A39229:13
A late and further manifestation of the progress of the gospel amongst the Indians…
A late and further manifestation of the progress of the gospel amongst the Indians in New-England declaring their constant love and zeal to the truth : with a readiness to give account of their faith and hope, as of their desires in church communion to be partakers of the ordinances of Christ : being a narrative of the examinations of the Indians, about their knowledge in religion, by the elders of the churches / related by Mr. John Eliot.A late and further manifestation of the progress of the gospel amongst the Indians in Nevv-England declaring their constant love and zeal to the truth : with a readiness to give accompt of their faith and hope, as of their desires in church communion to be partakers of the ordinances of Christ : being a narrative of the examinations of the Indians, about their knowledge in religion, by the elders of the churches / related by Mr. John Eliot.
London: printed by M. S., 1655
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.
To all that pray and wait for the Prosperity of ZION, and the increase of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ to the ends of the Earth.
To all that pray and wait for the Prosperity of SION, and the increase of the Kingdome of our Lord Jesus Christ to the ends of the Earth.
Grace and Peace be multiplied.
Beloved Brethren.
AS, The One thing which ye have desired of the Lord, and which ye have sought after, is, that your selves might dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of your lives, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his Temple: So, I am much assured that the next thing which ye have desired of the Lord, and which ye have earnestly sought after, is, that they who have hitherto been strangers to, might dwell also in the house of the Lord all the days of their lives, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his Temple; yea, that they might be a house and a Temple of the Lord. This being the gracious design of your holy breathings unto God, and of your liberal contributings unto men, ye cannot but rejoice to hear of any thing which looketh like, much more which really is a fruit and return