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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.
Pium. It is good to be merry and wise. I am an hungry and •eary, and willing to eat. God hath appointed food to be a means of sustaining, relieving and repairing our spent strength: This being a work above the power of the food we eat, or of our selves that eat it, and only in the power of God himself to bless it, for such great uses; therefore God hath taught us, and it is our custom, among all that are godly, to pray to God for a blessing before we eat: and therefore I entreat you •o have so much patience and compliance, as to give me the quiet liberty to pray to God before we eat.
Pium. It is good to be merry and wise. I am an hungry and •eary, and willing to eat. God hath appointed food to be a means of sustaining, relieving and repairing our spent strength: This being a work above the power of the food we eat, or of our selves that eat it, and onely in the power of God himself to bless it, for such great uses; therefore God hath taught us, and it is our custome, among all that are godly, to pray to God for a blessing before we eat: and therefore I intreat you •o have so much patie•ce and compliance, as to give me the quiet liberty to pray to God b•fore we eat.
Kinsm. I pray do, and we shall with quietness and silence attend to such a service unto God.
Pium. Let us lift up our eyes and hearts to God in heaven, and •ay, Almighty, glorious, merciful and heavenly Father, thou dwellest in the high Heavens, and fillest both Heaven and Earth with thy presence; thou takest care of, and governest us here on earth: we are poor worms under thy feet, thou feedest every living Creature, and akest our food to be like a staff to sustain our faint and weary boies; thou renewest our strength every day: and though we are sinners in thy sight, yet thou art merciful to us, and with long patience dost call us to repentance. We confess all our sins before thee, and pry thee for Jesus Christ his sake, who died for sinners, to have mercy on us, and freely to pardon and forgive us all our sins. Bless us at this time, and this food which is set before us, let it be blessed to us, make us wise to receive it at thy hand, and to use the strength we get by it to the glory of thy Name, through Jesus Christ. And bless all our Souls, eed them by thy Word and Truth, and guide our Tongues to speak wise words, that may minister grace to the hearers; and help us all to rejoice in the Lord through Jesus Christ. Amen. Now let us eat and rejoice together, for God filleth our bodies with food, and our souls with gladness.