ThefourthC(Jmmandement. I6t vpon the weeke daies, thcrefore,if he loueGod, hee lb.ould beJo much the more diligent ouer them, that they negle~ notthewoikeofGod on his day, by how much the glorie ofGod is moredeareand precious to him, then his pduate commoditie. For, as ·hee that is a true fubieet to the Prince, ·and loueth him indeed,will not k~ep fiJch a man in hi.f) houfe that will net obeyhis Iawes: fo, he that is himfelfe rightly ~ affetted toGod and his glorie, will not fuffcr a prophane pcrfon vnder his roofe,that will di!honour him openly,and not care toohferuehisSabbath. Secondly, if o~e bear~ any loue to his feruants or c,hil.. drcn,cuen for their owne fakes bee mufl fee to them, that they prophane not the Lords day, but that they Gome to fuch exercifes, where they may receiue the fpirit of G~d, and the chiefe good to their foules. Al~'ay a good gouer– nour mull gouerne for the good ofchofe that be vnder him. Now what greater goodcan he do_,thcn to vfe~hofe n1eanes wherby theymay know God inChrifl Iefus,and be brought to faluatioi1 ?So that, ifone will not~ fuew a dH1oyall heart againCl God, alld an vnlouing and vnfaithfull tninde to his people,that he careth not for their (aluation,he muft fee that theyke.ep the Sabbath,fo farre a~ it belongeth to him:narue– Jy, bybringing them to,and keeping them at the workes of Religion. _ - Thirdly, the gouernours in,regard oftheir owne good mun be carefull ouer their familiein thi$ behalfe. For, hee that will not bee faith full to.God, can neuer bee faithfull to man, and he that bath no care to ferue God in the duties of · religion,will haue .leffe care to ferue his maflerin the duties · · of his calling: as indeed.e theyhaue. For if the ~onour of God, and regard of their owne faluation, will not moue them, why ilieuld theybe mouedwith their maHers profit o~gaine? But he ~hat obeyeth God with a good confcience, wtllla~ourfor hts mailer:with an vpright hearr,and though hi.s tnaHe~ be not pr~feut torebuk~him, yet his own~ con- ·• fc1ence wtll checke htm; and when the feare ofman vull not keepe him from idlenetfe, and vnfaithfulncffe, the feare ·or I ~~d,an~ b~s ~~m-tpandementwill rcHraine him: elfe,cither L.4 . h~ .•
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