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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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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; Psal. CXVI. 16. Truly, O Lord, I am thy Servant, I am thy Servant.
Having done this, Then contrive what you can, how to make your All Serviceable unto the Interests of your SAVIOUR. And often ponder on that Noble Question, What Service may I do for my Admirable SAVIOUR?
Thus Engage, Embark in a Service, which never yet any one Repented of!