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	subjection_n	wife_n	4,236	5	8.3965	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81372	Vindiciæ magistratuum. or, a sober plea for subjection to present government. According to the command and special direction of God himself, in his holy scriptures. / By the meanest of the Lord's tenderers of his great honour, and weal of his saints.	C. D.	1658 (1658)	Wing D12; Thomason E2120_1; ESTC R210149	85,481	128

this World may be set up and the Kingdome of Christ too Herod indeed upon this account persecuted Christ because he heard a King of the Jews was born but it was without cause Jesus Christ did not come to take the Kingdome of Herod away from him and therefore it was the great wickedness of the Kings of the Earth Psal 2. to conspire against Christ who did not envy them or their Kingdome but they may live and be the Kings of the Earth still and yet the Kingdome of Jesus Christ may prosper It doth not intrench upon any Civil Liberty of men Therefore I say again It is a very great mistake of such as imagine when the one rises the other needs must fall or that the one must swallow up the other or at least that the Saints having the one must needs therefore possess the other It doth not any way take away subjection to Civil Power on Earth but rather make its Subjects more conformable thereto And therefore this Opinion is of evil tendency and I fear much the cause from whence your present bustles take their rise and gives the Powers too much cause at this day which was carefully prevented by Christ and his Disciples Orig. tract 21. in Mat. also as the Scriptures clearly shew to be jealous of you upon this account imagining your principles to be concentrick with a Of the like see Joseph Antiq. l. 20. c. 2. l. 18. c. 1. l. 17. c. 12. Theudas and his gang Act. 5 36. among the Jews b Sleidans Com. lib. 10. Knipperdoling c. among the Germans and c Stows Chron. of Rich. 2. Wat Tylar John a Straw c. among us No Christ nor the Subjects of his Kingdome do not intermeddle with the least Right of the Civil Authority As when God converts a Wife to be under the Kingdome of Christ he doth not take her off from subjection to her Husband but rather teacheth her more her Duty and Loyalty so doubtless those persons as are brought to obey Christ as their Spiritual Lord and King are so much the more faithfull and obedient Subjects to the Civil Jurisdiction and Authority placed over them And let the Powers be assured of this however some may carnally mistake their obedience To enter upon the particular Kingdomes and Dominions shall be given to the Saints and they shall reign with Christ for ever Ye have it promised Dan. 7.18 22 27. and cap. 2.44 c. They are called the * Cap. 7.27 Saints of the most High that is of the most high things because God hath chosen them out of this world that they should look up to the Heavens where all their hopes are The meaning of the words The Father giveth unto Christ Dominion and Power as Mediatour v. 14. in regard of both his natures and distinct from the essential power of the Divine nature Which argues not the constant visibility and outward flourishing estate of the Church on Earth but the duration of Christs Dominion in his Church in this world even in the midst of his Enemies Mat. 16.18 by the onely Power of God without force and humane Art The occasion of the words These promises are principally to the Jews that then were under hard Captivity dispersed under other Jurisdictions to comfort them that their misery should have an end at length by the restauration of Christ which the Prophet very prudently insinuates under the term Saints considering as well foes as friends were to have the viewing of his works but where he cometh to write in the Hebrew Tongue Huit in locum The ornament and pleasure of all Lands Zach. 14.3 4. 1 Cor. 15.24 he is then more plain calling them Tzebi cap. 8.9 and the holy people v. 24. This he doth that the comfort of the holy Jews be not concealed in their affliction nor yet the Pearls of such Divine Mysteries might be cast before the Chaldean Swine and also that his Church might be assured of rest and quietness which though they did not fully enjoy here as I can find no place in so many words to warrant viz. The Dominions of the Earth shall be given to the Saints The nearest to it is in Revel 11.15 which as to time and manner hath been generally mistaken See Dutch Annot. c. And we will not rake up the * Well resolved by Paraus in Apocal. cap. 28. f. 515. Opinion of the Chiliasts from Revel 20.4 to establish it yet they might have it in hope from the promise of truth and by the clear manifestations of Gods Spirit working in their hearts more eminent gifts and graces meant as I conceive v. 27. by these words Under the Heaven they might find the comfortable beginnings thereof here which shall be a sure pledge of the consummation of their Joys with Christ hereafter Remember the Saints must reign with Christ and that for ever which denotes a spiritual and eternal Kingdome But Brethren I would have you think that the blessed and glorious Prophecies and Promises in Scripture made to Gods people are as truly upon some other though more silent hearts as on yours and as much heighten their expectations with assured hopes of spiritual enlargements as to righteousness love peace truth in the inward man soul-sanctifying knowledge a clearer yet humble insight into the excellent mysteries treasures fountains of our Lord now sealed up in his sacred Writ or very darkly understood and more strength and grace to walk in conformity thereto These and many the like mercies are with faith and patience looked for in Gods own time to be graciously given in and that by such as you judge to be Sanballats and Tobiahs rather because out of faith Nehem. 6. Note Rom. 9.33 according to Isa 28.16 they take no unlawfull course for the accomplishment of their desires But as to the full extent of these and the like blessed Promises you seem to hint at upon your account or the time exactly of their fulfilling c. I doubt the best of us are much in the dark in And however we may with great confidence prosecute our designs in the imagination of their sounding agreeable to our sense yet in the mean time this others conclude from daily observation of our disorderly practises that we produce no fruits of Christs Kingdome Now therefore as to the coming of our blessed Lord give me leave freely as in his sight presence to impart my thoughts to you that seem to have it so much upon your hearts by your frequent mentions Ah! friends I confess you talk much of it but alas who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings and who shall stand when he appeareth I am verily perswaded did we know what dross and stubble we are composed of had we a true sense of our conditions of our vileness and uncleanness and of its Majesty and purity we should be so far from flying out into those exorbitant passions and