_g ([~~illtau .~Ut1!~ 1 o9 cot;trfe, as would be required eyery day for this duty ? - If t~ou h1;1dft fn honeft heart,thou wouldft redeem time fro~ thy meat, or fleep,or recreations, for Prayer, ra:.. . th,er than negleel aduty,or damn thy foul : The truth is, we complain we want t jme, but we wafre ·time : There~s not the pooreft. Labourer.; but he f1H:fpends more tune than-Prayer-ttme comes tQ: And why fuould any water 'he left off, when there's little enougr in the channel to ·turn the Mill for, or to.Wards..our God ? 3· ;Obj. But Jam a Servant, and muft obey my Ma– fier; I a1n kept roo hardly at Work,-to ~et time for fe.. ~ret Prayer ; I am <;aUed to workb~times, dogged to it al1 ~he day. · ...· Anfw. Thotigh you l1e fe~vants to do mens work, yet no! Oaves to their lull~ : in that refpect you mufl: not be.th~ ,Servants of M~n ; ~f you9e Servants, you are the)Lords Free-men, tffree., yetyoq ~t.e Ghri(ls fer– ~ants, 1 Cor. 7· 22, 23. Remember, you have a Mafte~ ~n lleaven ; rto ll10rtal creature· can difcharge you ' fro~ your attendance on God : You muft 9o Gods work as well as your Mafters, and your Mafi:ers ·work for God's fake. Oh'firs, Eph. 6. 6, 7· · ~o pot negle~ your duty to G9d, to _pleafure n1en.. Cq.n your Sqperiour anfwer for your · n~gleet ?Or interpofe betwi?{t flaming wrath and your ,finning fouls ? But I am afraid, fome lay the blatn.e on , -Mafiers., when the fault is in themfelves : Dece.ive not ~hy felf byaccufi9g others to clear thy felf; this was Adam's fault : )Think not that anothers rigour' can ex– cufe thy neglett: Let me tell you, there's never a fer– vant fo ftriuly watch'd, but tnight fteal fome rime fro~ his Mafter -for his1 God; a·nd yet do hitn no · wrong: · Only iee th~t you be prudent in chuGng fuch– feafons a~ may not juftlyprovoke your Mafter or pre ... j ndice his occafions : And be often in your callings lift-1 , ing. up you~ nea,rt~ ~o God. ; be content with your con-. "" .... ... . . ' . .
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