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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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Indian Dialogues. › Dialogue 2: DIALOG. II. About calling home poor INDIANS.
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Pen. These things which you speak are against the flesh and f•a•e that I used to be in; and I do find that they are not so fully killed, but that they have a little stirring in them when you propound these cases to me. But the experience I have now found of the love of God, and of Jesus Christ to my Soul, doth lay such an engagement upon my heart, that I will, by his grace and assistance, be for him only, serve him only, do all that ever he shall command me, suffer whatever he shall impose upon me; I will no more be for my self, but for him, who hath done all this for me. Oh what shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits to my poor Soul!
Pen. These things which you speak are against the flesh and f•a•e that I used to be in; and I do finde that they are not so fully killed, but that they have a little stirring in them when you propound these cases to me. But the experience I have now found of the love of God, and of Jesus Christ to my Soul, doth lay such an engagement upon my heart, that I will, by his grace and assistance, be for him onely, serve him onely, do all that ever he shall command me, suffer whatever he shall impose upon me; I will no more be for my self, but for him, who hath done all this for me. Oh what shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits to my poor Soul!
Wab. We are surprised by the night, we must rest under these Trees this night. I do account this day well spent, though we have made but little progress toward the place of our intendment: but I have been about the work I came abroad upon, though not the persons I intended. Thus God doth over-rule the ways of men; he foreseeth and ordereth that which we had no thoughts upon: and therefore in that we have spent this day in such Conference and Discourse, wherein we have seen so much of the presence of Christ with us; let us now spend this night in prayers and praises unto the Lord, who hath found us before we sought for him. You were going about another business, you little thought of finding Jesus Christ by the way, and finding mercy to your Soul, a pardon of your sins, and to become a praying Indian.