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The clear sun-shine of the gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in New-England. Or,…The clear sun-shine of the gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in Nevv-England. Or,…
The clear sun-shine of the gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in New-England. Or, An historical narration of Gods wonderful workings upon sundry of the Indians, both chief governors and common-people, in bringing them to a willing and desired submission to the ordinances of the gospel; and framing their hearts to an earnest inquiry after the knowledge of God the Father, and of Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world. / By Mr. Thomas Shepard minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ at Cambridge in New-England.The clear sun-shine of the gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in Nevv-England. Or, An historicall narration of Gods wonderfull workings upon sundry of the Indians, both chief governors and common-people, in bringing them to a willing and desired submission to the ordinances of the gospel; and framing their hearts to an earnest inquirie after the knowledge of God the Father, and of Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world. / By Mr. Thomas Shepard minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ at Cambridge in New-England.
London: printed by R. Cotes for John Bellamy, 1648
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There is also another reason which moves my thought and desires this way, namely that our young Students in Physic may be trained up better then yet they be, who have only theoretical knowledge, and […] forced to fall to practise before ever they saw an Anatomy made, or duly trained up in making experiments, for we never had but one Anatomy in the Country, which Mr. Giles Firman (now in England) did make and read upon very well, but no more of that now.
There is also another reason which moves my thought and desires this way, namely that our young Students in Physick may be trained up better then yet they bee, who have onely theoreticall knowledge, and 〈…〉 forced to fall to practise before ever they saw an Anatomy made, or duely trained up in making experiments, for we never had but one Anatomy in the Countrey, which Mr. Giles Firman (now in England) did make and read upon very well, but no more of that now.
This very day that I wrote these things unto you, I have been with the Indians to teach them, as I was wont to do, and one of their questions among many other was to know what to say to such Indians as oppose their praying to God, and believing in Jesus Christ, and for their own information also, What get you, say they, by praying to God, and believing in Jesus Christ? you go naked still, and you are as poor as we, and our Corn is as good as yours, and we take more pleasure then you; did we see that you got any thing by it, we would pray to God and believe in Jesus Christ also as you do? Unto which question I then answered them. First, God giveth unto us two sorts of good things, one sort are little ones, which I showed by my little finger; the other sort are great ones, which I showed by my thumb, (for you know they use and delight in demonstrations:) the little mercies are riches, as cloths, food, sack, houses, cattle, and pleasures, these are little things which serve but for our bodies a little while in this life; the great mercies are wisdom, the knowledge of God, Christ, eternal life, repentance, faith, these are mercies for the soul, and for eternal life: now though God do not yet give you the little mercies, he giveth you that which is a great deal better, which the wicked Indians cannot see. And this I proved to them by this example; when Foxun the Mohegan Counsellor, who is counted the wisest Indian in the Country,