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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
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THE Most Honourable Service.
Joh. XII. 26. If any Man serve me, him will my Father honour.
THE Design at this Time is, to press as many as will be persuaded, into the Service of a great King, whose Name is Venerable. And that we may all now become the willing People of a Lord, who will accept of none but such, Behold, what that Service will bring us to. I show unto you the Encouragement, which the King of Glory gives unto all His faithful Servants. You are now informed and assured from the Glorious Lord, That you shall be with Him; which is to say, That you shall be in a state of Blessedness: Yea, and in that state, there will be astonishing Honours, which the FATHER of our SAVIOUR shall concur with Him, in bestowing upon you.
THE Design at this Time is, to press as many as will be perswaded, into the Service of a great King, whose Name is Venerable. And that we may all now become the willing People of a Lord, who will accept of none but such, Behold, what that Service will bring us to. I show unto you the Encouragement, which the King of Glory gives unto all His faithful Servants. You are now informed and assured from the Glorious Lord, That you shall be with Him; which is to say, That you shall be in a state of Blessedness: Yea, and in that state, there will be astonishing Honours, which the FATHER of our SAVIOUR shall concur with Him, in bestowing upon you.