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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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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 let us enquire, Who are the True Servants of our SAVIOUR? And let us attempt a Description of them: For, Happy are thy Men, Happy are thy Servants, that stand continually before thee, O our SAVIOUR. It may in general be said, All the Servants of our SAVIOUR, are to be known by that Motto, Phil. I. 21. To me to live is CHRIST. CHRIST is He whom they live unto. CHRIST is He whom they live upon. A CHRIST is the Fountain of Life unto them all.
But we must' be more particular.
Now, First; You may be sure, The Servants of our SAVIOUR must be such as Believe on Him. 'Tis the Term for a Believer, 1 Cor. VII. 22. He is the Servant of CHRIST. A Faith in our SAVIOUR is a Necessary Introduction unto the serving of Him. No Man can become a Servant of our SAVIOUR, without believing Him to be, what His Gospel has revealed Him to be, and without believing on him for all the Good which His Gospel has promised unto His People. ⟨p. 4⟩Every Servant of our SAVIOUR, is inexpressibly affected with the Glory of His Person, and with the Truth of His exceeding great and precious Promises; and accordingly closes with Him. The very first Thing in becoming a Servant of our SAVIOUR is, to see and say, O my SAVIOUR, Thou art no less than the CHRIST, the Son of the Living GOD; and all the Blessings of Wisdom and Righteousness and Sanctifying and Redemption are to be expected from thee alone; And for all these I come unto thee, as unto my only SAVIOUR: With a perishing and a distressed Soul, I come unto thee.