Chap,19. An Expofition upon theBook of J O B. Verf. ad. 263 leafs fin which he bath committed againi4 God, fo he feeles force fmart of the lea(t trouble inflkfted upon him by the hand of man, becaufe he lookes upon it as a tryall fent from God. Secondly , In that he complaines thus of his fervants ; Oh- feyve ; tjod can create trouble to ou out of any ofour relations. They who live and depend upon us, may become a burd.n to our lives. As fervants are a helpe to their Matters, foMatters are the fupport and flay of their fervants, they feed them, they .loath them, they lodge them, they have all that they have irs. the world from them. 'Tis true, force fervants have been great comforts to their Matters, they have been to them as their right hand, or as their children ; hence Solomon gives the wife fervant a part of the inheritance among the brethren, ( Troy. 17.2. ) yet how often doththat relation::prove an af- fliftion? How many fervants are there, who ferve'their owne ends, and not their Matters, or who care not to ferve their Ma hers any longer or further, then they can ferve their own ends. The í1l difpofition and demeanour of fervants, is none of the leaft of thofe troubles, of which the Apoftle warnes them that marry ( z Cor.'7. 28. ) Nevertheleffe, fach Thal! have trouble in . thefiefb ; That is, in their outward condition. With all our com- forts troubles are mingled, the ttate of marriage is not onely an honourable, but acomfortable ítate, yet many troubles at- tend and throng about it :' there is comfort in children, but there is trouble in children too ; there is comfort in fervants, yet they are troubles alto. A fervant is the lowett and daft te- fort ofa miferable man for comfort, if he be denied it there, ifa fervantrefufe to help, and intlead of fubmiffive and fweet- ning anfwers, either ftands mute and fullen, or gives revi lingo, how great is the mifery of fuch a man ? Thirdly, In that he charges it upon his fervant, that be did not anfwer when he was called : Obferve ; It is the duty offervants to be obedient to thecall and com- mand of their Maßens. The time andbufineffe ofa fervant, is not his owne, but his Ma- Ad valde ace; bam injurian; pe7ti!net, ut da- mini cui7,(érais- blande Inman, tur, fervi c,ntemnant. Pined.
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