Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	motive_n	object_n	use_v	1,353	5	10.1785	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78576	The preacher, or the art and method of preaching: shewing the most ample directions and rules for invention, method, expression, and books whereby a minister may be furnished with such helps as may make him a useful laborer in the Lords vineyard. / By William Chappell Bishop of Cork, sometime Fellow of Christs College in Cambridge.; Methodus concionandi. English	Chappell, William, 1582-1649.; Brough, W. (William), d. 1671.	1656 (1656)	Wing C1957; Thomason E1707_1; ESTC R209506	52,143	230

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they_o believe_v they_o can_v attain_v to_o 10._o mean_n be_v of_o two_o kind_n prohibit_v by_o way_n of_o remove_v direct_a which_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o action_n excite_v by_o the_o motive_n do_v inform_v if_o need_v be_v and_o teach_v the_o way_n of_o act_v and_o do_v afford_v strength_n to_o attain_v to_o or_o effect_n that_o which_o we_o will_n to_o all_o each_z or_o some_o of_o these_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v convenient_a may_v be_v add_v god_n promise_n in_o scripture_n by_o which_o he_o promise_v to_o those_o who_o be_v willing_a ●…_n power_n to_o use_v the_o mean_n 〈◊〉_d success_n to_o those_o who_o make_v 〈◊〉_d of_o they_o 11._o sometime_o before_o the_o particular_a assignation_n of_o the_o mean_n the_o general_a praerequisite_a aught_o to_o be_v premise_v without_o which_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o deliberate_v of_o the_o mean_n and_o which_o be_v lay_v both_o kind_n of_o mean_n may_v useful_o be_v prescribe_v crypsis_n 12._o when_o the_o chief_a motive_n be_v contain_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wherefore_o they_o may_v here_o be_v omit_v and_o either_o other_o be_v apply_v or_o none_o at_o all_o and_o the_o hearer_n be_v refer_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wherefore_o yet_o if_o the_o exhortation_n be_v of_o great_a moment_n which_o be_v there_o propose_v to_o the_o mind_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o way_n of_o teach_v and_o expound●…_n way_n of_o reason_n they_o may_v 〈◊〉_d be_v useful_o resume_v and_o be_v take_v as_o for_o grant_v urge_v to_o ●…ve_v affection_n 13._o if_o the_o auditor_n shall_v seem_v to_o be_v too_o great_a self-pleasers_a so_o that_o the_o motive_n seem_v to_o be_v but_o little_a regard_v by_o they_o as_o seem_v to_o they_o to_o not_o be_v very_o necessary_a the_o note_n may_v be_v deliver_v in_o the_o first_o place_n than_o the_o motive_n be_v add_v 14._o that_o which_o be_v difficult_a may_v here_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v omit_v as_o well_o because_o it_o seem_v but_o accidental_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o object_n of_o hope_n as_o also_o because_o slothful_a man_n use_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n to_o pretend_v difficulty_n when_o they_o be_v incite_v to_o perform_v their_o duty_n and_o final_o because_o the_o mean_n do_v in_o a_o manner_n presuppose_v some_o hardness_n yea_o oftentimes_o in_o the_o motive_n to_o urge_v a_o good_a the_o argument_n must_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o easiness_n namely_o when_o the_o mean_n be_v omit_v or_o this_o argument_n be_v so_o handle_v that_o it_o do_v not_o fall_v in_o with_o they_o but_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v necessary_a to_o touch_v it_o the_o mean_n may_v be_v so_o handle_v as_o they_o may_v show_v how_o these_o difficulty_n may_v be_v overcome_v 15._o because_o man_n heart_n be_v more_o prepare_v to_o the_o prosecution_n of_o good_a by_o the_o apprehension_n of_o evil_n the_o preacher_n may_v sometime_o mix_v reprehension_n and_o sometime_o consolation_n with_o the_o exhortation_n either_o in_o the_o beginning_n or_o elsewhere_o insinuate_v how_o unseemly_o it_o be_v for_o they_o now_o to_o need_v to_o have_v he_o exhort_v they_o to_o that_o which_o they_o shall_v long_o since_o have_v perform_v of_o themselves_o etc._n etc._n or_o that_o see_v such_o a_o affliction_n lie_v upon_o they_o there_o be_v now_o a_o occasion_n proffer_v to_o exhort_v they_o to_o that_o which_o may_v countervail_v it_o abundant_o etc._n etc._n chap._n xxi_o of_o dehortation_n 1._o dehortation_n have_v a_o relation_n to_o some_o future_a evil_n to_o which_o the_o hearer_n be_v obnoxious_a or_o subject_n instigate_a the_o heart_n to_o avoid_v and_o fly_v it_o the_o scope_n of_o this_o be_v to_o excite_v fear_n and_o therefore_o it_o represent_v that_o from_o which_o it_o do_v dehort_v under_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o the_o object_v fear_n that_o it_o be_v a_o great_a evil_n imminent_a avoidable_o 2._o the_o ground_n of_o dehortation_n or_o disswasives_n ought_v to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o evil_a of_o that_o thing_n from_o which_o we_o do_v dehort_v the_o evil_n consider_v according_a to_o its_o degree_n and_o kind_n may_v be_v estimate_v by_o the_o opposite_a good_a in_o the_o dishonest_a and_o unseemly_a or_o the_o unuseful_a and_o displease_v 3._o the_o evil_n may_v be_v urge_v here_o opposite_o to_o the_o good_a in_o the_o first_o act_n there_o may_v also_o be_v add_v if_o it_o be_v think_v fit_v the_o difficulty_n or_o impossibility_n of_o satisfy_v the_o desire_n in_o that_o matter_n though_o this_o seem_v to_o hinder_v the_o external_a act_n rather_o than_o the_o root_n of_o fin_n which_o be_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o tend_v more_o to_o prove_v the_o folly_n of_o man_n than_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o thing_n 4._o to_o this_o may_v also_o be_v add_v hypothetical_o