· . The tenthC011m141Jdtmtnt.-- · S73 den and yexation vnto thern. And this maybe alfo f(ll' the inflruaion offeruants; That for as much as Goddoth pre.:.. ferre them beforeall other ·goods, therefore they lhould fo behaue themfelues, as they may anfwere to their-place. For. where God giues more wages, he cloth require more work, or elfe hce wi!llayon more .punHhment. And therefore it ferues vtterly to•condemne fuch as oe idle and wicked, that ifyee looke into them, youcan fee them good for nothing, . · but giuen to fwaggering,fwilling,and difguifing themfclues in their apparell and behauiour, they fill the houfe full of .£nne, and pollute it withvnchafiitie, and all manner of dif- .. order. Ids iuft,they fhould be lelfe made of,then the beafls; , becaufe they make themfelues worfe then beafles. For the Oxe, theAffe, ,andHorfe do till the ground~ and carry bur.. dens, and fo returae fome commoditie to their maflers. But thofe that willneither do,nor learne any good,but fet them- . felues in all their behauiour to croffe God, his Word, and · fe-ruants 1 are more bafe, and vnprofitable than the earth it . felfe, and noc worthy fo much regard as the Oxe, or Afie; vnlefie they amend their euill courfe, and fram~ themfdues . to-bemore.profitableby fome hone!Uabour. Na;r ""J thing t-h11t uhu. . - HAuing before tolilched the matters ofgreateR waight · . in their kind, and vnder them comprehended the rell, . now he generally. handleth things oflefie worth: and char- . g~th vs predfely, that we murl not couec-any thfng·belong"\ - ·ingto ~aur neighbour. . · · - · · · . So-that,we mull obferue hence,thatthe leaA: motionafce.r· . )he,IeaH thing ofour neighbours, is fin. Men will (it may be) ,. yeeJd that .the coueting of our neighbours houfe, wife, or .– fcruant, is na-ught, et,tiU,·andvniuB; for thefe bee matters of c fome.momc;nt. But fo-r a.litrlecorne, a littlegra£fe,an apple-~ . . .a point,&c. thefe, they fay,be trifles, not tobee fio9d vpon. - Nay,there is--nothing fo fmall ,but it is fome thing .; anrl be- -· ingcomprehcndedvndertheword (any thing) illufl not be . .– 'oueted. Therefore God to meetewit~ thefe·obieelors)as Jn , ~ .: _ · .. · the -;
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