For when their cattle take pains, they provide, thy shall have their diet suitable, and if the cattle be sick and diseased, they seek all means to have them cured, and recovered. But let their servants labour and travail, though they rise up hungry, and go to bed cold, and have no due attendance or looking to, they make no matter of it. And though they be sick and weak in their house, and lie hard by them, they will not so much as go to them with any care or diligence, but rather which is the devilish and cruel greediness, make a pray of them, and rob and spoil them of their wages, if they can make their bargain so. This is a most vile beastly savageness, and in truth God pays them for it accordingly, for either he lets them have unfaithful servants, or else, lets them be in ⟨image 197⟩such note, as no servants will abide with them, but they have all the toil to themselves, and indeed it is most just, that sith they prize beasts above men, they and their beasts should try it out together, and sith they bear a greater affection to their goods then to the image of God and man, their goods should be turned to a burden and vexation unto them. Then this serves also for the instruction unto servants, that sith God doth prefer them before all other goods, therefore they should so behave themselves, as they may answer to their place, for there where God gives more wages he doth require more work, or else he vvill lay on more punishment, and therefore it serves utterly to condemn such as be idle and wicked, that if ye look into them, you can see them good for nothing but swaggering, swilling, and disguising themselves in their behaviour and apparel, filthy persons and unchaste, that do nothing but fill the house full of sin, and pollute it with unchastity and other like disorders. These it is just they should be less made of then the beasts, because they make themselves worse then the beasts, For the ox and the ass or the horse do till the ground, and carry burdens, and so return some commodity to the masters, but those that will neither do any good, nor learn any good, but set themselves in their carriage, and cross God and his word, and his servants, are more base, and more unprofitable then the earth, and not worthy so much honour, unless they amend, as the ox or ass.
For when their cattle take paines, they prouide, thy shall haue their diet suitable, and if the cattle be sicke and diseased, they seeke all meanes to haue them cured, and recouered. But let their seruants labour and trauaile, though they rise vp hungrie, and goe to bed colde, and haue no due attendance or looking to, they make no matter of it. And though they be sicke and weake in their house, and lie hard by them, they will not so much as go to them with any care or diligence, but rather which is the diuellish and cruell greedinesse, make a pray of them, and rob and spoyle them of their wages, if they can make their bargaine so. This is a most vilde beastly sauagenesse, and in truth God paies them for it accordingly, for eyther he lets them haue vnfaithfull seruants, or else, lets them be in ⟨image 197⟩such note, as no seruants will abide vvith them, but they haue all the toyle to themselues, and indeed it is most iust, that sith they prize beastes aboue men, they and their beastes should trie it out together, and sith they beare a greater affection to their goods then to the image of God and man, their goods should be turned to a burthen and vexation vnto them. Then this serues also for the instruction vnto seruants, that sith God doth preferre them before all other goods, therfore they should so behaue themselues, as they may aunswere to their place, for there where God giues more vvages he doth require more vvorke, or else he vvill lay on more punishment, and therefore it serues vtterly to condemne such as be idle and vvicked, that if ye looke into them, you can see them good for nothing but swaggering, swilling, and disguising themselues in their behauiour and apparrell, filthie persons and vnchaste, that doe nothing but fill the house full of sinne, and pollute it vvith vnchastitie and other like disorders. These it is iust they should be lesse made of then the beasts, because they make themselues worse then the beasts, For the oxe and the asse or the horse doe till the ground, and carrie burthens, and so returne some commoditie to the masters, but those that will neither doe any good, nor learne any good, but set themselues in their cariage, and crosse God and his word, and his seruants, are more base, and more vnprofitable then the earth, and not worthie so much honor, vnlesse they amende, as the oxe or asse.
