Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties showing how every one ought to…Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties shewing how every one ought to…

First, to honour and reverence them, and obey them in all lawful things belonging to their places to command, and to avoid all words and carriage, which savour of dishonour, contempt, or disobedience. 2ly. To perform all labour willingly which they undertake, and is required of them, and that without grudging: and to be as faithful behind their Masters backs as before their faces. 3ly. To be trusty in word and deed, and abhor lying and deceit, not to wrong their Masters in buying or selling, or by stealing any thing that is theirs, no not meat nor drink against their Will: but being as thrifty and careful for their Masters profit, as if it were their own, not to murmur at the means of •ood that is wholesome, nor to desire a life of fullness, ease, and idleness. 5ly. To be more careful to do their duty to their Masters, then how their Masters shall use them, because •in is worse than suffering. 6ly. Not to reveal the Secrets of the Family abroad, to Strangers or Neighbours. 7ly. Thankfully to receive Instructions, and to learn God's word, and to observe the Lords day, and seriously join in public and private worshipping of God. 8ly. To bear patiently reproof and due correction, and to confess faults and to amend. 9ly. To pray daily for a blessing on the Family, on their labours and themselves. 10ly. To do all this in true obedience to God, expecting their reward from him, 1 Pet. 2. ch. 18. Tit. 2 ch. 9. ver. 1 Tim. 6