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Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…
Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolittle.Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolitel.
London: printed by R.I. for J. Johnson, 1666
DIRECTIONS how to live after a wasting PLAGUE. › Part 4 › Section 19
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1Secondly, Servants, if you would live answerably for the Mercy of God, in sparing you, then perform the Duties God requireth at your hands towards your Masters. The Duty of Servants is set down, Eph. 6.5. Servants, be obedient to them that are your Masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as unto Christ. Vers. 6. Not with eye-service, as Men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. Vers. 7. With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to Men. Vers. 8. Knowing, that whatsoever good thing any Man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. To this the Apostle addeth; Servants, obey in all things your Masters, knowing, that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ, Col. 3.22, 23, 24, 25. in both which places the Apostle meets with the usual defects of Servants in their Relation; which are ⟨p. 212⟩1. Half Service. 2. Eye Service. 3. Hypocritical Service. 4. Profaneness in Service. 5. Irreverence in Service. 6. Grudging in Service. 7. Baseness of mind in Service. To these are opposed Service 1. In all things. 2. Not eye-service. 3. In singleness of heart. 4. In the fear of God. 5. Trembling. 6. From the heart, and with good will. 7. A glorious reward.
1Secondly, Servants, if you would live answerably for the Mercy of God, in sparing you, then performe the Duties God requireth at your hands towards your Masters. The Duty of Servants is set down, Eph. 6.5. Servants, be obedient to them that are your Masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as unto Christ. Vers. 6. Not with eye-service, as Men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. Vers. 7. With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to Men. Vers. 8. Knowing, that whatsoever good thing any Man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. To this the Apostle addeth; Servants, obey in all things your Masters, knowing, that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ,