N02239:71
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 Repetitions of these Operations, did not hinder it, but that on the Day before he died, he had a Soul wonderfully distressed with Fears of his Miscarrying at the last: Saying, Oh! 'Tis a great Thing to Die!— Under these Distresses he importunately called for the Instructions and Assistances of One for whom he had some Deference; Who, in Conjunction with his Father, again set before him the Glorious Gospel of the Blessed GOD, which he had himself preached unto others. What passed shall not be now related; only one or two Passages it may not be amiss to mention. When it was urged upon him; You have been a notable Disputant in your Time; what they call a Logician: you have understood an Argument. I pray, what will you make of this Argument? The Proposition is; Our ⟨p. 29⟩Glorious LORD, the true Witness, who delivereth Souls, hath solemnly declared, HIM THAT COMES UNTO ME, I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT. Your Assumption is; But I come unto Him; and heartily and earnestly Beg of Him, and would Hope in Him, to do for me and on me, every thing that He does to them that come unto Him. Now the Conclusion;— Therefore I fear that He will not Receive me, but cast me off! Is this a Right Conclusion? Did you use to Argue so? His Answer was, I find I have a Busy Adversary; And he would make this perverse Conclusion for me!—
The Repetitions of these Operations, did not hinder it, but that on the Day before he died, he had a Soul wonderfully distressed with Fears of his Miscarrying at the last: Saying, Oh! 'Tis a great Thing to Die!— Under these Distresses he importunately call'd for the Instructions and Assistances of One for whom he had some Deference; Who, in Conjunction with his Father, again set before him the Glorious Gospel of the Blessed GOD, which he had himself preached unto others. What passed shall not be now related; only one or two Passages it may not be amiss to mention. When it was urged upon him; You have been a notable Disputant in your Time; what they call a Logician: you have understood an Argument. I pray, what will you make of this Argument? The Proposition is; Our ⟨p. 29⟩Glorious LORD, the true Witness, who delivereth Souls, hath solemnly declared, HIM THAT COMES UNTO ME, I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT. Your Assumption is; But I come unto Him; and heartily and earnestly Beg of Him, and would Hope in Him, to do for me and on me, every thing that He does to them that come unto Him. Now the Conclusion;— Therefore I fear that He will not Receive me, but cast me off! Is this a Right Conclusion? Did you use to Argue so? His Answer was, I find I have a Busy Adversary; And he would make this perverse Conclusion for me!—