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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.
1. Servants must do all the service they owe unto their Masters; not to do one thing, and leave another undone, but, you must obey in all things, i. e. lawful.
2. Servants must not give eye service; That is, only in their Masters sight and presence, but must be as careful of their Masters business in his absence, as if he were looking on them: they must not do their work as those that are serving Men, who cannot always see them, but as the servants of Christ, serve him, who believe, that he always sees them: and, let Servants remember, that though Masters do not always see them, yet God doth.
2. Servants must not give eye service; That is, onely in their Masters sight and presence, but must be as careful of their Masters business in his absence, as if he were looking on them: they must not do their work as those that are serving Men, who cannot alwaies see them, but as the servants of Christ, serve him, who believe, that he alwaies sees them: and, let Servants remember, that though Masters do not alwaies see them, yet God doth.
3. Servants must perform the Works of their Masters service in singleness of heart, with uprightness, and without dissimulation; they must not be hypocrites in Mens service, as they must not in the ⟨p. 213⟩Service of God: Servants must do all from obedience to Gods Commands, and yield therefore obedience to wicked Masters in lawful things, 1 Pet. 2.18. Servants, be subject to your Masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. So, to poor Masters, though they can give them but mean wages.