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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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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.
We will go on to say, Secondly; The Servants of our SAVIOUR, are such as attend upon Him, for all that must bring them to live unto God. Our SAVIOUR has no Servants, but those Regenerate ones, who have a new Bias upon their Minds, disposing them to live not unto Themselves but unto GOD; and find that in GOD, which they have heretofore, sought in Idols. Now the Servants of our SAVIOUR, have their Eyes unto Him, that He may do all that is needful for their living unto GOD. Their Address to Him is that; Psal. CXXIII. 2. Behold, As the Eyes of Servants look to the Hand of their Masters, so our Eyes are upon the Lord our God, until that He have mercy on us. That we may live unto GOD it is required, that we be Reconciled unto Him, and that the Sentence of Death, which His violated Law has passed upon us, ⟨p. 5⟩may be taken off. The Servants of our SAVIOUR look to Him for this; and thus hope in Him; O my SAVIOUR, Let thy SACRIFICE be the Expiation of my Sin, and my Reconciliation to GOD, whom I have offended by my Sin. That we may live unto GOD, it is requisite, that we be directed from above. The Servants of our SAVIOUR look to Him for this Direction, and so call on Him, O Lord, show me thy Ways, teach me thy Paths. That we may live unto GOD, it is requisite, that we be assisted from above. The Servants of our SAVIOUR look to Him for this Assistance; and so lean on Him, I can do all things through' CHRIST who strengthens me.