o anoint_a of_o the_o lord_n final_o we_o owe_v this_o affection_n of_o reverence_n yea_o and_o devotion_n to_o all_o our_o ruler_n of_o what_o sort_n soever_o they_o be_v which_o i_o do_v therefore_o the_o often_o repete_fw-la that_o we_o may_v learn_v not_o to_o search_v what_o the_o man_n themselves_o be_v but_o take_v this_o for_o sufficient_a that_o by_o the_o will_n of_o the_o lord_n they_o bear_v that_o personage_n in_o which_o the_o lord_n himself_o have_v imprint_v and_o engrave_v a_o inviolable_a majesty_n but_o thou_o will_v say_v ruler_n owe_v mutual_a duty_n to_o their_o subject_n that_o i_o have_v already_o confess_v but_o if_o thou_o thereupon_o conclude_v that_o obedience_n be_v to_o be_v render_v to_o none_o but_o to_o just_a governemente_n thou_o be_v a_o foolish_a reasoner_n for_o husband_n also_o be_v bind_v to_o their_o wife_n and_o parent_n to_o their_o child_n with_o mutual_a duty_n xxvi_o let_v parent_n and_o husband_n 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that_o be_v under_o the_o power_n of_o other_o wherefore_o if_o we_o be_v unmerciful_o torment_v of_o a_o cruel_a prince_n if_o we_o be_v ravenous_o spoil_v of_o a_o covetous_a or_o riotous_a prince_n if_o we_o be_v neglect_v of_o a_o slothful_a prince_n ix.vii._fw-la final_o if_o we_o be_v vex_v for_o godliness_n sake_n of_o a_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a prince_n let_v we_o first_o call_v to_o mind_v the_o remembrance_n of_o our_o sin_n which_o undouted_o be_v chastise_v with_o such_o scourge_n of_o the_o lord_n thereby_o humility_n shall_v bridle_v our_o impatience_n let_v we_o they_o also_o call_v to_o mind_v this_o thought_n that_o it_o pertain_v not_o to_o we_o to_o remedy_v such_o evell_n ▪_o but_o this_o only_o be_v leave_v for_o we_o ●_o that_o we_o crave_v the_o help_n of_o the_o lord_n in_z who_o be_v hand_n be_v the_o heart_n of_o king_n &_o the_o bowinge_n of_o kingdom_n he_z is_z the_o god_n that_o shall_v stand_v in_o the_o assembly_n of_o god_n and_o shall_v in_o the_o midst_n judge_v the_o god_n from_o who_o be_v face_n all_o king_n shall_v fall_v and_o be_v break_v and_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o shall_v have_v not_o kiss_v his_o anointed_n that_o have_v write_v unjust_a law_n to_o oppress_v the_o poor_a in_o iugement_n and_o do_v violence_n to_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o humble_a x.i._n to_o make_v widow_n a_o pray_v and_o rob_v the_o fatherless_a and_o here_o both_o his_o marvellous_a goodness_n power_n and_o providence_n show_v itself_o for_o sometime_o of_o his_o servant_n he_o raise_v up_o open_a revenger_n and_o furnish_v they_o with_o his_o commandment_n to_o take_v vengeance_n of_o their_o unjust_a government_n and_o to_o deliver_v his_o people_n many_o way_n oppress_v out_o

which_o be_v incomprehensible_a the_o second_o part_n forbid_v we_o to_o honour_v any_o image_n for_o religious_a sake_n morover_n he_o short_o recite_v all_o the_o form_n wherewith_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v express_v in_o shape_n by_o the_o profane_a and_o superstitious_a nation_n by_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o heaven_n he_o mean_v the_o sun_n the_o moon_n and_o other_o star_n and_o peradventure_o also_o bird_n as_o express_v his_o meaning_n in_o the_o four_o of_o deuteronomie_n he_o mean_v as_o well_o bird_n as_o star_n xv_o which_o note_n i_o will_v not_o have_v speak_v of_o but_o that_o i_o see_v some_o unskilful_o to_o apply_v it_o to_o angeles_n therefore_o i_o omit_v the_o other_o part_n because_o they_o be_v sufficient_o know_v of_o themselves_o and_o we_o have_v already_o in_o the_o first_o book_n teach_v plain_o enough_o that_o what_o so_o ever_o visible_a form_n of_o god_n man_n do_v invent_v they_o be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o his_o nature_n and_o that_o therefore_o so_o soon_o as_o image_n come_v forth_o true_a religion_n be_v corrupt_v and_o defile_v the_o penal_a ordinance_n that_o follow_v ought_v not_o a_o little_a to_o avayle_v to_o shake_v of_o our_o slothfulness_n for_o he_o threten_v that_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n our_o god_n a_o yelous_a god_n that_o visit_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n unto_o the_o third_o and_o four_o generation_n in_o they_o that_o hate_v his_o name_n and_z sheweth_z mercy_n unto_o thousand_o to_o they_o that_o love_v he_o and_o keep_v his_o commandment_n this_o be_v as_o much_o in_o effect_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v that_o it_o be_v he_o only_o upon_o who_o we_o ought_v to_o 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o bring_v we_o thereunto_o he_o speak_v of_o his_o power_n that_o do_v not_o without_o punishment_n suffer_v itself_o to_o be_v contemn_v or_o diminish_v here_o be_v in_o deed_n let_v the_o name_n el_fw-es which_o signify_v god_n eut_fw-fr because_o it_o be_v derive_v of_o strength_n do_v express_v the_o sense_n the_o better_a i_o do_v not_o stick_v so_o to_o translate_v it_o or_o to_o put_v it_o into_o the_o text_n then_o he_o call_v himself_o ●elous_a that_o can_v abide_v no_o fellow_n three_o he_o affirm_v that_o he_o will_v be_v a_o revenger_n of_o his_o majesty_n and_o glory_n if_o any_o do_v transfer_v it_o to_o creature_n or_o to_o grave_a image_n and_o that_o not_o with_o a_o short_a or_o slender_a revenge_n but_o such_o as_o shall_v extend_v to_o the_o child_n and_o chylderns_n child_n and_o child_n child_n child_n that_o be_v such_o as_o shall_v be_v follower_n of_o their_o father_n ungodliness_n as_o also_o he_o show_v a_o perpetual_a mercy_n and_o bountifulness_n unto_o long_a continuance_n of_o posterity_n to_o those_o that_o love_v he_o and_o keep_v his_o law_n it_o be_v a_o common_a manner_n with_o god_n to_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o person_n of_o a_o husband_n toward_o us._n for_o the_o convinction_n wherewith_o he_o bind_v himself_o unto_o we_o when_o he_o receive_v we_o into_o the_o bosom_n of_o his_o church_n be_v like_a unto_o a_o certain_a holy_a wedlock_n that_o must_v stand_v by_o mutual_a faithfulness_n as_o he_o do_v all_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o faithful_a and_o true_a husband_n so_o again_o he_o require_v of_o we_o such_o love_n and_o chastity_n as_o aught_o to_o be_v in_o wedlock_n that_o we_o yield_v not_o our_o soul_n to_o satan_n to_o lust_n and_o to_o filthy_a desire_n of_o the_o flesh_n to_o be_v defile_v by_o they_o whereupon_o he_o that_o rebuke_v the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o jew_n complain_v that_o they_o do_v throw_v away_o chastity_n &_o be_v defile_v with_o adultery_n therefore_o as_o the_o husband_n the_o more_o holy_a &_o chaste_a that_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o more_o be_v he_o kindle_v to_o anger_n if_o he_o see_v his_o wife_n mind_n incline_v to_o a_o strange_a lover_n ij_o so_o the_o lord_n that_o have_v wed_v we_o unto_o himself_o in_o truth_n testify_v that_o have_v a_o most_o fervent_o 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of_o the_o father_n but_o this_o sentence_n be_v more_o than_o one_o repete_v of_o prolong_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o auncelter_n upon_o the_o generation_n to_o come_v viij_o for_o so_o do_v moses_n oftentimes_o speak_v unto_o he_o lord_n lord_n ▪_o that_o rendr_a the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o child_n unto_o the_o three_o &_o four_o generation_n likewise_o jeremie_n xviii_o thou_o that_o show_v mercy_n in_o thousand_o that_o rendre_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n into_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o child_n after_o they_o many_o while_o they_o travail_n much_o in_o lose_n this_o knot_n think_v that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o of_o temporal_a punishment_n which_o if_o the_o child_n suffer_v for_o the_o parent_n fault_n it_o be_v no_o absurdity_n for_o asmuch_o as_o they_o be_v oftentimes_o lay_v upon_o they_o for_o their_o salvation_n seven_o which_o be_v in_o deed_n true_a for_o elaye_v declare_v to_o ezechias_n that_o his_o son_n shall_v be_v spoil_v of_o the_o kingdom_n &_o carry_v into_o exile_n for_o the_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v commit_v the_o house_n of_o pharaoh_n &_o abimelech_n be_v plague_v for_o offend_a abraham_n three_o but_o when_o that_o be_v allege_v for_o assoil_v of_o this_o question_n it_o be_v rather_o a_o shift_n than_o a_o true_a exposition_n for_o here_o &_o in_o like_a place_n he_o threten_v a_o more_o grevous_a revenge_n than_o that_o it_o may_v be_v limit_v within_o the_o bound_n of_o this_o present_a life_n it_o be_v therefore_o thus_o to_o be_v take_v that_o the_o just_a curse_n of_o the_o lord_n lie_v not_o only_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o wicked_a man_n himself_o but_o also_o upon_o his_o whole_a family_n when_o the_o curse_n once_o lie_v upon_o they_o what_o be_v else_o to_o be_v look_v for_o but_o that_o the_o father_n be_v destitute_a of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n live_v most_o wicked_o &_o the_o son_n likewise_o forsake_v of_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o father_n fault_n do_v follow_v the_o same_o way_n of_o destruction_n &_o final_o the_o child_n child_n &_o the_o child_n of_o the_o child_n child_n that_o curse_a seed_n of_o detestable_a man_n do_v fall_v headlong_o after_o they_o first_o let_v we_o see_v whether_o such_o revenge_n be_v unsemely_a for_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n if_o all_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v damnable_a we_o know_v that_o destruction_n be_v prepare_v for_o they_o to_o who_o the_o lord_n vouchsave_v not_o to_o communicate_v his_o grace_n never_o the_o less_o they_o do_v perish_v by_o their_o own_o unrighteousness_n &_o not_o by_o unrighteous_a hatred_n of_o god_n neither_o be_v there_o leave_v any_o cause_n to_o quarrel_v why_o they_o be_v not_o holpen_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n to_o salvation_n as_o other_o be_v whereas_o therefore_o this_o punishment_n be_v lay_v upon_o wicked_a man_n &_o evel_a doer_n for_o their_o offence_n that_o their_o house_n be_v deprive_v of_o that_o grace_n of_o god_n during_o many_o generation_n who_o can_v accuse_v god_n for_o this_o most_o just_a revenge_n but_o the_o lord_n on_o the_o other_o side_n pronounce_v that_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o father_n sin_n shall_v not_o pass_v over_o unto_o the_o son_n note_v what_o be_v there_o entreat_v of_o ●hen_o the_o israelite_n have_v be_v long_o &_o continual_o vex_v with_o many_o calamity_n xx_o they_o begin_v to_o use_v ●or_a a_o proverb_n that_o their_z father_n have_v eat_v a_o sour_a grape_n wherewith_o the_o child_n tooth_n be_v set_v on_o edge_n whereby_o they_o mean_v that_o their_o father_n have_v commit_v sin_n whereof_o they_o be_v otherwise_o righteous_a &_o not_o deserve_v it_o do_v suffer_v y●_z punishment_n rather_o by_o ●_o unappea●able_a wrathfulness_n of_o god_n than_o by_o a_o