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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Pium. No, we are foolish, weak and sinful, and love to be but God is wiser then our fathers, and he hath opened to […] way of wisdom and life, and calleth us to enter, and walk • in; therefore be wise, and submit your selves to the • Christ.
Pium. No, we are foolish, weak and sinful, and love to be but God is wiser then our fathers, and he hath opened to 〈…〉 way of wisdome and life, and calleth us to enter, and walk • in; therefore be wise, and submit your selves to the • Christ.
Sont. But why do you say that we feed upon trash, st•• ⟨p. 19⟩meat and poison? wherein doth our food differ from yours, and wherein do you in that respect excel us?
Pium. In bodily food we differ not from you; but it is Soul food I speak of. We feed our Souls with the Word of God and Prayer; you feed and satiate your Souls with lust, lying, stealing, Sabbath-breaking, and such like sins: and I appeal to your own Conscience, whether these are not trash and filthiness; and what fruit can you expect from such actions, but punishment and wrath?