Now, Whoso is wise, will Observe these things. And yet the Observation may Extend it self a little further. Sometimes, the Sovereign God chooses a Nation Remarkably laudable, for some Good Thing, to punish His own people, for the want of that Thing. Thus, when the Christian Churches fell into Idolatry, God sent the Mahometans upon them, to Torment them with one Woe a•ter another horribly; and the Mahometans are very Remarkable for this, That they are Great Haters of Idolatry, and wherever they come, they destroy those Idols, and works of mens Hands, which are Adored in the Antichristian Apostasy. Well, But can any Good Thing be reported of our Indian Invaders? Yes, there is one Good Thing which the French have taught them; There is Family-Prayer among them, a daily Family-Worship upheld among them. I Fear, I Fear, this is more than can be said of many English Sufferers, that have been annoyed by those Indian-Invaders. It may be, the Wretched Indians have ⟨p. 213⟩cut off multitudes of Families, to whom they might have said, These Families never Prayed unto God once in a Month, and we have done it every Day! And many of our poor Folks, never heard any Family-Prayer in their Lives, till they were dragged into the forlorn and howling Wigwams, of those wretched Salvages. I have hea•d it said, That in a Town or it may be more than Seventy Families, there have not been Twice Seven Families, that have had any constant Invocation of God in them. If it be so, then hear the Voice of God in it, when He sent those Monstrous and Furious Barbarians, to burn down such Prayerless Houses: The Voice of Heaven in it, is, If Indians Will pray in their Families more than English, then let Indians destroy those English Families. It was once the direful Imprecation, in Jer. 10.25. Pour out thy Great Wrath upon the Heathen that know thee not, and upon the Families that call not on thy Name. Truly, God ha's used a Sort of Heathen, to Pour out His Great Wrath upon Families, which in this one point, were worse than those Heathen, that they did not call on His Name. For Gods Sake, be so Wise as to Observe these things, and let Family Prayer, be no where neglected throughout the Land, lest while God is punishing us by the Pagans, we become worse than Pagans. Let me faithfully and solemnly advise you, Sirs; A Prayerless Family is a Pagan Family.
Now, Whoso is wise, will Observe these things. And yet the Observation may Extend it self a little further. Sometimes, the Soveraign God chooses a Nation Remarkably laudable, for some Good Thing, to punish His own people, for the want of that Thing. Thus, when the Christian Churches fell into Idolatry, God sent the Mahometans upon them, to Torment them with one Wo a•ter another horribly; and the Mahometans are very Remarkable for this, That they are Great Haters of Idolatry, and wherever they come, they destroy those Idols, and works of mens Hands, which are Adored in the Antichristian Apostacy. Well, But can any Good Thing be reported of our Indian Invaders? Yes, there is one Good Thing which the French have taught them; There is Family-Prayer among them, a daily Family-Worship upheld among them. I Fear, I Fear, this is more than can be said of many English Sufferers, that have been annoy'd by those Indian-Invaders. It may be, the Wretched Indians have ⟨p. 213⟩cut off multitudes of Families, to whom they might have said, These Families never Pray'd unto God once in a Month, and we have done it every Day! And many of our poor Folks, never heard any Family-Prayer in their Lives, till they were drag'd into the forlorn and howling Wigwams, of those wretched Salvages. I have hea•d it said, That in a Town or it may be more than Seventy Families, there have not been Twice Seven Families, that have had any constant Invocation of God in them. If it be so, then hear the Voice of God in it, when He sent those Monstrous and Furious Barbarians, to burn down such Prayerless Houses: The Voice of Heaven in it, is, If Indians Will pray in their Families more than English, then let Indians destroy those English Families. It was once the direful Imprecation, in Jer. 10.25. Pour out thy Great Wrath upon the Heathen that know thee not, and upon the Families that call not on thy Name. Truly, God ha's used a Sort of Heathen, to Pour out His Great Wrath upon Families, which in this one point, were worse than those Heathen, that they did not call on His Name. For Gods Sake, be so Wise as to Observe these things, and let Family Prayer, be no where neglected throughout the Land, lest while God is punishing us by the Pagans, we become worse than Pagans. Let me faithfully and solemnly advise you, Sirs; A Prayerless Family is a Pagan Family.
