Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	child_n	duty_n	parent_n	4,781	5	9.4169	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04629	The court of conscience: or, Iosephs brethrens iudgement barre. By Thomas Barnes	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1623 (1623)	STC 1475; ESTC S114798	47,631	166

to our father a false tale of Iosephs death now will we will wee we shall be compelled to carry him too true newes of the bonds of one of our brethren If this were not a truth wherefore was that law of giuing life for life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foote for foote burning for burning wound for wound o Exod. 21.24 25 26. Deut. 2.4 Chap. 19 20. Deut. 19.21 c. It was the decree of the Lord against the Babylonians that the Medes and Persians should deale with them as they had dealt with the Israelites as appeareth in the booke of Ieremie I will recompence them according to their deedes and according to the workes of their owne hands p Iere. 25.14 Put your selues in aray against Babylon all yee that bend the bow c. take vengeance vpon her as shee hath done so doe vnto her q Iere. 50.14 15. As Babylon hath caused the slaine of Israel to fall so at Babylon shall fall the slaine of all the earth r Ier. 5.49 Much to this effect is that of Ezekiel As I liue saith the Lord I will doe according to thine anger and according to the enuy which thou hast vsed out of thy hatred against them Å¿ Ezek. 35.11 Where he threatneth to deale cruelly with the Edomites as he had dealt vnmercifully with the Israelites The very same is repeated by Obediah in the 15. and 16. verses of his prophesie As thou hast done it shall bee done to thee thy reward shall returne vpon thine owne head for as ye haue drunke vpon mine holy mountaine so shall all the heathen drinke continually It is not vnknowne what Samuel said and did to Agag King of Amaleck As thy sword made women childlesse so shall thy mother bee childlesse among women And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal t 1. Sam. 15.30 Reason The ground of this I take to be the distributiue iustice of God which is to reward euery man according to his workes according to that of Iob For the worke of a man shall he render vnto him and cause euery man to finde according to his waies u Iob 34.11 Now if it be the office of that iustice to deale with men according to their workes must not that man that offereth wrong to his neighbour looke to meete with the like at the hand of another * Preoccupatio Vnlesse humiliation and restitution preuent it he may vndoubtedly looke for it or else for some heauier punishment in the stead thereof either heere or heereafter Vse 1 What a bridle to curbe our iniurious hearts what a chaine to binde our iniurious hands what a locke to barre vp the doore of our lips from vniust thoughts words and deedes against one another May the serious consideration of this point bee I perswade my selfe there is none of vs would be content to haue iniurie offered our selues by others Why oh why then shall wee delight to offer wrong to others our selues wouldest thou not loose the life of thy childe take not away then the life of thy seruant another mans childe For Absolons blood did pay for Vriahs * 2. Sam. 18.14 Wouldest thou not haue the adulterer enter into thy bed defile not thou the marriage bed of thy neighbour for Dauids adulterie committed with Bathsheba was requited with the defiling of his owne concubines by his owne sonne x 2. Sam. 16.22 Wouldest thou not haue others disdaine and disregard thee disdaine thou not disregard thou not other men for if Ismaels hand be against euery man euery mans hand shall be against him y Gen. 16.12 Wouldest thou not haue others set traps for thee spread thou no nets digge thou no pits for another for if Haman seekes the ruine of the Iewes Esther shall plotte his ouerthrow z Compare Esther 3. with Chap. 7.6 Wouldest thou not haue anothers wisedome worke the confusion vse not thy wit for anothers harme For if Achitophels wit bee against the Lords Anoynted Hushais wisedome shall confound his a 2. Sam. 17.7 8. Wouldest thou not be slandered slander not wouldest thou not bee cosened deceiue not wouldest thou not be oppressed oppresse not wouldest thou not haue another man encrease his reuenues vpon thy ruine stuffe not thine owne bagges with the beggering of others wouldest thou not leaue thy wife thy children a prey to the extortioners oppressours and cormorants gullet to haue the state that thou bequeathest them the inheritance thou leauest them deuoured by him consumed of him after thou art dead and gone robbe not the orphane of his inheritance deceiue not the widdow of her maintenance while thou liuest for if thou doest their wrongs will cry for vengeance and neuer lin vntill either in thy selfe or thy seede thou be payed home in the like kinde wouldest thou not haue thy children if thou hast or shalt haue any rob thee of the honour they owe thee cut not thou thy parents short of that dutie thou owest them If thou beest vnder their charge show thy dutie by obeying their command If God hath blessed thee with the worlds good aboue them show thy thankfulnesse by releeuing their wants If thou beeft aduanced to places of honour aboue them show thy respect by reuerencing their persons as Salomon did Bathshebas b 1. King 2.19 If they happe to slippe and fall as the best doe show thy loue by couering their frailties as Sem and Iaphet did Noahs nakednesse c Gen. 9.23 Otherwise looke for irreuerence vnnaturall affection disobedience blazing thy faults from thy children as a iust recompence returned vnto thee Lastly wouldest thou not haue thy seruants vndutifull vnfaithfull to thee when thou shalt come to haue any vnder thee deale thou then neither vndutifully nor vnfaithfully with thy master In a word what we would not that others should doe to vs let vs not doe to them For euill shall be to the euill doer and the distributiue Iustice of the Almightie doth measure out the like portion to man that man measureth to his brother Vse 2 Secondly when wrongs are offered vs in any kinde by others this should teach vs to examine and try whither we be not guiltie of offering the like to others Thou complainest peraduenture No man so deceiued as I am but hast thou not beene a deceiuer thy selfe thou criest out none so slandered so disgraced oppressed vniustly iniuried as I haue beene but hast not thou slandered disgraced oppressed wronged others Thou makest thy mone that thou hast a crosse yoake-fellow ouer thou hadst before before a louing husband now a cruell one before a kinde curteous wife now an vnkinde and kirst one But how didst thou vse thy former yoake-fellow how dealtest thou with her how behaued'st thou thy selfe towards him it may be currishly crabbedly Thou complainest of the disobedience of thy children how that they will not be conformable to thee will not be ruled by thee