To Masters is due faithful service; whereof we have1 two worthy Examples; one, of oAbraham's Servant sent to get a Wife for his Masters son, who would not so much as eat, till he had done his Message: and when but some stay was made of the Maidens going with him, Hinder pme not, saith he, seeing JEHOVAH hath prospered my journey; send me away, that I may go to my Master. The other of Jacob, qwho speaketh thus of himself ⟨p. 180⟩to LABAN, This twenty years I have been with thee, thine Ewes and thy Goats have not cast their young, and the Rams of thy Flock have not I eaten: whatsoever was torn of Beasts, brought I not to thee, but made it good my self; of mine hand didst thou require it, stolen by day, or stolen by night: I was in the day consumed with heat, and with frost in the night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes. The contrary whereof is deceitfulness and wasting of their Masters goods, which the rApostle specially biddeth Servants to take heed of, not to be Pickers, but to show all good faithfulness, that they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
To Masters is due faithfull seruice; whereof we haue1 two worthy Examples; one, of oAbrahams Seruant sent to get a Wife for his Masters sonne, who would not so much as eate, till hee had done his Message: and when but some stay was made of the Maidens going with him, Hinder pme not, saith hee, seeing IEHOVAH hath prospered my iournie; send mee away, that I may goe to my Master. The other of Iacob, qwho speaketh thus of himselfe ⟨p. 180⟩to LABAN, This twentie yeeres I haue beene with thee, thine Ewes and thy Goats haue not cast their young, and the Rams of thy Flocke haue not I eaten: whatsoeuer was torne of Beasts, brought I not to thee, but made it good my selfe; of mine hand didst thou require it, stolne by day, or stolne by night: I was in the day consumed with heate, and with frost in the night, and my sleepe departed from mine eyes. The contrarie whereof is deceitfulnesse and wasting of their Masters goods, which the rApostle specially biddeth Seruants to take heed of, not to bee Pickers, but to shew all good faithfulnesse, that they may adorne the Doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.
- 1To Masters faithful service.To Masters faithfull seruice.
- oGen. 24. 33, 36.
- pVerse 56.
- qGen. 31. 38, 39, 40.
- rTit. 2. 10.
