An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

Oh! let me commend this Note of Observation to any of you that have hard Services: If I were to speak to a ¹Congregation of Apprentices, that had hard Services, and rough Masters, and cruel Mistresses, and though it may be a ruin to them, do not fret and vex, do not be desperate, do not fling off and say, Why should I bear such services? Do not grow into any desperate moods, to go and seek your fortunes (as they use to say) many young men have undone themselves through the roughness of their Masters and Mistresses to them in their Apprenticeships, and though the evil will be upon themselves, yet God will require this at their Masters & Mistresses hand; And this is a sign that there is no fear of God, that because they are in hard services, that therefore they should go to take desperate courses; you see it may be your Brother or Sister hath an excellent service, they have liberty, and better wages, and better provision than you have, yet seeing God in his providence hath disposed of you to such a hard service, look up to God, and wait upon God to work good through this service, God may intend good unto you in this service more than you are aware of, and as for any of you that are come out of hard services, look ²back to the services that you have had, and consider, How did you behave your selves in those hard services; Are ⟨p. 394⟩you the seed of Jacob? if you be, though your service have been hard, yet you should go on patiently, and humbly, and depending upon God as Jacob. did: and God will remember this for good to you afterwards. Yea but now, did not you behave your selves proudly and stubbornly, and so make your service so much the more hard, by provoking your Governors? Oh! look back to these things, and consider how far you are from being of the disposition of Jacob, that you pro••ss to be your father. Many Apprentices in their hard services have don that that they have cause to repent of afterwards. He served for a Wife.

Oh! let me commend this Note of Observation to any of you that have hard Services: If I were to speak to a ¹Congregation of Apprentises, that had hard Services, and rough Masters, and cruel Mistrisses, and though it may be a ruin to them, do not fret and vex, do not be desperat, do not fling off and say, Why should I bear such services? Do not grow into any desperat moods, to go and seek your fortunes (as they use to say) many yong men have undone themselves through the roughness of their Masters and Mistrisses to them in their Apprentiships, and though the evil will be upon themselves, yet God will require this at their Masters & Mistrisses hand; And this is a sign that there is no fear of God, that because they are in hard services, that therfore they should go to take desperat courses; you see it may be your Brother or Sister hath an excellent service, they have liberty, and better wages, and better provision than you have, yet seeing God in his providence hath disposed of you to such a hard service, look up to God, and wait upon God to work good through this service, God may intend good unto you in this service more than you are aware of, and as for any of you that are come out of hard services, look