Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	due_a	fear_v	tribute_n	3,178	5	10.8957	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62040	The works of George Swinnock, M.A. containing these several treatises ...; Works. 1665.	Swinnock, George, 1627-1673.	1665 (1665)	Wing S6264; ESTC R7231	557,194	940

and delightful colour invite a man to eat but prove unsavoury and unwholsome He that had onely natures moonlight to see by could say Perditissimi est hominis fallere eum qui laesus non esset nisi credidisset None but the most villainous will deceive him who had been safe if he had not trusted saith Cicero Thy righteousness must extend to all according to their several places and relations That righteousness which is real will be universal Render therefore to all their due tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custome fear to whom fear honour to whom honour Rom. 13. 7. He that is just in his Actions hath a due respect to all persons whether Superiors or Equals or Inferiors He who is righteous to his fellow-Subjects and wrongs his Soveraign in his Custom or Tribute is a Rebel against the Crown and Dignity of Iesus Christ. He is undutiful to the King of Nations who payeth not his due to the King of that Nation in which he liveth Render saith Christ to Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are Gods Hierom on that place doth well observe that the name of Caesar is not proper but Appellative because from the first Roman Emperor Iulius Caesar all his Successors were so called Hereby Christ intimates that Tribute belongs to every person cloathed with the supreme power And Gerrhard in his Harmony saith that our Saviour doth particularly in that Text understand Tiberius that monster of men enjoyning payment of Tribute to that persecuting Prince How great then is their crime who cheat a King that is a Christian Such unnatural Members must expect to fare the worse for impoverishing their Head The wealth of a Political Father is both a credit and support to his Children If the Root be kept without water the branches must needs wither The Ancients emblemed a just man by one with a pair of ballances in one hand a sword in another and both his eyes shut to dispense impartially to all Iustice both commutative and distributive A Magi●strate must distribute justice to every one a like He may see a difference in causes but no difference in persons When righteousness reigneth it s said to run down like water and as a mighty stream Amos. 5. 24. Now water is as free for the poor as the rich the stream runs down by the meanest Cot●tage as much as by the Princes Court Righteousness must be as common as water as universal as a stream David reigned over all Israel and executed Iustice and judgment to all his people 2 Sam. 8. 15. His righteousness was as large as his realm to all his people SECT V. SEcondly As to the manner of thy dealings thy duty is to be courteous as well as righteous Some men soil the lustre of their justice and hinder the honour it might bring to the Gospel by the crabbedness of their carriage A rugged unhewn piece of Timber disgraceth when a neat smooth one crediteth the building One end of our dealings with men as I shall shew by and by most be to gain them to mind godliness which end will be much furthered by an affable conversation Men delight not to walk in rugged ways nor to deal with rugged men As curious Flowers draw the eyes and rare Musick the ears so doth courtesie allure the hearts of men after it He that pleaseth all men in all things indifferent is the likeliest to save some 1 Cor. 10. ult It was the affable carriage of Titus amongst other things which made him the delight of mankind It s said of Iulius Caesar that he overcame their affections by his humanity whose persons he had before subdued by his power and policy He gloried in nothing so much as in pardoning his Enemies and gratifying his friends saith Austin They who durst speak to Caesar saith Marius were ignorant of his greatness and they which durst not were ignorant of his goodness We may gain their love by soft words who would hate us if we went about to ravish them or to lay violent hands on them Alexander won the love of his Souldiers by calling them Fellow-Footmen Courtesie like the loadstone will draw even Iron to it Pharoah an Heathen was full of Courtesie and though a King condescended much in his carriage towards Iacob Abraham is noted not onely for his faith in God and holiness but also for his discreet familiarity and affable behaviour towards men Gen. 47. 8 9. Gen. 23. 7. Our blessed Saviour is therefore said to come eating and drinking because of the sweetness and attractiveness of his conversation This Lord of Glory in all his converses had a comely and winning grace They who are truly noble are ever affable those that like the Persian keep up state are but according to the French dialect of their haughty upstarts gentle Villains Contempt or arrogancy is a weed that ever groweth in dunghils T is from the rankness of the soyl that it hath its height and haughtiness They are but windy Spirits that bubble thus above others t is the froth onely that gets always to the top of the water It s a Divine Command Be Courteous 1 Pet. 3.8 the word signifieth Friendly-minded studious to do such things as are grateful to others Obedience to this command is cheap and costeth nothing which whosoever denyeth will certainly never obey those precepts which will put him to charge He who denyeth men a good look will not at Gods call lay down his life for the Gospel The Romans be●ause they would not have any defrauded of civil respect retained Admonitors called Nomenclatores who should suggest the name and quality of every one they encountered that so he might be saluted in a conformable stile We read in Scripture frequently of Salutations sent to and from the Saints Rom. 16. God never intended that when men put on Christianity they should put off civility Those Quakers who like Idols have eyes and see not mo●ths and speak not are so far from being invested above others as they pretend with the divine nature that they are even divested of the humane nature The very Turks salutation to him they meet is Salaum aleek Peace be to thee and the reply is Aleek salaum To thee be peace also When Boaz came into his field The Lord be with you saith he to his Reapers The Lord bless thee say they to him Indeed Christ commands his Disciples Salute no man Luk. 10. 4. But the occasion of this prohibition is considerable The Disciples were sent about business of importance and expedition and the salutations Christ speaks off are in the nature of those which we call Complements a filling up of precious time with needless toys and trifles As if Christ had said Your work is of weight and requires haste do not therefore loyter by standing to talk with any by the way but mind your business It is not intended by a Master