Puritan Wisdom

On II Peter 1:1 --

“Unto Preachers, to performe the service of Christ, and to behave themselves as Ministers and Servants of Christ about their owne businesse, imploying their time about their Masters affairs, not with eye-service, but with singlenesse of heart. So should we; servants must be afraid to displease their Masters, so should we. Servants must not murmure, nor grudingly goe about their worke, so neither must we. Servants must not be ashamed of their Masters service, so neither must we. Servants must not be their Masters enemies, or have amitie and familiarity with such as are, so neither must we. Oh that all of us could thus doe, even behave our selves in every thing, in our calling, walking, eating, drinking, apparell, and the like, as servants of Christ We want not motives to perswade us hereunto, we have a Master that is not onely able to kill the body, but throwe both body and soule into hell fire; a Master that hath most absolute power of life and death over his servants, we have a Master that at all times beholdeth our actions; a Master that will render unto every servant according to his worke; a Master by whom we shall be called to an account, and to whom we must give an account of our Stewardship. Unto people, accounts and esteeme of the Preachers of Gods Word, as of the servants of Christ, esteeme them, though not for their owne, yet for their Masters sake.” – A. Symson, 12-13.