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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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(1.) In obeying his Master in licitis & honestis, in things that are lawful and honest. 1 Pet. 2.18. Servants be subject to your Masters; not only to the Good and Gentle, but also to the Froward. God hath no where given you a Charter of Exemption to free you from your Duty. You cannot disobey your Earthly Master, but you disobey your Master in Heaven. Think not that Birth, or High Parts, no nor yet your Grace, will exempt you from Obedience to your Master. To obey him, is an Ordinance of God; and the Apostle saith, Whosoever resisteth the Ordinance, shall receive to themselves Damnation, Rom. 13.2.
(2.) The Servants honouring of his Master (his Economical Father) is seen in being diligent in his Service. Apelles painted a Servant with his Hands full of Tools, an Emblem of Diligence. The loitering Servant is a kind of Thief, tho he doth not steal from his Master Goods, yet he steals that Time which he should have employed in his Masters Service. The slothful Servant is called a Wicked Servant, Matth. 25.26.
(2.) The Servants honouring of his Master (his Oeconomical Father) is seen in being diligent in his Service. Apelles painted a Servant with his Hands full of Tools, an Emblem of Diligence. The loytering Servant is a kind of Thief, tho he doth not steal from his Master Goods, yet he steals that Time which he should have employed in his Masters Service. The slothful Servant is called a Wicked Servant, Matth. 25.26.