The serviceable man. A discourse made unto the General Court of the Massachusetts colony,…

First, We have the Declaration of a pious Ruler. He says, I have done for this people; he had been serviceable to the People of God. What had he done? Why, he had Addressed the King, on the behalf of his Ruined Country-men; he had undergone a Travel of many Leagues to promote their Safety; he had entered upon the Administration of the Government, when it would have broke the Heart of any man alive to have meddled with it; he had parted with a large portion of his Riches, for the use of the Public; he had born with great Abuses from his Enemies; and whatever he saw amiss in Church or State, he courageously set himself upon the Reformation of it· This had he done! But then,

First, We have the Declaration of a pious Ruler. He says, I have done for this people; he had been serviceable to the People of God. What had he done? Why, he had Addressed the King, on the behalf of his Ruined Country-men; he had undergone a Travel of many Leagues to promote their Safety; he had entred upon the Administration of the Government, when it would have broke the Heart of any man alive to have medled with it; he had parted with a large portion of his Riches, for the use of the Publick; he had born with great Abuses from his Enemies; and whatever he saw amiss in Church or State, he courageously set himself upon the Reformation of it· This had he done! But then,

Secondly, We have his joint Supplication and Expectation thereupon. Says he, Think upon me, my God, for Good, according to all this. ⟨p. 7⟩That Expression, Think upon me, may also be Translated, Remember me. And we may not imagine, that any thing is looked for in a way of Merit, but all in a way of Mercy here. Hence we have it in those Terms, in Neh. 13.22. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and spare me according to the Greatness of thy Mercy.

Secondly, We have his joint Supplication and Expectation thereupon. Sais he, Think upon me, my God, for Good, according to all this.