N00618:52
A good master well served. A brief discourse on the necessary properties & practices…
A good master well served. A brief discourse on the necessary properties & practices of a good servant in every-kind of servitude: and of the methods that should be taken by the heads of a family, to obtain such a servant. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Two lines from Joel]
printed by B. Green, 1696
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But herewithal, Secondly, Resign your selves up unto the Service of the Lord Jesus Christ, in giving the Consent of your Souls unto the […] Covenant; and let this be with you, A Covenant never to be forgotten. Probably, the most of you, have been Baptised in your Infancy, as being Servants Born in the House of the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, your Baptism is the Livery, which you wear of your Service to that most Illustrious Lord. But are you, by such an Early Anticipation, become the Covenant Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ? Then, Renew your Baptismal Covenant, and again, and again, and many Times over, Dedicate your selves unto the Service of your Saviour. And, let every one of you, from your Hearts, make that Profession before the Lord Jesus Christ, in Psal. 119. 38. Lord, I am thy Servant, Devoted unto thy Fear.
But herewithal, Secondly, Resign your selves up unto the Service of the Lord Jesus Christ, in giving the Consent of your Souls unto the 〈…〉 Covenant; and let this be with you, A Covenant never to be forgotten. Probably, the most of you, have been Baptised in your Infancy, as being Servants Born in the House of the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, your Baptism is the Livery, which you wear of your Service to that most Illustrious Lord. But are you, by such an Early Anticipation, become the Covenant Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ? Then, Renew your Baptismal Covenant, and again, and again, and many Times over, Dedicate your selves unto the Service of your Saviour. And, let every one of you, from your Hearts, make that Profession before the Lord Jesus Christ, in Psal. 119. 38. Lord, I am thy Servant, Devoted unto thy Fear.
Holy Apostles, have counted it their matchless Honour, to be styled, The Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ; Yea, mighty Emperors, have worn that style, as their Crown, The Vassals of the Lord Jesus Christ. Yea, the Brightest, and Highest ⟨p. 27⟩