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5.
Ephefians,Çhap.
t5.
through finse.
Now
fervants are either more flavifh,orelfe
more
free
and liberali
:
the
firer
are
fuch
whofe
bodies are perpetually put under
the power
of
the Matter,
as
Blackmores with
us
;
of
which
kinds
fer.
vants are made fometime
forcibly,
as in
captivity
:
fometime volun-
tarily,
as
when one
doth
willingly
make himfelfe
over:
fometime
na-
turally
as
the
children
of
fervants are borne the
Raves
of
their
Ma-
tters;
and this was the
more
frequent kinds
of
fervice, wherein parties
are upon certaine term
es
or
conditions for
a
certaine rime onely under
the power
of
a
man
:
fuch are
our Apprentifes, Journeymen, maide-
fervants,&c.
Now
becaufe there were mercenary fervants
as
well as
bond-men,
in
there times we
muff conceive all
forts
of
fervants here
fchooled
by
the Holy Ghoft. For the fecond,you muftknowgeneral-
ly that our obedience
Both
note
a
fuhjefling
of
our
foules
in all
things,
Tit. a. whether they command
in
Gods
name
the
religious
carriage
of
our
outward
man,
or
any
thing concerning domeflicall
affaires,no-
thing
is
excepted
which
is
not
finfull
:
for
if
wee
were
the
vafTals
bought with money, that
muft not
be
yeilded
to.
Gen.
39.
Iofephs
ex-
ample refufing
his Miflreffe in
her
unchaftnefie.
a
Sam.z
r.
Souls
fer-
vant, nut yeilding to
run
upon the Priefts.
But
for
more particular dire
&ion
three things
are here
to
he con-
ceived
in
which they
muff
obey.
a.
They
mutt
fuffer
themfelves to he direéfed
in
their
bufineffes
and
the
things
they goe about by their Matters
;
his
command
is
thy
watchword.
(2441.8.
I
(faith the
Centurion)
am
a
man in
authority,
and
I fay to one, goe,
he
goeth,
come,
and he
cometh, doe this, hec
Both
it. And
when God doth
lay this upon the
Mailer
andMiftreffe,
to
give diredlion,
as
is
gathered by
proportion,
Prov. 31.
r 3.
he will
then
have
the
fervants be
fubjea,
which
is
to be marked
of
fuch relic-
conceited ones,
as
thinke nothing will doe well,
but
what they
take
up of
their owne head.
a.
They
muff
obey them
in
correEtions
whetherbyword
or
blow,
if
rebuked,
they mutt
not mumble
and
anfweragaine,
z. Tim.
ifcor-
reded,
they
muff
humble themfelves under it,
Gen,
r
6.
yea
though the
governours would
caufelefly and
beyond
meafure take
on,
yet they
mull be indured,
r
Pets.
t
8,
3.
We
muff Rand
to
their allowance
in
diet, apparel!, for
liberty;
for the Matter
is
to
meafure thefe
things
to
us,
we are
not to be our
owne
carvers, Pov.3.
r
3.
If
they
be fuch
as
through unmercifullhard-
nelfe
trouble the houfe, (for
as
he
Paid
of the
Maffilians, it
is
better
be
their
fheepe
then
children:
fo
it
may be
faid
of
force,
it
is
better bee
their horfe then
fervant) if
they
be
thus,
wee may relieve
our
felves
with
meeke
complaints to the Magiftrate,
who
are
both their Mailers
and owners.
This
therefore thus opened doth thew how reproveable the courfe
of
many
is,
who
if
they bee bid doe
a
thing
:
will fometime
denie,
fometime
fay, well,
but
doe
nothing, who
if
they be
called
to
religi-
I
ous duties, thinke they are
not
bound to any thing
,
but to doe their
worke
493'
vf.