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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.
All this while, I feel my self still in this World. The last Article is enough to render the proof of that very sensible! But then, lastly, Let us get forwards, into the World to come. There, there, will be Honours indeed; Oh! what Honours!— bestowed on the Servants of our SAVIOUR; Eternal Honours bestowed by His Eternal FATHER! The Honours wherein that Promise will be accomplished; Rev. II. 10. Be thou faithful unto Death, and I will give thee a Crown of Life. O unfainting Servants of your SAVIOUR; Was there ever any Honour upon Earth, to be compared unto what you shall receive, when you shall at your Departure, find a kind Reception with your Almighty SAVIOUR, and being by His Angels, presented Faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding Joy, hear Him saying to you, Well done, good and faithful Servant; enter into thy Masters Joy! But then, can you comprehend, what will be your Honours, when your SAVIOUR shall come, to be Glorified in His Saints, and ⟨p. 20⟩to be admired in all them that believe! What your Honours, when the Day of Judgment shall arrive, wherein the Book of Remembrance will be opened, and all the Service you have done for your SAVIOUR will be Remembered and Rewarded! What your Honours, when you shall be Kings and Priests unto GOD, and have Power over Nations given you! What your Honours, when you shall shine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of your Father, and you shall be filled with all the fullness of GOD!— All Words are here swallowed up! O Incomprehensible Happiness; O Honours, infinitely beyond every Thing here below! Honours, wherewith Batons, and Sceptres themselves laid in the Balance, are but Baubles, and Lighter than Vanity.
All this while, I feel my self still in this World. The last Article is enough to render the proof of that very sensible! But then, lastly, Let us get forwards, into the World to come. There, there, will be Honours indeed; Oh! what Honours!— bestowed on the Servants of our SAVIOUR; Eternal Honours bestowed by His Eternal FATHER! The Honours wherein that Promise will be accomplished; Rev. II. 10. Be thou faithful unto Death, and I will give thee a Crown of Life. O unfainting Servants of your SAVIOUR; Was there ever any Honour upon Earth, to be compared unto what you shall receive, when you shall at your Departure, find a kind Reception with your Almighty SAVIOUR, and being by His Angels, presented Faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding Joy, hear Him saying to you, Well done, good and faithful Servant; enter into thy Masters Joy! But then, can you comprehend, what will be your Honours, when your SAVIOUR shall come, to be Glorified in His Saints, and