A39225:62
A further account of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England,…A further accompt of the progresse of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England,…
A further account of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England, and of the means used effectually to advance the same set forth in certain letters sent from thence declaring a purpose of printing the Scriptures in the Indian tongue into which they are already translated : with which letters are likewise sent an epitome of some exhortations delivered by the Indians at a fast, as testimonies of their obedience tot he Gospel : as also some helps directing the Indians how to improve natural reason unto the knowledge of the true God.A further accompt of the progresse of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England, and of the means used effectually to advance the same set forth in certaine letters sent from thence declaring a purpose of printing the Scriptures in the Indian tongue into which they are already translated : with which letters are likewise sent an epitome of some exhortations delivered by the Indians at a fast, as testimonies of their obedience tot he Gospell : as also some helps directing the Indians how to improve naturall reason unto the knowledge of the true God.
London: printed by M. Simmons for Corporation of New England, 1659
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.
God calleth us this day to part with all our sins, though never so beloved, and we must not withhold any of them from him: if we will not part with all, it is not a right sacrifice: we must part with those sins we love best, and then we offer a good sacrifice. Again, God smelt a sweet savour in Noah's sacrifice, & so when we offer such worship to God as is clean, and pure, and sacrifice as Abraham did, then God accepts our sacrifice. Again, God manifested his acceptance of Noah's sacrifice, by promising to drown the world no more, but gave him fruitful times and seasons. God hath chastised us of late with such rains, as if he would drown us, and he hath drowned and spoiled a great deal of hay, and threatens to kill our Cattle, and for this we fast and pray this day; now if we offer a spiritual sacrifice, clean and pure as Noah did, then God will smell a savour of rest in us, as he did in Noah, and then he will withhold the Rain, and give us fruitful seasons.
God calleth us this day to part with all our sins, though never so beloved, and we must not withhold any of them from him: if we will not part with all, it is not a right sacrifice: we must part with those sins we love best, and then we offer a good sacrifice. Again, God smelt a sweet savour in Noahs sacrifice, & so when we offer such worship to God as is cleane, and pure, and sacrifice as Abraham did, then God accepts our sacrifice. Again, God manifested his acceptance of Noahs sacrifice, by promising to drown the world no more, but gave him fruitfull times and seasons. God hath chastized us of late with such raines, as if he would drown us, and he hath drowned and spoiled a great deale of hay, and threatens to kill our Cattel, and for this we fast and pray this day; now if we offer a spirituall sacrifice, clean and pure as Noah did, then God will smell a savour of rest in us, as he did in Noah, and then he will withhold the Rain, and give us fruitfull seasons.
These two before mentioned did exercise the fore part of the day (besides what we did) the four next exercised in the afternoon. The first of which was Antony.