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Indian dialogues for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home…
Indian dialogues for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home their country-men to the knowledge of God, and of themselves, and of Jesus Christ.Indian dialogues for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home their country-men to the knowledge of God, and of themselves, and of Iesus Christ.
Printed at Cambridge : s.n., 1671
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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.
All. Ha, ha, he. Praying to God would starve them if they should •ot eat. Ha, ha, he. Praying Indians are as weary and hungry as other men, for ought we ever saw by them. Ha, ha, he.
Pium. It is true that you say, and therefore we pray unto God to give us food, and to bless it to us when we eat it. This discourse bringeth to my mind a word which Christ spake, Man liveth not by bread only, but by every word of God Man ha•• •wo parts, A Soul, and a Body, and both are to be fed. The body •s fed by food, the Soul is fed by the Word of God and Prayer. You that pray not to God, you feed you• bodies only, but you starve your Souls: we that pray to God f•ed our Souls as well as •ur bodies. And this is one reason why we persuade you to pr•y •o God, because we would not have you to starve your Souls. T•e Soul is the most excellent part of man, and shall never die; the •ody shall die. If you have so much wisdom as to fe•d your •odies we pray you be yet more wise, and f••d your Souls also.
Pium. It is tru• that you say, and therefore we pray unto God to give us food, and to bless it to us when we eat it. This discourse bringeth to my mind a word which Christ spake, Man liveth not by bread onely, but by every word of God Man ha•• •wo parts, A Soul, and a Body, and both are to be fed. The body s fed by food, the Soul is fed by the Word of God and Prayer. You that pray not to God, you feed you bodies onely, but you tarve your Souls: we that pray to God fed our Souls as well as ur bodies. And this is one reason why we perswade you to pry o God, because we would not have you to starve your Souls. Te Soul is the most excellent part of man, and shall never die; the ody shall die. If you have so much wisdome as to fed your odies we pray you be yet more wise, and fd your Souls also.