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<p>Note, 1. It is an imprudent thing in a master to be too fond of a servant, to advance him too fast, and admit him to be too familiar with him, to suffer him to be over-nice and curious in his diet, and clothing, and lodging, and so to bring him up delicately, because he is a favourite, and an agreeable servant; it should be remembered that he is a servant, and, by being thus indulged, will be spoiled for any other place. Servants must endure hardness. 2. It is an ungrateful thing in a servant, but what is very common, to behave insolently because he has been used tenderly. The humble prodigal thinks himself unworthy <i>to be called a son</i>, and is content to be a servant; the pampered slave thinks himself too good to be called <i>a servant</i>, and will be <i>a son at the length</i>, will take his ease and liberty, will be on a par with his master, and perhaps pretend to the inheritance. Let masters <i>give their servants that which is equal</i> and fit for them, and neither more nor less. This is very applicable to the body, which 265a is a servant to the soul; those that <i>delicately bring up</i> the body, that humour it, and are over-tender of it, will find that at length it will forget its place, and <i>become a son</i>, a master, a perfect tyrant.</p>
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