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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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Thirdly. The Servants of our SAVIOUR, are such as make it their Study to yield an universal and perpetual Obedience unto Him. Our SAVIOUR demands it of all that would serve Him; Matth. XI. 29. Take my Yoke upon you. The Golden Yoke which our SAVIOUR will have all that serve Him, to take upon them, is that Moral Law, the Sum whereof is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy Heart, and, Thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self. Our SAVIOUR having delivered us from the Curse, to which the Law condemns us for our Breaches of it, now requires us to make this Law the Rule of our Life, and endeavour the most exact Obedience to it, and Condemn, and Humble and Abase our selves, when we fall short of Exactness in our Obedience. This endeavour after the most ⟨p. 6⟩consummate Obedience to the Law, is to be our Expression of our Thankfulness to our SAVIOUR, for His Redeeming us from the Curse of the Law, and Rescuing us into a better Covenant. The Ten Commandments are now the Commandments of our SAVIOUR; and by becoming His, we Establish the Law. Accordingly, if we would approve our selves the Servants of our SAVIOUR, we must sincerely intend and pursue, a full Obedience to all of His Commandments. The Servants of our SAVIOUR, labour to know the Duty, which He demands from them; and they say, Lord, What wilt thou have me to do? They labour to do all that they know to be their Duty; and they say, Lord, I count all thy Precepts concerning all things to be right, and I hate every false way. They lament it as their Misery, whenever they Sin against the Law of CHRIST. They can say, His Commandments are not grievous. But it is their Grief, that His Commandments are no better obeyed with them. In the whole Course of their Life, they aim at Obedience unto their SAVIOUR. Yea, in all the Work of their Life, this is their Aim. Even the Work of their Temporal Calling, the Work of their Secular Business, is done upon this Intention; 'Tis the Work which my SAVIOUR has assigned unto me! Their SAVIOUR is obeyed, in the most common Actions, which their Hand finds to do. Obedience to Him, is the Life of their Hand, in the doing of them.
Thirdly. The Servants of our SAVIOUR, are such as make it their Study to yield an universal and perpetual Obedience unto Him. Our SAVIOUR demands it of all that would serve Him; Matth. XI. 29