Epistles of Ignatius

You masters, do not treat your servants arrogantly, but imitate patient Job, who says, “I did not disregard the cause of my male servant or my female servant when they argued with me. For what will I do in that case when the Lord examines me?” And you know what follows. You servants, do not provoke your masters to anger in anything, lest you become the authors of incurable troubles for yourselves.