Canr,2,9', e.9Cofntoeesetarie vßon the 428 fetby briber*Andcrueltie: whereas they are to pleafe them alwaieswith Ad arcs, keeping good confcience. The feruants of wicked Saul,whowere none rsam.a:.rr. ofthe bell, refufed to be executioners ofhis wicked fentence againll the Lords Priefls,although his commandement could haue borne them out well enough. Lec Chrillian feruancsniuchmore abhorre to pleafe any fleih againflthe Lord:andfrom this place frame this conclufion in their owne. hearts ; Muíl I pleafe my mailer in all things ? how much more then muff I be careful! in all things topleafe my mailer which is in hea- lien? Notanfwering again,] Wherein rer. Seruants are here in the third place prohibited crony and íhíbbornly nfweranra or n soy oe an- an to reafon,anddifpute matters with their mailers ; but in fileace and lub- fiver their ma. ieétion to ficdowne with the worfe, euen when they fuffer wong:foras hors, they are to curiea reuerent efleemeofthem in their hearts,fomull they bewray reuerence, loue,and lowlineffe in all their words and geflures: neither are they here coped from all manner offpeach,(or whets lull oc- ! cation offpeach is offred , as by queflions asked , they mull make re- fpeétiue anfwers, & not in fullennes fay nothing:for Salomon condem- neth it as a vice and great lìnne in feruants, when they vnelerftand, not I to anfiver, Prou. 29.19. Yea and when they haue receiued wrong , they may indue refpeét ofcircumflances,as when the mailers paffion is over,' with all fubmiflion and loft anfwers (which breake wrath) cleare them - felues from vniufl blame laidvpon them: which was the praelife ofDa- nid towards hismailer Saul, who hauing a notable tigne of his faithful- nelle which miniflred opporrunitie of ('peach , he asketh Saul, why he ilaould glue Bare tomens words, that laidDauid feeketh thyaife,where- a.sama4,10. as now thine owneeyes may fee,that if I had fought ir,I might haue had it. And mailers in this cafe are bound in wifdome and patience tohem as. ' them,yca and to iullifie them, ifthey find their faithfulneffc, as Saul did. job ;,,,a, j To this purpofe Iob fpeaketh, that if he had turned from the right ofhis menferuants,and maidfcruants, thus contending with him,hecould not haue anfwered God, whomade them both in the wombe. The thing then here condemned, is that cooordinarie a done offeruants when as they either privatlymutter and grudge againtl the commandements & ' correblions oftheir mailers and mitireffes , or elfe more openly thwart and contradiét them;yea bycrooked and fnarling words,prouoke their indignation iullly agáinll them : by all which, they manifefl that they baue no feeling of the ordinance ofGod,no confcienceof Gods au- chorície, feared in the perfvn of theirmaller,nowifedome to fuffer and forb_ are, no not for their ownepeace fake , nor refpeét of Gods com- maundement, which forbiddeth in them all muttering and vndutifuil aufwe-
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