Give them not cause to complain, with Job, I called my Servant, ⟨p. 68⟩and he gave me no Answer. Be not those Eye Servants, that will do their Masters Will, no longer then their Masters Eye is upon them; The All-seeing Eye of the Almighty God is upon you. Transgress not their just Commands, either wilfully, or Carelessly; If you do, the Commands of God are also Transgressed in your Miscarriages. Indeed, if your Masters bid you do an Ill Thing, you must with modest Expostulations, rather Suffer than Obey. But if they bid you do what is Fit and Right, you Sin against God, if you do it not; If they will not obey you, Masters, Turn them out of Doors. Nor is this all that Servants have to do: Servants, you must use all Diligence, and Faithfulness, in your Masters Business. A Slothful Servant is truly called a Wicked Servant. But Eliezer, the Servant of Abraham, would not Eat his Victuals, till his Masters Business were dispatched. Le• your Masters Business be honestly discharged, though you should like Jacob, when a Servant, have your Sleep departing from your Eyes When your Masters do send you, on Errands, Loiter not; Be not Sluggards to them that send ⟨p. 69⟩you. And be the true Sons of Israel; able to say, Thy Servants are True men. Gehazi was a Servant that Lied unto his Master; but God made that Liar to become a Leper. Of all Faults in your Servants, I advise you, Masters, never to let that of Lying be unpunished. But that of Stealing often accompanies it; of which, O Servants, beware; for God will never let That go unpunished▪ I vehemently call upon you, That you never venture to wrong your Masters unto the value of a Penny as long as you Live. Mark it, you'll Entail Eternal Vexations upon you, and God will make you loose a Pound for every penny, whereof you have wronged your Masters. Have you ever purloined from them? Oh, Fly penitently unto the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ for pardon, and make as much Restitution, and as full Reparation, as ever thou canst; or the Jealous God, will never pardon thee, till the Torments of the Damned, have Exacted the utmost Farthing from thee. Servant, Be such a Blessing in thy Masters House, as Joseph was to his. Contrive all the ways imaginable, that thy Master may be ⟨image ?⟩•he better for thee. It may be, thy Master will Bless God for Thee. However […] will Bless thee in thy Serving of him.
Give them not cause to complain, with Job, I called my Servant, ⟨p. 68⟩and he gave me no Answer. Be not those Eye Servants, that will do their Masters Will, no longer then their Masters Eye is upon them; The All-seeing Eye of the Almighty God is upon you. Transgress not their just Commands, either wilfully, or Carelesly; If you do, the Commands of God are also Transgressed in your Miscarriages. Indeed, if your Masters bid you do an Ill Thing, you must with modest Expostulations, rather Suffer than Obey. But if they bid you do what is Fit and Right, you Sin against God, if you do it not; If they will not obey you, Masters, Turn them out of Doors. Nor is this all that Servants have to do: Servants, you must use all Diligence, and Faithfulness, in your Masters Business. A Slothful Servant is truly called a Wicked Servant. But Eliezer, the Servant of Abraham, would not Eat his Victuals, till his Masters Business were dispatched. Le• your Masters Business be honestly discharged, though you should like Jacob, when a Servant, have your Sleep departing from your Eyes When your Masters do send you, on Errands, Loiter not; Be not Sluggards to them that send ⟨p. 69⟩you. And be the true Sons of Israel; able to say, Thy Servants are True men. Gehazi was a Servant that Lyed unto his Master; but God made that Lyar to become a Leper. Of all Faults in your Servants, I advise you, Masters, never to let that of Lying be unpunished. But that of Stealing often accompanies it; of which, O Servants, beware; for God will never let That go unpunished▪ I vehemently call upon you, That you never venture to wrong your Masters unto the value of a Penny as long as you Live. Mark it, you'l Entail Eternal Vexations upon you, and God will make you loose a Pound for every penny, whereof you have wrong'd your Masters. Have you ever purloined from them? Oh, Fly penitently unto the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ for pardon, and make as much Restitution, and as full Reparation, as ever thou canst; or the Jealous God, will never pardon thee, till the Torments of the Damned, have Exacted the utmost Farthing from thee. Servant, Be such a Blessing in thy Masters House, as Joseph was to his. Contrive all the ways imaginable, that thy Master may be ⟨image ?⟩•he better for thee. It may be, thy Master will Bless God for Thee. However 〈…〉 will Bless thee in thy Serving of him.
