Cr+r+e.i.io. ci3Cotannentarie vponthe 430 ence for a final! trifle , wilt not greatly flraine if Achars more goodly wedge come in thy way ; he that isvntaithfull iu the lefler , will be vn- faithfull in the greater ; lerue the devill for a pcnnie, thou wilt be more feruiceable fora pound, and augment thy labours,as he Both his wages. And whether it hurt thy Matter or no, that is not the einellion , it hurts thine own foule,by tranfgrefling the comniandemeut, and incurring the curieofit. Further, whereas fonte feruants may truely fay,that their maf+ers are hard and iIraite,and requite their for nice fcarce with food and raymcnt, yet giueth this no leaue to pilfer the leaf+ commoditie from him ; and what were this elle, then to fall into the hands ofan harder matter, into Inc hands of finse and Satan ? nay rather as Iacobwen; through an hard teruice of abone 20. yeares , through fummers droughts and winters frolis,yet in the end he profelfcth that his righteoufneflè fhould anfwer for him,and that nothing mifcaried under his hand,but he made it good: fo fhould feruants in their yeares fo iuflly carriethemlelues , as to the ende oftheir rearme, they may alto fay let God make my righteoufnes anfwer forme. (Mica.But Iacob in that place dealt not fo Intl iy,but rather cunning- ly with Labá,inhelping himfelfe to his righr,by laying theBraked rods in the fheeps watring croughes :whence it may ferme that a feruant may right his owne wrongs, and fupplyout ofhis mailers goods , his owne wants. vfrjm. But farre was is from Jacob to vie therein any deceit, who would not fo boldlyhaue inuocatcd the name of God co fuch a Can. ;r.re. wicked purpofe: befides,whac he did was by Gods authority, yea and diredtion s` ho tohelpehim tohis right by dreame (as himfelfeprofef- feth) resealed veto him fuch a natural! meanes , as in all likelihood he was ignorant of before :neither was it Jacobs intention,by cunning to conueie to himfelfe any of his uncles goods ; but onely in Inch tneanes as God had appointed,expeeied a blrlftng from time to come. Befides, what can thismake to any ferret conuciance of their Matters goods,fee- íug here was a plaine concrabl and bargaine,betweeneiim and Laban? from all which, teeing the counfell was diuine, the meanes naturali, the contra&open andplaine, and the end, that by the blelftrg of God he might come by his right,Iacob is freed from the imputation ofvflng e- uill craft,and out of goodconfcience protclled that his righteoufneffc fhould anfwer for him. Lallly,lctcuery feruant confider not only what his mailer depriaeth him of, but withalI what he committeth vnrohim : he hyreth himto be true, and not a theefe : hecrediteth , andputteth him in croft with his goods,and fometimes with hiswholeef;tate,which he wouldnocdoe to a theife. Ctn.jO.jt.
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