for frontelettes betweene thine eyes 9 Brieflie write them on the postes of thine house and on thy gates Contrarie to this is firste that they are vtterlie negligente and ignorant how they should doo this Thâ—n that some presume aboue this rule and goe beyonde their calling and especiallie that their houshold is not trained by this meanes nor made fit for the publike ministerie and to amende their liues by such christian exercises Instruction drawen from Gods workes is by applying the workes of God paste or presente to mooue them the better to confidence and truste in God by workes of his mercie to feare to offende God by workes of his iustice and so to sowe the verye seede of true religion and good conscience in them Gen. 18. 19. When as I haue knowen him should I not reueale it for this cause that he may commande his children and hoâ—sholde after him that they keepe the way of the Lorde by exercising iustice and iudgement that the Lorde may performe vnto Abraham that which he hath promised vnto him The duetie which respecteth the publike ministerie Double Firste concerning the obteyning of it The seconde concerning the vse of it First concerâ—ing the obteyning of iâ— they must if it be possible in their place calling adioyne them to a set ministerie if not to bâ—stâ—we at least the Sabboth dayes yea other also in seeking to the Ministers and Prophetes of God to heare the worde of God This is manifest firste Because we must firste seeke the kingdome of God whereof this is a parte Esa 32. 1. Beholde a King shall rule iustlie and excellent ones shall gouerne according to the rule the eyes of them who see shall not winke but the eares of them who heare shall hearken the minde of the â—astie shall vnderstande knowledge and the tounge of the stutterer shall readilye speake shining things When Sauiors to wit ministers of the doctrine of salvation shall ascende in the mountayne of the Lorde to iudge the mountayne of Esau the kingdome shalbe to the Lorde Hobâ—d 21 Diuers administrations but one Lorde 1. Cor. 12 We are the Embassadours of Christe to beseeche you to be reconciled 2. Cor. 5. Secondlie it is the ordinarie meanes to begette and nourishe faith in vs. Howe can they beleeue except they heare howe can they heare without a Preacher howe can hee preache without he be sente Rom. 10. He hath giuen Pastors and Doctors for the gathering togither of the Church the worke of the ministerie and building them vp to a perfect age in Christ that they bee not as children wauering and caried about with euerie winde of doctrine Ephe. 4. Attende to reading exhortation and doctrine in these continue in these things be for in so dooinge thou shalt saue thy selfe and others 1. Tim. 4. Secondly because it is the greatest blessing to haue it and the greatest plague to wante it Iere. 23. hauing threatened them that they feede not the people he saith after I will gather the rest of my sheepe out of all the lande whither I had driuen them and I will bring theÌ„ backe vnto their sheepecoâ—â—s where they shal multiplie and mâ—â—ease and I will set ouer them Pastors whiche shall feede them so that they shall feare no more nor shalbe wanting saieth the Lorde Iere. 3. I will bring you to Syon where I will giue you Pastors after my harte who shall feede you with knowledge and vnderstanding God will giue you in deede the bread of affliction water of oppression but none of thy Teachers shall â—shut vp any more in a corner but thy eyes shall see thy teachers and thy eares shall heare a voyce behinde vs saying Heare is the way walke in it Esa 30. 20. A famine not of breade nor a thirst of water but hearing the worde of the Lorde c. Mat. 8. But when he sawe the multitude he had compassion on them because they were dispersed and scattered abroade as sheepe hauinge no shephearde Then he saide Surely the haruest is great but the labourers fewe c. Which sheweth how miserable they are which want this benefite It alloweth also this duetie of seeking 2. Kin. 4. 22. And he saide wherfore wilt thou go to him meaning the Prophet to day It is neither â—â—w Moâ—nâ— nor Sabboth day Which sheweth that in the scarcitie of the preaching ministerie they went on those dayes to the Prophetes to heare the worde of God The seconde duetie is to cause them to doo that which is commaunded them in the thirde CoÌ„mand to that purpose Which although it be not proper to this place yet for the simpler sorte it is thus set downe First to prepare theÌ„selues to the preaching of the worde by coÌ„sideration of Gods ordinance promise and their corruption so that laying aside all superstuitie of euill that they â—aye with meekenes receyue the word Iam. 1. 17. Luc. 8. 8. Take heede therefore howe yee heare for whosoeuer hath it shalbe giuen vnto him and who so hath not euen that which he seemeth to haue shalbe taken from him And for the Sacraments to consider Gods institution their ministerie his mercie in Christ their faith their repentance and their wantes and so seeking the assurance of grace of reconciliation and comforte to come vnto the table of the Lorde 1. Cor. 11. 28. But let euery one proue him selfe and so let him eate of that breade and drinke of that cuppe Esa 1. 16. Washe your selues purifie your selues put away the wickednes of your actions and cease to do euill before mine eyes Esa 66. 2 But vpon hint doo I looke that is poore and contrite in spirite and trembleth at my wordes Mat. 5. 23 Therefore if thou hast brought thy gifte to the altar and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee 24 Leaue there thy gifte before the altar and goe thy wayes Firste he reconciled to thy brother and then come offer thy gifte Secondlie in the workes themselues with reuerence and vnderstanding to heare receyue the worde to be touched according to the matter and with ioye and assuâ—aÌ„ce of faith receyue solace and increase of grace by the right vse of the Sacramentes after to call to minde trie by the scripture things deliuered and so hold fast the good and to applie the comfort of the Sacraments vnto all temptations afterwarde Psal 78 1. Heare my doctrine Oâ—ny people incline thine â—are to the wordes of my mouth Nehe. 8. 10. After Nehemiah said to wit the Kings Embassadour and Ezra the Priest and Scribe and the Leuites teathing the people vnto all the people This is the day sanctified vnto the Lord your god mourne not neither weepe for all the people wept when they â—oarde the wordes of the Law 1. Thes 1. 5. Because our Gospell abode wiâ—h you not in speache onâ—y but also in power both in the holy Ghoste as also with much sure persuasion as ye haue knowen what maner of men we haue bin amongest
you for your sakes Mat. 26. And when they had song a Psalme they went out into the mounâ— Oliueâ— 1. Thes 5. 20. Quenche not the spirite Set not light by preaching Trie all things Holde faste that which is good For obedience of life it behoueth them to teache them call on them and see theÌ„ doo this which they learne that the publike ministerie and priuate vse of the worde be not contemned neglected vnprofitable vnto them and so god prouoked not only against their familie but also the Church of which they are CoÌ„trarie to this is that men both themselues and their families go to the publike ministerie as to a common matter let it fall after to the grounde without anie lookinge into the certaintie of doctrine the power and practise of it and some with the ministerie of the worde become worse both they and their housholdes then those which neuer hearde it Exod. 13. 1. And declare vnto thy sonne in that day saying For this hath the Lorde done these thinges vnto mee when I wente out of Egipte 9 So shall it be vnto thee for a signe vppon thine hande and for a monunâ—ente betweene thine eyes that the doctrine of the Lorde may be in thy mouth to witt that the Lorde with a strong hande brought thee out of Egipt Which with the reste of the Lawe sheweth that aâ— those times this must be done and that so throughlie that this worke by this meanes may be a liuelie signe and the doctrine be so vnderstood that it may more fruitefullie and liuelie be communicated by conference one to another Also Act. 10. 24. And the other day after they entred into Caesarea And Cornelius wayted for them hauinge gathered togither his kinsemen and speciall friendes Nehe. 8. 13. And all the people came to eate and to drinke and to sende porâ—ions and to make great ioye because they vnderstoode those wordes whiche they had made knowen vnto them 1. King 13. 31. And iâ— came to passe after they had buried him that he gaue coÌ„mandement vnto his sonnes saying When I shalbe dead burie me likewise in this seâ—ulchre in the which that man of God is buried place my bones besides his bones 33 For surelie the things whiche he hath foreshewed by the worde of the Lorde against the altar which is in Bethel and againste all the highe places whiche are in the Cities of Schomâ—m shall come to passe Iob the first chap. v. 5. After it came to passe when they had fnished the dayes of the banket that Iob sent and fanctisyed them and rising earelie he offered a sacrifice according to the number of them all For Iob sayde Peraduenture my sonnes haue sinned or cursed God in their harte So Iob did euerie of those dayes Which sheweth he called on them to do their dueties in sanctifyinge them selues and their families and preparing them according to the manner prescribed The dueties in reforming are those dueties whereby they must laboure to reforme euery thing amisse which is espied for Gods glorie and their good and least it creepe further Contrarie to this is that many corruptions are not accompted of that they are winked at Iob. 1. 5. Psal 101. 3. 4. 5. I Will not set before mine eyes a wicked thinge I hate the workes of those that decline it shall not cleaue vnto mee A frowarde minde shall departe from mee I will not acknowledge euill That tounge that priuelie hurteth his neighbour I will cutte out Him that is proude in looke and swelling in minde I can not suffer The rule of this must be the meaning of the tenne commaundementes whiche because it is necessarie for the simple though not so proper for this place it is brieflie set downe They shall suffer none in their house vnreformed whiche A eyther in iudgement is knowen to erre from the trueth of the worde of God or in manners from the practise of the same But if any B delighte in the ignorance of God be carelesse to approue him selfe as one that C wholy dependeth on him loueth him feareth him feareth him reuerenceth him laboureth to approue all his wayes before him D If anie be giuen to Idolatrie snperstition c. and careth not in euery parte of the worship of God to followe his reuealed will or if in the partes commaunded he appeare negligent and colde E Or to put them to anie other vse then is commaunded or be giuen to images superstitiouse monumentes customes occasions or such like If anie dishonour the Name of God eyther F in the vnreuerent vsing or abusing or peruerting and not vsing with that preparation before feeling at the present time fruite after which is prescribed his citles G worde H SacrameÌ„ts I works And if any K prophane his Sabboth by vayne pastimes going to playes or giue L not him selfe to the exercises appointed on that daye out of the worde M If anye neglecte especiall dueties towardes their equalles N superiour or inferiour in yeares giftes authoritie as Maisters Parentes Magistrates Ministers seruantes children or people If any declare not a conscience to flee O euill anger malice contention quareling fighting or anie hurting of the person of a man eyther in soule or bodie not being carefull to succour the same accordinge to his calling P If anie be founde vnchaste in bodie wordes countenance or gesture vntemperate in dyet in apparell dissolute not caringe to maintayne the contrarie holynes in him selfe and others Q If any care not for the goods of another man but by falsehoode fllatterie oppression c. diminishe the same R If he be negligent in increasing of his owne by honeste and lawful meanes if he mispende it in cardes dice gaming c. S If any care not to mayntayne the good name of others but be giuen vnto vnnecessarie blasing of other mens infirmities by lying slaundering backebiting taunting c. T V If any shew him selfe carelesse to restrayne the motions and entisementes vnto sinne and the Iustes of the same Then they shall vse the meanes following to redresse them The dueties which are to be applied to this rule are these Those which they must do by themselues Those which they must procure to be done by others Iam. 5. 15. And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lord shall rayse him vp and if he haue committed sinne they shalbe forgiuen him As this must be done for him in sicknes so in health and as in this cause so in any other of the like nature The dueties they must doo by them selues must haue two properties They must be done with wisedome fitte for those dueties Pacientie fitte Wisedome is that the causes may be throughlie sifted and soundlie reproted out of the worde of God According vnto this wisedome also vntill a fitter occasion this duetie may be let passe and with keeping the authoritie of the chiefe of the familie be winked at for a time Eccles 7. 21. Applie not thy minde vnto all the wordes that are
keeper is diligent in vayne 2 Let them be in vayne vnto you which rise beâ—â—mes which sitte downe stowelie which arâ—â—edde with the meate of sorrowes so he giueth sleepe to his beloued Psal 55. 18. In the euening and morning and aâ— none dayes will I me litaâ—e and make a noyse vntill he hath hearde my voyce 1. â—im 4. 4 For what soeuer God hath created is good neyther is any thing to be refused if it be taken with thankesgiuing Luke 22. 17. And he tooke the cuppe and when he had giuen thankes he saide Take this and â—eâ—ide it amongest you So Abrahams seruaunt sayde Gen. 24 12. O Lorde GOD of my maister Abraham cause I beseeche thee that it come vnto me this daye and exercise this goodnes towardes my maister Abraham 48 And I bowed downe and worshipped the Lorde and blessed the Lorde God of my maister Abraham because he had brought me by the right waye to take my maisters brother daughter for his Sonne And vpon anie great iudgement on the familie Church or common wealth to directe them in fastinges and prayers with readings meditations and vse of the worde as may serue to giue especiall cause of humblinge and especiall cause of comfort fitte for that worke Hest 4 16. Goe gather togither all the Iewes which are at Susis and faste for mee and neyther eate nor drinke these three dayes night noâ— daye I likewise and my maydes will faste so at length I will goe in to the King whiche is not according to the commaundement and when I shall perishe I will perishe Nehem 1. 4. And it came to passe when I hearde these wordes I sate downe and wepte and mourned certayne dayes in whiche I fasted and prayed before the God of heauen 5 And I saide I beseeche thee O Lorde God of heauen most stronge God greatest and chiefely to be feared Keeping couenaunt and mercie to them that loue him and keepe his commaundementes 6 Let thine eare be attentiue and thine eyes be open to hearken to the which I praye before thee at this time daye and night for the Izraelites thy seruauntes and I confesse the sinnes of the Izraelites wherewith we haue sinned against thee I also and the house of my fathers haue sinned c. For as it is their duetie in their own priuate faste to doo this by them selues so to directe others in the same when they doo it with them Contrarie to this is the vnchristian prophanenes in suche cases Also the vnchristian shamefastnes of some and common negligence in others in these dueties Such as they must performe vnto them are dueties of instruction Reforming Pro. 13. 24. He which keepeth backe his rodde hateth his sonne but hee whiche loueth him doeth giue him instructions betimes Pro. 15. 32. He which withdraweth him selfe from instruction despiseth his soule but he that harkeneth vnto rebuke possesseth his soule The dueties of instruction are that by a familiar and most playne manner of teaching they may growe in the knoweledge of that trueth which is according to godlines Gene. 18 19. When as I haue knowen him shoulde I not reueale it for this cause that hee may commaunde his children and houshold after him that they may keepe the way of the Lorde by exercising righteousnes and iudgement and that the Lorde may performe vnto Abraham that which he hath promised vnto him Gene 14 14 When Abraham had hearde that his kinsman was taken he armed his men instructed 318. and followed them vnto Dan. Deut. 20. 21. They are for Continuall daylie instruction That which respecteth the publike ministerie Exod. 12. 25. 26. Let it be therefore when ye shall come into the lande which the Lorde shall giue vnto you as he hath saide and shall obserue this worshippe Lette it be I saye when your children aske pou What signifieth this worship vnto you that ye saye It is the Sacrifice the Passeouer of the Lorde who passing by the houses of the children of Israel in Egipte when he slâ—we the Egiptians he deliuered our families Exod. 13. 14. And let it be when thy sonne shall aske thee hereafter saying What meaneth this that thou saye vnto him With a stronge hande hath the Lorde brought vs out of Egipt out of the house of seruauntes For it came to passe when Paâ—ho shewed himselfe cruell in letting vs goe that the Lorde slewe euerie firste borne of men vnto the firste borne of beastes Therefore I kill vnto the Lorde the males of all that open the wombe but euery firste borne of my children I redeeme Dueties for dailie instruction are Instruction out of the Scriptures Instruction drawen from Gods workes Psalm 87. 1. Receyue with your eares my people my doctrine incline your eare vnto the wordes of my mouth 2 I will open my mouth in a parable I will powre foorth hidde things whiche HAVE BIN OF OLDE TIME 3 Which wee haue hearde and knowen as our Elders haue tolde vnto vs 4 We will not hide it from their children the after generation 5 Being about to declare the prayses of the Lorde his might and his wonders which he hath done For he hath set a testimonie in Iahhaâ—ob and put a lawe in Israel which he commanded our Elders to make knowen to their children 6 That the after generation the sonnes which should be borne rising vppe might declare it to their sonnes 7 And they may set their hope on God nor might forget the workes of the strong God but keepe his coÌ„maunpementes 8 Nor that they be not as their elders a stubburne and rebellious generation a generation which hath not prepared their minde and whose spirite was not constant towardes the stronge God Instruction out of the Scripture is by the dailie readinge of the same with them both to make them acquainted with the course of them so that they maye marke the same for their better profiting by the allegations of the publike ministerie and also to referre those thinges which are playne and easie or which they haue learned from the publike ministerie vnto such playne instruction as they instructed may vnderstand and knowe howe to bring it in vse 2. Tim. 3. 15. Thou haste knowen the Scriptures from a childe which can not be spoken of a through knowledge no not such as belongeth to the olde men who shoulde be sounde in faith much lesse suche as belongeth to a Minister but such as this in being made acquainted with it and caused to marke as he was able the course of it and to learne for vse and practise suche as his parentes were able to note vnto him and he fitte to receyue by dailie practise Deut. 6. 6. And let these wordes which I commaunded hee this daye be in thy harte 7 And put them pearcinglie into the children and speake of them when thou â—ittest at thine house when thou walkest by ante waye when thou liest dowâ—e and when thou risest vppe 8 Also buylde them for a signe vppon thine hande and let them be
doore of the Tente and bowed him selfe to the earth And he saide My Lordes If newe I haue founde fauour in thyne eyes passe not I praye thee from thy seruaunt 4 Let there nowe be taken a litle water and washe your feete and sitte downe vnder this tree 5 In the meane time I will take and bringe a morsell of breade and refreshe your harte afterwarde yee shall goe forwarde seeing that for this cause you passe by your seruaunte which sayde Doo so as thou haste spoken 6 Therefore Abraham going hastilie into the Tente vnto Sara sayde Make readie at once three measures of corne Take fine meale kneade it and make kakes baked vnder the ashes 7 But Abraham running to the hearde tooke a sucking calfe tender good and gaue it to a seruaunte whiche made haste to prepare it 8 Therefore takinge butter and milke and the calse which he had prepared he set them before them who did eate he standing by them vnder the same tree Gene. 19. 1. And those two Aungels comming vnto Sodome in the eueninge Lott sate at the gate of Sodome whom when Lot sawe he risinge wente to meete them and bewed him selfe with his face to the grounde 2 And hee sayde Beholde nowe my Lordes turne I praye you into the house of your seruaunte and washe your feete after rising in the morninge ye shall goe your waye Whiche saide Not so we pray thee for we can lodge all night in the streetes 3 But when he was instant vpon them exceeding lie they turning vnto him entred into his house which made them a banket and did bake vnleauened breade and they did eate 1. Tim. 5. 10. Being decked with a fit testimonie in good workes if she haue brought vp her children if she haue bin har â—erous if she hath washed the Saintes feete if shee haue succoured the afflicted if shee haue followed euery good worke diligentlie The other is as occasion serueth mutuallie to edifie one another by callinge to minde Gods workes mutuall instructions and exhortations Also by bringinge them to the publike seruice of GOD and causing them to keepe with them the Sabboth as appeareth by the example aboue And Rom. the firste Chap. the 10. verse Alwayes in my prayers beseechinge that if by any meanes â—t length a prosperous iourneye by the will of God might be giuen mee to come vnto you 11 For I long to see you that I mighte imparte vnto you a spiritual gifte that you may be established Contrarie to this is nigardlines such as was in Nabal in receyuing of guestes Also suffering God to be dishonoured his word or Sabboth neglected or anie such abuse to be committed by their guestes not labour by good meanes to amende them or remoue them from the familie And hitherto of the chiefe of the familie and their dueties as are generall to all Nowe for the moste parte the chiefe of the familie are maried folke and so in common the gouernours of the house They are called maried folkes because of the bande of Mariage Mariage is that ioyninge of one man and one woman togither by the couenaunt of God that they may be one fleshe vntill they ende their life Gene. 2. 24. Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother and cleane to his wise and they shalbe one fleshe Leuit. 18. 18. Take not one woman vnto another to vexe her by vncouering the shame of her that is married vppon this in her life Pro. 2. 17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth and forgetteth the couenaunt of her God Mala. 2. 14. But you saye Wherefore Because the Lorde hath witnessed betweene thee and the wise of thy youth against whom thou doest vnfaithfullie yet shee is thy companion and wife couenaunted vnto thee 1. Cor. 7. 30. The wife is bounde by the lawe as longe as her husbande liueth but if her husbande be dead shee is free to marie vnto whom she will onelie in the Lorde Rom 7. 1. Knowe ye not brethren for I speake to them that knowe the lawe that the lawe doeth beare rule ouer a man as long as he liueth 2 For the woman being subiecte vnto the man being aliue is bounde by the Lawe but if her husbande be dead she is deliuered from the lawe of the man 3 Therefore whilest the man liueth she shalbe called an adulteresse if she become another mans but if her husband be dead she is free from the lawe that shee is not an adulteresse though she become another mans To be one fleshe by a parte put for the whole is that most neare and holy societie with the power and vse of the bodies one of another in puritie wherby the man in an especiall manner is become the heade of the wife and the wise another helpe vnto the husbande likewise Gene. 2. 18. And the Lorde sayde It is not good that man should be alone I will make him an helpe meete for him Pro. 2. 17. Which forsaketh the guyde of her youth and forgetteth the couenant of her God Mat. 19. 6. Therefore they are no more two but one fleshe that therefore which GOD hath ioyned togither let no man separate Ephe. 5. 31. Therefore shall man leaue father and mother and shalbe ioyned to his wife and they which were two shall become one fleshe Therefore in the whole gouernement of the familie The husbande is the chiefe or foregouernour The Wife is a fellow helper To be a foregouernour is in the whole administration of housholde gouernement to be ouer all persons and matters in the house and euen the wife 1. Tim. 3. 5. For if any man knoweth not howe to gouerne his owne house howe shall heâ— care for the Church of God And to looke as the chiefe honor to all reuenewes the estate of the good thinges of this life especiallie to care for the keeping increasing of it Diligentlie knowe the estate of thy heardes c. Pro. 27. 23. To be a fellowe helper is to yeelde helpe to her husbande especiallie as home in all the matters of the familie 1. Tim. 5. 14. I will therefore that the youger women marrie and bringe forth children and gouerne the house and giue no occasion vnto the aduersarie to speake euill Tit. 2. 5. That they â—â— temperate pure tarying at home good subiecte to their husbandes least that the worde of God be blasphemed Iudg. 5. 24. Blessed be Iahell the wife of Chebar the Kenite before all women Let her be blessed before the women which abide in tentes Pro. 31. 5. Who shall finde a woman of strength seeing her price farre exceedeth the Carbuncles 12 Shee doeth him good and not euill all the dayes of her life Gene. 18. 6. Therefore Abraham going hastilie into the tente vnto Sarah saide Make readie at once three measures of corne take fine meale kneade it and make kakes breade vnder the ashes 7 And Abraham running vnto the heard tooke a suckinge calfe tender and good and gaue it vnto a seruaunt
is to relieue and maintayne them or any other which is knitte vnto them in any especiall care and duetie as farre as their abilitie or duetie towardes the wife and care of the familie will suffer Contrarie to this is contempte of your parentes greeuing of them neglecting to helpe and succour them c. 1. Tim. 5. 4. But if anie widdowe haue children or Nephewes let them learne firste to shewe godlines towardes their owne house and to recompence their kindred for that is an honest thing and acceptable before God Mat. 15. 4. For God hath commaunded saying Honour thy father and thy mother and hee that curseth his father or mother let him dye the death 5 But ye saye who soeuer shall saye to father and mother by the gifte that is offered by mee thou mayest haue profite 6 Though he honour not his father or his mother shalbe free thus haue you made the commaundement of God of no authoritie by your traditions Gene. 47. 12. And Ioseph nourished his Father and his brethren and all the housholde of his father with meate as putting it into the mouth of children The especiall dueties of seruauntes is to doe all things which their maister shall according to Gods will giue them in charge Col. 3. 22. Seruauntes be obedient vnto them that are your maisters according to the fleshe in all thinges not with eye seruice as men pleasers but in singlenes of harte fearing Goda Luke 17. 7. Who is it also of you that habing a seruaunt plowing or feeding cattell would saye vnto him by and by when he were come from field goe and sitte downe at the table 8 And would not rather saye vnto him Dresse where with I may suppe and girde thy selfe and serue mee till I haue eaten and drunken and after eate thou and drinke thou 9 Doeth he thanke that seruaunt because he did that which was commaunded him I trowe not Contrarie to which is that some will doo one thing onely at this time which pleaseth him The maner of doing this hath two partes Diligence Faithfulnes Tit. 2. 9. Let seruauntes be subiect to their maisters and please them in all things not aunswering agayne neyther pickers but that they shewe all good faithfulnes that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things Their diligence is in a single harte as to the Lorde not only by laboure and trauaile but prayer religious care and all good meanes to performe the things layde on them CoÌ„trarie to this is eye seruice Col. 3. 22. Seruaunts be obedient vnto them that are your maisters according to the fleshe in all things not with eye seruice as men pleasers but with singlenes of hart fearing God 23 And whatsoeuer ye do do it hartily as to the Lorde and not vnto men Ephe. 6. 5. Seruauntes be obedient vnto them that are your maisters according to the fleshe with feare and trembling in singlenes of your hartes aâ— vnto Christe 6 Not with seruice to the eye as men pleasers but as the seruauntes of Christe dooinge the will of God from the harte 7 With good will seruing the Lorde and not men Gen. 24. 9. Therefore the seruaunt putting his hande vnder his thigh sware vnto him concerning this matter 10 Afterwarde the seruaunt tooke tenne Camels of the camels of his maisters that he might go on his iourney for he had all the goods of his maister in his hand And rising he wente vnto Siria betweene the riuers vnto the citie of Nachor 11 Where causing the Camels to rest without the Citie beside a well of water in the euening at what time the woman came forth to drawe 12 And he sayde O Lorde God of my Maister Abraham bring to passe I pray thee that it may come to passe vnto me this day and shewe this mercie vnto my maister Abraham 26 And he enclined his face to the grounde and bowed him selfe to the Lorde saying Blessed be the Lorde of my maister Abraham whiche hath not lefte his mercie and faithfulnes towardes my maister His diligeÌ„ce also appeared greatlie when he said I will not eate till I haue spoken my wordes or matter ver 33. and in making speede he sayde Staye me not seeing the Lord hath prospered my waye Sende me backe that I may goe vnto my Lorde c. Faythfulnes is in their labour and â—darges to seeke the vttermost they can the commoditie and benefite of their Maisters Contrarie to which is picking turning an other waye in banketing feasting riotte c. This appeareth most liuelie in the description which Iacob doeth make of his faithfull seruice to Laban This is the twentieth yeare since I haue bin with you thy sheepe and thy goates haue not lefte their yonge and the Rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten The torne I brought not vnto thee but made it good my selfe at my hande thou diddest require it Likewise the stolen by day and the stolen by night I was about my worke when the heate consumed me by daye and the frost by night and sleepe departed from myne eyes Gene. 31. 38. 39. 40. And thus much for the order of Housholde which is prescribed by the worde of God The resolution and interpretation of the Lordes prayer out of Mat. 6. 9. and Luke 11. 2. OVr Sauiour Christ being both desired of his Disciples to be taught how to praye and hauing reproued the abuse of vnnecessarie and vayne repetitions of one and the same thing giueth his Disciples commandement to pray as he taught theÌ„ in this prayer Saying praye thus and when you praye saye Our Father c. that is let the things which you require and giue thanks for the difference which you make of the thinges and the affections wherewith you praye be no other then are conteyned here This forme or paterne or rule of prayer hath two partes The firste is An entrance or preparation to the same The second is The prayer it selfe The entrance doeth conteyne such a description of God as is meete for vs whensoeuer we adresse our selues to prayer to haue feeling of in our hartes It is disposed in an Axiome or sentence copulatiue or coupling The first reason is from the adioint of relation Our Father which is adorned with that manner of exclamation which vttereth a familiar affection as My Father my sonne Gen. 22. 7. So that we must in the assured feeling of faith according to the spirit of adoption and sanctification crie vnto God as our merciful father through Iesus Christ Rom. 8. 13. 14. 15. Gal. 4. 6. more readie then any father to graunt that wee aske according to his will and therefore must be wayted on in request sute till we obteyne Lu. 11. 5. to the 14. ver The seconde reason is from the subiect Which art in heauen that is full of all maiestie and power Heauen the throne or seate or place of Gods Maiestie and power where this is most cleare and manifest Psal 113. 4. 5. And 115 3.