servant

Hee hath holpen his seruant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,

1611 marginal noteIere. 31.3,20.

And hath raised vp an horne of saluation for vs, in the house of his seruant Dauid,

1611 marginal notePsal. 132.18.

Lord now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace, according to thy word.

And a certaine Centurions seruant, who was deare vnto him, was sicke and ready to die.

And when he heard of Iesus, he sent vnto him the Elders of the Iewes, beseeching him that he would come and heale his seruant.

Wherefore neither thought I my selfe worthy to come vnto thee: but say in a worde, and my seruant shall bee healed.

For I also am a man set vnder authoritie, hauing vnder mee souldiers: and I say vnto one, Goe, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and hee commeth: and to my seruant, Doe this, and he doeth it.

And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the seruant whole that had bene sicke.

Blessed is that seruant, whom his Lord when he commeth, shall find so doing.

But and if that seruant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his comming and shall beginne to beat the men seruants, and maidens, and to eate and drinke, and to be drunken: