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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.
Keit. I am drowned and overwhelmed with the weight of your Reasonings: I know not what to answer you at the present; yet I fear, that when I am out of the sun-shine of your wise discourses, I shall again be plunged into the pit of doubting, by my manifold fears that do encompass me.
Keit. I am drowned and overwhelmed with the weight of your Reasonings: I know not what to answer you at the present; yet I fear, that when I am out of the sun-shine of your wise discourses, I shall again be plunged into the pit of doubting, by my manifold fears that do incompass me.
Ant. Go on therefore and produce all your doubts, let us see what weight is in them. Sands are heavy when many are laid together, ⟨p. 49⟩but bring them out one by one, and they will be found light, and of no value. Our desire is to deal fully with you, and hear all that you have to say: Cobwebs may seem thick and strong until they be handled, but when they be touched and opened, they will be found altogether weak.
Ant. Go on therefore and produce all your doubts, let us see what weight is in them. Sands are heavy when many are laid together, ⟨p. 49⟩but bring them out one by one, and they will be found light, and of no value. Our desire is to deal fully with you, and hear all that you have to say: Cobwebs may seem thick and strong until they be handled, but when they be touched and opened, they will be found alt•gether weak.
Keit. I perceive that in your praying to God, and in your Churches, all are brought to an equality; Sachems and people they are all fllow-brethren in your Churches; Poor and Rich are qually privileged; the Voe of the lowest of the people, hath as much weight as the Vote of the Sachem. Now I doubt that this way will lift up the heart of the poor to too much boldness, and debase the Rulers too low: this bringing all to an equality, will bring all to a confusion.