A50170:173
The triumphs of the reformed religion in America the life of the renowned John…
The triumphs of the reformed religion in America the life of the renowned John Eliot, a person justly famous in the church of God, not only as an eminent Christian and an excellent minister among the English, but also as a memorable evangelist among the Indians of New-England : with some account concerning the late and strange success of the Gospel in those parts of the world which for many ages have lain buried in pagan ignorance / written by Cotton Mather.The triumphs of the reformed religion in America the life of the renowned John Eliot, a person justly famous in the church of God, not only as an eminent Christian and an excellant minister among the English, but also as a memorable evangelist amoung the Indians of New-England : with some account concerning the late and strange success of the Gospel in those parts of the world which for many ages have lain buried in pagan ignorance / written by Cotton Mather.
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris and John Allen for Joseph Brunning, 1691
Part 3 › Annotation h: (h) The sacred and solemn Exercises performed in the Indian Congregations.
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.
A little I shall say, according to that little I k•o•.
Gen. 8.20, 21. And Noah built an Altar, unto Jehovah, and be took of every clean Beast, and of every clea• […] and offered burnt-offerings on the Altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again Curse […] •••••nd.
Gen. 8.20, 21. And Noah built an Altar, unto Jehovah, and be took of every clean Beast, and of every clea• 〈…〉 and offered burnt-offerings on the Altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again Curse 〈…〉 •••••nd.
•n that Noah Sacrificed, he showed himself ⟨p. 118⟩Thankful; in that Noah worshipped, he show himself Godly. In that he offered Clean beasts, he showed that God is an Holy God. And all that come to god, must be pure and clean. Know, that we must by Repentance, purge our selves; which is the work we are to do this Day. Noah Sacrificed, and so Worshipped. This was the manner of old time. But what Sacrifices have we now to offer? I shall answer by that in