j • ' ~eft. Anfw. How toknow ·. whether we are moved principally with Gods Cemma.ad. OF ~fANS mandemenr that mufl: fct hi;n· on. \vorke; but when l~e is UP?.n the vvay, t?~fe refpecis may carryhtm on wu~ more faclltty and alacrity:. as a fervant that 1s co·mrnanded to goea jouriney, if there be concurrence of other thinas . :;, ' if he have agood way,~nd good .weather, and .good company, and money inhis pur£e, it is his advantage, hecloth itthe more willingly and . cheerefully; but ifthere be none ofthefc, itis. enough that it is his Mafiers bulindfe, that is enough tofet him on.work. You know, Paulh:Jd manyhard taskes, when he went to }rf acedonia, . and upon other occalions, you knowwhat his · entertainement was> and yet it was his Mall:ers worke, it was his Commandement: for it is a fure rul~, that as we ought 'to ufe all Gods Ordi– nances, fo alfo we may ufe all Gods Arguments. It is an argument that himfd fe uferh, that we may have refpedto the recompence, the reward ·ofthefeare ofGod, andhu-mility,is riches,and ho- , nut~r,and life,&t. · Ifyon aske, But howflull amanknow when he doth it thus in the firfr place, when he is · moved with the CommandementP Ianfwer; you fhall know it by this: A fer– vant that !eekes his Mafl:ers profit ·altogether, with the negkct of his owne, it is an argument that he ferves him not our of feHe-refpeds, but that which he is primarily moved with, is re· gard of his Mafier. Indeed, here is the difle– rence: A fervant that trufis not his mafrer, fo l mannageth his bufineffe, as a Factor that frill . hath · '
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