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x, 9,
phefs.ans,Chap.
6.
7Q!'
Now
for choofing them we
muff
obferve two things.
a.
What
we muff chiefely look at
in a
fervant.
2.
What
order
we muff proceed
by
when
we take
him.
The
things
are
two.
r.
Religion,
Pfal.ror.6.
and this
is
our
gaine:
for
if
one
Achan
might trouble
a
whole Land, howmay
one irreligious fervant
trouble
a
houfe
e
Againe, Gods
bleffing
is
with the
religious,
as in lofeph
and
in Jacob
is
manifeft.
z.
We
muttlooke next
at
the hope of
ferviceableneffe,
not looking
at
acceffaries fo
much
as
fubffance
which
many obferve
not
,
who
looke at money
and friends, and fo fingering
a
little
money,
want
a
man.
Now
in
this order we mutt take
them,
getting knowledge where
they
have
lived,
getting teftimony
of
them,
and
trying before we
truff
:
for
as
Laban
faw
in
a
month what
Jacob
could doe before he hi-
red
him,
and before Potiphar did truff Iofeph,
he
faw
that God
was
with him,
and
that
all he had
profpered,
Gen.39.
Now
when wehave
chofcn
them, they
anfwer our
hope,
or prove otherwife
;
If
they
prove naught,
we
muff
when
we fee
that
our courfes will not reclaime
them,
give them their pafports
fo
foone
as
may be.
Pfd.
101.7.
Luke
16.2. Thou
maift be Reward no more
,
take
that
which
is
thine , be
packing:
If
we keep
them,
then we
muff
performe duty
to
their
fouls.
z.
To
their outward man; to their
fouls,
we
muff inffructthem and
or-
der them privately. z. Mutt
fee
them
ferve
God
publikely.
Gen. 19.
I
and my houfe will ferve the
Lord.
Abraham
will teach
his
houfhold:
and the fourth Commandement doth
binde Matters
co
fee
their
fer-
vants
fandlifie
the Sabbath
a. For their
outward man,
we
muft
govern
them, for that
Corn.
mandement which forbiddeth rulewith cruelty,
doth
bid that we rule
them.
z.
A man
muff
imploy them
and direct
them: the Mailer
in
the
Parable fetteththe Steward
in
his place ,
the Porter
in his
;
the
houfewife, Prov.3
r.
giveth
the
feverall taskes
to
herfervants.
But
to
this purpofe
of
dircdion
three things
are neceffary.
Firft,
To
affigne and
appoint out
what we would
have
themdoe;
Secondly,
To
over.looke them
fometime onr felves, fometime
fending amongff
them.
Prev.3.24. Gen.37
Thirdly,To
give
them example;, if we wouldhave themdiligent,
we
muff
not lye
abee
till
noone: LookProv.31.16.
Shec there rifeth
her
felfe
betime, layeth her
hands
to
worke, no
direction fo
effectuall
as is
that which
is
exemplary.
3.
We
muff
Phew
love toour fervants;Pbilem. v.
r6.
Receive
him
as a
beloved
brother
:
A Chriftian
fervant muff be in
the
place
of
a
beloved brother
or filter:
Now
love ftandeth
iraeffeeming
of
them,
Mat.8.6.
The
Centurion
made precious account
of
his
fervant.Prov.
r7.2. A
wife fervant
is
to
be preferred before
a
lewd fon.
2.
In
com-
municating to them
all neceffaries and all
things for encouragement
of
them.
3.
Thinking how we may doe
theist
good
as
well
as
be
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