The triumphs of the reformed religion in America the life of the renowned John…

But when this Charitable pity had once begun to flame, there was a concurrence of many things to cast Oil into it. All the good men in the Country were glad of his Engagement in such an undertaking; the Ministers especially encouraged him, and those in the Neighbourhood kindly supplied his place, and performed his work, in part, for him at Roxbury, while he was Abroad Labouring among them ⟨p. 77⟩that were Without. Hereunto, he was further •wakened by those expressions in the Royal Charter, in the assurance and protection whereof this Wilderness was first peopled; namely, To win and incite the Natives of that Country to the knowledge and Obedience of the only true God and Saviour of Mankind, and the Christian Faith, in our Royal Intention, and the Adventurers free profession is the principal end of the Plantation. And the remarkable zeal of the Romish Missionaries, compassing Sea and Land that they might make Proselytes, made his devout Soul think of it with a further Disdain, that we should come any whit behind in our care to Evangelize the Indians, whom we dwelt among. Lastly, when he had well begun this Evangelical Business, the good God, in an answer to his Prayers, mercifully stirred up a liberal Contribution among the godly people in England for the promoting of […] by means whereof, a considerable Estate and Income was at length entrusted in the hands of an Honourable Corporation, by whom 'tis to this Day very carefully employed in the Christian Service, which it was designed for. And then, in short; inasmuch as our Lord Jesus had bestowed on us, our Eliot was gratefully and generously desirous to obtain for him, The Heathen for an Inheritance, and the utmost parts of the Earth for a Possession.

But when this Charitable pitty had once begun to flame, there was a concurrence of many things to cast Oyl into it. All the good men in the Country were glad of his Engagement in such an undertaking; the Ministers especially encouraged him, and those in the Neighbourhood kindly supply'd his place, and perform'd his work, in part, for him at Roxbury, •hile he was Abroad Labouring among them ⟨p. 77⟩that were Without. Hereunto, he was further •wakened by those expressions in the Royal Charter, in the assurance and protection whereof this Wilderness was first peopled; namely, To win and incite the Natives of that Country to the knowledge and Obedience of the only true God and Saviour of Mankind, and the Christian Faith, in our Royal Intention, and the Adventurers free profession is the principal end of the Plantation. And the remarkable zeal of the Romish Missionaries, compassing Sea and Land that they might make Proselytes, made his devout Soul think of it with a further Disdain, that we should come any whit behind in our care to Evangelize the Indians, whom we dwelt among. Lastly, when he had well begun this Evangelical Business, the good God, in an answer to his Prayers, mercifully stirred up a liberal Contribution among the godly people in England for the promoting of by means whereof, a considerable Estate and Income was at length entrusted in the hands of an Honourable Corporation, by whom 'tis to this Day very carefully employ'd in the Christian Service, which it was designed for. And then, in short; inasmuch as our Lord Jesus had bestow'd on us, our Eliot was gratefully and generously desirous to obtain for him, The Heathen for an Inheritance, and the utmost parts of the Earth for a Possession.