CNer.2.9. (.."1 Commentant vpon the 412 'IaraPhrefe. co* yet more pitifull, that the Papi(t (hall Icarce neede towatch a whit but his mouth isprefenrly opened to theflaundriagof the Golpel, by the dead and carkafe faith not ofa few. Vert. 9. Let fers:antsbefubiedt to their Meer:,andpate them in all things not anfwertngagaine, to. Njszherbe pickers bat teat theyfhewallgoodfaitfifulnes ,thatthey may adorne thedath'ie 2fGod our Sjwiour in all things. After that our Apoltle hath at large defcribed fuel) Chriftian duties,as mull be vrgedwpon freeperlons ofall feces and ages; Nowhe commeth to filch as are required in thofe that be in feruile condition, and elate. And inthele twoverles propounded) twopoints : r. He pointeth them to luchverrues, asefpecially befit them : 2. He enforceth themwith a reafondrawne from the end of them; namely, the adorning ofthe Go- fpel. The venuesare fowre : r . fabietlien : 2. pleafìngof their maßers in all things : 3.filence, propounded in the oppoate of ir, not anfwering agame: 4. faithfalntfe, illuftratedby the contrarie,nor pickers. The enforcement is in the 1a1ì words , that euen they may become ornaments vnto the Go- fpel, which by aperiphrafis is called the doEtrine of Chritt, or God our Sautour: and thus muff they be, not in force or few, but al rhiegs,that is, in all their fpeaches, aélions,aud bchauiours. The whole ferfe of the verles together is this; And now, oh Tìrus,hauing applyed thy doElrine vnro other elates, at length cart downc thine eyes vpon them that are of inferiour condition : for they beeing members of the Church, as well as any ofthe former,thou muff fit and ferneout vnro thetas alto their por- tion, wherein thou muff exhort them, that they be willingly fubmitted and fubieeted vnto thepower, and under the will of their matters; yea what euer their matters be,let them bevnbeleeuers,vnmerciful,froward, yet let them call topleafe them its all things, wherein God theirmatters M..? er is not dilpleafed. And although theinfeluesbe religious and cal- led vntoChril,yet let themacknowledge their places, and neuer ad- uance, or emboldenthemfelues to returnevndutifullanfwersvnto their mallets or miflreffes, as the manner of many is. Let them not vle any vafaithfulucffe,but all good fidclitic, which is the eheife vernie ofa fer- uanr, and that in euery thingwhich requireth the fame ; and efpecially let them beware ofone point of vnfaithfulnefe, namely the fecret pur- loyning, 8: filching the leafl profit oftheir maflers,to turne to their own or other rtes, without their mattersprruistie. And if all this while they ferne filth hard matters, as returne them (mall thanke, or otherretributi- on for their faithfull feruice; yet this they shall do,they (hall beautifie the dodìrine ofthe Gofpe! which they profeíi'e, and in commending it, they
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