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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	abraham_n	pray_v	speed_n	318	4	9.9395	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09377	Christian oeconomie: or, A short survey of the right manner of erecting and ordering a familie according to the scriptures. First written in Latine by the author M. W. Perkins, and now set forth in the vulgar tongue, for more common vse and benefit, by Tho. Pickering Bachelar of Diuinitie.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Pickering, Thomas, d. 1625. aut	1609 (1609)	STC 19677; ESTC S102572	68,188	208

Of the Master NExt vnto parents and children wherby the family is increased is a second sort of couples which are helpes therunto And they are Masters and seruants The Master is a member in the familie which hath power and beareth rule ouer the seruant And his dutie stands principally in three things First To make a good choice of his seruants which is then done when he inquireth first after such as feare God and be willing to serue him Paul makes the seruice and feare of God the maine ground of true obedience in seruants Ephes. 6. 5. 6. 7. Colos. 3. 22. It was the rule of Dauids choice Psal. 101. 6. Hee that walketh in the perfect way he shall serue me Abrahams chiefe seruāt of his house was a man that feared God as appeareth in that he made conscience of his oath Gen. 24. 2. 3. and prayed also for successe in the busines whereabout he was sent Gen. 24. 12. O Lord God of my Master Abraham I beseech thee send mee good speed this day and shew mercie to my Master Abraham Cornelius of Caesarea the Captaine of the Italian band had a souldier that daily attended on him who feared God and seruants also beside him to whom hee made knowne the heauenly vision which hee saw Act. 10. 7. Secondly To enioyne them labour and not to require more of them then their strength will beare The master is to rule ouer the seruant in iustice And then is his cōmandement vniust whē it will not stād with the course of nature with the abilitie of his seruant or with the word of God Therefore he is to require labour at their hāds proportionable to their strength yeeld thē sometimes intercession rest Leuit. 25. 46. Ouer your brethen the children of Israel ye shall not rule ouer one another with crueltie 1. Pet. 3. 8. Bee pitifull bee courteous one beare with another And for the furtherance of busines it is conuenient that the master be oftentimes present with the seruāts in their works Prou. 27. 23. Be diligent to know the state of thy flock and take heed to thy heards The good matron ouerseeth the waies of her houshold Prou. 31. 27. A man of Libya being asked what it was that might make a horse fat he answered The masters eye Thirdly To recompence the diligence and paines of his seruant and that three waies First by giuing him his due of meat and drinke for the present The good matron giueth the portion to her houshold and the ordinary to her maids Prou. 31. 15. Secondly by paying him his hire in the end of his seruice The labourer is worthie of his wages Luk. 10. 7. Well done good seruant and faithfull thou hast been faithfull in little I will make thee ruler ouer much enter into thy masters ioy Mat. 25. 21. Heere three caueats are to be obserued I. That the wages be proportionable to the work II. That it be paid in due time without deferring So the Master of the vine-yard when euen was come called his seruants together to giue thē their hire Mat. 20. 8. III. That the seruāt be not defrauded of any part of his due For this is a crying sin Deut. 24. 15. Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day neither shall the Sunne go downe vpon it lest hee crie against thee vnto the Lord and it bee sinne vnto thee Iam. 5. 4. Behold the hire of the labourers which haue reaped your fields which is kept backe by fraud crieth and the cries of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lord of hosts Thirdly if the seruant in time of his seruice be sicke the masters care must be by all means possible to procure his recouery Equitie must be the rule in these cases and masters are to do to their seruants that which is iust and equall Col. 4. 1. Now the seruant haplie falles sicke by and in his seruice and his health yeelds not only profit to his master but incouragement also to himselfe The good Centurion in case of his seruants sicknesse tooke the best course to haue him restored Matth. 8. 6. CHAP. 16. Of the Seruant THe Seruant is a person in the family subiect vnto his master The dutie of a seruāt is faithfully and diligētly to demeane himselfe in the affaires of his master and to doe seruice vnto him as vnto Christ though he be froward and hard-harted Titus 2. 9. Let seruants be subiect to their masters and please them in all things not answering againe Ephes. 6. 5. Seruants be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh with feare trembling in singlenes of your hearts as vnto Christ. Col. 3. 22. Thus Iacob serued Laban Gen. 31. 38. This twentie yeares haue I bin with thee thine ewes and thy goates haue not cast their yong and the rammes of the flocke haue I not eaten c. Contrariwise the seruant must take heed that he doe not his masters businesse negligently or for fashion sake or with eye-seruice as a man-pleaser that in case of rebuke or controlement he answere not againe lastly that hee be trustie withhold his hands from picking and his heart from deceiuing his master Seruants are of two sorts either free or bond-seruants A free-seruant is he whom his master hireth for wages to do him seruice To him belongs the iust paiment of his hire and in case of offence them master hath authoritie to censure and correct him prouided that in the execution thereof respect bee had vnto his age and the correction be vsed with moderation as if hee were his sonne A bond-seruant is a seruant bought for money and is commonly called a slaue Touching this sort a question is moued whether a Christian may with safe conscience haue and vse a man as his slaue Answ. The power right of hauing bond-men in those countries where it is established by positiue lawes may stand with good cōscience if it be vsed with moderation That authoritie in this behalfe is moderate wherein these seuen caueats be obserued I. That the master haue not ouer his seruant the power of life and death for this takes away the lawful power of the Magistrate to whom only the Lord hath committed the sword of iustice II. That there be not libertie granted him to vse his seruant at his owne will and pleasure in all things for this was not granted by the law of God to his owne people Exod. 21. 26. If a man smite his seruant or his maid in the eye and hath perished it he shall let him go free for his eye Also if he smite out his seruants or his maids tooth he shall let him go out free for his tooth III. That the power be not enlarged to the commanding of things against piety or iustice for in these cases a man must rather obey God then man Act. 4. 19. IV. That masters do not take libertie to make separation of those their seruants that be married