EpsflleofS. Pad re Titres. a thecfe.Now todeceiue fuchastruft him fo far, is againfi all humanity. , 431 For aman to take a purfe by the high way,: ) fleale lheepe, tobreake an houfe,is anotable point of theeuery in it telfe, and in our account : but none betrufleth fuch a fcllow,noman looketh for any better from him, noman is deceived in him ; but a thong theefe is he, that isvntrufly to him that truilcthhim,and relieth vpon his fidelitie. Vfe. I. Let this admonifh feruants to beware of fuch vnrighteous waits, as are toocommon and vfuali : tonepurloyning from their ma- ilers, todiucrt to their ownevfes,.fotne to riot away, tome to plaie a- way,fome to giue away ; in which courfes forte are fo traded, as that muchbetter were it for many mailers to trull to airoken tooth, or 4 fly- Prou.as.:y. ding foots , then to put any confidence in them. But fearefuli is that fentence againfl them, t. Theft 4. 6. God is the axenger of all foci, t hint. Secondly, fuchmailers as are toyled and injured by the vnfaithfulnes oftheir feruants,haue great caufe toexamine their own waits in former dales, and fay to their own hearts,haue I been vnfaithfull tomy matter, and haue I made no retlitution? feting I should haue repaied a fifth parr more then that I was vniufl in ; that is all confifcate, and byGods tuft iudgment may carriemuch more with it, yea and bring a curie on all the re(l:fee Leu.6.4.ç.Thus ought the vnrighceoufnes of tertiaries , to force mailers to righteous dealing. Bst'hewing allgoodfaithfulne(re, ] Here theApoile extendeth the former precept , and in this forme of words affirtnatiuely propoundeth it, requiring at the hands of feruants faithfulneffe not onely in regard of their Mailers goods, but in all other refpes is wherein a feruant ought to be helpefull to his Mailer. In the formet refpedl, he mull not onely not waft his Mallets goods , with the vnfaithfull Reward; but hemutt carefully fo far as in him herb encreafe them:it is noted a propertieof the euill feruant,that he eucreafed not his m2425.. 5. Mailers talent:he is not accufed for decreafrng it,but he put it not forth to his mailers aduantage.And yet muchmore mull he by his prouidece, diligence,affrduitie, and care, fee that nothing be loll or mifcarrie tho- roughhis default ; after the example of Jacob and Iofeph, wholedili- c:a;r.;saua Bence was fo approoued, that neitherthe keeper ,nor Pharaoh hitnfelfe ss.a;. looked to anything that wasvnder his hand. In the latter regard he that would (hew all goodfaithfulnefre,mutl be faithful'. a. Inhis Maltera commandsreadily anddili ;ent'y to performe them Thefairhfalne. ccruats ofconfcience,and not for eye feruice,but whether his mallets erebe vp- woherein nlobe onhim or no. WhereinAbrahams feruantgiue ha notableprebdent, mewed. wholematter fending him to leek a wife for Iz.ak, he prefently getteth a him CHAP2e1O. In thy feruants vnfaithfulncfie look, to thy own vniaithful. rare in fettling God.
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