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Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home…Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great sevice of Christ, in calling home…
Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home their country-men to the knowledge of God, and of themselves, and of Jesus Christ. : [Seven lines from Malachi]Indian dialogues, for their instruction in that great sevice of Christ, in calling home their country-men to the knowledge of God, and of themselves, and of Iesus Christ. : [Seven lines from Malachi]
Cambridge: printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1671
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Sont. All our forefathers, (so far as ever we have heard) have walked and lived as we do, and are we wiser then our fathers?
Pium. No, we are foolish, weak and sinful, and love to be vile • but God is wiser then our fathers, and he hath opened to us this way of wisdom and life, and calleth us to enter, and walk therein; therefore be wise, and submit your selves to the call of Christ.
Pium. No, we are foolish, weak and sinful, and love to be vile • but God is wiser then our fathers, and he hath opened to us this way of wisdome and life, and calleth us to enter, and walk therein; therefore be wise, and submit your selves to the call of Christ.
Sont. But why do you say that we feed upon trash, stinking ⟨p. 19⟩meat and poison? wherein doth our food differ from yours, and wherein do you in that respect excel us?