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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. By the mercy of God through Jesus Christ, I am every way well refreshed. The comfort of my Soul doth make my bodily infirmities inconsiderable. And that which addeth much to the comfort of my Soul, is the good attention which you and some other of our friends gave unto our discourse and prayers the last night, which giveth me hope that you are not far from the Kingdom of God.
Pium. By the mercy of God through Jesus Christ, I am every way well refreshed. The comfort of my Soul doth make my bodily infirmities inconsiderable. And that which addeth much to the comfort of my Soul, is the good attention which you and some other of our friends gave unto our disconrse and prayers the last night, which giveth me hope that you are not far from the Kingdome of God.
Kinsm. I confess my thoughts have troubled me this night, I have a great strife in my heart, I think your way is right, I cannot gainsay any thing of which you discoursed: but on the other side, if I should forsake our former ways, all my friends would rise up against me like a stream too strong for me to stand against, and I am not able to defend my self against them; I do not know what to do.
Kinsm. I confess my thoughts have troubled me this night, I have a great strife in my heart, I think your way is right, I cannot gainsay any thing of which you discoursed: but on the other side, if I should forsake our former wayes, all my friends would rise up against me like a stream too strong for me to stand against, and I am not able to defend my self against them; I do not know what to do.
Pium. God is above man. When I began to pray to God, I had the same temptation, but I quickly found how vain and weak it was; God will defend all his servants against all gainsayers: the light and power of Gods word and ways will soon shame all sinners into silence. But I will tell you a further help in this case: We shall endeavour to convince and persuade all your friends to turn unto God also, and then that Temptation will quite sink. Let us therefore get your Friends and Neighbours together, and labour to persuade them all first to hea the word of God preached among you, and my hope is that God will persuade so many of them, as that the rest will be ashamed to oppose; for darkness and sin are weak, Truth and Light are powerful.