Wab. Your words are good and wise, and give me hopes that what I have further to say unto you, will find acceptance with you according to my desire. I will therefore open to you the truth of the matter. I am a praying Indian, I have left our old Indian Customs, Laws, Fashions, Lusts, Pauwavings, and whatever else is contrary to the right knowledge of the true God, and of Jesus Christ our Redeemer. It repenteth me of all my fore-past life, the lusts, vanities, pleasures, and carnal delights that were formerly very sweet and delightful to me, are now bitter as gall unto me, I hate and loath them. All the works of darkness in which I was wont to take pleasure, I do now forsake and abandon. I am come into the light, I now see things as they are indeed, and nor as they seemed to be in the dark. I now know the Word of God, which showeth me the way of eternal Life. I now know God who made all the world, against whom mankind are turned rebels and sinners. I know the Law of God which I have broken, and by my sins I have deserved eternal damnation in the world that is to come. I now know Jesus Christ, who hath died for us, to ⟨p. 26⟩procure a pardon for us, and to open a door and way to eternal life and salvation for us. Into this way I have entered, herein I walk, and I have promised to God, that I will live and walk in this way all the days of my life.
And not only so, but my desire is to persuade all others into the same way which I have entered, because I do certainly and experimentally know that my former ways were darkness, sin, and led unto hell and damnation; and this way whereinto I am now entered, is a way of light, life, holiness, peace, and eternal salvation: therefore do I earnestly persuade all that I meet with to be wise, and turn from the ways of darkness, and come into this way of light and glory. And this is the thing which I did mean, when I said, that there is another thing wherein I wish that we may be alike. I do therefore exhort and entreat you that you would do as I have done, forsake your old ways of sin, of which you have cause to be ashamed, and turn unto God, call on God, be numbered among the praying Indians.
Wab. Your words are good and wise, and give me hopes that what I have further to say unto you, will finde acceptance with you according to my desire. I will therefore open to you the truth of the matter. I am a praying Indian, I have left our old Indian Customs, Laws, Fashions, Lusts, Pauwauings, and whatever else is contrary to the right knowledge of the true God, and of Jesus Christ our Redeemer. It repenteth me of all my fore-past life, the lusts, vanities, pleasures, and carnal delights that were formerly very sweet and delightful to me, are now bitter as gall unto me, I hate and loath them. All the works of darkness in which I was wont to take pleasure, I do now forsake and abandon. I am come into the light, I now see things as they are indeed, and nor as they seemed to be in the dark. I now know the VVord of God, which sheweth me the way of eternal Life. I now know God who made all the world, against whom mankinde are turned rebels and sinners. I know the Law of God which I have broken, and by my sins I have deserved eternal damnation in the world that is to come. I now know Jesus Christ, who hath died for us, to ⟨p. 26⟩procure a pardon for us, and to open a door and way to eternal life and salvation for us. Into this way I have entred, herein I walk, and I have promised to God, that I will live and walk in this way all the dayes of my life.
And not onely so, but my desire is to perswade all others into the same way which I have entred, because I do certainly and experimentally know that my former wayes were darkness, sin, and led unto hell and damnation; and this way whereinto I am now entred, is a way of light, life, holiness, peace, and eternal salvation: therefore do I earnestly perswade all that I meet with to be wise, and turn from the wayes of darkness, and come into this way of light and glory. And this is the thing which I did mean, when I said, that there is another thing wherein I wish that we may be alike. I do therefore exhort and intreat you that you would do as I have done, forsake your old wayes of sin, of which you have cause to be ashamed, and turn unto God, call on God, be numbred among the praying Indians.
