so that thou art no longer a bond servant, but a son: and if a son, then an heir of God thro' Christ.

but what saith the scripture? "cast out the bond-woman and her son; for the son of the bond-woman shall not share the inheritance with the son of the free-woman."

there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

for it is there written, Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.

he, who was of the bond-woman, was born according to the ordinary course of nature; but he, who was of the free-woman, was born by virtue of the promise.

so then, my brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free-woman, by virtue of that freedom which Christ has procur'd for us.

the rich men, the chief captains, and the mighty men, every bond-man, and every free-man, bid themselves in the caverns, and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains, and to the rocks,

and must not this daughter of Abraham, whom satan has held bound these eighteen years, be disengag'd from this bond, on a sabbath-day?

henceforth I do not treat you as servants; for the servant is unacquainted with his master's affairs: but I have treated you as friends; for what I have learnt of my father, I have communicated to you.

but this very servant presently after met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him an hundred pence: and violently seizing him, said, pay me the debt.

The REVELATION of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to shew to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; this he signified by his angel whom he dispatch'd to his servant John:

but if the servant should say within himself, my master delays his return; and fall a beating his fellow-servants, indulging himself in eating and drinking to excess.

upon which his mother bid the servants do whatever he should order.

as soon as the steward had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he did not know whence it came, but the servants who drew the water knew it,) he called the bridegroom,

as he was upon the road, his servants met him, and acquainted him, that his son was well.

now the servants and officers that were there, had made a coal-fire, for it was cold, to warm themselves: and Peter stood warming himself among them.

one of the servants of the high priest, kinsman to him whose ear Peter struck off, said, did not I see thee in the garden with him?

and on my servants, and on my handmaidens I will pour out of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy:

and now, Lord, behold their threatnings: and enable thy servants to deliver thy word with freedom,

as she followed Paul and the rest of us, she cried out, these men are the servants of the most high God, who show you the way to salvation.

being then set free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

if we live, our life is appropriated to the Lord; and if we die, we die as his servants: whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's.

for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake.

for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ:

Servants, be obedient to your legal masters, with awful reverence and sincerity of heart, as unto Christ:

not doing your work meerly out of regard to their presence or their pleasure, but as the servants of Christ, in hearty obedience to the will of God:

the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the christians that are at Philippi, to the bishops, and to the deacons.

servants, be entirely obedient to those, whom the laws have made your masters, and not meerly out of regard to their observation, as designing only to please men, but from a principle of integrity, as fearing God:

knowing that as you are the servants of Christ our Lord, you shall receive from him the inheritance for your reward.

as for you, masters, give to your servants what is just and suitable: considering that you also have a master in heaven.

Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, to be

so the servants of the yeoman came and said, Sir, did not you sow your field with good grain: how comes it then to have tares?

'tis some enemy, said he, has done this. the servants replied, shall we go then and pull them up?

and said to his servants, this is John the baptist, he is risen from the dead, and consequently is invested with miraculous power.

men. You are free, don't let your liberty serve as a pretext for vice: but act as the servants

You that are servants, be subject to your masters with all reverence: not only to such as are kind and gentle,

In this respect the gospel-kingdom may be represented by that of a temporal prince, who had a mind to call his servants to account.

his fellow-servants upon seeing this were very much concern'd, and went to acquaint their master with what had pass'd.

notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezabel, who stiles herself a prophetess, and teaches and seduces my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

and white robes were given to every one of them, and it was said unto them, that they should have patience yet for a little while, till the number of their fellow-servants, and their brethren, that should be killed, as they were, should be complete.

saying, "hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."

and when the fruit-season came on, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive the fruits of it.

but they seiz'd his servants, beat some, killed one, and stoned another.

then he sent a greater number of servants, than at first: who met with the same treatment.

he sent out his servants to call those that were invited to the wedding: but they would not come.

then he sent out other servants, saying, tell those who are invited, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and every thing is ready: come to the entertainment.

others seiz'd his servants, outrageously abused them, and slew them.

then he said to his servants, the feast is ready, but they who were invited were very unworthy.

then said the king to the servants, bind him hand and foot, take him away, and turn him out in the dark: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

and shall pretend to assault his fellow-servants, and spend his time with sots:

So it was when a man was going to travel into a foreign country, he called his servants, and delivered to them his stock:

after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.

but when the seventh angel should speak, and the trumpet should sound, the mystery of God should be accomplish'd, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

the nations were enrag'd, but the time of thy vengeance is come, and the time when the dead are to be judged, when thou wilt reward thy servants the prophets, the saints, and those that fear thy name, small and great, and exterminate those who have corrupted the land."

for just and right are his judgments; for he hath condemned the grand prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her licentiousness, and hath avenged the blood of his servants that were shed by her hand."

and a voice came out of the throne, saying, "praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great."

There shall be nothing obnoxious to a curse: but the throne of God and of the lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.

the angel then said, "these sayings are certain and true. the Lord God of the holy prophets has sent his angel to shew his servants what must shortly happen.

when a man travels into foreign parts, he leaves his goods in charge to his servants, he appoints to every one his task, and orders the porter to be vigilant,

Peter followed at a distance, even into the palace of the high priest: where he sat down among the servants to warm himself at the fire.

imitate those servants who stand waiting for their master's return from the wedding, to let him in as soon as he comes to the door.

happy those servants, whom the master at his arrival shall find thus watching: I assure you, he shall gird himself, and make them sit at table, and will come to serve them.

happy are the servants he finds in such a state, whether it be at the second or at the third watch of the night, when he comes.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son: treat me as one of your hir'd servants.

but the father said to his servants, bring hither the finest robe, and put it on him: put a ring on his finger, and shoes on his feet.

and calling one of the servants, he ask'd what was the occasion of it,

so when you have done all that you were commanded to do, say, we are unprofitable servants; we have only done what was our duty to do.

and he called ten of his servants, to whom he deliver'd ten pounds: improve that, said he, till I return.

upon his return, being confirm'd king, he order'd the servants, he had trusted with the money, to appear, and inform him, what improvement each of them had made.

but one of the servants seeing him by the fire, star'd him in the face, and said, this man was with him too.