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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: misfortune. Now you are going your way [wherever your heart's pleasure
calls you] while you ought to preserve the property of your master and
mistress, for which service you fill your crop and maw, take your wages
like a thief, have people treat you as a nobleman; for there are many
that are even insolent towards their masters and mistresses, and are
unwilling to do them a favor or service by which to protect them from
loss.
But reflect what you will gain when, having come into your own
property and being set up in your home (to which God will help with all
misfortunes), it [your perfidy] will bob up again and come home to you,
and you will find that where you have cheated or done injury to the
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