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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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Fifthly. The Servants of our SAVIOUR, are such as make a free, a full, an everlasting Resignation of themselves and their All, unto Him. Concerning the Servants of our SAVIOUR, there has been this Account given; 2 Cor. VIII. 5. They have given themselves unto the Lord. Ask them, Whose are you? Every one of them will reply with all the Alacrity imaginable, I am the Lord's! The Servants of our SAVIOUR, do in the most Voluntary manner, consent and resolve to be His, and make a Dedication of themselves unto Him, for all that Service, which it may please Him to use them in. Coming into the Covenant of GOD, they then sign Indentures for the Service of their SAVIOUR. Upon this, they become desirous, to be entirely the Lord's, and have their All used in what Service He will have it put unto; and they comply with that Call; Ye are bought with a Price; therefore Glorify GOD in your Body, and in your Spirit, which belong to GOD. Yea, not only for the Application of their Bodies, and of their Spirits, to the Service of their SAVIOUR, but in applying their Possessions also unto it, they become, A People of Free-will offerings. As their Voice is, CHRIST is my All, so their Voice is, CHRIST shall have my All. But will they ever grow weary ⟨p. 9⟩of the Service? No; They all say, I love my Master, and I will not go out from him; so they have their Ears bored for a Service, which is all Delight unto them; All, a Delight in GOD.
Fifthly. The Servants of our SAVIOUR, are such as make a free, a full, an everlasting Resignation of themselves and their All, unto Him. Concerning the Servants of our SAVIOUR, there has been this Account given; 2 Cor. VIII. 5. They have given themselves unto the Lord. Ask them, Whose are you? Every one of them will reply with all the Alacrity imaginable, I am the Lord's! The Servants of our SAVIOUR, do in the most Voluntary manner, consent and resolve to be His, and make a Dedication of themselves unto Him, for all that Service, which it may please Him to use them in. Coming into the Covenant of GOD, they then sign Indentures for the Service of their SAVIOUR. Upon this, they become desirous, to be entirely the Lord's, and have their All used in what Service He will have it put unto; and they comply with that Call; Ye are bought with a Price; therefore Glorify GOD in your Bodie, and in your Spirit, which belong to GOD. Yea, not only for the Application of their Bodies, and of their Spirits, to the Service of their SAVIOUR, but in applying their Possessions also unto it, they become, A People of Free-will offerings. As their Voice is, CHRIST is my All, so their Voice is, CHRIST shall have my All. But will they ever grow weary