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Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…
Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian salvages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. Faithfully composed and improved. [One line of quotation in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
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.
Quaker. Thou art not Civil to us. Is this thy Civility to Strangers? We have heard a Great Fame of thee, for thy Civil, and obliging carriage, towards others that are not of thy persuasion. But now thou are uncivil to us. That which I have to say, is, I will keep to that Book, the Bible, and I will preach what is in that Book.
Quaker. Thou art not Civil to us. Is this thy Civility to Strangers? We have heard a Great Fam• of thee, for thy Civil, and obliging carriage, towards others that are not of thy perswasion. But now thou are uncivil to us. That which I have to say, is, I will keep to that Book, the Bible, and I will preach what is in that Book.
Minister. [Taking up the Bible,] Friend, you pretend then to understand this Book. I do here make you this offer; That I will immediately Turn you to Ten several places, in one Book of this Holy Bible, [the Chronicles,] And if you can give me a Tolerable Solution of any one of ⟨p. 179⟩them, I'll acknowledge that you are worthy to preach out of it.
Minister. [Taking up the Bible,] Friend, you pretend then to understand this Book. I do here make you this offer; That I will immediately Turn you to Ten several places, in one Book of this Holy Bible, [the Chronicles,] And if you can give me a Tolerable Solution of any one of ⟨p. 179⟩them, I'le acknowledge that you are worthy to preach out of it.
Quaker. Canst thou do it thy self?