A50181:130
An epistle to the Christian Indians, giving them a short account, of what the…
An epistle to the Christian Indians, giving them a short account, of what the English desire them to know and to do, in order to their happiness written by an English minister, at the desire of an English magistrate, who sends unto them this token of love.
Boston: printed by Bartholomew Green, 1700
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.
The ninth is, Thou shalt not bear False witness against thy Neighbour. That is, Evermore speak the Truth our selves, and Labour that the Truth may be spoken by others; and particularly, be Tender as of our own Credit, so of other mens.
The tenth is, Thou shalt not Covet. That is, Let our Heart be content with what condition God shall order for us, and Let not our Heart burn with any Envy against the prosperity of others.
Hear, O Instructed Indians. If you Believe in the Obedience which the Lord Jesus Christ yielded unto God, that you may be Righteous by the obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ, then, as a sign of it, God gives you an Heart to imitate His example as far as you can, and be Followers of God, as Obedient Children.
Hear, O Instructed Indians. If you Believe in the Obedience which the Lord Jesus Christ yielded unto God, that you may be Righteous by the obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ, then, as a sign of it, God gives you an Heart to imitate His exemple as far as you can, and be Followers of God, as Obedient Children.
Indeed it is but little Obedience that you can yield unto the Holy God: And you must with daily Repentance, Loath and Judge your selves before the Lord for its being so little.