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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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For direction in matters of religion and Gods service, the master must look that they come to the public assemblies in due time, and that they tarry it out, and sit in a convenient place where they may hear & learn, and not in such by-corners and obscure odd places, where they spend their time in prating or scoffing or sleeping or such like. This is no good direction in the master, when he lets his servants come into the Church to proclaim their own shame and his disgrace. Therefore first he must deal with them plainly; you must serve God, if ye serve me, and be religious in Gods house if ye will have any countenance in my house. Secondly, for the works and business of their calling, the masters direction is necessary, and he must appoint the work, and set every one his place and duty which he must do, else the house may be full of servants, and full of confusion, and nothing be well done or in any good order. And this is commended in the virtuous woman, Proverbs. 31. that she gives her servants their portion of meat and of work; the master therefore that the house may be well ordered, must let every one know his place and calling, and his task, that the weaker may have the weaker work, and the stronger the stronger. For the master must consider his work and business that is to be done, and what his servants can do, so that none of them may be oppressed, nor any be idle; for if either of these things come to pass, that his servants be either overburdened or else may loiter, it is for want of good direction in the governor, the house might be enriched, every thing might be done in good order, and would fall out in their just and due compass, when every one were diligent in his place, and set to do that thing to which he was most sit.
For direction in matters of religion and Gods seruice, the master must looke that they come to the publike assemblies in due time, and that they tarrie it out, and sit in a conuenient place where they may heare & learne, and not in such by-corners and obscure odde places, where they spend their time in prating or scoffing or sleeping or such like. This is no good direction in the master, when he lets his seruants come into the Church to proclaime their owne shame and his disgrace. Therefore first he must deale with them plainly; you must serue God, if yee serue me, and be religious in Gods house if ye will haue any countenance in my house. Secondly, for the works and businesse of their calling, the masters direction is necessarie, and he must appoint the worke, and set euerie one his place and dutie which he must doe, else the house may be full of seruants, and full of confusion, and nothing be well done or in any good order. And this is commended in the vertuous woman,