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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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If this ben't enough, take a Third Satisfaction. The FATHER of our SAVIOUR bestows this Honour on them that serve Him; He will be their Father too. The Servants of our SAVIOUR, are all of them, the Children of GOD. Ye are my Sons and my Daughters, faith the Lord Almighty! And now, seemeth it a light thing unto you, to be the Children of that Infinite GOD who is the most high Possessor of Heaven and Earth! Children, who shall be Heirs of an Infinite GOD, and therefore shall inherit all things! O ye Servants of our SAVIOUR, Fall into that agreeable Rapture; 1 Joh. III. 1. Behold, what manner of Love, the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should ⟨p. 16⟩be called the Children of God! Will GOD the FATHER put Honour upon them that serve our SAVIOUR? GOD the SPIRIT will do so too; and this Honour does also proceed from the FATHER.
Behold, a Fourth Satisfaction! The Servants of our SAVIOUR, are all of them, the Temples of the Holy SPIRIT. Unto such it is said, 1 Cor. III. 16. Know ye not that ye are the Temple of GOD, and the Spirit of GOD dwelleth in you? Oh! What an Honour have you now a prospect of! This Honour, Know ye not, that that if you are the Servants of our SAVIOUR, you are the Temples of GOD? His Holy SPIRIT will say, Here will I dwell, for I have desired it! The Holy SPIRIT will make you the Excellent in the Earth; more Excellent than the most Illustrious Temples of a Solomon or a Justinian; The Houses of His Glory, and glorified in being filled with His Glory.
The Articles of Honour will keep growing on our Hands. Let this go for a Fifth of them. A precious Esteem with the Best of Men, is an Honour which they that serve the Best of Lords, are no strangers to. A Good Name does belong to them; A Good Name, which is better than precious Ointment; A Good Name, which is rather to be chosen than great Riches. He was not in the wrong, who gave this Definition of Honour; 'Tis a good Esteem with good Men for good Things. The Servants of our SAVIOUR, take the right Path to this Honour; and it may be said of them, as