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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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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!
O you whose Friends have set you apart for the Service of your SAVIOUR in the Work of the Gospel; Be persuaded Betimes to Consecrate your selves unto it; and come into this Resolution; O my SAVIOUR, To serve Thee, shall be the Chief End, and the Grand Work of my Life! Come into this Disposition; To be a Servant of a Glorious CHRIST, shall be the very Top of my Ambition! This Disposition; If a Glorious CHRIST will please to accept of Service from me, This is the highest Advancement that I can be Ambitious of! Be continually full of Projections, what Service you can do for a Glorious LORD. If any Thing appear to you a Service for that Glorious LORD, and for His Kingdom, wait not for any further Motive, to bespeak your Industrious and Courageous coming into it. Be armed against all the Discouragements, and all the Difficulties, and all the Temptations, which Fidelity in that Service will certainly expose you to. Th•• you are certain, That whenever you attempt any signal Service for your LORD, you shall presently find some notable Humiliation ordered for you, yet with a true Spirit of Martyrdom go valiantly thorough all, that you have before you. [The Lord is with thee, thou mighty Man of Valour!] Be armed in a View of the Honours, which the FATHER of your SAVIOUR will one Day bring you to! If ⟨p. 24⟩