N02239:73
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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From This Hour (It was now Saturday-noon) Satisfactions and Consolations continually grew upon him. He said, when some of us parted with him, If I perish, I will perish in the Hands of my SAVIOUR: And, tho' He slay me, I will trust in Him! His Fears were anon swallowed up in the Hopes, of a Glory now prepared for him: Yea, in the Joys of a Salvation which he had after a suitable Agony, gained the Assurance of. He now longed for his Departure, to be with CHRIST. He kept saying, (as his admired Calvin before him) How long, Lord, How long? Oh! Come quickly! And, Why is His Chariot so long a coming; Why tarry the Wheels of His Chariot? But then, he asked, whether he did well, in longing so much to be gone?
From This Hour (It was now Saturday-noon) Satisfactions and Consolations continually grew upon him. He said, when some of us parted with him, If I perish, I will perish in the Hands of my SAVIOUR: And, tho' He slay me, I will trust in Him! His Fears were anon swallowed up in the Hopes, of a Glory now prepared for him: Yea, in the Joys of a Salvation which he had after a suitable Agony, gain'd the Assurance of. He now longed for his Departure, to be with CHRIST. He kept saying, (as his admired Calvin before him) How long, Lord, How long? Oh! Come quickly! And, Why is His Chariot so long a coming; Why tarry the Wheels of His Chariot? But then, he asked, whether he did well, in longing so much to be gone?
He said, I shall be the most Glorious Instance of Sovereign Grace in all Heaven! And he added, I have no more to do here; but I shall Serve and Glorify CHRIST to all Eternity! And then, Lord, Now lettest thou thy Servant depart in Peace.
He laid mighty Charges on some Young Persons that were near him; To fear GOD, and prize His CHRIST Betimes; and by no means to delay Repentance one Day longer: For the longer they delayed it, the more Backward they would ⟨p. 31⟩