Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	evil_a	good_a	overcome_v	2,148	5	9.0851	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79865	The wise taken in their craftiness, and their wisdom made manifest to be foolishness with God; and their actions discovered to be contrary to the pure law of righteousness given forth by the pure law-giver, Christ Jesus the light; by which light some one judge, or judges of this nation are made manifest, how he, or they have acted contrary to the law of God, and the law of this nation; and contrary to all the kings, rulers, and judges, spoken of in Scripture; by setting fines upon men, and sending them to prison till payment of the same, for not putting off their hats, and stand bare-headed before them in their court of assises, and goal-delivery. Also, here is shewed, that it is no sin for a man to stand with his hat on his head, before any emperor, king, ruler, judge, justice, or other magistrate, either alone, or in open court; neither is the putting the hat off, and standing, bare-headed before them, the honour that is due unto magistrates, which the Scripture speaks of. / VVritten by, me who am known by the name of Henry Clark.	Clark, Henry, 17th cent.	1656 (1656)	Wing C4459; Thomason E882_3; ESTC R207280	20,416	20

submit to every O●d●nance of man for the Lords sake and to honour all men and to honour the K●ng ●ow to honour all men is not to rise up and bow down to them as the fashion of this world is and to stand bare-headed before men as it is the practise of the world so to do one to another upon every occasion that ●hey have to do with those that are greater in the worlds estimation in riches and have higher places and titles of honour in the world then themselves and so have their persons in admiration for their advantage sake Nay this is not honouring all men nor no man but meer flattery for all this a man may do and yet at the very same time hate the man in his heart and seek his Neighbours hurt therefore said Solomon Pro. 20.19 26.28 29.5 Meddle not with him that hath flattering lips for a man that flattereth his Neighbour spreadeth a Net for his feet and sayes he A flattering mouth worketh ruin therefore said Elihu Let me not I pray you accept any mans person Iob 22.21 Iob 17.5 neither let me give flattering titles unto man for I know said he to give flattering titles in so doing my Maker would soon take me away and Iob said He that speaketh flattery to his friends even the eyes of his children shall fail and such flattery was used by Saul to David and likewise by Sauls servants to David to be the Kings Son in-law and to have his eldest Daughter to his wife to be a snate to him as you may read 1 Sam. chap. 18. toward the latter end And so Iudas came to Christ and said Hail Master and kissed him and for money the same time betrayed him to the Iews Mat. 26.47 48 49. And so a Thief a Robber or Murderer he will put off his hat and stand b●r● headed before a Magistrate Judge or Justice who could finde in his heart at the same time if he had but the Magistrate Judge or Justice upon Black-Heath or Salisbury-Plain to rob and take all he hath from him and his life too And is this honour nay To honour all men consists in doing good to all men as we would be done unto our selves by others and in loving all men even our neigbour as our selves and in doing good to all men and se●king every mans good for said Christ if ye love them that love ●ou Mat. 5.46 what reward have you do not even the publicanes the same Did the Publicanes honour all men nay but their friends only and what reward had they the world loves its own therefore they honour not all men but they that honour all men love continually pray for their enemies ●o good ●o them that hate them and overcom evil with good when they see their enemies hungry they give them meat when they see them thirsty they give them drink and naked they clothe them and they that honour all men are no backbiters nor slanderers nor false accusers nor ●peak evil of any man for love thinketh no evil but seeketh all mens good and not their own nor are they easily provoked nor b●have themselves unseemly but are gentle enduring all things and rejoyc●ng in the truth NEither doth the honour which is to be given unto the Magistrate ●hether it be to a King as supreme or to a Lord Protector as chief or to any Ruler Governor Judge or Justice or other Officer either alone or before them in open Court of Judicature consist in standing up and bowing down the body to them nor in putting the hat off and standing bareheaded before them but the honour which is to be given to the Magistrate consists in love obedience and fear for he that doth evil is to be afraid seeing that the Ruler is set up of God to be a terror to evil doers therefore he that ruleth must be just ruling in the fear of God and not to bear his sword in vain but to lay it upon the evil-doers who are to fear the Ruler because they have done the evil and he is set up of the Lord to be a terror to them but he that doth no evil needs not to fear For doing that wh●ch is good he is to have praise of the same for the Ruler is set up of God likewise for the praise of them that do well Therefore he that is in the well-doing needs not fear the Rulers sword for Perfect love casts out fear and The righteous is bold as a lyon So likewise the honour which is to be given to the Magistrate consists in love he that is in the well-doing loves the Magistrate because he is set up of God to be a terror to the evil doers and a protection to them that do well and love to the Magistrate consists in seeking his good always and in giving to him his due that God requires to give unto him and those that give to the Magistrate his due speak not evil of the Ruler of the People nor revile the Judges no nor curse the Magistrate or Ruler in their thoughts which is contrary to Gods Command But for the Lords sake he loves the Magistrate and dares not rise up in his own will against him for conscience sake and for that cause pays tribute and so likewise is subject to what is required by the Magistrate that comes from God and for conscience sake that which comes from God by the Magistrate is not gain-said but submitted to by them that honour the Magistrate for the Lords sake And herein the People of Israel shewed their willingness to obey that of God that came from God to them by Moses their Ruler For said they to Moses Go thou neer and heare all that the Lord our Go● shall say D●ut 5.27 28. and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee and we will hear it and do it and the Lord said This People have said well in all that they have spoken So likewise the chief of the Fathers and the Princes of the Tribes of Israel and the Captains over thousands and hundreds with the Rulers over David the kings work joyned with David and offered willingly to the Lord and gave for the service of the house of God gold silver iron and pretious stones 1 Chro. 29. and with a perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord and rejoyced and David the king rejoyced also with great joy because the thing was of the Lord which was so willingly done by them according to the Command of the Lord God who saith Hea● O Israel VVhat doth the Lord require of thee but to fear the Lord thy God and to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and to keep the Commandments of the Lord and his Statutes which saith the Lord I command thee this day for thy good Now whatsoever comes from any