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

And likewise you that are Governors, seeing God account; ¹it his Glory to take off the yoke from his people, Oh! be you tender towards them that are under you; as Magistrates, so all Governors, Parents, and Brethren, and Neighbours, not to lay too heavy yokes upon Children and Servants; Fathers provoke not your Children to wrath, and Masters they should be gentle towards them that are under them, knowing they have also a Master, and therefore give them what liberty may be without sin, even outward liberty, not to keep them continually ⟨p. 101⟩at work, but some times of recreation, some times ²of refreshment, it's true, your Holy-days are taken aken away, but surely there was no such way and means to bury them in Oblivion that they should never be thought of again, then to have some set times for Servants, and Children to have their recreation; It were the only way to keep the Sabbath pure, for if they have it not in the week day, they will have it on the Sabbath, or otherwise they will keep up that which they were wont to have in their former Holy days. The beast must not always be ploughing, sometimes the yoke must be lifted up, and must have some refreshing. It follows. I laid meat unto them.³

And likewise you that are Governors, seeing God account; ¹it his Glory to take off the yoke from his people, Oh! be you tender towards them that are under you; as Majestrates, so all Governors, Parents, and Brethren, and Neighbors, not to lay too heavie yokes upon Children and Servants; Fathers provoke not your Children to wrath, and Masters they should be gentle towards them that are under them, knowing they have also a Master, and therefore give them what libertie may be without sin, even outward libertie, not to keep them continually ⟨p. 101⟩at work, but some times of recreation, some times ²