...analogy, may be deduced out ofthat rule which the apostle layeth down, in I Tim. chap. 6. ver. 1,2. " Let as many servants as are under the yoke, count...are faithful and beloved partakers of the benefit." For the further declaration whereof, we may observe ; First," A' household is a kind of a little commonwealth,"...

...faith, lay hold on eternal life, where 2 And they that have believing things, and before Christ Jesus, masters, let them not despise them, because they are...are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit* These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even...

...believing masters, let them not 352 •Evil of covetousness. despise them, because they are brethren t but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even...

...them to violate the duties of their station. " And they," says he, " that have believing mas" ters, let them not despise them, because they are " brethren...faithful and beloved, partakers of the " benefit." No doubt the involuntary servitude of those, who have not, by atrocious crimes forfeited their liberty,...

...masters' orders, as if they " despised " them;" they should " count them worthy of all " honour, and rather do them service, because they " are faithful and beloved, partakers of the bene" fit.1" And as they are conscious of much imperfection in themselves, they should also make allowances...

...their master's orders " as if they despised them ;" they should " count them worthy of all honour, and rather do them service, because they are faithful...beloved, partakers of the benefit," (1 Tim. vi. 1 — 5.) And as they are conscious of much imperfection in themselves, they ought to make allowances...

...their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not...are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even...

...that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 1 Tim. v!. 2. And they that have believing masters, let them not...are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things tench and ~xhor£« a 2 Chron. xix. 8. Moreover iir Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the...

...sight of God, they may on that account be the less attentive to their commands : but rather let them do them service because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit («). Let'the very circumstance of the master being a Christian bro' ther, incline and animate his...

...hour of entering his service, resolved to pay strict attention to the apostolic command, "Tim. vi. 2. "And they that have believing masters, let them not...are faithful and beloved partakers of the benefit." Hence he always keeps a respectful silence and distance, and never insists upon going out to public...