Thus have they in the first way, carried Christian Religion into the Indies, especially the Western Parts of the World, so called. First the Pope out of the plenitude of his power, gives unto the Spaniard all those Countries, and the Inhabitants of them, that they may be made Christians. But Christ dealt not so with his Apostles, though he were Lord of all, when he sent them to teach and baptize all Nations. He dispossessed none of them, of their Temporal Rights or Enjoyments; nor gave to his Apostles a foot breadth of Inheritance among them. But upon this ⟨p. 247⟩Grant, the Spanish Catholics propagated the Faith, and brought in Christian Religion amongst them. And they did it by killing and murdering many millions of innocent persons, as some of themselves say more than are alive in Europe in any one Age. And this savage Cruelty hath made the name of Christians detestable amongst all that remained of them, that had any Exercise of Reason; some few slavish Brutes being brought by force to submit unto this new kind of Idolatry. And this we must think to be done, in obedience unto that command of Christ. Go ye into all the World, and preach the Gospel unto every Creature, he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned. This is the deformed Image, which they have set up of Obedience unto his holy Commands; whereunto they apply that voice to Peter with respect unto the eating of all sorts of Creatures, Arise, Peter, kill and eat. So have they dealt with those poor Nations whom they have devoured.
Thus have they in the first way, carried Christian Religion into the Indies, especially the Western Parts of the World, so called. First the Pope out of the plenitude of his power, gives unto the Spaniard all those Countreys, and the Inhabitants of them, that they may be made Christians. But Christ dealt not so with his Apostles, though he were Lord of all, when he sent them to teach and baptize all Nations. He dispossessed none of them, of their Temporal Rights or Enjoyments; nor gave to his Apostles a foot breadth of Inheritance among them. But upon this ⟨p. 247⟩Grant, the Spanish Catholicks propag•ted the Faith, and brought in Christian Religion amongst them. And they did it by killing and murthering many millions of innocent persons, as some of themselves say more than are alive in Europe in any one Age. And this savage Cruelty hath made the name of Christians detestable amongst all that remained of them, that had any Exercise of Reason; some few slavish Brutes being brought by force to submit unto this new kind of Idolatry. And this we must think to be done, in obedience unto that command of Christ. Go ye into all the World, and preach the Gospel unto every Creature, he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned. This is the deformed Image, which they have set up of Obedience unto his holy Commands; whereunto they apply that voice to Peter with respect unto the eating of all sorts of Creatures, Arise, Peter, kill and eat. So have they dealt with those poor Nations whom they have devoured.
