Epitle ofs. Pad to TiW. CHAa.2.8 ' (hall get thanks ofGod,whowill not difmiífe them without aplentifull reward. 433 The firfl andproper dutie ofeucry feruant, is fis6iethiartyor a (looping Subiettionor under the authoritie of his miner. Which Randall, t. in an inward re- t``utIrn ,era. in ü Randab. uerencing in heart the image of God in his íuperioritie. This reuerent fubiet;tion ofthe heart,theLord in his owneexample requireth in all his fcruants :Mal.i.6.lffbeamasher,whereamyfeare? and is the fail dutie ofthat commandement, honoar thyfather And mother : theApoftle , Eph. I 6.5. called, forfeareand trembling from feruanrs toward their mailers. a. Z In the outward teilimonieofthis inward reverence , both in fpeach and The (l honour feruanr nw genure before his mailer , and behind his backe : but efpecially in the his ma teraa free obedience ofall his lawfull,yea and vnequall commandements,fo as they be not vn law full: Co to fh3, z a. Servantsobeyyour matters in all things, that is, in all lawfull and bodily things. And the fame Apofile menrio- neth both in the Ephefians and Colothans, bodilymailers; to (heave, that fo Farreas the foule is not hurt , nor the confcience wounded, the rule of the fcruants obedience is not his owne, but his mailers will, be it irke- fome difficult, wearifome:Luk.17.7. the wearie and toyled feruant, maynot cone out of the field to cafe and refre(h himfelfeat his pleafure, but Waite nil' vpon the hand of his mailer, and fit downe,and case at his mailers appointment, and not before,asthat parable teacheth. 3.In pa. his better. 3 tientinduring without refinance, rebukes, and correélions, although Them efterre. bitter, yeaandvniufl. t.P et. 2.18.19.SermantsbefnbieSttoyotcrmaftars, not oney thegood and courteous ,bat to thefroward andbitter : for st ispraife- thoriticfrom" rrf¡ G°dQ, rch he thu him worthy in confcience towards God to fuffer griefe wrongfully. When Agar was roughly dealt withall by Sarah, therune away, and would not en- dure her , but the Lord by his Angel controlleth this courte, and giueth het better couofell ; rcturnehome rothy mifrris, and humble thy felfe wader her hand, or fuffer thy feife to be ail1 redby her. Qefi. But may not a feruant avoid the rigour and exrremiticof the vnin li angerofhis (natter? anfw. It may be lawful', without deipifingof the Mailers authoritie, to giue way for the prefent unto his furie,and ifcenueniently it may be, towithdrawLimfelfe till the rage be pail, and the llorme blown?otter ; as Danid conteicd himfelfe fromSaul: and the Egyptian that dire6lyd refttechGud. Gcnac.9. Dauid to the Aixialekites, made him to fwcare by God, that bee would not deliuer him to his mailer fromwhom he had fled : neither did Dauid finne in taking that oath., betaute of that law, Dcu:. 23.15. If a feruant had fled from his mailers rage, efpecially if anHeethen,who cared but a little for their fcruants iiues, he mull not forthwith- be delivered to his mailer,but humanitie mull be exercifed towards him,and they mini adde no afl i6lion voto him, but kindly entreat him, till mediation maybe rsam.30.15. D d ; made,
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