A good master well served. A brief discourse on the necessary properties & practices…

And, I beseech you that are Masters, to forgive in your Servants any Fault sooner than, a Lye; but let that Fault Never, I say, Never go Unpunished. There was once an Atheistical Servant, who would go to put a Sham upon his Master, with a Lye; his Master called him to an account, where he had been, and he falsely said, in 2 King 5.25. Thy Servant went no whither: but you have heard what became of that Servant; the Liar was made a Leper for ever. If you durst offer a Lye unto your Masters, to Excuse or Cover any thing amiss, I will say, What shall be done to thee, thou false Tongue? False Wretch; How will thou bear the wrath of God, when thou shalt cry for a Drop of Water to Cool the •o•menting Inflammations, of that lying Tongue?

And, I beseech you that are Masters, to forgive in your Servants any Fault sooner than, a Lye; but let that Fault Never, I say, Never go Unpunished. There was once an Atheistical Servant, who would go to put a Sham upon his Master, with a Lye; his Master call'd him to an account, where he had been, and he falsely said, in 2 King 5.25. Thy Servant went no whither: but you have heard what became of that Servant; the Lyer was made a Leper for ever. If you durst offer a Lye unto your Masters, to Excuse or Cover any thing amiss, I will say, What shall be done to thee, thou false Tongue? False Wretch; How will thou bear the wrath of God, when thou shalt cry for a Drop of Water to Cool the •o•menting Inflammations, of that lying Tongue?

But you are to be True in your Works also. ⟨p. 44⟩And here, as you must beware of Betraying the Secrets of your Masters, or injuring the Nests where you lodge, thus you must beware of Impairing their Estates We read of a Servant in Luk. 16. 6,7. Who basely Defrauded his Master, of no less then Twenty, yea, Fifty Per Cent but however the Forecast of such a Servant, was Parabolically once improved in a Discourse of our Lord, yet the Stealing was Damnable and Horrible. Servants, In the Name of the God, who is of Purer Eyes than to behold Evil, or look upon Iniquity, I do Vehemently Warn every one of you, to take heed of Wronging your Masters unto the Value of a Penny as long as you live. Never Give to Others, Never Take to your selves, of your Masters Goods, without their Leave, unto the Value of a Farthing. Mark what I say; By every Act of Dishonesty towards your Masters, you do but Entail Everlasting Disasters upon your own Affairs. Probably your own Affairs will afterwards be so unsuccessful, that you shall see, you have Impoverished your selves a Pound, by every Shilling, whereof you have Robd your Masters in such Pranks of Dishonesty Unprosperous Dealers there are, that will never Thrive. Why not? Because they have heretofore Cheated those that Emloy'd them, and the Lasting and Wasting Vengeance of God will still haunt them for it. Or, […] it should not be so, yet by this Dishonesty you will give Incredible Wounds unto your own