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7D2.
Ephefcaz.r,
Chap.6.
V
E
R.
7,
VERSE
7.
DIFE.
poti:
of
his
Lords word,
were
it
not
a
part
that
every one
would condemne
in
hime
fo
God
is
prcfent with out Mailers, who
are our fellow
fer-
vants,
but that God doth
fet
them over
us
:
now when they
fpcak,
God commands
likewife.
We
muft
not therefore
onely looke at
our fellow fervant,
and
give no refpeét
to
him
who
is
the Lord ofus,
and our Mailers
alto:
and
the want
of this
is
to
be bewayled.
Where-
as
itíhould
make
us
finde
our
fervices bleffed and fucceffefull,
as
Gen.
24.
and
it
would procure
us
a
hopefull recompence
of
reward.
VERSE.
7.
Withgood
will,
ferving
the
Lard, and
not
man.
The
laft thing
to
be marked
is,
Thatall
our obedience muff
come
with
heart
and
good will,
it
mull
be
cleerefull
anddiligent
;
for that which
is
notdone heartily,
is
done
difcont'ntcdly
and
drowfily
:
one may
be
reverent,
and meane
honeflly,
yet
falle
in this
third point,
in
being
voluntary, ready,
diligent
and quick in
the duty
he
performeth;
thus
Gen.
3s
.6
.
Jacob
fervcd
with
all his
ftrcngth,
and fevvn yeares was
but
a day to him,
fo
cheerefull was he
in
it
:
for that
a
man
doth with
a
good will,
it
is
done
both
readily and
diligently.
And this doth
meet with many
,
who
will
follow their
iufineffes
clofè, but with
fuch
fowre difcontenred humour,
that
a
man had bet-
ter
mitre
their fervice,then
indure lowrings
of
their behaviour:for how
can
that be
accepted which
a man
goeth on with
perforce,
and
yeil-
deth to
as
a necetrary eville
2.
Againe,
many
who
are
both
reverent
and
honeftly minded,yet
for want
of
this heart and
good wìll,thcy
are fo drumbling about their
bufrneffcs, going like fnayies
about them, that
it
is
irkefome to their
Governours
,
for though they doe
love
their other
parts, yet when
they
fee
themfelves
in
the
fads
,
and
their worke bchinde
-
hand,
it
cannot
but
grieve
them,
Prov.to.24.
A
flothfullfervant
is as
fmoake
to the eyes.
Wherefore
íervants muft remember
to
be cheerefull in
that they
doe,
till then
they
martyr
themfelves , and increafe
their
vexation
:
whereas getting
to
this point they fhould be
as
free
as
their Mailers;
what
is
thy Mailers freedome
e
he corn
mandcth
in
the Lord what
he
will,and
thou
fhouldit do
in
the Lord nothing
but thy
will
;
we have
in
heaven this perfcétgood will, our fervice thall be
puled
freedome.
;.
Their
fervice
is
marred
in
the
making, for
who
can
efteemethat
which
is
done perforce, altogether unwillingly
a
and
fo
fervants mull
make confcience
of
diligence, and quicknefre
in
difpatch
of
bufineffe.
Looke
in
Prov.az.ult.
what
a
promife this
hath;
and
though
we have
not that dexterity, yet
teeing
the want
,
God
will bring
us
to
it
:
he
that
maketh the feet
as
the feete of
a
Hart,
can
make
the
hand nimble
likewife.
Now
followeth the ground of
it,
as
to
Cbrifl,verfr.S.Obferve then,
What will
make
no
yeild
cheertfall
obedience,
even
the eying
God whole
will
this
w
;
be
our
governours
never
fo unworthy
:
and
without
this
ground it would often
fall
out
that
men could
not
ferve with
cheerful-
neffe:
for Matters fometime
are
molt
unequal!, are crooked
and will
not!