354 Chap.5: The Duties ofMafiers andServants. Coin.5. and thereby knew what it was to be under an hard fervice. Therefore, quid tibi non yidfieri, alteri nefeceris ; do a you would be done by : or as you would have other men do to your children, when they happen to become fervants. It refleEfs upon the general before mentioned, Ditigesproximumflout teipfum , thou (halt love thy neigh- bour as thy felt. Yet a Mailer is not fo reftrain'dhereby, as that he may not ufe his power ofcor- re¿lion upon fervants that fhall offend: for the Wife-man faith, thereinafervant that will not be corretled bywords, for, though he under(tand, hewill not anfwer : for inch a one ftripes are needful. For there are three thingsneedful for a fervant, Cobue, opts, difciplina; meat, Work, and correîiion when he is negligent ; and this tall is as necef- fary as the pther. For,as S. Bernard faith,Impunitas eftincuriæfoboles, infolentie ma- Lib.3. de coo- ter, tranfgrefonit nutrix; want ofpunifhment breeds negligence, is the mother of info- ftderaa lente, and the nurfèofoffence. And the Wife-man faith, that he that bringeth up hisfer- vant delicately (that is,without difcipline)lhall have bim become hisfin at length; yea, Prov. s9. at. and his Mallet too. And therefore tells us, that/tripes are for the back offools : they that will not learn and do their Matters will, are to becorreaed ; and qui blando ver- 19. 29. bo caffigatus, noncorrigitur, acriusneceffe eli ut arguatur, faith Sfdare s he that amends not by fairmeans, muff ofnece[ty be forced in a (harper way. Now in this point ofdifcipline three refpe&s are to be had : one to amend thofe which are difobedient ; the fecond to preferve the dignity ofthe Matter, left the conni- ving at offences caufe or breed contempt in theServant towards him ; and the lati is for example'sfake, that others by fear of punifhment may be terrified from the like difobedience. And no wife Mailer (faith Seneca) punit quiapeccatum elf, fed nepee- cetur, puneth only becaufe a fervant bath offended, but left be offend again. He there- fore that thinks he loves his fervant whenhe corrects him not for his faults, is much De charitat. deceived. For S. Auguffine's rule is, Non putes toamare fervum, quando noncedis, non jam. 7. eft iffa chantar: be not of opinion, that thou love(¿ thy fervant, when thou fpareff him, for it is not love. But take this caution by the way, which we mentioned before. Be not too rigid or fevere in thy Difcipline, but according to S. Gregory, Regar difci- pline liegemanfuetudinem, & manfuetudo rigorem, fie alterum commendetur ex altero ut necfit rigor rigidur, nec manfuetudo diffoluta : let the .rod of difcipline govern thy mildnefs, and thy mildnefs moderate thy rigour, fo one !hall be commended by the other, that neither thy feverity be rigid, nor thymildosefs too dilute. Rather offendin the beff part, and deal as gentlyas thou mayeft ; for leniter caffigatus exhibet reverentiam ca- Lli. 5. Mor; ffiganti, afperitatenimie increpationis offenfus, nec increpationem recipit, nec falutem, as Profper lib.2. de vi contemplas. He that is gently conceited will reverence the Corre¿lour, but if aman be exafperated with too much feveritÿ he will neither receive more corre ¿lion, nor be betteredby it. Prov. 3r. g,. 3. The third DutyofMatters, is, to provide foodand apparel,thingsneceffary and 27.27. convenient for his fervants,aecording to the Wife-mans dirediion,and toprefer them Match. 24.47 according to their deferís. And if one be a conduiiive or hired fervant, be ú to pay Levit. r9. 13. him his wages duly and truly, according to the Law ofGod. Betides, ifhe have been a faithful fervant, he ought not at theexpiration ofhis time,to fend him away emp- Deut. 15.1;. ty, but with a reward anfwerable to his fervice. Nay, the wife-man goeth further, he ought fo muchto confider ofhim, as partire hereditatemcumfliit, give himpart of Prov. 17.2. the inheritance with his childrenat his death, in fomecafes. The Duty anfwerable to this,is, that thefervent muff returna thankful acknowledg- ment to hisMatter, for bis education, inffrullion, andwbatfover good be bath done unto him, and that after he (hall be manumitted ;for then alto this duty cleaves to him,and hecannot think himfelf free from thankfulnefs, though fromlet vice. Some Servants being made free forget all, for as hePaid, a fervant made free is a brirdenfome thing : and Solomon makes this one of thofe things which difquiet the Pro.3o.22,23. earth. A fervent when bereigneth, anda fool when he is filledwith meat, &c. There- fore a fervant mutt be thankful, and not do as jeroboam did (which Solomon prover- bially foretold) who thruft out his Matters fonRehoboam. He that delicately brings 19. 21. up bisfervantfrom his youth, (hall have him become his foot at length. This fpeech of his proved true, for Jeroboam his fervant, became as his fon,when he depofed his fon Rehoboam, and got the inheritance of the fon,'viz. the kingdom ofIfrael to himfelf. And thusmuch for the duties of Matters and Servants. CHAP.
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