N02239:54
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
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!
But then, If such as These may be judged, [And most certainly, a Good Judgement will pronounce them so!] The Words of the Wise, May they be as Goads, and come with a singular ⟨p. 23⟩Pungency and Cogency unto the Candidates of the Ministry rising as the Hopes of the Flocks among us!
But then, If such as These may be judged, [And most certainly, a Good Judgement will pronounce them so!] The Words of the Wise, May they be as Goads, and come with a singular ⟨p. 23⟩Pungency and Cogenoy unto the Candidates of the Ministry rising as the Hopes of the Flocks among us!