A50170:185
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
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.
Q. How is the Soil made in Heaven? A. 'tis a very fair Soil; they want neither for Meats nor Cloths; 'tis but Wishing and we have them. Q. Are they employed in Heaven? A. No, they do nothing; the fields yield Corn, Beans, Pumpkins, and the like, without any Tillage. Q what sort of trees are there? A. Always Green-Full, and Flourishing. Q. Have they in Heaven the same Sun, the same wind, the same Thunder that we have here? A. No, the Sun ever shines; 'tis always fair weather. Q. But how their Fruits? A. In this one quality they exceed ours; that they are never wasted; you have no sooner plucked one, but you see another presently hanging in its Room. And after this rate goes on ⟨p. 126⟩the Catechism concerning Heaven. Concerning Hell it thus discourses. Q What sort of a Soil is that of Hell? A. A Very wretched Soil; 'tis a fiery pit, in the Centre of the Earth. Q. Have they any light in Hell? A. No. Tis always Dark; there's always Smoke there; their eyes are always in pain with it; they can see nothing but the Devils. Q. What shaped things are the Devils? A. Very ill shaped things; they go about with Visors on; and they terrify men. Q. What do they Eat in Hell? A. They are always Hungry; but the Damned feed upon ho•• Ashes and Serpents there. Q W••• •ver have they to Drink? A. Horrid water; nothing but melted lead. Q. Don't they Die in Hell? A. N•; yet they eat one another, every day; But ano•, God restores and renews the Man that was eaten; as a cropped Plant, in a little time repull•la•es.
Q. How is the Soyl made in Heaven? A. 'tis a very fair Soil; they want neither for Meats nor Cloths; 'tis but Wishing and we have them. Q. Are they employ'd in Heaven? A. No, they do nothing; the fields yeeld Corn, Beans, Pumpkins, and the like, without any Tillage. Q what sort of trees are there? A. Always Green-Full, and Florishing. Q. Have they in Heaven the same Sun, the same wind, the same Thunder that we have here? A. No, the Sun ever shines; 'tis always fair weather. Q. But how their Fruits? A. In this one quality they exceed ours; that they are never wasted; you have no sooner pluck't one, but you see another presently hanging in its Room. And after this rate goes on