C.HAP.2.9. fee :.Pea .rt. Wherein fet. wants nult pleats their nuiìcre, Luk.tg t. T11, place of Lcruice is from the Lord,w'to therefore will (hewgoodncff whim that ,a. kionablyper. for.neth is co wicked& cruel matìus. Hph,6.a, t.1 Commentarie upon the éled,my part ispatiently toendure the fame; it may feemevniufioften and vudelcrued, ifI might be my owne iudge, when indeed it is taot :but were I fare is were fo,be it farre fromme to take the liaffe by the end,bur I will fubin t my fells CO the Lords yoke, who bath commanded me tobe fubie&,not to the good and courteous oncly, but to the froward if I be hereto called: and herein I will imitate my Lord fetus, to ho taking vpon him the formeof a feruant, whenhe was wronged, committed all vnto him that iutlgeth righteoufly; fo I will oncly fay, the Lord looksvpon it and iudge ir. And now ifany feruant make light accountofshelethings, the day rs comming when he (hall finde what it is to rife vp in rebellion againti the ordinances ofthe Lord. The fecond vertue required of feruants towards their Mailers is, that theypleafe them in al/rho/gr. Qáeft. How will this precept (land with that in Eph. 6.6.where feruants are forbidden to bemenpleafers ? Anf, To feriae oncly as men-pleafers, as hauing the eie calf oncly on man is hypocrií e,and the ("trine ofmany feruants, pleating man for mans fake, and that is condemned by our Apofile;but topleafe men in God and for God, is a duty in feruants next vnto the fir((: who to (heave themfelues wel-pleafing to their Ma(lers,muffcarrie in their heart; and endeauortrs acare to be accepted ofthem,euen in the things which for the ind:gnitie andburdenfomencife of them,are much again(( their owne mindes. For this is the priuiledgeof mailer, to haue his feruant denoted unto his pleafure and will, for the attempting ofany bufineffe,the continuance in it, and thevnbendingofhim from it: and when the feruant hash done all he can, it was but debt and dune, and no ehankes are due to him from his Matter: Marsh, 8.9. tam alfo a man on ,ruthori:rie, and lfay to onegoe andhe goeth , to another came andhecornmab, and re myferuant, doe this and her doth it. Obicft. But my maffer is fuch a one as I cannot pleafe, a churlifh Na. bal, that a man cannot fpeake vntohim,he forgettech humanitie both in exafling and rewardingmy feruice, Anf. But this may not vnyoke thee from by obedience, as though thou wert bound no further to pleafe then thou art pleated, thou mull doe thy dutie if thou hail no other comfort fromhim, yet God to whom,and for whom thou doefl thy fer- uice, will not leaue it vnrequited. Jacob ferued an hard Laban one and cwentie yeares ,God gaue him wages enough in the ende when Laban wouldnor: aiedwhatfocueramandarh,that fhallhee recciue of the Lord, whether he bebond orfree. And this reprooueth many feruants, who if theymaynot choofe their owne worke, or their owne way,or be put by 1, their owne will; prefently call off all care ofpleating, aukly attempt and performe their bufinetfe as at a wrong end,orwith a left hand: of whom the
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