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

Let every Prentice now among you, Resolve thus, to Do his Master Good and not Hurt, all the Days, of his being so Related. Shall I a little Reason with the Lads? Why, Seven years will not last always; Behave your selves Virtuously, until the Seven years, more or less, be Expired, and so, how meanly soever you may fare, you shall have the Continual Feast of a Good Conscience in you, all the Time of your Prentice ship; and when your Time is out, it is likely that God will multiply His Blessings upon you; Men will Respect you, Employ you, Value you; and at last, when Time shall be no more, Our Lord will set open for you, the Doors of His Heavenly Fathers House, to which you shall be welcomed, with a, Well done, Good and Faithful Servant, Enter into Joy.

Let every Prentice now among you, Resolve thus, to Do his Master Good and not Hurt, all the Dayes, of his being so Related. Shall I a little Reason with the Lads? Why, Seven years will not last alwayes; Behave your selves Vertuously, until the Seven years, more or less, be Expired, and so, how meanly soever you may fare, you shall have the Continual Feast of a Good Conscience in you, all the Time of your Prentice ship; and when your Time is out, it is likely that God will multiply His Blessings upon you; Men will Respect you, Employ you, Value you; and at last, when Time shall be no more, Our Lord will set open for you, the Doors of His Heavenly Fathers House, to which you shall be welcomed, with a, Well done, Good and Faithful Servant, Enter into Joy.

Let every Handmaid, now among you, Resolve thus to Reply unto these things, Behold; the Handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according ⟨p. 52⟩[…] thy Word! There was once, A Little Maid waiting on the Wife of Naaman, who brought the […] where she Served, into such an Acquaintance, with the God of Israel, that they had cause […] praise God for ever, for such a Maiden. One Maid in a House, that shall be a Wise Virgin were, may gloriously Enlighten it. Will you •hen be such prudent, such painful, and such prayerful Maids, and so busily, so thriftily manage the Things committed unto you, and have such a Motherly Regard for the Children which are perhaps to be Tended by you, as that your Mistresses may have cause to count you their Children, rather than their Servants? Even, Maid servants may be among the Daughters, that shall be as Corner Stones in our Houses, and polished for the Building of the Temple.