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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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And now comes the Conclusion of the Matter.
But what can this be any other, than an Irresistible Demand upon the whole Auditory? Oh! Become the true Servants of the Lord JESUS ⟨p. 22⟩CHRIST; Come Immediately into the Service of your SAVIOUR. Despise not, Refuse not, the Honours, which the FATHER of your SAVIOUR has to bestow upon them that serve Him. Don't bespeak for your selves that Shame and Everlasting Contempt, which is to be the Portion of the Wicked.
The Proposal is now made; Josh. XXIV. 15. Choose you this Day, whom you will serve. But, Oh! Make a wise Choice; A Choice which a Dying Man would abide by. As for the other Lords, which have had Dominion over you, Abhor their Service, Renounce their Service, Abandon their cursed Service. But, O Embrace the Service of your Lovely SAVIOUR; And Bind your selves unto it; Bind your selves as fast as ever you can; and with the Firmest, but yet the Humblest Purposes. Bind your selves in those Terms; Psal. CXVI. 16. Truly, O Lord, I am thy Servant, I am thy Servant.
The Proposal is now made; Josh. XXIV. 15. Chuse you this Day, whom you will serve. But, Oh! Make a wise Choice; A Choice which a Dying Man would abide by. As for the other Lords, which have had Dominion over you, Abhor their Sorvice, Renounce their Service, Abandon their cursed Service. But, O Embrace the Service of your Lovely SAVIOUR; And Bind your selves unto it; Bind your selves as fast as ever you can; and with the Firmest, but yet the Humblest Purposes. Bind your selves in those Terms;