N02239:13
Christodulus. A good reward of a good servant. Or, The service of a glorious…
Christodulus. A good reward of a good servant. Or, The service of a glorious Christ, justly demanded and commended, from a view of the glory with which it shall be recompensed [sic]. With some commemoration of Mr. Thomas Walter, lately a Pastor to a church in Roxbury: who had an early dismission from what of that service was to be done in this world. Jan. 10. 1724--5. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines of quotation in Latin]Christodulus. A good reward of a good servant. Or, The service of a glorious Christ, justly demanded and commended, from a view of the glory with which it shall be recempensed [sic]. With some commemoration of Mr. Thomas Walter, lately a Pastor to a church in Roxbury: who had an early dismission from what of that service was to be done in this world. Jan. 10. 1724--5. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines of qutation in Latin]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for S. Gerrish, 1725
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Letter: To my dear Brother, Mr. NEHEMIAH WALTER, Pastor of the first Church in Roxbury.
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.
When the lovely Young Caesarius, the Son of the blessed Old Gregorius, died before his Father, Nazianzen in his Funeral Oration upon him, compared his Father unto an Aaron in the House of his GOD. I am sure, there is One thing in an Aaron, which is not unworthy of Your Imitation on this Occasion; As he was a great Sacrificer, so when a sad Thing befell his Family, ⟨p. ii⟩He held his peace. And if Nonna wisely bear her part also in the Sacrifices, upon the offering whereof with an holy Silence and Patience and Resignation, it will be said, Now I know that thou fearest GOD; what was Good will still be Better.
When the lovely Young Caesarius, the Son of the blessed Old Gregorius, died before his Father, Nazianzen in his Funeral Oration upon him, compared his Father unto an Aaron in the House of his GOD. I am sure, there is One thing in an Aaron, which is not unworthy of Your Imitation on this Occasion; As he was a great Sacrificer, so when a sad Thing befel his Family, ⟨p. ii⟩He held his peace. And if Nonna wisely bear her part also in the Sacrifices, upon the offering whereof with an holy Silence and Patience and Resignation, it will be said, Now I know that thou fearest GOD; what was Good will still be Better.
Your Excellent Predecessor, the Venerable and Memorable ELIOT, burying a valuable Son, soon after the Young Man's entrance upon the Work of the Evangelical Work of the Ministry, the brave old Man said upon it, My Desire was, that my Son should have served CHRIST on Earth; but if GOD will choose to have him serve Him in Heaven, I have nothing to object against it; But His Will be done.
Your Excellent Predecessor, the Venerable and Memorable ELIOT, burying a valuable Son, soon after the Young Man's entrance upon the Work of the Evangelical Work of the Ministry, the brave old Man said upon it, My Desire was, that my Son should have served CHRIST on Earth; but if GOD will chuse to have him serve Him in Heaven, I have nothing to object against it; But His Will be done.