having a sick servant, to
whom he prescribeth, and
commandeth to take some
physicke to cure him, and
his man should take it in∣deed
because it is com∣manded
and prescribed
by his master, looking at
it as an act of duty as hee
obeyes him in other busi∣nesses,
but not as looking
at it as a medicine, or
meanes, that will have a∣ny
worke upon him to
cure him, and therefore
orders himselfe as if hee
had taken no such thing.
Thus doe most in the
world pray to God, take
prayer as a prescription on∣ly,
but not as a meanes:
they come to God daily,
but as to a Master onely in
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