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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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(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.
(3.) The Servant is to Honour his Master, who is his Family-Father, by being Faithful. Matth. 24.45. Who then is a faithful and wise Servant. Faithfulness is the chief thing in a Servant. This Faithfulness in a Servant is seen in Six things.
First, In Tenaciousness, in concealing the Secrets your Master hath entrusted you with: If those Secrets are not Sins, you ought to promise Privacy. What is whispered in your Ear, you are not to publish on the House-top. Such Servants are Spies. Who would keep a Glass tkat is cracked? Who would keep a Servant that hath a Crack in his Brain, and cannot keep a Secret?