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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41600	Instructions for apprentices and servants·	Gother, John, d. 1704.	1699 (1699)	Wing G1329EA; ESTC R223704	19,351	57

whatever other Helps they want of God Only let them Remember to add this Instruction to the former Of daily endeavoring to Practice Patience Humility and Meekness amidst the many Trials and Provocations they meet with in their State They cannot fail of meeting some every Day either from those whom they serve or from their Companions and if under these Trials they would be mindful to Humble themselves to suppress all Impatience to avoid Contentions and receive both the Troubles and Difficulties of their Place as from the Hand of God this Practice of Humility Patience and Self-denial would supply all the want of Prayer and set them on forward in their Way to Heaven above any thing else they can possibly do This I most earnestly recommend to Servants because the great Art of Salvation is for all Christians to practice those Virtues which particularly seem to belong to their State and to Advance towards Heaven in that way in which God seems to call them Now as the Rich are to do this by Hospitality and Alms-giving Church men by being true to the Duties of their Function Parents by the Care of their Estate Children and Family the Afflicted and Sick by submitting to their Trouble and Pain so Servants are to do this by bearing the Burthen of their State by Patiently Humbly and Meekly accepting all the Uneasiness of it so that if they cannot Pray give Alms c. like others they have still a way to Heaven as direct as any others and there can be no Miscarriage but because they will not walk in the way belonging to their State and in which God calls them to him SECT VIII Other Duties of Servants in regard of themselves VVHen Servants have learnt the practice of these Rules their Improvement in the Knowledge of God and in the Sense of Eternity will find them daily more Time for Prayer But especially on Sundays and Holy-days when having some Rest from their usual Labors they will be Careful to take the Advantage of such leisure by turning their Thoughts to God and employing some Time in Prayer and the Business of Eternity This is certainly one Duty of Servants as well as of others to sanctifie the Lord's Day as far as their Circumstances will permit by the Worship of God by Prayer and by carrying on the Work of their Salvation And because neither Prayer nor any part of the great Affair of the Soul can be well perform'd without due Instruction in the Christian Doctrin therefore all those Servants who think in earnest of providing for Eternity make this one Business of Sundays and Holy-days to be well Instructed in the Principles of Christian Doctrin This they do by constantly Reading such Books as are proper for this End and by Hearing those who are willing to teach them And if they cannot Read themselves they desire this Charity of others to Read to them take all Opportunities of hearing Instructions and follow such as are willing to give them The Instruction I here speak of is not to be confin'd to Catechisms but extends to all those Books which teach the Practice of a Christian Life The Difficulties and Temptations and Distractions which Servants as well as others must meet with oblige them to Read and Hear such Books or Instructions that by them their Hearts may be rais'd towards God be quicken'd in his Service and be inspir'd with new Resolutions of Fighting against their own Passions and Sin and carefully avoiding all the Occasions of it Those who are not Constant in thus conversing with Good Books Neglect their own Souls and tho' they are never so well Instructed yet if by Reading they do not Revive what they know their Knowledge is not likely to bring forth much Fruit but will be smother'd by the continual Business Snares and Dissipations of Life so as to be in danger of becoming wholly useless in them Hence it must be reckon'd a Fault in Servants on Sundays and Holy-days to Neglect Reading or Hearing others Read what may be for their Instruction and as for such who at that time Contrive purposely to be out of the way to be Sleeping Conversing or running Abroad rather than be employ'd in the manner as the Day requires and is for their Spiritual Good there needs no other Mark to fear the Worst of them for as those Branches which receive no Nourishment from the Root must certainly Wither and Die so those Christians must be in the way of a Spiritual Death who make it a Custom to deny themselves that Nourishment which is Necessary for the Life of the Soul Those then who are subject to this ill Custom thro' Sloth or Neglect must not wonder if their Ignorance be great if their Passions be violent if they are Strangers to Virtue if they are Fond of what is Idle and Vicious for how can it possibly be otherwise since they are careless in making use of those Means by which Knowledge Strength and Grace is to be Communicated to them SECT IX More Duties of Servants in regard of themselves THere is still another General Duty they owe themselves and that is to be watchful against all Corruption and Sin and more especially against that to which they find their Nature most inclin'd whether it be Swearing Lying Back-biting Quarrelling filthy Speaking unbecoming Familiarities or whatever else it be by which God is Offended For since they know there is no place in Heaven for such Sins these must either be Amended or else they must conclude themselves to live in the Displeasure of God and then how vain is the Hope of coming to the Possession of him This Work is not to be effected but by Labor in which they are never to be tir'd and they who Work so hard for Bread and a Poor Salary are not to wonder if Heaven is to Cost them some Pains But one Principal part in this Work consists in avoiding the Occasions of Evil by declining their Conversation who are the Encouragers or Promoters of what is Sinful in them and if it cannot be wholly declin'd in a Family they are at least so to manage their part as neither to Consent to nor Concurr in any thing that is Offensive to God If any Fellow-Servants are subject to Murmur against those who are over them or against the Absent If any are accustom'd to Contentions if any to Spiteful Whisperings or Malicious Suggestions if any to Immoderate Songs or Discourses the others who are present are not any ways to encourage or approve such Sinful Conversation they are not to shew themselves pleas'd with it but are bound to express their dislike of it either by leaving the Company or condemning their Discourse upon the Spot There can be nothing more necessary for so doing but a Good Will and a Good Resolution for tho' there may be greater difficulty in regard of their Betters yet when all are Equals any one may take that Liberty as to reprove whatever is publickly Sinful in the