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Commissions. 125
them that are your masters according to the 8esb,
with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart,
as unto Christ ;.. not with eye-service, as men pleasers ;
but as the servants of Christ~ doing the will of God
from the heart, with good will doing service, III t9 the
Lord, Qlui1Zllt to men: knowing that whatsoever good
thing any man doth, the same shall he receive of the
Lord, whether he be bond or free. And, ye masters,
do the same thing unto them, forbearingthreatening;
knowing that your "laster also is in heaven;
neither is there respect of persons with him. J, The
idea of referring their service to God, of cnnsidering
hinl as having appointed them their task, that they
were doing his will, and were to look to hinz for their
reward, 'A!as new; and affords a greater security to
the master than ,any inferior principle, because it
tends to produce a steady and cordial obedien~ in
the place of that constrained service, which can neter
be trusted out of sight, and which is justly enough
called eye-service. The exhortation to tnasters, to
keep in view their own subje{:tion and accountablene-ss,
was no less seasonable.
CHAPTER XII.
CONTRACrrS OF LABOUR.
COMMISSIONS.
( WHOEVER undertakes another man's busi.
ness) makes it his own, that is, promises to employ
upon it the same care, attention and diligence, that
he wou~d do if it were actually his own; for he
knows that the business was committed to him \vith ,
tha~ expectation. And he promises nothing morel
than this. Therefore an agent is not obliged to wait,
inquire, solicit, ride about the country, toil, or study,
whilst there remains a possibility of benefiting his em.
ployer. If he exert so much of his activit~·., and use