snd tedious labol;)r ·?and can you not conflraine them to kee'peat homeone day, to doeafarre more eafie and light.;' fotneworkc, aod that for their ownegood, and faluation? This is miferable thifting, andplaine halting; thefe excufes ~ • will not hold out befere God; he will !hewyou,th:a, ifyou -bad made as great account ofhis honor and glory, and o- . beying his Commaundement, 3S you doe of feruing yaur owne filthie couetous lull, and obeying the Diueii; ifh1s namehad been as dcere to you, as gaine; you might with _;tS much eafccaufe your feruanrs to fpcnd the fcuenth day, inhis fenlice to his glorie, asfixe befor~ it, in your owne feruice, to your profit. But what is the caufe that youth is fo ... rude? Is it not becaufe.they hau~ learned it ofage ? wh,y. be . . inferiors fo prophane,but becaufe they follow the p~~t~tne, :.t n ', , and treacle in the !leppe~ ofthdrfuperiours? how corit~· rhe"·. · .. ' braunches tobring forth fuch ill fruit,but that the l'oot yec-1- . dcthno better fappe ? For ifthe feruants might fee fo·much loue ofGod, andcareof keeping his Commaundements,. . appear~ in the conuet:fation of their maGers and dames, as they fee ]u£1 of the ·world, and eagerneffe ·after lucre, they \'VouJd, 'atle.afl for outward thew bee bet ter. But noW that they fee, and know thedifpofition oftheir gouernour, they· frame themfdues thereafter, t01 fcrue -him jn his couetous. · defire,aJld robbc Godofhis honour. Ifche feruant fl1ould buc negletl his afta.ires one or two houres in the weeke, and follow his owne fports amd vanities; when hee com– meth homebismaft er 'wouldbee vponhitn,his damewould haue a fayir1 g' to him, and hec lhould bee fo baited wit~ re... bukcs; tha t thoughhe had a grcedie mindc to beabroad, andno great hr:an to R~nd fweating at his bufinefle, yet mi– ferabl eteare would make him. tarrie at home, rather than . heewould endure the fharpe fau<:e, that .muH come after his (we~te plc-a fu res : ·but let hitn bee where hee wiH, and doe what he will vpon the Sabbath day,.. when h~ co1nmeth.:. home, either.his maHer an~ dame allow him in ic,.or elfe they be mute,and faynothing vnto hitu; or ifrbey do begio. t? reproue him, Jt is·done fo coldly, fo ·carcldlely, with-fo · .l~ttlc vch~ruencie, that the fe.ruant tnay w-ell percdue, it · comme;h{ . \
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