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A50469	A present for servants, from their ministers, masters, or other friends, especially in country parishes. Licensed, Jan. 20. 1692.	Mayo, Richard, 1631?-1695.	1693 (1693)	Wing M1529; ESTC R214162	28,409	95

Commandment about the Sabbath was for their Servants as well as themselves He adds this to the Law in one place That thy Man-servant and thy Maid-servant may rest as well as thou Deut. 5.14 This is now the Labourers rest and see you lose not a minute of so precious a time Dispatch your Business the sooner the Night before shake off your Worldly Thoughts and go seasonably to rest that you may not lie abed longer on the Lord's Day Morning than at other times Oh think not when you say you want time to keep a Sabbath in an outward slothful rest as your Horses and other Beasts do Meddle with no worldly Business on this Holy Day but what is of Necessity and count nothing of necessity that hinders the Work of the Day and may be put off till another time If you have Masters that know the Worth of a Sabbath they 'll take care of you especially on this day not only to keep you from all Business that is not suited to the Day but to put you upon all Holy Exercises therein and how sweet is it to see Masters come to the Publick Assemblies furnished with their Train not suffering a Servant that can be spar'd to stay at home or lagg behind And if you have careless Masters that would have you make your visits or go journies on this Day because they cannot spare you on another rather deny your selves the Liberty offer'd you than be depriv'd of the Dearer Liberty of the House of God Above all avoid the prophane Feasts that yet are kept up in some places on the Lord's Day Let no Business of your own hinder you where it may be from attending Forenoon and Afternoon on the Publick Worship and that with Seriousness and Reverence as those that know into whose Presence you are come and beg earnestly for the Power of the Spirit to accompany the Word to your Souls Do not think the Sabbath is ended when the Sermon is done Let no wicked Companions perswade That you may find your own pleasures on this Holy Day Isa 58.13 Remember what an Inlet Sabbath-breaking has been into all Wickedness how many wicked Servants from cheating their Masters have been drawn to other Crimes and on the Gallows confess'd That neglecting and prophaning the Sabbath was the sin that exposed them to those Temptations which brought them thither Be you a Companion of them that fear the Lord and if you have none such to confer with about what you have heard as you go home or when you come there be the more by your selves double all the Spiritual Duties now that you have less time for on other days Be ready to give an account of your profiting if you are so happy as to have Masters that will examine you and count not the Day or the Duties therein a Weariness but call the Sabbath a Delight Admire the Kindness of God to poor Servants in appointing a Day on purpose for that which else you could hardly have found time for Look upon it as the Great Thanksgiving-Day Praise him for all his wondrous Works especially for your Redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ who when He had finished his Suffering-work did rise again from the Dead on the First Day of the Week and set his own Name on that Day That they that are tyred with their Labours all the Week may rest upon it That the meanest of his People may rejoice therein in hopes of an Everlasting Sabbath above where these Earthly Relations will cease and there will be no more Distinction of Master and Servant but all swallowed up in one Spiritual Relation to Him of whom the whole Family in Heaven and Earth is named and in one Holy Service of Praise and Thanksgiving to him that sits upon the Throne and to the Lamb for ever and ever FINIS

Profession They are called so Levit. 25.41 42. and since this you have born his Name and Liv'd in his House and eat of his Bread and pretended to his Wages you have a Work to do and shall at last be called to a Reckoning when the Great Master comes but alas alas How many are there that are the Servants of Christ in Name but really the Servants of Sin all the time For know you not His Servants you are whom you obey Rom. 6.16 Jesus saith unto them Verily verily I say unto you He that committeth sin is the Servant of sin Job 8.34 You your selves were sometimes foolish serving divers Lusts and Pleasures Tit. 3.3 Rom. 6.17 20. 2 Pet. 2.19 You are by nature Slaves in your noblest part to the vilest of Creatures in the basest drudgery How has the Devil made you serve blindfold in Bonds and Chains If you are once made sensible of your case you would sigh and groan to be set at liberty you would be very inquisitive to find out a better place you would long to be directed to some better Service And if so I come to give you notice to my Master who tho' he wants not you nor any Servant that he has is very willing to entertain you in his Service It is an honourable Service and a profitable Service there is no such Master no such Wages to be had any where else Our Lord Jesus Christ offers to stand in many near relations to you and you that know what it is to go to Service should know upon what terms you may become the Servants of Christ See then 1. That you give up your selves to God and our Lord Jesus Christ by a solemn Covenant and Contract It is by Contract that you are Servants in the places where you live you knew what you did when you were hir'd upon what terms you took the Earnest Now Why stand you all the day idle Why are your Souls so long out of the Service of so great so good a Master Say not No Man has hir'd us I this Day call and invite you into the Family of God the Houshold of Faith Will you accept of his terms and consent to the Covenant He stands not with you upon the rigorous terms of the Covenant of Works He has admitted a Surety who has satisfy'd the Demands of Justice and purchas'd most excellent terms of Grace for you And now what does the Lord thy God require of thee He expects that you renounce your former Masters He will have all his Servants be for him and not for another no Man can serve two Masters He expects that you should reverence his Son that being ransom'd from your Slavery and bought with the price you should depend on his Merits and submit to his Will and serve him in your Souls and Bodies which are his Now who is He that engageth his heart to approach to God Have you considered his terms You must for sake your Father's House and your own People The divers Lusts and Pleasures which you formerly served must be entirely and eternally abandoned you must renounce your vain Confidences and submit to his righteousness you must deny your own Wills and stoop to his Word you must give up your Selves Souls and Bodies to be rul'd by him as ever you hope to be sav'd by him Do you now like his terms If you say No as the Lord liveth He will come down no lower Wherefore yield your selves unto the Lord as you have yielded your members Servants of iniquity unto iniquity so now yield your members Servants of righteousness unto holiness I know it must be the Finger of God that must turn about your Hearts and make you willing to his Contract And who knows but it may be the day of his power to some poor Souls Wherefore ponder upon your state by nature till you are deeply affected with your former slavery let the making of this Contract be look'd upon as the most solemn transaction of your Lives Get into a corner and count the cost He sees you as he did Nathanael as some think about the same work under the Fig-tree Reckon upon bearing the burden and heat of the day upon storms and many a cold blast in your Faces beg as for your Lives the assistance of his Spirit and let each of you take to himself words and say Other Lords have had Dominion over me but I am thy Servant truly I am thy Servant I put my self under the wings of the God of Israel I will never be the World 's again nor Sin 's nor Satan's any more I am thine and thou art mine Amen And the Lord God of Israel say so too Being thus hired you must see then 2. That you diligently apply your selves to know and do the will of your Master Being bound you must obey having open'd your mouths unto the Lord you cannot go back You are in for your Lives yea for ever and ever You must have your ear bor'd to the Posts of the Door and say I love my Master and will never depart from him You must chiefly delight in the inward part of your work but baulk no duty for any difficulty or danger that you may meet with therein You must not be quarreling with your Fellow-Servants when you should be at work but do all you do as approving your selves to the eye of your Master You must depend on the strength of Christ in all the Service you perform and when you have done all must count your selves unprofitable Servants and look only to his Grace and Merits for Pardon and Acceptance Nor shall you ever say that He is a hard Master reaping where he did not sow and gathering where he did not strow You shall have no occasion to liken him to the Egyptian Task-Masters that required Brick but gave no Straw He is neither Tyrannical in his Commands nor niggardly in his Encouragements He is not difficult to be pleased nor will he always chide He stands not upon legal perfection but admits of Repentance and Sincerity He offers his assistance that you may do all through Christ strengthening you He allows you to look to the recompence of reward that you may go the more chearfully on as those that know that your labour shall not be in vain in the Lord. 2. The next Duty of Servants is to improve the time of youth and strength The usual time of going to Service is in the younger years in that Age only are they thought fit for the Service of Men Oh let not the main work then be neglected in it To this purpose I commend to Servants these two Considerations 1. How advantageous a time the youthful Age is and what pity it is so free a time should be lost an Age in which God usually lays hold on the hearts of those whom he brings home to himself and in which Conversion is much easier like the bending of a tender Twig than when some old knotty Root is to