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instruction_n for_o master_n trader_n laborer_n etc._n etc._n print_a in_o the_o year_n 1699._o instruction_n for_o master_n trader_n laborer_n etc._n etc._n sect_n i._o master_n be_v to_o be_v moderate_a in_o their_o command_n q._n be_v there_o not_o duty_n which_o god_n lay_v upon_o master_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o servant_n a._n every_o state_n have_v particular_a duty_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o none_o can_v be_v a_o good_a christian_a who_o be_v not_o careful_a in_o inquire_v into_o and_o satisfy_v they_o q._n what_o be_v the_o duty_n in_o particular_a belong_v to_o master_n and_o mistress_n in_o relation_n to_o their_o servant_n a._n they_o be_v several_a first_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o authority_n in_o command_v they_o be_v to_o command_v nothing_o that_o be_v sinful_a for_o master_n in_o their_o family_n be_v the_o vicegerent_n of_o god_n they_o ought_v to_o order_n nothing_o contrary_a to_o the_o command_v of_o god_n by_o who_o authority_n they_o act_n and_o if_o 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